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Chapter 229 Happy and Regretful

The next day, Qiao Yu began to participate in the forum's mathematician activities as normal.

The only change is that there is a new person who is inseparable from me - Zheng Xiwen.

But this did not cause any trouble to others.

After all, Zheng Xiwen was an acquaintance to many mathematicians. When Qiao Yu attended the International Congress of Mathematicians not long ago, he had been accompanying Qiao Yu as an academic assistant.

I have already become familiar with many people.

To be honest, Zheng Xiwen, who is already in his forties, still looks pretty good. He looks elegant.

At least when they are not taking action, you can't really tell that they have any fierce aura, and they are not as brave as ordinary security guards. So they are quite deceptive.

Qiao Yu actually didn't care whether other people could see Zheng Xiwen's true identity. But having similar temperaments also had its advantages.

When other people gathered around Qiao Yu to chat, they didn't have any concerns because Zheng Xiwen was around.

The day passed quickly like this.

Qiao Yu spent most of the time wandering around the small halls. Don't underestimate this mathematics forum, which only lasts two days, but it is actually very high-end.

Most of the scholars specially invited to give lectures are world-renowned mathematicians and physicists who have won various awards.

Of course, there were also outstanding students and professors from Yanbei University and Huaqing University, such as Yu Wei, Chen Zhelun, and Xue Song, who gave reports at the conference to enhance their reputation.

Don’t underestimate giving a presentation in a small lecture hall at a conference held in such a school.

In fact, this is already a great honor.

After all, not everyone can compare with Qiao Yu, who can show up at various meetings at any time and be treated like a star.

For many relatively ordinary mathematicians, the desire to build a reputation in the international mathematics community starts with these twenty-minute or forty-minute lectures.

Even being able to give a speech on such an occasion is an honor.

Many mathematicians can only hold some lectures at their own expense to improve their reputation. It is normal that few decent guests can be invited to such lectures.

This phenomenon is actually the norm in academia, and it is not limited to mathematics. It is the same for young researchers in almost all disciplines.

At this stage of the world's development, competition is all-encompassing. Only a few people can become famous overnight.

It is not easy to be famous in a small circle. Just like Xue Song before...

The biggest benefit for Chinese mathematicians is that Qiao Yu's generalized modal axiom system has been deeply rooted in people's hearts.

Therefore, as long as the local professors' reports have relevant content, there will be no shortage of listeners. In fact, they are very popular, and the main audiences are foreign scholars.

Of course, the same is true for those famous foreign professors. There is no shortage of listeners in the lecture hall. Most of them are Chinese scholars and students...

It cannot be said that Chinese mathematicians still worship foreign things. The main reason is that they are far away from each other and communication is difficult. It is relatively simple for people to discuss with each other.

Qiao Yu just went around the lecture halls, stood on the platform, and discussed some technical details with people. Then he kept rejecting various invitations...

Yes, if yesterday it was mostly large companies representing different interest groups that extended olive branches to him, today it was many universities and research institutes that sincerely invited him to give reports.

Previously, Tian Yanzhen and Yuan Lao had helped him reject these invitations.

The reason is also very good.

Qiao Yu is from Yanbei and Huaqing, which are the only two super universities in China. He hasn't held a lecture in his own hometown yet, so how could he possibly give a lecture in someone else's place?
There is no doubt that this reason is powerful and everyone is very understanding.

But now that Qiao Yu’s first lecture after winning the Fields Medal has been held, various invitations naturally came in.

It would not be a good idea to use my mentor and Mr. Yuan as shields at this time.

After all, that would make his master seem too overbearing. Fortunately, Qiao Yu was well prepared.

Why did he like Zheng Xiwen? It was because at this time, his "assistant" could be of great use.

He doesn't even need to offend anyone, he doesn't even need to speak.

Whenever someone made an invitation to him, Zheng Xiwen would seize the opportunity to remind him that there were still many important scientific research tasks to be done.

All Qiao Yu had to do was to say sorry with an apologetic look on his face, and then politely say "I will definitely go and make the report after I'm done with this" to get by with it.

This was something Qiao Yu had discussed with Zheng Xiwen early in the morning. And in Qiao Yu's opinion, this was a win-win situation.

After all, as long as he goes out, it means Zheng Xiwen's workload will increase, and it will be troublesome for everyone.

The most important thing is that although Zheng Xiwen is nominally his research assistant, he has nothing to do with the academic world, so it doesn't matter if he offends people.

Zheng Xiwen agreed deeply with Qiao Yu's statement and implemented it thoroughly.

Anyway, Lao Zheng really doesn't care about offending the bigwigs in the academic world. Even if they are academicians...

Since ancient times, scholars have always been unable to explain themselves to soldiers. When it comes to him, there will naturally be no surprises.

Not to mention that in Zheng Xiwen's opinion, flying across the country to give lectures is obviously not as important as Qiao Yu settling down at Yanbei University to do his subsequent research.

He was even quite happy. Qiao Yu thought so too, so they naturally cooperated very well.

The effect was very good, and it did anger several bigwigs.

Some of them were mainly focused on other things and didn't understand the situation at all. They even went out of their way to find out who this suddenly appearing research assistant was, without giving anyone any face.

The result is without a doubt, naturally, no one said a word after being asked!
Some people even feel jealous, thinking that many elderly people have worked in the academic world for most of their lives, but their treatment is not as good as that of a child who has not yet reached adulthood.

Of course, this seems normal to others, especially young scholars.

It doesn’t matter if it’s just pure theoretical research. Even if the Riemann hypothesis is solved, it doesn’t need such high-profile protection.

But this quantum simulation calculation will indeed make many people excited, and make more people envious, jealous, and even hate it.

Chief Engineer Yu was still very happy.

No matter what, the computer room of Xiyu Technology Company was invested and built by his project team. The better it develops, the first to benefit from it will be their project.

He hoped that Qiao Yu would not attend any academic forums or conferences, but just stay in the capital and work on technology.

As for academic theory...

Shouldn't that be an area that Qiao Yu should focus on after he turns 40?
Young people should focus on the present, after all, working in technology requires a good physique.

In short, amid the anticipation of many bigwigs with different opinions and ideas, at four o'clock in the afternoon, half an hour before the closing ceremony, Qiao Yu's unfinished report from yesterday finally began again.

Although the time is a bit tight, for many scholars, this is definitely the most rare opportunity.

Especially after another day of thinking and discussion, everyone has prepared more questions. Therefore, scholars who are concerned about relevant theories and technologies attach great importance to this half an hour.

This is probably what everyone who cares about Qiao Yu is most concerned about. However, Qiao Yu performed very well in this half hour.

For a scholar who is capable of simplifying complex problems, complicating simple problems is also a basic operation.

So Qiao Yu performed very well in answering questions, from high-order frequency domain to singular solutions, and from quantum disordered boundary layer to high-dimensional group theory...

The main feature is to answer every question, but the answer to each question is very abstract and involves some complex derivation processes.

Finally, I added, "You may find this difficult to understand before the paper is officially released. But it doesn't matter. We have made a breakthrough, and I will explain this issue more clearly in the paper in the future." This almost panacea-like supplement easily solved all the questions in thirty minutes.

This was the method that Professor Zhang Shuwen taught him before.

What Lao Zhang said at that time was that the highest level of studying mathematical problems is to complicate the ideas and simplify the conclusions. It's just that Qiao Yu used it the other way around.

Using complex mathematical reasoning to fool the questioner can have very obvious effects.

Of course, this method is not for everyone. At least these theories should be your own. If you use this method to explain other people's theories, you will definitely be scolded by the big guys on the scene and have no friends.

But as long as the things are yours, there is no such problem. After all, the right of interpretation is in Qiao Yu's hands.

Even if the questioner was a top boss like Edward Witten or Pierre Delini, Qiao Yu was not afraid at all.

If you don't understand, you can only blame yourself...

This method is indeed very effective. At least with Qiao Yu's current status, even if he is dissatisfied, no one would be so stupid as to openly raise doubts at the report meeting. At least he can save face.

What was really cunning about Tian Yan was that the report Qiao Yu had added was timed very closely with the closing ceremony...

Half an hour may sound like a long time, but it was only enough time to ask three or four questions, especially when Qiao Yu spent a lot of time explaining his complicated ideas.

So this period of time passed almost instantly for Qiao Yu.

Next is the grand closing ceremony.

Anyway, no matter what others think, from the perspective of Yanbei and Huaqing University, this conference was undoubtedly very successful.

Especially for the world mathematics community, it can be regarded as a mathematical feast.

It not only summarizes Qiao Yu's previous experience in solving the Riemann hypothesis, but also innovates and derives Qiao Yu's modal space through the generalized modal axiom system, which is a theoretical breakthrough.

After all, Qiao Yu's modal space can replace Hilbert space in most cases and provide a more accurate deduction for the entire quantum system.

At the same time, it proved the feasibility of quantum simulation computing. It not only shocked the world academic community, but also shocked the foreign capital market.

This is not just a victory for Qiao Yu alone. In a sense, it is a victory for the Chinese academic community.

At the very least, with so many achievements, when we make the budget for the next year at the end of the year, we can lean a little more towards scientific research, and we will feel more confident.

What's more, this time it was not only Qiao Yu who achieved results.

A lot of talents have also emerged.

For example, Xue Song’s paper on “The role of group theory methods in the axiom system of generalized modal logic” is also widely praised.

There is also a paper co-authored by Yu Wei and Xue Song, which directly narrowed the upper bound of prime numbers to 2, which is also an important progress in the theoretical community.

Although this achievement was based on the fact that Qiao Yu had already narrowed the upper limit of prime numbers to 6, it is still faster than that achieved in foreign countries.

In addition, there are a group of young mathematicians from Huaqing University, such as Pan Jingyuan, Chen Zhuoyang from Jinnan University...

The reports they made were well received and sought after by the international academic community.

All in all, the report was a success.

According to some people on the Internet, Yan Bei and Hua Qing not only won again this time, but they won several times. They were so close to winning!

Therefore, the dinner on the last day was originally held casually according to international practice. After all, it was usually the closing ceremony and most people had left.

But the two universities still set a relatively high standard. In official terms, it means how much money can be spent on food. Anyway, it is the same as what students eat in the cafeteria on a daily basis.

It's really not an exaggeration.

Many professors who have attended conferences abroad have complained that the food at those high-level academic conference dinners is not as good as what their own cafeterias usually prepare for students.

The main one looks very expensive, but it doesn’t taste good.

Of course, Qiao Yu did not attend the dinner as usual.

The main reason was that it was difficult to deal with these mathematicians in private. However, he would not be treated unfairly, and the school held a small celebration banquet for him.

Although the tutor and Mr. Yuan were unable to come, all the members of the team that Qiao Yu had assembled over the years came.

With Qiao Xi also present, Qiao Yu was able to feel very proud and satisfied.

The only thing that made Qiao Yu feel quite regretful was that Professor Frank from Berkeley did not attend the lecture held in China.

Of course, it is also possible that the school did not send an invitation to the professor, so he did not come here specially.

But Qiao Yu guessed that Frank must be very regretful now.

After all, I didn't catch up with him publishing two new Mersenne primes, and I lost an opportunity to invite him to join my company.

In fact, Frank, who was far away in Western University, was really regretful at this time!
However, what I regretted was not that I could not attend the mathematics event held by Yanbei University, but that I did not recognize him as my relative when I first met him.

Yes, Frank had never regretted anything as much as he did this time.

Even though Qiao Yu had solved the Riemann hypothesis before, he had regretted it, but not like yesterday, when he regretted it so much!

Because this time the situation is obviously different.

Qiao Yu directly announced two new Mersenne prime numbers, which had a huge impact.

This time, the impact is not just on the academic world, it even directly affects the financial world.

Frank knew better than anyone that this represented billions of dollars in wealth.

Isn't this what he has been pursuing for so many years?

Immigrating from China to the United States, working tirelessly to climb up, winning awards, and even hoping to win the Fields Medal, the ultimate goal is to easily get various projects and live a respectable and wealthy life...

Now everything he pursues seems to be within reach, yet seems to be far away...

(End of this chapter)