Reinforcements

Shen Qi took Ou Ye's phone. "Uncle Ou, please speak."

Old Ou cut to the chase. "You and Ou Ye, come to our house for New Year's Eve dinner."

Shen Qi neither agreed nor immediately refused, "Didn't we just go there a while ago?"

Old Ou retorted, "Has our family treated you badly?"

Shen Qi appealed to both emotion and reason. "Of course, that's fine, but Ou Ye has never been to my house before, and I'd like to take her there."

Old Ou was a straightforward person. "After the first day of the new year, you two can do whatever you want."

"Um, Uncle Ou, let me ask my dad. Just wait a moment, I'll call you back in a bit." Shen Qi also brought up his father.

"Oh?" Old Ou sounded surprised on the phone.

"Huh?" Ou Ye exclaimed in surprise.

In the eyes of the Ou family father and daughter, Shen Qi a very decisive man; they had never seen him hesitate or waver before making a decision.

Shen Qi returned the phone to Ou Ye, Ou Ye then went into the bedroom to continue her call with her father.

Shen Qi went out onto the balcony and called his dad, "Dad, I'd like to have New Year's Eve dinner at Ou Ye's house. Do you and Mom think that's okay?"

Old Shen: "Why not? Go for it!"

Shen Qi: "So quick?"

Old Shen: "You go to her house for New Year's Eve dinner this year, and she comes to our house next year. Just reach a basic agreement, there's nothing to worry about."

With the basic consensus reached by both fathers, Shen Qi and Ou Ye will have New Year's Eve dinner at Ou Ye's house this year, and then Ou Ye will accompany Shen Qi to Nangang to pay New Year's greetings.

Before the Spring Festival holiday, the Shen Qi Mathematical and Physical Research Center welcomed an important talent: Zhou Yu'an returned to China.

Zhou Yu'an received his PhD from Princeton. He arrived at Shen Qi's office, looking travel-worn, and placed a file folder on Shen Qi's desk. "My documents are all in here. Please take a look, Boss Shen."

Shen Qi lightly patted the file bag twice without opening it. "I know your information very well, no need to look at it. Your position is researcher, with Associate Professor salary. Before the Spring Festival, you mainly need to familiarize yourself with the environment, and you will officially start work after the Spring Festival."

"So aloof, huh?" Zhou Yu'an had an air of overseas returnee elite when she first entered, but Shen Qi quickly diminished that air after she opened her mouth.

"I've read your revised Doctoral Thesis. It's well-written. Keep it up, and surpassing your mentor, Faltings, is only a matter of time." Shen Qi was very familiar with Zhou Yu'an's Doctoral Thesis, and it was he who provided the revision suggestion to Zhou Yu'an.

Zhou Yu'an said, "Director Shen, I feel you've changed since you became a leader; you've become detached from the masses."

"I, Shen Qi, am the one at Peking University who loves going to the grassroots the most. Come on, Zhou Yu'an, I'll show you around." Shen Qi led Zhou Yu'an to the general affairs office and introduced Zhou Yu'an to a few girls, "Zhou Yu'an, my classmate, a top student at Peking University, a PhD from Princeton, ladies, get to know her."

"Hello, Dr. Zhou!"

"Senior Brother Zhou is indeed a handsome and talented man!"

The girls clapped and praised Zhou Yu'an, warmly welcoming his arrival.

Zhou Yu'an smiled and waved, "They're all beautiful women, Director Shen. Could you arrange for me to work in this office?"

"Of course not." Shen Qi pulled Zhou Yu'an away from the general affairs office and into the Mathematics Room next door.

The general affairs office was filled with soft, cozy conversations, while the Mathematics Room had a completely different work atmosphere.

No one was making a loud noise. Ma Chaofan was bent over his desk proving his Algebraic Geometry problem, while Xiao Junlong was biting his pencil with his eyes closed, his Mathematical Physics problem entering a crucial stage.

The other four researchers were busy with their own tasks, occasionally exchanging a few words in hushed tones.

Shen Qi's arrival livened up the atmosphere in the Mathematics Room.

"This is Zhou Yu'an, my classmate from Peking University, and a PhD in mathematics from Princeton. We'll be colleagues from now on, so let's look out for each other," Shen Qi introduced Zhou Yu'an to everyone.

Zhou Yu'an greeted everyone, "I'm new here, please give me your guidance."

Princeton Mathematics Department is quite well-known in the field, and the six researchers expressed their respect when they learned that Zhou Yu'an was a PhD graduate from Princeton.

Shen Qi's Mathematics Room is currently stellar, with seven mathematics PhDs who graduated from prestigious universities both in China and abroad, including Princeton, Brown University, Yenching, Tsinghua, Zhejiang University, Fudan, and Nankai.

With so many talented people, we can only achieve results that live up to the country's cultivation and Director Shen's trust.

Because of the cyclical nature of math problems, results cannot be achieved in just a few days.

Taking advantage of Zhou Yu'an's joining the company, Shen Qi expressed his high expectations for the Mathematics Room, saying, "Everyone should have a good rest during the Spring Festival. After the holiday, let's work together, let our achievements speak for themselves, and strive to create a new world."

Finally, Shen Qi showed Zhou Yu'an around the physics lab. "This is the Mathematical Research Center. Mathematical Physics are inseparable; we must excel in both. Zhou Yu'an, you need to understand the organizational structure of our center."

Inside the lab, Yang Ding Tian glanced at Shen Qi and Zhou Yu'an, and his cat did the same.

Shen Qi introduced Zhou Yu'an and Yang Ding Tian: "This is Yang Ding Tian, my doctoral student. This is Zhou Yu'an, a mathematics PhD who returned from Princeton."

"It's you?" Zhou Yu'an seemed to be familiar with Yang Ding Tian, who stayed at Yenching University until his senior year before going to Princeton.

"It's you. I know you. You used to study in the School of Mathematics." Yang Ding Tian also had some impression of Zhou Yu'an. They were both from the elite circle of Peking University and had often run into each other.

"Yang Ding Tian, the eccentric genius of the Physics Department," Zhou Yu'an announced Yang Ding Tian's underworld nickname.

"Zhou Yu'an, the bully of the Mathematics Department." Yang Ding Tian also mentioned Zhou Yu'an's nickname.

"You two know each other? Are you having an affair?" Shen Qi found it interesting. The bully of the Mathematics Department, so it's you, Zhou Yu'an? It seems that some interesting things have happened in the years I, Shen Qi, have been away from Peking University.

"So what if I know them or not?" Yang Ding Tian sighed dejectedly, continuing his experiment without saying another word.

Yang Ding Tian entered Yenching University a year earlier than Shen Qi and Zhou Yu'an. Shen Qi is now his mentor. This is fate, and he has to accept it.

Shen Qi was no ordinary person in Yang Ding Tian's eyes, Yang Ding Tian accepted his fate.

Zhou Yu'an, his junior from Princeton, also earned his PhD and returned to China in high spirits. Yang Ding Tian, his senior, was somewhat devastated, and his mental state suddenly deteriorated.

"Dingtian, you go ahead with your work. Zhou Yu'an and I are going out for a walk."

Shen Qi and Zhou Yu'an arrived outside the mathematics building. Shen Qi said, "Zhou Yu'an, the bully of the mathematics department, please tell us your story."

"A 'ba' is just a top student. I'm a 'ba', and you're a 'god', Academic God '," Zhou Yu'an explained.

"Looks like you've become a legendary figure at Peking University, that's great." Shen Qi said with considerable satisfaction.

"Our undergraduate math class is quite legendary; three of them have PhDs in math from Princeton. Of the remaining two, one is your girlfriend, and the other is your subordinate."

"Once we're out of the math building, we're brothers. Let's go, call up another Princeton math PhD, and the three of us will have a good meal to welcome you back."