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

August 2002, Guangzhou, Tianhe District, Xintiandi Plaza.

This Xintiandi Plaza is a commercial and lifestyle plaza built by a commercial real estate company under the Want Want Group. There are many such commercial complexes in cities such as Guangzhou, Beijing, Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Harbin, and they are basically located in the commercial center of each city.

Backed by an international giant like Want Want Group, Xintiandi Plaza has attracted many international brand stores, drawing many nearby residents to stroll around.

However, the Xintiandi Plaza in Tianhe District attracts a large number of citizens to stroll around every day because of the subway.

It's not the weekend, but Xintiandi Plaza is packed with people.

Today is the day that pop diva Liu Qianqian releases her new album, and there is an event at Xintiandi Plaza. It is said that Liu Qianqian will personally come to sing two songs.

There was a large open space in the square where a stage had been set up, and other people were helping to warm up the crowd.

The other floors of the entire plaza were completely packed with fans who had rushed over after hearing the news, mostly teenagers.

"It would be great if I could get my idol's autograph."

"My god, I really don't know how her brain works. She's the top science student in the province. With a brain like that, wouldn't it be better to do scientific research and bring glory to the country!"

"I can tell you're a fake fan just by listening to you. If you'd seen her interviews, you'd know that two of Liu Qianqian's family members are university professors. She herself doesn't like the tedious and boring research work."

"So beautiful, so talented, and with such high achievements, wow! She's the apple of everyone's eye!"

"No other singer can replicate her promotional methods, wow~ There are so many people here today!"

"I wonder which university she'll apply to? I really want to be her classmate!"

"I think she'll probably apply to Harbin Institute of Technology or Peking University, right?"

"No, no, no, I've decided it might be the Central Conservatory of Music~"

A group of teenagers leaned against the second-floor railing, their eyes fixed on the stage below, chattering amongst themselves.

Unfortunately, the idol they were waiting for never appeared.

More than an hour later, when everyone's legs were tired from standing, Wang Yifei finally arrived.

Even before she appeared, screams erupted from the crowd, with many teenagers expressing their excitement.

Wang Yifei sang two songs on stage and then left in a hurry.

The reason they agreed to come here for promotion today is because their family is here on vacation.

After leaving the mall, Wang Yifei went straight home.

The temperature inside the villa was not high; it was quite cool.

"Sixth Brother, I'm back. Where's Big Fish?"

As soon as she returned, she picked up her younger brother, Wang Junxian, but did not see her father.

Just then, her father came out of the study:

"You're back? That's good. We've decided to go to Antarctica at the end of this year. Do you want to come?"

After watching the Ice Age video, Liu Xiaoli suggested that we go for a walk outside, especially in places with lots of ice and snow.

In fact, Harbin is a world of ice and snow. Every winter, Harbin will build such a world of ice and snow as a tourist attraction.

But Harbin is Harbin after all; other places are completely different.

Antarctica, in particular, is a very interesting place.

“Yes, I definitely want to go, Brother Big Fish! I’ll be the first to sign up!” Wang Yifei said excitedly.

When Wang Duoyu heard that she wanted to sign up, he was not surprised. Since she finished the college entrance examination, she had been able to let loose, or to be more precise, she had become much more unrestrained after recording the song.

"Sis, how are your album sales?" Bai Doufu changed the subject and asked curiously.

"Not bad, hehe~"

Wang Yifei immediately squinted her eyes happily. Although it was only the first day, the data on the internet was already out, and it was very good.

Moreover, she just performed at Xintiandi Square. Although she was only there for less than ten minutes, the square was almost packed with fans who came to see her.

Based on these points, it's safe to say that her comeback album will sell well.

In fact, she was stunned when the data was tallied up a week later.

The album was downloaded 13 million times online, and physical album sales in mainland China alone reached 8.92 million copies.

In Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, and other regions, more than five million copies were sold, bringing the total physical sales for the week to a staggering 15 million copies.

Add in the data from the internet, and that brings the total to over 28 million, nearly 30 million – it's terrifying.

This is for a single week, not total sales.

Many singers would consider it quite good if they could achieve sales of ten million.

Wang Yifei truly deserves to be called a super singer of the new era, and her comeback album after a two-year hiatus is of excellent quality.

Leaving aside "Seven Mile Fragrance," let's talk about "The Ordinary Road," "The Brightest Star in the Night Sky," "Once Upon a Time," "Those Years," and "The Fleeting Years." These songs are all of similar quality and are extremely popular.

Other songs of very high quality include "Chasing Dreams with a Pure Heart", "Running", "Chasing the Light", "Summer Breeze", "Youth" and "Days on BJ East Road".

Sure enough, all of the top ten songs on the new song chart are by Wang Yifei, and even on the best-selling chart, three songs, "Seven Mile Fragrance," "Once Upon a Time," and "Ordinary Road," have squeezed into the top ten.

Horror!
While Wang Yifei's songs were becoming bestsellers, she herself was already participating in freshman military training.

As this year's top science student in the province, Wang Yifei did not go to Peking University, but instead went to Harbin Institute of Technology.

Although Peking University holds the prestigious title of the top university in China, Harbin Institute of Technology is currently the most prestigious university because it is a world-class institution.

Wang Duoyu, the "Emperor of Mathematics," teaches in the Department of Mathematics at Harbin Institute of Technology, where other mathematicians include Shing-Tung Yau, John Milnor, Charles Fefman, Vladimir Feld, Daniel Gray, David Bryant Manford, Joseph Cohen, and William Thurston.

These people are all renowned figures in the mathematics community.

Even Wang Junhong, the youngest mathematics professor at Harbin Institute of Technology and a Fields Medal winner, is not particularly prominent in the mathematics department of Harbin Institute of Technology.

Who made this mathematics department the current global center for mathematics?
Wang Yifei chose to major in mathematics, but she studied financial mathematics instead of theoretical mathematics.

There is also a hierarchy of disdain in the mathematics community, and financial mathematics is at the lower end of the hierarchy, while geometry in theoretical mathematics is at the top.

Her older brothers didn't want her to choose this major, but after looking around, she realized that only financial mathematics was suitable for her; she didn't like any of the other majors.

Theoretical mathematics is out of the question first. Researching algebraic geometry, analysis, and other different fields is too advanced for her to handle.

Although her father and older brother are both very impressive, she is not.

Otherwise, she wouldn't have become a singer; after all, she wanted to win a Fields Medal like her older brother, but unfortunately, her talent was limited. Within the Mathematics Department of Harbin Institute of Technology, there are several majors, including Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, Computational Mathematics, Data Computing and Applications, Statistics, and Financial Mathematics. She ultimately chose Financial Mathematics.

Because she wanted to beat her second brother in terms of total savings every time.

Financial mathematics would be a perfect fit for her; if she studies it well, she might actually be able to beat her second brother once.

Interestingly, after Wang Yifei entered the mathematics department, none of the students in her class were fans of celebrities.

Several classmates thought she looked a lot like the celebrity Liu Qianqian. After she said that her high school classmate had said the same thing, no one pursued the matter further.

That makes sense. The mathematics department is the most difficult and crazy department at Harbin Institute of Technology. The students there come from all over the country. They are either provincial or municipal top scorers, or they are students who took the independent enrollment exam or participated in competitions. In short, they are all very outstanding.

It's perfectly normal for academic geniuses like these to not follow celebrities or pay attention to entertainment news.

You may have heard Wang Yifei's songs, or even have her songs on your playlist, but you just listen to the songs and don't pay much attention to them.

So Wang Yifei stayed quietly on the Harbin Institute of Technology campus and participated in military training.

Since her home was on campus, she didn't need to squeeze into a four-person dorm room with others, even though she was the only female classmate in her class.

Reporters were unable to find Wang Yifei at Peking University, the Central Conservatory of Music, or other universities, and were unable to locate which school she attended.

As for Harbin Institute of Technology?

They wanted to come and interview, but the problem was they couldn't get in at all.

Reporters also camped out near the entrance of Harbin Institute of Technology, randomly interviewing university students to see if they could spot Wang Yifei.

Unfortunately, they were out of luck; the mathematics department at Harbin Institute of Technology was excluded from their choices, and it was known as a notoriously demanding department, making it almost impossible for Wang Yifei to choose it given her circumstances.

But Wang Yifei did exactly what they thought was impossible.

By a twist of fate, the reporters naturally couldn't find Wang Yifei's whereabouts.

The year is drawing to a close, and Wang Yifei is preparing to release another album next month, in January. She wants to beat her second brother once in 2003.

Because this is a year in which there is a high probability of winning against her second brother.

However, her father advised her not to do it and to wait a few years.

When she wouldn't listen, Wang Duoyu stopped paying attention to her.

In early January, the year-end summary meeting was held as scheduled.

This year went by quickly, or you could say it went by very slowly.

Especially for Wang Duoyu, he has been waiting anxiously this year.

In March, the spacecraft went to the moon as scheduled, but the test results did not meet expectations, so his lunar landing plan was forced to be delayed.

It's already January 2003, but we still haven't been able to land on the moon.

It's estimated that we'll have to wait until he returns from Antarctica to determine the exact date of his trip to the moon.

The second thing is that the virus still managed to get in from the south.

He had taken every precaution, but history has repeated itself in a surprising way; the virus still emerged and showed a tendency to spread.

As a result, Wang Duoyu was forced to hold this year's year-end summary meeting in the Somali Peninsula.

This year's year-end summary meeting lasted for four days, one day longer than last year, for two reasons.

One reason is that the Want Want Group has more subsidiaries and more senior executives and senior management trainees, so the meeting had to be extended.

Secondly, the article in that Parisian newspaper caused a sharp drop in the US dollar exchange rate, resulting in significant losses for the financial institutions under the Want Want Group. This should serve as a wake-up call and a lesson learned.

Four days later, Wang Duoyu left the Somali Peninsula and returned to Harbin.

Since there are no truly core scientific research projects on the Somali peninsula now, he naturally won't stay there any longer.

As for the large number of immigrants who have moved from the mainland, these people only need to settle down and live happily in the Somali Peninsula and contribute to the development of Want Want Group.

After returning to Harbin, Wang Duoyu stayed for less than a week before taking his wife and children straight to Antarctica.

This family trip was missing only Wang Junkang.

However, whether it was Wang Junhong who sent the message or not, Zhu Ling also came along, ostensibly to take care of her granddaughter.

Yes, Huang Huiru gave birth to a daughter in late June 2002, just before Wang Yifei took the college entrance examination. The daughter was named Wang Ruoxi.

Although he is not the eldest grandson, Wang Duoyu has no throne to inherit, so whether it is a daughter or a son does not matter much.

Besides, he himself has already had seven children, so it wouldn't matter if Wang Junhong had one or two more.

Even if Wang Junhong and Huang Huiru didn't want to have children, Wang Duoyu wouldn't say anything.

The little one is already seven months old, but she is also going to Antarctica. However, she will most likely only go to the small town of Ushuaia near Antarctica, and will not go into Antarctica with them.

We'll see how it goes when the time comes.

In any case, in order to take care of the little guy, Wang Duoyu specially arranged for two planes to follow along.

There was no way around it; his last trip to Antarctica left him with a lingering trauma, so this time, security measures had to be taken very seriously.

Moreover, he had been preparing for six months in advance, and Ushuaia had been ready for a long time.

Zhu Ling is going to Antarctica with them, which makes Liu Xiaoli very unhappy.

However, Wang Junhong somehow managed to persuade Liu Xiaoli.

However, Liu Xiaoli still didn't give Zhu Ling a friendly look on the plane.

Because whenever Zhu Ling gets close, Liu Xiaoli's smile immediately fades.

Even Sichuan face-changing isn't as fast as her.

It took the family five days to reach Ushuaia, because Wang Duoyu didn't want to fly in the sky for so long, so as not to affect little Wang Ruoxi.

And there were also those two little brats, Wang Junxian and Wang Sixin, on the plane.

There are some things to be careful about when babies travel by plane. Babies over six months old can travel by plane.

Three days after arriving in Ushuaia, Wang Duoyu and his family, having rested well, boarded a luxury cruise ship and traveled to the vicinity of the Antarctic continent.

Upon seeing the breathtaking scenery before her, Bai Doufu's eyes widened in astonishment:

"Wow, this is Antarctica?" (End of Chapter)