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Chapter 190 High-level Interview
Lott Dugan is fast.

Although some new content was added, it only took two days to complete the proofreading and typesetting. The special issue was printed on the third day and updated on the official website at the same time.

There are still some differences between the official version of the paper and the original paper. It adds a theorem and proposes three new conjectures.

This is actually the development of mathematics. After mathematicians solve a problem, they will find that there are still a lot of problems waiting for them. This is the normal state of mathematics.

Therefore, the solution to each difficult problem is a milestone event in the history of mathematics.

Specifically speaking, the significance of the Riemann hypothesis lies in its profound impact on prime number distribution, cryptography and modern mathematics.

Especially for mainstream encryption methods such as RSA and ECC. If the prime number distribution law can be further quantified using Qiao Yu's method, it means that there will be a new prime number generation algorithm.

Even though ECC encryption mainly relies on the discrete logarithm problem of elliptic curves, the proof of the Riemann hypothesis can still improve the understanding of the properties of logarithmic fields and affect the way of selecting parameters of secure elliptic curves.

In short, there is no doubt that when Qiao Yu's method is fully understood, there will most likely be a new innovation in the computer algorithm world, producing many new and more effective algorithms.

Of course, someone may find a way to crack the various existing encryption algorithms.

This is how science develops. There is no good or bad tool. What is recorded is nothing more than the contribution of mathematicians.

For specific people, everyone has their own ideas. But for the general environment, it is probably to boost morale...

There is no way, Qiao Yu is on the hot search again! It is still a hot search of various types. And then it is extremely popular.

If there is any difference between this time and the recent hot searches, it is probably that this time the official media directly intervened.

Of course, the official media had a different outcome than the self-media. Not only did they directly quote the news on Princeton’s official website in the news broadcast starting at 7 o’clock, but they also had the ability to directly interview several reviewers and Qiao Yu’s mentor Tian Yanzhen.

This also allowed the news about Qiao Yu solving the Riemann hypothesis to dominate the 7 o'clock news longer than last time, a full two minutes.

The last time Qiao Yu appeared on the 7 o'clock news was when he gave the opening speech at the World Algebraic Geometry Congress.

In that news, the main beneficiary was Xingtie No. 1 Middle School, which was mentioned three times. This time, it was naturally Yanbei University and Yanbei International Mathematics Research Center.

The biggest difference between the two appearances on the 7 o'clock news was that in the last news, only the video of Qiao Yu's report at the conference was used. This time, Qiao Yu also showed up in the news with Tian Yanzhen.

Moreover, Qiao Yu was given nearly forty seconds of footage, of which more than twenty seconds were close-ups.

There was no way. This time, Qiao Yu was not only mentioned in the 7 o'clock news, but even in the routine press conference of the diplomatic unit, he was mentioned.

“We have noticed that the young Chinese mathematician Qiao Yu has made remarkable achievements in the international mathematics community – successfully solving the Riemann hypothesis.

This discovery not only marks a great breakthrough in basic mathematics, but also fully demonstrates the potential and wisdom of Chinese youth in global scientific research.

Qiao Yu’s success is inseparable from his own efforts and outstanding talents. It is also closely related to the emphasis placed on basic subjects by our country’s education system and the support from all sectors of society for youth scientific research.

The Chinese government sincerely congratulates this achievement and hopes that this achievement will inspire more young people to engage in basic scientific research and contribute to the advancement of human civilization."

These days, as long as you open various short video software, you will see this specially edited video everywhere.

There is no other reason. Qiao Yu is a mathematician who was born and raised in China. Naturally, no amount of publicity is too much.

For Qiao Yu, he thought that solving the Riemann hypothesis would mean that he could have a happy summer vacation.

Next, he just needed to process his computing platform step by step. But obviously, things were not as he expected.

In fact, after proving the Riemann hypothesis, Qiao Yu suddenly found himself busier.

……

The next day after the paper was officially published, Qiao Yu received a call from Tian Yanzhen early in the morning.

"Don't go out today. There's an interview going on. The host and the team from the main station will be here around nine o'clock."

"Ah? I was planning to go to the computer room at Huaqing today. Besides, didn't I accept an interview yesterday? Why are you coming again?"

"Last time it was the 7 o'clock news, this time the CCTV planned a high-end interview, a one-on-one interview. What? Are you still not happy? I tell you that this high-end interview previously interviewed politicians from various countries.

The people who are qualified to be interviewed in the scientific community are all Nobel Prize winners and world-renowned scientists. You should be happy that the Central Radio and Television Station is willing to make an episode specifically for you. I haven't even been on this show yet.

Anyway, you should get up now, dress smartly, have breakfast and come to my office. I will be there around 8:10 at the latest. "

Well, there is nothing we can do.

After the interview yesterday, Tian Yanzhen was still discussing with him whether to give a lecture at Yanbei University before going to the World Congress of Mathematicians.

In addition to discussing Qiao Yu's paper, we also need to discuss the direction of development of mathematics in the era of Joe Riemann's theorem.

Most of the content required Qiao Yu to think about it, and then he rejected it.

The reason is that the World Congress of Mathematicians is coming soon. There is no point in inviting people to come all the way to China at this time. It would be better for them to just go to the conference and give a casual speech.

Of course, Qiao Yu wasn’t thinking about other people. He was really exhausted by the reviewers in the past two months. Now he felt like vomiting when talking about this paper again…

If a lecture is held at Yanbei University in the near future, it means that Tian Yanzhen and Yuan Zhengxin will have to invite a bunch of old men over, and everyone will gather around them to discuss a bunch of issues. Qiao Yu feels that people will go crazy.

Most importantly, he already had a bunch of invitations in his mailbox. All the schools and institutes in the country that thought their mathematics majors were good had invited him to give lectures.

The reason Qiao Yu gave for his refusal was that his own supervisor said that before accepting invitations from other units to give lectures or seminars, he had to wait until he had given his first lecture at Yanbei University.

So if the Yanbei University seminar is held, then there will be a lot of invitations that need to be dealt with. You can't just reject all of the sincere invitations...

Even if Qiao Yu wanted to do this, Tian Yanzhen and Yuan Zhengxin would not agree. After all, many of the domestic units that invited him were his senior brothers. Many of the foreign units that invited him also had a good relationship with Director Tian and Mr. Yuan.

In short, Qiao Yu felt that the report meeting must not be held before the summer vacation. If it was held, it would mean that his summer vacation would be ruined again!

However, Qiao Yu was not very reluctant to accept the interview. After all, he had experience in this area. When he was in Xingcheng, he accepted an interview with the evening newspaper. He knew the routine.

The interviewer will tell him a few preset questions first so that he can have an idea in mind, and then during the interview, he just needs to answer the questions accordingly.

Although one is a local newspaper and the other is a CCTV program, Qiao Yu feels that the process is similar. Director Tian asked him to go there in advance, and it is likely that the reporter in charge of the interview has already contacted the instructor and sent him the questions.

But Qiao Yu felt that he didn't need to be afraid of saying the wrong thing. The world was very tolerant of minors. He was not even eighteen years old yet, so he could be exempted from minor offenses by saying "he was still a child". No one would mind him if he said a few wrong things.

The only pity is that the shield of being a minor can only be used for another eight months. Every time Qiao Yu thinks of this, he feels a sense of loss.

Time flies so fast. In a blink of an eye, he is almost an adult!
But then again, other mathematicians are probably looking forward to Qiao Yu growing up quickly, otherwise, in comparison, everyone will seem like a waste.

In short, although Tian Yanzhen called him specifically to ask him to get up early, Qiao Yu still lazily picked up the phone and took a look at it.

Yesterday’s WeChat was as lively as usual.

Ever since Princeton’s official website released an official statement certifying that his paper had passed the review of reviewers, his WeChat has been very busy.

A lot of people showed up, but it seemed to be particularly lively yesterday, because even the class group of the former Class 13 kept @ing him.

Although these people probably don't know what the Riemann hypothesis is, they all saw the comments of the diplomatic spokesperson on him...

Then a bunch of people started discussing in the group. The group was full of their interactions with Qiao Yu in junior high school. "Damn it, I told those idiots in the class that Qiao Yu had helped me write a self-criticism, but they didn't believe it! @Qiao Yu, come out and testify for me!"

"What's the big deal about writing a self-criticism? Qiao Yu and I are real buddies. The note I used to skip class was signed by Qiao Yu imitating my dad's handwriting. Am I proud of that?"

"No, why are you all so proud of such strange things? I still have Qiao Yu's manuscript and his autograph in my hand, but you don't have that, right?"

The last message was from his former deskmate Zhou Shuang, and he also attached a picture, which was exactly what he had written when he was explaining the questions to Zhou Shuang in the third year of junior high school. The handwriting was so ugly that Qiao Yu didn't want to admit that it was his manuscript.

In short, Qiao Yu looked through the group chat content and just didn't feel comfortable showing up in the group.

Sure enough, there was always someone who remembered all his dark history clearly. Things that he hardly remembered, these classmates in Class 13 actually remembered them clearly.

Sure enough, these people are not stupid, they just don't use their wisdom in the right way. With such a strong memory, even if they just memorize it, they can memorize all the examples in junior high school. There is no way they will go to vocational school.

Not only in group chats, but also in private chats with several classmates who added him as a friend, such as Zhou Shuang.

After repeating a year, this guy was successfully admitted to the high school department of Xingtie No. 1 Middle School, and was even admitted to a fast class.

However, the content of these private chats also made Qiao Yu not know how to respond.

"Fuck, Qiao Yu, you are so awesome now! Wasn't yesterday Saturday? The class teacher sent a special notice in the group, asking everyone to watch your news clips and the video of you being commented on by the diplomatic magnate, and then write an 800-word reflection!"

"I've inquired for you. Not only our class needs to write, but the entire junior high and high school departments of the school need to write! However, the junior high school students only need to write 500 words. I'm thinking of selling the manuscript signed by you. It should be able to sell for a lot. Please help me prove it later."

These two WeChat messages reminded Qiao Yu of the conversation he had with his good friend in the third year of junior high school, when he asked him to practice his handwriting well.

At that time, Qiao Yu expressed confidently that if he really became very successful in the future, would he still need to care about what irrelevant people thought of his handwriting?
Now Qiao Yu feels that he can answer the same question as he did about two years ago with certainty - I care!
To be honest, I wrote so casually that now I feel a little embarrassed.

So Qiao Yu simply pretended not to see it.

Prove that he wrote it? Impossible! Absolutely impossible!
As for the private messages from other classmates, Qiao Yu didn't know how to respond and just pretended he didn't have time to read them!
Fortunately, there are still people who are not completely alone on WeChat, such as Xia Keke.

However, the two of them had a direct video call on WeChat yesterday and chatted for half an hour.

Changjun Middle School is not as exaggerated as Xingtie No. 1 Middle School, which requires them to watch the video and write an 800-word review, but the school has also launched an activity called "Learn from Qiao Yu and strive to become a young scientist."

According to Xia Keke, this activity was requested by the Provincial Department of Education. In other words, all schools in cities, prefectures, districts and counties in southern Hunan Province will probably carry out similar activities in the future.

Well, after hearing this news from Xia Keke, Qiao Yu was still very proud.

What is the official certification of someone else's child? Without a doubt, this is it! But it seems that I can show it off again today.

As for the others who could still chat, there were only three people in the friend group. However, these three guys had remained silent for the past two days, and Qiao Yu was actually too lazy to talk nonsense with them.

After all, he had informed them right after he proved the Riemann hypothesis, but they didn't believe it and kept asking questions.

However, Qiao Yu felt that they could be forgiven.

After all, even the mathematics academicians of the Academy of Sciences thought that he could not solve the Riemann hypothesis, so it seemed normal that the three friends felt that he was still a little short of it.

So Qiao Yu quickly informed Xia Keke and his three friends of the news.

"It's so annoying! I was planning to work on my career today, but Director Tian called me early in the morning and said that the Central Radio and Television Station wanted me to be on a high-end interview again. It was broadcast on Channel 1.

To be honest, it's good to be an ordinary person. Once you have achieved something, your time no longer belongs to you. I really envy you. You only need to attend classes well every day and don't have to think about anything else.

I am different. I can’t attend classes, and I have to worry about a lot of things every day. Research topics, write papers, and work. Even my seniors who have graduated have to worry about them! We are the same age, but I have to bear so much! Oh…”

After editing, Qiao Yu sent the message to Xia Keke first. Then he copied it and sent it to the friend group.

Xia Keke replied very quickly. As expected, high school students have good work and rest habits. Even on Sunday, they get up very early and reply quickly on WeChat.

"Wow, brother, you are really amazing! You can appear on the main radio station every day now, so won't you be able to appear on international radio every day in the future?"

See, it turns out that people who are smart but not so good at math just have better minds and speak better than those who like to do math…

He had never heard such heartwarming words from the three guys in his friend group. All he could say was that Coco was a good kid.

"Haha, you're right, but I can't chat with you anymore. I have to get up and go to Director Tian's office."

"Hurry up and go. Don't delay your work. Come on, brother!"

After talking with Xia Keke, Qiao Yu looked at his friend group again and found that those three guys were still pretending to be dead.

She would rather shed tears secretly than bring a little emotional value to him. In one word, she is a scumbag!

But it doesn't matter. The silence of the three people can only represent their weakness. Keke's encouragement is enough.

Qiao Yu happily climbed out of the bed and went into the bathroom. After hesitating for a second, he picked up the men's facial cleanser that Coco had given him during the Chinese New Year and happily washed his face.

An interview is a big deal. After all, it is a high-end program that even Director Tian has never been on, so it is worth it for him to dress up carefully.

After spending five minutes in the bathroom, I went out in perfect condition and headed straight for the cafeteria. I happily ate two beef patties with soy milk from the cafeteria, and then went straight to Director Tian's office.

Before entering the room, Qiao Yu checked the time. It was exactly 8:13. Well, he was three minutes late, but Director Tian was really waiting for him in the office.

When Director Tian saw Qiao Yu walk in, he even glanced at the time, glared at him, and said, "I told you to come over at 8:10."

"Forehead……"

"Forget it. Take a look at this outline. When the reporters come, their questions will probably revolve around this outline. You should prepare a little."

After saying that, Tian Yanzhen handed Qiao Yu a piece of printed paper.

Still using such an old-fashioned style, Qiao Yu felt that there was no need to go through so much trouble, why not just send the question to him directly on WeChat...

Qiao Yu glanced at the outline of the questions and roughly understood the format of this interview.

It is obviously different from the interviews conducted in newspapers, and the entire interview process is even divided into seven parts.

The first part is a coming-of-age story;

Part II: Research process and challenges of the Riemann hypothesis;
The third part, Riemann hypothesis and the world of ordinary people, allows the public to understand the value of Riemann hypothesis;
Part 4: Youth Role Models and Social Responsibility… There is a sublimation at the end…

Each part is designed with two to three questions, and the total number of questions in seven parts is eighteen.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk, so many questions? How long will this show last?"

"Half an hour, but you don't need to worry about it. Someone will edit the interview. Don't talk nonsense later... Forget it, come here, I'll teach you how to answer some questions!"

"Ah? Director Tian, ​​to be honest, I'm the best at giving interviews. I definitely won't say anything nonsense."

"Heh...even if you are good at it, you have to listen to me again. This is a program broadcast on TV! I'm not kidding!"

(End of this chapter)