Just when Duan Yun was in the limelight at the World Congress of Mathematicians, more than a dozen professors from the Department of Mathematics were holding teaching and research meetings in a small conference room at Kyoto University, thousands of miles away.

The teaching of colleges and universities is generally only to arrange the teaching plan according to the established curriculum, but because of the control of a large part of the discourse power of the university curriculum modification, in order to keep the course content in line with the latest international scientific and technological trends, there will be such a teaching and research meeting almost every week, and at the same time summarize the work of the week, it will also study some new trends and cutting-edge academic achievements in the world academic community obtained from the Internet and other channels.

Gong Jinchen picked up the thermos cup in front of him and gently took a sip of the freshly soaked West Lake Longjing, looking leisurely and content.

As one of the top mathematics experts at Kyoto University, Gong Jinchen's work at Kyoto University has been smooth sailing in recent years, from ordinary lecturer to associate professor, and then to full professor, he only took less than five years, and his current position as deputy head of the Department of Mathematics is only in his early fifties, which is the stage of being in the prime of life and career.

Recently, Gong Jinchen got another good news, that is, Chen Gao, the current director of the Department of Mathematics, will officially retire in two months, and the school leaders have determined that Gong Jinchen will replace the retired Chen Gao and become the director of the Department of Mathematics of Beijing University.

For Gong Jinchen, this will undoubtedly usher in a new peak in his career.

Although Gong Jinchen is a bit ostentatious, but in terms of academic level and qualifications, he is indeed outstanding at Kyoto University, and this time the school released the wind and set up the position of director who let him succeed Chen Gao, which did not cause any opposition within the Department of Mathematics, which shows that Gong Jinchen still has a certain prestige at least in this school.

Gong Jinchen himself did not feel too much surprise when he learned the news, in fact, he has far greater ambitions than being the head of the mathematics department, that is, to enter the senior management of the school, and even the leader of the national scientific research and education department.

Unlike when he first came to Kyoto University, he was obscure and conscientious in his academic attitude, as time went by, Gong Jinchen's pursuit of rights gradually began to be higher than his academic research, and it can be seen from the trajectory of his work and life over the years, especially in the last five or six years, Gong Jinchen has written fewer and fewer academic papers, but he has posted more and more microblogs on the Internet, likes to rub hot news, package himself as a spokesperson for the academic circle, and strengthen his social influence as much as possible.

After all, today's university is not a vacuum environment, especially a university like Kyoto Huaqing, which also needs a spokesperson and microphone like Gong Jinchen who can stand in the interests of the school.

Therefore, today's Gong Jinchen is no longer a simple scholar, he is now more enthusiastic about his career and rights than academics, and in this regard, he does have a certain skill and wisdom.

In the past, Gong Jinchen relied on questioning and smearing Duan Yun, who had just written Hodge's conjecture, to gain a large number of fans and attention, and also appeared on Kyoto TV's "Current Affairs 1+3" program, although he failed to make Duan Yun discredited in the end, but with the crazy reprint of the video he made with Duan Yun face-to-face at the end of the show, Gong Jinchen has also become a well-known figure in China.

On the one hand, he successfully suppressed a newcomer like Duan Yun who became famous overnight, and maintained the potential rule of 'seniority' in the Chinese academic circles, so as not to make Duan Yun's newcomer too strong, and his status and prestige in the academic world overshadowed their 'old-timers'.

On the other hand, Beijing University and Huaqing University, two top domestic universities in Kyoto, have been in a state of open contention and secret fighting, Gong Jinchen came out this time to publicly question Duan Yun's academic fraud, in fact, it is also aimed at Huaqing University, so although the leaders of Beijing University did not have any statement on this matter on the surface, but in fact, they secretly supported his approach, and this time it was revealed in advance that Gong Jinchen was about to become the head of the mathematics department, which was a kind of 'encouragement' to him.

The last point is that through Duan Yun's incident, Gong Jinchen has gained a large number of fans and support on the Internet in a short period of time, and even Yang Xuefeng, a professor at Jiang University in Jianghu and Wentong University, has also become his 'allies', which undoubtedly increases the weight and status of his speech in the Chinese academic community, which is also a very important resource for his future career peak.

Ladies and gentlemen, today may be the last time I will have a meeting with you as the director of the school. At this time, Chen Gao, who was sitting in the middle of the desk, closed the laptop in front of him, and said calmly: "In fact, a few years ago, I began to plan my life plan after retirement, so many years, it is my honor to work with you, here, I want to say thank you to everyone!"

As Chen Gao spoke, he got up and bowed to everyone present, and suddenly the entire conference room burst into warm applause.

"Besides, you've heard about it, right? The school leadership has decided to let Deputy Director Gong take my place as the new Head of the Department of Mathematics in the future. Chen Gao paused, and then said: " In the past few decades since he entered the Department of Mathematics of our university, his work has been conscientious, and his academic performance is also very rigorous and prolific, which is worthy of learning from all of our colleagues here, and I also hope that in the future, everyone can fully support Professor Gong's management work, so that our Department of Mathematics of Beijing University can reach a higher level and continue to maintain our leading position in the field of mathematics education and academia in China!"

After Chen Gao finished speaking, warm applause rang out again in the conference room.

"Thank you, Director Chen. Gong Jinchen suddenly showed a grateful smile on his face when he heard this, and only heard him continue: "Now that Director Chen has achieved fame and retreated bravely, I have learned a lot from you over the years, whether it is academic or work, you are my role model, in my heart, you will always be a good leader for me!"