Top Student at Their Peak-Chapter 380 - 134: Proficient in Mathematics, Especially with Lofty Aspirations_5

Therefore, it’s generally believed in mainstream Western society that even if a successful person flaunts their success in front of a failure, the most graceful response for the latter is to maintain composure and congratulate the other person, to preserve the last bit of dignity. 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝙬𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝒎

This also ensures that people never hesitate to offer sincere blessings to the successful.

So when Qiao Yu finished his presentation, he was met with more than just applause from the whole audience.

It was the fervent enthusiasm of many mathematicians in the audience.

Let’s put it this way, from the afternoon onwards, wherever Qiao Yu went, he received the deserved star treatment.

Even though to many Westerners, all Asians look the same, Qiao Yu was evidently too easy to spot because he was young enough.

He was the only high school student at the mathematicians’ conference.

Some people simply wanted to congratulate him with a few words, some wanted to exchange academic insights, some invited him to listen to seminars at their sub-venues, while others just wanted to say hello and get acquainted.

In short, Qiao Yu was surrounded by many people, so much so that after the morning session he couldn’t even see where Frank had gone.

If you add on Tian Yanzhen introducing him to many senior figures in the mathematics field, or say Yanbei and Huaqing’s connections in the mathematics world, then Qiao Yu was even busier.

Right, when leaving the venue, he even accepted interviews from several Huaxia journalists.

The only thing Qiao Yu didn’t know was that his opening presentation incident had even made it onto Central Media’s seven o’clock news.

If he had known earlier, he would have overcome all obstacles to call Qiao Xi and remind her not to forget to turn on the TV and watch.

Finally, after greeting everyone and having lunch, he met many mathematicians and had some simple academic discussions with a few.

In the afternoon, he originally planned to attend a sub-venue seminar, but then Zhang Shuwen invited him to meet some professors from Princeton, where he met the Dean of the Princeton School of Mathematics, the editor-in-chief of Ann. Math, Lott Degen, and several professors from the Princeton Institute for Advanced Study...

Qiao Yu even got Lott Degen’s personal number and email.

Okay, for a newcomer in mathematics, starting with a connection to the editor-in-chief of one of the world’s top four math journals is absolutely a dreamlike start.

In fact, not only Lott Degen, but Qiao Yu had also already become familiar with many editors of renowned mathematics journals.

Really, just the time of one noon plus one afternoon, Qiao Yu already roughly understood why such a world-class conference, besides discussing academia, is also a major academic networking event.

Qiao Yu felt he spent most of his time on social interactions on the first day of the conference. However, he thought this was also because there was no full-session meeting that afternoon.

If it’s all parallel sessions, mathematicians still prefer to spend the time discussing topics of interest.

After diplomatically declining invitations from Lott Degen and several Princeton professors, Qiao Yu sent a message to Tian Yanzhen and then quietly returned to his room alone.

He had gathered too much information in half a day and needed to relax for a moment.

Also, Qiao Xi was right in her judgment; after doing something proud, Qiao Yu couldn’t wait to share it with Qiao Xi.

Upon returning to his room, he glanced at the time; it was already 3:20 in the afternoon. Calculating the time difference, it was now 9:20 in the evening Huaxia Time.

After figuring out the time difference, Qiao Yu flopped onto the bed and opened WeChat to video call Qiao Xi.

The instant video chat function is indeed great, as after all, international call fees are extremely high, and the best part is that the hotel’s Wi-Fi speed is quite stable.

Soon, the other side answered the video call, and after a bit of buffering, Qiao Xi’s image finally appeared on the screen.

But before Qiao Yu could speak, another face popped up?

"Huh? Keke, why are you at my house too?" Qiao Yu asked in bewilderment.

"Because it’s Saturday, I don’t have evening self-study, so I came to help Auntie with physics."

"Stop joking, can you really help my mom with physics?"

"I’m not joking, I forgot a lot of things and couldn’t do the problems. Thank goodness for Keke teaching me," Qiao Xi said softly from the side, leaving Qiao Yu speechless.

Actually, he didn’t mind checking if this girl had changed, since they hadn’t seen each other for months, but her sudden appearance wasn’t quite right today. Because he was really looking forward to talking to Qiao Xi about that man.

"Ahem, okay, um, you guys might not know, today I..."

"We know, Brother Qiao, you were amazing today, giving the opening report at the World Mathematicians’ Conference! Right?" the little girl on the other side of the video answered again.

Qiao Xi continued to smile gently by the side, without speaking.

Qiao Yu blinked in confusion.

Before today, he didn’t seem to have bragged about this to anyone back home. How did little Keke get this information so quickly?

"No, how did you know?"

"You don’t know? You were on Central Media’s seven o’clock news! I was going to send the video to you, but Auntie said to wait, you would definitely come and brag before ten tonight. Auntie guessed right!"

Qiao Yu realized and then said in surprise, "I was on the news?"

"Mm-hmm, I’ll send the news to you later! By the way, Brother Qiao, is Paris fun?"

"How would I know if it’s fun? Director Tian doesn’t let me leave the hotel, so I can only stay in the hotel every day."