Gong Jinchen's words were very sincere, even sentimental.

But in fact, Gong Jinchen's heart blossomed at this time.

In fact, in the more than ten years that Chen Gao has served as the head of the mathematics department, Gong Jinchen has always regarded him as his competitor in his heart, and he has long wanted to replace him as the head of the mathematics department.

However, a top university like Kyoto University is no better than a highly competitive private company, all positions are a radish and a pit, if you want to be promoted, you can only wait for the top boss to leave or be promoted to have a chance, basically you can only rely on boiling, so although Gong Jinchen has performed well over the years, because the director Chen Gao has no major faults in his work, he is basically decent, and he has neither been removed nor promoted, so Gong Jinchen below naturally has no chance to take over his position.

But in any case, today's Gong Jinchen is finally a thousand-year-old daughter-in-law, and Chen Gao is about to retire, so it is natural for him to take the throne.

However, before Chen Gao resigned, Gong Jinchen still needed to be polite on the surface.

"Director Chen, you are still half a year away from retirement, I think it is better for you to preside over the teaching and research meeting during this time, and stand on the last shift of revolutionary work...... Gong Jinchen said respectfully.

"There's no need for this...... Chen Gao interrupted Gong Jinchen's words, raised his eyebrows and said: "It was said that there was still half a year to officially retire, but in fact, the day before yesterday, the school leaders had approved half a year's vacation for me, so that I could go home early to recuperate, and my salary would be paid as such, which can be regarded as a reward given to me by the school leaders...... In addition, the day after tomorrow, the school staff will hold a general meeting, and then the school leaders will announce that you will take over as the head of the mathematics department, so I think today's teaching and research meeting should be presided over by you, which can be regarded as a warm-up in advance. ”

"Well, I see. When Gong Jinchen heard this, a flash of joy flashed in his eyes, he had been looking forward to this moment for a long time, so he didn't continue to be polite to Chen Gao, and then said to everyone present: "Thank you Director Chen and the school leaders for their trust in me, since this is the case, then I don't need to postpone it anymore, I will preside over today's teaching and research meeting." ”

After Gong Jinchen finished speaking, the applause at the scene rang out again.

In fact, this is not the first time that Gong Jinchen has presided over the teaching and research meeting of the Department of Mathematics, in the past, when Chen Gao was on sick leave or could not attend the meeting due to other things, Gong Jinchen, as the deputy director, would replace him to preside over the teaching and research meeting.

However, today's teaching and research meeting still has a special meaning for Gong Jinchen, after all, this is the first time he has presided over the meeting as the director.

For Gong Jinchen, presiding over such a teaching and research meeting can be described as a familiar way, because he has been prepared in advance, so there is no tension and discomfort.

Because he was in a good mood and needed the support of his subordinates at work, he praised the faculty members of the department one by one at the beginning of the meeting, praising them for their teaching work last week.

After evaluating the work of the faculty last week, according to the procedures of previous teaching and research conferences, the participants will begin to discuss some of the world's cutting-edge mathematical achievements and papers, which can be regarded as an important part of the conference to improve their academic level.

However, since it is the most cutting-edge research and discussion of the current international mathematics, the World Congress of Mathematicians, which has just opened today, is an unavoidable topic.

As you all know, today is the opening day of the World Congress of Mathematicians, and many academic papers by invited experts have been published on the ICM official website, many of which are worthy of our serious study and reference. As Gong Jinchen spoke, he took out a stack of printed materials from the satchel next to his seat, and said: "This is the new paper materials I collected from the ICM official website last night, all in English, everyone should take a look." ”

Gong Jinchen said, and distributed the pile of materials in his hand to all the teachers and staff present.

After receiving these materials, everyone carefully consulted them.

After a while, a young lecturer's brows suddenly furrowed, and then he said to Gong Jinchen with a puzzled expression: "Professor Gong, as far as I know, this mathematicians' conference, only Duan Yun was invited to participate in the conference in our country, and the "Argument on Hodge's Conjecture" published by him before can be described as a sensation in the world, why doesn't there seem to be this paper on it?"

As soon as the young lecturer's voice fell, the atmosphere on the scene suddenly became a little solidified.

Some time ago, Gong Jinchen and Duan Yun quarreled on the Internet has long been known in China, and almost everyone can see that the two are now incompatible, so on the campus of Beijing University, the slightly 'sensible' faculty and staff dare not mention the word 'Duan Yun' in front of Gong Jinchen, and now Gong Jinchen has become the director of the Department of Mathematics, and Duan Yun's name has become a forbidden word.

But this new lecturer who only entered the Huaqing mathematics group two days ago obviously didn't know what happened between Duan Yun and Gong Jinchen, and his emotional intelligence was also a little worse, so he dared to point out that Gong Jinchen's information had obvious omissions.

"Ah, the paper on Hodge's conjecture has been leaking out on the Internet for a while, and I don't need to take it out to study it today, I guess everyone knows about it. At this time, Gong Jinchen was a little unhappy when he heard this, but after all, today was the first time he presided over the teaching and research meeting as a director, so he did not show the slightest displeasure on the surface, but just said it lightly.

"However, I think Duan Yun's Hodge conjecture paper is really good, and there are many problem-solving theories and ideas that we can learn from, so I think we should take the opportunity of today's teaching and research meeting to study and discuss this paper. The young lecturer with highly myopic glasses paused, and then said, "In addition, I heard that this Duan Yun is a rare mathematical genius, and it is indeed worth learning to solve such a mathematical problem......

It's just that as soon as he finished speaking, an old professor next to him gently poked him with his hand, suggesting that he shut up.

"What is there to study about an academic liar's dissertation. At this time, an old professor sitting on the other side suddenly interjected at this time, only to hear him continue: "This Duan Yun is not behaving properly, and the paper is suspected of being ghostwritten by others, what is there to learn from this kind of person?

"That's right, that Duan Yun is an academic bastard, we can't encourage this kind of unhealthy trend in the academic world!" a lecturer next to Gong Jinchen also chimed in.

"Huh?" The young lecturer never expected that he just made a suggestion, but it caused such a big reaction from the colleagues present, and he was suddenly surprised.