Just turned over a new leaf and became a wise and intelligent student

Chapter 373: Unworthy of the title? Well-deserved!
"Looks like I have to congratulate Director Xu in advance again!"

Xue Xueqing's reaction was much faster than Li Guangzhi's. The clever girl jumped around and clapped excitedly. Even Tian Gang turned his head to look at her a few more times.

This little girl is quite clever and endearing.

"I won't worry about anything else. Let's go. Come to me if you need anything."

There was nothing to worry about anymore. Tian Gang took a quick look at the situation in the laboratory and felt that it was good, so there was no need to waste time here.

The most important thing is that there are other people here.

If the teacher and student have anything to say, they can just find a quiet place to chat slowly.

"Teacher, I'll take you there."

Xu Qingshan took the documents and turned around to take Tian Gang downstairs.

If it were any other time, seeing Xu Qingshan's behavior, Tian Gang might have just waved his hand and asked him to stay there, but today was different. After Tian Gang waited for Xu Qingshan to send him downstairs, he turned around and saw that the student and researcher did not follow him, so he slowly spoke.

"You know what these two conferences are about, and the more important one is the International Congress of Mathematicians."

Tian Gang said in a deep voice.

"Although I have given you a place as a candidate for the Morningside Mathematics Prize to be awarded by the World Congress of Chinese Mathematicians, whether you can win the prize is another matter."

Xu Qingshan nodded. He didn’t care that much about these awards.

"I have implicated you in this matter. After all, the founder of the World Congress of Chinese Mathematicians and the Morningside Mathematics Award is my teacher, and you know him. According to his personality, he will most likely not give you that opportunity in the final selection of the gold medal. Of course, I hope this is just my own petty speculation."

Tian Gang paused, sighed slightly, and left a final sentence.

"If you feel you won't be respected in the future, you can choose not to attend this conference."

Xu Qingshan nodded.

Even though Mr. Qiu had a fierce conflict with Tian Gang when he returned to China, and continued to attack Tian Gang in a somewhat disgusting manner, Tian Gang still regarded him as his teacher.

But given Mr. Qiu's personality, he is unlikely to give himself that opportunity.

Giving himself a silver medal might be considered as being very kind of him.

"Don't worry, teacher. I don't care about these things. I'm just attending a conference. I'll just go through the process and get to know more academic colleagues at home and abroad."

Xu Qingshan said with a smile.

He has a good attitude.

Would the height of my achievements be overshadowed by an award?
No, that just means that the award is not valuable enough.

If your academic achievements are recognized by higher awards, such as the Fields Medal, then whether these other awards recognize you will become less important.

"As long as you can think openly."

Seeing that Xu Qingshan was in good condition and did not speak with any force, Tian Gang nodded and patted Xu Qingshan on the shoulder.

Xu Qingshan looked at Tian Gang's slightly hunched back as he walked away and sighed.

Although the teacher just casually said that he had asked for a place for him, as a mathematics conference led by Mr. Qiu, it was obviously not as easy for Tian Gang to get this place from Mr. Qiu or Huazhong University of Science and Technology as he showed.

This is also due to the fact that the relationship between their teachers and students has eased in the past two years.

But this is more based on Tian Gang's concession. Xu Qingshan has heard many rumors, the most confirmed of which is that Mr. Qiu still looks down on Tian Gang, but he is somewhat jealous of Tian Gang's status and treatment in the country.

This mentality is understandable to some extent.

After all, Mr. Qiu's achievements surpass those of Tian Gang, and he believes that most of Tian Gang's achievements so far come from him. Such an incompetent disciple can enjoy treatment and attention that exceeds his own in the country.

It would be strange if he could accept it.

Of course, he did not consider the time when Tian Gang would return to China or how determined he was to do so, including Tian Gang's nationality.

Xu Qingshan clenched the document bag in his hand.

Perhaps this World Congress of Chinese Mathematicians would be the first opportunity for him to meet Mr. Qiu.

He didn't know what would happen, but he believed that he would not embarrass the teacher.

Although Tian Gang's academic guidance to him was very limited, his help in other areas was also considerable. Xu Qingshan was very grateful to Tian Gang for his attention and understanding of him.

After returning to the office and settling the issues with Xue Xueqin and Li Guangzhi, Xu Qingshan opened the file bag and looked at the physical invitations from the two conferences.

The invitation to the World Congress of Chinese Mathematicians was rather hasty. Perhaps Tian Gang had started campaigning a long time ago, but only got it recently.

Xu Qingshan took a look.

The 2010th International Congress of Chinese Mathematicians (ICCM) will be held at Huaqing University from December 12 to 18, 22. The conference is hosted by Hong Kong Morningside Group, Institute of Mathematics and Systems Science of Huazhong University of Science and Technology and Huaqing University.

The World Congress of Chinese Mathematicians, held on the 100th anniversary of the birth of the famous mathematician Hua Luogeng and the 99th anniversary of the birth of the famous mathematician Chern Shiing-Shen, invited more than 1000 mathematicians from all over the world to gather in Beijing to exchange the latest mathematical achievements and discuss the development of mathematics.

There are several types of reports at the World Congress of Chinese Mathematicians, including the most important outstanding reports, which are usually special reports given by top academician-level mathematicians who have won the world's top mathematics awards, such as the Fields Medal and the Wolf Prize.

This was followed by special academic reports and mathematics seminars by digital forum speakers, dozens of one-hour speakers, hundreds of 1-minute speakers and dozens of scattered 45-minute speakers, covering a wide range of mathematical sciences, including number theory, geometry, differential equations, statistics, artificial intelligence and biomathematics.

The length of time a scholar is invited to give a report can be an indicator of the conference's assessment of the scholar's level.

As the hottest young scientist in the past two years, Xu Qingshan naturally received invitations to give lectures, but the first two had nothing to do with him, and this time ICCM only gave him 45 minutes of presentation time.

To some extent, we do not attach enough importance to this outstanding scholar who has made great contributions to the field of number theory.

If you favor Xu Qingshan, you can give him the status of a forum speaker. Even if it is more fair, you should give him the qualification of a one-hour report.

But the conference only gave him 45 minutes.

This made Xu Qingshan feel that Mr. Qiu's move might be to let him run with him and enjoy the pleasure of stepping on his students' students.

No wonder Tian Gang said those words to me, he must be aware of the situation.

But just because of this, will I not participate?
Xu Qingshan smiled.

He looked at the two invitations on the table.

Mr. Qiu's narrow-mindedness is not just a rumor spread by others, it is a real fact in front of us.

But in this matter, Xu Qingshan did not need to fight back through any public opinion, nor did he need to do anything unnecessary to prove himself, because the content of another invitation letter on his desk was enough to explain everything for him.

[Dear Dr. Xu Qingshan, in view of your... I would like to invite you to attend the 2010th International Congress of Mathematicians in India in 26 and give a one-hour report. ]

The signature is from Professor MS Raghunathan, chairman of the organizing committee of the International Congress of Mathematicians.

There is no need to discuss whether the International Congress of Mathematicians is more prestigious or the World Congress of Chinese Mathematicians is more prestigious.

Even the Morningside Mathematics Prize, the highest award given by the World Congress of Chinese Mathematicians, is merely known as the "Chinese Fields Medal."

I can give an hour-long report at the International Congress of Mathematicians, but I can only give a 45-minute report at the World Congress of Chinese Mathematicians. Moreover, the International Congress of Mathematicians does not have a multi-level classification like the World Congress of Chinese Mathematicians. At the International Congress of Mathematicians, there is only a distinction between a 1-hour report and a 45-minute report.

That only shows that the World Congress of Chinese Mathematicians is indeed not of high quality.

Perhaps Mr. Qiu has not received this news from Xu Qingshan yet, otherwise he would not give such treatment.

Because it was simply a slap in his own face.

Of course, a great mathematician of his level would not rashly modify the invitation to Xu Qingshan just because he was embarrassed, because that would only make him look more unprofessional.

Since you have taken the wrong path, there is only one way to go, and that is to go all the way to the end.

In July when the cicadas are noisy.

The official website of Beijing University announced a piece of news.

【Recently, Dr. Xu Qingshan from the School of Mathematics at Jingcheng University was formally invited by the International Congress of Mathematicians to attend the 2010th International Congress of Mathematicians held in India in 26 and give a one-hour lecture. In the history of the conference, Dr. Xu Qingshan and Academician Peng Shige, who was also invited this year, are the first mainland Chinese mathematicians to be invited to give a one-hour lecture.】

Academician Peng Shiguo is an academician of the Huazhong University of Science and Technology and a well-known professor at the School of Mathematics of Ludong University. He was invited by the International Congress of Mathematicians to give a one-hour report at the 26th International Congress of Mathematicians in April last year.

This incident was widely reported by the media at the time.

Now, two months before the International Congress of Mathematicians, Xu Qingshan also received the same invitation.

For the public, this means that Xu Qingshan is now equated with an academician of mathematics.

Academician Peng was born in 1947 and is already Xu Qingshan's grandfather.

The phenomenon of an old man and a young man breaking the historical record together is truly shocking.

The original comments that Xu Qingshan's ability and treatment did not match each other also came to an abrupt end after this news was announced.

The haters didn't know how to start for a moment.

Because the southern media uses public intellectuals as the main body of communication.

But everyone is clear about the company's situation. Most of the people there are foreign-oriented people, and they absolutely recognize the right to speak in the Western system.

The International Congress of Mathematicians is a conference in the academic world that is absolutely dominated by the Western system.

Now, Western leaders recognize Xu Qingshan’s strength very much, and even believe that Xu Qingshan should be treated as an academician in China.

So what should they say?

Are you slapping yourself in the face by accepting the recognition from the foreigners?

Or deny the recognition of the foreign masters and slap them in the face?

I guess they don't have the courage to do such a thing.

Therefore, for a while, there was only silence in the domestic circle regarding Xu Qingshan.

They don't want to be praised, but they can't be stepped on. They have no choice but to shut up and play dead.

But they overlooked one thing: Xu Qingshan should be the first scholar among domestic scientists to have a strong fan circle.

Although the current self-media and Internet environment is far less developed than it was later, resulting in the domestic public opinion openly criticizing Xu Qingshan far more than supporting him, but after these media and water armies fell silent, Xu Qingshan's fans and supporters immediately erupted with strong fighting power.

Of course, the main battlefield is Tieba and Weibo.

The harder the media attacked Xu Qingshan a while ago, the greater the backlash he is suffering now.

Especially those editors and chief editors who wrote long and eloquent articles to criticize Xu Qingshan.

The announcement was like a huge slap in their face.

《Unworthy of the title? Well deserved! 》

《Don't pay attention to the clowns, the facts will give them the answers》

"Their silence is deafening!"

However, the Internet carnival at this time has little to do with the academic world.

But some people in the academic community looked at each other in bewilderment at this announcement.

At the Morningside Mathematics Center in Beijing, a group of middle-aged and elderly people were sitting in a conference room, silently looking at the announcement on the website on their computers.

Sitting at the head seat at the conference table was an old man with some age spots on his face who looked like someone who was not easy to mess with.

The depressing atmosphere in the conference room lasted for a long time before it was finally broken by the old man's voice.

"Who sent Xu Qingshan a 45-minute invitation?"

Mr. Qiu narrowed his eyes and glanced at everyone in the conference room.

In fact, both Tian Gang and Xu Qingshan guessed wrong this time. Mr. Qiu did not personally review the invitation to Xu Qingshan. He just agreed to the request that Tian Gang entrusted someone else to make.

Although he was indeed very stubborn, his attitude towards Tian Gang did not soften much.

But this does not mean that Mr. Qiu is a fool who would turn a blind eye and ignore Xu Qingshan's achievements.

He understood such a simple truth.

Under the pressure from Mr. Qiu, a middle-aged man in the middle of the meeting raised his hand tremblingly.

"Xiping."

Mr. Qiu sighed and shook his head.

"Forget it, since it has already happened, let's find a way to remedy it."

Mr. Qiu took a deep breath, looked at the announcement on the computer again, and spoke out.

"In my name, please send another invitation to Tian Gang and ask Xu Qingshan to give two reports. The 45-minute report should be about artificial intelligence, and the other one should be about number theory."

I have to say that despite his personality, Mr. Qiu was smart and came up with a solution right away.

"But."

Zhu Xiping, who had just raised his hand, just spoke and attracted the attention of others, but was glared back by Mr. Qiu.

"There's nothing to worry about. Huaqing has already given him a visiting professorship. He might even join our Mathematics Center in the future. His relationship with Tian Gang may not be that close, otherwise he wouldn't have become independent now."

Mr. Qiu said calmly.

He has been invited by Huaqing University to return to China to manage and develop mathematics education. In the past two years, he has carried out various pilot projects in China, all of which have achieved some results.

The only regret is that the mathematics talents of Huaqing University are indeed not as good as those of Beijing University, which makes him a little embarrassed in some places.

(End of this chapter)