In a 2021 interview, Wei's unkempt hair and water bottle that had seen better days first attracted the public's attention.
He was mistaken for a student at that time due to his scruffy appearance.
This prompted people online to buy him new bottles.
But this outpouring of good will bothered him.
Wei said: “But I’m worried about the gift-giving issue and how it affects my teaching ethics.”
Wei was then given the dubious honour of Peking University’s “ugliest math teacher”.
Jiupai News, a Chinese news media, reported that Wei had turned down an offer from Harvard to study as a PhD candidate.
This was despite the school having promised to waive his English competency test and provide him with an interpreter.
“The application process is complicated, and my English is not very good,” Wei explained.
https://mothership.sg/2022/05/china-math-genius-god-wei/