Is not being able to do as you please also called rebirth?

Chapter 117: Completion of the monograph and thesis (3K)

When Jiang Xun returned to the dormitory with several books, Mo Yang and Zhou Ruikai were standing behind Chen Dapeng, the three of them huddled around the computer screen.

They didn't even notice when Jiang Xun opened the door and came in; they didn't even realize he was behind them at first.

Jiang Xun initially thought they were playing some kind of game, but upon looking at the computer screen, he realized they were actually arguing with someone on a forum.

Chen Dapeng appeared very excited, his face flushed as he frantically typed on the keyboard, while Mo Yang beside him kept giving advice, telling him how to curse.

Jiang Xun was initially touched, thinking they were fighting for her, but upon hearing the story, she realized they were actually helping their senior counselor.

At this moment, the three finally noticed Jiang Xun standing behind them. Mo Yang excitedly grabbed Jiang Xun's shoulder and shouted:

"Old Jiang, are you really having an affair with our counselor, the senior student?"

"Tell me quickly! Have you gotten it going yet?" Chen Dapeng chimed in from the side.

Zhou Ruikai was also staring intently at Jiang Xun.

Jiang Xun paused for a moment, then roughly understood what was going on. It seemed that some bored person had taken a picture and posted it on the forum again.

He smiled helplessly and said, "No, not yet, don't get excited."

"What do you mean 'not yet'? You mean you want to?" Chen Dapeng grabbed Jiang Xun's clothes, gritting his teeth as he said:

"You beast! You've already hooked up with two of the most beautiful girls in the Beijing Dance Academy, can you please stop ruining our beautiful and gentle counselor!"

Jiang Xun was even more helpless. He shrugged and said, "I really didn't mean to do this. If she wants to mess with me, there's nothing I can do."

These words immediately drew a barrage of criticism from his three roommates. Chen Dapeng was so angry that his fingers trembled as he said to the two behind him:

"Have you heard what people say?"

After a playful argument among the four roommates, Jiang Xun finally learned from them that the photos of him and Song Ziyan having a late-night snack had indeed been posted on the forum.

One photo doesn't usually mean anything, but both Jiang Xun and Song Ziyan are prone to attracting negative attention, and Jiang Xun has already been quite popular these past few days.

As soon as the photo was posted, it immediately topped the forum, mostly with comments criticizing Jiang Xun – the same group of people, using the same reasons as before.

However, there were also many people criticizing Song Ziyan, saying that she was so aloof before, looking down on her law school senior, but now she's found a rich playboy? And she's even someone's mistress or something.

Chen Dapeng and his friends felt that these guys were using really offensive language, so they started arguing back at them on the forum.

After learning the whole story, Jiang Xun actually felt a little apologetic towards Song Ziyan. She was completely implicated by him and suffered an undeserved misfortune.

However, Jiang Xun did not send her a message, because simply offering a few words of comfort was meaningless; it would be better to find a way to completely resolve the problem.

The biggest problem right now is undoubtedly the controversy surrounding him. To dispel the rumors, all we need to do is address the doubts people have about him.

The two most common criticisms leveled against him online are his talent and his character.

In terms of talent, although he is a platinum author on Qidian.com, he writes online novels, and the content often borders on the fringe, so the literary value is not high.

Only two of their songs were presentable, but these were still just for entertaining the masses and were not appreciated by the students of Peking University.

As for the top scorer in the college entrance examination, most people acknowledge his achievement, but he has no competition experience or awards and is considered to be a small-town test-taker who only knows how to solve problems.

It's worth noting that students like Guo Zhenlong from the School of Mathematical Sciences, Jiang Hanyi from the School of Physics, and He Qiuyu from the School of Medicine won provincial and national first prizes multiple times during their high school years.

In comparison, Jiang Xun's resume is indeed rather superficial.

As for his character, almost all of these are baseless rumors. What can you tell from just two photos? It's all just malicious people stirring up trouble.

After clarifying his thoughts, Jiang Xun knew how to solve this problem, and he also planned to take this opportunity to catch a fish.

That very night, he stayed up all night to complete the compilation of three computer-related books, finally raising his computer skills to 'expert level'.

Then he began writing a book called "The Theory of Recommendation Systems".

"Chapter One: A Good Recommendation System." He typed the first line on his computer.

1.1 What is a recommender system?

"Both retrieval and recommendation systems are measures adopted to deal with information overload. The difference is that users have a clear need when searching, but no need when using recommendation systems."

"For consumers, recommendation systems help them find information they are interested in from a large amount of data; for producers, they help the information they produce receive widespread attention from users..."

The content of this book isn't particularly high-end; industry veterans will understand it, but it's very important for people outside the industry, as it's used in many aspects of the internet industry.

Zhang Yiming, founder of ByteDance, spent a lot of time and effort on this kind of knowledge at the beginning of his entrepreneurial journey.

Jiang Xun was not clear about ByteDance's history, but he knew that ByteDance was founded in 2012 because of a short story recommended on a WeChat public account.

The gist of it is that Zhang Yiming was preparing to start his business in early 2012. He rented a house on Zhichun Road in Beijing and founded ByteDance. However, when they first wanted to create a recommendation engine, they found that no one knew how, so Zhang Yiming went to find someone named Xiang Liang.

This person is an expert in this field, and he also wrote a book called "Recommendation System Practice." Zhang Yiming wanted to borrow it to read, but it hadn't been published yet, so the person refused.

So Zhang Yiming and his team had to learn on their own and write the recommendation algorithm themselves.

Jiang Xun wrote this book not to make money, but purely to attract Zhang Yiming. He didn't even plan to publish it, but instead released it directly online.

Moreover, he doesn't plan to write too much content; just a few tens of thousands of words covering the core knowledge will suffice, which he can complete in a few days.

Besides writing this book, Jiang Xun's other plan is to write a paper entitled "A Counterexample to the Prime Conjecture in the Problem of Representing Numbers Using Only 1".

This was because he had recently seen the prime number conjecture proposed by Canadian mathematician Richard K. Guy, and then he remembered that in his previous life, a senior college student in China had proven it to be false in 2012.

This incident caused a huge sensation at the time and even became a trending topic on Weibo. Although he doesn't remember the specific details, he clearly remembers the number of the counterexample.

P=353942783.

As his mental attributes improved, many memories from his past life became clearer, although only some of them were particularly vivid, but that was enough.

Once he knew the specific numbers, all he needed to do was include mathematics at the expert level and perfect the proof process.

……

Military training has begun in the blink of an eye. These past two days, Jiang Xun has been buried in his writing, and he has even reduced his night watchman duties to one update a day.

Even during military training, he insisted on collecting mathematical monographs, writing books, and writing papers every night.

His roommates were all astonished by his madness, especially when they saw him reading professional books entirely in English and writing down knowledge they couldn't understand at all.

Only then did they finally realize that this guy was really different from them.

Although some of them were studying second- and third-year material in advance, it seemed to be on a completely different level compared to what Jiang Xun was reading and writing.

There were still many voices on the forum criticizing Jiang Xun, but he ignored them all.

All he wants to do now is finish writing his papers on "Recommendation System Theory" and the prime number conjecture as soon as possible and publish them.

A week later, Jiang Xun finally finished "Recommendation System Theory" and the mathematical paper, and also translated the paper, including the English version.

He felt that it didn't matter if he published books on Zhihu or Douban, but he insisted that his papers be published in top journals, such as the "Annals of Mathematics" or other SCI journals.

After taking care of these things, Jiang Xun remembered the email a teacher from the school had sent him a few days ago. It must have been the tutor that Professor Yan Jin had introduced to him.

The other party told him to come to his office after military training. Jiang Xun thought about it and decided to ask for a morning off to communicate with the tutor first.

This teacher is a leading figure in the field of computer science, and perhaps he can offer some useful advice regarding the publication of my book.

The next morning, Jiang Xun asked his class monitor, Zhang Yue, to ask for leave for him, and then headed straight to the School of Information Science and Technology at Peking University with his laptop.

Although the tutor didn't say who he was, he told him to go directly to the vice dean's office, so Jiang Xun guessed that this must be Professor Gao Wen.

"Please come in." After Jiang Xun knocked on the door, a calm and composed voice came from inside.

After he went inside, he was greeted by a middle-aged man in his fifties.

He was tall, with a square face, and wore thick glasses, giving him a calm and dignified air.

"Hello, Professor Gao, this is Jiang Xun. You emailed me last time asking me to come find you," Jiang Xun said politely, with a confident smile on her face.

"Jiang Xun? Shouldn't you still be in military training?" This Professor Gao clearly had a good memory, and immediately thought of the student that Professor Yan Jin had recommended to him.

Although he is listed as one of the mentors at Yuanpei College, he rarely mentors freshmen; he usually mentors graduate or doctoral students.

But since Yan Jin recommended him, he would naturally give him face and meet him, especially since the other party was this year's top scorer in the national college entrance examination.

Faced with Gao Wen's question, Jiang Xun calmly replied:

"It's like this, Professor Gao. I recently wrote something and wanted to find a teacher to take a look at it first, but I don't know any other teachers at school, so I came to see you in advance."

Hearing Jiang Xun's words, Professor Gao wasn't surprised. Quite a few freshmen had published papers; he simply remarked casually:
"I heard you're studying computer science graduate-level knowledge on your own. Did you perhaps write a related paper?"

As he spoke, he gestured for Jiang Xun to open his notebook so he could see it.

Jiang Xun didn't say much, but directly opened the book file and turned the screen in front of Gao Wen.

Upon seeing the title, Gao Wen frowned slightly. It wasn't a thesis, but a monograph, something a freshman couldn't possibly write well.

The next moment, his brows furrowed even deeper, and he began to browse quickly.

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