Chapter 192 Ambition and Awards
In the small suite, after listening to Qiao Yu's remarks on TV, Qiao Xi looked at her son in surprise and asked, "Is this what Teacher Tian said to you?"
Qiao Yu glanced at Qiao Xi and said with a bad smile: "How is it possible! I thought about this and then convinced Director Tian. But Mr. Yuan probably means this! I'll see who will have the nerve to reject my project in the future!"
Qiao Xi thought for a while and said: "Actually, I still don't understand. You are not short of scientific research funds, so what are you trying to do by making this fuss? Are you offending people for nothing?"
Qiao Yu sat upright and said, "What are you talking about? I have no shortage of scientific research funds, but do you? Does old Xue have a shortage? Does Senior Brother Chen have a shortage? Does that Junior Sister Zhang have a shortage?
Will there be a shortage of many students from Director Tian, Mr. Yuan and me in the future? I am great, and I represent a group, so that we can form a joint force and make scientific research breakthroughs, you understand?
Lao Xue asked me before, if I jump back and forth between Yanbei and Huaqing, what should I do if the resources are not enough in the future? I told him, of course, make the cake bigger! Isn’t it enough to let everyone have enough points?
What is learning valve? Suppressing students is not called academic power, working together to support others is not academic power, and only robbing funds is not academic power! A true scholar must be able to influence the direction of technological development and get things done!
As long as I apply for the project in the future, it will be done! Before I fail, no one has the qualifications to reject my project. This is the most important thing at this stage.
You also said that I hope I can stand on the top of the mountain and not be able to see every face below clearly! Can it be achieved by solving a few difficult problems? That's a joke! This world is material, so only by having the right to speak about resource allocation can we do this!
So your eyelids are still too shallow! At that time, when Mr. Yuan asked me to apply for the National Natural Science Foundation of China on the Riemann Hypothesis, I had not yet understood this! But now I understand! Grandpa is really cunning! ”
Qiao Yu sat there, looking high and full of energy. Although he was only a seventeen-year-old boy, he already had a sense of heroism.
Qiao Xi looked at this guy in a daze, but she quickly came to her senses and scolded: "A cunning old man?"
"Hey, just the two of us, don't worry about these words. It's the same if you replace them with resourceful, foresighted, and mature! Anyway, you just need to understand what it means!"
Qiao Yu waved his hand carelessly.
"But how much funding can there be for the mathematics project? If people can't deny your project, why not deny other people's projects? Do you really want to stick to your word?" Qiao Xi asked with a frown.
Qiao Yu sneered and said: "Who said I have to apply for mathematics projects in the future! Let me tell you, when I apply for national-level projects, it will be the kind of large-scale engineering project that requires huge investment! As long as I master the theory, then Isn’t it just a pinch?
For example, how much funding does a moon landing project have? Do you know how much math goes into the moon landing project? Aerospace dynamics, orbit calculation, navigation and positioning, flight control, attitude adjustment, material and structure analysis and even mission planning and resource allocation.
Tell me, which one doesn’t require math assistance? As long as I can master such a large-scale project, how many math-related projects can I subdivide? As long as I have the final say on such a project, who dares not to give me face in the review of other basic research projects? ”
Qiao Xi had nothing to say.
Since Mr. Yuan was the first to initiate this matter, even if she felt something was wrong, she couldn't say much.
Like Qiao Yu, Qiao Xi still respects her teachers. After all, Mr. Yuan fulfilled her college dream with just a few words.
Fortunately, she didn't need to say anything, she just needed to keep focusing on the interview. This is a talk show broadcast to people all over the country. All she needs to do now is to be proud of Qiao Yu.
The host on TV has already started asking questions.
"...Many young people may feel boring or even confused when learning mathematics or other subjects. Do you have anything to say to these young people who are similarly confused?"
On TV, Qiao Yu once again talked with a smile on his face.
"How should I put it? In fact, there are many students around me who are like this. For example, several students who participated in the Little Libaba Mathematics Competition with me. They also liked mathematics very much at first.
Later, we became teammates in the IMO. We went to Australia to participate in the competition and achieved good results. But then I think they encountered this situation after they entered the Yanbei Talent Class.
Although we are good friends, to be honest, I think their attitude towards learning is wrong. In fact, everyone has their own shortcomings and advantages. There is no need to be confused or give up on yourself.
As long as people can recognize their own shortcomings and humbly accept that there are better people in the world, and all other people's doubts are an encouragement to themselves, they will definitely not be confused.
I don’t know if this is the case for others, but I have always thought this way, and I have always maintained a humble attitude in the professional field. I know that there are many people in this world who are better than me, and I need to continue to study hard to always be at the forefront of the times. ”
"Hahaha..."
Naturally, the laughter was not from the TV, but from Qiao Yu who was sitting on the sofa in the room.
Yes, after seeing this paragraph, Qiao Yu ignored the strange gaze of Qiao Xi next to him and was already laughing to himself.
He really didn't expect that the program team actually kept this section intact. After all, he said that just to disgust the three guys in his friend group.
Probably this program is to encourage young people to engage in scientific research! After all, he almost made it clear, all he had to do was name the three guys.
There were only six people who went to Australia to participate in the IMO together. Apart from him, there were only three guys who chose to come to Yanbei University. Two others chose to go to Huaqing’s elite class.
"Why did they provoke you?" Qiao Xi asked from the side after Qiao Yu was almost done laughing.
"They are all embarrassed to talk to me now, haha! I don't know if they have watched this interview now. If they have, they have probably cursed me on WeChat!"
With that said, Qiao Yu took out his mobile phone.
He felt that although these three guys had been silent recently, they would still pay attention to his activities. For example, I will definitely take a look at tonight's interview.
Even if they didn't watch it, someone should have informed them to watch it. Although there is no TV in the dormitory and I cannot watch this kind of program, you can still watch TV on the Internet.
As far as he knew, Yu Wei had the habit of watching the seven o'clock news from the central media on his computer.
As a result, when he clicked on the WeChat group, he couldn't find the friend group at the first time. After scrolling up carefully, he found that the name of his friend group had been changed to "Let's be a person"
Sure enough, the group was already lively again.
If he hadn't set his phone to do-not-disturb mode, he might have seen it just now.
Yu Yongjun: "Brother Qiao, please accept your magical power. We have realized the gap, don't be like this! This is an interview with the central media!"
Gong Jiatao: "Fuck! The two beasts in the dormitory now call me confused brother. Qiao Shen, your conscience really doesn't hurt?"
Yu Wei was still considerate and only sent a line of ellipses.
"Huh? Why did you get it right? This is just a metaphor. You know metaphors, right? It's a rhetorical technique. There's no way around it. This interview is all about erecting a few examples and criticizing a few sentences. I can't criticize someone I'm not familiar with, right?"< br>
Qiao Yu argued plausibly in the group.
"No, if you say that, it would be unlucky to be familiar with you. Can't we just treat each other as individuals?"
"You think it's unlucky for you to quit the group and be blacklisted! Oh... when you are about to graduate and want to secure your postgraduate studies, don't tell me you know me! By the way, the rich second generation are not included in this list."
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It was pretty good, and it made all three of them speechless.
"Okay, I won't tell you anymore, I still have a lot of things to do. Hey, you don't know, it's so difficult to do something now!"
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"Hey, it's so difficult to be a review expert now! How can this kid say that?! How did Lao Tian teach this?!"
Lu Yanxiang, who had just finished watching the interview, complained to his wife next to him with an embarrassed expression.
"Why did you reject his project in the first place? Wouldn't it be better if you just passed it? This kid is so good, and his teacher is Academician Tian, and he has a good relationship with Academician Yuan, so he can't just go with the flow?"< br>
Lu Yanxiang’s lover is also a university professor, but he teaches social and humanities subjects. Naturally, I don’t know much about mathematics.
"Why did you reject it? Do you think it was me? He submitted a project to solve the Riemann Hypothesis. Who would have thought that he could really solve it! If I passed it casually, people would think that I also had some kind of deal with Yanbei University What!" Lu Yanxiang argued loudly.
"So? Has Qiao Yu solved it?" His lover asked back.
Lu Yanxiang immediately stopped speaking loudly and had nothing to say.
"Yes, to put it bluntly, you still look down on this young man! You look down on him, and you don't allow him to say a few words on TV? I've never seen you so domineering before!"
"What do you know! That's the Riemann Hypothesis!"
"So is it solved?"
Well, Lu Yanxiang finally understood what it means to become a king and lose a bandit. Even his lover saw it this way, and he no longer dared to think about how that segment would be interpreted by ordinary people when it was broadcast!
I'm afraid that the label of being jealous of the virtuous will be slapped on his head. Fortunately, it was a collective decision to reject Qiao Yu's project. "Otherwise, you might as well stop serving as the expert reviewer in the future. Are you willing to do so?"
He was too lazy to say anything, but his lover next to him suddenly said something.
Lu Yanxiang was stunned, and then found that he had nothing to say.
Naturally, I can't bear it.
Before reaching that age, how many people can really give up their power without any worries?
Don't underestimate the expert status of this review library.
There are only so many national natural projects every year, and there are only so many hats that can be distributed. Of course, it is the experts with the right to speak who decide who to give it to and who not to give it to.
With this authority, it will naturally be easier for his students to do whatever they want.
As long as we don't make mistakes in general principles, they are all promising projects. It doesn't hurt to make an exchange in private.
If you give up the right to review, it will be difficult for many people in the backyard to get projects.
This is not even his own matter, but a group matter. Who can give in?
"I don't know what Mr. Yuan and Lao Tian are thinking?" Lu Yanxiang couldn't help but muttered.
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"So you guys always think it's the old guys' idea. Why don't you say this might be Qiao Yu's idea?
Yes, the child is still young, but if he can solve the Riemann Hypothesis, do you really dare to treat him as a child who doesn’t understand anything? Today’s children are precociously intelligent!
And an interview of this level is recorded and broadcast, right? What should be broadcast needs to be reviewed? I think you should think more carefully now about why the central media chose this segment to broadcast! ”
My lover couldn't help but mention his man again.
Lu Yanxiang was stunned for a moment, then nodded thoughtfully.
Good guy, you have such profound thoughts when you are more than ten years old? Then will this child get it in the future? With the backing of Yanbei and Huaqing, and his own ability being extremely outstanding, will anyone else have a say in the Chinese mathematics community from now on?
Especially since the higher-ups chose to broadcast this segment specifically, did they really want to remind the academic community?
Of course, what Lu Yanxiang definitely didn't expect was that Qiao Yu wanted to control more than just the mathematics world. After all, what's the point of doing a math project?
Just as various thoughts were swirling in Lu Yanxiang's mind, the interview was coming to an end.
"Qiao Yu's success has proven to the world the potential of Chinese young people, and also demonstrated the beauty and power of mathematics to everyone. Let us look forward to Qiao Yu's continued glory in academic research in the future.
We also hope that more young people can feel the charm of science and the value of persistence from Qiao Yu’s experience. Thank you also, Qiao Yu, for your wonderful speech today..."
"Hey..." Looking at the clips at the end of the interview, Lu Yanxiang sighed. Suddenly I felt like I was getting old.
After all, this world is the envy of those young people!
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At the same time, the current Fields Medal jury is holding a special online meeting. There is no way, mainly because the mathematicians on the jury are all around the world, and everyone is very busy, so it is not easy to get together.
The most important thing is that this meeting was unplanned.
Although the Fields Medal winner is officially announced at the World Congress of Mathematicians in July, the review committee usually completes the final selection one year before the World Congress of Mathematicians.
On the day of the conference, it was just a matter of going through the process.
Just like the Nobel Prize winners are announced every October, the award ceremony is held on December 10 every year, the anniversary of the death of founder Alfred Nobel.
The reason for convening this unplanned meeting was naturally the spoiler - Qiao Yu.
Just like the opinions of the main members of the previous review committee, although Qiao Yu was also nominated this time, most of the judges this time felt that he should be the one to accompany him first.
There is no other reason. Winning the Fields Medal at the age of seventeen makes everyone feel uncomfortable. Not to mention that Qiao Yu is still Chinese.
Especially considering that the seventeen-year-old winner almost killed the suspense of being the youngest Fields Medal winner in the future, this opinion is easier to unite.
Even Qiao Yu participated in and completed the geometric Langlands conjecture and proposed a generalized modal axiom system.
There happens to be a time difference here.
Although Qiao Yu’s paper on the generalized modal axiom system was published at the end of last year.
But it became popular in the world of mathematics in January of the following year. It is normal for academic communication to have a lag period of one or two months.
This year's Fields Medal winner will be announced by the end of 2025.
But who would have thought that Qiao Yu would suddenly solve the Riemann Hypothesis. What's even more exaggerated is that within just two months, the academic community recognized Qiao Yu's proof as flawless.
Therefore, there is a high probability that Qiao Yu will not be able to run with him this year.
If you can't get a Fields Gold Medal for solving the Riemann Hypothesis, then this year's other winners will probably not be in a good mood. Even Wiles wanted his silver medal back.
Yes, when a person is powerful to a certain level, he no longer needs to win a certain award to enhance his worth.
Rather, an award must be awarded to him to demonstrate the credibility of the award.
Qiao Yu is not the only one who receives this treatment.
At that time, Grigory Perelman also clearly expressed his intention to refuse to accept the award, but at the 2006 World Congress of Mathematicians, the Fields Medal was still awarded to him.
But he really refused to accept it and didn't go to receive the award at all. Not only that, the boss also refused even the one million dollar bonus from the Clay Research Institute, and then began to live in seclusion.
It is obvious that this big man's pursuit of mathematics is very pure, and it is even more obvious that there are very few such pure people.
If Qiao Yu can also attend this meeting, he will find that he knows less than half of the thirteen jury members who are strictly confidential.
After all, three of them were his reviewers.
For example, Tao Xuanzhi, Pierre Delini and Eliot Lieberman.
The chairman of this year’s review committee is Martin Haier, whose main research direction is partial differential equations and stochastic analysis.
"Well, everyone should know the reason for convening this special meeting. At the Mathematicians Conference at the end of July, should there be an additional candidate for the Fields Medal?
This issue was co-sponsored by three committee members: Pierre Delini, Tao Xuanzhi, and Eliot Lieberman. You have already seen the reasons.
Professor Delini suggested that I use the power of the chairman to make a direct ruling. But I think it would be better if we all discuss it. As a general rule I still hope to tend to reach agreement.
So does anyone disagree with the awarding of the Fields Gold Medal to the Chinese mathematician Qiao Yu? ”
The meeting officially began, and Martin Haier got straight to the point.
What we want is to cut through the mess quickly, although according to the regulations, if a candidate suddenly solves a well-known mathematical conjecture, as the chairman, he can have the right to make a decision.
But generally speaking, the chairman of the Fields Medal jury will not use this power. After all, this kind of academic award has its merits.
Even if the review committee really cannot reach an agreement, it can directly vote to resolve the matter.
As soon as he finished asking, someone wanted to speak.
Martin Hare naturally chose to agree.
The person asking the question was Luis Caffarelli, an American mathematician of Argentine origin.
"I would like to ask Professor Tao, Professor Delini and Professor Lieberman, are you sure that Qiao Yu's proof of the Riemann Hypothesis is completely correct?"
"Yes, I'm very sure." Tao Xuanzhi answered.
Pierre Delini nodded and said: "Of course, my team reviewed this paper with a critical attitude. There is very detailed research on every lemma."
Eliot Lieberman shrugged: "I like this question because I'm not sure I would agree!"
Martin Haier smiled and asked again: "So does anyone else have questions?"
Sure enough, if the chairman expected it to be, no one had a problem.
After waiting for nearly thirty seconds, the chairman directly announced: "Then I announce that after discussion at the special meeting, the Joe Yu Fields Medal will be awarded at this year's International Congress of Mathematicians."
(End of chapter)