As a scholar with integrity, Lu Zhou personally despised academic strong-arm tactics and opposed the formation of factions in academia.
Still, when he saw someone with potential who was worth nurturing, he would devote some resources to helping them grow.
That was why he had poached Chen Yang from the Mathematics Center at Yanshan University. It was not because he had any quarrel with Academician Wang. He simply could not bear to see such a promising talent left there to waste away.
For Chen Yang to gain such a profound understanding of his hyperelliptic curve analysis method in just a month and a half, and then apply it fluently to problems other than the Riemann hypothesis, took more than talent. It required an almost self-forgetting focus on mathematical problems.
In the restless environment of academia, people who could truly shut out all distractions and enter that state were few and far between.
And that quality was even more precious than innate talent.
After stopping Professor Wu from showering him with thanks, Lu Zhou finished giving his instructions and left the laboratory without lingering.
He believed that, with Professor Wu's experience, he should be able to make the most of this opportunity. There should be no need to spell out everything he would have to watch out for.
After leaving the Carbon-Based Semiconductor Laboratory, Lu Zhou was about to stop by and see the associate professor he had poached from Yanshan University.
But just then, he realized that he had forgotten to share such good news with anyone, so he took out his phone and called his senior.
The phone rang twice before the call connected.
A voice tinged with surprise and teasing came from the other end.
"Oh? Did the sun rise in the west today? What made you suddenly