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Just like Princeton, regularly publish our results. After all, Qiao Ze is still at Xilin University of Technology. Our communication costs are lower; we can't let Princeton outdo us in that as well."
Zhou Liang's eyes rolled, and he replied, "Hmm, we should indeed convene a meeting soon to finalize this matter. We should strive for funding to have Qiao Ze serve as the deputy team leader, responsible for the specific research and guidance. That way he wouldn't have any reason to decline, right? To rise to his mentor's position, he needs to make some contributions, doesn't he?"
"Exactly! Why didn't we think of this before? It's a good thing, isn't it? The Xi Lin Optoelectronics Institute can even have Qiao Ze give some guidance when he's free. Research based on Qiao Algebra will definitely be no problem then. We'll just tell Qiao Ze directly, if he agrees to be the deputy team leader, then everything will be negotiable."
