Chapter 151 The frustrated Senior Brother Chen
To be honest, Chen Zhuoyang has not been doing well recently. He actually feels that he has made many things simple.
In a sense, colleges and universities are the most fertile ground for the development of factions.
The teacher-student relationship and the relationship between classmates can often form a natural alliance.
As for why there is an alliance, two words, competition!
In the eyes of outsiders, colleges and universities are ivory towers, but in fact, internal competition is no different from society.
Needless to say, there is competition among universities.
The most significant difference between Chinese higher education and other countries is that the more powerful the school, the cheaper the tuition.
985, the tuition fee for most undergraduate majors in double first-class universities is only 5,000 yuan, even if it is a second-class school, it is not much more expensive.
But for those three colleges whose names I have never heard of, the tuition fees range from 15,000 to 30,000 yuan, and some even have tuition fees of 50,000 yuan a year.
As we all know, first-class schools are definitely many times better than the three universities in terms of teaching staff and various hardware configurations, and these require huge amounts of money to maintain, but the tuition is several times less than those of the three universities... …
It is generally accepted that the saying that cheap products are not good products is not only ineffective when it comes to college education resources, but also directly the opposite.
The funding gap will naturally come from subsidies. After all, high-quality teaching resources cannot be generated out of thin air.
But there is only so much funding for education and scientific research every year. If your family has more, others will have less.
Therefore, most of the presidents of powerful universities are academicians. Even if they are not academicians, if you check their resumes, you will find how brilliant these big guys have been.
In short, the principal must not only manage effectively internally, but also at least speak well externally, so that he can have the confidence to fight for more when dividing the cake...
In the same way, after external competition is over, there will also be competition between various colleges within universities.
If you look carefully at the deans of dominant majors in various universities, you will find that most deans are not the most powerful ones in the college, or even the most powerful ones. And generally speaking, they are only three or four. A ten-year-old middle-aged man.
Why?
Because such a person is the most suitable. And the candidate is often recommended by the upper management and internal staff after various discussions.
You must know that the resources of each secondary college under the school are allocated by the school. Middle-aged people in their thirties and forties may become deputy school-level leaders in the future after working in the administrative position of dean for a few years.
In addition, the home department is the dominant major of the school. If a deputy school-level leader is trained, when the school allocates resources in the future, it will naturally be more inclined to the college that trained him.
This is also in line with maximizing the interests of factions. Therefore, advantaged colleges in universities are often very united internally, because everyone compromises with each other to make the cake bigger and maximize interests.
However, the logic of some less dominant secondary colleges within the school is different.
Such a major may not have had a school-level cadre in the past ten years, so it naturally does not have a strong say when allocating resources within the school.
In addition, the professional strength is not dominant, and the resources cannot compete with other advantaged departments rated A or above, so we can only focus on internal fighting and fight for those resources within the college.
Yes, the logic of competition within universities is actually no different from that of the international community. The worse the departments, the more serious the internal strife. This is similar to the poorer the place, the more chaotic it is.
These are things that Chen Zhuoyang never experienced when he was at Yanbei University.
After all, the volunteer code of the School of Mathematics at Yanbei University is 001. It is one of the majors in Mathematics at Yanbei University, and everyone within it is relatively united.
Not to mention anything else, there are currently only 42 academicians in the Chinese Academy of Mathematical Sciences, and Yanbei University alone has seven.
But Jinzhou University is different. Since the School of Mathematics was separated from the School of Science, its development can only be said to be unsatisfactory.
Pulling out the internal major ratings, you can see that there are many A-category subjects, most of which are concentrated in engineering. The mathematics major only received a B grade.
Of course, it doesn’t mean that B is bad, it is ranked among the top 20%-30% in the country, but there is no way, who makes other majors good?
Among a bunch of A+/A/A-, a B is very inconspicuous. Not to mention that none of Jinzhou University’s double first-class subjects are related to mathematics.
So even before the official class started, Chen Zhuoyang already felt that something was not quite right.
For example, during the induction training for new teachers, it can be clearly felt that several new colleagues have a lukewarm attitude towards him.
Today's new semester teaching arrangement work meeting, he came early deliberately, intending to take an opportunity to report to Director Xu of the Teaching and Research Department.
He learned this from Qiao Yu.
As a newcomer, he plans to focus on teaching again, so it would be a good idea to have more exchanges with the director of the Teaching and Research Department.
Then he felt something was wrong again.
Director Xu, who was quite enthusiastic towards him before, has also become very strange in his attitude. It's not that he just shows his face directly, but it's obvious that he doesn't have any patience, and what he says to him becomes cliche.
It’s not that Chen Zhuoyang is sensitive. People who can become PhDs in mathematics will definitely not have a low IQ. People with a high IQ are often more sensitive to changes in the attitudes of the people around them.
Of course, some people think that people who are good at mathematics are not so magical. Many times when they are in contact with such people, they feel that the other person has low emotional intelligence, like a nerd who has lost his mind in reading... This is indeed possible.
But the greater possibility is that the guy is being arrogant, or that the damn guy doesn't regard the person he is communicating with as a similar person, especially when he feels that the person he is communicating with seems to be talking about extremely stupid topics.
In short, this has already made Chen Zhuoyang feel very uncomfortable. This is probably the reason why Qiao Yu can make Chen Zhuoyang excited by drawing pictures of cakes casually.
After all, in this era, for a doctor, thirty years old is just the beginning. He is still considered a young man, and he still needs to save face.
Not to mention that after graduating from Yanbei International Mathematics Research Center, Chen Zhuoyang has clearly felt that he is actually very good.
Although it is said that he was able to come to Tianjin University this time because of the favor of his mentor. However, there was also a qualification review and assessment process before officially joining the job.
Especially in the academic evaluation interview and defense meeting, it can be said that his performance was definitely among the best.
Similarly, when he tried out the lecture content, he was well prepared. It can even be said that the moment he stood on the podium, Chen Zhuoyang was really passionate and could even be said to have performed beyond his level.
This must make him feel that he is really suitable for the podium. Whether it is the PPT of the teaching content or the teaching method, he feels that he can give himself a score of 90 or above.
And these are all audio and video recordings. It’s not his fault. The Oxford returnees who participated in the interview and assessment with him did not perform as well as him in terms of professional theoretical literacy, academic expression, and logical thinking ability when doing academic defenses.
When answering questions, he kept saying "um, ah, and then..." which made him feel uncomfortable.
The same was true during the lecture. Chen Zhuoyang even wondered whether the competitor had made any lesson plans. It was obvious that he seemed to have missed the point.
Just like that, the other party passed the review and became the new lecturer of the School of Mathematics like him.
To be honest, this future colleague has become a source of confidence for Chen Zhuoyang. If someone with this level can come to Mathematics College as a lecturer, Chen Zhuoyang feels that he will have no problem at all.
Even if the other person is just not good at speaking, maybe not good at lecturing, but has strong scientific research ability, Chen Zhuoyang feels that since he is a lecturer and not a researcher, the ability to express himself in lectures is at least as important as scientific research.
So he really couldn't figure out why he felt that this colleague seemed to get along well with everyone. He wanted to get along well with everyone, but everyone seemed to be on guard against him.
Just like in today's meeting, he just saw several people looking at their mobile phones. So he took out his mobile phone and took a look after feeling the vibration.
As a result, he was called out by the deputy dean who was speaking. What the hell is this?
Of course, it doesn't matter if he complains in his heart. If the vice-dean asks him to speak, he still has to say it.
Fortunately, although he was looking at his mobile phone, he also heard what the deputy dean said just now. As a new teacher, he wanted to tell everyone about the planned teaching work in the new semester.
This is obviously not a problem for Chen Zhuoyang. Naturally, he has no fear in speaking.
And after going through it in his mind, he even planned to talk about his ambitions in depth in conjunction with the differential geometry he wanted to teach.
"Hello, leaders and colleagues, first of all, I would like to thank Dean Zhang for giving me the opportunity to talk to you..."
"Ahem...Teacher Chen, don't use these clichés. Be more pragmatic and just talk about your work. Keep it as brief as possible."
As soon as Chen Zhuoyang started speaking, he was directly interrupted by Dean Zhang on the stage.
Chen Zhuoyang was stunned for a moment, and then he heard someone beside him laughing secretly.
Some anger began to rise in my heart, but I suppressed it when I saw that the leaders sitting on the stage didn't express anything.
"Okay, Dean Zhang. The course I am responsible for in the new semester is differential geometry. According to the syllabus, students are mainly required to master the first and second basic forms of space curves...
...In terms of course arrangement, I will follow a teaching arrangement that combines theory and practice, and formulate a series of open-ended tasks and design exploratory topics.
And through some physical phenomena and application cases, such as specular reflection, surface modeling, etc., students are allowed to study the application of differential geometry based on practical problems. I’m done.”
Chen Zhuoyang finished his speech expressionlessly.
If he is not allowed to thank you, he will not be grateful.
My mentor is also an academician, so even if I am at Yanbei University, I have to endure my temper.
The main reason is that there is nothing I can do about it. Even if there is a random person around me, Chen Zhuoyang will feel that he is much better than him.
Even the new junior fellow student, Qiao Yu, who is only sixteen years old, does not discuss mathematics directly with him. Any small achievements he makes are just combination boxing.
But it's not like he hasn't seen the research results of other colleagues since he came here.
He admitted that there were indeed people stronger than him. For example, there were strong people in school who had plans for thousands of people, but Chen Zhuoyang really felt that there were not many.
And in his opinion, the biggest difference between the School of Mathematics of Jinzhou University and Yanbei University is that there is no foundation in basic mathematics. This is why he feels that he can flex his talents.
Most of my colleagues are engaged in applied mathematics, and they particularly like to pursue hot topics, which leads to the fact that most of the papers published are in more general journals.
Now that he is protected by his younger brother, it is hard to say who will have higher academic achievements in the future.
So even though he had a rough idea of ​​what was going on, he had no intention of enduring it any longer.
The only thing he didn't understand was probably that he had never dealt with the vice-dean before, and today was the first time they met. Why did the other person seem to dislike him?
But thinking about it carefully, there is no need for him to kowtow to those who dislike him. He has already been recruited. No matter how powerful this person is, he cannot be sent back.
Not to mention that his mentor is also a Top 0 academician. He is really going to break up with him. Chen Zhuoyang doesn’t think he will definitely be able to please him.
As for him, the worst he can do is just follow his junior fellow apprentice!
"As a new lecturer, Mr. Chen has some ideas, but how to implement them into the course, such as the actual effect of interactive teaching, the executability of challenge activities and the quality of results, all need to be explored.
In addition, what I want to criticize you, Teacher Chen, is that as a new lecturer, you must also show some serious attitude in important meetings on teaching.
You can’t just say you’ve been hired and relax your requirements on yourself. You should pay more attention during the next meeting and don’t focus on your mobile phone.”
After saying that, without giving Chen Zhuoyang a chance to refute, Dean Zhang continued to call the names: "Ji Taining, Teacher Ji, you can also say something."
"Okay, Dean Zhang..."
The meeting lasted for two hours. As soon as it was announced that the meeting was over, Chen Zhuoyang stood up and walked out of the meeting room without answering anyone.
Chen Zhuoyang was too lazy to pay attention to these people, and he was too lazy to do any face-saving work. Anyway, he had already finished his lesson plan, and he could just follow the class step by step.
Even if there are any problems, they will be adjusted based on feedback from students after teaching. During this period, he still plans to focus on Qiao Yu's project.
Now Chen Zhuoyang really feels that what Qiao Yu said is right. After all, he still has to have good grades to gain a firm foothold in college.
However, Chen Zhuoyang's actions were obviously a bit out of line in the eyes of some people.
"Nowadays, those born in the 1990s are really unique."
"Dean Zhang, Xiao Chen is Academician Tian's student after all, and he is still very good."
"The new teachers recruited this time are all very good, and I haven't seen anyone with as bad a temper as him. Besides, what happened to Tian Yanzhen's students? They haven't figured out those things yet, and they can still control us? Last time...
"
"Okay, Lao Zhang, some things can be said among ourselves behind closed doors. Do you really plan on letting others listen? Make it a fuss and make people laugh?"
"I'm afraid that the temple in our college is too small to support such a big Buddha."
"..."
The discussion did not continue. The logic followed was that although everyone was on one side, some people still thought this statement was stupid, so they did not want to continue the exchange.
But there is no way. If everyone can stay rational, there won't be so many contradictions in the world.
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"Chen Zhuoyang, Teacher Chen."
Chen Zhuoyang, who had just walked out of the administration building, suddenly heard someone calling him from behind. He stopped, turned around, took a look, squeezed out a smile and asked, "Teacher Zhou, what's the matter?"
The teacher who stopped him was named Zhou Yang. He came to Jinzhou University three years earlier than him. He also graduated from Yanbei University, but he had a PhD from the School of Mathematics.
Although the Yanbei International Mathematics Research Center is built on the basis of Yanbei University, the teaching resources of both parties are often common and even complementary to a certain extent.
However, there are still some differences between the training methods for PhDs in the Mathematics Research Center and those in the School of Mathematics.
For example, the Mathematics Research Center focuses more on cutting-edge theoretical research in pure mathematics, and often provides doctoral students with some international collaborative theoretical research projects, but rarely covers applications.
Yanbei Mathematics College covers a wider scope. It involves a more comprehensive field of mathematics, pure mathematics, applied mathematics, statistics, computational mathematics... are all under its training.
This is why Chen Zhuoyang often regrets when he arrives at the Numerical Research Center.
If he did not do pure mathematics research, it would not be that difficult for him to switch to an applied field early and graduate with relatively good grades.
After all, the latter focuses more on calculation methods, numerical analysis and modeling techniques. He is less talented in mathematical intuition. At least he does not need to do too much original thinking.
"It's almost dinner time, let's go have a meal together. I know a restaurant that makes pretty good beef." Zhou Yang said proactively.
Chen Zhuoyang hesitated for two seconds. He originally planned to go back to his dormitory to sort out the verification work of the past two days and send it to Qiao Yu first.
But in the end, he nodded and responded with a smile: "Okay, thank you, Teacher Zhou."
Junior Brother's project has just started, and there is no shortage of time for dinner.
After all, it was obvious that there was a teacher in the college who felt uncomfortable with the fact that he was uncomfortable with him, and was willing to invite him to dinner. Chen Zhuoyang felt that it was worth getting in touch with him.
On the way to dinner, the two casually chatted about something, and soon the topic turned to today's events.
"Dean Zhang is not in the right mood today, but you don't need to take it to heart. Just do your job well."
"Teacher Zhou, did I offend Dean Zhang?"
"How could you offend him when you first arrived? You just can't express your anger." Zhou Yang smiled and said.
"Excuse your anger?" Chen Zhuoyang was a little surprised. This answer was something he didn't expect.
Zhou Yang explained: "I heard that Dean Zhang is a very promising student. He received CSC funding and went to the University of Leuven to study for a Ph.D. He has always wanted to rely on our school to apply for the Qianqing Project. This is the third time this year. Just two days ago. The results came out and he was killed again."
Chen Zhuoyang suddenly understood, and he probably understood the logic, and also understood why everyone's attitude had become so mellow in the past two days.
The "Qianqing" in Zhou Yang's mouth was the previous customary name, but in fact it has been changed to the Overseas Excellent Youth Project. The Natural Science Foundation of China is also responsible for the selection and implementation.
Generally, application materials are submitted at the beginning of the year and the results will be announced around September.
The most important thing is that this project generally only accepts three applications. If you fail to apply three times in a row, it is basically impossible.
Coincidentally, at least in the eyes of many outsiders, my own tutor is really qualified enough to determine whether an applicant in the mathematics track can get the project.
"Dean Zhang is so petty? Besides, if his student failed to apply for Qianqing, what does it have to do with me? It can't just be reviewed by my boss, right?" Chen Zhuoyang said speechlessly.
Zhou Yang patted Chen Zhuoyang on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Haha, there are even smaller ones! You will know after you stay for a long time. In our school, we can only say that those who are capable are really capable, and those who are messing around are really messing around.
You will know after attending a few lectures. The professors who give good lectures are really great. I feel that I have benefited a lot from listening to them. As for the poor lectures, haha... In short, at least the teaching level of the professors is very polarized.
But there is nothing that Dean Zhang can do. Nowadays, there are more people in our college wearing hats. The Yangtze River, Outstanding Youth, and Excellent Youth have marginalized his department. Finally, he has a student who is okay, but he cannot be promoted.
As for the slogans shouted at the meeting, about developing the School of Mathematics to a top ten level within five years, just listen to it. This slogan started five years ago. But to be honest, there has been some development in these years."
Chen Zhuoyang heard a slightly complaining tone in Zhou Yang's mouth, but he just nodded and said with emotion: "Now that I think about it, I feel more comfortable staying in Yanbei."
Knowing why he was targeted today made him feel much better. At least it wasn't because he was born to be disliked.
"Haha, if I really want you to go back and continue studying for a Ph.D., you will definitely not want to. Here we are, this is Twelfth House. Their flamed beef cubes and mixed pork cheeks taste very good. You can try it later."
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I had a meal with Senior Brother Zhou who came first for more than an hour. I drank some wine, not much.
Mainly just chatting.
After all, everyone is from Yanbei, so they are naturally close to each other. Chen Zhuoyang also learned a lot about things in the college from Zhou Yang.
For example, who has left the college over the years, who has come, what achievements has the probability team made, and so on...
No matter what Zhou Yang's thoughts were, Chen Zhuoyang was still very grateful. At least he not only solved his doubts, but also gained a deeper understanding of the working environment.
Seeing that he was almost done eating, when Chen Zhuoyang was about to say goodbye and go back to work, Zhou Yang asked: "By the way, your junior brother Qiao, has he embarked on a big project recently?"
Chen Zhuoyang nodded and said with some surprise: "You know everything?"
"It was all discussed in the meeting, how could we not know? I heard that it was withdrawn on its own initiative. If this is really criticized, I don't know what will be said. After all, your junior brother is only sixteen years old, right?" Zhou Yang said
sentence.
Chen Zhuoyang thought about Dean Zhang's attitude at today's meeting and nodded in agreement.
"Well, yes, but don't underestimate him. Let's put it this way, Qiao Yu has changed my perception of genius. Sometimes I feel that he is a little wronged to be my boss's student."
Chen Zhuoyang said what was in his heart casually, and then suddenly felt that his words were inappropriate, and quickly added: "I'm not saying that Director Tian is not qualified to teach Qiao Yu, let's put it this way, even Tao Xuanzhi is probably not qualified to teach
Qiao Yu."
The reason why Tao Xuanzhi was brought out was because Chen Zhuoyang happened to think of the screenshot of the email Qiao Yu sent to the group during the meeting.
This big boss wanted to find an intermediary to express his intention to cooperate with Qiao Yu, but he was ruthlessly rejected by his junior brother, which is enough to explain everything.
"Do you have such a high opinion of him? Is it true that the paper he published in Ann.Math, as well as his questioning and supplementation of the geometric Langlands conjecture, were really his own work?" Zhou Yang asked curiously.
Chen Zhuoyang nodded and replied: "I know you may not believe it, but it was really him who did it. Qiao Yu lived downstairs from me when I was still here. Really, I saw every move he made.
"
Zhou Yang immediately asked, "How is your relationship with him going?"
Chen Zhuoyang hesitated for a moment, then nodded and replied: "It's not bad, I usually have more contact with him, and we often chat a few words."
"Then you must not cut off contact. Talk to Qiao Yu more in the future. If he has a project and is willing to take you with him, then your future development will be better than teaching here."
Zhou Yang sighed with emotion.
Chen Zhuoyang smiled and then nodded.
It seems that Senior Brother Zhou only heard that Qiao Yu applied for a key project and then withdrew it, and did not know about the members of the research team.
But this is normal.
It's normal for gossip to spread, but it's not normal for all the details to be revealed.
However, today's experience and this meal also strengthened Chen Zhuoyang's determination to hold Qiao Yu's thigh tightly.
Although my junior brother is only sixteen years old, he is respected by the strong in the field of mathematics, and he will not succumb to the strong.
Thinking of this, Chen Zhuoyang suddenly wanted to go back and work hard.
"Professor Zhou, why don't you come here today? The semester is about to start, and I have to prepare lessons when I get back. Now that Dean Zhang sees that I'm not feeling well, I can't let him catch any mistakes in class in the future."
"Okay, then come here and let's go."
A meal can be regarded as a feast for the host and the guest.
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At Yanbei University, Qiao Yu is sulking.
I sent an exciting message to the project group in the afternoon, and I clearly asked the veteran members of the research team to see the reply. However, I waited all afternoon and even went to have dinner in the middle. In the evening, there was still no reply.
Xue Song and Qiao Xi didn't even give a reply. This was because they didn't take him seriously as the leader of the research team.
Although he has little money, scientific research cannot be measured in money!
This is a project that all the big names in the Fields Medal want to join.
Qiao Yu felt that this trend was not right. Just when he was thinking about how to let everyone know that he was angry, and quickly realized that he had made a mistake, there was finally news on WeChat.
Sent by Senior Brother Chen.
"Junior brother, the work content of the past two days has been sent to you by email."
"How can I just post it? I made a request in the group this afternoon! Senior Brother Chen, are you slacking off?"
"Hey, don't mention it. I saw the message in that group during the teaching meeting in the afternoon, and I was just about to reply when I was scolded by the vice-dean."
"No? You were scolded during the meeting? No way, right? Senior Brother Chen, you are so shameless? Don't say it just because you looked at your phone."
Qiao Yu couldn't care less about being angry and asked curiously.
After all, Chen Zhuoyang is no longer a student, but a college teacher.
In his impression, Principal Zhang from his middle school was always kind and cheerful every time he talked to nice people.
A dean of a second-level college refused to give face to his senior brother during a meeting. He couldn't imagine the scene.
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"Hey, don't mention it. In fact, it's not all because of looking at the phone."
As soon as Chen Zhuoyang finished sending this message, his cell phone rang.
Qiao Yu, who was opposite, directly sent a WeChat video.
Then he clicked to connect, and as soon as he saw Qiao Yu's face full of curiosity, the voice came over.
"Senior Brother Chen, tell me, what's going on? Why would a good dean want to discipline you? It also makes my ordinary day happy."
Chen Zhuoyang smiled bitterly...
Fortunately, he had long been accustomed to Qiao Yu's way of speaking, so he simply relayed the news Zhou Yang told him.
"...That's probably it. Maybe Dean Zhang felt that the instructor was getting in the way?"
"Tsk, tsk, tsk... Is there such a thing? No, Senior Brother Chen, you can't be too soft! If you are bullied, it means that our teacher is being bullied, and if our teacher is bullied, it means that I am being bullied!
Let me tell you, next time he talks about you, just ask him directly which paper his student has published in the top journals and let him know. By the way, ask him as a teacher what papers he has published in the top journals before. Who are you to say that to you?"
After hearing what Qiao Yu said, Chen Zhuoyang said helplessly: "No, there's no point in asking. I haven't published any papers in top journals! Junior brother."
"Do you want to listen to what you are saying? Senior Brother Chen! Um... did you put water next to you?"
"Huh?" Chen Zhuoyang glanced at the water glass on the table next to him and nodded subconsciously.
"Pick it up and take a sip, hurry up."
Chen Zhuoyang picked up the water glass without knowing why and took a sip.
"How is it simple? What I want to tell you is that publishing the top journal in my research group is as easy as drinking water. Even the four top journals are nothing! But I have a request."
Chen Zhuoyang took a deep breath and asked piously: "Junior brother, what are your requirements, just tell me directly."
"It's also very simple. Next time I tell you in the group that when I receive a reply, you must reply quickly. Set a good example for the other two team members. Is that okay?"
"This is absolutely no problem!"
There were no question marks this time, and Chen Zhuoyang answered sonorously and effectively.
Chapter completed!