Xiaozhou, Yujiang University.
Xue Song really closed his eyes, sat in his seat, took three deep breaths in a row, and after calming down, downloaded Qiao Yu's paper from his mailbox. If Qiao Yu saw this scene, he would probably know what had just happened How angry Lao Xue was.
But what can be done? There is a two-way choice between tutors and students. If the students they recruit have a crappy thesis, they still need to read it, and they may even have to help with corrections.
One thing Qiao Yu knew was correct. At this time, Xue Song really didn't have high expectations for the paper Qiao Yu submitted to him for the first time. He had unconsciously lowered his requirements a bit. As long as the logic was smooth, As long as there weren't too many obvious mistakes. After completely stabilizing his emotions, Xue Song opened Qiao Yu's paper.
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He had already decided on the title for Qiao Yu, and there was nothing much to say. The abstract and introduction were well written, and there were no faults. This also made Xue Song unconsciously relax his frown. Considering that Qiao Yu was only a freshman in high school. , he even wanted to give the abstract and introduction parts an excellent rating.
Although the abstract and introduction do not account for a large proportion of the paper, in fact, for many students, this part is the more difficult part.
After all, these two parts need to use highly refined language to summarize the core content and main conclusions of the entire paper. At the same time, they also need to show the difference between this paper and other similar papers to attract other researchers to read. So it is also very particular. Can The writing is quite satisfactory. In Xue Song's opinion, it is at least a doctorate level.
For example, the abstract and introduction written by his master's student just now are completely wrong. The structure and methods in the paper are really not outstanding at all. Qiao Yu has already made the structure of the entire paper high in the introduction. Concise summary. This is actually very important because it allows readers to have a general impression and expectation of the following content.
After feeling that Qiao Yu's paper was acceptable, Xue Song did not continue to read it in one breath. Instead, he stood up, moved around casually, filled the empty tea cup with a glass of water, and then sat in front of the computer again. He began to continue reading Qiao Yu's paper. Qiao Yu sent him the document directly. If he had any questions, he could comment directly on the side. It was more efficient than printing it out and manually circling it next to it.
Some professors are still accustomed to and insist on reading paper versions of papers. All papers will be printed first and then read. In fact, Xue Song often does the same, but that is usually when he does not need to do special processing and give reading opinions. Obviously. He did not think that the paper Qiao Yu submitted to him for the first time did not require any comments from him.
Then he began to read the paper quietly.
Holding the mouse in one hand, he moved it subconsciously. Occasionally, he would stop at a certain interface for a moment, think carefully, and then continue to slide the mouse slowly. Unknowingly, Xue Song was in the office. I sat there from two o'clock in the afternoon until after five o'clock, until the paper gave the conclusion and outlook, as well as the list of cited literature.
Yes, it took more than three hours for Xue Song to read through the paper Qiao Yu sent him in one breath. His hands never even rested on the keyboard. Then he sat there stunned.
In his memory, it seems that he didn't even see any grammatical errors? Well, maybe he was still asking questions with the mentality of a tutor in the first half, but in the second half, he had already read the paper normally, so he didn't notice it, right? But one article He read through a paper written by a high school student, but couldn't find any comments he should make? He even felt that he benefited a lot? Maybe he would quote some of the content in his next paper?
Is this sophisticated essay writing technique really self-taught?
Xue Song still remembers that when he was an undergraduate student at Princeton, he only started writing his first paper in his sophomore year, and the teacher picked out a lot of mistakes.
After taking a deep breath, Xue Song stood up, moved his body, then picked up his cell phone and dialed Qiao Yu again. After about a dozen rings, the call was connected.
"Hoo ho... Professor Xue, ho... hello." "What are you doing?"
"I'm tired from reading papers in the afternoon. Phew... I just ran to the playground and I'm playing basketball with my classmates during physical education recess." Physical education recess? Playing basketball? What a strange term.
What a nostalgic high school life! No...that's not the point.
"Let me ask you, did you have someone else edit and polish your paper?" "No!"
"You didn't ask a thesis tutor either?"
"Really not! Teacher Xue, the document that summarizes the main points of the paper you sent me is already written clearly enough. How could I still waste that money? Besides, can't you directly help me revise it? What do you think of my The paper is not bad?" Xue Song didn't know what to say.
More than good!
If he wasn't afraid of the pride of the young man on the other side of the phone, he would have directly boasted about this paper! He was able to write a textbook-style paper for the first time, which is a bit unbelievable.
Some people are already graduate students, and the papers they write make them want to kill people! Some people are still high school students, but they can already write extremely beautiful papers that can be submitted directly without any revision by the tutor. There is a gap between them. Is it old enough for humans to compare their IQs with dogs?
Three seconds later, Xue Song said: "Yes, the paper is very good! It is at least 10,000 times better than some of your senior brothers! But you can't compare with him."
"That's good. In fact, I wrote the paper the day before yesterday. I was just afraid of any omissions. Then I read it a dozen times and revised everything that didn't make sense or was clearly explained." Xue Song sighed with emotion. , and then asked: "Have you read the paper by your senior brother that I sent you?"
"Um? I only read five pages and then stopped reading. The main reason is that the symbol reference in his paper is a bit confusing. L represents the grid point set, and after a while it represents the Laplacian matrix. I am very familiar with mathematics. My understanding is not that deep yet, so I can’t quite understand what senior brother wants to express.”
Xue Song said calmly: "No, you have to keep reading even if you don't understand. Your self-study ability is enough for you to understand the concepts you haven't touched yet. Reading excellent papers can improve your abilities. Reading a bad paper will It can alert you so that you don’t make similar mistakes in the future.
So this task is left to you. Read through your senior brother’s paper, revise the areas you think are problematic, and provide review comments. Do you understand? This is the only way for your future academic research. An excellent scholar, He must also be a good reviewer."
This time it was the other person's turn to be silent.
After a long while, Xue Song heard the other person ask in an uncertain tone: "Um...Teacher, are you serious? I'm reviewing your senior brother's thesis. Isn't this not good? Really, I don't care. I'll accept your request." I'll definitely listen, but what should I do if my senior brother can't bear to lose face?
After hearing this, Xue Song laughed and said: "He? Face? What else does he want? If he wanted a little face, he wouldn't have written this article! Fortunately, he reviewed it for me first. If he had voted it out like this , he still has my name on his name, and I’m ready to shoot him! It’s been almost two months, and he handed me such a thing, and he still talks about face? I now suspect that his master’s degree is part-time! Anyway, this matter has to be handed over to me. Here you go. As for your paper, which is not a big problem, I will help you submit it. You don’t have to worry about anything else, just wait for the paper to be published."
After saying that, Xue Song didn't give Qiao Yu a chance to speak and hung up the phone again.
Then he sat back in his seat and looked at the thesis on the computer. The more he thought about it, the angrier he became. He even suddenly felt reluctant to part with such a good idea. Even if he could bring out a hundred doctoral students in the future, he might not be as good as A student like Qiao Yu.
But when he thinks about his own affairs, he can't handle it...
So he sighed in his heart, and was about to click on the mailbox and submit directly, but suddenly his eyes were on the mobile phone again. After sitting there and thinking carefully for a moment, Xue Song picked up the mobile phone and found a number.
This number in the address book represents one of the top and most outstanding academic leaders in the Chinese mathematics community. Although there are some controversies surrounding him, its importance in the Chinese mathematics community is there. It is almost perfect and has reached the level of Xue Song Gang Qiao Yuxuan Determine the instructor’s requirements.
He was able to have this number because he was invited to be one of the judges of the Little Libaba Mathematics Competition, and this big shot was named on the organizing committee of the competition. The two of them were lucky enough to meet once, so they left the number and address book. The name of Academician Tian Yanzhen was found on the interface. Xue Song hesitated for a long time before resolutely clicking the dial button.
A good person should do it to the end. If Qiao Yu can be taken seriously now, there will be a lot less variables in the future. And if you try to call, you won't lose any meat. At most, you just don't answer. Xue Song thought in his heart, let What he didn't expect was that the call was connected after only three beeps on his end, faster than that guy Qiao Yu answered the phone just now.
"Hello, I'm Tian Yanzhen..."
It’s true, the boss didn’t save his number. He answered his call, probably because the number is very private and not open to the public. “Professor Tian, ​​hello, I’m Xue Song from Yujiang University.”
"Oh, hello, Professor Xue, are you okay?"
"That's right, do you still remember the metaphor from the number theory track of this year's Little Li Baba Mathematics Competition?"
"That junior high school student? Haha, of course I remember. Several of my students specially sent me videos of interviews with him. He was a very interesting kid." Hearing laughter coming from the other side, Xue Song felt even more amused.
This shows that the boss has an impression of Qiao Yu.
Xue Song also watched Qiao Yu's interview video. At that time, he just felt that this little guy was really getting carried away. He really didn't expect that Tian Yanzhen's students would also pay attention to it, and more than one of them would send it to their instructor. Of course, with
Due to this big man's status in the academic world, the students he talks about are most likely not current students. Many of them are already professors at well-known universities in China or researchers at research institutes.
It is quite normal to communicate with teachers and share some interesting stories.
Xue Song remembered again that Tian Yanzhen had also served as a professor at MIT and Princeton University. It happened that both schools were mentioned in Qiao Yu's interview. This is probably why Qiao Yu's interview video was shared by students.
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Thinking about it this way, Qiao Yu's luck was pretty good, it was an unintentional thing.
So he immediately struck the iron mark while it was hot: "Yes, that's him. This kid is a little ignorant, but he recently completed a paper almost entirely on his own efforts without anyone's guidance, and the quality of the paper shocked me.
wipe.
"Oh? Have you been involved in scientific research since you were in high school? Did you complete a paper independently? Or did you choose the topic on your own?"
Sure enough, the big boss will be curious too, but the questions raised indeed go to the core of the problem.
Xue Song immediately said: "Speaking of topic selection, there is actually a story, but I don't know if you are busy over there. It will take some time to talk about it."
"Come and listen."
Xue Song immediately recounted the equation he had posted on the algebraic number theory forum and what had been solved by Qiao Yu. The explanation was very concise. After all, just because the boss was willing to listen, it did not mean that he was willing to spend a long time listening.
After finishing speaking, Xue Songcai added: "Many professors on the forum knew about this at the time, and many professors were also interested in Qiao Yu's idea. I simply thought that his solution could be completed as a paper, by the way.
That was back in August. He just sent me the paper at noon today. I had just read it and felt that there was nothing I could do to help him revise it. I planned to just add his name in the corresponding author column and directly submit it to the Journal of
Number Theory.”
When it comes to this, it has almost been made explicit.
If the boss is still not interested, Xue Song won't say anything more.
But I think after the paper is actually published, if Tian Yan really remembers today's phone call, he will probably take a look at it.
Then his call was not in vain.
The person on the other side did not disappoint him. After pondering for a second, he said in a gentle tone: "Well, if you and that little guy don't mind, send me the paper for a look? But my research on number theory is also limited.
It’s very superficial, and even thinking about it, I can’t offer any very useful advice.”
"Professor Tian, ​​you are too modest. If that child Qiao Yu knows that you are willing to give him guidance, he may go crazy with joy now. Well, then I will forward it to you now?"
"Okay, by the way, do you know my personal email address?"
"I only know the school email you made public."
"Oh, that email address is mainly handled by the secretary of the research center. I'll send you a text message later."
"Okay, please excuse me, Professor Tian."
"Professor Xue is very polite."
After hanging up the phone, Xue Song received a text message from Tian Yanzhen not long after and gave him a private email account.
Xue Song directly forwarded the email from Qiao Yu.
This is also the reason why Xue Song asked Qiao Yu to send his paper by email. Papers sent through regular mailboxes have clear time and traces on them, which can protect the interests of the paper authors to the greatest extent.
Of course, the most important thing is that with this big boss’s status in the world, he will not covet Qiao Yu’s paper.
After forwarding the paper to Tian Yanzhen, Xue Song called up a tool on the computer to convert Qiao Yu's paper into PDF format, but did not submit it.
Although both of them knew his true purpose of sending the paper, since they had already asked for advice, it was best not to send the paper until the boss responded. It was a matter of basic courtesy.
Mainly because I'm not in a rush for one or two days.
The National Day is coming soon. Fortunately, except for the units in China opposite, those foreign journal editorial offices cannot celebrate China's National Day...
Huaxia, Xingcheng, Xingtie No.1 Middle School.
Back to about ten minutes ago, Qiao Yu was stunned for a while while listening to the busy tone on the phone.
Helping a senior fellow to revise his thesis? And also to give review opinions? Why is this senior fellow's title imposed on him? Well, although Qiao Yu has never been a teacher, according to common sense, isn't this a mentor's task?
And is it necessary to revise that paper? It should obviously be rewritten directly, right?
Qiao Yu wanted to argue, but Lao Xue hung up the phone directly, not giving him a chance to show off. This was very unreasonable.
You must know that his reasons are very good.
As we all know, legally minors are not allowed to engage in child labor, and those game studios are very stuck in this area.
Theoretically speaking, reviewing papers is also a job, so doesn’t this count as child labor? Did Lao Xue forget that he is not an adult yet? Besides, garbage should be thrown into the trash can, so what’s the point of throwing it to him?
Son?
He doesn’t run a garbage recycling center? He’s so angry!
In short, there were so many flaws in this matter that Qiao Yu was not even in the mood to play basketball. He casually said hello to his teammates, then ran to the toilet in the teaching building, washed his face, and ran back to his study room.
.The paper had been deleted by him before. Fortunately, the manuscript in the attachment to the email was not deleted. Qiao Yu downloaded it to the computer again.
This time he was no longer on a pilgrimage, but began to re-examine this senior brother's paper with a critical eye.
Is that it? Or the so-called senior brother? The feeling of gratitude towards this senior brother Qin that I had before was gone in an instant. A bunch of extremely sharp questions suddenly popped up in my mind.
I'm already in graduate school, why is it that my thesis is not as good as that of a high school student? Isn't a lot of years old? What exactly did you learn in this university? How did you pass the national level for the postgraduate examination? How did you pass the re-examination? ?Is Lao Xue hungry? Accept all students?
It’s over, now I can’t read it even more. Even the summary and introduction are written in a mess. How can I ask him to revise it? Let him help rewrite it! Really, after just reading for such a short time, Qiao Yu felt hungry.
I can only say that reviewing this kind of paper requires too much energy.
Forget it, let’s go eat first!
When he picked up his meal card and charged towards the canteen, Qiao Yu had already made up his mind.
It is impossible to make serious changes, otherwise what is the difference from rewriting it? The most he can do is mention all the problems that he personally feels are problematic, and then give some review comments casually, and then throw them back. Are you kidding? He Still a child!
Chapter completed!