In response to Qiao Yu's question, the meeting room fell into a brief silence.
Eventually, everyone's eyes, including Secretary Kristen, turned to Melvin Smith.
After all, this professor had previously spoken with Qiao Yu and was relatively familiar with him.
Actually, in the view of the current IMO chair and steering committee, whether Qiao Yu can participate is ambiguous.
Some believe that allowing Qiao Yu to participate is obviously unfair to other contestants.
Others think that as long as he doesn't violate the rules, Qiao Yu's participation could add a legendary touch to this IMO.
But regardless of the thoughts, no one wants to offend Qiao Yu or the Huaxia behind him.
The reason is simple: Qiao Yu is now the brightest new star in academia, and Huaxia is indeed very wealthy.
Even if Qiao Yu is nominally still a student, he already has quite good relations with many famous mathematicians.
