In the mathematical community, there is a consensus that if someone wins the Fields Medal before the age of 28, they are considered a guaranteed future peer of the greats like Niu Gaoou Li'ai.
If the problem Qiao Ze solved was of the same caliber as the Mass Gap Hypothesis, Xu Dajiang felt that "peer" wouldn't even describe it right; Qiao Ze was set to surpass them.
Moreover, Xu Dajiang always believed that with the talent Qiao Ze currently exhibited, it was entirely possible to complete this proposition in seven years, or perhaps even less.
After all, who has seen the speed of a research proposal being approved and the paper submitted almost immediately?
The proposition wasn't simple either; not only was it published in "Mathematics Annual," but it even received praise from Fields Medal laureates.