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

Chapter 436 God Visits
My uncle has always been an honest man. He didn't have much communication with Xu Qingshan in life, so naturally he didn't understand Xu Qingshan's duplicity.

They were not in a hurry to get off the car. After all, the building of Qingshan University had not yet been fully furnished. Although many rooms had been designed and built, the smell of decoration materials had not yet dissipated. Both of them were more or less direct and indirect practitioners in real estate and would not make such low-level mistakes.

The two of them stopped by the statue for a while, satisfying Xu Qingshan's need for self-admiration, and then continued along the various flowers and trees that had been decorated on both sides.

"The greening on our campus is a special Fujian-style landscape garden, integrated with the ancient buildings in southern Fujian. There are also two lakes on the campus, which are not named. One is a small lake with a pavilion in the middle of the lake, and the other is a large lake with a lakeside trail, connected by pavilions and towers..."

Jiang Daohua briefly took Xu Qingshan on an overview of the entire first phase of Qingshan University.

Perhaps it is because Fujian culture itself is full of the fusion of various cultures.

When designing, Jiang Daohua did not rely solely on existing building types, but made certain improvements based on the practical needs of modern architecture.

"The first phase of the campus is mainly used as the main campus, with Fujian culture as the core, and the overall architecture is more unified. I am preparing a plan for the second phase, and I plan to use the Shanghai culture of southern Fujian as the basis to complete a fusion style of architecture that combines Chinese and Western styles."

Jiang Daohua talked freely and Xu Qingshan nodded frequently beside him.

It was a good choice to choose Uncle Jiang to manage this project.

"For example, the natural buildings in Nanzhao, Longjiang, are a fusion of Gothic architectural styles, evolving into our characteristic buildings. The arcades in the ancient cities of Longjiang and Licheng are similar to those in eastern Guangdong..."

"Also, in the area where the first and second phases meet, I plan to use Chinese hip roofs or hard roofs, and use our more classic dragons, phoenixes, cranes, and lions to complete the roof ridge decoration, and then use Western geometric eaves, such as arcs and triangles, which have a strong decorative effect. The facade shape has both the rigorous layout and compact space of traditional southern Fujian architecture, and the openness and transparency of Western architecture."

Xu Qingshan nodded. He actually didn’t have any opinions or ideas. As long as it looked good and had substance, that was enough.

"It's fine as long as you decide, I don't know much about these things."

Xu Qingshan said frankly that after taking a quick look at the layout and appearance of the building, he was quite satisfied.

Subsequent enrichment and filling will also take a lot of time.

During this period, Xu Qingshan planned to go through the declaration process and application procedures.

However, he still needs the help of a senior who has sufficient qualifications and administrative connections in this area.

It’s not that Xu Qingshan’s reputation is useless in the country.

But you can’t use your own name for everything.

After all, no matter how valuable a name is, if it is used in all occasions, big and small, it will gradually become worthless.

Xu Qingshan needs someone to help solve various small problems, and he will step in when it is necessary to negotiate with his superiors.

This can also save time and avoid wasting precious golden time on procedures that are not particularly meaningful.

It’s just that Xu Qingshan doesn’t have a good candidate yet.

Do we have to bring Lao Zhou from Peking University to Ludao to be the president of Qingshan University?
Headache.

"I have no problem. I'll have to trouble you to take care of the soft furnishings and basic facilities. Once the school establishment procedures are completed, we will start the second phase of the project."

Xu Qingshan made the arrangements, and Jiang Daohua naturally agreed.

Although the tasks arranged by Xu Qingshan were indeed numerous and complicated, the sense of accomplishment he could get from them was incomparable to his previous work.

He is also very clear about the future purpose of the school he is building, which makes him even more motivated.

But, the most important thing.
The income he earned in this year has already exceeded his previous ten years' income in the state-owned enterprise. Especially after the completion of the first phase, Xu Qingshan will receive a considerable bonus after the acceptance.

For Jiang Daohua, who is over 50 years old, this is simply a victory.

"Don't worry, I'm always ready."

Jiang Daohua laughed heartily and patted his chest.

"Then I'll have Sister Qiu transfer the bonus to you later. Uncle has been busy for so long, it's time for him to take a good rest and accompany Aunt and the others, right?"

Xu Qingshan was also satisfied and asked with a smile.

"No rush, I've hired all the soft furnishing people, and once it's finalized, I'll consider those things later."

Xu Qingshan was just about to persuade Jiang Daohua when the cell phone in his pocket rang first.

Jiang Daohua stopped talking and motioned Xu Qingshan to answer the phone first.

Xu Qingshan looked at the unfamiliar phone number on his phone, which was from overseas. He thought about it briefly and hung up.

After all, overseas scholars and various jobs are basically communicated through emails.

He didn't even leave his mobile phone number with his friends overseas.

That is, Mr. Fefferman has his own phone number, but in reality he rarely calls himself.

If he is really a friend from abroad, he should also send me an email.

I don't have this number saved, so it's probably a scam.

At this moment, on the streets of Beijing, five foreign old men with an average age of over 60 are gathered together, holding a mobile phone in their hands.

"How is it? Did Xu answer it?"

Grothendieck looked at Deligne expectantly, and Deligne shook his head.

"Didn't you answer? Could it be that the number Charles gave you was wrong? That shouldn't be the case? Didn't the call go through the last time you called?"

Bang Bieli interrupted and said that he had mostly communicated with Xu Qingshan via email before, so this time he had to go and ask Fefferman.

"The number is correct. Last time we called the phone in Xu's office, not his cell phone. I guess Charles hasn't had time to call Xu to explain the situation yet. It's also possible that our number is outside of China."

"Does this have anything to do with whether it's Hua Xia's phone number?"

Bulgan asked in surprise, and Renault, who had never been to China, nodded.

"Yeah, what does it matter?"

"That's a big deal!"

Deligne curled his lips.

"It seems that none of you know China as well as I do. Chinese people often receive all kinds of fraudulent calls. Many of these fraudulent calls are from people pretending to be wealthy people in Europe and America, and then they make up a bunch of stories to get people to transfer money."

Deligne really did his homework.

You know, it was Deligne who advocated and promoted the idea of ​​going to see Grothendieck, and he had also planned to come to China to work and do research.

For a long time, Deligne would often watch China's "News Broadcast", as well as various legal channels and news channels, in order to better understand Chinese society and the Chinese people.

Among these, the issue of guarding against telecommunications fraud has frequently appeared in the news.

"How could Xu be fooled? He might be the most intelligent person in the world!"

Bonnie shouted, but was glared at by Grothendieck.

"I'm just old! I'm not deaf! You were the ones who said you knew Xu very well, you weren't lying to me, were you?"

Feeling Grothendieck's suspicious look, the old men suddenly felt embarrassed.

"Teacher, don't worry. I'll send an email to Xu now. I hope he can see it as soon as possible."

"Pierre, stop it. Do you check your email every day? By the time Xu sees it, we don't know how many days we will have to stay in Beijing."

"So what do you say we should do? I just called again, but the call didn't go through."

"I have an idea."

While Deligne and Bonbiere were arguing, Lord Bu raised his hand very gracefully, attracting the attention of both men.

"You said."

Deligne and Bonbiere turned their heads at the same time and looked at Lord Bu.

"Since the international number will be suspected of being a scam, why don't we use the Chinese number to call him?"

Lord Bu asked sincerely. Renault also raised his hand.

"Yeah, why not?"

The old men looked at each other for a while, then left and found a mobile phone store on the street. Several people stood at the door, looking at each other, and finally pushed Deligne out to negotiate with the owner.

Fortunately, although Deligne's Chinese was not very good, he had no problem buying a phone card.

That is to say, nowadays phone cards do not require ID cards, otherwise these five old men would have been discussing here for a long time and still not be able to produce an ID card.

"50."

The shop owner looked at the five foreigners and held up five fingers. He was also a little curious and surprised.

As the owner of a small shop in Beijing, he had seen foreigners before, but it was the first time he saw five foreigners coming to buy phone cards at the same time.

"50 bucks."

Deligne turned around and spoke to Bourgan naturally.

Lord Bu looked at Deligne with a bewildered look on his face.

No, man, why are you telling me?

"You came up with the idea, so of course you pay for it."

Deligne said as a matter of course.

As expected of mathematicians, they are still very stingy with this little money.

"Shut up, you shameless fellows. I'm going out, hurry up, I want to see Xu today!"

Grothendieck looked at the noisy students in silence, took out money from his pocket, and Deligne got the phone card as he wished.

As a result, the five old men studied here for a long time.

It turned out that this phone card couldn't be installed in their mobile phones.

"Are all your cell phones American models? If you want to use Chinese phone cards, you have to use Chinese cell phones."

The shop owner looked at the five foreigners squatting and tinkering with things at the door of his shop, which actually attracted the attention of many passers-by and served as some advertising for himself.

In addition, the shop owners in Beijing are now keeping up with the times. The $50 just now has already made this shop owner think about it.

It’s easy to make money from stupid foreigners!

In the end, after paying several hundred dollars, five old men held a feature phone, inserted SIM cards, and gathered together to call Xu Qingshan.

This time Xu Qingshan accepted it.

All I can say is that there are quite big differences in the daily communication habits between the academic circles in China and the United States.

Although China's academic circles also maintain the rules of email communication for important work, the main purpose is to keep records of work.

In fact, if there are any other things in life, everyone will call directly.

Those in China who know Xu Qingshan’s phone number are not necessarily rich or noble, but at least have some status.

Xu Qingshan naturally would not refuse.

Of course, these five old men never thought that they would be discriminated against because of their nationality.

"Xu! You finally answered the phone!"

Deligne was about to collapse because of communicating in Chinese.

God knows what all those random words meant when he was negotiating with the shop owner just now.

"you are?"

Xu Qingshan was stunned. It was a domestic number, but the person speaking was in English, and he seemed to have some impression of the accent.

Thinking of the scam call that had just been made to him, which he had blocked, Xu Qingshan immediately had a guess.

"Mr. Deligne?"

"Oh my god, you finally heard it, thank God"

Deligne was extremely excited on the other end of the phone.

Actually, as a top mathematician, he had seen all kinds of situations. It was just that this time he was the one who led the group to sneak over, and in the end, they almost couldn't even find anyone.

The moment Xu Qingshan answered the phone, he felt like he had found his long-lost relative and gained a sense of belonging in this strange land.

"Don't waste time! Hurry up and ask where Xu is!"

Xu Qingshan's equally familiar voice came from the other end of the phone.

"That Enrique guy is here too?"

Xu Qingshan asked curiously.

There was a sudden silence over there for a while, followed by a burst of laughter. It was obvious that there were other people present.

"Xu! You can call me whatever you want when we are communicating in private, but when we are out, please call me Bang and ignore the Gambling King!"

Bang Bieli's voice, which sounded a little frustrated and irritated, came from the other end of the phone, but Xu Qingshan laughed heartily.

Who made this old man urge me every day, but he himself went off to wander around?

"I'm on Lu Island now. You said before that you wanted to come to China to play. Are you really coming this time? You can come to Lu Island to find me. I will stay in Lu Island to take care of other things recently."

Xu Qingshan paused when he said this, and suddenly laughed.

"I forgot that you all know that the first phase of Qingshan University here has been completed. If you come over to play, you can become one of the first visitors."

After Xu Qingshan finished speaking, the old men looked at each other and then looked at Grothendieck, who nodded.

"Okay, then you have to wait for us at Lu Island. We'll be there today!"

Deligne understood what the teacher meant.

"Are you in such a hurry? Then I'll pick you up."

Xu Qingshan was also very surprised. In his impression, these big shots were not the kind of people who loved to play around.

As for the last conversation about them coming to Qingshan University to work part-time, Xu Qingshan just took it as a joke.

Fortunately, the Qingshan University campus has been accepted, so Xu Qingshan has time to meet these old men.

It’s just a pity for Jiang Daohua who was forced to take leave by Xu Qingshan.

Originally, my uncle had sent a message to his wife saying that he would come home for dinner in the evening, but then Xu Qingshan called him and drove him to the airport in a business car.

At eight o'clock in the evening, a plane from Beijing landed at Ludao Airport.

Xu Qingshan and Jiang Daohua also saw five dusty old men at the airport entrance.

Xu Qingshan only took a glance and his sight was fixed on the old man in the middle who looked the oldest.

He blinked, looked at Jiang Daohua beside him, raised his hand and pinched Jiang Daohua.

"Hi? Brat, what are you doing?"

Jiang Daohua had spoken to Jiang Huanxi on the phone before coming. Now it was time to get off work, and the one who came to accompany him was Jiang Huanxi's uncle, not Xu Qingshan's chief designer.

"Uncle, does it hurt? This guy is here."

Xu Qingshan thought about Deligne's words and his eyes lit up.

God’s visit might represent another possibility that he had never dared to think of before!
(End of this chapter)