The King's Avatar: Mathematics is King

Chapter 99 Luo Ji's Advice

Fortunately, the reporters were not there for his captain's speech, and they waited patiently for Ye Xiu to finish reading this completely disgusting script. Finally, it was time for the reporters' questions that they had been looking forward to the most.

As soon as the league's press officer announced the start of the question-and-answer session, many hands went up.

I randomly tapped a reporter who raised his hand to ask a question.

"Hello, I'm a reporter from B City Daily. First of all, congratulations to Team Xingxin for winning the Challenge Tournament finals and qualifying for the league." The reporter congratulated Team Xingxin according to the rules.

Then he started to ask formal questions: "Recently, people on the Internet have been saying that you are Ye Qiu, the former captain of Excellent Era. Is this true?"

Although the news has been widely circulated online, neither the authorities nor the parties involved have come forward to confirm it, so this question is what reporters are most eager to know now.

As for many questions about the Happy Team itself, they had already asked most of them at the press conference after the challenge match. Now they were more interested in Ye Xiu's identity.

"Yes." Ye Xiu nodded in acknowledgement.

"Then I would like to ask Captain Ye Xiu, as the former captain of the Excellent Era team, you must have heard about the recent news that Excellent Era is up for sale. What do you think about this?"

After all, it was a formal press conference, and the reporter couldn't ask Ye Xiu directly whether the rumor that he was treated unfairly in Excellent Era was true or not. So he wanted to test Ye Xiu's attitude towards Excellent Era in a roundabout way.

"I believe that Excellent Era will not fall because of this. Excellent Era will have a bright future." Ye Xiu said.

Well, there was nothing more to ask, and the reporter burst into tears.

Several reporters continued to ask Ye Xiu questions, but he dealt with them all with Tai Chi.

Why is this person so annoying? He never attended press conferences before, but now it seems like attending is no different from not attending.

However, the smarter reporters were able to figure out Ye Xiu's attitude towards Excellent Era from his answers. At least he would definitely have something to write when he returned.

After asking questions about Excellent Era, a reporter finally remembered that this was a new team press conference after all, and of course questions about the new team were the real topic of today.

"Could you please ask Mr. Chen whether Xingxin has any specific plans for next season? For example, will Xingxin make any moves in this summer transfer window?" a reporter asked.

Although Xingxin is indeed qualified to challenge for the league championship in the eyes of the outside world, they are definitely not a perfect team and their shortcomings are also obvious.

First of all, Sun Zheping, who participated in the Challenge Tournament finals with them, did not appear at the press conference today, which means that he is not in Xingxin’s plan for next season.

Many people also expressed doubts as to whether Wei Chen, another veteran of Xingxin, would be able to handle Xingxin's next challenge for the championship.

Then there was Xingxin's pastor An Wenyi. Although Luo Ji and his team had tried their best to avoid exposing his weaknesses in the challenge match, there were many smart people in Glory and he had been seen through long ago.

So many problems are almost all related to the players, so many people speculate that Xingxin should take action in this transfer window to strengthen the team.

As expected, when this question came up, Chen Guo, as the boss, answered seriously: "Of course, we Happy have already finalized the most important transfer."

"Can you tell me more about it?" The reporters also became interested.

"Su Mucheng has confirmed that she will be joining Team Happy as a free agent next season," Chen Guo said.

When the reporters heard the result, they were immediately disappointed. They thought there would be some big news, but this was the result?
Although considering Su Mucheng's status, her transfer can definitely be considered a big deal.

These reporters were so well-informed that after learning that Ye Xiu was Ye Qiu, combined with other information, they had already expected this and it was not surprising at all.

"I wonder if you could tell us what kind of contract Su Mucheng will sign with Happy. And if it's convenient, we're also interested in learning about the contract status of other Happy players." A reporter asked.

They have already found out about Xingxin's background during this period of time, and the only thing supporting them is an Internet cafe.

However, in such a team, there are great players like Ye Xiu and Luo Ji, and now there is also Su Mucheng.

They were really curious about how Xingxin could afford to support these great players.

"Uh, this is a team secret and cannot be disclosed now." Chen Guo replied somewhat awkwardly.

Salary and benefits have always been an embarrassing and worrying issue for Chen Guo. In the past, when she participated in the challenge tournaments, she just dealt with it and got by without any problems.

Next up is the official professional league, and it’s impossible to continue the same as before.

But what kind of contract should be given to Ye Xiu, Luo Ji and others? Chen Guo felt extremely troubled when she thought about it.

Faced with Chen Guo's embarrassment, these reporters did not dare to continue pursuing the case. After all, they were not tabloid reporters and still had some professional ethics.

"After being away from the alliance for such a long time, do you have anything to say at this moment?" The last question was finally thrown to Ye Xiu.

“Hehe…” Ye Xiu smiled and said, “I’m back.”

This simple sentence contains his firm belief.

In the end, this sentence became the front-page news of various media the next day.

Amidst all the turmoil, the playoffs of the ninth season of the professional league are approaching step by step.

After the actual test of the challenge tournament, the league finally decided that the professional league playoffs will adopt the head-to-head points system used in the elimination part of the challenge tournament offline competition.

However, there was a slight change. The final scoring method was changed to one point for each kill of an opponent, and the winner was determined by comparing the final scores of both sides.

In addition, there is another change: the winner will no longer be determined by adding up the results of the two rounds of games.

Instead, the result of a single game is used as the basis, and the final winner is determined by the best of three games.

In other words, instead of only having two games in the past, it is now possible to have three games.

Then, amid the league's vigorous publicity, the playoffs approached step by step.

The eight teams in the playoffs took to the stage to promote themselves.

When being interviewed, all eight teams were asked questions about Team Xingxin to some extent.

These teams have one thing in common, which is that they all believe that Xingxin will be a strong opponent in their bid for the championship next season.

"What do you think about Ye Xiu leading a team like Happy to return to the league in such a strong manner?" a reporter asked Tyranny captain Han Wenqing.

"I'm looking forward to facing him again on the court." As an old rival for many years, Han Wenqing is not afraid of Xingxin's strength. He will only welcome Ye Xiu with his fists.

"As a player who retired and then came back, do you have anything to say to Ye Xiu?" the reporter asked Zhang Jiale again.

"He did something that I thought was impossible, and I admire him from the bottom of my heart," said Zhang Jiale.

"What do you think of Ye Xiu's return and Xingxin's joining the alliance?" A similar question was also asked during the interview with Team Blue Rain.

"The technical and tactical level of the entire league will be raised to a higher level, and the games will be more exciting as a result," said Blue Rain captain Yu Wenzhou.

"So what do you think about the fact that the alliance is missing Excellent Era?" the reporter continued to ask.

"Oh, you are worrying too much. Doesn't Excellent Era's level also depend on their players? Given Excellent Era's current situation, will their players stay? I think their players will definitely seek transfers, and we will definitely see them again in the league. Take Su Mucheng for example. As far as I know, she has already transferred to Team Happy as a free agent. For example, Sun Xiang, I think..." Huang Shaotian answered first.

"Next question." The Blue Rain press officer who was present at the interview interrupted Huang Shaotian's endless chatter with a blank expression. He had experienced this kind of thing too many times and had long been numb to it. Taking care of Huang Shaotian's feelings? What is this? He had never heard of it before.

"Hmm..." On the Samsara team's side, faced with the same question, Zhou Zekai hummed and fell into a long silence.

It wasn’t until the atmosphere on the scene had become somewhat strange that he continued, “It’s difficult.”

"Do you mean, is it more difficult to deal with Ye Xiu, or is it more difficult to deal with Xingxin?" the reporter asked.

"Both." Zhou Zekai replied.

Well, this is what Zhou Zekai said all the time. It was already very good to have such an answer. The reporter turned around and continued to interview Jiang Botao, the deputy captain of Samsara.

The eight teams had different opinions on Ye Xiu and Happy. The media got what they wanted and went back to write their articles.

But to be honest, no one among these eight teams will focus on Team Xingxin right now.

After all, Xingxin will not truly join the league competition until the tenth season, and now for their eight teams, the most important thing is undoubtedly the competition for the championship of the ninth season that is about to begin.

The first game of the playoffs was a very interesting match between Tyranny and Baihua, and the first round was played at Baihua's home court. As a result, Tyranny defeated Baihua 11-7 away from home.

In the following three days, the other three games were also completed. Except for the fourth game between Blue Rain and Vici Gaming, in which the home team Blue Rain won, the other two games also ended in victory for the away team.

After the first round, the second round will begin.

Among them, Baihua defeated Tyranny 11-9 away, and Weicao defeated Blue Rain at home. The games between the four teams entered the third round.

In the third round, neither side had the advantage of choosing the map at home.

The veterans of Team Tyranny relied on their experience to successfully defeat Baihua and advance to the semi-finals.

On the other side, Weicao seized a mistake made by Blue Rain and successfully defeated the opponent, also winning a place in the semi-finals.

The playoffs were in full swing. The other members of Happy were using their abilities to contribute to the team, but Luo Ji asked his boss Chen Guo for a leave so that he could organize his thesis and publish it.

The rewards given by the system already contain quite complete information. Luo Ji only needs to sort it out so that he has a general idea of ​​it, so it is still quite fast.

In just three days, Luo Ji completed this nearly 100-page paper.

However, the review cycle for such major mathematical conjectures is generally quite long. The specific duration depends on the method theory used by the prover, as well as the prover's academic status.

The system provides various methods and theories to prove the Goldbach conjecture, with very detailed explanations and extensions, etc., so there shouldn't be any problems.

As for Luo Ji's academic status in the mathematics community, he himself is actually not quite sure about it now.

But it doesn’t matter anymore. He just submitted the paper as soon as it was ready, and he is not in a hurry about when it will be published.

After all, he no longer urgently needs the rewards given by the paper publishing system.

His current strength in the Glory game alone is enough for him to carve out a niche in the professional league.

Of course, it would be better if we could be stronger.

After Luo Ji submitted his paper to the mailbox of "Annals of Mathematics", he went straight to bed.

At nine o'clock the next morning, Professor Anders began to check his mailbox, preparing to select some papers that he was interested in for review from the manuscripts transferred from the editorial offices of the "Annals of Mathematics" and "Chronicles of Mathematics".

He glanced at the titles, and suddenly one of them caught his attention.

《Any even number greater than 2 can be expressed as the sum of two prime numbers》

Goldbach's conjecture? Professor Anders opened the email and looked at the abstract of the paper.

Although there is a double-blind principle for paper review, the fact is that scholars who have reached a certain level of fame can easily be identified based on their style.

Professor Anders guessed that the paper was written by Luo Ji after reading only a few lines, because he had reviewed several papers by Luo Ji before.

Professor Anders quickly immersed himself in the text as he read it line by line.

Luo Ji had never expected that the paper he submitted would reach the reviewers so quickly.

But even if he guessed it, he wouldn't be too excited. He still had to wait for the review process to begin and for the review to be finally passed.

After all, the proof of such a major mathematical conjecture cannot be decided by one person's opinion.

It has to be repeatedly verified by multiple authorities, but that is not enough.

In the end, it is estimated that Luo Ji will have to hold an academic conference specifically to answer other people's questions on the spot before he can truly turn this important conjecture into a mathematical theorem.

The thesis came from an omnipotent system, so naturally there would be no problems. In the process of compiling it into the thesis, Luo Ji had already mastered all the mathematical knowledge related to the thesis.

Even if he were to hold an academic conference right now and face doubts from the academic community, Luo Ji would not be afraid at all.

So after submitting the paper, he actually had some free time.

However, I originally asked my boss for ten days of leave, and only three days have passed, so I can't waste the remaining leave.

Luo Ji thought about it and decided to give himself a vacation, travel around and relax.

Anyway, even if a person goes out to play aimlessly, he will always end up at a place related to his interests.

This is what happened to Luo Ji. As he walked, he suddenly found himself in City Q where Team Tyranny was located.

Originally I just wanted to see the sea, but when I saw the promotional posters for the Glory Finals everywhere in the streets and alleys, I suddenly realized that the playoffs had already reached the finals.

The Tyranny team is one of the teams that entered the finals.

Luo Ji thought about it and decided to go watch the game in person, but when he went to buy tickets, he found that they were not that easy to buy.

He had no choice but to go to the Tyranny team and ask them to help him get an internal ticket.

Although he himself was not familiar with the people from Tyranny, Ye Xiu was very familiar with them, the kind of familiarity that could not be more familiar.

Sure enough, soon, people from the Tyranny team arrived, and they were not ordinary people.

"Deputy Captain Zhang, why did you come here in person? Just send someone to give me a ticket." Luo Ji greeted the visitor with a smile.

"Hello, Vice Captain Luo." Zhang Xinjie walked over with a smile and shook hands with Luo Ji, saying, "This is your first time at our Tyranny Club. As the host, of course we have to entertain you well. If it weren't for the upcoming finals, the whole team should have come to welcome you."

"I don't deserve it, I don't deserve it." Luo Ji waved his hands repeatedly.

"Let's go, Deputy Captain Luo, I'll take you around our Tyranny first." Zhang Xinjie said.

"Deputy Captain Zhang, you are too polite. Your Tyranny team is about to enter the finals. If you have anything to do, you should go and do it first. I'll just do whatever I want here." Luo Ji said with a smile.

"It's okay. We have already prepared everything that needs to be prepared. It won't take a while." Zhang Xinjie said.

"Okay, then I'll follow your arrangements." Luo Ji no longer insisted and followed Zhang Xinjie into the Tyranny Club.

Tyranny just hates Ye Xiu and has nothing to do with Happy. Besides, Luo Ji has a special identity after all.

Therefore, Luo Ji received a very warm welcome on the Tyranny side. Even the captain Han Wenqing, who always showed a domineering and cold face, forced an ugly smile at Luo Ji.

The game started on the second night. At Tyranny's invitation, Luo Ji finally sat in their player seats to watch the game.

Anyway, in addition to the main players, Tyranny also has a bunch of substitutes and rotation players, and Luo Ji is not conspicuous among them.

This game is actually the second round of the finals.

The first round was held at Samsara's home ground. In that match, Tyranny took advantage of Samsara's lack of a strong frontal attacker.
With extreme speed, he quickly dragged both sides into a state of chaos, and then seized the opportunity to take away Samsara's treatment in one wave, and then steadily won the first round.

After winning away from home, they are now playing at home in this round, so they are naturally full of confidence.

However, reality gave them a hard slap in the face.

In the second round, Tyranny lost to Samsara 7 to 11 and lost the game.

After two rounds, the two teams were tied and the winner will be decided in the third round.

Three days later, Tyranny’s home court, random map.

There were only three days left, so Luo Ji decided to stay in Q City for three more days to watch the finals before leaving.

During this period, Zhang Xinjie came to ask Luo Ji about his opinion on the battle between Tyranny and Samsara.

Luo Ji thought about it and decided to give them some advice. As for whether Tyranny could be captured, it depended on themselves.

"In fact... compared to the lack of frontal attackers in the Samsara that you captured in the first round, they have a bigger flaw..."

(End of this chapter)