Chapter 113: Chapter 86: Does nobody realize that this is a project worth billions?_2

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This kind of meeting was usually chaired by Li Jiangao, not so formal, mainly to arrange the research group's summer work and to summarize the work.

"Let me just say a few words," Li began, "thanks to everyone's cooperation during this period, our research group has completed the construction of Group Wisdom's underlying framework, and we have also produced three extremely high-quality papers, which is a cause for celebration."

As Li's voice fell, everyone except Qiao Ze started to applaud.

Especially Su Mucheng, her little hands were clapping so hard they were turning red, while her gaze stayed fixed on Qiao Ze.

Actually, without Li having to say it outright, everyone knew that the papers were almost entirely the work of Qiao Ze alone.

Claiming them under the research group's name was just a way to give everyone a bit of glory, to boost morale.

Of course, Qiao Ze didn't mind these things.

In fact, when a person doesn't even care much about money, there's very little left in this world for them to cling to or care about.

'To be ready to die after hearing the Dao in the morning' probably describes someone like Qiao Ze.

"Alright, alright..."

Li raised his hand to quiet the room and continued, "In addition, Qiao Ze has also completed a separate paper, so now our research group has four papers waiting for submission. I'm going to tell you all, one of them has already been submitted to SIAM Review, and Mu Cheng and Chen Yi may not be aware, but this is a top-tier journal in the world, with an impact factor that at its peak reached 11.6.

Although it has fallen off some years, it is still stable above 7."

"Another paper, after discussion with Qiao Ze, has already been submitted to the Duke Mathematical Journal, as the name suggests, a flagship journal operated by Duke University Press, also among the world's top-tier journals. As for the remaining two, since they refer to the content of these two papers, they need to wait for these two to be published before they can be released."

"For the two papers that have been completed, the first author is naturally Qiao Ze, and the second authorship has been given to Tan Jingrong, which I hope you all can understand, Tan indeed needs this second authorship more than you do. The third authorship for both Su Mucheng and Chen Yiwen, is one paper each, in thanks for everyone's contributions to this project."

Applause broke out once again.

Li felt an indescribable sense of emotion in his heart.

If only every research group could be this harmonious.

Without any of the scrambling for power and profit.

In other research groups, they might actually come to blows over the second and third authorship, but here nobody cared.

There was no need to speak of Su Mucheng.

Whether her name was on the journal article or not, she never cared in the slightest.

And Li also felt that Su Mucheng had no need to care.

Li Jiangao smiled and then turned to look at Chen Yiwen.

"Uh... I need to go home over the summer break, but it will only take a week, and it doesn't matter if it's earlier or later." Without needing a reminder from Li Jiangao, Chen Yiwen promptly made his position clear.

He wasn't so concerned with publishing papers; he simply cherished the opportunity to be in this lab group.

After all, whether he could continue playing around and earning a reputation after the project was completed very much depended on his performance.

Li Jiangao gave a slight nod. In fact, he didn't care much whether Chen Yiwen was there or not.

But since everyone was a member of the lab group, he still hoped that all participants could enjoy the glory on the day the project was officially announced.

Then he skipped over Su Mucheng, saying, "Okay, that's all for this little meeting today. I'll treat everyone to dinner tonight to celebrate our project's significant progress in advance. Everyone, go ahead with your tasks. Su Mucheng, stay behind."

Su Mucheng looked at Qiao Ze with a puzzled expression. Qiao Ze gave her a slight nod. She then stood up with Chen Yiwen and Tan Jingrong and returned to the lab, even closing the door behind them to leave the space for Li Jiangao and Su Mucheng.

"What do you need to talk about in private, Uncle Li?" Su Mucheng asked curiously.

Li Jiangao gave a wry smile, then said, "Tan and Chen still don't know that you invested in this project, so I kept you behind to tell you that."

After finishing, Li Jiangao took a deep breath and said, "Mucheng, I think you really ought to call your dad and have him come to Xilin as soon as possible."

"Huh?" Su Mucheng looked at Li Jiangao, obviously confused by his words.

Seeing Su Mucheng's expression, Li Jiangao smiled bitterly in his heart.

At that moment, he experienced the same kind of bewilderment that Tan Jingrong had felt in the lab group previously.

As the sole investor of the project, this girl hadn't yet considered the earnings of the project itself.

However, when he began to explain, his tone was softer.

After all, he was potentially facing a future billionaire heiress.

"Qiao Ze must have told you that I've packaged Group Wisdom for testing. The series of patents and copyrights concerning the project are also in application. Next, apart from publishing papers, the framework and algorithms embedded in the Group Wisdom topic will undergo further commercial development.

I've spoken to Qiao Ze, and he doesn't want to deal with these things as he finds them too time-consuming. I'm not well-versed in technical-to-commercial licensing, and you probably have no experience with it either. So after much thought, your dad is probably the most suitable person to represent you and Qiao Ze in these matters. What do you think?"

Su Mucheng blinked and then, with sudden realization, said "Oh" and stated, "So Uncle Li, you mean he should go sell it? There's no hurry, actually. I'm not short of money right now."

"Ahem..." Li Jiangao coughed violently and looked at Su Mucheng with a wry smile, "What is there to sell? Stop thinking about Qiao Ze all the time and start thinking about the project itself! With ChatGPT ahead, do you think your dad needs to sell anything?"

Su Mucheng suddenly froze, her eyes spinning twice in their large sockets before a sudden moment of clarity.

"Oh my god... the Group Wisdom platform can make money?! Doesn't that mean Qiao Ze is going to become a billionaire?! Uncle Li, even if Qiao Ze becomes rich, he won't become a bad person, right?"