Just turned over a new leaf and became a wise and intelligent student

Chapter 356 Research Team Interview Conference
Although Liu Ruochuan is sometimes out of tune, when it comes to vision and mentality, he is the most lofty and visionary person Xu Qingshan has ever met.

Even Chen Dayue, who is often praised in the academy for having a top mentality, may not be as open-minded as Liu Ruochuan sometimes.

Although he didn't seem to have a strong presence before, he was actually the first member of the golden generation who made an agreement with the school that he would return to China to coach after learning the most cutting-edge knowledge in his favorite field.

As for mentality, Liu Ruochuan is a hidden master.

Xu Qingshan heard from Tian Gang that Liu Ruochuan had never been truly angry. Even when he was studying abroad alone, he had been attacked because of his skin color. However, Liu Ruochuan never took the pressure to heart, but always happily focused on his research.

"Qingshan, we have almost finished selecting the candidates for the research team. What do you say? Find a time to meet with them and have a few rounds of interviews. If you are busy, I will handle the first part and you can make the final decision."

Liu Ruochuan closed Xu Qingshan's email and turned to talk to Xu Qingshan.

In fact, he took the initiative to ask to join Xu Qingshan's research team, with the mentality of helping Xu Qingshan take care of all aspects. To exaggerate a little, he even wanted to be Xu Qingshan's nanny.

But Xu Qingshan's performance was much better than he had imagined, which made him feel more at ease.

"Brother, you have the final say. You will be the main interviewer and I will be the mascot."

Xu Qingshan said with a smile.

"Anyway, I don't really care about the research direction of students. As long as they can keep up with the learning ability and have a strong sense of autonomy, I will support them no matter what they want to do, and I believe they can achieve results."

"You are such a boast, kid. I am the only one who believes you. If you tell others about this, they will just think you are too arrogant."

Liu Ruochuan jokingly reminded Xu Qingshan.

"That means I have to pretend a little in front of you, my senior brother, and be more humble when I go out."

"Okay, then I'll schedule it for next Tuesday. Don't forget to come then."

After the two chatted for a while, Liu Ruchuan went back to his office, which was actually next door.

Xu Qingshan looked at the students selected by Liu Ruchuan.

Liu Ruchuan is quite good at selecting people. After watching for a while, Xu Qingshan discovered that Liu Ruchuan's principle of selecting people is basically based on his own needs and preferences for students.

Each and every one of them hits the mark in my heart.

However, the students had just seen their mailboxes at this time. In the next few days, the frequency of students submitting resumes and cover letters was much lower, basically only three to five letters a day, and the overall quality was not as impressive as in the first two days.

When Xu Qingshan's mailbox exploded on the first day, he was still worried that it would be too difficult for him to choose students, resulting in insufficient quotas.

As a result, after being guided by Liu Ruochuan to screen it several times, he still couldn't collect enough.

Especially after you have already decided on the students you want to accept, when you compare them with the other students, you will feel that something is missing, and you really cannot force yourself to accept them.

Because if you are in a more introverted and high-intensity research team, it will be an extreme torture for those students who want to slack off, lack the ability, and have insufficient learning ability.

Research has shown that.

Some doctoral students who have been in a state of high-intensity research experience psychological pressure and torture while studying, even greater than if their parents died one after another in a short period of time.

It sounds exaggerated, but the fact is that if you study for a doctorate for five, six, seven or eight years and are in a state of depression for a long time, it is hard to say which one is more painful.

Xu Qingshan did not intend to really assign students anything that would be too stressful or too labor-intensive.

But the premise of this situation is that the students can keep up with Xu Qingshan's pace.

Not to say that every person has to be a genius, but at least he would be called a little genius outside. After all, Xu Qingshan is engaged in cutting-edge education and frontier research, not popular education.

After getting Xu Qingshan's consent.

Liu Ruochuan applied for a conference room at the Talent Exchange Center to interview researchers and postdoctoral fellows who applied to join his research team.

When the time is almost up.

Xu Qingshan carried his schoolbag and walked towards the meeting room seat Liu Ruchuan had given him.

In fact, Xu Qingshan came to the Talent Exchange Center quite often. Sometimes some small activities of Beijing University were arranged here, such as entertaining some external academicians and holding some small high-end meetings within the colleges and departments. Basically, Xu Qingshan would come here for a stroll from time to time.

But it was the first time Xu Qingshan had seen a situation like today where the corridor was filled with people.

"Researcher Xu."

Before Xu Qingshan had time to see clearly what these people were doing, he saw the people in the corridor stand up one after another, facing him, nodding and bowing. They looked like a group of students waiting for their teacher to start class.

But the looks and age of these people don't seem to be young people at all, and some of them even have white hair.

What's happening here.

Xu Qingshan didn't have time to respond to them, but looked down at his mobile phone. The address Liu Ruchuan sent to him should not be here. It should be at the corner of the corridor in front. The person waiting here should not be here to participate in the recruitment interview for his research team.

Could it be possible that there are so many people coming for the interview?
"Qingshan, are you here? This way."

Hearing the noise here, Liu Ruchuan's big head popped out from the corner and waved at Xu Qingshan.

Are they really all here for an interview?
Xu Qingshan could only smile politely and greet these seniors who were much older than him, some even a generation older than him.

When he walked past the scientific researchers lined up in the corridor, Xu Qingshan could clearly feel the heat in their eyes.

Although he didn't know what the ultimate purpose of this passion was.

"Researcher Xu."

Xu Qingshan was carrying a schoolbag, and he was not wearing formal clothes today. He looked like a handsome and innocent boy.

As a result, such a young man walked among a group of outstanding young scholars in their thirties and was welcomed by them. Every step Xu Qingshan took was relaxed, but none of these young scholars dared to speak loudly to disturb his leisure.

Enter the meeting room.

Xu Qingshan put down his bag and looked at Liu Ruchuan strangely.

“Did we recruit that many people?”

Liu Ruochuan shook his head.

"We actually picked out only eight candidates. After I sent out the news, so many people came in the afternoon. I don't know how the news got out, but these people who came didn't have any objections. Instead, they lined up with their printed resumes and papers, hoping to get a chance to showcase themselves offline."

Liu Ruochuan was also helpless. In fact, he had rarely encountered such a situation over the years.

Perhaps when he was abroad he had seen this kind of bold self-recommendation more often, but it was definitely not happening on such a large scale.

It is difficult to say to what extent the outside world is obsessed with joining Xu Qingshan’s research team.

"Why don't we interview them first? After the interview, we will give the remaining candidates a special session. Each person will have ten minutes to see who can respond quickly and show their characteristics in a short period of time. If they can, they will move on to the next round."

Xu Qingshan thought about it and finalized the plan.

"That's fine, but we'll probably have to stay here a little longer this afternoon." Liu Ruchuan took out his computer from his bag. All members of their research team were mobilized for this recruitment.

Although there were only four people, everyone had a clear division of labor. Wang Wei had already sorted out the best results of the eight candidates, and Xue Xueqing was the one who ran errands for the conference room application.

It’s quite interesting.

If teachers and students are divided into two generations, Wang Wei's usual behavior is more like Xu Qingshan, while Xue Xueqing is more like Liu Ruochuan.

The bond and compatibility between the two generations are quite suitable.

"Xiao Wang, are all the things ready? What are you doing?"

Xu Qingshan saw Wang Wei standing in the corner of the conference room, not knowing what he was doing, and asked.

"Everything is ready. This is a video recorder. I think I can record and save the interview process. It may come in handy in the future."

After Wang Wei made sure that the VCR was able to work normally while being powered on, he brought the other things to Xu Qingshan and Liu Ruochuan.

"Where's Xiao Xue? Why can't I see her?"

Xu Qingshan sat in the main interview seat and asked while sorting out the order of the materials in his hand.

"She used my card to apply for a second conference room. We can't let so many people wait outside all the time. We need to apply for a new, larger conference room temporarily so that they can go in and wait first. It can also be used as a waiting room when the time comes."

This time it was Liu Ruochuan who helped answer the question.

"Too."

"So shall we start now?"

Liu Ruochuan also sat down and looked at Xu Qingshan.

"Well, let's get started."

"Wang Wei, go and ask Li Guangzhi to come in."

Liu Ruochuan waved his hand, Wang Wei stood at the door and asked, then closed the door and sat back in his seat where he was responsible for taking notes.

After a while, there was a knock on the door.

"Please come in."

Wang Wei's steady voice penetrated the thick wooden door.

"Clap."

The door handle was turned, and a head that was already heading towards the Mediterranean Sea poked its head in.

Although this guy was wearing a suit that didn't look cheap and his tie was tied meticulously, even the three strands of hair on his forehead looked carefully groomed.

But Xu Qingshan frowned at the first moment.

He looked at Liu Ruochuan, and then at the one-inch bare-headed photo with a blue background on the resume in his hand.

That look seemed to say, "Are you sure this is the same person?"

Li Guangzhi looked very reserved, his back was slightly hunched, and when he walked in, his neck was stretched out, making him look like an ostrich taking a walk. The smile on his face was not very natural, but stiff and dry.

"Director Xu, Director Liu, this young director, is great."

What a terrible opening.

Xu Qingshan watched Li Guangzhi carefully sit down at the interview seat. He looked very unnatural and spoke unconsciously about this and that, as if something was crawling on him.

"Hello, Li Guangzhi?"

Liu Ruochuan responded politely, but still raised his own question.

Not to mention Xu Qingshan, even he felt that this person was not right.

The one-inch photo on the resume shows that he has long flowing hair and looks very energetic and capable. Although he is not very handsome, he can be considered a spirited young man.

The spirited young man here is not the yellow-haired ghost-like guy who was later stigmatized.

Instead, he is the kind of young man whose eyes appear bright and sharp at first glance, and whose whole person has a strong and straight temperament.

But the contrast between the old man in front of me is too great.

"Yeah, I am."

Li Guangzhi smiled and wanted to stand up, but when he was halfway up, he remembered that he was in a job interview, and propped up his knees to sit down. As a result, he met Xu Qingshan's puzzled eyes, and stopped moving all of a sudden. He didn't know whether he should sit down or stand, and he was stuck in an awkward position.

Xu Qingshan sighed secretly.

With this kind of thinking, it looks like a prefabricated person or a fake person. Can such a human-machine really keep up with our own research?

This doesn't quite match the resume and paper results.

"Sit down and relax. We won't eat people. Come on, let's briefly introduce ourselves."

Liu Ruochuan was more considerate. He spoke softly, giving this old senior, who looked a little weathered, a way out.

"Hey, hey, okay."

Li Guangzhi sat down, clutching his trousers at the knees with both hands. The trousers, which were originally ironed straight, were now wrinkled by him. His voice was a little halting, but he could still speak clearly.

"My name is Li Guangzhi. I graduated from the Department of Mathematics at Huazhong University of Science and Technology. Later, I went abroad to Cambridge to continue studying mathematics. I graduated with a doctorate in 06 and worked as a postdoctoral fellow in Oxford for two years. However, the teaching position at Oxford was not guaranteed, so I returned to China to find a suitable teaching position. The year before last, I worked as a teacher at Aurora University for a period of time, but I was not used to it. Last year, I returned to Huazhong University of Science and Technology to try again, but it didn't work out. This year, I just switched to a teaching and research position. I saw that we seem to have scientific research positions here, so I wanted to give it a try."

Xu Qingshan held his forehead helplessly.

Li Guangzhi said a lot, but he didn’t mention the most important research direction.

It is hard to imagine that this is a mathematical researcher who was able to be admitted to Huazhong University of Science and Technology through the college entrance examination, and then go abroad to study in some of the world's top universities and work as a postdoctoral fellow.

Xu Qingshan looked at Liu Ruochuan, and his meaning was very clear.

Liu Ruochuan understood and picked up a paper.

"Okay, take a look at this paper on harmonic analysis and heap number theory that you wrote in 2006, which was almost the same time as your doctoral thesis in Cambridge. Do you still remember it? I want to see your work on this part, what was the situation at the time that made you consider this entry point and direction, and this part as well."

Liu Ruochuan held the paper and spoke quickly to Li Guangzhi.

Xu Qingshan squinted his eyes and observed Li Guangzhi's performance motionlessly.

No one knew what suddenly stimulated Li Guangzhi. His eyes, which were originally tormented by life, were instantly replaced by another kind of enthusiasm. He listened to Liu Ruochuan's words and nodded frequently.

(End of this chapter)