I reach the pinnacle of life by learning

Wu Zhitian, the dean of the School of Mathematics, is slightly fat and looks like an amiable old man of Buddhist origin, but he was an out-and-out fighter against Buddha when he was young, as can be seen from his height, which is much higher than that of ordinary people.

Today, the Academy of Mathematics and Science under the Chinese Academy of Sciences held an academic seminar.As one of the distinguished academicians of the institute, Wu Zhitian is naturally obliged.

It was in this situation that Wu Zhitian met Mr. Zhou Shenxing, the Dean of the School of Mathematics of Tsinghua University.

Old Mr. Zhou was born in a bad family, he was thin since he was a child, and he was even thinner when he was old. Only his eyes were still shining.

As soon as Wu Zhitian arrived, Zhou Shenxing came over and greeted him.

"Old Wu, long time no see."

Wu Zhitian replied: "I only met last month, so it's not too long."

Qingguang University and Yenching University are not completely opposed academically, but the two universities are facing each other, so comparisons are inevitable.

However, although Wu Zhitian and Zhou Shenxing were not close, they had a good personal relationship. Otherwise, Zhou Shenxing would not have risked being assassinated by Mr. Yan to give Qiao Yu a chance at Qiao Yu's academic report last time.

Zhou Shenxing shook his head and said, "Old Wu, I said earlier that the Qiao Yu you don't want at Yan University can be handed over to Qing University. Although it is difficult to transfer students now, it is not impossible to operate..."

Wu Zhitian frowned and said, "What do you mean we don't want Qiao Yu, Yan University treats Qiao Yu well, it's not your turn to worry about it."

Zhou Shenxing smiled: "It seems that you don't know yet."

"what do you know?"

"Shen Congbin, director of the working committee of the Academy of Sciences, do you know?" Zhou Shenxing lowered his voice.

Wu Zhitian couldn't help answering in a low voice: "I know, what's wrong?"

"My teacher is his father. I sent a lot of money to buy medicine when I went to the cowshed to renovate. This kid kissed me and told me about it. I guess he wants to tell you directly, but he must avoid suspicion. " Zhou Shenxing took a sip of his tea, and with a shake of his hand, the big fan burst open, "Two days ago, the Faculty Committee voted to reject the file of Qiao Yuwan's project."

Wu Zhitian's expression changed on the spot.

"Does that Li Dongwei from your School of Biological Sciences have a grudge against Qiao Yu? Because Qiao Yu's academic qualifications are not in compliance with the rules, the people present were arguing over whether to pass the wages. Li Dongwei said that Qiao Yu's family is rich and does not need state subsidies. When voting later, I also voted against it. 5:6, just one vote short. You are flooding the Dragon King Temple, and your family is beating your own family.”

Wu Zhitian was furious, and immediately slapped the table: "It's really wrong, so what do you choose? Just see which doctoral student is poorer, and just pay the subsidy?"

After finishing speaking, Wu Zhitian rolled up his sleeves and stood up, "Damn it, your uncle, I'm going to settle accounts with that bastard Li Dongwei today, and tell him what the rules of the world are!"

Before he could take a few steps, Zhou Shenxing pulled him back.

"No wonder you have such a bad reputation in the Yenching School! You're good at mathematics, can you use your brain?"

Zhou Shenxing hated iron but steel: "Let's not talk about it, what reason do you have to find Li Dongwei? He speaks harshly, but he does things in accordance with the rules. It is against the rules for you to seek him out, using power for personal gain."

"What's more, you won this time, what should you do next? Take it to vote again? If you fail again, you have to do it again? Isn't this just making trouble for no reason?" Zhou Shenxing stuffed the teacup into his hand, "Put out the fire first."

The battle between school lords is extremely cruel, especially in Huaguo, a system that requires seniority.

Some people don't want to retire when they are old, and the people below have opinions.When the person above him is defeated, he becomes a dragon by himself.

A person with a high academic level does not necessarily have a high official position.

On this road, defined from the perspective of secular success, those who have gone the farthest, except for the top scientists, are often people who are of a certain level and who are good at internal and external relations.

The academic circle is pure, and if you have a high level, you will be convinced; how do you judge the level?See what awards you have and what papers you have published.

The academic circle is not pure. It seems fair to win any awards and papers, but in fact many of them are operable.

For example, Tu Youyou, who won the Nobel Prize, was not even selected as an academician.

But there is no need to be too negative, some light cannot be suppressed by the hand of power.

Wu Zhitian breathed a sigh of relief, and asked, "Am I going to just watch? I can't swallow this breath."

Zhou Shenxing said: "The review won't be approved until February next year. Don't worry, take your time. Besides, it's useless for you to find someone at the same level. You have to look up."

"It's best, and don't ask you to bring it up. Let the higher-ups speak for themselves. Otherwise, if this favor is owed, it will be in big trouble."

Wu Zhitian nodded thoughtfully.

Seeing that he was persuaded, Zhou Shenxing felt relieved: "However, you don't have to hold back on Li Dongwei's matter. Promote him in your Yanda for him, and I see where he will put his old face! Who Don’t you know he’s a flamboyant person?”

Wu Zhitian said viciously: "Of course it won't make him feel better. Who is not an academician anymore? Why did I judge the academician at the beginning? Is it to lick the faces of those old people? Isn't it just for revenge and resentment now? complain!"

Qiao Yu was the first to know about this.

After all, Dean Wu told him that he was full of ambition and felt like asking for credit, but unexpectedly, he got stuck at the juncture of the review.

Dean Wu was afraid that this matter would not be settled in the end, Qiao Yu was twisted in his heart.

Qiao Yu listened to the whole process calmly, and comforted him in turn: "Dean, it's okay. I'm indeed too young now, and I still need to get qualifications. When I go abroad for gold plating when I'm a graduate student, I should be fine by then. "

Dean Wu's heart skipped a beat when he heard about going abroad.

Would you like to go abroad, of course.

In China, no matter how powerful Qingbei is, it cannot change the hegemony of the European and American generations in the scientific research system.

But the problem is that once many people go abroad, they can't come back.

One of those stupid people like Li Chujie made a lot of money.

Wu Zhitian can't guarantee that Qiao Yu will do the same.

Wu Zhitian immediately said: "Don't worry, a plan for ten thousand people is nothing. There are several mathematics awards in our country. Let me help you run them. In any case, a twin prime conjecture is enough to win an award."

As soon as he left the office, the smile on the corner of Qiao Yu's mouth disappeared.

He really doesn't care about the list of the "Ten Thousand People Project", but if he doesn't want it, his senses are very different from others who don't give it to him.

He said in a deep voice, "System, send me Li Dongwei's latest research direction."

The system's mind moved: "Do you want to conduct a scientific research competition?"

Scientific research competition is a very common behavior in academic circles.

The ocean of knowledge is vast and has no boundaries, and most people do it in their own way.

But if two scientists happened to set foot in the same research field, they would have to be one step faster than the other.

If scientists want to win in scientific research competition, they need to keep publishing papers and applying for more funds. This is a snowballing process.

There is no retreat, the winners are surrounded by flowers, and the losers are devastated-people are not so tolerant of losers.

Not all investors are willing to burn money to make a comeback.

That's not called investment, that's called living Bodhisattva.

The most famous scientific research competition in the world is the Human Genome Project, the competition between oligopoly enterprises in the pharmaceutical industry and multiple countries.

The genome project that was originally scheduled to be completed in 30 years was shortened to 10 years.

If it weren't for this damn competition, Professor Zhang Kaiwei wouldn't have lost his job early.

Qiao Yu said: "Try."

The system was immediately in awe: "You are more masculine than I imagined."

This is a national academician.No matter how parallel imports are made, the food will not go anywhere.

If undergraduates are compared to "stubborn bronzes" who have just stepped into the scientific research field, people at the level of academicians are already "kings of glory".

"Stubborn Bronze" asked various institutions and groups for money, saying that they wanted to conduct scientific research, but no one paid any attention.

"King of Glory" stood still, and someone came to offer money.

Qiao Yu replied: "I also wanted to keep a low profile. After all, I was taking classes with Dr. Sheng, and I just changed from the bottom three to the bottom twenty. I think I am still far from a real genius."

But there are always people who want to give him a chance to show off, which is really annoying.

Li Dongwei felt like he was stabbed in the back.

I don't know which bastard it was, but he released the matter of his Ka Qiaoyu file.

The first thing he suspected was that the female professor who had been helping Qiao Yu that day was from Yanjing University of Science and Technology, her surname was Chen, and her name was Xinghe.But he has no proof.

The horror of gossip is that if you pay attention to it, it will seem to cover up; if you ignore it, it will be like a stick in your throat.

He couldn't stand up and shout that he didn't vote no—after all, he did.

Moreover, Ye Qinxue ran to Dean Qin's office every day these days, and he didn't know what he was muttering about.

Li Dongwei soon found out what Ye Qinxue was up to.

Dean Qin called him to the office, speaking softly as always.

"Academician Li, Academician Ye submitted two more projects recently. The school needs to share some money. After review, Academician Ye's project has been approved. You may have to wait for a while for the grant you applied for last month."

The flesh on Academician Li's cheeks trembled like a spasm.

angry.

"Dean, you are doing this unreasonably."

This is completely cutting first and then playing, and he didn't hear any wind before.

Dean Qin sighed: "Mr. Li. I didn't do it on purpose. Academician Ye has been very angry recently. Everyone knows the reason... The school's allocation is only about [-] yuan, which is nothing to you. Just be Let him extinguish the fire, or both sides will make trouble."

Li Dongwei snorted coldly: "I also follow the rules, what's the trouble with him?"

Dean Qin expressed disapproval: "The entire Yanda University, only Qiao Yu's file was rejected. You slapped several colleagues in the face."

Leaving Academician Ye from the School of Biological Sciences aside, the School of Mathematics was about to rise up and declare war on Li Dongwei.

Li Dongwei rolled his eyeballs, and clasped his tail ring with his thumb.

"Forget it, I'll let him do it this time." He said, "Old Ye is getting old too, and we all belong to the same academy, so it's just for others to laugh at us when we make trouble."

As soon as the door came out, Li Dongwei's expression changed: "The old and unrefined dog is obviously using this incident to attack me."

It's just that he couldn't think of any way to get the 80 back, so he had to give up resentfully, thinking that he was chased and bitten by a dog.

At this time, there was a new international mail lying in Qiao Yu's mailbox.

This is an invitation.

A few days later, the package sent from the American Mathematical Society arrived at the School of Mathematics of Yanda University.

Li Chujie made a phone call and asked Qiao Yu to pick it up, while he couldn't help muttering in the group: Why did the American Mathematical Society send a courier here?

Tian Cheng: It's almost the end of the year, and it is estimated that the annual meeting will be held.I also received.

Although Director Tian Cheng is not from the United States, he is a bachelor elected by the American Mathematical Society.

Today, there are no more than 300 people in the entire society.But this society holds the right to award a major award in the mathematics world, that is, the Cole Award.

Tian Cheng: Wait, Qiao Yu is not a bachelor, is he?

A few hours later, Li Chujie sent a message: ... Now it is.Qiao Yu said that Professor Hilton's selection of him as a bachelor has already been approved internally.

"Fuck, I'm not as good as an undergraduate student?!"

"While talking, I want to go to the Academy of Life Sciences to put sacks on Li Dongwei."

"If I remember correctly, do you have to present awards every time you learn to hold a meeting?"

Tian Cheng: If there were no particularly outstanding mathematical achievements in those years, the society would rather be empty than award awards.

Li Chujie: So what should be awarded this year?

There are two types of Cole Prizes, one is the Cole Prize in Number Theory and the other is the Cole Prize in Algebra.

Typically, the two awards are awarded alternately, never together.

Tian Cheng checked the calendar: Number Theory Award.

Li Chujie: In the field of number theory this year, among the scholars who are still alive, is there any research achievement that exceeds the "Twin Prime Number Conjecture"?

Tian Cheng flipped through the journal again: None.

The faculty members fell silent for a moment.

3 minute later.

Wu Zhitian: [Voice Message] Hahahahahahahahahaha or

Wu Zhitian: [Voice message] Look at you, you are quite old, and you know how to fish and paddle in the work group all day long, and it is still working time.Really, when will you come back with an award?Those at the level of the Cole Award are not required.It's okay to get a Third World Scholar Award.hahahahahahahaha.

Wu Zhitian: Cough cough, this kind of matter has not been settled yet, please don't publicize it yet.Hold your breath and wait for the news to come out.Let’s not talk about it, I’ll take a screenshot for Zhou Shenxing.

Professors of the School of Mathematics: ...

The Cole Award is a very valuable award, and no one in the entire Huaguo has ever won it.

No matter when, the first person to eat crabs is always particularly eye-catching.

He listened to what Zhou Shenxing said before.

Wu Zhitian pondered for a while, if Qiao Yu really won the Cole Award, then he would find someone to do things, and his back would be even straighter.

Wu Zhitian had already thought about who to look for.

Today, a certain powerful figure whom he sees every day on the news broadcast is accompanied by a secretary who was his student back then.

Although this relationship has turned a bit, but a little mention, it should not be a big problem.A leader is a good leader, and a word is more effective than what he said.

Wu Zhitian sent a message to Zhou Shenxing.

Wu Zhitian: There is a high probability that Qiao Yu will win the Cole Prize in Number Theory, the Huaguo Mathematical Sciences Prize, so there is no need to hurry.Although we are getting old, there are also people who sell favors, but the favors are too much to burn.

In the original plan, Wu Zhitian planned to let Qiao Yu win the mathematics award, and then operate it in secret, go to the newspaper, and ask the student to make a statement in front of the leader.

But if there is a Cole Award, this award is very pheasant and unimportant.

Professor Hilton literally sent pillows when he was dozing off.

Seeing him running around like this, Wu Zhitian's wife couldn't help muttering: "What kind of vixen is that Qiao Yu, you are not so good to your own grandson."

Because Wu Zhitian is in a good mood recently, he can't help shaking his head and answering: "If my grandson is Qiao Yu, I can wake up laughing from my dreams!"

After finishing speaking, I went for a walk with the bird in the cage.

Wu Zhitian's grandson also graduated from an Ivy League school and studied computer. After graduation, he entered Silicon Valley and got a green card.

Every Spring Festival, when his grandson went home to celebrate the New Year, Dean Wu became angry when he saw him, saying that he was fed into a white-eyed wolf by foreign ink.

The elders of their generation watched how the motherland rose step by step, and it was very sad and tiring to go.

Therefore, the most simple wish of the old scholars is to keep the fat and water out of the fields of outsiders, and then look at their own country, better and best.

The author has something to say: On June 2020, 6, the BUG was revised: Professor Hilton was mistakenly labeled as Michelle.