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Chapter 187: If one person succeeds, everyone will benefit?!

I was very angry and didn't know what to say.

Really, Liu Zhaoyuan would never have thought that Yu Yanjiang would say something like this. After all, he is an academician, does he really have no respect at all?
But there is no way, the opponent is the strong party A!

Of course, what Liu Zhaoyuan didn't know was that Yu Yanjiang was also bullied. He had a quarrel with Tian Yanzhen and didn't get any advantage. He was very angry at this time...

After all, Yu Yanjiang couldn't accept words like "Landing on the moon is nothing, that's the Riemann hypothesis!"

Of course, Tian Yanzhen's original words were definitely not like this. But people's memories are always biased. Anyway, after the not-so-peaceful phone call with Tian Yanzhen, in his memory, Tian Yanzhen said this.

These damn... mathematicians!

As for Liu Zhaoyuan...

Damn, what can he say? Is he saying that no one cares when he reports the problems here recently?

If Qiao Yu really proved the Riemann hypothesis, what he said is no different from farting.

So even though he was despised and regarded as worthless, Liu Zhaoyuan had no choice but to accept it. There was no other way, after all, in the mathematics world, there was no such thing as the weaker one being right.

Quite the contrary, this is a world where the words of the strong are law.

……

In the era of mobile Internet, information fission speed is as fast as ever. When countless mathematicians began to focus on Qiao Yu's paper, the news also spread among ordinary people.

The most excited ones are undoubtedly the self-media people.

By the next day, the news that the Chinese young genius claimed to have proved the Riemann hypothesis had spread widely on the Chinese Internet.

The major portal websites, Weibo, Mop, Bilibili, Donghu, and various short video software in the public domain... WeChat Moments and public accounts in the private domain...

Anyway, regardless of whether you are interested in mathematics or not, you can almost see this message.

Countless science bloggers have also begun to introduce the ins and outs of the Riemann hypothesis to everyone in great detail.

In particular, the Riemann hypothesis happens to be one of the seven great problems of the Millennium, and is also offered as a reward by the Clay Institute for various popular science research.

Even the official Weibo of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has posted several long blog posts, explaining in depth what the Riemann hypothesis is, how difficult this problem is, and what the significance of solving it is...

As expected, Qiao Yu became very popular again, especially the introduction of the reviewer team on Princeton's official website.

Whether in the mathematical community or among the public, there are always many skeptics who do not trust everything and habitually question everything that happens in the country.

A 17-year-old boy who is said to have not even graduated from college has solved the Riemann hypothesis. This is too much boasting and it is obviously fake news.

This is when the statement posted on Princeton’s official website comes in handy.

Because most of these people believe in the West. After all, in their eyes, only the achievements of the West represent the most advanced ideas, technology and civilization of mankind.

Coincidentally, Princeton University and the Institute for Advanced Study happen to be among the most powerful universities in the Western mathematics world.

The reviewers are mostly recognized as big names in the Western mathematics community. In particular, the statement has been posted on the homepage of Princeton University's official website.

This made it difficult for many skeptics to say too much. It was the "disclaimer" at the end of the statement that made the comments section on this topic not so uniform.

It is: "Princeton University and Annals of Mathematics hereby reiterate that the review and verification process of the paper has not yet been completed, and the participation of the review team does not constitute an approval or endorsement of the correctness of the paper." This paragraph...

You can see that there are quite a few people pouring cold water on this in the comment section.

"Don't be too happy too soon. Princeton has said that the paper is still under review and verification, and it may not be correct yet. Some people are so eager to celebrate it."

"That's right. A teenager from China solved the Riemann hypothesis in his teens... Use your brains, right? Is it possible? Maybe in a few months it will be declared to be proven wrong!"

Of course these comments are only a minority.

The louder voices were the various praises. Because Qiao Yu's previous achievements were brought up again...

Although the Riemann hypothesis is a very difficult mathematical problem, after Qiao Yu emerged in the mathematical world, all the problems he solved seemed to be quite difficult.

For example, the geometric Langlands conjecture...

Although the Riemann hypothesis is difficult, at least the title is easy to understand. But for ordinary people, after reading the geometric Langlands hypothesis, they still don’t know what it is talking about.

It sounds even more difficult to understand.

In short, overall, the outside world still has a lot of praise for Qiao Yu. In fact, many self-media people want to sneak into Yanbei to look for Qiao Yu...

There is no way. In an era where traffic is king, there will never be a shortage of people who are willing to try their best for traffic.

Too bad they found the wrong place.

Because Qiao Yu never returned to Yanbei. Although the unit listed on the paper was the Yanbei International Center for Mathematical Research, he had actually been at Huaqing all along.

There was no way. Mr. Yuan probably felt that the unit where the paper was left was not very happy, so he told Qiao Yu that he had to stay in Qiu Zhai until the paper was reviewed.

Of course, this is not a big deal for Yanbei. After all, the unit signature on the paper is Yanbei. So the old man is not very happy, but he still has to give way.

Although if the paper is finally confirmed to be ok and successfully published, the bonus will also be paid by Yanbei.

But one thing is certain: no university or research institute in the world will refuse to offer this bonus.

……

China, Star City.

If we were to say which city would have the greatest potential impact from Qiao Yu's official announcement of solving the Riemann hypothesis, it would undoubtedly be here.

After all, Qiao Yu was brought up in Xingcheng, especially Qiao Yu’s alma mater, Xingtie No. 1 Middle School.

The school gate of Tieyi Middle School once again used a festive inflatable red arch.

"Warm congratulations to our graduate Qiao Yu for solving the well-known mathematical problem Riemann Hypothesis."

Although the paper is still under review, strictly speaking it cannot be said that Qiao Yu has solved the Riemann hypothesis. However, for an ordinary middle school, it does not require such rigor.

In short, it’s always a good idea to promote it first.

In case the review team finds any problems in the end, it doesn’t matter. The balloon can be removed first and taken out again when the problem is really solved. The impact will not be that big.

Especially since this idea came from Zhang Tiejun.

Although he has been transferred to work in the District Education Bureau, Zhang Tiejun still has a great influence on Tieyi Middle School.

After all, the current principal, He Duchang, was his deputy when he was at Tieyi Middle School. And with Qiao Yu's success, those who discovered Qiao Yu actually benefited a lot.

For example, there has been some news about Zhang Tiejun, and he may be moving up again, but not to a full-time position, but to be transferred to the Municipal Bureau to serve as a leader of the Bureau Committee.

Yes, this matter has spread all over Xingtie No. 1 Middle School, and no one knows where it came from. But many times it is just a coincidence. Many pieces of news become true as they are spread.

Even Ranger, who never cared about these things, heard the news.

Yes, during this period, Lan Jie was actually just like usual. However, after being transferred to the Political and Educational Department, his salary did increase a little. After all, it was he who discovered Qiao Yu.

However, during this period, Lang Jie actually had very little contact with Qiao Yu. Qiao Yu was right, Lang Jie was the kind of good guy.

Sometimes the school wanted to borrow his face to contact Qiao Yu for help, but Lan Jie usually declined politely. Anyway, he had no desires and was not afraid of offending others.

The school would not expel him for this matter. After all, he was a regular employee.

In Langjie's opinion, Qiao Yu is still a student, so he should focus on studying and not be bothered by those messy things outside of study.

As for school development, it is not something that can be achieved overnight. The most important thing is to improve our internal strength first.

However, the school's development momentum is indeed good this year. Many resources in the district are allocated to Xingtie No. 1 Middle School first, and it is indeed ready to build a famous middle school in Chengdu.

There is no other way. In this day and age, even if education wants to develop, it cannot do without various supports. Especially this year, the support for Xingtie No. 1 Middle School is not only financial, but also includes staffing and other various encouragements.

With money and a staff, schools can naturally attract better teachers, invest in building more advanced classrooms, and then have the confidence to recruit better students...

In short, famous schools are built up slowly in this way.

Although Xingtie No. 1 Middle School cannot be compared with those education groups that rely on the construction of famous schools, everything is developing in a good direction, and that is enough!

However, what made Langjie quite happy about Qiao Yu was that this little guy Qiao Yu was very thoughtful.

He would greet her on WeChat during every festival. After the Chinese New Year, he even asked Xia Keke to bring him a valuable gift. To be honest, he didn't want to accept the gift. But he couldn't resist Xia Keke's good talk.

Then he checked the price online and transferred the money to Qiao Yu via WeChat, but Qiao Yu refused to accept it.

To him these were just little episodes in life.

What he never expected was that just after the Chinese New Year, Qiao Yu gave him another big surprise.

That's the Riemann hypothesis...

Although he had some complaints about the school leaders, especially Principal He, for putting up the celebratory banner in advance without waiting for the review team to confirm the correctness of the paper, he was still happy for Qiao Yu from the bottom of his heart.

The fact that so many powerful Western mathematicians are willing to serve as reviewers shows the value of Qiao Yu's paper. Even if the paper is not perfect, the general direction is definitely correct.

So even though he couldn't understand it, he still downloaded the paper and took time to sit in his office and study it slowly.

I just didn't read it that carefully.

When he was reading papers, he would always think of the day he first met Qiao Yu. He still remembered that it was raining that day and he secretly followed two guys from the Osai class to the Internet cafe...

"Ding ding..." The ringing of the cell phone woke Langjie from his memories. He looked at the phone and it was a call from He Duchang.

"Principal He, what's the matter?"

"Yes, you are still in school, right?"

"Isn't it time to get off work?"

"Haha, okay, come to my office."

After saying that, the other person hung up the phone.

Langjie sat in his seat and thought about it, well, it was probably related to Qiao Yu again.

After picking up the phone and going to the principal's office, Lang Jie felt a little strange. Several teachers in the school office looked at him with a strange look in their eyes.

"headmaster."

"Teacher Lan is here. Please take a seat. I have something to tell you in advance. Please wait while I sign this document. By the way, it's a good thing."

Without making Lang Jie wait for long, He Duchang signed the documents and sat next to Lang Jie.

"Teacher Lan, it has been confirmed at the principal's office meeting just now that Lao Zhang is almost old enough. He will be transferred to the supervision office of the district bureau next month. There is a vacancy for the vice principal. At the office meeting, everyone unanimously decided to recommend you to take Lao Zhang's position."

"Ah?" Langjie was stunned for a moment. This was something he had not expected.

The principal Zhang mentioned by He Duchang is the vice-president in charge of teaching. He seems to be 57 or 58 years old this year. It is indeed time for him to retire. It is well known that the supervision office is a place for the elderly.

He had heard before that Principal Zhang was going to retire this year, and several middle-level leaders in the academic affairs and political education departments were eyeing this position, but he never thought that this position would fall to him.

"What? Why? Are you not ready yet? Don't worry about it. We are promoting young cadres now. Anyway, you should be ready.

You are a top student at Shuangdan University. When the time comes, help the school recruit more capable math teachers, especially Olympiad teachers. This is the focus of your next work.

You need to change your mindset now. Don't just look at teaching from a teacher's perspective, but consider how the school should develop from a higher perspective.

After all, you are not promoted to this position to do empty talk. You must achieve some real results. Now is the golden period for the development of our Tieyi Middle School..."

He Duchang talked a lot next to Lang Jie, but Lang Jie didn't actually hear much.

At this moment, his mind was filled with only one sentence - is this the legendary case where one person's success brings prosperity to the whole family?

Well, although Langjie never thought of being a chicken and dog, he felt that Lao He thought so.

"Um... Principal, I'm not suitable for this, am I? I don't have much experience in administrative management, and I heard that Teacher Zhu and Teacher Yan..."

"Hey, Teacher Lan, what are you talking about? Let me tell you straight out that this is not just the school's opinion, the district is also considering this. In short, you just need to be prepared..."

After coming out of the principal's office, Lang Jie still felt dizzy. What the hell, a vice principal hit him on the head for no reason, and he couldn't push him away?
This probably means that the leaders are very optimistic about Qiao Yu's future, right?

Really, at this moment, Ranger was at a loss. He didn't even know who to share this great news with.

……

Lang Jie didn't know who to share the good news with, but a group of people were sharing Xue Song's good news with him.

To be honest, Xue Song fainted earlier than Lang Jie. He received the news about Qiao Yu's paper being published on arXiv about half an hour ago and downloaded it immediately.

Then he actually saw the paragraph of thanks in the paper.

Yes, I thanked him alone.

Really, he didn't expect it!
Although he didn't publicize it everywhere, many people knew about his relationship with Qiao Yu and knew that he was researching the topic, so when the news spread, his WeChat account exploded first.

A bunch of people couldn't contact Qiao Yu, so they came directly to him to inquire about the situation.

Yu Jiang’s former and current colleagues at University, his classmates and students, and even his mentor on the other side of the ocean all called him to ask if he was the one Qiao Yu mentioned in the thank you letter.

Then I congratulated him warmly...

He was even a little nervous about this. After all, Qiao Yu didn't even thank his mentors Tian Yanzhen and Yuan Zhengxin this time.

Qiao Yu’s answer to this was: “Are you overthinking this, Lao Xue? The whole world knows that Director Tian is my teacher and Master Yuan is my grandmaster. Do they still need my thanks?
Don't worry, my paper was read by Professor Yuan and Professor Tian before it was published on arXiv, and they didn't raise any objections. What are you worried about? And you did provide help!
If you hadn’t come to discuss this with me, there wouldn’t be this paper. So of course I have to thank you. I have reported all this to my two supervisors! You should also have the confidence. "

Well, after reading Qiao Yu’s reply, Xue Song now hopes even more than Qiao Yu that there is no problem with this paper and it can be officially published in the "Annals of Mathematics" as soon as possible.

As a member of the research team of generalized modal axiom system, he may become a well-known mathematician.

He even began to dislike the slow progress of his work.

The paper "Group Theoretical Foundations of the Generalized Modal Axiom System", which perfectly integrates group theory into the generalized modal axiom system, should also be published as soon as possible.

After finishing this, he plans to apply for the Young Elite Scientists Program. He has even thought of a project: "Symmetry and Structure: Application of Group Theory in the Generalized Modal Axiom System".

After the theory is done, the application is almost perfect! Especially under the premise that Qiao Yu proved the Riemann hypothesis.

Xue Song actually knew that Qiao Yu had applied to the National Natural Science Foundation for the Riemann hypothesis. In his opinion, Qiao Yu was seeking benefits for them.

After all, his two consecutive applications for projects were rejected, but Qiao Yu finally completed it perfectly not long after.

They are members of Qiao Yu's research group. If they apply for these projects again, will those experts have the nerve to reject them?

Really, at this moment, Lao Xue was really full of energy!
……

Where there are happy people, there are naturally unhappy people.

For example, several leaders of the School of Mathematics at Jinzhou University are not very happy at the moment.

The main reason for unhappiness is that Chen Zhuoyang is gone.

Originally, there was nothing to say about this kind of personnel change. Even though Chen Zhuoyang was Tian Yanzhen's student, he had already given Tian Yanzhen face before, so it didn't matter if he had to leave after being recruited.

Where can young people work without feeling wronged?
But who the hell would have thought that Chen Zhuoyang had such an awesome junior brother. What's even more unexpected is that the relationship between the two is so good?
Really, if Chen Zhuoyang still stayed in Jinzhou University, with such a junior who was willing to support him and the college making every effort, this would be a great development opportunity.

But now the opportunity is gone!
This had already caused many people to complain, especially for Dean Zhang, because he had driven away a professor with a bright future just because of his anger, which had already made many people feel unhappy.

Everyone could tolerate it before. After all, Dean Zhang is a veteran of Jinzhou University and he worked his way up from the School of Mathematics.

When the school abolished departments and established the college, he began to be responsible for the administrative work of the School of Mathematics, and has deep roots in Jinzhou University.

But now the situation is different.

Who the hell could have thought that within just a few months, Qiao Yu announced that he had solved the Riemann hypothesis? !
There is nothing special about simply announcing the solution to the Riemann hypothesis, but why is Princeton University promoting it so loudly?

Really, today Zhang Guohong clearly felt that many people in the college looked at him with something strange in their eyes.

Especially during the afternoon meeting. The two big guys in the academy saw him hesitate twice...

Although no one said much in the end, Zhang Guohong, who had worked in administration for many years, still felt that something was not right.

Of course he knew why this happened. But Qiao Yu had only officially announced that he had proved the Riemann hypothesis, and it hadn't even been confirmed yet!

Are these people too impatient?! They are already dissatisfied with him now. What if it is finally confirmed that Qiao Yu has really proved the Riemann hypothesis? Will they be satisfied only after kicking him out?
Yes, Zhang Guohong already has a sense of crisis...

If we were to pick out one person in China who least wants Qiao Yu to prove the Riemann hypothesis, it would probably be him!
(End of this chapter)