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Chapter 198 Opening Ceremony (Part )
Many years later, Qiao Yu realized that the feeling of being overwhelmed with excitement was nothing more than the thrill brought by the surge of adrenaline.

In a large gathering of thousands of people, with countless thunderous applause, multiple cameras recorded the entire process from all angles as the winners walked onto the stage with everyone’s blessings…

This is not only a scientific celebration of mathematics, but also a large-scale fame and fortune. After all, awards mean recognition by peers all over the world.

As for those laymen who don't understand mathematics well...

As we all know, there is a tall wall between mathematics and ordinary people, and inside it is a standard pyramid shape. This means that for people outside the mathematical wall, they can only see a small group of people at the top of the pyramid.

There is no doubt that the mathematicians who can receive awards at the International Congress of Mathematicians held every four years are the ones who can have a seat at the top of the pyramid.

Winning an award may not lead to greatness directly, but it will definitely mean more resources and opportunities.

In this era, having more resources and opportunities means more and greater achievements.

But Qiao Yu didn't think too much about it at this moment. He simply liked the atmosphere at this moment and the feeling of being the center of attention...

It can be understood that Qiao Yu is still too young.

But really, isn't this what other people are fighting for?

Qiao Yu was so absorbed in his thoughts that the Gauss Prize, Chern Prize and Nevanlinna Prize had already been presented on the stage.

The three awards also include people he knows, such as Pan Jingyuan and Dennis, who he has worked with before...

They won the award for their work in proving the Langlands conjecture!
Facts have proved that his judgment was correct. At this time, the first Fields Medal winner of the day has stood up. It is Jack Thorne next to him.

At this moment, it was obvious that the atmosphere in the conference hall had reached a new level, and the applause that broke out suddenly exploded like spring thunder.

At this time, Jack Thorne had already stood up with a smile on his face, and bowed to the people around him, in return receiving congratulations.

Even though I knew I had overcome many obstacles to win the world's most important mathematics award, I was still somewhat hesitant until the moment it was announced publicly by the President of the International Mathematical Union.

At this moment, the dust has settled.

"Congratulations, congratulations!" Qiao Yu, who had reacted, said a few words absentmindedly. It didn't matter whether this guy could hear it or not.

Anyway, it’s hard to say how sincere he is.

He was not the first one to be announced to go on stage to receive the award. Qiao Yu felt that he was being targeted by the old man on the stage...

I was thinking whether I should write down the president of the alliance on the stage in his notebook. But then I thought, maybe because he solved the Riemann hypothesis, he should be chosen as the last one to receive the award?
Actually, there is some truth in this.

If he went up first, at the age of seventeen, and crushed these old men in their thirty's around him, these people might not be able to laugh anymore.

Okay, no more recording for now.

If he was neither the first nor the last to go on stage, Qiao Yu felt that he must record the old man in his little notebook. In the future, he would let the old man understand why young people should not be insulted.

Fortunately, the alliance chairman Pierre L. Lion on the stage did not disappoint Qiao Yu.

Afterwards, three consecutive Fields Medal winners of this year came to the stage, received medals personally awarded by Pierre L. Lion, and delivered their acceptance speeches.

Just when many people in the audience began to doubt, Pierre L. Lion spoke again.

"Okay, everyone, please be quiet. I'm going to announce the last Fields Medal winner of the day."

This sentence completely silenced the conference hall with thousands of people. Countless people at the scene had already had a hunch in their hearts, and even many people who knew the result in advance still found it unbelievable at this moment!
After all, the person in their mind is only seventeen years old this year! In most countries, he is not even an adult yet! Ninety-nine point ninety-nine percent of children of this age are still in high school.

What is this concept?
There are still nearly 23 years left before he loses the age to win the Fields Medal! This lowers the record of the youngest Fields Medal winner by a full ten years!

Even if it is expanded to include world academic awards, such as the Nobel Prize, it has been raised by eight years! This is already a legend, but what is even more legendary is the reason why he was able to win the Fields Medal at such a young age!
"Well, in fact, when I tell you about his achievements, you should have already understood. This winner's understanding of mathematics is unparalleled and it amazes everyone.

For example, he once keenly discovered the loopholes in the proof of the geometric Langlands conjecture, and in subsequent work helped the geometric Langlands conjecture proof team to improve their proof..."

When the chairman said this, Frank, who was sitting in the audience, couldn't help but look gloomy.

In fact, when he saw his former research team members Dennis and Pan Jingyuan going on stage to receive the award, he was already in a bad mood!

He had tried his best to keep a smile on his face and applaud his former companions.

At this moment, I couldn't control my expression when I heard Pierre L. Lion, the president of the Mathematical Union, repeating this as Qiao Yu's achievement.

For example, the corner of his mouth twitched subconsciously.

But you can't really blame him.

Who in the family understood? Qiao Yu had just picked out a tiny flaw in the proof of his work, and pulled him out of this great work, and he himself went up...

It was like he invested five years of his time and got nothing for it! He just became someone else's background!
Now, it was even brought up as Qiao Yu's achievement in front of thousands of people! And the person who did this was his own son whom he didn't dare to acknowledge at the moment!
He really wanted to ask if there was any justice in this world?
But Frank had to control his facial expression. After all, he lost the project and his achievement, but he couldn't lose his reputation and demeanor in the mathematics community.

So keep smiling...

What Frank didn't know was that there were people with the same skin color as him around him who were secretly observing his expression and whispering to each other while everyone was concentrating on listening to the story on the stage.

"Hey, do you think this person is feeling very miserable right now?"

"Nonsense! If I were him, I'd probably want to die right now."

"Do you think Qiao Yu knows that this is his long-lost father?"

"I said? I said, isn't this obvious? It's not like you haven't studied that kid's file!"

"It's so boring to talk to you! It's as if I said nothing!"

"Hey, if you're not afraid of gossip and Zheng Tou knows about it, you can go ahead and tell everyone about it. Zheng Tou didn't even mention this to Qiao Yu. Guess why?"

"Ah...really, I feel a little sorry for him."

"A big professor from Berkeley wants you to pity him? Can you have some sense of justice?"

"How high is his position as a professor? He only earns over 200,000 dollars a year, and only gets 130,000 or 140,000 dollars. He has to support a family of four. How can he live as carefree as me? If it weren't for the support of the elderly on both sides, they wouldn't even be able to pay their mortgage!
Look at Qiao Yu! He gets millions of dollars in various bonuses from the school every year. He will get millions of dollars again this time, which is equivalent to more than ten years of his salary in one year! If I were him, I would vomit blood. "

"Shut up! At least I can give birth to such an outstanding son, what about you?"

……

Fortunately, Frank couldn't hear these words, otherwise he might have exploded directly and then he wouldn't even have the chance to hear what was said on the stage.

After all, if he causes trouble in such an occasion, the security guards on site will definitely not tolerate him.

“…especially the generalized modal axiom system, which has opened a new door for mathematicians studying algebraic geometry, number theory and other fields.

Most importantly, he independently solved the Riemann hypothesis, a problem that has troubled us for 160 years. Well, let us welcome the last Fields Medal winner, Qiao from China! "

……

At this moment, the emotions that had been suppressed for a long time were finally ignited in an instant! This time, the applause resounded in the Pennsylvania Convention Center like a tsunami, and even spread outside this modern building.

There was no way, Pierre L. Lion spent more than three minutes introducing Qiao Yu's achievements on stage...

This is a treatment that no previous Fields Medal winner has ever received! No other person’s presentation of their achievements lasted more than a minute.

Of course, for many people, this is normal.

Just as Pierre L. Lion said at the end, Qiao Yu solved the problem that has troubled the world for more than 160 years.

For this reason alone, he deserves this honor.

Even though he is still so young.

This also made Qiao Yu quite satisfied with the old man on the stage. The little notebook that had been taken out of his mind was put back.

At this time he had stood up and walked towards the podium.

Then he realized how scientific the seating arrangement was. He was indeed a mathematician.

Along the way, he happened to pass by the most important people around him: his mentor Tian Yanzhen, his master's grandfather Yuan Zhengxin, and his mother Qiao Xi.

"Thank you Director Tian!"

"Congratulations!" Tian Yanzhen stood up, raised his hand and touched Qiao Yu's head in front of everyone, then sat down.

Although no one could hear what they said amid the thunderous applause, everyone could see the intimate actions.

"Master, please don't blame me. I don't know why they gave me this award so early."

When Qiao Yu walked in front of Yuan Zhengxin, he gently hugged the old man, and then said something mischievously in the old man's ear.

"Haha, don't worry, I will still watch you win the Crawford Prize and the Abel Prize!" The old man still smiled from ear to ear.

Finally, it’s Qiao Xi’s turn.

This time, Qiao Yu was very unrestrained and directly hugged his mother in his arms. He also leaned close to her ear and said, "When I stand on the podium later, I may not be able to see every face in the audience clearly! That man must be there, but unfortunately I can't see where he is! It's your turn to work harder."

Qiao Xi didn't say anything, but just hugged Qiao Yu tighter, and didn't let go until one or two seconds later.

"Okay, get on stage!"

"Ok!"

The applause was so loud that no one knew what Qiao Yu said. Even if they understood lip reading, there was no way to tell, because Qiao Yu spoke close to the adults' ears. But the camera faithfully recorded this scene.

Until Qiao Yu walked onto the podium, more than ten cameras were pointed at the young man who still had a hint of immaturity on his face.

……

At the same time, China.

Philadelphia is in Eastern Time in the United States, and the time difference between it and the capital of China is exactly twelve hours during daylight saving time.

It was already 9:40 p.m. Forty minutes had passed since the opening ceremony of the International Mathematicians Conference was broadcast live simultaneously on CCTV-1 and the Internet.

Finally, we have waited for this moment. Although it is a live broadcast, two professors who did not attend the conference were specially invited to the studio. They are from Huaqing University and Yanbei University.

Their task is to explain this grand event in the mathematics world together with the host.

The previous explanations were bland...

It is nothing more than explaining to the audience why those winners won the awards and what contributions their research has made to the mathematical community.

When they came to Qiao Yu, they finally expressed their feelings.

"I asked my colleagues to search for it before. Qiao Yu is the third Chinese mathematician in history to win the Fields Medal, right?"

"That's right, the first one is Mr. Yuan who just hugged Qiao Yu, and the second one is Tao Zhixuan. But I want to emphasize that Qiao Yu is the first Chinese mathematician." Professor Hua Qing responded first.

"That I want to add one more thing. Not only is he a Chinese mathematician, but as everyone knows, Qiao Yu is also a student in the elite class of the School of Mathematics at Yanbei University, and he hasn't even graduated yet.

So what I want to say is that Qiao Yu is not only the first Chinese mathematician to receive this honor, but also a Chinese mathematician who was completely trained by our Chinese education system and has never studied abroad!
This means that the development of mathematics in China is just as Yuan expected, and we are moving firmly from a mathematical power to a mathematical powerhouse! We are making up for the lost fifty years!"

Professor Hua Qing next to him glanced at Professor Yan Bei, opened his mouth, but in the end said nothing...

We have already agreed on joint training. What do you mean by emphasizing on TV that Qiao Yu is a student in Yanbei University's Elite Class? !

Don't you have any idea of ​​what you have cultivated? Has Qiao Yu ever attended the class?

Really, if he hadn't taken into account that today's program was broadcast live nationwide, he would have exposed the Yanbei University professor's lies in public.

Of course, we still have to fight.

“Professor Xu is right, but I would also like to add that Qiao Yu actually has in-depth cooperation with many Huaqing professors, just as I mentioned when introducing Qiao Yu’s achievements.

When Qiao Yu made his mark in the international mathematics community, he collaborated with Professor Pan from the Yuan Zhengxin Mathematical Sciences Research Center of our school to complete the proof of the geometric Langlands conjecture..."

……

In the video, the two professors were calmly arguing about the two schools' training of Qiao Yu. In the comments of the live video, the reactions of netizens were much more unified.

In fact, ever since Qiao Yu announced on the pre-release website that he had solved the Riemann hypothesis, the related publicity has never stopped.

Although there was a lull in the two months when the jury was reviewing the paper, the topic of whether Qiao Yu could win this year's Fields Medal has been very lively since the final certification results of the jury were announced on Princeton's official website.

Naturally, there is no official announcement.

But since the central media suddenly announced that it would broadcast the opening ceremony of this year's World Congress of Mathematicians in its entirety, the answer has almost been made clear.

After all, if Qiao Yu won the prize, it would be the first time that a serious Chinese mathematician won this world-class award. And he also broke many firsts.

Whether it is the significance of the Riemann hypothesis itself to the mathematical community or its significance in boosting the self-confidence of the Chinese nation, it is there.

So there are quite a lot of people who took the time to watch this live broadcast online. Even though it was Monday and they had to go to work the next day.

Not to mention that there were many students across the country who had received notices from their class teachers that they had to stay at home to watch the opening ceremony, especially the students in Star City.

So the barrage was naturally very lively, with the most common words being "awesome" and "congratulations".

But there are also quite a few long reviews.

"I would call Qiao Yu a god! I feel like a little kid standing among a bunch of adults!"

"Qiao Yu is awesome! He's only seventeen years old! How dare those people who went up there just now to give their acceptance speeches!"

"It is said that if you worship the God of Learning, you won't fail the exam. From now on, I will worship you, God Qiao!"

"The BGM should be "Young China" at this time!"

"Huaxia is awesome! Yanbei is awesome! As for Huaqing, you guys should just practice boxing and stop trying to get attention!"

"A seventeen-year-old Fields Medal winner! If anyone slaps me, I'll start to wonder if I'm dreaming when I watch the live broadcast!"

"What else? No matter how old you are, if you don't give a Fields Medal to someone who solves the Riemann hypothesis, which mathematician would want this crappy award in the future?"

"Brothers, there are not many world math problems left for you to solve! Come on everyone!"

Among the countless passionate comments, there are also some strange things.

"Everyone, do you want to pre-order Qiao Yu's manuscript on proving the Riemann hypothesis? Guaranteed authenticity! Can be authenticated by a real person! If you want it, please send me a private message and I'll let you know the price!"

……

In addition to barrage, major Chinese websites, forums, short video software and WeChat Moments also quickly began to be dominated by the Fields Medal...

A piece of news from the central media was directly ranked first in the hot searches of major search engines.

"Breaking news: 2026-year-old Chinese mathematician Qiao Yu won the Fields Medal and broke the record for the youngest winner of the Fields Medal. It is reported that this is the first Chinese mathematician to receive this honor."

Although this "news flash" is debatable.

But for many ordinary people, it is not too much.

After all, before the conference, all award winners are kept strictly confidential. Even if the winners are notified in advance, they must sign an electronic confidentiality agreement and cannot disclose it to others.

All those who said before the announcement that Qiao Yu would definitely win the award were just speculations.

As for the abnormal live broadcast of the opening ceremony by the central media, it cannot be said that the central media got the news in advance. It can only be said that since Qiao Yu's paper proving the Riemann hypothesis was recognized before the conference started, the chances were very high.

At this moment, even the hot searches on Weibo have been dominated by mathematics. There may be some other factors, but there is no doubt that no matter whether you care about this topic or not, you cannot avoid the name Qiao Yu today. There is no escape from it.

Some people even joked on Weibo that perhaps Qiao Yu should thank "Brother Feng". The rock mogul chose today to release a new song, which could be regarded as helping Qiao Yu win the award.

Then I became autistic after being scolded by a group of people... When intellectuals scold others, they may not use any dirty words, but every word they say can always touch the heart.

……

In the conference hall, the applause finally died down.

At this time, Qiao Yu had already walked onto the stage and received the gold medal that belonged to him from Pierre L. Lion.

"Congratulations, of course you deserve it." Pierre L. Lion said with a smile.

"Thank you, but as you said, this is indeed what I deserve!" Qiao Yu also responded with a smile.

It's very immodest, but Qiao Yu feels that if he really had to be humble in such an occasion, it would be inconsistent with the character he has been building, and there would be a risk of his reputation collapsing!
Again, as long as his moral bottom line is low enough, there will never be a possibility of his reputation collapsing.

"Haha, you are different from other Chinese mathematicians, but I like young people like you! Okay, you can speak now. This is a stage reserved for you. Enjoy it!"

Pierre L. Lion said it succinctly.

Yes, at this time the three previous winners had already walked down from the podium, leaving the entire stage to Qiao Yu.

This was also a special arrangement by the organizing committee, because after Qiao Yu gave his acceptance speech, there was a segment where the Clay Institute presented Qiao Yu with a bonus.

No other winner would want to stand on the stage at this time.

Qiao Yu picked up the microphone and didn't say anything. Instead, he picked up the medal and looked at it again, then glanced around the audience.

Sure enough, the crowd below was crowded, just as he had guessed before, beyond the first three rows, the people behind almost became a blur...

"I am very happy today. It reminds me of many past events. I remember when my mentor Tian Yanzhen first introduced the Fields Medal to me, I specifically looked it up and found out, wow, why is the prize money so small! Not even as good as the Nobel Prize. Don't mathematicians deserve a higher prize money?"

Before he finished speaking, there was laughter from the audience.

Well, the advantage of age is apparent again. This is because Qiao Yu is still a 17-year-old boy. If the person on the stage is over 20 years old, he probably won’t be so tolerant.

Qiao Yu also paused for a while, waiting for the audience to stop laughing before continuing, "But when I really immersed myself in mathematics, I found that my understanding was wrong, and completely wrong!

It’s not that mathematicians are unworthy, but that most mathematicians other than me have nobler qualities. Because mathematics is the language of science, the thought of philosophy, the structure of art, and the starting point for all disciplines to explore unknown truths! ”

This time no one in the audience laughed but thunderous applause broke out again.

After all, these words really pleased everyone in the audience!

Anyone who can attend this conference, even if they are physicists, must have a high level of mathematical attainment.

The scholars were all very polite and the applause lasted only more than ten seconds before it stopped.

“So I am honored to have come so far on the road of mathematics and to have been recognized by many people. I want to thank my mentor, my mentor Professor Yuan Zhengxin, and the many people who have accompanied me along the way.

For example, teachers Lan Jie and Xue Song led me step by step on the road of mathematics. But the one I want to thank the most is my mother. When I was complacent with some small achievements, it was she who told me that I should set my sights on the highest peak!
Because only when you stand on the top of the mountain can you enjoy the most beautiful scenery! Apparently, I did not disappoint her! She directed me to the highest mountain, and then I climbed up! Then the scenery in front of me appeared! I have to say, this scene is indeed beautiful. "

As he spoke, Qiao Yu raised the medal in his hand again, which brought another round of cheers.

This time, the rear row is mainly for young people.

For those young people who are interested in mathematical research, Qiao Yu is definitely like a beacon at this time.

"Finally, I would like to thank my partners and reviewers who have helped me a lot. Oh, and the Clay Institute. You may not believe it, but in addition to my mother, the Clay Institute also played a great role in letting me focus on the Riemann hypothesis.

They are selflessly willing to offer a huge reward to make up for the lack of the Fields Medal prize money! It's like an academic bank with a sum of money in it. You just need to find a cracked password to get the money out! Fortunately, I found one of the passwords.

Now there are five passwords left. I hope and believe that in the not too distant future, these passwords will be cracked one by one with our joint efforts! Finally, thank you all again! "

After saying this, Qiao Yu bowed slightly towards the audience...

When the tsunami-like applause sounded again, Qiao Yu was about to walk down the podium, but was stopped by Pierre L. Lion...

"Qiao Yu, wait a minute, did you forget that you haven't withdrawn the money yet?"

"Forehead?"

"Next, let us invite Randall Clay, one of the founders of the Clay Institute, to present the Millennium Puzzle Prize to Qiao Yu!"

(End of this chapter)