From small town academic to chief scientist

Back in his office, Zhou Yi continued to study Goldbach's conjecture.

Until after lunch, after Zhouyi woke up from his lunch break,

While looking at the reviewed papers, I called Cao De to learn about the situation.

Not long after, the call was connected.

Zhouyi said:

"Hello, Academician Cao, I am Zhou Yi."

Cao De said:

"Haha, Zhou Yi, I finally waited until you called me. Did Mr. Qiu tell you about the asphalt road project?"

Zhouyi said:

"Teacher Qiu told me, so I'm going to come and find out the situation, because I will probably have to teach next semester, and I will have much less time then."

Cao De said:

"Let me briefly talk about the current situation. This project is a transformative project we received after the National Research Center for Applied Mathematics was established three or four years ago."

Zhou Yi said on the other end of the phone:

"Academician Cao, please continue."

Cao De said:

"I don't know if you know, but our highways or asphalt roads in some places usually undergo minor repairs every ten years and major repairs every fifteen years. The average annual maintenance funds for this project are about 100 billion.

Therefore, we need to improve the service life of asphalt roads and highways. This is actually a key technology that we are stuck in abroad. "

Zhouyi asked:

"Then what is the service life of our domestic asphalt roads or highways? What is the service life abroad?"

Cao De said:

"It has been more than 20 years abroad, but only 10 to 15 years in our country. We have reviewed a large amount of information and literature, as well as their data and mathematical models. The main reason is that the mathematical mechanism is not clear and the mathematical model is unreliable. We need to re- Build a mathematical model and get a better mathematical model than before.”

Zhou Yi held the phone and used the mouse to mark out the unreasonable parts of the review paper while thinking thoughtfully:

"I'm afraid it can only be solved with the help of revolutionary artificial intelligence algorithms."

When Cao De heard what Zhou Yi said at Dongda University, he was immediately surprised. Is this the talent of a mathematical genius?

Regarding the sensitivity of the application, it is really amazing to draw inferences from one instance to other cases.

Although I had seen him before when I worked with Zhou Yi, I was still shocked to see this kind of talent when I worked with Zhou Yi again.

Cao De said:

"Yes, that's right. How about Zhou Yi? Do you want to join our project? Once this project is improved, it will benefit many people."

Cao De was afraid that Zhou Yi would disagree, so he continued:

"The journals published by this project and the contributions you make can increase your qualifications for the future selection of academicians of the two academies and stop other people's mouths. Secondly, there are corresponding bonuses, but they are definitely not as given by Bill's Zhouyi Theorem and 3n+1 Zhouyi Theorem. Lots of bonuses.”

Zhouyi said:

"Well, does the patent involved belong to you or the country?"

Zhou Yi felt that this might not only involve mathematics, but also physics and chemistry.

At that time, a lot of patents will inevitably be produced.

Cao De was stunned and said:

"I'll give it to you, but this is a strategic-level technology and it can't be passed on to anyone else."

Zhou Yi was silent for a moment, indeed, unless it is applied to other countries, then Zhou Yi said:

"Oh, that's good. After I finish reviewing the manuscript in five days, I can join your team. The manuscript on Zhou's geometry has not yet been reviewed."

Cao De said:

"Haha, it won't take more than a few days. Anyway, this is a long-term project and it will definitely not be completed in a short time. But let me tell you, you may be able to bring us a big surprise after you come."

It was now the end of the semester, and Zhou Yi should have nothing to do during the winter vacation. Zhou Yi felt that he might have to go to Dongda University.

Just when Zhou Yi was about to hang up the phone, Cao De said again:

"In fact, this technology is very useful. It not only strengthens the transportation hub in the southwest region, but also extends the life of the highways in the western region.

It can also advance some of our strategic goals along Southwest Asia. Sometimes it is not realistic to rely solely on trains and high-speed rail.

Cars are still the mainstay of transportation today. And it can also be used in black continents to earn their raw materials or money. "

Zhou Yi nodded and said:

"OK, all right."

After hanging up the phone, Zhou Yi thought about what Academician Cao said and this project. As Academician Cao said, I am afraid it is not just about saving 100 billion in annual maintenance costs, but something deeper is the focus.

Such as the influence of the country.

Technological changes will inevitably have a considerable impact.

It's just that Zhou Yi still doesn't know which section the mathematical knowledge involved in this belongs to.

Just three days after Zhou Yi reviewed the manuscript, Milnor made a cross-ocean call to Zhou Yi.

"Hello, Zhou Yi? I'm Milno."

The other end of the phone said with a hint of excitement.

Zhou Yi answered the phone and said:

"Teacher, it's me, I'm Zhou Yi."

"I have good news for you. Your paper has been reviewed and will be published in the Annual Journal of Mathematics today. Congratulations to Zhou Yi. Another world-class conjecture has been promoted to a theorem, and it still bears your name as a theorem. "

Milno said with a happy tone.

Zhou Yi said quickly:

"Thank you teacher for taking the trouble to call me so late."

With the current time difference, it would probably be early in the evening in Chou Country.

"Haha, did Mr. Qiu tell you that the Sloan Research Award in February will be awarded to you in the field of mathematics?"

Milnor smiled.

Zhouyi said:

"It will definitely come."

"Haha, the Mathematics New Horizons Award and the Mathematics Breakthrough Award will probably be awarded to you this year. Unless they don't care about rigor and authority, they will definitely not be able to escape. One award will be 3 million magnesium gold, and two awards will be 6 million. Magnesium gold, you are going to get rich, haha.”

Milno remembered something and continued.

Zhouyi said:

"It's not confirmed yet. How could it be so fast?"

Milno smiled and said:

"It's almost time. I originally heard that the Breakthrough Award and the New Vision Award were going to be awarded to two people. I had a few words with Deligne and Mr. Qiu, but they began to hesitate. So it has been postponed until now.

After all, you have solved so many major conjectures in mathematics, opened up new branches of geometry, created the bible of number theory, Zhou's analytical method, and won the Philippine Prize. Why are there two mathematics prizes lower than the Philippine Prize? Can't take it off. "

Zhou Yi felt warm in his heart when he heard this. As expected, he had the support of three great teachers behind him, and he was much tougher than others in winning the award.

Based on ordinary people's habits, it is estimated that they will be developed year by year. Since its establishment, there has been no precedent for anyone to win two mathematics awards at the same time. However, three big guys and some other colleagues have spoken, and it is not a problem to develop two mathematics awards in one year. .

Zhouyi said:

"Thank you for taking the trouble, teacher."

"Haha, don't bother. You should have gotten it in the first place, but it's just a bit shocking. Your talent deserves such a shocking result!"

Mirno's smile never stopped. There is no greater sense of accomplishment than having an outstanding apprentice.

The key is that this apprentice is different from one of Qiu Chengtong's apprentices, hehe.

"Haha, that's it, old man, I'm going to bed."

Milnor said.

"Okay teacher, goodbye teacher."

Zhou Yi said with great respect.

Even now that he has graduated, Zhou Yi is still enjoying the convenience they brought.

Zhou Yi was thinking, if he had not gone there to study for a Ph.D., would he have been able to win two Scientific Breakthrough Awards in a year? He might have been able to win one of them, and the other would be announced the next year. Of course, he might still have been able to win two in a year.

The Breakthrough Prize is known as the "Oscars of science" and aims to recognize the research achievements of the world's top physics, mathematics and life scientists.

It was established in 2012 by the Russian billionaire Yuri Milner and his wife, and is now led by Sergey Brin, the co-founder of Guge, Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, the co-founder of Facebook, and Mr. Ma, the co-founder of Penguin. , Yuri Milner and his wife, and well-known industrialists such as Anne Wojcicki, co-founder of the genetic technology company 23andMe, sponsored the event.

The Scientific Breakthrough Awards include the Life Science Breakthrough Award, the Basic Physics Breakthrough Award, the Mathematics Breakthrough Award, the Physics New Horizons Award, the Mathematics New Horizons Award, and the Youth Challenge Breakthrough Award.

The "Scientific Breakthrough Award" has a single prize of up to 3 million US dollars. Its prize money is far more than the Nobel Prize, but its authority, professionalism and popularity are far less than the Nobel Prize.

But money is very real, isn't it?

For people who do pure mathematics and pure theoretical physics, in addition to salary, these bonuses are undoubtedly a huge sum of money.

After hanging up the phone, Zhou Yi immediately logged on to Shuimu University's campus website and checked out the latest Mathematics Annual papers.

Sure enough, Zhouyi's paper has been published.

And my account also received an additional RMB 7.56 million for the first time.

Zhou Yi looked at the numbers on his bank card, and before he knew it, there were 16 million in more than half a year.

These 16 million are mainly the more than two million magnesium gold provided by Beer's Zhouyi Theorem and 3n+1 Zhouyi Theorem.

The remaining prizes provided only add up to about 100,000 magnesium gold.

Zhou Yi Zai wants to buy a house in Yuzhou?

I don’t know if I can afford a house here in Shangjing.

I guess it's enough.

I live in the teachers' apartment provided by Shuimu University in Shangjing, so there is no need to buy a house. There are also teachers' apartments provided by Yuzhou in Chongqing, so there is no need to buy a house.

The state is responsible for food, accommodation, and physical examinations, and there is no need to pay for it yourself. Apart from buying some clothes and daily necessities, Zhou Yi really has no place to spend money.

It seems that these more than 10 million are really useless, Zhou Yi secretly clicked his tongue.

For the first time, I felt that money was of no use.

It seems that I can buy a car.

Zhou Yi secretly said.

But it’s not necessary. It will work wherever you go. Electric cars are basically enough on campus.

At this time, many marketing accounts had already announced the news that the Zhouyi paper had topped the annual mathematics journal.

Looking at all the papers in the Annals of Mathematics, excluding the two papers currently published by Zhouyi, there are only eleven people with Bactria nationality who have published in the Annals of Mathematics.

It was published not long ago by a researcher at Huazhong University of Science and Technology. The associate researcher changed his direction and studied for a Ph.D. for 7 years, but after years of sharpening his sword, he finally reached the top of the Annual Journal of Mathematics.

Coupled with his status as a mathematician, he will definitely become an academician of the Academy of Sciences in the future.

Therefore, the news that Zhou Yi once again topped the Mathematics Annual has become popular again.

Many people commented under Zhouyi Scarf and Douyin:

[Zhou Shen went to Mathematics Annual Review like drinking water, but I was still losing my hair in order to publish an article. 】

[I guess Zhou Shen is going to advertise. Let me come up with a line for Zhou Shen. Do you want to think about the Mathematics Annual? Next research assistant. 】

[Zhou Shen’s net worth should be in the tens of millions. Two world-class number theory conjectures are worth millions of gold. He is extremely rich and handsome. Can I be your girlfriend? Anything is fine with me. 】

[What’s your name, Zhou Shen? You’re so big and bold, you’re called Professor Zhou! Dog head, dog head. 】

Zhou Yi took a look at the comment area. The proof of the 3n+1 conjecture was just published. There was nothing worth sending a scarf to.

It’s not too late to show off after winning the Sloan Research Award.

Putting down his mobile phone, Zhou Yi continued to review the manuscript. There were still more than ten piled papers that could be reviewed. As for the lottery papers, Zhou Yi asked Mudan to revise them.

Peony has been browsed in various journals since its birth. It is a trivial matter to give some pointers to the papers in the lottery.

Moreover, Mudan is extremely rigorous in academics and will pick out any mistake in a symbol, so it would be better to let Mudan give guidance.

Moreover, Mudan publishes fake medical journals every 20 days, and its level of pickiness about papers has become extremely abnormal.

Making it accountable is more than enough.

Nowadays, medical masters and Ph.D.s and various institutions simply don’t dare to make false claims. Once they make false claims, they will definitely be published by the mysterious peony Twitter account.

The most irritating thing is that they asked Twitter to ban the official account, but the official Twitter is not a fool. This is benefiting all mankind and can also bring popularity to Twitter. How can it be possible to ban the account.

Three days later, Zhou Yi finally finished handling all the matters and reviewed all the accumulated manuscripts.

Guidance is also provided for all the papers that were drawn.

"The review has finally been completed. After I win the Sloan Research Award, I will start a journal of my own. Then I will ask three teachers to stand up and help speak. It will be as high as an issue of a mathematics journal in Zone 2 or above."

Zhou Yi muttered,

"Other than going to Dongda University, it would be inconvenient to video chat with them here, and a lot of core information cannot be freely transmitted online."

In the end, Zhou Yi thought about it for a long time before deciding to go directly to Dongda University to try to solve this problem as soon as possible and then work on the next project.

As the New Year approaches, Zhou Yi feels a little anxious.

There are still many things to do after the New Year.

Of his five tasks, none of them have been completed, and they are all in progress.

Even in task three, there was no movement at all regarding the direction of physics.

Not long after, Zhou Yi booked a flight and then made a phone call.

"Hello, Academician Cao? I'm Zhou Yi."

Cao De said:

"What's wrong? Zhou Yi."

"I have read the data and various mathematical models you gave me before, but I haven't read some of the core information and I can't make a judgment. I plan to come to Dongda to participate together."

Zhou Yi directly stated his purpose.

Cao De was overjoyed when he heard this and said:

"Okay, I'll ask Yuan Zhen to pick you up at the airport. When will your flight take place? You can keep the invoice so that it can be repaid when the time comes. After all, this is to serve the country and the people."

Zhouyi said:

"Tomorrow's flight. There are no tickets today. It will arrive around noon."

"Okay, I'll ask Yuan Zhen to pick you up."

Cao De said very happily.

The next day, Zhou Yi came to this ancient capital of the Six Dynasties again.

The weight of history gave people an indescribable feeling. Zhou Yi took a taxi with Yuan Zhen and arrived at the special apartment where Zhou Yi had stayed before.

"Zhou Shen, I didn't expect you to be so hard to look at when we meet again."

Yuan Zhen said with an admiring tone.

Yuan Zhen still vividly remembers the scene of the last ICCM International Conference of Mathematicians and the scene when Zhou Yi solved the power grid.

Unexpectedly, Zhou Shen is back now!

Their project can be saved!

Thanks to lixudas2258 for the 500-point reward, thank you to Silent Chemo and HYTCGF for the 200-point reward, and thank you to Jagged Hoe for the 100-point reward.

A book with my friend Py.