From small town academic to chief scientist

For several days, Zhou Yi squatted in the faculty apartment prepared for him by Dongda University and wrote a paper on composite materials theory.

The theoretical knowledge is already very mature, it just depends on whether it can be implemented.

If the experiment fails to achieve the results expected by Zhouyi, the theoretical direction may have to be changed to match the experiment.

Led by a senior academician and all professors from the School of Chemistry at Dongda University, Zhou Yi felt that there should be no problem with the experiment.

Zhou Yi only needs to mature his theoretical techniques.

The way the two materials are stacked, closely arranged in the form of stacked balls, and combined with the knowledge of physics, the hardness of the material will inevitably be greatly improved.

Finally, on the twelfth day of the first lunar month, after Zhou Yi checked it several times to confirm that it was correct, he gave the paper directly to Academician Zhang.

In the laboratory, Zhou Yi said:

"I wrote the mathematical theory knowledge in this article in great detail. It is not profound and obscure. I have explained every part in detail. With your level, you should be able to understand the ideas I wrote in a short time. "

Academician Zhang Tiande said:

"Okay, let's take a look as soon as possible. Won't you do experiments with us?"

Zhouyi said:

"I don't know if it's too late. The main thing is that I want to go to Chou Country to win a prize, the Sloan Research Award."

When Academician Zhang Tiande heard this award, he said with a hint of shock in his eyes:

“Among the chemistry awards, this award is also very valuable. In addition to the Nobel Prize, the Wolf Prize, and the Adams Chemistry Prize, the authority of this award can also be recognized.

As for the various major awards in mathematics, it can be regarded as the vane of the Philippine Award. "

Zhouyi said:

"I didn't want to go because it was too far away. People in Yuzhou urged me to go, and Teacher Qiu also urged me to go, so I went."

Zhang Tiande also learned a lot about Zhou Yi in the past few days, and said with some solemnity:

"Not only do they want you to go, but the higher-ups also want you to go. The next International Congress of Mathematicians is even likely to be held in the Kingdom of Daxia. This is something Zhang Yitang and Mr. Qiu fought for. It was not originally held in the Kingdom of Daxia. It’s because of you two that the organizing committee decided to change the location.”

Academician Cao on the side said:

"If we don't hold this meeting in Daxia, the worst we can do is Zhou Yi and Mr. Zhang not go, and then they won't be able to step down.

The most dazzling mathematicians of this century are none other than Mr. Zhou Yi and Mr. Zhang. One is the chosen son, the other has experienced hardships and experienced the world, and finally became a late bloomer. Each of them can become a legend. "

Zhouyi said:

"I hope I can come back in time to participate. It should not take more than a few days, maybe five days a week at most."

Academician Cao said:

"There are quite a lot of Chinese winners this year, 28 in total."

Zhouyi said:

"I don't know. It seems like they are all abroad. At first, I thought Xibei University was our domestic Xibei University, but it turned out that it was from the federal government."

Academician Zhang Tiande on the side said:

"When you say that, I seem to understand what it means."

"Okay, I wish you all the best and win all the big prizes in mathematics."

Academicians Cao and Zhang said at the same time.

Yuan Zhen once again acted as a driver and took Zhou Yi to the airport.

Zhou Yi was not very familiar with the airport in Jinling, but he quickly found a place to wait quietly. Not long after, Zhou Yi boarded a plane flying to Chou Country.

When Zhou Yi got off the plane, he was greeted by Tan Mingming.

"Senior brother."

Zhou Yi said hello cordially.

Tan Mingming immediately boasted:

"Haha, junior brother, you are really fierce. Originally, this award was only given to those who teach at Chouguo University and have good skills. Unexpectedly, you forced them to make an exception and asked them to deliver it to you in person."

Zhouyi said:

"Go to New Haven quickly. I'll go back after winning the prize. I still have things to do over there. I'm busy with various experiments and can't leave."

"boarding!"

Tan Mingming said.

Once on the road, Tan Mingming kept chattering:

"Experiment? Junior brother, you are not engaged in mathematics? I told you that Maynard and Harold Hoofgot are working together to solve the Strong Goldbach Conjecture.

I heard from colleagues at Oxford University that their progress is not slow. Don't make someone else's wedding dress or be a few steps behind others. "

Zhouyi said:

"I have to prove Goldbach's conjecture. I have been too busy recently, doing experiments, projects, and compiling textbooks.

There is also a large-scale unified entrance examination in March. It was originally scheduled for the Lantern Festival, but was later changed to the first weekend of March.

Naturally, the time spent studying Goldbach's conjecture was reduced. "

Tan Mingming said doubtfully:

"What is the large-scale unified entrance examination?"

Zhou Yi said calmly.

After Tan Mingming listened, the corners of his mouth twitched and he said:

"The top management in the country is really pampering you. This will allow you to hold a unified examination. Is there anything wrong?"

Zhouyi said:

"Teacher Qiu helped, and the senior officials of the Yuzhou court also helped, so it became a success."

Tan Mingming was an old guy after all, so he pointedly said:

"I'm afraid it's more than that. Forget it, let's not talk about it."

Zhou Yi said at this time:

"Senior brother, I am planning to set up a research institute for advanced studies in Yuzhou. Ahem, are you interested in coming back?"

Although Tan Mingming is at the bottom of Princeton, his level is still good. It will definitely be no problem to return to China and become a professor at the Zhouyi Institute.

Tan Mingming said without even thinking:

"No, go dig up other people at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, they might be interested, or dig up the other mathematicians at this award ceremony, they might be interested."

Zhouyi said:

"Yeah, this is an opportunity. Besides me, how many Chinese people will win this award?"

Tan Mingming said:

"Seven of them, three of them went to Beijing University, namely Liu Yuchen, Zhang Ruixiang, and Chen Lei. You shouldn't be able to recruit them.

You can try the other few, but they won’t come back to the International Mathematics Research Center in Beijing, and they will set up an unknown research institute with you. Junior brother, do you think it is possible? "

Zhouyi:...

Tan Mingming continued:

"Of course there are certain reasons for the domestic environment, but the fact that the domestic environment is getting better year by year is not the decisive reason. In short, two words, it is difficult."

Zhouyi said:

"Where are the winners in computer science? I want to know. There may be cooperation at that time."

Tan Mingming said:

“There are five Chinese scholars who have won awards in the field of computer science, three of whom are alumni of Shuimu University. They are Chen Danqi, Fang Fei and Gu Quanquan. It is also difficult. After all, they have top teams in their respective universities and have a lot of status. There are high expenses from big companies such as Amazon and Google.”

Zhouyi:...

"I came to get this award and wanted to recruit talents. I didn't expect it to be so difficult after what you said. I went. If I had known I wouldn't come, I would have asked them to mail it to me. Otherwise, it would be the worst thing to do. I might as well spend time with my girlfriend during the Lantern Festival. Stroll along the Qinhuai River and enjoy the Lantern Festival."

Tan Mingming said:

"Don't even think about it. That Liu Yuchen is a disciple of Academician Tian Zhen. He studied under him for his bachelor's and master's degrees. You can't even think about poaching the other people from Beijing University.

Four words, don’t even think about it. "

Listening to Tan Mingming's blow, Zhou Yi's veins popped out and he cursed:

"I don't believe it. I will definitely give it a try. The grudges of the previous generation have something to do with us."

Tan Mingming looked at Zhou Yi helplessly and said:

"Let's talk about it after you get the Philippine Prize, otherwise there will be many people stabbing the people in the back. I'm thinking that if it weren't for the strong support of your senior leaders in Yuzhou, it would be impossible for your Yuzhou Institute of Advanced Studies to be established."

As the two walked, Zhou Yi planned how to deceive a group of talents.

At least in mathematics, in addition to myself, a few big shots are needed, so that the prototype of the research institute can be barely established.

At that time, it will not be compared with Princeton Institute for Advanced Study, Moscow State University, Sorbonne University, Hopkins University, Max Planck Institute, and Ecole Normale Supérieure in Paris.

It has to be compared with Shuimu University, Shangjing University and other scientific research institutions in Asia.

At least the Yuzhou Institute for Advanced Study must be an Asian mathematics center.

Zhouyi said:

"If our Yuzhou Institute of Advanced Studies becomes a school as big as the Göttingen School of Mathematics, I'll see if you will regret it then."

Tan Mingming said while driving:

"Then I will have to kneel down and beg my junior brother to accept me in. The Göttingen School is the school founded by Gauss. Do you know how valuable it is? Later Riemann and Dirichlet Jacobi carried it forward, followed by Clay. It was carried forward and passed down by Yin, Hilbert, Hua Er, Noether Jin and others.

Junior brother, your courage is commendable. There is a slight hope that you can solve several millennium problems and promote Zhou's geometry and Zhou's analytic method. If your institution produces more than ten Philippine Prize winners, then there is great hope. "

Zhouyi:...

Gauss, Dirichlet, Riemann...

Can you do it yourself?

Zhou Yi said forcefully:

"There will be, and there will be quite a lot of them. If you don't believe it, just go and see."

"Then junior brother, you have to leave me a full professor position, hehe."

The two said jokingly.

In Asia alone, Eastern Economic University has produced many Nobel Prize winners and Philippine Prize winners. If you want to surpass this kind of university, Zhou Yi will have to develop for a period of time.

Many famous universities need time to accumulate foundation and talent, rather than just relying on one or two people.

After driving for who knows how long, Zhou Yi and Tan Mingming arrived at the reserved hotel.

"Do you have the contact information of those people who won prizes in mathematics? I really want to dig it up."

After Zhou Yi put down his salute, he said quickly.

Obviously, Zhou Yi took the affairs of the Yuzhou Institute of Advanced Studies seriously.

"Yes, why don't you go talk to those people from Peking University first?"

Tan Mingming said,

"Although I just hit you, there is still hope. Even if it is 1%, it is still a chance, isn't it?"

Not long after, Tan Mingming invited Liu Yuchen, Zhang Ruixiang, Chen Lei and other seven people to have dinner together as Zhou Yi.

When Liu Yuchen and others received the news, they were still confused. Zhou Yi invited them to dinner. Has the sun come out from the west?

Liu Yuchen said to the two of them:

"Did Zhou Yi invite you to dinner?"

"Please, it's a bit confusing. We basically don't know each other. How can we be invited to dinner? Besides, we who are from Shangjing University have very few contacts with people from Shuimu University."

Chen Lei said.

Zhang Ruixiang said:

"It's okay to meet people, just expand your network. With Zhou Yi's current mathematical prestige, it doesn't matter if you make friends or make friends. If you like people, you can contact them more. If you don't, don't contact them."

The others also received the notice, and they were not as worried as these few people, so they readily accepted it.

Zhou Yi invited them, and they felt very honored.

In the eyes of Huang Jingying, Gao Chao and others, it was only a matter of time before Zhou Yi became a master of mathematics.

Not long after, nine people sat at a Chinese dining table. After everyone introduced themselves,

Zhou Yicai knew where these people taught and in what direction they studied.

Tan Mingming acted as the messenger at this time and cut directly to the topic:

"Hello everyone, my junior brother Zhou Yi contacted you not only to get to know each other, but also to invite you to join the Yuzhou Institute for Advanced Study."

Chen Yuxing on the side asked:

"Yuzhou Institute of Advanced Studies? When did this institute exist in Yuzhou? Is it a new school established in the past two years?"

The six people looked at Zhou Yi in unison, wondering what kind of medicine was being sold in Zhou Yi's gourd.

Yuzhou is the southwest region. In the eyes of many people along the coast, it is where the Hundred Thousand Mountains are located.

It is a place that needs help.

Zhou Yi said at this time:

"Hello colleagues, Yuzhou Institute of Advanced Studies is still under establishment. After the Lantern Festival, it will be named in the domestic Education B. This is a university fully supported by Education B and Yuzhou.

At present, it mainly opens the Institute of Mathematics and the Institute of Artificial Intelligence. When it gets on track, it may also open the Institute of Physics and Chemistry. "

Zhou Yi briefly explained, letting them know that this was not founded by Zhou Yi alone, but was jointly built by the country and the local court.

Let them know the importance attached to it by the higher authorities and the importance attached by the local government. By then, there will definitely be no shortage of scientific research funding.

Everyone did not speak, but waited for Zhou Yi's next words. Zhou Yi said:

“When the Yuzhou Institute for Advanced Study is officially launched, I will directly serve as the director of the Yuzhou Institute for Advanced Study. If you are willing to come to the Yuzhou Institute for Advanced Study, there will be no shortage of funding and salary;

My goal is to build the Yuzhou Institute for Advanced Study into an academic institution like MIT and the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. "

Zhou Yi continued to talk about his thoughts and the treatment he deserved, and said nothing else.

For Zhou Yi, poaching one person is considered a success.

In the next few years, Zhou Yi plans to slowly dig out, and he will always dig out a few people to support the field. Secondly, if the apprentice he brings can meet the requirements of the institute, he can also join the institute and become an ordinary researcher.

Seeing everyone thinking in silence, Zhou Yi prepared to drop a big news and said:

"I'm close to proving Goldbach's conjecture."

As soon as the news came out, not only the seven people invited by Zhou Yi were cheered, but Tan Mingming on the side also looked dull.

How long has it been, just over a month has passed since the publication of the 3n+1 Zhouyi theorem paper, and now Zhouyi actually said that he wants to prove Goldbach's conjecture!

The significance of this conjecture will bring Zhou Yi's mathematical reputation in China to a peak. By then, the value of Zhou Yi's words will be infinitely magnified regarding various mathematical matters.

Public opinion will follow Zhou Yi's lead, unless Zhou Yi commits something treasonous, immoral, or unsafe.

Otherwise, the status would be unimaginable.

Licheng Cai of Rutgers State University of New Jersey said:

"Mr. Zhou, please let us think about it. Whether it is the Yuzhou Institute of Advanced Studies or the rest of the news, it is a bit big. It is impossible for us to make a decision in a short time. After the award is given, I will give you a definite news."

Not only Cai Licheng said this, but several other people also said this.

"Okay then, let's eat and wait for news from you."

Zhou Yi said.

Thanks to Mingzhiguitu for the 1500 points reward. Thanks to Zhao for the reward of 200 points.