Rebirth 08: Equipment God

Chapter 238 Are all geniuses problem children?

It was already deep winter by the end of the year.

It snowed again on the night Zhai Da returned, covering the campus in white once more and concealing the dust and mud that had accumulated before.

There were fewer people having a snowball fight this time, because even the most daring guy, Sang Biao, couldn't stand the feeling of snowballs smeared on his face.

The temperature in Harbin has dropped below -20°C, and the telephone poles have long become tourist traps. If you get drunk and fall asleep outside, you'll be sleeping outside forever.

The school has announced the holiday dates. This year's Spring Festival is on January 26, and the winter vacation is scheduled to begin on January 15.

This also means that after the one-day New Year's Day holiday, there will be a two-week exam week, giving all students a great start to 09.

Exam week is particularly hectic for Zhai Da; while other students in his major take seven exams, he has fifteen.

Youth is all about having many options.

However, Zhai Da said it was just a little bit of hardship.

Saturday, Shenzhou Zundi.

Zhai Da carried his coffee toward his desk while making a phone call.

On the other end of the phone was the head of the student union's external relations department, who was reporting the progress of the event to the sponsor.

"We have received more than 20 submissions so far, and more every day. I have already categorized them by college."

"Okay, I'll pick it up on Monday."

"By the way, Teacher Zhai, are you really not going to participate in the New Year's Eve party? Even just to perform a small magic trick."

This senior had contacted Zhai Da several times, referring to him as "Student Zhai" and "Teacher Zhai" at different times, and occasionally calling him "Junior Brother" when he got carried away.

Zhai Da guessed that it was the instinctive arrogance of "younger students" and the instinctive deference to "celebrities" that was fighting between the left and right hemispheres of his brain. He didn't care about it and could actually understand the feeling; the senior was a nice person.

However, magic tricks are not an option; that comes at a different price.

After returning this time, because of the attention he received, the number of people on campus who wanted to chat with him or ask for autographs increased again, and Zhai Da felt it would be better to keep a low profile for a while.

Moreover, he had other plans for New Year's Eve.

After hanging up the phone, Zhai Da sat back down at his large desk in the bedroom, returning to his study space with Lu Wei. Lu Wei had compiled the key points for each subject, including some of Zhai Da's individual lessons, and Xiao Mutou had also gone to the teacher to ask for the exam syllabus.

On the contrary, Lu Wei, who had been attending classes diligently for more than ten days and even had extra time when Zhai Da was not around, had already prepared for all the exams, even though she had sixteen subjects, one more than Zhai Da.

Taking a sip of coffee, Zhai Da casually asked, "Playing with math? Still haven't figured out that conjecture?"

Lu Wei said softly, "It's been solved. I'm organizing my thoughts."

Zhai Da nodded: "It's okay, there's no rush once it's untied. Take your time, you're only a freshman."

He picked up his "Advanced Mathematics" textbook again and started reading, only turning his head slowly a few seconds later: "What do you mean by 'solved'?"

Lu Wei said calmly, "The proof is complete, but I'm not sure if it's really correct. I need to organize the progress from the past few months to make the process simpler."

After a slight pause, Lu Wei said, "If it's not organized, it might take hundreds of pages, which isn't aesthetically pleasing for mathematics."

What does "not pretty enough" mean?
"What is this sensitivity conjecture? Is it difficult?"

The content states: For any n-dimensional Boolean function f, there exists a relationship between its sensitivity s(f) and its block sensitivity bs(f).

It was all incomprehensible, far more advanced than the "Advanced Mathematics" textbook he was holding. He interrupted, "Let's move on to the next question. Is it difficult?"

But when asked whether it was difficult, Lu Wei replied, "I don't know."

She was completely lost and unable to make any judgment from beginning to end.
Lu Wei was like a naive young man in a martial arts novel, secretly practicing his skills in a valley, unaware of his own skill level in the real world, simply finding the practice fun.
It's also possible that if she were to emerge from seclusion now, the power of a single palm strike could shock the martial arts world for a hundred years.

Zhai Da: "For example, with my math level, let me remind you that although my math is not as good as yours, I am still the top scorer in the science section of the college entrance examination, and I guarantee that I will get a GPA of 4.0 in advanced mathematics this semester."

That's quite difficult.

Xiao Mu frowned slightly, seemingly recalling and assessing Zhai Da's skill level, before adding, "Extremely difficult...almost impossible."

Zhai Da:
Well, while Lu Wei's statement may not be entirely accurate, it's true that anything in mathematics that's even remotely related to the word "conjecture" sounds very sophisticated.

Compared to that, the top scorer in the college entrance examination is really nothing.

Even if you were to compile a complete list of all the top science scorers since the inception of the National College Entrance Examination, it would be difficult to say that anyone has solved any "conjectures".

Just like the selection of "π", the college entrance examination only selects candidates based on their overall scores, not their talent in a particular area.

Mathematics is the field that relies most heavily on talent.

Once this problem is solved, wouldn't it be directly recognized as an "academic result"? Lu Wei quietly created a huge news story!
"Didn't you ask your math teacher to help you?"

Lu Wei shook her head: "Maybe... after it's sorted out, but currently it seems the chain is too long, so it's possible I'm wrong."

Zhai Da remained silent for a long time, then stood up and turned his head.

I turned on the "intracranial disco lamp" by the bedside.

The atmosphere in the room immediately became eerie and unsettling.

"Think about it, and keep going! But let me know as soon as there are any developments."

Even though I don't understand, I can still give you cheat codes!
If the "wise harmonica" weren't still not fixed and only worked for the player, Zhai Da said he could even accompany Lu Wei.

Red, yellow, and blue light spots swept across Xiao Mutou's cheek, and Lu Wei nodded solemnly.

Silence returned to the long table, and the little wooden figure, bathed in the three-colored light spots, quietly continued its "practice." However, Zhai Da's heart was far from calm. Although he couldn't understand the "sensitivity conjecture," he knew that even if it was just a step forward in advancing a conjecture, it would still be a substantial "academic achievement."

This was just a math game she played in her spare time.
No wonder the system recognizes his talent. He can achieve more with a casual effort than a mediocre person can do over decades.

And then there's Lu Tao, who's also a monster; his sensitivity to space can directly assist in precision manufacturing.
Ge Qiaoqiao's talent in physiognomy is a bit abstract, but she is also a top student who was recommended for postgraduate studies in applied physics.

This made Zhai Da even more eager to meet the new members of "π," including the programming genius "Cheng Mo," whom he had not yet contacted, and other potential members.
After a trip to northern Beijing and participation in the birth of the JF-12, Zhai Da realized that it was impossible to achieve great things by relying on one person alone.

Humans are social animals. Human strength may lie in the individual, but human greatness always lies in the collective.

Even Qian Xuesen, who surpassed the intellectual pinnacle of an era and humanity, couldn't have invented rockets and missiles by just one person hammering away; they required the support and assistance of a collective and a team.

Whether it's for developing future technologies in "Palamera," advancing technology in other fields, or simply building a business and making money.
What is most important in the 21st century?

Send a few more monsters, let this cheater see what's what.

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In the last few days of 08, Zhai Da stopped running around and focused on his studies.

It's freezing cold; there's no need to stay home.
At most, I would only occasionally follow up on the progress of "π's" recruitment activities.

Because of concerns about conflicting with exam week, the event was short-lived, lasting only eight days from the school-wide notification to the deadline of December 30th.

The number of submissions received increased from four or five a day at the beginning to more than ten or even dozens a day later.

Besides the 1000 yuan prize, which was indeed a persuasive offer, Zhai Da's own appeal was also significant.

On the 30th, Zhai Da came to the student activity center to reap the rewards of his labor.

The student union office was the same as always, except that there were a lot of people there today, as if they were preparing for the New Year's Eve party. Apparently, this year's party is going to be very formal, with more than thirty programs prepared by students and faculty, ranging from skits to songs.

The senior student from the External Relations Department waved to Zhai Da when he saw him:

"Boss Zhai! I knew you'd come today."

Well, there's another title for me.

The senior student stopped what he was doing and took out five cardboard boxes from the cabinet: "So far, we have received 208 submissions. Today is the deadline, but we expect to receive more in the next few days."

As we all know, as long as a deadline is set, there will always be people who exceed it.

However, a total of over 200 is already quite good. Considering the sponsorship amount of 2000 yuan for the event, each sponsorship costs less than ten yuan on average.

"I also want to thank Mr. Zhai for his strong support of the student union. We welcome your sponsorship for any future activities."

This time, they didn't even print flyers. For them, there were no costs other than manpower. As usual, 1500 of the 2000 yuan went to the student union headquarters, and the remaining 500 yuan was at the discretion of the external relations department.

How to spend the money? Let's treat ourselves to a meal at a restaurant!

Zhai Da nodded and said, "Don't refuse any that arrive late. I'll come to pick them up when I have time. Can you help me find a place to receive them? I'll do a quick screening."

The senior student simply gave up his desk to the "God of Wealth" and went to work on the other side.

Zhai Da carried five heavy boxes onto the table and began to quickly select them.

To think of using this method to discover talent, one must be quite talented oneself.

I don't know if it was the 1000 yuan prize that was so attractive, but I could clearly feel that the ones collected this time were more carefully handled, and many even had covers specially bound together.

A two-sheet cover protects the contents of three sheets of paper.

Zhai Da can see things very quickly; he can tell whether an item is a target or not with just a glance, but he is still attracted to some strange and unusual things.

For example, Jiang Jingxuan, the most beautiful girl in the School of Materials Science and Engineering, actually submitted a second article, this time titled "A Summary of Junior High School Chemistry Knowledge Points".
It's clear she genuinely wants to join Zhai Da's club. But it seems like Jiang Niang has run out of ideas; last time she was covering high school knowledge, this time she's been relegated to junior high.
"A compilation of popular science about K-pop and a personality analysis of the members of TVXQ".
Korean chicken neck style! What kind of nonsense is this?
Three different styles and preparation methods of Guo Bao Rou (sweet and sour pork)

Wow, they really have everything! Hmm, I can keep this and take it back for Little Wooden Head to see. It would be good to learn how to cook it.

Most of the content was eliminated at a glance, but there was still a lot of it, and Zhai Da still spent more than half an hour on it.

Finally, four "special item manuscripts" were compiled. One of them came from Cheng Mo, who had been discovered last time. It seemed that because Zhai Da hadn't contacted him for a long time, Cheng Mo thought he had failed the exam and wrote a new one.
[Cheng Mo's Java Development Notes]

The other three are: [Qi Lin's Biomimetic Notes], [Qi Lin's Guitar Techniques Insights], and [Sun Ting's Applied Chemistry Notes].

Two of the applications came from the same person, meaning that only two new recruits were found for this event.

Zhai Da nodded to himself, thinking it made sense; talents recognized by the system were certainly not commonplace.

So the first step: identifying talented individuals has been completed.

Next comes the second step.

Recruit them.

Joining "π" is just a formality; Zhai Da's real purpose is to make these people work for him in the future.

One year, two years, or even five or ten years.

Ultimately, this fosters a vibrant, motivated, and independent "genius club" that transcends the typical campus environment and helps individuals.

University is the best time to build friendships and even win people over.

I've only ever heard that geniuses are all problem children.
He decided to give it a try.
　Today is a bit of a special day, and I'm on the verge of taking leave, but I've decided to post one chapter first. Even if I have to write the second chapter until 2 or 3 a.m., I'll try my best not to take leave.

　　But you don't have to wait; you can watch it tomorrow.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)