The unparalleled talent of the country started from Harbin Institute of Technology

Chapter 214, Yuma goes out to sea, Zhu Ling calls
November 29, 1982, was already a bitter winter day for the northern ice city.

Heavy snow fell all over the sky, and the city was completely covered in white overnight.

After having breakfast in the morning, Wang Duoyu went out to take a bus to the office, but found that the snow on the road was more than 20 centimeters deep.

It was a very cold winter, with the temperature dropping to more than 20 degrees below zero. Even during the short few minutes of riding in the car, Wang Duoyu felt very cold.

Fortunately, he arrived at the teaching building quickly. After entering, the warm air that hit him dispelled the cold air, making him feel much better.

Originally, Wang Duoyu thought that today was no different from any other day, but in the morning, Shing-Tung Yau and Charles Fefferman came to see him.

"Professor Wang, I heard you've proved the restricted Burnside conjecture, right? Can we take a look at the paper?"

After hearing what Qiu Chengtong said, Wang Duoyu became very curious because he had never told anyone that he had proved this conjecture.

Although Wang Duoyu mentioned it on the day Maxim became his apprentice, he had issued a gag order, so no one should have said anything.

"Professor Qiu, I haven't finished this paper yet. It's still just a manuscript. I'll give it to you in a few days for your review."

Wang Duoyu had no choice but to say so.

Since they already know about the paper, just publish it.

He hasn't published many papers this year, including one proving the honeycomb conjecture and a 107-page paper proposing the restricted Burnside conjecture. Now that it's the end of the year, it wouldn't be excessive for him to publish another paper proving the restricted Burnside problem, right?
His papers are generally reviewed by researchers from the Ice City Institute for Advanced Study.

In other words, if everyone has published a paper, they can review each other's papers.

Because in today's mathematics community, there are not many people who can review their papers, especially when they come up with some very top-notch proof papers, cross-review is very necessary.

Upon hearing this, Shing-Tung Yau and Charles Fefferman could only suppress their curiosity and nodded helplessly.

Before leaving, Qiu Chengtong couldn't help but say:
"Professor Wang, since you've already proved this problem, why aren't you willing to publish it after editing it? Aren't you really afraid that someone else will publish it first?"

"Haha, Professor Qiu, if I say I'm not afraid, you definitely won't believe me."

Hearing Wang Duoyu's response, Qiu Chengtong's mouth twitched, but he said, "I believe it!"

Wang Duoyu was stunned for a second, then smiled:
"Okay, you're the first person to have such confidence in me. You're right. I'm not afraid of others publishing their proof first, because this problem is inherently difficult."

"At first I thought Zelmanov would be able to solve it easily, but now it seems that he hasn't solved it yet."

"To be honest, if you hadn't come to me, I wouldn't have published it."

Both Charles Feefman and Shing-Tung Yau were speechless. They already had scientific research results, so why were they unwilling to publish them?
But on second thought, they discovered that Wang Duoyu did have a lot of research results on hand, but the restricted Burnside conjecture was just a research result, and it seemed that there was nothing to brag about.

If it were Shing-Tung Yau and others, they would have sorted it out and published it long ago.

Comparing people with each other is so annoying!

"Professor Wang, you don't have a completed mathematical proof manuscript that you haven't published yet, right?"

Suddenly, Charles Fefferman asked a question, and Shing-Tung Yau's eyes widened.

This is indeed possible, and the possibility is not small.

Wang Duoyu rolled his eyes, spread his hands and said:
"How is that possible? You don't think I'm really free, do you?"

Hearing his explanation, both Qiu Chengtong and others breathed a sigh of relief, but their inner doubts were not dispelled at all.

After all, Wang Duoyu already has such a "criminal record", so it is reasonable that he has other "criminal records", right?

Thinking of this, both Qiu Chengtong and others felt even more complicated.

Perhaps, outsiders know very little about Wang Duoyu, and his mathematical talent is definitely far beyond imagination.

After leaving Wang Duoyu's office, Qiu Chengtong and the others went downstairs. Before leaving the teaching building, Charles Fefferman suddenly asked:

"Professor Qiu, how credible do you think what Professor Wang just said is?"

Upon hearing this, Qiu Chengtong shook his head and said:

"I don't know either. If he doesn't want to talk about it, we'll never know how many proven but unpublished scientific results he's hiding."

In theory, such theoretical research results can be published directly without having to hide them.

But Wang Duoyu seems to be hiding something. Why?

The two were puzzled, but they tacitly agreed not to tell anyone about it.

It’s enough for them to know it themselves; there’s no need to spread it to everyone.

What's more, even if they told others, the outside world would not believe it, because this matter is difficult to verify unless Wang Duoyu is willing to cooperate.

But Wang Duoyu obviously didn't want the outside world to know, so he couldn't cooperate.

In the evening, after a busy day at work, Wang Duoyu returned home for dinner.

Today is another day for a dinner party, and today is also the Lower Yuan Festival, so many relatives of the Wang family came to our house today.

The Lower Yuan Festival is one of China's traditional folk festivals. It falls on the 15th day of the 10th lunar month and is also known as the Lower Yuan Day or the Lower Yuan Festival.

The fifteenth day of the first lunar month is called the Shangyuan Festival, which celebrates the Lantern Festival. The Zhongyuan Festival is on the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month, commonly known as the Ghost Festival, the Dead Day, and the Mid-Autumn Festival.

The origin of the Lower Yuan Festival is related to Taoism.

Taoism has three officials: the Heavenly Official, the Earthly Official, and the Water Official. The Heavenly Official bestows blessings with the nine qi of the Shangyuan, the Earthly Official forgives sins with the seven qi of the Zhongyuan, and the Water Official relieves disasters with the five qi of the Xiayuan. The birthday of the Water Official is October 15th, the day when the Water Official relieves disasters and Emperor Yanggu relieves disasters.

This festival is for worshiping ancestors.

But nowadays, not many people celebrate this festival, and many people don’t even know about it.

On the contrary, many people still know about the Lantern Festival and Ghost Festival.

All the relatives of Lao Wang gathered together in a room as warm as spring on this cold winter day, eating, drinking and chatting lively. Their daily life was indeed very comfortable and relaxing.

"Uncle Nine, I heard that you accepted a foreigner as your student. When can I become your student?"

After eating and drinking, Zheng Baodong suddenly came to Wang Duoyu, plucked up the courage, and asked himself.

As soon as these words were spoken, Wang Yumin, Wang Meili, Liu Xiaoli and others all quieted down, pricked up their ears and listened attentively, even the noise of cracking melon seeds became much quieter.

In recent days, the hottest topic on the campus of Harbin Institute of Technology is that Wang Duoyu has accepted a new student, and he is a foreigner.

Liu Xiaoli and the others didn't understand this, so they didn't ask Wang Duoyu what he was thinking.

However, Zheng Baodong is definitely the most mathematically talented person in the Wang family besides Wang Duoyu.

So when he asked this question at this time, it just satisfied the curiosity of Liu Xiaoli and others.

Wang Duoyu held his son in his arms, glanced at Zheng Baodong, and said with a smile:
"Your math talent is among the highest among ordinary people, but among math geniuses, you're not the highest, so don't overthink it."

"Of course, mathematical talent isn't the only criterion. I've mentioned the example of Mr. Lu Jiaxi before. If you can pursue mathematical truth as tirelessly as he did, perhaps one day you too will be able to break free from all these constraints and find your place in mathematics."

"And Professor Shing-Tung Yau. You've heard about his experience, right? Before he started his doctorate, that is, before he met Professor Chern, his mathematical talent was actually similar to yours, not particularly outstanding."

"But he still derived scientific research results such as the Calabi conjecture, Harnack's inequality, the positive mass conjecture, and the mirror symmetry conjecture."

"So if you want to be like Lu Jiaxi, Qiu Chengtong, and the others, you have to work harder. Besides, you are still very young, only seventeen years old this year. There is no need to compare yourself with top talents like Maxim."

"As for wanting to be my student? Haha, didn't I tell everyone about my requirements? If you can do that, I will of course let you move in and work with Maxim and the others."

"But even if you don't become my student, you still have more advantages than others. After all, you can come to me at any time. So don't think too much, just lay a good foundation first. If your foundation is not solid, it will be very difficult to move forward."

If it were someone else, Wang Duoyu would never have said this.

But Zheng Baodong is his fourth sister's child after all, and he is his relative, so of course he will treat him differently.

After listening to this, Zheng Baodong's blood boiled and he nodded heavily.

After a while, he asked about Wei Yuanchao.

Wei Yuanchao was his roommate, so it would be somewhat unkind not to ask.

Although he had rejected the other party before, he was still soft-hearted after all. Besides, his ninth uncle was in a good mood now, so asking a few questions should be okay, right?
After Wang Duoyu heard this, his smile gradually faded and he said:
"I've heard of Wei Yuanchao. He's very capable and talented, but he's incredibly arrogant, which is a shame."

"You are seventeen years old. How you make friends is up to you. I will only tell you one thing: you can interact with him, but don't be influenced by him, and don't learn his arrogant temper."

"You should be humble and low-key in life, but you can be a little more high-profile in your work. You are still young and don't understand these things very well. You should experience more things and listen to the experiences shared by the elders."

Zheng Baodong learned a lot from this dinner tonight.

A few days passed and December arrived.

On December 6, Wang Duoyu had already compiled the proof paper of the restricted Burnside conjecture, and then asked the security staff to help deliver it to Shing-Tung Yau and others.

After finishing this task, the cordless phone on the desk rang.

After picking up the phone, I found out it was Zheng Baoyin calling. He said that a foreigner had specifically contacted him and wanted to cooperate.

When Wang Duoyu heard this, he immediately grinned and was extremely happy.

This foreigner has quite a good vision!

"Then you can sign a contract with them. However, since this is an export product, the price must not be low!"

Zheng Baoyin heard this and said with a wry smile:

"Uncle, it's not that I don't want a high price, but the other party is right in front of our factory. They seem to have already investigated our ex-factory price and are just sticking to the cost price. Moreover, they ordered 500,000 pieces at once. This is a large order."

Hearing this, Wang Duoyu said firmly:

"Then forget about it. If he doesn't let us make money, we won't accept any orders, no matter how big. If most of the clothes we produce are given to him, then wouldn't we just be working for him? It's such a simple truth, do I need to explain it to you?"

Placing an order at the cost price, and an order for 500,000 pieces at once, to be honest, this foreigner really put Zheng Baoyin in a dilemma.

If the Yuma Clothing Brand Company takes this order, it will indeed make a little money, but definitely not much. At most, it will be no different from working a part-time job.

Moreover, the order of 500,000 pieces at once is a huge quantity, so the production of Youma Clothing Brand Company is basically locked.

Although it is possible to build a new production line, it will be too late.

So it’s better not to place such orders.

After hanging up the phone, Wang Duoyu thought for a moment and got up and went out.

At the Want Want Group headquarters, Youma Garment Factory, after Wang Duoyu came in, he asked someone to notify Zheng Baoyin in the conference room.

The latter is negotiating with the foreigner. After all, he still wants to do such a big order, but the price definitely cannot be what the other party said.

But now Wang Duoyu came, so he had to leave first.

The foreigner's name is Bald Duke. He is from the United States. He is a fashion designer and the owner of a clothing company. His trip to China this time is to collect folk songs.

But he never expected that in poor and backward China, he would see extremely fashionable and avant-garde clothes that were well matched.

So, to Balderduke, he seemed to be in the kingdom of fashion.

Of course, this is only true for people wearing Yuma costumes.

At that time in China, more people were wearing blue, white, gray and black work clothes and military uniforms. So on one side, there were fashionable and avant-garde Uma clothes worn by a very small number of people, and on the other side, there were the old work clothes and military uniforms. The sense of division was very serious.

After some inquiries, Balduk came to Ice City and found the Youma Garment Factory.

There are quite a few foreigners in Bingcheng. After all, the Youma Garment Factory is near Harbin Institute of Technology, so Balde Duke's arrival did not arouse the curiosity of people like Wang Yumin.

On the contrary, Baldeduc sent people to inquire, specifically to the workers in the garment factory, and he quickly calculated the rough cost of Yuma clothing.

That's why they came up with the plan to place an order for 500,000 pieces of clothing.

In fact, he could also design and produce it after returning to the United States, and then he would definitely not lose money if he sold it.

but!

In his clothing factory in the United States, the cost of producing a piece of clothing is at least US$3.50, and the selling price is more than ten or twenty dollars.

But what about the Ice City in China?
The cost of a piece of clothing from Youma Clothing is at most about one yuan and twenty cents, or even less than that. After all, this is the cost he calculated, not the actual cost.

If he could sign a contract with Youma Clothing at a price of RMB 1.5, then Balde Duke would be able to make more profit.

After all, at this price, even after shipping to the United States, the cost is at most two yuan. According to the current dual-track exchange rate system, the cost is actually only eighty cents.

A piece of clothing costs eighty cents, and it sells for more than ten or twenty dollars in the United States. Balde Duke is making a lot of money.

If such foreign trade transactions could make more money, Baldeduc would definitely sell the American clothing factory and concentrate on such foreign trade business.

Unfortunately, Zheng Baoyin, the head of the Youma Garment Factory, left in the middle of the negotiations.

"God, I hope there are no accidents!"

At this moment, Balde Duke appeared calm on the surface, but he was praying in his heart.

In the office on the other side, Wang Duoyu said to Zheng Baoyin:

"Since that foreigner isn't willing to raise the price, then you should just tell him directly and clearly that we don't want to do this business. We'll ship the clothes to the US and sell them ourselves. We'll do the export trade ourselves!"

The latter was shocked when he heard this:
"Uncle, is this really okay?"

"What's wrong with that?" Wang Duoyu said unhappily:

"We can just hire foreigners to work for us. You'll have to make a few more trips to the US. If that doesn't work out, I'll let your two aunts come along as well, so they can serve as early internships."

what?
Zheng Baoyin was completely dumbfounded, and then his whole body was shaking. He was filled with fear, excitement and nervousness, and his mood was extremely complicated.

It has been almost two years since he came to Ice City after the Spring Festival in 1981.

After such a long time, he certainly knew that the companies under Harbin Institute of Technology, such as Huashun Company, were large enterprises that went overseas to earn foreign exchange.

In the past, he was very envious of those companies that could earn foreign exchange, but he never expected that the Uma company he was in charge of would also start going overseas.

So he was excited, nervous and anxious at the moment, because Yuma's going to sea was of great significance and he was afraid that he might not do well.

"Uncle, I."

Wang Duoyu interrupted with a wave of his hand:

"Start preparing now. We will go out to sea next month or after the Spring Festival. The specific arrangements will depend on the time."

"But you need to arrange things for the factory right away. This month, hire a translator and take a few people to the United States to investigate. I'll take care of the foreign exchange matters."

Since the conditions for Youma Clothing to go overseas are ripe, let's go with the flow.

If the foreigner Baldeduc wants to take advantage of others, then let him stay where he wants.

Over the next hour or so, Wang Duoyu spoke to Zheng Baoyin again before returning to Harbin Institute of Technology. When Zheng Baoyin returned to the conference room, Balduke's ominous premonition had finally come true.

"No, no, no, you can't negotiate like this. I can raise the price by two dollars, two dollars. I really don't have any profit left."

Unfortunately, Baldeduc's offer did not impress Zheng Baoyin.

Because at this time, Zheng Baoyin's mind was full of Youma's voyage, so how could the offer of two dollars per piece of clothing possibly impress him?

That night, Zheng Baoyin came to Wang Duoyu's house. The two sisters Wang Meihe and Wang Meili didn't know what was going on. After all, today was not a time for a party, nor was it a holiday. Why did he come?

It was not until Wang Duoyu arrived home and sat at the dinner table, when he told the two sisters that they could go to the United States with him, that the two sisters' expressions became completely stunned.

"Ninth Brother, what are you talking about? You want us to go to the United States with Baoyin for an inspection? We're not important people, what are we going to inspect?"

The two sisters were stunned. After they realized what was happening, they stopped.

They can't do such a thing.

Upon hearing this, Wang Duoyu glared at him angrily and said:

"Asking you to go on an inspection trip is actually to let you understand the market situation in the United States. There is a saying that reading ten thousand books is not as good as traveling ten thousand miles. You have been studying for such a long time, it is time to go out and open your eyes to see the world."

"You have to put your knowledge into practice. You can't just stay at home and learn a foreign language, right? You have to experience it yourself."

At this moment, Wang Meili suddenly asked pitifully, "Brother Jiu, can you give us an interpreter?"

Snapped!
When Wang Duoyu heard the word "translation", he couldn't help but picked up the chopsticks and knocked her on the head.

Although the force was not strong, she still cried out, saying it was very painful and she wanted to find her eldest brother to seek justice.

Wang Duoyu immediately pointed at the gate angrily:
"Go back home now and see if Big Brother is on your side or mine."

Seeing her ninth brother's face, Wang Meili dared not say a word, because she knew that her ninth brother was really angry.

"I get angry when I see your expression!" Wang Duoyu snorted coldly:
"On the one hand, he kept nagging me about making money, shouting slogans every day, but on the other hand, he cut corners and tried to muddle through every time he did his homework, just to get by."

"Now that I'm giving you this opportunity, you're actually asking me if I can arrange a translator for you? Wang Meili, how can you be so shameless?"

"Given your attitude, I think you shouldn't even think about going abroad. Just go back to the village. I'll ask my eldest and third sisters-in-law to introduce you to a new partner from the countryside. You can just stay back home and avoid causing trouble for Xiao Lu."

Xiao Lu is Lu Qingsong, Wang Meili’s current boyfriend. They have been dating for a year but have not yet gotten married.

"No, Brother Jiu, you can't break up this couple." Wang Meili was furious when she heard this. "I'm sorry, Brother Jiu, I was wrong, okay? I was just joking, I don't really need an interpreter."

Wang Duoyu's expression remained cold after hearing this:

"You'd better be like this. With your personality, forget it."

Sighing, Wang Duoyu said to Zheng Baoyin:

"Baoyin, this time when you go out, take Xiao Lu and Xiao Li with you. I'll feel more at ease with them around."

"This time when you go to the US, you'll mainly visit big shopping malls like Sears, Target, and Macy's. Then, go to their commercial streets to look at the clothing stores and so on. If you have the chance, you can also visit their clothing factories and so on. I'll let them know in the US and ask them to help arrange it."

After all, it was the first time for Zheng Baoyin and his friends to go abroad, so they were completely clueless about the United States.

Therefore, he definitely needs help from Shang Zhongmin and other relevant persons in charge in the United States. Anyway, Wang Duoyu has such a relationship, so it’s no big deal to ask them to help introduce him.

The only thing that made Wang Duoyu feel uneasy was the two sisters Wang Meihe and Wang Meili.

The two sisters are of older generation. Although Wang Meihe's personality is relatively calm, no matter how calm a girl in her early twenties is, how calm can she be when she goes to a place like the United States where she is unfamiliar with the place?
Wang Duoyu was afraid that they would let themselves go, so he took this opportunity to make a fuss and give them a warning.

Under normal circumstances, Wang Duoyu had never been so cold to them.

During the following dinner time, Wang Duoyu was still talking, urging Zheng Baoyin and others to do this well.

After dinner, Wang Meili and her sister took the initiative to wash the dishes. After they were done, they ran to find their ninth brother, but their ninth brother was already asleep.

The two sisters were dumbfounded and could only wait until tomorrow.

Three days later, Zheng Baoyin and his team were ready. This time they were a small team of seven people, and the so-called translator was Lu Qingsong.

The latter is an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Harbin Institute of Technology. He has a good foundation in foreign languages ​​and is even one of Wang Meili's foreign language teachers.

Li Yuanchao is the security guard of this team and is responsible for protecting everyone's safety. After all, he is a soldier in Lin Dehong's army.

In addition to Zheng Baoyin and the two sisters Wang Meihe, there were two other employees of Youma Clothing. They also had a mission to go out with them.

Wang Duoyu did not send them to Bingcheng Yanjiagang Airport. He just stood at the door of Want Want Group, wished them a safe journey, and then watched them leave.

The Yuma Garment Factory has already made arrangements and will continue to expand its production lines. After all, once the American market is truly developed, it will be a huge source of funds.

Earning US dollars and earning RMB are two different things.

If Youma Clothing can really go overseas smoothly, it will naturally be a good thing for Wang Duoyu.

Not long after Zheng Baoyin left, in the afternoon, a person suddenly appeared in front of Wang Duoyu.

"Hey, isn't this classmate Zhu Chengwu? When did you return to China?" After Wang Duoyu saw the person clearly, he was immediately surprised and greeted him politely.

The person in front of him was Zhu Chengwu, whom he had not seen for a long time. In July 1980, Wang Duoyu went to Princeton University to give a report. After the report, the former stayed at Princeton University.

Zhu Chengwu has been studying under Professor Lawrence Vann of the Department of Mathematics at Princeton University for two and a half years now, and it seems that he should have graduated with a master's degree.

"Professor Wang, I didn't expect you still remember me." Zhu Chengwu said excitedly when he heard it.

Wang Duoyu stopped and said:

"Don't call me Professor Wang, just call me Duoyu or Lao Wang. Hehe, you've changed a lot in the past two years in the US. I thought you wouldn't be used to the food there, but you've gained some weight."

When Zhu Chengwu first stayed at Princeton University, Wang Duoyu remembered that he was very thin, with sharp features on his face, and not very good-looking.

But now, the face has become much rounder and looks very pleasing to the eye.

After chatting for a while, Zhu Chengwu got to the point, which was how to arrange his work.

Logically speaking, matters like work arrangements should be directly consulted with Wu Congqin, the head of the Department of Mathematics.

But the reason why Zhu Chengwu stayed at Princeton University was because of Wang Duoyu's arrangement.

Now that Zhu Chengwu has completed his studies and returned to China, he naturally has to ask Wang Duoyu for his opinion on the specific arrangements.

In addition, although Wu Congyin is the head of the Department of Mathematics, in fact, if Wang Duoyu wants to intervene in the entire Department of Mathematics, he will definitely be the one who can do it.

Not to mention that Wu Congqin was eager for Wang Duoyu to make the arrangements, because Wang Duoyu was the emperor of mathematics and knew better how to arrange these talents.

Wang Duoyu pondered for a moment and said:
"To be honest, when I asked you to stay at Princeton University, I thought you were more suited to pure theoretical mathematical research. Facts have proven that you've made some significant progress in the past two years in the United States."

Zhu Chengwu felt bitter when he heard this.

He has worked very hard, especially every time he sees the papers in the "HIT Mathematical Journal", the pressure comes over him.

Logically speaking, since he came to study in one of the only two mathematics centers in the world, he should be more talented than the people in China.

But this is not the case.

Harbin Institute of Technology is becoming stronger and stronger, and it seems that they don’t need him much.

Several researchers have left the Princeton Institute for Advanced Study and have come to the Ice City Institute for Advanced Study or Harbin Institute of Technology.

So, when he learned that John Milnor and others had joined the First Department of Harbin Institute of Technology, his expression was very interesting. He thought he had picked up watermelons and lost sesame seeds.

But he didn't expect that he actually picked up sesame seeds and lost the watermelon.

Now, he finally wrote two papers in top journals, but in Wang Duoyu's eyes, they were just evaluated as "making some noise".

But Zhu Chengwu had no way to refute it because Wang Duoyu was qualified to evaluate him in this way.

"As you know, Harbin Institute of Technology is doing quite well right now. You have three options. One is to stay in our mathematics department and become a teacher, but you'll have to start as a lecturer."

"The second one is the Ice City Institute for Advanced Studies, which can give you an assistant researcher position."

"The third option is to go to some of our project departments at Harbin Institute of Technology and participate in work related to applied mathematics."

The three directions are different professions. The lowest level of the faculty system of the Department of Mathematics at Harbin Institute of Technology is teaching assistant, followed by lecturer, then associate professor, and finally full professor.

If Zhu Chengwu chooses to be a lecturer in the Department of Mathematics, he will need to undertake teaching tasks and will also have certain theoretical scientific research related tasks.

The career system of Bingcheng Institute of Advanced Studies consists of four different levels from low to high: intern researcher, assistant researcher, associate researcher and researcher.

If it were before last year, with Zhu Chengwu's current ability, he should have started as an associate professor or associate researcher, rather than a lecturer or assistant researcher.

Harbin Institute of Technology does not care about qualifications, it only looks at ability.

It can be seen from here that the value of Wang Duoyu's student identity is still increasing.

A genius like Maxim has already written three papers in top journals, one more than Zhu Chengwu, but he is only qualified to be Wang Duoyu's student.

To become an assistant researcher at the Institute of Advanced Studies, one must rely on theoretical research to succeed.

Zhu Chengwu quickly rejected the last option.

Because he doesn't like dealing with people in the project department, or he prefers pure mathematical research.

So he chose to become an assistant researcher at the Ice City Institute for Advanced Study.

"Okay, then go tell Director Wu and he'll make the arrangements for you."

Wang Duoyu was not surprised when he heard this, because Zhu Chengwu's personality was like that and he was indeed very suitable for doing such theoretical research work.

Watching the other person leave, Wang Duoyu laughed out loud and then continued his work.

Recently, he has picked up the issue of Yang Mills' existence and quality gap, which he had previously put aside.

When he could not make any progress on the two mathematical problems of geometric Langlands conjecture and strong solution of Navier-Stokes equations, and when he seemed to have no other mathematical problems to choose from, he picked up the Yang-Mills problem again.

By understanding the problem again and reading some hypothetical theories he had derived before, he thought of a lot.

I always feel like inspiration is coming, but it seems like it hasn’t come out yet.

The five words "Review the old to learn the new" by Confucius are very reasonable, so Wang Duoyu chose to look at this question at this time.

Since Brockhaven, Stanford, CERN and Standing Wave were able to discover and confirm the observable existence of new elementary particles based on the language of the Yang-Mills equations in the high-energy physics experiments they performed.

These newly discovered particles include both massless and massive examples, but Yang-Mills' gauge field theory cannot describe the mass of particles. De Broglie extended the wave-particle duality of light to all matter, and pointed out that moving particles with mass m and velocity v also have wave properties.

This complements the existence of example masses in the 'mass gap' hypothesis applied in the explanation of the invisibility of 'quarks'.

As long as the union with momentum mv is added, the examples of massless and massive can be fully reminded. This is to logically infer the real existence and feasibility of the union company incorporated with new mathematical concepts from the objective existence of elementary particles.

If Wang Duoyu can discover more new elementary particles based on this new physical and mathematical concept, he will be able to further confirm the real existence of this momentum gauge field.

So what can Wang Duoyu do?

One is high-energy experiments: computer simulations and certain theoretical calculations can deduce a hypothesis: for vacuum excitation, there must be a "mass" gap, that is, there is a non-zero minimum energy level.

This assumption is correct, but it is not correct that there is a non-zero minimum energy level.

Therefore, another description should be more accurate and logical: for vacuum excitation, there must be an essential first truth of the universe and time and space, that is, there is a non-zero energy level.

Wang Duoyu currently has no way to participate in these high-energy experiments, so the most he can do is continue to develop computers and conduct simulation experiments through computers.

Wait until there is an opportunity in the future to participate in those high-energy experiments.

After all, given the current domestic situation, there is no way to purchase the relevant equipment to build such a high-energy laboratory.

It should be noted that the relevant equipment for high-energy experiments includes particle source equipment, detector equipment, electronic systems, laboratory equipment, optical devices, etc., as well as silicon detectors, integrated circuit chips, amplifiers, digital signal processors and other electronic components.

These things are not cheap, costing tens of millions or even hundreds of millions, and the currency unit is US dollars!
So Wang Duoyu can't afford to use these devices at all now.

Second, Wang Duoyu continued to derive relevant theories, such as the mass-energy equation.

After thinking for several days, Wang Duoyu still had no progress. Instead, on this day, he received a call from Liu Deben.

"Duoyu, I have good news for you. I received a message from the Chinese Academy of Sciences that you have been successfully elected as a new academician. Our Harbin Institute of Technology finally has an academician."

Wang Duoyu was stunned when he heard this, and then he burst into laughter.

To be honest, he was not very fond of this so-called academician.

It is just a recognition from the academic community. For Wang Duoyu, he does not need these titles to recognize him, because the published papers are his real strength and influence.

But he is in China after all, so he certainly cannot be completely immune to the customs.

Since they are willing to give it, then he will accept it. If they are not happy, then he will pretend not to know.

Otherwise, he should have been reminded before 1980 or 1981.

"Okay, thank you Secretary for telling me the news. If there's nothing else, I'll hang up now."

On the other end of the phone, Liu Deben was stunned when he heard this.

He knew that Wang Duoyu was not too interested in the title of academician, but it shouldn't be that serious, right?
Can you at least put on an act and pretend to be happy?

Wang Duoyu's performance made him, as the secretary, feel very embarrassed.

Dudu!

While Liu Deben was stunned, Wang Duoyu had already said goodbye and the phone was really hung up.

Now, Liu Deben had no idea what to say.

Standing in front of him were Fang Lihe, Li Rui and several others, as well as several leaders of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, all of whom were staring at Liu Deben eagerly.

After all, they hope that Liu Deben can talk to Wang Duoyu, and then come to Beijing to attend a meeting and give a speech or something.

"Xiao Liu, what did Professor Wang say?" Fang Lihe asked urgently.

Liu Deben opened his mouth awkwardly, and after a while he managed to utter a few words:

"The signal is bad, I'll call again!"

call!
Everyone in the office immediately let out a breath of air, and then became suspicious again.

Because I just heard Liu Deben and Wang Duoyu chatting quite well, and they didn’t say anything about a bad signal, right?

Was there an accident?

But Liu Deben didn't care about that. He picked up the phone and called again.

On the other side, at Harbin Institute of Technology, Wang Duoyu had already answered the phone, but the caller was not Liu Deben, but someone he did not expect: Zhu Ling!
(End of this chapter)