"Wu Tong, are you ready? It's almost time to start!" After chatting for a while and reminiscing about the past, Pan Wenhua looked at the time and confirmed with Wu Tong with a smile.
"Let's get started, Dean Pan, I'm available anytime!" Wu Tong's eyes curved with smiles at the teacher's care. Although it was her first time interviewing a student, just as the teacher had earnestly instructed, she actually had her own judgment on what kind of students to choose.
"The first one to come in is from our School of Mathematics, and he is also the first in both the domestic and Peking University entrance examinations, Su Dongyi." Zhou Wenping whispered to Wu Tong about the resume of the first interviewee. They were the first, Peking University students, and they took the lead with their strong position. As the heads of the School of Mathematics at Peking University, Pan Wenhua and Zhou Wenping were naturally happy.
"You should have an impression of Xiao Su!" Although three years have passed, Xiao Su is not an unknown person.
"Su Dongyi?" Wu Tong repeated the name, a name he vaguely remembered, and his memory was triggered, awakening a fleeting memory. "The perfect gold medalist in both the 2007 and 2008 International Olympiads, is that him?"
"Yes, yes, Wu Tong, do you still remember Xiao Su?" Zhou Wenping nodded. This was the top student they had recruited the year before Wu Tong enrolled. He had won two perfect gold medals in the International Olympiad and was widely acclaimed at the time, considered a future leader of the university. They had assumed that being an outstanding student, someone as outstanding as Su Dongyi, was the pinnacle of excellence.
Unexpectedly, they met Wu Tong the following year. From CMO to IMO, from Zhou's conjecture to the current Goldbach conjecture and NS equation, one miracle after another has been breaking their so-called upper limit of excellence from the very beginning. It tells them what it means to have no upper limit and what it means to be a genius, making the world marvel that Gauss-Euler is still alive.
It is undeniable that when Wu Tong rose to prominence, the entire Peking University was proud of him, but they also did not ignore other outstanding students. In fact, Wu Tong's rise was so rapid that he did not use any of Peking University's resources. Instead, he brought countless influence and became a boost to Peking University's School of Mathematics.
Therefore, they actually felt quite guilty towards Wu Tong. They enjoyed the honor Wu Tong brought them, but in reality, the help they provided to Wu Tong was very little.
"Of course there is. This was during our IMO training camp, but we heard the teacher use him as an example to motivate us more than once!" It is already difficult to join IMO, and it is extremely difficult to get an IMO gold medal. Being able to get an IMO full-score gold medal, and to get two IMO full-score gold medals, is enough to show Su Dongyi's excellence.
"We had long admired your name!"
Su Dongyi had entered Peking University a year before her, so she could be considered her senior. However, she wasn't one to follow the norm. After entering, she had been constantly engaged in research and had been granted special approval to graduate. She hadn't previously interacted much with the other outstanding students at the academy. Therefore, this was Wu Tong's first encounter with this renowned academic genius, the enigmatic figure they had teased as Su Manfen.
Wu Tong was quite surprised that the first student who came in for the interview was such a heavyweight candidate!
"Are the students who apply for my graduate program so prestigious?" Wu Tong was somewhat flattered by the students' expectations. She had thought that as a novice who was teaching students for the first time, the students who were able to apply would be excellent, but not of such high quality.
"Haha... Wu Tong, you underestimate your influence!" Pan Wenhua laughed. "If you were to go out and ask any student in our college right now, if they could, they would definitely choose you as their first mentor!" Wu Tong's influence, especially among young students, was unparalleled, the kind that was revered as a god.
However, he did not find it funny that Wu Tong did not have a clear understanding of him, but rather felt distressed. Wu Tong had a pure heart and devoted herself to research. She took on one project after another before graduation, and after graduation she continued to work on one project after another. She even participated in major confidential projects several times and had no time to pay attention to the outside world. She did not have a full understanding of her influence. It was not her fault that she was uninformed, but that there was no time for her to pay attention to gossip.
"Yes, Wu Tong, you have to believe in your influence. Believe in the appeal of the prover of the Goldbach conjecture, the prover of the NS equation, the winner of the Ramanujan Medal and the Wolf Prize in Mathematics, and the winner of the National Natural Science First Prize!" Zhou Wenping smiled and nodded to Wu Tong in confirmation. Believe in them. You are just that outstanding!
The other professors seated with him all looked at Wu Tong with smiles and encouragement. Although they hadn't had much contact with him, they could clearly see from that little that he was a respectful, humble, and honest student and scholar, and he would surely be a good mentor in the future.
With Wu Tong's current influence and resources, even if a little slipped through her fingers, it would still be more than enough for her students to use. If a student could receive Wu Tong's dedicated training, their resources and progress would surely skyrocket! If it weren't for their pride, they would all want to be Wu Tong's students, or if their families had a suitable and promising child, they would put their reputation aside and ask Wu Tong for guidance.
It's a pity that some of them either have children who are too old and have been working for many years, or grandchildren who are too young, so they cannot get the moon first even though they are close to the water. They dissipate this frustration on the students they teach, hoping that the outstanding students in the academy can seize this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and become Wu Tong's disciples.
Su Dongyi is their main target and the academy's ace player.
The reception organizer outside announced that a young student, neatly dressed and with the tall stature typical of northerners, came in from outside the classroom a short while later. He strode in with the youthful vigor and anticipation typical of young people.
He stood in the middle of the classroom and bowed slightly to the teachers in front of him in greeting.
"Professor Wu, Dean Pan, Professor Zhou... Hello, professors. I am Su Dongyi, a student from the School of Mathematics at Peking University, Class of 2008. I am a student in the Department of Mathematics. I have won the Hua Luogeng Gold Medal, the Chern Gold Medal, the Zhou Weiliang Gold Medal, the Lin Jiaqiao Gold Medal, the Xu Baoqi Gold Medal in the Qiu Chengtong Mathematical Competition, the Qiu Chengtong Gold Medal for All-Roundedness, and the first prize in the Mathematics League... I have published...
Compared to your achievements, my grades are considered outstanding for an average student, but compared to you, they are nothing more than a firefly. I love mathematics and hope to further improve and develop my skills in partial differential equations and geometric analysis. Therefore, I hope to have the honor of becoming Professor Wu's student and receiving your guidance to help me reach higher heights in mathematics!
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