Super God-Level Top Student-Chapter 446 - 209: It’s Truly Disappointing When the Thesis is Concluded_3

Although Tim Cook had previously offered some relatively aggressive suggestions, perhaps due to his nature, he felt uneasy about the overly aggressive strategies discussed by the board over the past five months, and ultimately decided to support Jeff Williams in taking over the leadership.

Maybe deep down, Tim Cook was still not convinced, and he wanted to see if the global market would really undergo a drastic change.

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After all, according to the contract, Jeff Williams is only acting as a temporary replacement for one year, and whether he can secure his position as CEO will ultimately depend on whether his performance within the year satisfies the board. Time will prove everything.

However, on this day, an era of legend would finally come to an end.

Yet no one knew that the reason for the legend’s early curtain call was a fear deep in his heart.

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Without a doubt, the news of Tim Cook’s departure and Apple’s change of leadership made headlines as the biggest news in the civilized world today.

Even in Huaxia, it was no different.

Unfortunately, California time is 16 hours behind Huaxia time. Apple Inc. officially released the news at ten in the morning, so by the time it reached Huaxia, it was already past two in the morning.

Nevertheless, it still excited quite a few people.

Even though at this hour, the majority of normal people would have already been asleep, and among those who weren’t asleep, most were not interested in the news, they wouldn’t even be active online.

Whether it’s Apple or Youwei, those who debated online the merits and demerits of these companies’ products, no matter how miserably this group portrayed themselves, were already worry-free about food and clothing.

Those worried about making a living simply didn’t have the energy to care about how a magnate’s departure thousands of miles away might affect the so-called industry.

They might not have even heard the name Tim Cook.

However, when the sun rose in Huaxia the next day, the news inevitably exploded online, dominating the hot search on nearly all public domain traffic.

After more than a decade, Tim Cook finally retired, and for countless Apple fans, a new face had finally emerged.

They say a new official fires up three measures upon taking office, so surely this year’s Apple tech gala needed to unveil something eye-catching, right?

Last year’s iPhone 15 really left much to be desired.

To put it bluntly, ’squeezing the paste out of the tube’ hadn’t ever seen such skimpiness. In this regard, Intel, normally the master of stinginess, seemed generous compared to Apple. One might even think Apple belonged to the list of high-tech companies under sanctions.

Unfortunately, this news didn’t set the Xilin Mathematical Research Institute ablaze.

In the entire institute, there currently were no Apple users.

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It wasn’t that the institute had any special requirements, mainly because everyone had free phones that were pretty good to use, so unless there was a particular need, no one would specifically go out and buy an Apple phone.

Even Hanna used Youwei’s phone. Theoretically, Youwei’s phones couldn’t use Google’s set of services, which wasn’t user-friendly for her.

But that was just theoretical.

There were many geniuses in the institute, and with a little tweaking, it wouldn’t affect anything. It was merely about installing the Higo service framework.

For Qiao Ze, it was even more so.

It was just that in the morning when he met Su Mucheng, she mentioned, "Qiao, did you see? Tim Cook voluntarily resigned."

Then he just nodded and replied, "Oh."

Qiao Ze had never dealt with Tim Cook, only having met with the president of Apple’s Greater Huaxia once.

That manager surnamed Cheng gave Qiao Ze an impression that remains, and from one remark made at the dinner table, he gained a bit of inspiration. It was from that time he began publishing one paper after another in "Mathematics Annual," so in this regard, he should thank Manager Cheng.

Right, there was also the Qiuzhi Scholarship from the School of Mathematics that was sponsored by Apple Inc.

A rather decent person.

After that, there was no further contact.

He heard that negotiations with Xilin Licheng had occurred a few times, but in the end, the two sides didn’t reach a cooperation agreement.

Su Lixing conducted business very reasonably, valuing the order of first come, first served.

Hence, with only these ties to Apple, Qiao Ze wasn’t interested in Apple’s change of leadership.

However, today indeed brought some good news.

Upon turning on the computer, Dou Dou sent him a message: the results of the supercomputing calculation were out and had been directly sent to his email.

Qiao Ze opened it and knew immediately that his direction was not wrong.

In other words, the research paper could be concluded.

Even though he had a clear plan for the direction of future research, the fact that a problem he had pondered over for years could finally be concluded still made Qiao Ze feel a hint of loss.

Yes, there was no excitement, just loss.

It was like finally finishing a beloved novel, that subtle sense of loss, wishing the story could have been a bit longer.

Or perhaps if this problem had been a little more challenging...

But unfortunately, there are no ifs in this world.

Already seated comfortably, Su Mucheng sensed that Qiao Ze’s mood seemed off, and curiously asked, "What’s wrong, Qiao? You don’t seem happy?"

Qiao Ze took another look at the result, silently integrating the known quantity into the equation in his mind, proving that it indeed balanced, before saying, "My doctoral thesis is complete."

"Ah? It’s finished? That’s fantastic..." Su Mucheng was about to clap, but seeing Qiao Ze’s melancholic mood, she asked in confusion, "Um... isn’t this something to be happy about?"

Even though Su Mucheng wasn’t a Ph.D. candidate yet, many around her were.

If Liu Chenfeng’s doctoral thesis advisor could pass it, he would probably be so excited that he’d jump up, right?