Invigilate

Dean Qin helped Lu Zhou a lot in his undergraduate years. Even though Lu Zhou would have been successful even without Dean Qin's help, his journey wouldn't have gone so smoothly.

Therefore, even though Lu Zhou wasn't certain he could convince the ICM board, he was still willing to give it a try.

Speaking of which, what confused Lu Zhou the most was what gave Dean Qin the confidence to host the ICM conference. However, the conference would greatly benefit the Jin Ling University mathematics department.

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Because Lu Zhou promised his parents that he would go back home for New Year's, he decided to finish his next month's work before the end of the month. The university also went into exam week, so he became busy again.

Usually, the exam week was arranged at the beginning of the year, some time after New Year's Day. Rarely was it arranged before New Year's Day. Students nor the teachers were happy with this arrangement.