I Am the President of the University

"Old Xu, don't you understand yet?"

This sentence was like a knife stabbing into his heart.

At this moment, Xu Chenyang was disheartened.

It turns out that he is the only one who thinks so...

"\\bBut..." Xu Chenyang's lips trembled, and a wave of emotions surged through his body. \\b

"But, that is our motherland!"

"There are our relatives and our compatriots there..."

Yun Zhiwei raised his eyebrows and looked at Xu Chenyang in surprise.

"Old Xu, are you okay? A purely theoretical scientist has no country, because his achievements belong to all mankind. So our focus should be on theoretical mathematics research.\\b"

"Don't bring personal emotions into it, just ask whether the United States is more suitable for pure theoretical mathematics research than at home?" Yun Zhiwei asked calmly.

"The United States is indeed suitable for pure theoretical research, but Guanghua University is different!" Xu Chenyang explained.

"Why is it different? I also pay attention to Guanghua. It doesn't even have a mathematics department. How do you know there is a soil for mathematics to survive there?" Yun Zhiwei said lightly.

"..." Xu Chenyang wanted to refute the other party, but there seemed to be no supporting data for debate.

Guanghua is indeed a magical school, but only those who have been there can appreciate it.

He sighed slightly, his eyes dimmed.

He knew he had done his best.

Xu Chenyang didn't say anything, but it was Yun Zhiwei who persuaded him, "Old Xu, you said that we are 40 years old and have a wife and children. If you don't think about yourself, you should also think about them!"

Yun Zhiwei got married in 2011. His wife was previously an assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Southern California. Later, because Yun Zhiwei was recruited by Yale University, his wife was also recruited and became a faculty member at Yale University.

This time MIT recruited Yun Zhiwei, which also solved the family's job problems.

Xu Chenyang looked Yun Zhiwei up and down, as if he wanted to get to know the whole person again.

"Zhiwei, you have changed."

"When I told He Ying that I was going back to China, do you know how He Ying responded to me?"

"Say." Yun Zhiwei said.

"He Ying said something. She said: Once you are Chinese, you will always be Chinese!"

Xu Chenyang's eyes seemed to be shining with some kind of dazzling light, and his voice was so loud that it was thought-provoking.

"If mathematics doesn't abandon me, I will never abandon mathematics. If China doesn't abandon me, I will never abandon China!"

Yun Zhiwei listened silently, while Zhang Wei on the side was already covering his face and crying.

Xu Chenyang had given up on Yun Zhiwei and turned to look at Zhang Wei.

"Lao Zhang, let me ask you something, do you want to go out together?"

Yun Zhiwei was born in Changzhou City, Handong Province, and his family background is pretty good, but Zhang Wei is different.

Zhang Wei is a native of Dazhou, Tianfu Province, and was born in a rural area of ​​Dazhu County.

He is the second eldest son in the family, with an older brother and a younger sister. Both parents are farmers, and they run a small business to barely make ends meet.

The family is very ordinary, even a little shabby.

Zhang Wei studied in a village primary school for the first four years of primary school, and then transferred to Tiancheng Township Primary School in Dazhu County in fifth grade. It was from that time that Zhang Wei's mathematical talent began to emerge.

Inspired by his primary school mathematics teacher, Zhang Wei's interest in mathematics turned into obsession. Later, he participated in the National Primary School Mathematics Competition and won the first prize. This was the beginning of his cheating journey.

When he was in middle school in Dazhu County, he participated in the National Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry Competition and won the first prize.

Then, after being informed by the teacher, he learned that a classmate had been admitted to Chengdu No. 7 Middle School because he had won a national award, so Zhang Wei wrote a self-recommendation letter with the mentality of giving it a try. At that time, he didn’t know who to send the letter to, so he wrote "The principal of No. 7 Middle School accepted him".

Unexpectedly, I received a reply from Yang Nengsheng, the vice principal of Chenggong No. 7 Middle School, and became one of the five non-local students recruited by Chenggong No. 7 Middle School in 1997.

Because of his rural dialect, Zhang Wei has difficulty communicating with his classmates. He has almost no friends. He only occasionally chats with the classmate next to him. The rest of the time, he basically sits in his seat and does math non-stop. topic.

When he was in his second year of high school, Zhang Wei fell ill and his family's financial situation was not very good, so it was difficult for him to afford medical expenses. Only the teachers and students of Chengcheng No. 7 Middle School raised funds for him, which relieved a lot of the burden.

Later, in the year of high school graduation, Zhang Wei participated in the National Mathematics Winter Camp as a member of the Tianfu Provincial Team, and thus obtained the qualification to be admitted to the Mathematics Department of Peking University.

After graduating from Peking University, Zhang Wei went to Columbia University in the United States to study for a doctorate step by step until he achieved today's achievements.

It is no exaggeration to say that it was mathematics that changed Zhang Wei's destiny.

Otherwise, he might be in a field in the countryside of Dazhu County today, holding a hoe passed down from his father's generation, wiping the sweat from his forehead and looking up at the scorching sun.

But it was also the country's policies that allowed Zhang Wei to successfully complete his studies.

The country deserves Zhang Wei, but Zhang Wei today...

He took off his black-framed eyes, wiped his tears with his hand, and turned his head to the side, not daring to tell Chenyang directly.

"Old Xu, I'm different from you. I've made it this far and sacrificed too much. I can't afford to lose..."

Xu Chenyang closed his eyes and sighed with regret.

He stood up.

"It's okay. I respect your choice, but I'm sorry. I once thought we were comrades with common aspirations."

He shook his head, "It turns out I'm the only one who thinks so."

They also started from Peking University Mathematics, and then the three came to the United States to start studying for a doctoral degree.

Originally, he thought that everyone would take different paths, but just as the starting point was Peking University, the final destination would be to return to Peking University or teach in other domestic universities.

But some people dispersed as they walked.

He got it.

So, no more persuasion.

You can wake up a sleeping person, but you cannot wake up a person who is pretending to sleep.

"Let's go, see you again when you have a chance~"

Looking at Xu Chenyang's lonely back, Zhang Wei felt as if he had been stabbed hard by a needle, and the pain was so clear.

His lips moved.

In the end, he still didn't say those two words.

…

Walking numbly on the MIT campus.

He didn't know why the young man who worked so hard back then turned into what he is today, becoming so strange to him that he couldn't recognize him at all.

He could understand not returning to China in the past. After all, the domestic scientific research environment was indeed not good.

Based on its national conditions, China still does not pay as much attention as the United States to basic research, which involves large investments, long cycles, and unpredictable returns.

This is also a helpless move based on the current national conditions.

In addition, the current environment cannot compare with that of the 1950s.

In that era, people admired and respected science and scientists very much.

But now, the news of a star's scratched hand can cover up the news of the death of a scientist who dedicated his life to the republic.

However, in the past two years, domestic public opinion has clearly changed for the better.

Capitalists are suppressed, and news about celebrities will be covered up by the Olympic Games and scientists.

China is also gradually paying attention to scientific research.

Especially Guanghua University made him feel like he was at Princeton University or MIT.

Respecting scientific research and academics, valuing scientists and scientific research, and not just talking about dedication, but actually supporting scientific research.

"Even if I am the only one who insists on this path, I will not give up!"

Xu Chenyang gritted his teeth and said.

At this moment, a shout came from behind.

"Old Xu!"

ps: It’s a headache to look up the information. This is not to slander Yun Zhiwei and Zhang Wei. They are just novels. If there are any similarities, they are purely fictitious.

The next chapter will come later.