Great Country Academician

In the room, Zheng Hai had already inspected the suite as a whole, and after confirming that there were no problems, he put away the instruments and equipment in his hands.

After struggling for more than ten minutes, Xu Chuan looked tired.

Glancing at Zheng Hai who was arranging the equipment in his hands, he asked curiously: "Speaking of which, do you always do this when performing security work abroad?"

Zheng Hai thought for a moment and replied with a smile: "It depends on the situation, but most of the time it doesn't have to be so troublesome."

"Generally speaking, when people with your level of protection go abroad, they stay in specific hotels. Accommodation situations like yours are a bit mixed, so it's better to be cautious."

"Anyway, it won't waste much time to check more. Please be careful and sail the ship for thousands of years."

In terms of security work, to be honest, there are only a handful of people of this level in the country.

In most cases, people of this level generally appear in groups that can only be imagined and cannot be described.

To be honest, the security work for those who go abroad is actually very good in this day and age.

On the one hand, the motherland has become stronger and its external deterrent force is sufficient.

On the other hand, to put it bluntly, the importance of those people is actually far less high. In other words, for the entire country of China, they are not soul figures that cannot be lost.

The improvement of the system prevents them from being leaderless even when they encounter these accidents.

In contrast, in the country they are currently under, the emperor's security is really troublesome.

I guess the people who wanted to kill him could circle the earth.

For today's Tsarist Russia, it is probably okay to miss anyone, but if the emperor encounters an accident and dies, I am afraid it is not impossible for the split of the former Red Soviet Union to evolve again.

As for the existence of this person with this level of security among scientists and scholars, it probably goes back decades, right?

In contrast, when scientists or scholars visit abroad, the security work pressure is actually greater.

Especially for the man in front of him, there are probably as many people who want to kill him as there are people who want to kill the emperor.

Especially for the country opposite us, those who want to kill it may have to circle the equator.

So it's always good to be a little more cautious.

After all, for the Chinese academic community and even the entire country, this man in front of him is definitely the real soul.

Xu Chuan nodded and said with some hesitation: "If that's the case, is it really okay to hand over the entire security work to Alpha Team?"

Zheng Hai smiled and said: "Don't worry, although the overall security work is planned by Tsarist Russia, our people are also involved in the security work plan. Moreover, the core personal security is mainly our own people, so there is no need for this aspect. Too worried.”

After a pause, he continued: "But relatively speaking, I still recommend that you don't run around. If you need it. For example, if you want to go out to a certain scenic spot to visit something, it's better to say hello in advance, so that we can It’s better to arrange for personnel to investigate.”

Xu Chuan smiled and said, "That's not true. There are no must-visit attractions in St. Petersburg. Rather than going outside to see the scenery, I would rather communicate more with other mathematicians."

The quadrennial International Mathematical Congress is the most grand conference in the field of mathematics. Mathematicians from all over the world, even a college student or graduate student, can apply for ten or twenty minutes of report time to present themselves on this stage.

Compared with the scenery, it was obviously more attractive to him to communicate with other mathematicians.

The scenery cannot bring him much inspiration and ideas for academic progress, but communicating with these mathematicians can bring him a lot of ideas.

Especially those top mathematicians, the vast knowledge in their minds always contains knowledge and ideas that they do not have, and one of these may allow them to take another step forward on the path of mathematics.

The deeper he goes into the ocean of mathematics, the more Xu Chuan feels the depth and breadth of this ocean.

Personal ideas and abilities are just a small part of it. If you want to find those new continents hidden in the fog, you need to constantly expand your horizons.

In particular, the exchange of 'materials' with other lone boats on this sea is a top priority.

It's like when you are going through a maze, effective information can save you a lot of time.

This is also the main reason why he is willing to take some risks to participate in this International Congress of Mathematicians.

Because he hopes to go further on the road of mathematics.

Although to others, he was already at the top.

After simply resting in the hotel room, Xu Chuan changed his clothes and went downstairs to have dinner.

In the elevators and passages of the hotel, he met many scholars, and after recognizing him, they all actively greeted him.

Although the International Mathematics Conference will not start until tomorrow, the Talon Imperial Hotel is already filled with scholars from all over the world.

Not only mathematicians, but also many physicists.

Compared with mathematicians, the arrival of these physicists was mainly for Xu Chuan, or for the report of the Yang-Mills mass gap paper.

The importance of the Yang-Mills existence and mass gap problems in the world of physics is self-evident. It is the cornerstone of a grand unified theory.

Now, the first half of this problem has passed peer review and is officially published in the Annals of Mathematics.

The second half was also published on the arxiv preprint website by the same person, and his report was also held at this International Mathematics Conference.

Therefore, many physicists came to participate in this grand gathering of mathematics at their own expense.

After all, whether the mass gap is correct is related to the subsequent unified theory of strong electricity.

Although the person closest to the unified theory of strong electricity is undoubtedly the person who solved the Yang-Mills existence and mass gap problems, for many physicists, no one wants to give up early.

After all, this is the crown of theoretical physics in the 21st world. If anyone can complete its unification, his status and honor will not be comparable to Einstein in the 20th century, but there is absolutely nothing comparable to Ai Lao at the end of the 19th century. The problem.

This is not only something Einstein failed to do, it is also the direction leading to the Holy Grail of Grand Unification and the cornerstone of the entire physics edifice!

In the hotel's restaurant, while Xu Chuan was holding a plate and selecting from the buffet provided by the hotel, a suspicious greeting came to his ears.

"Professor Xu?"

A familiar voice came from the side, and Xu Chuan, who was holding a dinner plate, subconsciously turned his head and looked over.

What came into view were two young and middle-aged men, one with short black hair and a pair of black square-rimmed glasses, the other with long brown wavy hair and wearing a thin woolen sweater, saying hello. It's him.

When the three people's eyes met, Xu Chuan was stunned for a moment, then a smile appeared on his face, and he responded: "Schulz? Terence Tao? I didn't expect you were already here. I thought you would come here tomorrow."

The two people who greeted him were the two most famous scholars in the younger generation of mathematics besides him, Tao Zhexuan and Peter Schultz.

The former is called the "all-round mathematician" of the new century after Poincaré in the mathematics community, while the latter is called the "successor" of Pope Grothendieck, which is enough to show their status in the mathematics community.

For Xu Chuan, these two people can be called old friends.

He first went to Princeton for academic exchanges and reports in 2015 and got to know the two of them. In the following period, he kept in touch with them by phone or email. It can be said that they are quite familiar with each other.

After confirming that the figure in front of him was not mistaken, Schultz, who was more cheerful, walked over quickly. He originally wanted to give him a warm hug, but found that it was inconvenient to hold the dinner plate in Xu Chuan's hand and could only give him a hard hammer. shoulders.

"Hahaha, I really didn't admit my mistake! It's really you!" Schultz laughed and said, "That guy Tao also said that you couldn't show up here so early. It seems that he guessed wrong!"

On the side, Tao Zhexuan also walked over quickly, with a hint of surprise in his black pupils wearing glasses. After greeting Xu Chuan with a smile, he said, "I didn't expect you to come here in advance. I originally thought you would come over. I won’t see you until the opening ceremony or the last day.”

Xu Chuan smiled and said, "This is a grand event that happens every four years. It's normal to come over in advance to make preparations."

After a slight pause, he continued: "And there are many mathematicians in Tsarist Russia who are very powerful. I am ready to chat with them."

After hearing this, Schultz seemed to have thought of something and said with a smile: "If you are going to find Perelman, I suggest you give up this idea."

Xu Chuan glanced at him curiously and asked, "Why?"

Hearing this, Schultz shrugged and said, "You must not be the only one who has this idea. During this kind of conference, that weirdo probably won't meet anyone who comes to visit."

After a pause, he continued helplessly: "Of course, the most important thing is that I tried to find him yesterday, but his mother told me that he went swimming in search of inspiration, and then I waited there for an hour. Didn’t wait for him.”

If there are still 'dervish' in today's mathematics world, Perelman, who has proved one of the seven millennium problems, is definitely the one who best meets the criteria.

Proving the Poincaré conjecture quickly made him famous in the entire mathematical community and even academia, but this lonely and weird mathematician didn't like to expose himself to the public.

Not only does he dislike dealing with the media, he even disdains interviews with prestigious magazines such as Nature, Science, and Time.

In addition, he also refused the Fields Medal, rejected a million US dollars from the Clay Mathematics Institute, and even quit his job and lived in seclusion because he was frequently disturbed after becoming famous.

It is said that the mathematical community in the United States greatly admired this genius, but he refused offers from famous universities such as Stanford University and the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, preferring to "look for mushrooms in the forest near St. Petersburg."

Therefore, it may not be too difficult to visit this mathematician who is "isolated" and "socially anxious", especially during a grand event like the International Congress of Mathematicians.

Hearing Schultz's words, Xu Chuan was stunned for a moment, and then said with a strange expression: "But I sent him an email a few days ago, saying that I would visit him during the International Congress of Mathematicians, and he agreed?"

"ah?"

Upon hearing this, Schultz was stunned.

After being stunned for a while, he looked at Xu Chuan with doubtful eyes and asked hesitantly: "Are you sure?"

Xu Chuan thought for a while and said, "I think I can still distinguish clearly between consent and rejection."

The corners of Schultz's mouth twitched, but he quickly adjusted, quickly wrapped his arms around Xu Chuan, and said, "When are you coming over, please be sure to take me with you!"

He must go over and ask that 'bad old man' why he refused his visit!

Xu Chuan smiled and joked: "I'd better ask him for his opinion. If bringing you will also make me rejected, I'd better not bring you."

After hearing this, Schultz couldn't help but move the corners of his mouth again.

MMP!

This sounds so irritating!

On the side, Tao Zhexuan watched the two people's fight and joked with a smile: "Maybe compared with Xu, you are still one millennium problem short. If you can solve the remaining three millennium problems, Pei Lehrman will not deny your visit."

Hearing this, Schultz couldn't help but shook his head and muttered: "If you want to put it that way, I am not missing one, but three."

"God only knows how this perverted guy did it. One person has solved three millennium problems. It's really unimaginable."