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

Chapter 417: End of the Year
"money?"

Xu Qingshan muttered.

"vulgar!"

“It’s influence! It’s a leadership-level influence that is fully recognized!”

Zhou Qifeng put his hands behind his back, as if he was the one who wrote this book.

Although Beijing University is a well-deserved top 0 university in China, this does not mean that Beijing University’s academic status in China is necessarily unique.

The reputation of Peking University's School of Mathematics as the best department in the world is established through continuous achievements and accumulation over the years.

To clarify the order issue.

Kyoto University first relied on its strength to convince others, gain official recognition, and obtain funding, and then was able to gradually consolidate its position.

This is true for Huaqing University and Huazhong University of Science and Technology.

Even if these national universities were already key national investment projects at the time of their establishment, with a large amount of funds and resources invested in them, if the school itself does not perform up to expectations and the conversion rate of the invested funds is not high enough, the country will naturally choose another school.

Nothing will ever stay the same.

As the times continue to advance and disciplines continue to develop, Beijing University wants to maintain its position, or even break away from the influence of Huaqing University, and truly become the number one university in the country.

If Xu Qingshan can maintain this output efficiency for a long time, Zhou Qifeng believes that Jinan University's century-old foundation for mathematical and scientific research will be laid, and it will be far ahead of its competitors in the world.

"Old Zhou, I feel like you've been a little crazy lately."

Xu Qingshan pursed his lips and shook his head.

"It's just an academic monograph. Although the scope of this monograph is quite broad, its scope of influence is actually just that comprehensive. There are so many disciplines in China, and the only ones I can influence now are mathematics and computers."

"Hey, stop for a moment, you are a mathematician yourself, don't you realize how much influence mathematics has on the world?"

Zhou Qifeng stretched out his hand and interrupted Xu Qingshan's spell.

"I know, but it's a long process from academics to practice. Besides, practice may not be in Kyoto University."

Xu Qingshan said nonchalantly.

"Why not at Kyoto University? At Kyoto University, we can give you people and money, and we can apply for any resources you want."

Zhou Qifeng naturally knew that the future Xu Qingshan was talking about was in his own Qingshan University, but our Capital University was also wholeheartedly good to Xu Qingshan, so couldn't we consider it?
Xu Qingshan gave Zhou Qifeng a cold look.

"Mr. Zhou, can you ensure that my research direction and scientific research application practice have nothing to do with people outside the school?"

Zhou Qifeng was stunned for a moment, but he could understand what Xu Qingshan meant.

"In such a small area like Beijing, you can hit a director with a brick, and you can pee on a section chief. Although I am indeed getting a lot of attention and attention in the country, outsiders dare not touch me."

Xu Qingshan said slowly.

“But then, how can you ensure that when what we do becomes large enough, someone won’t be interested?”

Xu Qingshan poured a cup of tea for Zhou Qifeng.

"Old Zhou, whether it's our Capital University or the neighboring Huaqing University, their advantage is that they have the best educational resources and scientific research conditions in the capital, but their biggest limitation is also in the capital."

"You also know that the original intention of establishing Qingshan University is to establish a place where we can make our own decisions. Only in this way can we truly achieve perfection in the scientific research we want to do."

Zhou Qifeng put his hands on his knees and remained silent.

He knew this clearly in his heart, but when Xu Qingshan said this, he still felt like he was being trolled in front of others.

When Xu Qingshan saw Zhou Qifeng's excited expression fade, he laughed in his heart. This old man's emotions came and went quickly.

But after all, he was his teacher and cared about him very much, so Xu Qingshan spoke to comfort him.

"Old Zhou, think about it, your term will end in two years, right? We definitely won't be able to put our plans into practice in these two years. After you leave, do you really think the new principal will maintain your policies?"

"Because you are all still in Jingcheng University, I will also stay in Jingcheng University until the class is completely changed. I can't be passive whether I should stay in Jingcheng University or not."

"You must not have the intention of harming others, and you must have the intention of guarding against others."

Zhou Qifeng calmed down, sat down and drank two sips of tea, looking at the "Complete Book of Mathematics" on the table.

After a while, he sighed and nodded.

"What you said makes sense. Let's take a look first. If there's no problem, I'll ask the publishing house to start preparing."

Xu Qingshan picked up the book on the table and read it carefully from the beginning.

His own review requirements for this part are not so strict, mainly looking at the overall look and feel, as well as the layout. And Xu Qingshan's current brain power can be said to have reached the peak of human beings, so his reading speed is naturally not slow.

Otherwise, he would not be able to coordinate the work progress of the experimental team by himself.

Zhou Qifeng hadn't even finished boiling the second pot of water when Shui Qingshan put down the book and nodded at him.

"There is no problem. It is fine to print it like this. All subsequent volumes of the series will follow this style and layout."

Xu Qingshan smiled.

"This editor who does typesetting and design should also be a math major, right?"

"Yes, he is a student who graduated from the Department of Mathematics at Jingcheng University."

Zhou Qifeng wanted to reach out to take the book, but was held down by Xu Qingshan.

"Old Zhou, shouldn't I keep this first printed book as a souvenir? Why are you taking this back?"

"This is the only copy you can get. We'll take it back for comparison and give it back to you. I'll also send some copies from the regular printing batch."

Zhou Qifeng returned to his previous expression and scolded with a smile.

"Just wait and see. When the time comes, you'll have some of your signatures. Are you really not going to give them to us old guys? Then at least one signature per person will be required."

Zhou Qifeng raised his eyebrows and immediately revealed the big task to Xu Qingshan.

"No way, you guys are so old, why are you still asking for autographs like kids?"

Xu Qingshan's expression also fell. The old guys Zhou Qifeng was talking about were a whole group of people.

"Why aren't we old guys allowed to have children?"

Zhou Qifeng stood up, picked up the book and was about to leave. When he reached the door, he turned around and grinned at Xu Qingshan.

"You, just wait for good news."

Xu Qingshan did not comment.

It's almost the end of the year, how can there be any good news?

Lao Zhou is the president of a top university after all, but why does he always look like he has never seen the world and is always startled? He looks too petty. If I become a president in the future, I will never be like Lao Zhou.

Xu Qingshan secretly thought to himself. Time passed quickly. It has been nearly three months since Xu Qingshan successfully won the Fields Medal at the International Congress of Mathematicians in August.

No one knew when winter had quietly arrived in the capital.

Xu Qingshan was completely immersed in his scientific research work, as if he squinted his eyes because he was sleepy one day, and when he opened his eyes again, the first snow of 2010 had already fallen in the world.

After the snow fell, there has never been a completely sunny day in the capital city again, and the ground has always seemed to be covered with white clouds.

Xu Qingshan, Jiang Huanxi and others have also changed into down jackets.

It's almost December.

The students' homework was relatively tight, and as they prepared for the upcoming final exam week, Xu Qingshan was not in a hurry.

After all, a job of that scale cannot be completed in just one or two days, so he simply gave the students a holiday and waited until the Spring Festival to return to work.

As for the researchers, there is no need to say whether they have exams or not, they of course continue to work.

However, compared with the compact, enthusiastic, and even somewhat crazy research state of the entire laboratory in the past few months, it now seems more relaxed, leisurely and natural.

Although Xu Qingshan had given the students a holiday, they would still go to their workstations in the laboratory from time to time to study.

In their words, when people sit at their workstations in the laboratory, they always feel full of power, passion, and an inexhaustible learning state.

Of course Xu Qingshan didn't care about him, and he was quite happy to see these students have such subjective initiative.

Of course, the more important thing is that he is almost out of time to take care of it.

Because others were transferred away to do more important things.

If there are people who are observant and careful, they may have noticed that there are many school workers busying around on the campus of Jingcheng University recently.

At the end of the semester, it is not easy to select students who are preparing for exams.

We can only let the school workers start work and tidy up the campus more than half a month in advance.

Perhaps it was because the talent and ability that Xu Qingshan had shown in the field of number theory in the past year or so was beyond imagination. The 2009 International Number Theory Conference was scheduled in advance and could not be changed, but this year's International Number Theory Conference was changed and confirmed to be held at Beijing University in the middle of the month.

Xu Qingshan is the core participant of this top international academic conference.

The time is December 12nd.

No matter how reluctant Xu Qingshan was, he still had to attend this meeting, and he also had to serve as the temporary host and chairman of the meeting.

Because this is not only to accumulate qualifications for him in the international academic circle, but also because this international number theory conference was held just for him.

It can be said that I made this plate of dumplings specially just for his vinegar.

When it comes to the International Conference on Number Theory, most people may not know much about it, because this conference does not often appear in the public eye. But when it comes to the awards announced at the International Conference on Number Theory, perhaps some people who have a little understanding of the academic circle will know about it.

Ramanujan Award.

This award is given in memory of the Indian genius mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan. It is presented on Ramanujan's birthday and was also declared National Mathematics Day by the Indian government.

Normally, international number theory conferences are held at Ramanujan's hometown, the Ramanujan Centre at SASTRA University in Kumbakonam, South India.

Occasionally, due to special circumstances, we will hold an event at other top universities in the world.

Perhaps he felt embarrassed to let Xu Qingshan make two trips to India in one year, or maybe he wanted to come to Beijing University to see what this university that nurtured the youngest genius mathematician on the planet is like.

This year's International Number Theory Conference is scheduled to be held in Beijing and co-organized by Beijing University.

This year's award should go to Xu Qingshan, the least controversial person. He even won the Fields Medal. How could it not be given to him?

The Ramanon Gold Medal, jointly awarded by the International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) and the International Mathematical Union (IMU), is given annually to young mathematicians from developing countries who have made outstanding scientific research in the field of mathematics before the age of 12 on December 31 of that year.

Basically, the award criteria are close to the Fields Medal.

A situation similar to Xu Qingshan is another Chinese-American genius, Terence Tao.

Terence Tao won both the Ramanujan Medal and the Fields Medal in 2006, and like Xu Qingshan, he won the Fields Medal first and then the Ramanujan Medal.

People have come to your territory to put the prize and money into your pocket, you can't just not give them any face.

Xu Qingshan could only hold his nose and work hard.

Even the promise he had made to Jiang Huanxi and Tong Tong to play snowball fights with them every week had to be broken.

And we haven’t even waited until the International Number Theory Conference to be held.

Xu Qingshan received more notifications.

There is nothing we can do. After all, it is the end of the year and there will be many things to conclude at the end of the year.

During these days, Xu Qingshan could only be busy with work, receiving international scholars who arrived in Beijing in advance for a visit, and filling out various application forms and declaration forms.

In the end, it wasn’t that Xu Qingshan didn’t want to let someone else do this.

The main reason is that Xiao Wang and Xiao Xue, who are most familiar with the work in my laboratory, are also busy with exams. If I give the form to people outside the experimental team, they won’t be able to write it clearly. It would be better for me to fill it out quickly and it would be clearer.

In mid-to-late December, a few days before the International Conference on Number Theory, Xu Jinshan finally breathed a sigh of relief and was able to check how much work he had to do next.

I don’t know, I’m scared.

His schedule before the Spring Festival is fully booked.

After the international conference, he will need to attend the City Science and Technology Awards Conference held in Beijing, and then continue to attend the National Science and Technology Awards Conference.

After attending this event, you have to attend the national teaching achievement award ceremony hosted by the Ministry of Education.

There are also a number of small and medium-sized conferences. Although the conferences are not large, the awards are considerable.

He was the guest of honor at many meetings and had to attend.

No one, whether it was Beijing University or the leaders in the ministry, told him anything false.

At the end of this year, he didn't know how many awards and honors he would receive. He could foresee that his face would be frozen with laughter by then.

In fact, this is indeed the case. After witnessing the grand International Congress of Mathematicians, these conferences seem like small-scale events.

The International Conference on Number Theory was held in the auditorium of Kyoto University, while other conferences, at the international level, were held in the Great Hall, and other conferences were held in various schools in the capital.

At this time of year, the presidents of the 985 universities in Beijing were more cunning than each other. They could not catch Xu Qingshan at all. After Xu Qingshan finally came to the school for a meeting, they would pester him, build up a relationship with him, and ask him to give a lecture in the school.

It was not easy for Xu Qingshan to refuse.

It was only when he got there that he discovered that many of the presidents and vice presidents of these 985 universities in Beijing were born in Peking University or Huaqing University.

By the time Xu Qingshan had finished attending all the meetings, it was already the 28th day of the lunar year.

(End of this chapter)