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Chapter 149 The Team Under the Big Pie

In verbal attacks, comparison has always been one of the easiest ways to make a person feel uncomfortable or even angry, and it is applicable to both men and women.

"You are not even as good as XXX..."

"XXX is not only prettier than you, but also more gentle than you..."

Or to put it more tactfully...

"XXX feels that this project will be difficult to succeed because of you..."

In short, the three question marks can highlight Chen Zhuoyang's complicated mentality at this time. So much so that he is no longer disappointed, but a little confused.

Someone else might think Qiao Yu was talking nonsense. But Chen Zhuoyang actually didn't go far. He taught at the School of Mathematics at Jinzhou University near the capital.

Some information can still be found out.

Not to mention that he knew better than anyone else the status of Qiao Yu in the eyes of Mr. Yuan and Director Tian.

Let's put it this way, based on Chen Zhuoyang's understanding of the two, even if Qiao Yu is only sixteen years old, if the two really want to make sure Qiao Yu passes this project, there will basically be no surprises.

Not to mention Qiao Yu's own strength is strong enough. After all, even in the Chinese Academy of Sciences, not every academician has the experience of giving an opening report at a world-class mathematics conference.

Therefore, it is possible that Qiao Yu withdrew the project on his own initiative because it failed.

Of course, Chen Zhuoyang is not stupid.

Although he is indeed one of the weak points in the research team list, there is someone who is even weaker than him...

But Qiao Yu didn't mention it, and he couldn't say it out loud.

But before he could think of the wording, Qiao Yu quickly sent a bunch of messages.

"Brother, we are now representing Director Tian and Master Yuan! Now that we are being questioned, what we have to do is to slap those questioners in the face!"

"If you think about it carefully, why do Director Tian and Professor Yuan want our project to apply for the National Foundation? Isn't it because they are optimistic about this project?

“The reason you didn’t get the application is just because you lack some money. But is it money that you lack? Wrong! You don’t lack money, but the qualifications to continue to move up!

“So as long as this project achieves results, you can prove yourself. You are not suitable for innovative scientific research. I have set up the framework, but you still can’t do repetitive scientific research?
"Once we have achieved some preliminary results, who will dare to question your ability? You can't really expect to be promoted to associate professor by teaching, right?

"It's not impossible, but how long do you have to wait? Ten years, twenty years? Or even longer? And it's in a place like Tianjin University's School of Mathematics! Of course, I'm not saying that Tianjin University's School of Mathematics is bad, but... um... right?"

Really, Chen Zhuoyang knew that his junior brother was trying to PUA him, but he had to admit that what he said made sense.

It is indeed difficult to get ahead in college by just teaching. But it is not difficult to write a good paper. According to Chen Zhuoyang's original plan, he could write multiple papers on teaching to cope with academic assessments.

But it does take a long time to wait, and there is a high probability that I will only be able to stay in the School of Mathematics of Jinzhou University.

Although Jinzhou University is also a 985 double first-class university and has more than A+ majors, the level of the School of Mathematics can only be said to be a matter of opinion.

The college does have a big boss, and the facilities are quite complete, with a doctoral program and a postdoctoral mobile station, but the biggest problem is that it is too close to Beijing...

"Little Junior Brother, stop scolding me, stop scolding me, just tell me what you want to do."

Chen Zhuoyang took the time to reply.

"Isn't this simple? Brother Chen, think about it, my project can change destiny! You have also seen my idea and you should know that as long as we can realize the purpose of this generalized modal number theory system!"

"As long as we build this system and prove several difficult problems, such as the twin prime conjecture, the Takeuchi conjecture, automorphic forms and Galois representations...even the Riemann conjecture, guess what will happen?"

"That's right. The whole world will include our generalized modal number theory system in textbooks! So the question is, who will be the first mathematicians to come into contact with this system and who will understand it best?"

"It's our team, including you, Brother Chen! Who will compile the textbooks for the first batch of universities that offer this subject? Who is qualified to serve on the editorial board? Who will even review the relevant papers? Of course it's our team!"

"So even if you just want to teach, I can't imagine how many schools would want to recruit you! Not just Huaxia, but maybe even foreign universities! Princeton, Harvard, Berkeley, Columbia, Cambridge, Oxford, Bonn...

By then, you will be one of the most attractive ones, and these universities may even ask for a tenured professorship for you! You must hold on tight by then! Senior Brother Chen! Don’t be moved by the sugar-coated bullets of capitalism!"

Chen Zhuoyang didn’t know how powerful the sugar-coated bullets of capitalism were, but he knew that the pie that Qiao Yu painted was really powerful, too powerful!
On this afternoon when school was about to start, Chen Zhuoyang was almost stunned. Really, he had already imagined those world-class math masters sincerely inviting him to join a prestigious school...

Really, at this moment, the olive branches almost filled his brain. The long-lost excitement or ambition for mathematics quietly rose from his heart again...

After all, which mathematician can resist the temptation of standing under the spotlight and being admired by countless peers?
Not to mention that he might even be able to publish a book, a textbook at that!
When he introduced himself to students, he didn't even need to write his name on the blackboard. Instead, he would just say, "Look at the textbook, the author column. Did Chen Zhuoyang see it? It's me."

Even being an editor seems to be fine...

Thinking of this, Chen Zhuoyang became excited, and then fell...

So, Chen Zhuoyang quickly replied with a message: "Stop talking, little junior brother, just tell me what I can do now? While I still have half of my hair left, let's fight!"

"No problem, Brother Chen. You are so lucky. Your current job is really simple. It mainly involves the verification of low-dimensional modal space. I will send you a catalogue right now. You can choose from any of the verification topics listed above."

Less than two seconds after saying this, Chen Zhuoyang received the first step work directory sent by Qiao Yu.

Sure enough, it was all some basic verification work.

For example, verifying the geometric consistency and structure of modal space, reanalyzing the distribution law of prime pairs through generalized modal number theory, modeling the dynamic changes of sets, and modal analysis of intersection and union operations of sets...

These work catalogs also provide thoughtful suggestions for work development. After reading them, Chen Zhuoyang realized that this really does not require much mathematical thinking and innovation ability...

Most of the work is numerical modeling and calculation, which provides support for some subsequent lemmas and theorem proofs.

Simply put, it is to use a series of basic assumptions proposed by Qiao Yu, directly bring in some known things, and conduct verification and statistics.

For example, in the first study on the distribution law of prime numbers, he had to select prime number pairs within a certain range, such as 10 to the power of 5 prime numbers, and then map each prime number to the modal space through the framework.

Then we study the distribution characteristics of these modal numbers through modal space, and count and study their geometric structures, such as whether there is periodicity and symmetry, and whether there is asymptotic regularity.

These verified reports can help Qiao Yu to prove or restate the number theory conjectures one by one.

For example, if we find statistically that there are infinite density regions in the modal space corresponding to the modal number β=2, then we can derive a geometric explanation for the distribution of twin primes.

Although Chen Zhuoyang felt that he could not complete the most difficult derivation work, he was fully capable of handling the previous mechanized calculation and statistical work.

Not to mention that most of the work is actually done by computers for verification. Of course, Chen Zhuoyang would never choose this job.

That is what number theorists are better at. Chen Zhuoyang only planned to choose problems related to geometry. There happened to be two in the task list.

In short, at this moment, Chen Zhuoyang felt that his youth had returned, because he found the feeling of graduate school again.

It was as if his dear tutor had given him a headache-inducing homework...

However, Chen Zhuoyang quickly selected two propositions that needed to be verified in the near future and sent them to Qiao Yu.

"OK! Brother Chen, hurry up! Remember, your future self will thank you for your choice today. Try to finish these two parts of the work within two months."

"No, Junior Brother, two months?"

"You have to believe in yourself. Isn't it just a time-consuming job? You have to keep up with my progress! How can I explain to Director Tian and Mr. Yuan if you don't produce any results in two months?
Not to mention that it’s not me who needs to hurry up, but you, Brother Chen! I’m only sixteen years old and my peers are still in high school, why should I be in such a hurry! The Fields Medal winners are all forty years old!
But for such an important topic, if our research group cannot publish even two articles in two months, will you be worthy of your future self? Brother Chen! Think about it, the second and third authors of the top journals are waving at you!

Of course, if you still have the energy, you can write your own articles for the interim results, and then I will recommend them for you. You should have a few first-author articles in Zone 1! Let Jinda realize your strength and give them a big one! Senior Brother Chen, take advantage of your youth!"

Looking at these sincere words on WeChat, Chen Zhuoyang felt that he had no way out!

It seems that the only option is to fight!
After all, what Qiao Yu said was right. The one who was anxious was not his junior fellow apprentice, but himself.

"Okay, don't worry, I will definitely finish these tasks in two months!"

"I knew you could do it! Come on, Professor Chen!"

"Huh..." Chen Zhuoyang let out a deep breath when he saw Qiao Yu's last way of addressing him.

Well, the first step is to become a professor, and this ideal is not at all unrealistic.

……

In fact, any ideal is extremely expensive.

And there is a very special rule: the simpler and more noble the ideal is, the more expensive it is.

For example, world peace!

These are just four simple words, but to accomplish them, not only do we need a group of capable people who can always stick to their ideals, we also need a force that can shock everyone.

This force can only succeed if it can make all those who disrupt the peace suffer the consequences immediately and without surprise.

To build up this kind of power, it may require money counted in billions as the smallest unit.

In addition to this, we must at least ensure that the eight billion people in this world have enough food and clothing, because without these people they will really die, and this is another astronomical amount of wealth.

Fortunately, Qiao Yu's ideal is not so simple. He just wants to buy a community and rebuild it.

At least this little ideal doesn't cost as much as achieving world peace.

So he doesn't need to work so hard for the time being.

In fact, he not only assigned tasks to Senior Brother Chen, but also assigned tasks to Xue Song and Qiao Xi.

After assigning all the verification tasks, Qiao Yu had nothing to do in the past two months.

Because these days Qiao Yu has introduced some definitions of basic theorems. For example, he has defined the modal distance and established the geometric structure in the modal space.

Includes the Euclidean modal distance needed to analyze the absolute geometric position relationship of points:
Weighted modal distance when different modal parameters have different importance:
When the modal parameters are periodic, the periodic modal distance used is:
And many other forms...

As for whether these definitions are correct, that is the task Brother Chen has taken on, and he will be responsible for verifying these contents.

Because the definitions of these modal distances are based on deformations of axiomatic systems.

For example, non-negativity, symmetry, and triangle inequality.

This is the disadvantage of having such a large topic. Qiao Yu's proof is based on a step-by-step logical chain, which includes many specific idealized models.

A series of verifications must be carried out to expand the applicability of the framework and adapt it to actual problems and data. This is also the most important step in transforming theory into practical tools.

That’s right, no matter how complete a theory is, if it is not supported by experiments and verification, it will be difficult for the mathematical community to accept or be convinced of its value for wide application.

So the work in this step is to let those who study number theory study the representation of numbers in modal space; those who study geometry and topology work on the topological structure of modal space; those who study analysis work on verifying the properties of modal convolution...

By the way, everyone should use their own resources to design and implement numerical simulations. This is also the significance of establishing a research group.

Most of the tasks were assigned to others, leaving Qiao Yu with only the research on the modal space distribution of prime numbers and the work on the introduction of rational number points on the curve.

Among them, the most work was assigned to Professor Xue. After all, Professor Xue had several doctors working under him, and they were all free labor for Qiao Yu.

Even if subsidies were to be provided, that would be Professor Xue's responsibility. Without the natural sciences funding, Qiao Yu was embarrassed to assign work to other professors who had been included in the research group.

Since I have no money, I can only rely on promises for the time being. People who can be satisfied with promises are usually acquaintances...

Fortunately, there is not much work at this stage. Branches such as group theory, graph theory, ring theory, etc. have not yet been introduced into the framework, so familiar people are enough.

And after dividing up the work, Qiao Yu had no stress at all for the next two months.

This made Qiao Yu feel the joy of being a professor. No wonder everyone likes to take projects and recruit students.

As a project leader, you only need to make a start. Most of the other detailed work can be directly assigned to others, and you only need to keep an eye on the progress.

The extra time can be used to do many things that interest you. For example, being invited to give lectures is definitely more cost-effective than taking classes at school...

After finishing his last conversation with Lao Xue in front of the computer, Qiao Yu stood up from the computer and stretched.

Just as I was about to go out to have dinner, there was a knock on the door.

He didn't need to guess who was looking for him at this time, as he heard Yu Yongjun's loud voice.

"Boss, we know you are here, open the door quickly, our brothers are here to bring you warmth."

When Qiao Yu opened the door, he saw that all three guys in his friend group were there. They must have come directly after training today, and they were still wearing military training uniforms.

What he found most exaggerated was that each of these guys was carrying a bag with a towel in it.

"What are you doing here?" Qiao Yu was very surprised. He didn't even buy an iced Coke to watch their military training in the afternoon, but these three guys actually came to him on their own initiative... "Let me borrow your bathroom to take a shower, and then we can go eat together. We haven't gotten together for a long time. Brother, you must be very touched now!"

As he spoke, Yu Yongjun rushed straight into the room.

"I remember there's a public bathroom in the dormitory building? It has 24-hour hot water. Are you coming to take a shower here?"

"Yu Wei is not used to public bathrooms, so I suggested that we take a shower here. Brother Qiao, you wouldn't be so stingy, would you?"

Qiao Yu tilted his head. He felt that it was necessary to put exercise on the agenda.

At least you have to be able to beat up three fat guys like Yu Yongjun at once. Of course, you can also talk to Director Tian, ​​and someone is needed to stand guard at the entrance of the research center.

We can't just let these guys who have nothing to do come in casually.

"Can you guys find me even if I move?" Qiao Yu asked after letting his friend into his small suite.

"You just moved from the first floor to the third floor. You said that in the WeChat group."

Yu Wei answered naturally, then walked into Qiao Yu's room.

Qiao Yu remembered.

During the first special training, I took Yu Wei and Yu Yongjun to his small dormitory on the first floor to see it. After moving in, I showed it off again in the WeChat group.

"Brother Qiao, we won't be polite today." Gong Jiatao was the last one to enter.

"Tsk tsk tsk, not bad, it's a suite, the closet is quite big, and the bed is 1 meters long. Brother Qiao, your treatment is too good, isn't it?"

"Well... well, if you can publish two papers in top international journals now, you can get such good treatment. Really, you are lying."

Qiao Yu closed the door, walked into his study, and said naturally.

The bedroom suddenly became quiet. The sound of water coming from the bathroom could be clearly heard, followed by Yu Yongjun humming a song with his tuneless voice.

“The soundproofing seems to be a bit poor.”

"Well, this is indeed a problem, but this seems to be an independent suite. I live alone, so why should I consider the sound insulation problem?" Qiao Yu explained.

The two of them had finished touring the bedroom and returned to Qiao Yu's small study.

"No, Brother Qiao, you know that chatting like this can easily kill people. Be more humble and let us calm down."

Gong Jiatao said dissatisfiedly.

"Oh." Qiao Yu nodded and said, "Then I'll try my best in the future."

After saying that, Qiao Yu looked at Yu Wei and asked, "No, Yu Wei, if you are not used to living in the dormitory, why don't you just rent a house outside?"

Yu Wei glanced at Qiao Yu and said sullenly, "The instructor said that it is not allowed in principle for the time being. If you want to rent a house, you need to submit an application, but because most of the students in the gifted class are young, it is difficult to approve it unless a parent comes to accompany the child."

Qiao Yu understood...

There was no way, no one in the gifted class had ever studied to the third year of high school. Some special students even skipped grades, like him, who had never even studied to the second year of high school. Even though Yu Wei was one year older than him, he was only seventeen this year.

The IQ of this group of minors is much higher than the average. From a management perspective, it is better for them to live together.

"You have money! This is not a problem! Rent a room on campus and take a shower when you have nothing to do." Qiao Yu gave advice.

"Hey, can we not talk about this anymore? By the way, Qiao Yu, are you going to attend classes with me after the military training? I saw you're on our class list."

Gong Jiatao asked with great interest.

Qiao Yu sighed and replied, "Maybe I'll go occasionally. You don't know, I don't have time. I have a research project on hand and I'm the person in charge.

Moreover, many professors have joined this project, and the tutor is keeping a close eye on it, so I also have to keep an eye on the progress of the project. It is just a luxury for me to attend classes like you.

I have already applied to the Academic Affairs Office to have many of my classes tested in advance, and I estimate that my credits will be enough to graduate next year or the year after. There is no other way, the undergraduate stage is too time-consuming.”

Gong Jiatao: “…”

Yu Wei: “…”

Fortunately, boys take showers very quickly. While the two were speechless, Yu Yongjun had already come out of the shower room.

"Who of you guys come here quickly, let's take a shower and ask the boss to treat us to a meal, we are starving!"

Yu Wei stood up silently and walked towards the bathroom.

"Hey, Old Gong, didn't you just say that you wanted to have a good talk with Brother Qiao about your undergraduate life? Why are you just sitting there and not saying anything?"

"Ah..." Gong Jiatao sighed and replied, "I can't continue the conversation. Qiao Yu is pretending too much."

"No, Brother Qiao, this is what's wrong with you. It's ok to pretend in front of outsiders, but why are you pretending in front of us?"

Yu Yongjun began to move in the direction of rationality.

"No, I'm not pretending. This is the truth. Look, this is the project report, this is the list of team members, and the record of my communication with the team members just now.

So what makes you think I'm faking it? Is it because you think it's impossible to do it?"

Qiao Yu asked back calmly.

Everything is supported by evidence.

The printed and bound project report was casually thrown on the table. WeChat logged into the computer had chat records, and next to the keyboard was the address book of the research team members...

If you look carefully enough, you can even see the original manuscripts of many questions on the desktop. Of course, it doesn't matter if you don't look carefully enough, you can see them clearly by just moving the mouse.

Look, all the evidence is there, you can find it with just a little attention, and people with high IQs generally have good observation skills.

This was probably the reason why Yu Wei didn't want to say anything and just stood up to take a shower.

Even if you have accepted the premise that you belong to two different worlds, you will find that in just over a month, the gap has begun to widen again, and the speed of this widening gap is non-linear, so you probably won't feel very calm.

Yu Yongjun glanced at Gong Jiatao and smiled: "Haha, Brother Qiao, do you think it is possible that by the time we graduate from undergraduate studies and are eligible for postgraduate study, you will already be a professor, and we can apply for your postgraduate study?"

Gong Jiatao glared at Yu Yongjun and said, "This is the first possibility I analyzed!"

Qiao Yu calculated it, and then said seriously: "Four years, that's indeed possible. But if you want to apply for my graduate program, your overall score must at least be in the top five in the class.

And at the latest in the second half of the sophomore year, they must be eligible to be selected to join the excellent undergraduate training program and be able to achieve certain results. After all, I must recruit students who can work as soon as they come, not those who just want to get by.”

Yu Yongjun and Gong Jiatao looked at each other, and then Qiao Yu sensed danger from their expressions. Unfortunately, the room was too small and they couldn't even run away.

"beat him!"

"Don't make trouble!"

"I'm sorry, brother, but we can't help it. We really want to experience what it feels like to beat up our future professor."

"Yu Yongjun, let me tell you, there is still a chance if you let go now..."

"Ha ha……"

……

Facts have proven that no matter how smart your brain is, in a small space, two fists are no match for four hands. This is just like in mathematical proofs, if there are too many constraints, it will be difficult to perform...

After playing around for a while, this boring and childish thing stopped when Yu Wei came out of the bathroom and Gong Jiatao rushed in.

Yu Wei's personality would definitely not allow him to participate in such things. Even if he really wanted to beat Qiao Yu up and redeem his soul through physical means, he would not show it.

The education he received since childhood did not allow him to do such childish things.

No one came to help, so Yu Yongjun immediately became obedient and began to apologize shyly like a young wife...

This also made Qiao Yu fully aware that he should not be too detached from the masses.

He still has to make a lot of friends like he did in Class 13. If anyone in school dares to mess with him, he will just say one word and a bunch of people will rush over to him.

Just as he was thinking about how to make Yu Yongjun and Gong Jiatao regret it in the future, Yu Wei next to him suddenly said, "Qiao Yu, what do you think about me working on artificial intelligence in the future?"

Qiao Yu looked at Yu Wei, who was serious, and asked, "Do you mean investing in artificial intelligence, or learning about artificial intelligence? If you want to invest, your 40 million is not enough.

As for learning artificial intelligence, the major frameworks are now almost fully developed. Are you going to adjust parameters in the future?"

Yu Wei said unhappily: "Who said I can only adjust parameters? Can't I develop new algorithms?"

Qiao Yu thought for a moment and said, "This new algorithm has too many areas of development. You have to decide which direction to go in first. The artificial intelligence algorithms I know about include natural language, machine learning, computer vision..."

"Big data!" Yu Wei quickly gave his choice, which was obviously very purposeful.

"Oh!"

Qiao Yu thought for a moment and said, "I think it's a good idea, but it's really hard to rely on you alone. By the way, didn't you say that your father would give you some money to invest in me after you become an adult?
Why don't you just start a big data-related project? I'll help you produce some results, and you can continue your research. When you make money, we'll split it 50-50."

Yu Wei's face darkened: "Can you not talk about money when you give me advice?"

Qiao Yu said with a wronged look on his face: "Yu Wei, you should be honored that I talk to you about money. Ask that fat guy if I have ever talked to him about money before."

"No, brother, if you call me fat, I'll admit it, but can you please not add the word 'dead'? Besides, you also talked to me about money! Have you forgotten that I was paid fifty yuan for solving a problem..."

Yu Yongjun said this without giving any face.

Qiao Yu was speechless for a moment. He really didn't expect that this fat guy would have the nerve to bring up those dark histories in front of Yu Wei.

So he immediately changed his words and said, "That was in the past. Have you ever talked about money with this poor fat guy since I came to Yanbei University?
So, Yu Wei, you must respect and learn to use the power of money. For example, you should spend money while there is still a chance to have a future mathematician with a bright future but not much money yet serve you once.

Because when this great mathematician becomes rich, he may not care about your meager wealth anymore. "

In response to Qiao Yu's sincere suggestion, Yu Wei rolled his eyes...

……

After the three of them took a shower, Qiao Yu invited the three friends to dinner.

Of course, I invited him to the cafeteria.

Qiao Yu was very generous wherever his student card could be used. After all, he never spent all his living expenses every month and even had some surplus.

Although the three friends didn't respect him very much, they were actually in a pretty good mood.

After all, he could finally meet people of his own age in real life. In the six months since he came to Yanbei University, the people he knew were either professors or doctors.

The youngest ones are all in their thirties, and there is a huge generation gap between them. Apart from mathematics itself, there is actually not much to talk about.

It’s not like being with people of the same age, where we can talk about anything except math.

Yu Wei just said during the meal that he had specially found the teaching materials of last year's gifted class in advance during the summer vacation and studied them in depth, but before Qiao Yu could start to speak, Gong Jiatao directly changed the subject.

And they started complaining that there were only 5 girls in their class of people this year.

Of course, this doesn't mean that Qiao Yu has nothing to talk about. He vividly recounted the experience of being asked for WeChat by a senior student in the cafeteria...

And it filled the two young people, whose hormones were being secreted wildly, with many fantasies about their future college life.

Although there are not many female students in the School of Science, Yanbei University is a comprehensive university and there are many beautiful girls in other departments!
In Gong Jiatao's words, Qiao Yu looks so ordinary but still a senior student asked for his WeChat, so he should be more noticed by the senior student.

Qiao Yu just smiled at Gong Jiatao's outrageous words and did not refute them.

He planned to go back and say hello to several professors, tell them how excellent some students in this elite class were, and then assign more difficult homework and choose more difficult papers for the final exam.

This will make some guys with very active hormone secretions understand why many of their seniors are still single after getting their PhDs.

As a person, you always have to pay the price for your outrageous words...

(End of this chapter)