"Winner of the Qiu Competition's five gold medals and the individual all-around award, your academic achievements are truly astonishing!" Wu Tong praised sincerely. "This is something I've never achieved before!"
It’s embarrassing to say that after she entered university, she accidentally stepped into the field of materials, accidentally came into contact with aerospace, and touched upon confidential projects. Throughout her university years, she went off track in her research and was really not a good role model for a student!
"That's because you didn't participate in the Qiu Competition last year!" Su Dongyi felt a little embarrassed by Wu Tong's praise. Compared to Professor Wu's brilliance, he only won the All-Around Award and the other five gold medals because Professor Wu graduated early in April and didn't participate in the Qiu Competition in June. If Professor Wu had participated, it would have been a dimensionality reduction attack, and they would only have had a chance to compete for second place.
"Hahaha... Xiao Su's words are incredibly honest!" The professors laughed heartily. They wondered if they should be regretting that Wu Tong graduated so quickly and hadn't been able to collect any university competition awards. However, compared to Wu Tong's achievements, her success in proving one conjecture after another, university competitions seemed like a bit of a plaything to her.
"If Wu Tong participates, it'll be a bit like bullying the kids!" Li Yisheng smiled brightly. It wasn't that he was being unkind; it was simply that Wu Tong's achievements had astonished everyone, both domestically and internationally. From the moment Wu Tong enrolled, no one had treated him as an ordinary student. And his performance had surpassed their expectations. He'd even proven the Goldbach conjecture, and yet they were still keeping him?
Wouldn't that be humiliating to Wu Tong? Who else could the school find to teach the prover? If Wu Tong wasn't allowed to graduate, it would be Peking University that would be embarrassed! Who could be Wu Tong's advisor? Therefore, the school was unanimous in their decision to make special arrangements and allow Wu Tong to graduate early. Wu Tong deserved any degree!
Wu Tong asked Su Dongyi several basic and advanced questions. On the basic questions, Su Dongyi showed her the solid foundation of the five gold medals of the Qiu Sai and the winner of the individual all-around award. On the advanced questions, although Su Dongyi's answers could not be said to be perfect, his direction and thinking extension space were correct. Wu Tong pointed out a few key points and he immediately solved the problem perfectly.
He truly demonstrated in front of everyone his sharp mathematical thinking, associative ability, and comprehension ability, all of which are excellent.
"Why did you want to study mathematics?" After asking the question, Wu Tong asked some follow-up questions within the time limit.
"My parents both teach architecture. Maybe it was the influence of my family that made me interested in learning since I was young. Later, I came across the book 'Hualuokang Mathematics School' by chance. The content inside made me fall in love with mathematics. I participated in the Olympic training courses in junior high and high school. The more I got into it, the more I wanted to explore it and go further on this path!" Su Dongyi smiled a little naively, but his grades were not ambiguous at all.
So Wu Tong didn't hesitate and asked directly and clearly: "I am very satisfied with your personal performance. You have truly proved your excellence. Thank you for your trust. Are you sure you want to apply to be my graduate student?
Even if I had a research project, I might not be able to take care of you. Furthermore, this is my first time supervising a student, so I may not have much experience in this area. I believe that with your resume, any advisor here would be willing to serve as your advisor and recruit you as a graduate student!
She sensed Su Dongyi's sincerity and excellence. Choice is a two-way process, and she also wanted to let her students know about her shortcomings.
"Of course, I have a fairly independent ability to learn on my own. If you assign me a learning task, I will definitely cooperate with the study to the best of my ability. If you don't have time, I will list the problems first and try to find a way to solve them. If there is really no way to solve them, I will gather them together and ask you for advice!" Su Dongyi nodded in confirmation without any hesitation.
He knew, of course, that the teachers present would be willing to accept him as a student. Even before this, he hadn't dared to imagine Wu Tong would supervise ordinary graduate students. He had assumed that those of them, who were just about to graduate from undergraduate studies, wouldn't have the opportunity to participate in Wu Tong's recruitment interview. Unexpectedly, Wu Tong's recruitment process started with the most basic skills, giving them all a chance, and the teachers encouraged them to participate.
With such a commanding view, he must have wanted to be Professor Wu's student. Although Professor Wu's mentor was younger than he, age was never a factor in a teacher's success. Professor Wu truly made people realize that there is always someone better than you.
While she was still somewhat happy about her two IMO full score gold medals, Professor Wu, who was also 17 or 18 years old, had already conquered the world, proving Zhou's conjecture, twin prime conjecture, Polignac conjecture, infinite group theory, prover of Goldbach's conjecture, and prover of NS-equation...
Each brilliant achievement immediately sobered him up, allowing him to calm down and devote himself to study with a more humble and open mind. This laid the solid foundation that enabled him to win the Qiu Saiwu Grand Prize and the Individual All-Around Award last summer, earning praise from Wu Tong. The person he deeply appreciated and admired the most was Professor Wu, and so he was absolutely determined to become his student.
"Okay, thank you for your trust. Go back and wait for my notification. If nothing unexpected happens, we'll have a wonderful time together as future students and students!" Wu Tong smiled and announced the decision on the spot, leaving no room for suspense. Since it was confirmed, there was no need to hide it; this had always been Wu Tong's simple approach.
"If I'm truly too busy with a project in the future to be able to help, I'll ask Professor Li and Professor Xu to help and give me some guidance!" Although this was her first time teaching, Wu Tong didn't intend to use this as an excuse for being perfunctory. Being unfamiliar and being perfunctory were two different things; she still had to be attentive and careful with her students.
The school is willing to entrust such a good seedling and talent to her for education. She must be responsible to the school and the student himself.
"Thank you, teacher. I will go back and prepare well!" After getting Wu Tong's permission on the spot, Su Dongyi couldn't help but smile with surprise. He didn't expect that Professor Wu would be so straightforward and tell him the result immediately without any delay. Such a character undoubtedly made him more determined in his choice.
There will definitely be no accidents, he won't allow himself to have any chance of accidents!
"Haha... Congratulations, Wu Tong, on getting your first disciple!" Pan Wenhua and the others smiled and celebrated. Their first student was from Peking University. As expected, their Peking University students were doing so well. The School of Mathematics was about to have another rising star. They had another leader! Wu Tong's cautious and clear attitude was enough to convince everyone that she was a good advisor!
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