It took two days for Xu Chuan to complete the interview with the twelve resumes on his hand, and finally picked out three people from the middle.

Gu Bing, a PhD student from Jiao Tong University, Roger Dean, a PhD student from Politecnico di Milano, Italy, and Shahi Pérez, a PhD student from the University of Paris VI, France.

Three students, from three different countries, all PhD students.

The youngest is Gu Bing, who is twenty-five years old, and the eldest is Roger Dean, who is thirty-one years old.

In fact, if you look at the application materials, the resumes of these three people are not the best and most beautiful of all.

But after the interview, Xu Chuan finally settled on these three students.

Because these three people showed the strongest pursuit of academics during the interview process.

It's a very intuitive thing, and it's important to have a passion for academics.

In his opinion, the first element of leading a student well is to find someone who is genuinely willing to delve deeper into this field.

What you don't understand can be learned and mastered slowly. But if your heart is not on scientific research, there is really no way.

If you don't focus on scientific research, no matter how much you teach, it's useless.

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After securing the student spot, Xu Chuan sent the list to Princeton's staff.

The admission information will be updated to the school's official website.

Of course, he will also talk to these three students, after all, he needs students who enter early, so there is not much time left for each other to prepare.

But fortunately, there is still a month to go, and he can help with the school's data report, admission application and other things, and these three students can prepare their visas.

After dealing with the recruitment of students, Xu Chuan got up and went to dinner.

Although he has now moved to the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton and has also lived in a villa, he has not prepared any kitchen utensils, tableware, and food at home, otherwise he can cook and eat by himself.

Walking along Stockton Street all the way to Nassau Street, Xu Chuan found a random restaurant and walked in.

This is a rice-style restaurant, and there are a lot of people eating dinner here.

Compared with the situation that does not pay much attention to dinner in China, dinner is generally more sumptuous in the United States.

If you're looking for a good dinner, you can choose a rice restaurant.

I ordered a dinner and waited for the other party to deliver it, when a crisp and pleasant voice came.

"Hi Xu, long time no see."

At the same time, a figure walked up to him and sat down across the table.

Xu Chuan was stunned for a moment, looked at the girl opposite with some confusion, and asked, "May I ask who you are?" ”

"Xu, have you forgotten about me? It's so sad. The girl on the other side suddenly said with a sad face.

Hearing this, the corners of Xu Chuan's eyes jumped, but since the other party said so, he must have seen it somewhere.

The memory flipped for a moment, his eyes lit up, and he quickly said, "Amelia! ”

Seeing that Xu Chuan remembered himself, Amelia suddenly had a bright smile on her face. "Looks like you're remembering me, it's a pleasure."

Xu Chuan smiled and said, "Forgive me for not recognizing it for a while, your changes are too great." ”

The girl named Amelia on the other side was a genius girl he met when he participated in the IPO physics competition a few years ago, and she was a genius girl from Germania who led the Germanic physics team as the captain of the team at that time.

Although the results of the Germanic competition team were very poor at that time, Amelia won the individual gold medal at that IPO and was one of the only two girls among the individual gold medal winners.

But to be honest, it's no wonder that he didn't recognize it for a while, it's true that Amelia has changed too much in the past few years.

A few years ago, she was very thin, very short, and looked a little malnourished, but now she has completely lost her previous problems, and she has grown a lot taller and more blooming.

"Is it pretty?" Amelia curled the corners of her eyes and asked as cunningly as a little fox like a crescent moon.

Xu Chuan recalled: "Of course, I still remember that you were very thin at that time, like a water monkey. ”

Hearing him say this, Amelia suddenly rolled her eyes unhappily.

Xu Chuan smiled, bypassed the topic and asked, "By the way, why are you here?" ”

"My dad was hired to come to Princeton last month, and now he's an associate professor in the physics department."

Amelia explained: "In addition, I also applied to come here to study for a PhD, so I came here in advance to familiarize myself with the environment. ”

"Which professor is your father?" Xu Chuan asked with some curiosity, the physics professor at Princeton, he should basically know everything.

"Stanford Erwin." Amelia said a name, Xu Chuan nodded suddenly, it turned out to be him.

Stanford Erwin, a professor in the Department of Physics at Princeton, is an expert in optoelectronic physics and electromagnetism, and has won the Barton Prize, the world's highest award in radio wave science, and can be said to be a top elder in the field of optoelectronics and electromagnetism.

However, he had not dealt with each other much in his previous life, after all, optoelectronic physics was not in his field of study.

Nodding, Xu Chuan smiled and congratulated: "So that's the case, congratulations, I hope you can spend a happy few years in Princeton and reap rich results." ”

Amelia waved her hand and said, "I'm too far behind you, you have even solved the Hodge conjecture, and you have become a professor at Princeton, and I am worthy of entering doctoral studies." ”

Xu Chuan smiled: "It's just an occasional inspiration." ”

Amelia glanced at him and said, "I really want a copy of that." ”

Xu Chuan laughed, it was quite good to be able to unexpectedly meet a past acquaintance in Princeton to chat.

The two chatted for a while, Amelia seemed to think of something, looked at Xu Chuan and asked, "Xu, I heard that you have already served as a professor in the mathematics department of Princeton, right?" ”

Xu Chuan nodded, looked at Amelia with some confusion, and said, "Yes, I officially signed a contract with Princeton not long ago." ”

"You haven't enrolled students yet, have you? I'll be your student. ”

Amelia's mouth was shocking, Xu Chuan almost didn't fall off the chair, coughed several times before he eased, and said, "How can this be!" ”

Amelia looked at Xu Chuan strangely, her blue eyes full of puzzlement. "Why not?" he asked. Do you hate my poor grades? ”

"My grades are not bad, although I can't compare with you, but I also have a GPA of 3.9, and I have published two SCI papers in Zone 2, one in Mathematical Physics, the other in Theoretical Physics, and in addition, I have a mathematics paper in Zone 2."

Xu Chuan was silent for a moment, an undergraduate student can publish three SCI papers in the second region, or in two different fields of mathematics and physics, this result is quite excellent even if it is put into the scope of the world.

However, his sudden refusal probably felt a little disobedient?

Maybe it's a bit embarrassing to recruit acquaintances as students?

After thinking about it, Xu Chuan, who was already a little short of his brain, figured out where this sense of disobedience was, and hurriedly asked: "Wait, our majors are not right, you study physics, and I am a professor of mathematics." ”

Amelia said indifferently: "It doesn't matter, I am a double major in Gögenting, physics and mathematics are my study directions, and the major I chose when I applied to Princeton was mathematical physics." ”

"And although you are a professor of mathematics, you can definitely be a professor in Princeton in the field of physics."

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"You've solved the mystery of the proton radius, and you've calculated the ideal search for decay channels that Higgs can couple with Yukawa, a third-generation heavy quark, and that's a world problem."

"Especially the latter, I have seen your original papers and computational data, which can be said to be the most perfect combination of mathematics and physics, not to mention that your supervisor is Professor Edward Witten, I believe that your physics ability will definitely not be worse than mathematics."

"I'm sure I can learn more if you were my mentor."

Xu Chuan paused, a little unsure of what to say.

Amelia's vision is really accurate, his physical ability is indeed no worse than mathematics, and at this stage, it is even stronger, even if he has proved Hodge's conjecture.

After thinking about it, Xu Chuan asked, "Didn't you already apply to Princeton?" The mentor should have been decided, right? ”

Amelia bent her crescent-like eyes and smiled like a cunning little fox: "But Princeton doesn't stipulate that you must come if you accept the invitation, and you haven't officially enrolled yet, if I withdraw the offer, then you can send me another copy." ”

"In comparison, I think it's more promising to follow you."

There was silence for a while, and Xu Chuan, who didn't know what to say, said, "I have already accepted three students." ”

Amelia was stunned for a moment, and asked in surprise, "So fast?" Didn't you just become a professor at Princeton the other day? ”

After a pause, she continued, "But what does it matter? Princeton also doesn't have a rule that a professor can only admit three students. ”

"If you are not sure, you can interview me, I think I should be able to meet your standards and requirements."

Xu Chuan coughed lightly and said, "I suggest you go back and ask your father first, maybe he may have a different opinion." ”

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