Chapter 198 The Award Ceremony of the Opening Ceremony (Part 2)
Many years later, Qiao Yu realized that the feeling of being so excited that he couldn't control himself was nothing more than the thrill brought by the surge of adrenaline.
It was a grand occasion for thousands of people, with countless thunderous applause. Multiple cameras recorded the scene of the winners walking on stage with everyone’s blessings from all angles...
This is not only a scientific festival of mathematics, but also a large-scale vanity fair. After all, awards mean recognition by peers around the world.
As for the laymen who don’t understand mathematics well...
As we all know, there is a tall wall between mathematics and ordinary people, and inside it is a standard pyramid shape. This means that for people outside the mathematical walls, all they can see are the handful of people at the top of the pyramid.
There is no doubt that the mathematicians who can receive awards at the quadrennial International Congress of Mathematicians are the group of people who can have a place at the top of the pyramids.
Winning an award may not directly create greatness, but it definitely means more resources and opportunities.
In this era, having more resources and opportunities means more and greater achievements.
However, Qiao Yu didn't really think much about it at this time. He simply liked the atmosphere at this time and the feeling of attracting world attention...
It can be understood that Qiao Yu is still too young.
But really speaking, isn’t this what others are fighting for?
Qiao Yu was so lost in thought that the Gauss Prize, Chen Shengshen Prize, and Nevanlina Prize had already been awarded on stage.
These three awards also include his acquaintances. For example, Pan Jingyuan and Dennis have worked together before...
They won the prize for their work in proving the Langlands Conjecture!
Facts also proved that his judgment was correct. At this time, today's first Fields Medal winner had stood up, it was Jack Thorne beside him.
At this moment, it was obvious that the atmosphere in the conference hall had reached a new level, and the burst of applause suddenly exploded like spring thunder.
At this time, Jack Thorne also stood up with a cheerful face, bowed to the people around him, and received congratulations one after another.
Even though I had known for a long time that I had overcome all obstacles and won the most important mathematics award in the world, I was still a little hesitant before the moment when it was announced in public by the President of the International Mathematical Union.
At this moment, the dust settled.
"Congratulations, congratulations!" Qiao Yu said something absently after reacting. It didn't matter whether this guy could hear it or not.
It's hard to say how sincere he is anyway.
It turned out that he was not the first to announce that he was going to the stage to receive the award. Qiao Yu felt that he was being targeted by the old man on the stage...
He was thinking about whether he should write down the chairman of the alliance on the stage in his little notebook. But then I thought about it, maybe because he solved the Riemann Hypothesis, he should be chosen as the finale to receive the award, right?
In fact, there is some truth.
If he had gone up first, at the age of seventeen, and crushed all the little old men in their thirties around him, these people might not be able to laugh anymore.
Okay, I won’t record it for now.
If he was neither the first nor the last to take the stage, Qiao Yu felt that he must record the old man in his little notebook. Let this old man understand from now on what it means to be a young man and not to be humiliated.
Fortunately, Pierre L. Lion, the chairman of the alliance on the stage, did not disappoint Qiao Yu.
Afterwards, three consecutive winners of this year's Fields Medal came to the stage one after another, received the medals personally presented by Pierre L. Lion, and delivered their acceptance speeches.
Just when many people in the audience began to be suspicious, Pierre L. Leon spoke again.
"Okay, please be quiet, everyone. Because next I am going to announce the last Fields Medalist today."
One sentence completely silenced a conference hall with thousands of people. Countless people at the scene had a vague premonition in their hearts. Even many people who knew the result in advance still found it unbelievable at this moment!
After all, the person in their minds is only seventeen years old! Not even the age of adulthood in most countries! Ninety-nine point ninety-nine percent of kids this age are still in high school.
What is this concept?
There are still nearly twenty-three years left before losing the age to win the Fields Medal! Improved the record for the youngest Fields Medal winner by a full decade!
Even if it is expanded to include world academic awards, such as the Nobel Prize, it has increased by eight years! This is already a legend, but what is even more legendary is the reason why he was able to win the Fields Medal at such a young age!
"Well, in fact, when I mention his achievements, everyone should already know it in their hearts. This winner's understanding of mathematics is unparalleled and amazed everyone.
For example, he keenly discovered loopholes in the proof of the geometric Langlands conjecture, and in subsequent work helped the team to improve their proof..."
When the chairman in the audience said this, Frank, who was sitting in the audience, couldn't help but darken his face.
In fact, when he saw former members of the research team Dennis and Pan Jingyuan coming on stage to accept the award, he was already in a bad mood!
He tried his best to keep the smile on his face and applaud his former companions.
At this moment, when I heard Pierre L. Lion, Chairman of the Mathematical Union on the stage, saying this again as Qiao Yu's achievement, I really couldn't control my expression.
For example, the corner of his mouth twitched subconsciously.
But you really can't blame him.
Who knows, family members? At that time, Qiao Yu found a few holes in the proof of his work, pulled him out of this great work, and went up on his own...
It's equivalent to five years of investment, but he didn't get anything! It has become a backdrop for others!
Now it was actually being mentioned as Qiao Yu's achievements in front of thousands of people! But the person who did this is his own son who he currently wants to recognize but doesn’t dare to recognize!
He really wants to ask if there is any justice in this world anymore?
But Frank still had to control his facial expressions. After all, if he lost his project and his achievements, he could not lose his reputation and demeanor in the mathematics community.
So you have to smile...
What Frank didn't know was that there were people with the same skin color around him who were secretly observing his expression. And whispered while everyone was listening intently to what was being said on stage.
"Hey, do you think this person is in a miserable mood now?"
"Nonsense! If I were him, I would probably want to die right now."
"Do you think Qiao Yu knows that this is his long-lost biological father?"
"I said? Isn't this obvious? It's not like you haven't studied that boy's files!"
"It's so boring to chat with you! I said it but didn't say it!"
"Hehe, if you are not afraid of gossiping and telling Zheng Tou, you can talk loudly everywhere. Guess why Zheng Tou didn't mention this to Qiao Yu at all?"
"Hey...really, I feel a little pity for him."
"The great professor at Berkeley wants to pity you? Do you have any idea?"
"How big a professor are you? I only have more than 200,000 US dollars a year, but I can only get 130,000 or 40,000 US dollars. How can I support a family of four and live as comfortably as I do? If the elderly on both sides don't help them, they can't even pay the mortgage! < br>
Look at Qiao Yu again! The various bonuses given by the school can amount to millions in a year. This time he will get another million dollars, which is worth more than ten years in one year! If I were him, I would have to vomit blood. ”
"Shut up! I can at least give birth to such an outstanding son, what about you?"
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Fortunately, it was impossible for Frank to hear these words, otherwise he would probably explode directly and then not even have a chance to hear what was said on the stage.
After all, if he causes trouble on such an occasion, the security guards at the scene will definitely not tolerate him.
"...especially the generalized modal axiom system has opened a new door for mathematicians studying algebraic geometry, number theory and other fields.
The most important thing is that he independently solved the problem that has troubled us for 160 years-the Riemann hypothesis. Well, let us welcome the last Fields Medal winner-Qiao from China! ”
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At this moment, everyone’s long-suppressed emotions were finally ignited in an instant! This time, the applause resounded like a tsunami through the Pennsylvania Convention Center and even spread outside this modern building.
There was no way, Pierre L. Lion introduced Qiao Yu's achievements on the stage for more than three minutes...
This is a treatment that no previous Fields Medal winner has received! No one else’s presentation of their results lasted more than one minute.
Of course, for many people, this is normal.
Just like the last words of Pierre L. Lion, Qiao Yu solved a problem that has plagued the world for more than 160 years.
For that alone, he deserves this honor.
Even though he is still so young.
This also made Qiao Yu quite satisfied with the old man on stage. The small notebook that had been taken out in my mind was put back again.
At this time, he had already stood up and walked towards the rostrum.
Then he discovered how scientific the seat arrangement was. As expected of a mathematician.
Along the way, he happened to pass by the most important people around him. His mentor Tian Yanzhen, his senior master Yuan Zhengxin, and his mother Qiao Xi.
"Thank you, Director Tian!"
"Congratulations!" Tian Yanzhen stood up, raised his hand and touched Qiao Yu's head in front of everyone, and then sat down.
Although no one heard what they said under the surging applause, everyone could see the intimate gestures.
"Master, don't blame me. I don't know why they gave me this award so early."
When he walked in front of Yuan Zhengxin, Qiao Yu gently hugged the old man, and then said something naughty in the old man's ear.
"Haha, don't worry, I will also watch you win the Craford Prize and the Abel Prize!" The old man was still smiling from ear to ear.
Finally it’s Qiao Xi.
This time, Qiao Yu boldly hugged his mother in his arms and said in his ear: "When I stand on the podium later, I may not be able to see every face in the audience! That man must be He's there too, but I can't see where he is! It's your turn."
Qiao Xi didn't say anything, she just hugged Qiao Yu tighter and let go after a second or two.
"Okay, let's go on stage!"
"Hmm!"
The applause was so enthusiastic that no one knew what Qiao Yu said, even if they could understand lip reading, because Qiao Yu always spoke into the adults' ears, but the camera faithfully recorded the scene.
Until Qiao Yu walked up to the rostrum, more than a dozen cameras were focused on the young man with a hint of youthfulness on his face.
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At the same time, China.
Philadelphia is Eastern Time in the United States, and the time difference between Daylight Saving Time and the Chinese capital is exactly twelve hours.
It was already 9:40 pm. Forty minutes have passed since the opening ceremony of the International World Mathematicians was broadcast live simultaneously by the central media.
This moment has finally come. Although it was a live broadcast, two guest professors who did not attend the conference were actually invited to the studio. from Huaqing University and Yanbei University respectively.
The task of the two people is to explain this grand event in the mathematics world together with the host.
The previous explanations were neither salty nor bland...
It is nothing more than explaining to the audience why those winners received the awards and what contributions their research has made to the mathematics community.
When they arrived at Qiao Yu's place, the two finally fell in love with each other.
"I asked my colleagues to search before. Qiao Yu is the third Chinese mathematician to win the Fields Medal in history, right?"
"Yes, the first one is Mr. Yuan who just hugged Qiao Yu, and the second one is Tao Zhixuan. But I want to emphasize that Qiao Yu is the first Chinese mathematician." Professor Hua Qing was the first to respond.
"I would like to add something about that. Not only is it a Chinese mathematician, as we all know, Qiao Yu is also a student in the elite class of the School of Mathematics at Yanbei University. He has not even graduated yet.
So what I want to say is that Qiao Yu is not only the first Chinese mathematician to win this honor, but also a Chinese mathematician who was completely trained by our Chinese education system and has never gone abroad for further study!
This means that the development of mathematics in China is exactly what Mr. Yuan expected, and it is firmly moving towards a powerful country in mathematics from a big country in mathematics! We are regaining the lost fifty years! ”
Professor Hua Qing next to him glanced at Professor Yan Bei, opened his mouth, and finally said nothing...
We have already agreed on the joint training. What do you mean by emphasizing on TV that Qiao Yu is a student in the elite class of Yanbei University? !
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Don’t you know what you have cultivated? Has Qiao Yu gone to class?
Really, if it weren't for the fact that today's program was broadcast live to the whole country, he would have exposed the Yanbei University professor's lies in public.
Of course, we still have to fight.
"Professor Xu is right, but I would also like to add that Qiao Yu actually has in-depth cooperation with many Huaqing professors, just like what was said in the introduction to Qiao Yu's achievements.
When Qiao Yu rose to prominence in the international mathematics community, he collaborated with Professor Pan from the Yuan Zhengxin Mathematical Sciences Research Center of my school to complete the proof of the geometric Langlands conjecture..."
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In the video, two professors were quietly arguing about the two schools' training of Qiao Yu. In the live video barrage, the reactions of netizens were much more unified.
In fact, ever since Qiao Yu announced on the pre-release website that he had solved the Riemann Hypothesis, related publicity has not stopped.
Although the two months when the jury reviewed the paper were quiet, the topic of whether Qiao Yu can win this year's Fields Medal has been very lively since the final certification results of the jury were announced on Princeton's official website.
Naturally, there is no official announcement.
But since the central media suddenly announced that it would broadcast the opening ceremony of this year's World Congress of Mathematicians, the answer has almost been made clear.
After all, if Qiao Yu wins the award, it will be the first time that a serious Chinese mathematician wins this world-wide award. And it also broke many firsts.
Whether it is the significance of the Riemann Hypothesis itself to the mathematical community or its significance to boosting the self-confidence of the Chinese nation, it is all there.
So there are quite a lot of people who took the time to watch this live broadcast online. Even if today is Monday, I have to go to work the next day.
Not to mention that there are still many students across the country who have received notices from their class teachers and must stay at home to watch the opening ceremony. Especially many students from Star City.
Therefore, the barrage is naturally very lively, and the most popular words are naturally "awesome" and "congratulations."
But there are also many long reviews.
"I would like to call Qiao Yu a god! I feel like a child standing among a bunch of adults!"
"Qiao Yu is awesome! He's only seventeen years old! How dare those people who came up just now have the nerve to say their acceptance speeches!"
"It is said that you will not fail the exam if you worship the God of Study. I will worship you from now on, God Qiao!"
"At this time, BGM should let young Huaxia speak!"
"China is awesome! Yanbei is awesome! As for Huaqing, go practice boxing quickly and don't take advantage of the heat!"
"Seventeen-year-old Fields Medal winner! Whoever slaps me, I doubt I'm dreaming even when I'm watching the live broadcast!"
"Otherwise! No matter how old you are, if you don't get a Fields Medal for solving the Riemann Hypothesis, which mathematician will still care about this broken prize in the future?"
"Brothers, there are not many mathematical problems left for you to solve in the world! Come on, everyone!"
There are also some strange things interspersed among the countless passionate barrages.
"Everyone, do you want to order Qiao Yu's manuscript to prove the Riemann Hypothesis? It's true! It can be authenticated by real people! If you want it, please send me a private message and let me know the price!"
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In addition to the barrages, major Chinese websites, forums, short video software and Moments have also quickly begun to be dominated by the Fields Medal...
A piece of news from Central Media News was ranked first in the search engine rankings on major search engines.
"News: Qiao Yu, a 17-year-old Chinese mathematician, won the 2026 Fields Medal and broke the record for the youngest recipient of the Fields Medal. It is reported that this is the first Chinese mathematician to win this honor."
Although this "news flash" is open to question.
But for many ordinary people, it is actually not too much.
After all, all award winners are strictly confidential before the conference. Even if the winner is notified in advance, he must sign an electronic confidentiality agreement and cannot disclose it.
All those who said with certainty that Qiao Yu would definitely win the award before the announcement could only be regarded as speculation.
As for the abnormal live broadcast of the opening ceremony by the central media, it cannot be said that the central media got the news in advance. It can only be said that since Qiao Yu's paper proving the Riemann Hypothesis was recognized before the conference started, the chance is great.
At this time, even the hot searches on Weibo have been dominated by mathematics. There may be some other factors involved, but there is no doubt that whether you care about this topic or not, there is definitely no way around the name Qiao Yu today. There's no escaping that.
Some people even joked on Weibo that Qiao Yu should probably thank "Brother Feng". The rock and roll man specially selected today to release a new song, which can be regarded as helping Qiao Yu win the award.
Then he was criticized by a group of people until he became autistic... When educated people curse people, they may not use any curse words, but they can always touch the heart with every word.
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In the venue, the applause finally subsided.
At this time, Qiao Yu had already walked onto the stage and took the gold medal that already belonged to him from Pierre L. Lion.
"Congratulations, of course you deserve it." Pierre L. Leon said with a smile.
"Thank you, but as you said, this is indeed what I deserve!" Qiao Yu also responded with a smile.
It's very immodest, but Qiao Yu feels that if he really needs to be modest in this situation, it will be inconsistent with the persona he has been building, and there will be a risk of collapse of the house!
Again, as long as his moral bottom line is low enough, he will never have the possibility of collapse.
"Haha, you are different from other Chinese mathematicians, but I like young people like you! Okay, you can speak. This is a stage reserved for you. Enjoy it!"
Pierre L. Lion said concisely.
Yes, the three previous winners had already stepped off the podium at this time, leaving the entire stage to Qiao Yu.
This was also specially arranged by the organizing committee, because after Qiao Yu delivered his acceptance speech, there was also a session where the Clay Institute awarded Qiao Yu a bonus.
No other winner would want to be on stage at this time.
Qiao Yu picked up the microphone and didn't speak. Instead, he picked up the medal and looked at it again, and then glanced around the audience.
Sure enough, the crowd below was as crowded as he had guessed before. It exceeded the first three rows, and the people behind almost became a vague symbol...
"I am very happy today. It reminds me of many past events. I remember when my mentor Tian Yanzhen introduced me to the Fields Medal for the first time, I went to check it out and found out, wow, why is the prize so small? Ah! It’s not as good as the Nobel Prize. Is it possible that mathematicians don’t deserve higher prizes?”
Before he finished speaking, there was a burst of laughter from the audience.
Well, the age advantage shows up again. This means that Qiao Yu is still a seventeen-year-old boy. If the person on the stage is over twenty years old, he probably won't be so tolerant.
Qiao Yu also paused for a while, waiting for the audience to finish laughing before continuing: "But when I really devoted myself to mathematics, I realized that my understanding was wrong, and it was very wrong!
It’s not that mathematicians are unworthy, but that most mathematicians except me have nobler characters. Because mathematics is the language of science, the thought of philosophy, the structure of art, and the starting point for all disciplines to explore unknown truths! ”
This time no one in the audience laughed but thunderous applause broke out again.
After all, these words really pleased everyone in the audience!
Those who can participate in this meeting, even if they are physicists, will not have low attainments in mathematics.
The scholars were very polite. The applause only lasted for more than ten seconds and then stopped.
"So I am honored to have gone so far on the road of mathematics and have been recognized by many people. I would like to thank my tutor, my senior teacher Professor Yuan Zhengxin, and many people who have accompanied me along the way.
For example, Teacher Lan Jie and Teacher Xue Song took me step by step on the road to mathematics. But the one I want to thank most is my mother. When I was complacent about some small achievements, she told me that I should set my sights on the highest mountain!
Because only by standing on the top of the mountain can you enjoy the most beautiful scenery! Apparently, I didn't disappoint her! She directed me to the highest mountain, and I climbed it! Then show the scenery in front of you! I have to say, this scene is indeed beautiful. ”
With that said, Qiao Yu raised the medal in his hand again, and there was another burst of cheers.
This time it is mainly young people in the back row.
For those young people who are determined to devote themselves to mathematics research, Qiao Yu at this time is definitely like a bright light.
"Finally, I would also like to thank the partners and reviewers who have helped me a lot. By the way, there is also the Clay Institute. You may not believe it, except for my mother, who made me focus on the Riemann Hypothesis. The Clay Institute also deserves credit
They were selflessly willing to offer a huge reward to make up for the lack of Fields Medal prize money! It's like an academic bank. There is money in it, and you only need to find the cracked password to get the money out! Luckily, I found one of the codes.
There are still five passwords left. I hope and believe that in the not-too-distant future, these passwords will be cracked one by one with our joint efforts! Finally, thank you all again! ”
After saying that, Qiao Yu bent slightly towards the audience...
When a tsunami of applause sounded again, Qiao Yu was about to step down from the podium, but was directly stopped by Pierre L. Lion...
"Qiao Yu, wait a minute, did you forget that you haven't withdrawn the money yet?"
"Uh?"
"Next, let's invite Randall Clay, one of the founders of the Clay Institute, to present the Millennium Puzzle Prize to Qiao Yu!"
(End of chapter)