I Just Want to Be a Quiet Top Student

Ma Chaofan, male, 28 years old, received a Ph.D. in mathematics from Brown University in the United States, with Kyle Lavin as his advisor.

Ma Chaofan's doctoral dissertation was selected into the Springer Excellent Thesis Series. His main research direction is algebraic geometry. His most important research achievement so far is the stage of the Greski-Kurtwijk-Macferson purity conjecture Prove that the GKM conjecture is closely related to the Langlands-Schelstad fundamental lemma.

Ma Chaofan is a returnee with one year of work experience. He is currently a researcher at the Qiu Chengtong Mathematics Research Center of Shuimu University.

"Professor Kyle Lavin is a well-known expert in algebraic geometry in the United States. Dr. Ma studied under Professor Lavin. It seems that you have the ambition to make some achievements in the Langlands program." Shen Qi has read Ma Chaofan's resume, As far as the dry goods in the resume are concerned, Ma Chaofan meets Shen Qi's recruitment requirements.

"So can I come to work with Professor Shen?" Ma Chaofan once again expressed his sincerity.

"Your hardware is fine, I want to know, what is the real reason why you gave up the research position of Shuimu Qiu Chengtong Mathematics Center with a very mature operating system, and came to my newly established department?" Shen Qi asked.

"I'm not happy next door." Ma Chaofan said directly.

"This reason is very reasonable. The most important thing to be a human being is to be happy." Shen Qi smiled, and then asked: "Then why do you think that you can become happy when you come to me?"

"Shen Qi Mathematics Research Center, academics first, innovation first, this is the scientific research concept that attracts me the most. And Professor Shen is different from them, we are all young people, there is no generation gap, communication should be smoother." Ma Chaofan said out of his mind.

"How is your salary in Shuimu?" Shen Qi was very concerned about this issue.

"All together, the annual salary is 240,000." Ma Chaofan didn't hide anything, and said whatever he had.

"Oh." Shen Qi silently wrote down the figure. The returnee Ph.D. from Brown University in the United States has an annual salary of more than 200,000 yuan in Shuimu, which is not very high.

Shen Qi noticed that Ma Chaofan's fingers were yellow, and he asked, "How many packs of cigarettes do you smoke a day?"

"One pack a day, sometimes two packs." This smoking addiction is not small, either it is a long-term smoker, or Ma Chaofan has recently been very annoying.

"As for cigarettes, it's better to smoke less. There are many other ways to find inspiration." Shen Qi doesn't smoke but only gives cigarettes. He asked a more concerned question: "How much research funding can you get in Shuimu?"

"I was given a start-up fund of 150,000 yuan for scientific research, and I went to apply for a new project fund. It has been a year, and it has been delayed until now." Ma Chaofan was obviously upset, and there was a kind of sadness that heroes were useless.

"The position here is called a researcher. There are three types of salary, professor level, associate professor level, and assistant professor level. Dr. Ma, start from the assistant professor level. The annual salary is the same as yours in Mizuki. Is it acceptable?" Shen Qi talked about the more sensitive topic of treatment.

"Yes, there is no problem. I do mathematics not for money, but for the attachment in my heart. If I am not happy, there is no point in giving me an annual salary of 10 million." Ma Chaofan is a happy baby, and he only wants to be happy in life and work.

"In my department, in terms of scientific research funding, there is funding for any project. Every researcher is equal and has the right to independently initiate a project. When a researcher submits an application, I approve it, and the school approves it. Funding is basically in place. The process won't be too lengthy." Shen Qi talked about his scientific research funding.

"In a word, I am determined to learn from Professor Shen." Ma Chaofan wanted to show Shen Qi his heart.

"Dr. Ma, go back to the next door first. If there is news, our personnel department will notify you to go through the formalities." Shen Qi sent Ma Chaofan to the door of the office and waved goodbye.

Through observation and conversation, Shen Qi had a general impression of Dr. Ma, a returnee from Mizuki.

Obviously, Dr. Ma is not doing well in the next door, but Dr. Ma has a heart for improvement, at least he hopes to make some achievements in the field he is good at.

It was not easy to recruit people at the beginning of the business, and Shen Qi did not give up every potential scientific researcher.

Some people say that Shen Qi, your mathematical research center is very low. Look at the Pugao Institute. Who were the researchers recruited when it was first established? Einstein, Veblen, von Neumann, Weyl, etc. Big boss of fame.

That can't be helped, Shen Qi's new department can't be compared with Pugao Institute, the background of the times is different.

Another reason is that Shen Qi has no shortage of bosses here, only people who do practical things.

Shen Qi left the Mathematics Building of Yanda University, went out the east gate of Yanda University, crossed the street, passed the new building of Yanda Museum of Art, crossed the street again, and came to the side entrance of Shuimu Garden.

The security guard at the side gate of Shuimu Garden glanced at Shen Qi, Shen Qi smiled friendly, and entered Shuimu Garden with his head held high.

After entering, there is a faculty dormitory area. Shen Qi swept an ofo small yellow car downstairs in the faculty dormitory, and rode it with ease, admiring the beautiful scenery in Shuimu Garden.

The area of ​​Shuimu University is larger than that of Yanda University, and the inside is quite large, so it is more convenient to ride a bicycle.

Shen Qi is twenty-five or sixteen years old. If people of his age are still studying, most of them are in the postgraduate or doctoral stage.

Wearing casual clothes, Shen Qi leisurely rode a small yellow cart. If he didn't observe carefully, passers-by would think he was a student.

Shen Qi is very familiar with Shuimu Garden, he lived in it for a while, when he participated in the Mathematical Olympiad in high school.

More than eight years have passed, and the Shuimu Garden has not changed much. The buildings are still the same buildings, and the students have changed one after another.

Shen Qi came to the downstairs of the Faculty of Science of Shuimu University and locked the car.

The building of the Shuimu School of Science is very grand, much more imposing than the old Yanda mathematics building.

The School of Water and Wood Science consists of four departments: Department of Mathematical Sciences, Department of Physics, Department of Chemistry, and Department of Earth System Science.

Today, Shuimu has not established a separate School of Mathematics. The Department of Mathematical Sciences and the Qiu Chengtong Mathematics Research Center undertake the mathematics research work of Shuimu University.

Qiu Chengtong Mathematics Research Center is a parallel department with the Department of Mathematical Sciences. It is located in Jinchun Garden, which is the beautiful place described in Zhu Ziqing's "Moonlight in the Lotus Pond".

Shen Qi entered the building of Shuimu Science Institute and walked up the stairs.

A person came down head on, and this person glanced at Shen Qi, very surprised: "Yo, yo, isn't this Shen Qi, Professor Shen!"

Shen Qi looked up and responded enthusiastically: "Yo, yo, it's you, long time no see, where are you going?"

The person said: "I have a senior class, no, I'm going to educate those freshman kids."

Oh, it's a math lecturer, or a professor, or an associate professor. Shen Qi nodded: "Freshmen are a little bit naive, but sophomores and juniors will become old and fritters."

"It's not too bad, by the way, Professor Shen, you came to our Shuimu College of Science, are you looking for someone or doing business?" Mizuki's mathematics colleague asked.

"I'm here to educate my students, he's on the third floor." Shen Qi pointed to the upstairs.

"May I ask who your student is?" a math colleague asked curiously.

Shen Qi: "Yu Lei."

"Yu Lei, he is the youngest associate professor in our Shuimu Mathematics Department! Come on, Professor Shen, take your time, I'm going to class." Shuimu's mathematics colleagues couldn't continue chatting, so they left quickly.