You Long for Girls?

Shen Qi sat down next to Xiao Junlong: "Dr. Xiao, what are your thoughts on whether the Navier-Stokes equations in three dimensions have a general solution?"

Xiao Junlong's eyes remained fixed on the girls on the screen. "What does it have to do with me if I haven't figured it out?"

Shen Qi asked, "You're here as a librarian to reach the pinnacle of human knowledge?"

Xiao Junlong shook his head. "No, this job is relatively easy."

Shen Qi then asked, "Do you crave girls?"

Xiao Junlong's eyes lit up with longing. "I want it!"

Shen Qi asked again, "The really cute kind?"

Xiao Junlong switches between Bilibili and dating websites. "Twin ponytails are the best!"

Shen Qi: "You can get cute girls just by browsing Bilibili and dating websites?"

Xiao Junlong believes. "At least there's a chance."

"Your Doctoral Thesis doesn't match your personality at all." Shen Qi had originally thought Xiao Junlong was a handsome and talented young man, but he never expected that Dr. Xiao would be like this.

"No matter how good your thesis is, or how high your degree is, the government won't assign you a girlfriend." Dr. Xiao seemed desperate for a girlfriend. He asked, "You said you were borrowing someone, who?"

"I need someone with extraordinary talent and an imposing presence." Shen Qi sighed. His ideals were lofty, but reality was harsh.

"Oh my god, isn't that me?" Xiao Junlong had a clear understanding of his own position.

"Dr. Xiao, how can your skin be thicker than a city wall?" Shen Qi was now certain that no one in the School of Mathematical Sciences would suppress or ostracize Xiao Junlong; it was this doctor who had willingly fallen into depravity.

"Professor Shen, let me answer your question about the Navier-Stokes equations." Xiao Junlong smiled faintly, picked up a pen and paper, and quickly wrote down a bunch of complex calculus formulas.

"The general solution of the Navier-Stokes equations cannot be explained in a few words. If the Navier-Stokes equations are reduced to two dimensions, they can be solved. This is an old conclusion, but it does not provide any clues about what happens in the three-dimensional case. I personally believe that the key to solving the general solution of the Navier-Stokes equations in the three-dimensional case lies in bringing calculus into a higher-dimensional space and finding a new method for handling invertible standards."

After finishing writing and speaking, Xiao Junlong returned to the dating website, shaking his head and muttering to himself, "Actually, a single ponytail is quite nice too."

"You also mentioned a novel approach to the invertible standard of the Navier-Stokes equations in your Doctoral Thesis. I think your idea is quite interesting." Shen Qi picked up the paper written by Xiao Junlong, folded it neatly, and put it in his pocket.

Xiao Junlong is a person who doesn't care about fame or fortune, but only loves cute girls. He has real talent and learning, and although he's a bit ugly, he can still be salvaged.

Shen Qi left the college library without mentioning that he wanted Xiao Junlong to come to him. He needed to observe this PhD student specializing in Mathematical Physics for a while longer.

Afterwards, Shen Qi went to Sun Erxiong's office and asked, "Director Sun, what's Zheng Yang, the researcher in your department, like? I mean academically, but not in terms of personality."

Sun Erxiong praised him highly, "Zheng Yang is quite an excellent young man. He's positive, optimistic, and helpful. He's a key young professional in our teaching and research office."

Director Sun gave his assurance, it must be true. Shen Qi said, "Can I borrow Zheng Yang for a few days? I'm short-staffed."

Sun Erxiong was shocked. "Shen Qi, are you trying to poach my employees?"

Shen Qi chuckled, "My Mathematical Research Center is dirt poor, shouldn't Director Sun lend a hand?"

Sun Erxiong was extremely indignant. "I'm not included in any of the good things, but you come to me to poach people. Professor Shen, this isn't fair!"

Shen Qi pulled out a pack of Panda cigarettes and handed it to Sun Erxiong: "Director Sun, please make an exception. We're all striving to build a strong socialist country."

"Shen Qi, you've learned to offer cigarettes as soon as you returned to China. This is putting me in a difficult position." Sun Erxiong accepted the Panda cigarettes from Shen Qi and pointed towards the door. "Go talk to Vice President Lu and see if he'll let you poach his employees."

"Director Sun, it's disrespectful to accept gifts and not do anything in return!" Shen Qi was quite familiar with Sun Erxiong and they had a very good relationship. Precisely because of this good relationship, Shen Qi had to ask Sun Erxiong permission before poaching his key researchers.

If you don't greet Sun Erxiong first, but just tell Principal Lu that you want someone, someone from Sun Erxiong, Principal Lu will arrange it for Shen Qi.

In fact, even transferring a researcher doesn't require the president of Yenching University to intervene; the dean of the School of Mathematical Sciences can handle it with just a word.

Shen Qi was also very familiar with Dean Wang of the School of Mathematical Sciences. He personally asked Dean Wang for personnel, and Dean Wang would generally meet his request.

But doing so would be too hurtful, after all, Sun Erxiong and Shen Qi were teacher and student.

"Professor Shen, I'm really in a difficult position, so very difficult." Sun Erxiong looked distressed. Mathematics is already a niche field, and cultivating a top-tier mathematical talent is extremely difficult, especially a loyal confidant. Which academic leader would be willing to let such a person go?

"Okay, I understand. Well, there's something I need to explain. The Hodge conjecture project was purely about the issue, not the person. Lao Lu's Mathematical Analysis major is a good fit, so I asked Lao Lu to cooperate. Once my mathematical physics center has grown and the staff covers the entire field of mathematics, I will definitely ask Director Sun to cooperate first. Director Sun, do we need to say anything more about who we are?" Shen Qi took out another pack of Panda cigarettes and placed it on Sun Erxiong's desk.

"Shen Qi, how can you be so stingy? You're such a rich person, you've already received $2 million in bonuses from the Clay Mathematics Institute, isn't it embarrassing to give away packs of cigarettes like this?" Sun Erxiong couldn't help but complain. These panda cigarette packs were printed with the words "Exclusively for Export" and were slightly cheaper at the airport duty-free shop.

"Slow and steady wins the race." Shen Qi carried two packs of Panda cigarettes with him, one originally intended for Lao Sun and the other for Lao Lu.

"Sigh, Shen Qi, I really don't know what to do with you. Here's what we'll do: you go back first, and I'll have Zheng Yang come upstairs to find you later. You can talk to him personally. If he's willing to come to your Mathematical Research Center and make great strides, I won't stop him." It was clear that Sun Erxiong was very reluctant to see Researcher Zheng Yang leave him.

Even though he was reluctant, Lao Sun still made the painful decision to sell his trusted and key personnel, all to support Shen Qi's great cause.

This is true love.

Mutual respect between people is essential, and Shen Qi made up his mind. "No need, let's leave Zheng Yang to Director Sun. I'll recruit someone through other channels."

Shen Qi's original plan was to recruit a few young, high-level mathematical talents from the Big Mathematics Department to get the Center Mathematics Department Shen Qi Mathematical Center up and running.

During the process of recruiting from within the company, Shen Qi discovered a problem.

The young, well-regarded key personnel are not being let go by other professors and department heads in the School of Mathematical Sciences.

Of course, if Professor Shen insists on taking them, they will have no choice but to release them.

Shen Qi has good relationships with most of the professors and directors in the Big Mathematics Department; forcibly poaching them would damage those relationships.

Therefore, there's no need to try and snatch that key researcher under Lao Lu. If Shen Qi asks Lao Lu for him, Lao Lu will most likely have to reluctantly part with him.

Shen Qi left the Panda cigarettes he had given to Lao Lu with Lao Sun, thus ending his hopes of poaching people from within the Big Mathematics Department at Yanda University.

"By the way, there's an administrator in the library group named Xiao Junlong. What's he like?" Shen Qi asked.

"Xiao Junlong is a talented kid, but he lacks ambition and just dreams of a perfect match falling from the sky," Sun Erxiong said, shaking his head. His opinion of Xiao Junlong was so-so.

"A beautiful girl falling from the sky—the dream of every otaku," Shen Qi said with a smile, then took his leave.

Shen Qi had no intention of poaching the promising young talents with good reputations within the Big Mathematics Department. But what about those unambitious individuals whom everyone else looked down upon? Did Shen Qi have a chance to turn their potential into something extraordinary?

The primary channel is still to recruit talent from outside Yenching University. This will not cause internal conflicts, and the university will definitely encourage Shen Qi to recruit some high-end talent from outside the university.

Shen Qi returned to his office at the Mathematical Research Center on the third floor. His phone rang, and the caller ID showed it was Academician Pan.

Shen Qi answered the call, "Academician Pan, hello."

Academician Pan's voice sounded extremely excited, "Shen Qi, we succeeded! We succeeded!"

Shen Qi asked cautiously, "Um, did it really work?"

"After eight months of continuous testing, our quantum key is flawless!" Academician Pan said directly, without any reservations. This is China, and he and Shen Qi are both in China.