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If it weren't for the slight possibility that Qiao Ze would agree to such an unreasonable request, Xu Dajiang would have definitely found an excuse to turn around and leave.
To plot against his own Qiao Ze in such a way made him, a beneficiary, feel it was somewhat excessive.
But Xu Dajiang was indeed feeling somewhat tempted.
Qiao Ze had previously mentioned wanting to bring the Xi Lin Mathematics Institute closer to the Princeton Mathematics Institute.
And indeed, he had been working towards that direction.
Now that the Xi Lin International Mathematics Research Institute had been established, it might even aim to match the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton in the future.
What was still missing was a journal with global influence.
"Mathematics Annual" is currently jointly published by Princeton University and the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, and the current editor-in-chief just happens to be the dean of the Princeton Mathematics Institute.
