From small town academic to chief scientist

As time passed day by day, Zhou Yi felt more and more uneasy.

It was certainly not about the doubts at the International Congress of Mathematicians, but about the results of that meteorological paper.

As a person who specializes in mathematics, it is difficult for Zhou Yi not to believe in the results produced by his own hands.

But Zhou Yi hasn't seen any action so far.

Zhou Yi could only call the village chief.

"Hello, village chief?"

"It's me, Zhou Yi."

The village chief's C and D voice directly penetrated the entire dormitory,

Fortunately, there was no one in the dormitory, otherwise the sound would not have scared a few roommates.

"Zhou Yi, what's the matter? Your grandparents are fine. I often see them in the fields. Don't worry."

Zhou Yi was silent for a moment, and then said in a solemn tone:

"The village has recently reserved more fresh water, water for irrigating farmland, and fire-extinguishing equipment."

The village chief heard the solemnity in Zhou Yi's tone,

He also knew a lot about Zhou Yi's news in recent days.

Playing Douyin every day, it’s hard not to know.

So in response to Zhou Yi's solemn tone, the village chief hesitated and asked:

"What's wrong?"

Zhou Yi did not explain much and said:

"Believe me, the more water you have in reserve, the better. Also prepare some fire-extinguishing equipment. I'll pay for it and send some to my family. I may not be able to come back until very late this summer."

Seeing that Zhou Yi was very serious, the village chief said:

"As for storing water, I can only say that I will try my best. There are not many water resources on the mountain, and you don't need to pay for fire-extinguishing equipment;

Our village is on a mountain, and we distribute some fire-extinguishing equipment every year to prepare for accidents, so you don’t have to worry. We should also distribute some this year, but there is no need to purchase them. "

Zhou Yi thought about whether there was anything he had missed and said:

"It's better to prepare more of those wooden houses."

The village chief said:

"Okay, don't worry, I'll send a few to your house as well."

"Um."

Zhou Yi breathed a sigh of relief after hanging up the phone.

I have done everything I have to do, and leave the rest to God.

The village chief also smoked a cigarette vigorously at home. With Zhou Yi's current status, there was no need to worry about this.

Being able to make this call to yourself shows that you know something, so you just do it.

It’s not a troublesome thing, just go to the people above and apply for more fire protection equipment.

After Zhou Yi called the village chief, he made an appointment with Xia Xue for lunch.

Tell her this by the way.

Summer vacation is about to start, Xia Xue can go back first.

At noon, after Zhou Yi told Xia Xue the results he had made,

Xia Xue also understood what Zhou Yi meant.

"Senior, don't worry, I will go back and arrange it properly. After all, my home is also on the mountain."

There was a hint of melancholy in Xia Xue's eyes, but Zhou Yi couldn't see it.

"Yes. We have enough domestic water. Secondly, we also spend money to buy some fire protection devices so that we are prepared."

"Okay, senior."

After taking care of the things behind you,

On July 1, Zhou Yi boarded a plane to Finland with more than a dozen mathematicians.

What surprised Zhou Yi was that he thought he would go alone, but it turned out that mathematicians from Daxia Kingdom went in a group.

The leader, Academician E, said:

"Originally, we didn't want to go in person, but thinking that your achievements represent our country, we went together to build momentum for you."

Zhou Yi was a little embarrassed. Is this a heavy love from the mathematical community of Daxia?

"Thank you all."

Zhou Yi said to everyone on the plane.

If the mathematicians here are classified according to the university where they are located, Beijing University has the most.

Followed by Shuimu, Aurora, Huadong Normal University, Shu University, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Zhejiang University.

These are all colleges and universities with relatively strong mathematical strength in domestic colleges and universities.

The people present are all the pillars of Daxia's mathematics community. If anyone is mentioned, many undergraduates and master's students will cry and beg to study for Ph.D. under them.

Among those present,

There were only two people giving one-hour reports, one was Academician Hubei and the other was Zhou Yi.

Zhou Yi is the youngest among this group of people, followed by Professor Ding Jian, who is only in his 30s.

Professor Ding from Beijing University is a fierce man.

He received the Sloan Research Award in 2015 and the Davidson Award in 2017.

The Davidson Prize is awarded to young mathematicians who have made outstanding achievements in probability theory research in the field of mathematics.

The selection is held once a year, and the number of winners is usually between 1 and 3. Professor Ding Jian is the fourth Daxia native to win this award.

The last time Daxia won this award was in 1987.

The top three are Hou Zhenting (1978), Zou Jiezhong (1987) and Yu Yueqi (1987). Among them, Hou Zhenting was also Zou Jiezhong’s teacher.

It can be found that from 1987 to 2017, a full 30 years have passed before a Daxia native won this award again, which also reflects the excellent strength of Professor Ding Jian from the side.

Even Zhou Yi's teacher, Mr. Qiu, praised him.

It is self-evident for Mr. Qiu to praise a mathematics professor who went to university.

Zhou Yi curiously looked at these top mathematicians in Daxia, and these people also looked at Zhou Yi curiously.

Everyone sighed, it was true that there were talented people from generation to generation, each leading the way for hundreds of years.

At such a young age, if Kepler's conjecture proves correct, I am afraid that there will be another colorful page in the history of mathematics in the future.

Among them, the most delicious one is Professor Tian Shi from the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Miao Lai and Tang Ping put in good words at the beginning and asked him to accept Zhou Yi as his disciple. He hesitated for some time at first, but now he has made such great achievements quietly.

Regret, deep regret.

In fact, how did he know that Zhou Yi rejected the offer from Academician Yang of Chongqing Normal University, and it was fine not to study as a graduate student.

"This is Ding Jian. I would like to introduce him to you young people so that we can communicate more. There should still be topics for people born in the 1980s and 2000s."

Academician E said to Ding Jian on his right.

Ding Jian said very politely:

"Ding Jian, Zhou Shen, hello."

Zhou Yi didn't dare to rely on others. He had won two international awards, but he was nothing. He said very politely:

"Chongqing University of Changes, I am ashamed to be called the God of Zhou."

"Haha, you young people can communicate more. This is Huadong Normal University Liu Gang. He is also a young man. You can also communicate more."

Zhou Yi also glanced at this legendary figure and said hello:

"Hello, Chongqing University of Changes."

"Hello Zhou Shen, I am Huadong Liu Gang."

After a brief greeting,

Academician E laughed and said:

"As for your paper, our senior academicians at Beijing University who specialize in geometric number theory have read it and feel that it is very promising. Don't put too much pressure on you."

Zhouyi:...

You have organized a group to participate. If I had to certify it myself, I would be under a lot of pressure. But this is the certification process given by the father of the system. I just understood it thoroughly and carried it out.

Whether this can be proven by others, I just drank the water from the Yangtze River dry.

Then Academician E introduced Zhou Yi to the professors who attended the conference together.

There are many mathematicians born in the 1980s, and everyone is a leader in their respective fields.

For example, Shan Peng, a professor at the Qiu Chengtong Mathematical Science Center of Shuimu University.

Among them, the professor from Shu University said:

"Zhou Yi, I told our dean that if you come to our Shu University to teach in the future, I will directly give you the position of deputy dean."

Zhouyi:...

Just chat to death.

The others were a little surprised and asked directly to the deputy dean. Is this a bet that Zhou Yi can win the Fields Medal in the next term?

Or do you people in Shu University think that Zhou Yi is a sure winner?

This investment is huge enough.

But if you don’t go to Beijing University, it will be difficult to develop in China in the future, unless the local government is willing to support it.

Along the way, everyone got to know each other and chatted about their respective fields, without saying much.

Academician E was more interesting. He took the initiative to change positions with Liu Gang so that the young people could communicate.

During the conversation, Zhou Yi discovered that Professor Liu Gang had a great legend.

The undergraduate institution Liu Gang studied at was Jinling University of Posts and Telecommunications, which belongs to Shuangfei.

I just went all the way from Shuangfei to graduate school, PhD and postdoc, to the last school where I taught, each one was better than the last.

Of course, the school where I taught refers to the school where I taught before returning to China.

This has to be said to be a huge inspirational legend.

Up to now, Liu Gang has even participated in the International Congress of Mathematicians and given a 45-minute work report, which has made him reach the top in one step.

Let some people who think that Hua Xia Institute of Science and Technology is an orthodox institution see what it means to swim against the current, instead of holding on to the graduation certificate and degree certificate of their own school and talking about it.

Academician E, who was sitting behind the Book of Changes, had been listening. When he heard this, he interrupted and sighed:

"In today's world, what determines a person's upper limit is often not talent or origin, but thought, perseverance, and even hard work. Mr. Liu, that's great. How about joining me to teach at Beijing University?"

The three of them were speechless. These old professors took advantage of every opportunity and came to teach in our school without saying a few words.

Ding Jian also said at this time:

"When I took the college entrance examination and went to Peking University, I didn't choose the School of Mathematics at first, because I felt that it would be difficult to find a job after graduating from mathematics. The only mathematics course I learned in the first year of my undergraduate degree was "Advanced Mathematics."

Later, I transferred to the School of Mathematics. After I went to the School of Mathematics, I didn’t initially want to do mathematical research. I wanted to study mathematics as an undergraduate, majoring in mathematics.

Graduate students studying economics or computer science will do well in finding a job in the future. Later, in order not to fail the exam, I studied hard, but found that I was very interested in probability theory, and then I accidentally achieved some results. "

Zhouyi:...

Liu Gang:...

Despite Versailles, we are still good friends.

Accidentally got the medal that Great Xia had not been able to get for thirty years?

"Where are you Zhou Yi?"

The two asked at the same time, and everyone present listened with pointed ears.

Not surprisingly, Zhou Yi's paper proving Kepler's conjecture is most likely correct.

"I?"

Zhou Yi hesitated and said:

"I originally majored in mathematics because of our mathematics teacher. He said that if you graduate with a PhD in mathematics, you can make a lot of money. The settlement allowance is hundreds of thousands. My family is poor, so I filled out the application directly."

Well, the original purpose of people who make achievements is for money.

Ding Jian did it, and so did Zhou Yi.

The ensuing chat came to an abrupt end as the plane landed.

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