From small town academic to chief scientist

After walking around the HKUST campus for a while, Principal Bao and others took Zhou Yi to their residence, which was also an independent apartment with all the appliances and everything needed.

And judging by how clean it is, someone should be cleaning it every few days.

In fact, for ordinary scholars or visiting top scholars, various universities have reserved hotels.

It is difficult to find apartments, but Zhouyi is an exception.

"Professor Zhou, this is an apartment specially prepared for you. I wanted to book a star-rated hotel for you, but I felt it was not suitable, so we gave up this apartment."

Principal Bao said.

Zhouyi said:

"Actually, it's okay to stay in a hotel. Living in an apartment will make it difficult for you."

Academician Ma said:

"It's not difficult. We have to greet Professor Zhou with the highest etiquette. Besides giving a speech, we also have something we want to discuss with Professor Zhou."

Zhou Yi was puzzled and said:

"whats the matter?"

Principal Bao said:

"Our University of Science and Technology is planning to hire Professor Zhou as our honorary professor. I don't know if Professor Zhou is willing. Just give him a title. There is no need for scientific research results or to teach graduate students. It is just a title."

Zhou Yi was stunned for a moment, and asked which university did the same thing. Zhou Yi forgot about it for a while.

Academician Ma on the side thought that Zhou Yi was unwilling, so he quickly said:

"We pay Professor Zhou an annual salary of two million, which is exactly the same as that of Dongda University."

Only then did Zhou Yi remember that it was Dongda.

"Okay, no problem. How about becoming a tenured professor?"

Zhou Yi said.

If you do nothing every year and get two million in wealth, just hang on to a title, why not do it.

If I stay on the job for life, wouldn’t I still be able to get a lifetime salary?

So much money!

When several leaders of the University of Science and Technology heard about Shengsheng, their eyes lit up and they immediately said:

"Then it's settled."

Several people seemed to have prepared the contract a long time ago. Under Zhou Yi's gaze, they took out a contract from the folder and handed Zhou Yi a pen.

Zhou Yi thought for a while and said:

"If there is any major accident at your school later that affects my reputation, I have the conditions to terminate the contract directly."

Principal Bao said directly:

"No problem. Let's change the contract again. Professor Zhou wouldn't mind making do with the printer in the house, right?"

Zhouyi said:

"do not mind."

Not long after, with the help of his assistant, a contract exuding the fragrance of ink was handed to Zhou Yi.

Zhou Yi glanced at it and found that there was nothing wrong with it. Then he signed it quickly and stamped it with a big red handprint.

"Haha, Professor Zhou, HKUST is now your home. This apartment will be temporarily lent to Professor Zhou. Professor Zhou has permanent rights of residence and use."

Principal Bao took the contract and said,

"How about holding a ceremony before the speech tomorrow?"

Zhou Yi wanted to refuse, but when he saw their expectant eyes and got two million for nothing every year, he said:

"good."

Even with money, you still have to do things. The annual salary of scientific researchers is not high. Some top university professors even earn less than 300,000 yuan per year.

It’s not as good as an advertisement from an internet celebrity.

No matter how small a mosquito's legs are, they are still meat. How could Zhou Yi dislike them? The more titles he has, the stronger he is. If universities all over the world ask him to be an honorary professor, it only means that he is very powerful.

A certain professor is an honorary professor at more than a hundred prestigious universities.

After everyone chatted for a while, they left.

Zhou Yi also took out his mobile phone and started making calls.

"Hello, Chief Wang?"

A loud voice rang at the other end of the phone and said:

"Professor Zhou? Why did you remember to call me today?"

Zhouyi said:

"It's a long story, but it goes like this. Aerospace J asked me to make a system. I've been a little stuck recently and wanted to refer to the core principles of Academician Pan's Mozi.

Don’t you want to apply to you guys? "

Chief Wang said:

"I'll ask the higher-ups about this matter to see if it's possible. If it's possible, I'll call you. If not, I'll give you a reply. I'll try my best to apply with you."

Zhouyi said:

"good."

Not long after, Zhou Yi finished calling the first chief in the mobile phone directory, and then called the second chief.

Zhou Yi doesn't know who has a higher official position and who has a lower official position, but it is always good to get a few more.

After some operations, Zhou Yi called the head of Aerospace J.

After a conversation, he also said that he would do his best to help Zhou Yi handle this matter.

"Professor Zhou, can we ask how sure you are?"

Zhou Yi's voice on the other end of the phone asked with a hint of expectation.

Zhou Yi is also very embarrassed, because it is not necessarily possible to come up with a new system by referring to the principles of Mozi. Now it is just to accumulate some experience and expand some knowledge.

It’s not certain whether it can be made. Maybe what I accumulated this time may not be used in this life.

But the person opposite is the top leader of Aerospace J. Zhou Yi said:

"Captain Zhou, I can guarantee you. At least I will make a system that is very convenient for communication in the solar system. As for farther, it will be difficult."

Director Zhou on the other end of the phone said:

"That's good, that's good. This is enough. We will include it in the planned development later. The most important thing now is to have the opportunity to land on Mars and colonize Mars as early as possible."

Zhouyi:...

Without controllable nuclear fusion, it is basically impossible to colonize Mars.

That will take a long, long time.

But with good information technology, we can understand the whole picture of Mars and its geology earlier than other countries, and make all-round preparations for manned spacecraft to land on Mars.

After hanging up the phone, Zhou Yi took out his notebook and was in a daze for a while.

After everything was on track, Zhou Yi felt that there seemed to be nothing to do. The bridge between quantum entanglement and mathematical theory could not be built.

It’s hard to ask for the LHC’s data in Zhouyi. It seems like you can only study mathematics.

Zhou Yi clicked on some documents on Polignac's conjecture and thought about how to construct a function connected with Zhou's analytical method to first solve the form of K=1.

When Zhou Yi was fascinated, a phone call woke him up.

Zhou Yi picked up the phone and it turned out to be Teacher Qiu.

"Hello. Zhouyi?"

On the other end of the phone, a strong voice rang.

Zhouyi said:

"It's me, I'm Zhou Yi."

"Do you know about the Scientific Breakthrough Award I told you about last time?"

Qiu Chengtong said.

Zhouyi said:

"Um!"

"Congratulations! You won two awards in one year, the New Horizons Award in Mathematics and the Breakthrough Award in Mathematics!"

Qiu Chengtong said.

Zhouyi said:

"Huh? Won two in a row at once? Where's Professor Zhang?"

Qiu Chengtong said:

"Yes, even if you win two in a row, Zhang Yitang will probably have to wait until the next year. Compared to him, your contribution is more important."

Zhouyi said:

"Hey, when and where?"

Qiu Chengtong said:

"This time I have won it specifically for you. The venue is Shuimu University this time, and all the disciplines involved will be awarded at Shuimu University."

Zhouyi said:

"Where's the time?"

Qiu Chengtong said:

"Probably September 25th. How long will you stay at HKUST?"

Zhouyi said:

"It shouldn't take long, maybe a day or two, or a week."

Qiu Chengtong said:

"Okay, it should be in time."

Zhouyi said:

"Um."

Qiu Chengtong said again:

"The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences may award the Crafford Prize this year. I was thinking that you should be nominated. I have already written a nomination letter for you, and Deligne and Milnor will also write it for you.

There is no news so far. I feel that the judges may still be making selections, so you should have a certain chance. "

Zhou Yi did not expect that he would have a chance to win the Crawford Award, and said:

"Thank you very much, teacher."

"No thanks, I personally feel that the opportunity is great, I should call you later."

Qiu Chengtong said,

"There hasn't been any wind so far. I'm covering it up really tightly."

Not long after, after chatting for a while, Qiu Chengtong hung up the phone.

Zhou Yi was also quite surprised at this time to have a chance to win the Crawford Award.

Among the scientific breakthrough awards, the Mathematics Breakthrough Award and the Mathematics New Horizons Award are also very valuable, but compared with the Crafford Award,

That's a huge difference.

The Crafford Prize, known as the Nobel Prize in Mathematics.

A world science award almost as famous as the Nobel Prize.

In the world of mathematics, there are only two people who have won the Fields Medal, the Wolf Medal and the Crafford Medal, one is Deligne and the other is Yau Shing-tung.

Zhou Yi felt that he might also be able to achieve this achievement.

It seems that as long as there are any prizes in mathematics, I will not miss them.

As we all know, the Nobel Prize is the most influential award in the world today, and is recognized as the highest honor for researchers, especially in the field of natural sciences.

However, the fields of natural science covered by the Nobel Prize are extremely limited, only physics, chemistry, physiology and medicine (the economics prize awarded since 1969 can also be partly considered to belong to this category).

Mathematics, which is very important to the natural sciences, is not included. Of course, earth sciences, astronomy and other disciplines that have made a series of major breakthroughs in the 20th century are not included.

Therefore, in order to make up for this shortcoming, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences decided to establish a Crafoord Prize in 1980 by Holger Crafoord, another rich man in Sweden. The scope of its awards is precisely the scientific fields not covered by the Nobel Prize.

So far, the Crafoord Prize is also a world science award. It was established by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1980. The fund comes from Holger Crafoord and his wife Anna-Greta. ) donation.

The awarding disciplines include mathematics, earth science, astronomy and biological sciences. They are awarded once a year to reward outstanding achievements in one of the disciplines.

Zhou Yi feels that if he can win this award, then the Crafford Award will be the most valuable among all his awards!

The Veblen Geometry Prize, the Cole Prize in Number Theory, the ICCM Gold Medal, the Sloan Research Award, the Ramanujan Gold Medal, as well as the upcoming Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics and the New Horizons Prize in Mathematics are not as good as the Crafford Prize.

But it also depends on luck. The big names in other disciplines are not bad either. Zhou Yi feels that it is understandable that he did not get it. After all, he is too young.

After Zhou Yi's random thoughts, he continued to look at the twin prime conjecture.

Early the next morning, after Zhou Yi finished washing up, he followed a staff member to the canteen for breakfast, and then started a series of processes.

The ceremony held was also very grand, and obviously the standards were the highest, as high as those of Philippine Prize winners and Nobel Prize winners.

After a series of processes, the time came to ten o'clock.

Zhou Yi, President Bao, Academician Ma and others rushed to the School of Mathematics of HKUST.

Started giving lectures to all the teachers and students of the School of Mathematics, HKUST.

Fortunately, Zhou Yi learned about the speech of Chicken Soup in the evening, so he still spoke with great passion, which made many students full of yearning for mathematics.

After finishing his lecture, Zhou Yi had lunch with the leaders of HKUST in the cafeteria.

"Professor Zhou is really talented in both civil and military skills, and his speeches can be so contagious."

Principal Bao said on the side.

Zhou Yi was embarrassed. These were all found by Mudan online, and then modified according to the ideas of college students. It was all Mudan's credit and had nothing to do with him.

Just as Zhou Yi was about to say thank you, Zhou Yi's cell phone rang.

Zhouyi said:

"Answer the phone."

"It's okay, Professor Zhou is busy first."

Principal Bao said with a smile.

When Zhou Yi saw that the call was from his apprentice Zheng Keyu, he knew that there must be a breakthrough or something was stuck.

"Hello, I'm Zhou Yi."

Zhou Yi said immediately.

"Teacher Zhou, it was very successful. We worked for a day and a night, and there were basically no obstacles. It was very successful. Now we are waiting to sign the contract and negotiate the share. We did it!"

Zheng Keyu's voice was so loud that even though Zhou Yi didn't turn on the speakerphone, the people next to him could still hear it.

Zhouyi said:

"It's good if it succeeds. I'll come over after dinner. I'm having dinner with Principal Bao and the others."

Zheng Keyu said excitedly:

"Okay, Teacher Zhou. We are all waiting for you."

After hanging up the phone, Zhou Yi said to Principal Bao and others:

"Our system is very successful. After dinner, I am going to see how smart it is in person."

Principal Bao said:

"Okay. Let's go there together. We also want to see what amazing system Professor Zhou's team has made. If Professor Zhou can do it for so long, there must be something extraordinary about it."

Not long after, Zhou Yi and others finished their meal and went straight to the laboratory.

Liu Qingfeng said:

"Professor Zhou, you are here. Hello, Principal Bao and Academician Ma."

"Hello, Professor Zhou, President Bao, and Academician Ma."

People in the team and various assistants greeted each other one after another.

The excitement on their faces was palpable.

Zhouyi said:

"Is there no problem with the new system experiment?"

Liu Qingfeng said:

"There is no problem. The new system is combined with some chips produced in our country. The smart refrigerator can automatically adjust according to the temperature of the ingredients in the refrigerator drawer to achieve the preservation effect of "different temperatures in the same warehouse."

As for other remote controls, using our exclusive APP is even more hassle-free. Do you want to experience it? "

Zhouyi said:

"Come on, take us to experience it. We will see if we can become the top of the industry and surpass the artificial intelligence level of foreign companies such as Apple, Google, and Mata."

Liu Qingfeng said:

"Haha, let's go. Principal Bao, Academician Ma and all the scientists, come and experience our new smart home."