Chapter 89 There is no harm without comparison
Xiaozhou, Yujiang University.
Xue Song really closed his eyes, sat in his seat, took three deep breaths in a row, and after calming down his emotions, he downloaded Qiao Yu's paper from his mailbox.
If Qiao Yu saw this scene, he would probably know how angry Lao Xue was just now.
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. The requirements have been lowered a bit unconsciously, as long as the logic is smooth and there are not too many obvious errors.
After completely stabilizing his emotions, Xue Song opened Qiao Yu's paper.
......
He had already decided on the title for Qiao Yu, so there was nothing to say. The abstract and introduction are well written, with no faults to be found. This also made Xue Song unconsciously relax his frown.
Considering that Qiao Yu was only in his first year of high school, he even wanted to give the abstract and introduction an excellent grade.
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 summarize the core content and main conclusions of the entire paper in highly refined language, and at the same time, they must also show the difference between this paper and other similar papers to attract other researchers to read.
So it is also very particular. Being able to write quite well, in Xue Song's opinion, is at least a Ph.D. level.
For example, the abstract and introduction written by his master's student just now are wrong. The structure and method in the paper are really not outstanding at all. Qiao Yu has already made a highly concise summary of the structure of the entire paper in the introduction.
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 reading it in one breath. Instead, he stood up, moved around casually, and refilled the empty teacup with a glass of water before sitting back in front of the computer and continuing to read Qiao Yu's paper.
Qiao Yu sent him the document directly. If he had any questions, he could comment on it directly. It is 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 this, but that is usually when he does not need to do special processing or 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 stay on a certain interface for a moment, think carefully, and then continue to slide the mouse slowly, and he was immersed in it unknowingly. In this way, Xue Song sat in the office from two o'clock in the afternoon until more than five o'clock in the afternoon, 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 the whole person sat there stunned.
In my memory, he didn’t seem to even see any grammatical errors? Okay, maybe he was still asking questions with the mentality of a tutor in the first half, but in the second half he was already reading the paper normally, so he didn't notice it, right?
But when he read through a paper written by a high school student, he couldn't find any comments he should make? Do you even feel that you have benefited a lot? Maybe some of the content will be quoted 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 called Qiao Yu again.
The phone rang about a dozen times before the call was connected.
"Huhu...Professor Xue, Huh...hello."
"What are you doing?"
"I'm tired from reading papers in the afternoon. Huh... I just ran to the playground and was playing basketball with my classmates during the physical education break."
The physical education break ? Play basketball? What a strange term.
The nostalgic high school life! No...that's not the point.
“Let me ask you, did you have someone else revise and polish your paper for you?”
“No!”
“You didn’t ask a thesis tutor for advice?”
“No! Teacher Xue, the document you sent me summarizing the key points of the thesis has already been written. It’s clear enough, how could I still waste that money? Besides, couldn’t you just help me revise it?”
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!
The ability to write a textbook-style paper for the first time is a bit unbelievable.
Some people are already graduate students and write papers that make them want to kill someone! 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 instructor.
The gap is already so big that humans and dogs are competing in IQ, right?
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 more than a dozen times and revised everything that didn't make sense or was explained clearly."
< br>Xue Song felt a little emotional, and then asked: "The paper by your senior brother that I sent you, Have you read it?"
"Um? I only read five pages and then stopped reading it. The main reason was that the symbol designation in his paper was a little confusing, and L stood for a lattice point set. It also represents the Laplacian matrix. My understanding of mathematics is not that deep, so I can’t quite understand what the senior brother wants to express. ” Ability. Reading a bad paper can remind you not to make similar mistakes in the future. < br>
So this task is left to you. Read through my 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 must also be an excellent 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...Mr. , I will definitely listen to your request, but What should I do if my senior brother loses face?”
After hearing this, Xue Song laughed and said: “He? Face? What else does he want? If he wants a little face, he won’t write this. Something! Fortunately, he reviewed it for me first, such as If he surrenders like this and still has my name on his name, I’m ready to shoot him!
It’s been almost two months since he handed over such a thing to me, and he’s still talking about face? I’m doubting him now? This master's degree is part-time! Leave it to you. As for your paper, I will help you submit it. Just wait for the paper to be published."
After that, Xue Song didn't give it to Qiao at all. Yu had the chance to speak and hung up the phone again.
Then I sat back in my seat, and when I looked at the paper on the computer, I became more and more angry as I thought about it, and suddenly I even felt reluctant to let go of such a good idea.
Even if he can bring out a hundred doctoral students in the future, he might not be as good as bringing up a student like Qiao Yu.
But when he thought about his own affairs, he couldn'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 his mobile phone again.
After sitting there and thinking carefully for a moment, Xue Song picked up the phone and found a number.
This number in the address book represents one of the top and most outstanding contemporary academic leaders in the Chinese mathematics community. Although there are some controversies surrounding him, his importance in the Chinese mathematics community lies there.
Almost perfectly met Xue Song’s requirements for helping Qiao Yu choose a mentor.
He has this number because he was invited to be one of the judges of the Little Libaba Mathematics Competition, and this big boss is named on the organizing committee of the competition. The two were lucky enough to meet once, so they left their numbers.
The name of Academician Tian Yanzhen was found in the address book interface. Xue Song hesitated for a long time before resolutely clicking the dial button.
A good person must fight to the end. If Qiao Yu can be taken seriously now, there will be fewer variables in the future. And if you try to call me, you won't lose any money. At most, you won't answer the phone.
Xue Song was thinking in his mind, but what he didn't expect was that the call was connected after only three beeps on his side, faster than that guy Qiao Yu answered the phone just now.
"Hello, I'm Tian Yanzhen..." The boss didn't save his number. I will answer his call, probably because this number is very private and not disclosed to the public.
"Hello, Professor Tian, I am Xue Song from Yujiang University."
"Oh, hello, Professor Xue, are you okay?"
"It's like this, do you still remember Qiao Yu from the number theory track of this year's Little Li Baba Mathematics Competition?"
"That junior high school student? Haha, of course you remember, several of my students specially recorded the video of interviewing him Send it to me, it’s a very interesting kid.”
Xue Song felt even more amused when he heard laughter coming from the other side.
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 thought 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 post Gave it to the instructor.
Of course, given this big shot's status in academia, the students he talks about are most likely not the current students. Many 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 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 also Qiao Yu’s interview video. Past reasons shared by students.
If you think about it, Qiao Yu's luck is quite good. It was an accident.
So he immediately struck while the iron 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 paper I was blown away by the quality.”
"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?"
As expected, the boss will also be curious, but the questions raised do 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."
"You "Let's talk about it."
Xue Song immediately recounted the equation he posted on the algebraic number theory forum and was solved by Qiao Yu. He said it very concisely. After all, the boss was willing to listen and It doesn’t mean you are 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 ideas. I simply thought that his solution could be completed as a paper, and by the way, That was back in August.
He just submitted the paper at noon today. Send it to me. I just finished reading it, and I feel like there is nothing I can do to help him revise it, so I plan to just add my name in the corresponding author column and submit it to JournalofNumberTheory.”
For this reason. It's almost made clear.
If the boss is still not interested, Xue Song will not say anything more.
But I think after the paper is 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 other party did not disappoint him. After pondering for a second, he said in a gentle tone: "Well, if you and the little guy don't mind, send me the paper for a look? But I The research on number theory is also very shallow, and I can’t think of anything very useful.”
“Tian. Professor, you are too modest. If Qiao Yu knows that you are willing to give him guidance, he may go crazy with joy. Well, I will forward it to you now."
"Okay, that's right. Do you know my private email?”
“Only the school email you made public”
"Oh, that email address is mainly in charge of the secretary of the research center. I will send a text message to you later."
"Okay, please excuse me, Professor Tian."
"Xue Professor, you're welcome."
......
After hanging up the phone, Xue Song received a text message from Tian Yanzhen 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’s paper to be sent by email. Papers sent through regular mailboxes have clear time and traces, 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.
A matter of basic courtesy.
The main reason is that I am not in a hurry for one or two days.
The National Day is coming soon. Fortunately, except for the units in China opposite, the foreign journal editorial offices cannot celebrate China's National Day.
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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.
Help my senior to revise his paper? Do you still want to give review opinions? Why was this title of senior brother forced on him?
Okay, although Qiao Yu has indeed never been a teacher, according to common sense, isn't this a mentor's task?
And does that paper need to be revised? Obviously we should rewrite it directly, right?
Qiao Yu wanted to argue, but Lao Xue hung up the phone directly, not giving him a chance to express himself.
This is very unreasonable.
You must know his reasons are very good.
As we all know, legally minors cannot engage in child labor, and those game studios are very stuck in this area.
Theoretically, reviewing papers is also a job, so isn’t this considered child labor? Did Lao Xue forget that he was not an adult yet?
Besides, garbage should be thrown into the trash can. What's the point of throwing it to him?
He doesn’t run a garbage recycling center?
Shocking!
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 away. Returned to his study room.
The paper had been deleted by him before. Fortunately, the manuscript attached to the email was not deleted, so Qiao Yu downloaded it to his 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.
That's it? Or the so-called senior brother? The feeling of gratitude I felt towards Senior Brother Qin before was gone in an instant.
A bunch of extremely sharp questions suddenly popped up in my mind.
You are already in graduate school, how come this paper is not as good as that of a high school student? You have been feeding dogs for most of your life, right? What did you study in this university? How to pass the postgraduate examination through the national line? 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 watching it for a short while, 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 between it and rewriting it? The most he can do is put forward all the problems that he personally feels are problematic, and then give some review comments casually, and then throw them back in the same way. .
Are you kidding? He is still a child!
Yes, as long as he is not eighteen years old, even if the whole world doesn't treat him as a child, Qiao Yu feels that he still needs to treat himself as one! There is a saying that goes well: When you go out, you give yourself your identity!
Thank you Xue Lu Fengqing for your reward and encouragement!
(End of this chapter)