Rule department scholar

On the same day, Zhao Yi moved into the dormitory on the fifth floor, living in a luxurious house, and his mood seemed to be different.

Not for the better.

But... more lonely.

It is a feeling of loneliness at the top, the loneliness of a master is really not just talk.

"When the research of a certain subject reaches the top in the world, what should we do?" Zhao Yi suddenly thought that he should do something for mathematics.

He thought of Qiu Chengwen.

Qiu Chengwen won the Fields Medal. When he was old, he returned to China to engage in education. He was very concerned about the development of domestic mathematics and set up a foundation with a large sum of money.

"Maybe I should also set up a foundation? With my appeal, maybe it's interesting..."

Zhao Yi thought.

The next day, a reporter from Central TV happened to come to interview. He talked about the problem of proving Fermat's conjecture, and the reporter suddenly mentioned the National Academy of Sciences.

"National Academy of Sciences wants to invite you to work with a high salary." The reporter said as if chatting. You, what do you think? Will you consider it?"

Are bonuses paid as salary?

Go to country D to work?

Zhao Yi felt insulted. He thought he never cared about money. How could pure academic and scientific research be tainted with money?

He suddenly thought of his thoughts before going to bed yesterday, mentioned another topic, and gritted his teeth and said, "I didn't think about work, let alone going abroad, whether it's country D, country M, country Y, or what country."

"I am now considering setting up a foundation to support young mathematics researchers."

"In the academic field, we are very short of scholars in the field of basic mathematics, because theoretical mathematics is difficult to produce results. Many young scholars originally liked mathematics, but because of life, work and other reasons, they had to switch to other fields, or simply early. Abandoned scientific research."

"This is a great loss, and there may be future Fields winners among them. So I decided to set up a foundation, dedicated to young scholars who do independent mathematics research, to help them continue to engage in mathematics research."

"I won the Shaw Prize last year, and the US$100 million will be used as the start-up capital of the foundation. After the foundation is formally established, it may be able to raise funds from the society."

Zhao Yi seriously talked about his plan.

One is to announce the decision to the media.

The second is also incidentally a response to the news released by the National Academy of Sciences: Do you say that the million pound bonus will be paid to me as a salary?Think I care?

When I throw millions of dollars into the foundation, it is tantamount to donating directly.

Am I, Zhao Yi, someone who cares about money?

Chapter 345 The laboratory is my home!

"I,"

"Zhao Yi,"

"Don't care about money!"

Zhao Yi told the reporter that he would establish a foundation and invest 100 million US dollars. Part of what he meant was that he didn't care about the bonus of the "Wolfskel Award".

Just wanting him to work in country D for 100 million pounds is a bit too much.

Also, having a foundation is a really good idea.

This can be mistaken for a charitable donation, but most importantly, use your charisma to do something.

Zhao Yi has always felt that what should be done for the development of domestic mathematics, and at what height, we must do something related to it.

Now he has stood at the pinnacle of mathematics, the king in the field of analytical number theory, and has become the most famous figure in the world of mathematics.

Perhaps, 'one of' can be removed.

If the scope is limited to the country, his influence will be even greater.

When he has reached this height, he should not only do research by himself, but also should do something, but he is unwilling to do the establishment of a mathematical institution.

First, it is too troublesome.

Second, it is a big limitation for yourself.

To establish a mathematics institution with oneself as the core is equivalent to spending a lot of energy on mathematics education, and the benefits of the education industry are very low.

The "benefit" here refers not to how much money is earned, but how many talents are cultivated.

Education is a job that needs to be done for a long time. If you spend a lot of energy, you may not get results. It may take ten years, 20 years, or even longer to establish a mathematical institution that wants to be influential and cultivate a large number of talents. time is possible.

He is very young.

Rather than devoting energy to mathematics education, it is more beneficial to do research on your own.

It is different to use personal appeal to establish a foundation. What he contributes is only the initial capital, and there is a "useless" appeal, and he does not need to do anything himself, and he can benefit many young scholars.

Many PhDs in theoretical mathematics in China have to engage in applied mathematics, or work in computers, machinery, etc. There is an important reason--

life!

People must live!

Mathematicians must first be able to make money and live a normal life before they can devote their energy to research.

The domestic academic system is very unfriendly to theoretical mathematics, because theoretical mathematics is difficult to produce results. Some talented mathematics researchers may not produce results for several years or more than ten years, but they may hope to solve some major problems. math problems.

In the past few years, ten years, how can we persist?

It is very, very difficult to change the domestic system.

Therefore, the establishment of a special foundation, in the name of the foundation, provides certain living allowances and financial aid to young scholars engaged in theoretical mathematics research, which may encourage more talented scholars to concentrate on theoretical mathematics research.

"Theoretical mathematics is the most basic, bottom-level, and most important science."

"Theoretical mathematics is the driving force behind the development of science. Many people know that European and American countries attach great importance to theoretical mathematics. They have many excellent mathematicians and theoretical physicists, and theoretical physics is a branch of mathematics."

"Theory is the principle, the most basic science. Only when the foundation is laid so that all technologies can be traced back to the source, technology will develop more stably and faster."

"I hope to see in the future that more young scholars can devote themselves to theoretical research, instead of talking about mathematicians, you can think of old professors and old scholars..."

Zhao Yi's description made the reporter laugh, but at the same time, he couldn't help but respect him.

What surprised the reporter was not that Zhao Yi established the foundation, but that Zhao Yi decided to invest the Shaw Prize prize money, which is 100 million US dollars.

This is no small sum.

Perhaps for some rich men, 100 million US dollars is nothing, and their assets are calculated in billions, but Zhao Yi is just a scientist and scholar, and if he has a bigger title, he will soon be promoted to an academician, but Academicians only represent titles, not wealth.

To put it bluntly, Zhao Yi is a pure scholar. Most of his money comes from completing projects, receiving academic bonuses, and normal salary.

In this way, it will not be much.

The interviewer estimated in his heart that Zhao Yi still has a little money, maybe 2000 million?Or a little more, but it doesn't make much difference.

For a billionaire worth millions, donating [-] million is nothing.

For a scholar worth tens of millions, donating several million RMB is quite remarkable.

It is a matter of proportion and of the size of one's fortune.

Besides, Zhao Yi is only in his early twenties.

If you are an old professor, you are old enough anyway, no matter how much money you have, it is normal to donate part of it, but in your early twenties, there are many, many years left in your life, and the future will be the best. When you have a wonderful time, you can make up your mind to donate part of the money, which is really amazing in comparison.

"Zhao Yi, he is different from ordinary people!"

"He is not only a genius, but also disdainful of money. He donates millions of dollars as soon as he asks, and is willing to make his own contribution to the development of domestic academics..."

"It's really great!"

……

Not long after the reporter interviewed, the news was reported.

It was originally just an exclusive interview with Zhao Yi, but it was reported in the form of a text dialogue, and it was only published on the official news, but it attracted a lot of attention.

There are discussions on the Internet about related things--

"Zhao Yi said that he would set up a foundation to support young scholars engaged in mathematical theoretical research, and personally donated 100 million US dollars!"

"He's so great, that's a million dollars!"

"One million dollars, if you say donate, donate!"

"Zhao Yi really cares about the development of domestic mathematics, and what he said in the interview is very reasonable!"

"I don't know when his foundation will be established, and I will definitely donate part of it!"

"support!"

Zhao Yi's establishment of the foundation was well received on the Internet, and the discussion was heated. Immediately, someone said sourly that other people had also established a foundation and donated a lot of money.

For example, Qiu Chengwen.

Qiu Chengwen set up a foundation with about the same amount of money to support the development of mathematics, but little is known about it, and many people have no reaction to the news.

Why did Zhao Yi receive attention?

This is actually the same idea as the interviewer. One important reason is that Zhao Yi is still very young. It is quite remarkable that Zhao Yi can use a large sum of money to set up a foundation to support academic development at such an age.

Qiu Chengwen is too old, so the feeling is naturally different.

In addition, it is domestic influence.

No matter how you say it, Qiu Chengwen is still a "foreign academician". He has not yet returned to Chinese nationality, and the feelings of Chinese people are completely different. He did win the Fields Medal, but no one knows how he got it.

Zhao Yi is different.

Although he has not won the Fields award yet, he has solved two well-known mathematical problems. The award is a sure thing. At the same time, he is still very young. He is an internationally recognized super genius, and his domestic popularity can be comparable to that of "first-line stars". Compare.

He donated a large sum of money and decided to support young scholars, which naturally caused heated discussions.

A lot of media also participated, reported on the matter, gave Zhao Yi a high evaluation, and discussed the importance of supporting theoretical research.

This is for popular science.

Many people don't know the difference between 'science' and 'technology', nor do they know the difference between 'scientist' and 'engineer' academically, and they don't know what kind of difficulties young scholars who are engaged in mathematical theory will encounter.

After a round of bombardment of subjects by the media, everyone realized that there are so many problems encountered in the study of mathematical theory, and they also understood why there are very few world-renowned mathematicians and physicists in China, so they realized that Zhao Yi decided to establish a foundation purpose of meeting.

While some media followed suit and reported, the official media also quickly took action.

"Renren Daily" and "Youth Daily" have successively written relevant articles, highly admiring Zhao Yi's approach, and appealing to domestic talents who value theoretical research.

The official media's affirmation is of great significance.

There have been more media reports on the Internet, and more heated discussions have been caused. Many netizens commented, "After the foundation is established, we must make donations and contribute our own strength."

The online publicity is still very beneficial. It not only gave Zhao Yi a high evaluation, but also made him feel a lot more relaxed. Several organizations and firms contacted him to help manage the foundation.

The foundation cannot be run by one person, and it is impossible for Zhao Yi to take care of it by himself, so he will definitely hand it over to a professional organization.

Zhao Yi didn't bother about this either.

"Brother Chao! It's time for you to go out again!" Zhao Yi quickly contacted Xu Chao and decided to let him be in charge of everything about the foundation.

He has two invisible assistants.

One is Xu Chao.

Xu Chao was in charge of the work, whether it was Yuan Zhongchen's team or the "high school four" decided to start a business, they all asked Xu Chao to help.

Xu Chao can be said to be a 'work assistant'.

The other one is Qian Hong.

Qian Hong is an invisible "Life Assistant". Qian Hong is responsible for delivering meals, washing clothes, etc.

Xu Chao is taking Zhao Yifa's salary, and he also has a certain commission in his work, so he is naturally motivated to work.

Qian Hong...

"You should also pay her some salary, or let her move in together... cough cough."

Zhao Yi thought about it carefully, and realized that this benefit would probably not be accepted by Qian Hong, and immediately thought of writing a book.

Yup!

The money will be spent soon, and of course some money must be earned back.

That's a million dollars!

"I don't know if "The Boundary Theory of Particles" can earn back 100 million..."

"I guess it's difficult!"