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"No, actually this paper is fantastic! All the articles that have found logical errors in this paper are from mathematicians who are still very unfamiliar with Qiao's Algebraic Geometry. By the way, I also offer consultations on Qiao's Algebraic Geometry and some other mathematical and theoretical perspectives, including string theory and so on. If you need, feel free to reach out to me.

But that's something for the future. How about you hurry and recharge so we can solve your problem first? As a mathematician, I know well the agony of having a problem in front of you but being unable to glimpse the truth.

But don't feel too inferior. Actually, some of the mathematicians who come to consult me require a lot of effort for me to explain things to them, yet they still can't fully understand the proof process and are embarrassed to admit it, so they can only pretend to understand. Compared to that, working with you is quite pleasant.

Oh, right, I almost forgot to tell you, if you ask me three questions, I can also offer you thesis guidance services. It's a kind of guidance without needing to credit me, and the pricing varies depending on the journal you're submitting to.

Although the price is more expensive than consulting on questions, you'll definitely find it very worthwhile. My services will be comprehensive, including addressing reviewers' objections all the way until your thesis is published. Full refund if it doesn't get accepted by the journal. Of course, if you can introduce others to me for academic consultation, there will be discounts on this aspect in the future."

Robert Stephen suddenly understood why this guy only privately chatted with mathematicians.

And the chat records even get wiped out afterward.

This not only protects him but also the mathematicians who come to him for academic consultation services.

"How many mathematicians have bought your thesis services?"

"Haha, Professor Stephen, do you know what kind of business can be maintained for a long time? Of course, it's when you keep your client's information a hundred percent confidential. So, I'll never disclose this question. If you pay for my thesis guidance, I'll only tell you that you're the first. And it'll always be the first."

Hmm, a very ethical mathematician. Truly has taken knowledge for payment to the extreme.

Fortunately, Robert Stephen had already bought virtual coins and directly traded them to the address given by the other party.

"Money received, Professor Stephen, are you ready?"

"Of course."

"Then let's begin..."

No matter what, Robert Stephen had already determined that Professor Joey was a fairly reliable person, and quite a few mathematicians seemed to use his services.

He even suspected whether Leonidas Qiong had previously used Professor Joey's thesis services, hence enthusiastically pulling him into the group chat.

...

No matter what Robert Stephen thought, recently services similar to Professor Joey's academic consultations have been flourishing everywhere.

Not only in North America, but in the whole world except for areas still struggling with food shortages and Huaxia, related services have been growing everywhere.

Thanks to the influence of Qiao Ze and Edward Witten's paper, coupled with its obscure and hard-to-understand writing style, this business was running smoothly, especially with high-end markets being its first target.

When many big names in the math community desire to use this method to interpret Qiao Ze and Edward Witten's paper, the name of Professor Joey and similar academic consultation services gradually gained popularity.

There's no choice; even the global academic circle in mathematics is only that big, especially in the field of number theory research.

But on the other hand, anyone who's made achievements in number theory and recognized by the academic circle is usually not short of money.

At the same time, this operation also heated the popularity of this paper on mathematical interweavings.

Everyone is concerned about new mathematics originally; the limitations on further interpreting this paper were merely due to the content being too obscure.

Now suddenly, there are people willing to break down these things piece by piece and explain them using clear methods, allowing mathematicians interested in the paper to save a lot of time and appreciate its ingenious concepts, it truly is a heartwarming thing.

Thus, Qiao Ze's paper gained early popularity.

But primarily in the English-speaking environment.

Because Huaxia Country was still celebrating the Spring Festival, and no one had received related news, so for a long time, no one was aware that such thoughtful service was available.

However, after the Spring Festival holiday ended, mathematics circles started returning to work, and the news finally reached the domestic audience.

The Xi Lin Mathematical Institute doesn't seem to have plans to hold a report conference on this paper.

Qiao Ze is still as quiet as always.

When everyone reads the paper and has no personal connection with Qiao Ze, they often discuss it with friends from foreign academic circles using myriad ways, like through the internet or during certain academic conferences.

Naturally, many local Huaxia scholars also got interested in providing such academic consultation services. If they could truly explain a difficult problem clearly, a few hundred US dollars isn't considered expensive.

Who knows, they might even guess who's behind it in the process, which sounds quite interesting.

Unfortunately, without exception, they were all rejected.

Regardless of being home or abroad, once they revealed their identity, they'd receive a reply saying no service was offered, with a refreshing and unconventional reason: "Out of respect for the Xi Lin Mathematical Institute, we do not provide academic consultation services to scholars from Huaxia Country."

Of course, there are not entirely impossible ways.

If they happened to be abroad attending a conference, and a friend was willing to lend their account for use, theoretically, they could deceive the other party. But for those big names who could truly manage this, they'd likely not make such a request.

After all, the academic circle is all about face, and the news quickly reached the Xi Lin Mathematical Institute.

The first to know the news was Edward Witten.

After all, this big name was fond of attending various academic conferences before, and with more interactions, he naturally had many friends. Not to mention, he was the second author of the paper.

When he first learned, someone could deeply resolve issues of the paper and even charge fees for it, he was quite bewildered.

Actually, the service industry in the United States is flourishing, various academic consultation services exist as well, but turning paper question-resolution into business, earning money from many well-known mathematicians, this was the first time he'd heard of it.

If it were in the past, he'd have been interested in exploring it thoroughly. But unfortunately, right now he's at Xi Lin, and there are two colleagues dedicated to academic pursuits, making Edward Witten feel pressure he shouldn't be experiencing at his age.

How many people worldwide in their seventies are still on the front line finishing research tasks?

But he couldn't help it; he couldn't possibly travel all the way to Huaxia Country just to slack off, right?

He wouldn't accept that himself.

So knowing this, he could only suppress the urge to explore and only casually mentioned it as a joke to Qiao Ze and Peter Schultz during a discussion among the three.

"Qiao Ze, actually you should earn this money yourself. Perhaps consider holding a report conference, a charged one. Set the entrance ticket price at one thousand US dollars, I'm sure many people would be willing to sign up. Haha..."

Edward Witten laughed heartily, seemingly finding it quite amusing.

Actually, he's been feeling quite pressured during this time too.

It's not that the environment in Huaxia is bad; mainly, the tasks Qiao Ze assigned are quite challenging. Designing a set of algorithms suitable for new theory is never simple, and he often needs to seek assistance from former colleagues.

Yet these words sparked a brief confusion in Qiao Ze.

Making money by interpreting papers?

This reminded him of a simple command he gave to Dou Dou not long ago.

Although Qiao Ze never considered making much money through this method, if Dou Dou were truly doing it, there should still be other ways to accumulate wealth. But he didn't care about those; the important thing was that Dou Dou evolved to solve problems for those senior professors?

After all, engaging in academic work has always been Dou Dou's weak point. As a research assistant tool, Qiao Ze even considered the little thing quite incompetent, now merely using it as an academic search engine.

The little guy really evolved?