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When Ning Wei stood up from his seat, he was filled with emotions.

Really, he was almost moved by the fact that these big guys behaved more like corporals.

He had to admit that Astro Taylor's speech was really beautiful and he gave too much face. After listening to his speech, people got the impression that the head of the Google

It is also a special experience to be praised by these big guys in such a fancy way every day.

However, when classmate Jiang's handsome appearance flashed through his mind, Ning Wei quickly calmed down from the sugar-coated bombardment of capitalism. He looked up at the half-bald head with a smiling face. Without comparison, he was still the sugar-coated one at home. Cannonballs are more attractive.

The applause began to ring out, and the people around him clapped the loudest. Ning Wei turned his head and glanced at Yu Xingwei, and found that he was even more excited than himself. Of course, that's understandable. Not to mention that the best paper award at a top conference is still very valuable, not to mention that the person on the stage represents Google.

As we all know, Google is a company that has been working tirelessly for decades to be a giant. It only wants to pay without paying attention to the rewards. It is obvious that it can make a living every year by relying on the advertising fees of the advertising alliance, but it has to wave money just to extend its tentacles. Technology companies that touch every aspect of people's lives are the originators of the free wave. At their most glorious, they were able to extinguish anyone who was in trouble.

At the same time, Google is probably the only company in the world where less than 10% of employees in the money-making department account for less than 10%, and more than 90% of the remaining staff are R\u0026D giant companies that only spend money without thinking about making money.

This alone can exponentially increase Google’s appeal to ordinary scientific researchers. As long as you prove that your research will be useful in the future, you can get massive financial support, and there is no pressure to create profits in the near future. Who wouldn't like it?

Especially the Google How could someone not be envious and jealous when extending an olive branch?

So when Ning Wei walked onto the stage, he could feel the heat on his back. God knows how many scorching eyes were staring at him.

"Congratulations, Ning Wei, your achievements are amazing. I heard that Professor Wilson has already formed an editorial committee to compile the things shown in your paper into a textbook. We are very interested and willing to contribute to this textbook. It’s a small effort in the sky.” The Google boss said in a low voice when receiving the award from Astro Taylor.

Well, it seems that his future teaching materials will be funded by Google. Ning Wei nodded and replied with a smile: "Thank you very much for your support and attention. I hope I can have more communication with you during my Ph.D. Cooperate with us.”

Astro Taylor smiled and nodded. Apparently he had communicated with the big guys in the organizing committee and already knew about Ning Wei's choice. He was not too surprised and just said: "Okay, I look forward to it." I can cooperate with you, but now you should be like everyone else and say something to everyone.”

As he spoke, Astro Taylor pointed to the microphone not far away.

After nodding, Ning Wei stood in front of the microphone. He had no preparation, so he could only improvise. Fortunately, this was his strength.

"I am very grateful to the organizing committee of the conference for giving me this honor, but first I have to correct Mr. Astro Taylor's slight slip of the tongue. In fact, I am no longer an undergraduate student from Huaxia Jiangcheng University. This month, I have joined Huaxia Yanbei University and started studying with my supervisor, Professor Tian Yanzhen, and have become a serious doctoral student. Let’s not talk about academic level for now, but the degree level is really rising.”

The first sentence caused a burst of laughter from the audience.

No way, at the SODA conference last time, the phrase "I'm just an undergraduate" was really deeply rooted in the hearts of the young generation of Western computer academic circles. God knows how many young people would unconsciously make mistakes when debating a certain academic issue. One sentence popped out: "Do you think you are still an undergraduate?" The shocking effect was full.

Now that this guy is finally a Ph.D. student, at least most of the young people present can breathe a sigh of relief. We are all Ph.D. students, and at least they won't be looked down upon as inferior to undergraduates.

The laughter finally stopped under Ning Wei's constant pressure with both hands.

Ning Wei was able to continue and say the second sentence: "So I was actually very happy to win the best paper award today. Because this is the first paper that won an award during my doctoral studies. You may have also seen that although I I'm happy, but I don't dare to laugh, because I actually know that my tutor probably won't be too happy after receiving this award today. After all, when I came here, Director Tian felt that I was somewhat unprofessional. Everyone knows that I study mathematics. , computers have not been studied much. When I finished writing this paper, I chose to submit to the STOC conference purely because I was not sure whether the world of mathematics would be able to accommodate me recently, but I am still grateful. After all, if I did not submit I will definitely not win the best paper award at the conference.”

A passage once again filled the venue with joyful laughter, mainly the sentence "Will the world of mathematics be able to tolerate me in the near future?" This sentence really hit the point of laughter of many Westerners.

What a loss!

You must know that there are still many reporters at the conference today. Thanks to the person on the stage, a scandal with the princess has caused unprecedented media attention to this conference, although Ning Wei has clarified that there is no relationship with Princess Isabel. Such a complicated relationship, but the public's attention has not dissipated, so there are also countless reporters present at the closing ceremony of today's meeting.

Think about it, when Ning Wei's words were conveyed at the speed of light by the reporters at the scene, a group of big guys in the mathematics world would inevitably be questioned by a group of people, and even the authority of the four top journals might be questioned. Let's just say Everyone felt very happy.

It's just that this time he smiled, smiled, and gradually became quiet, and Ning Wei didn't even need to express more on the stage.

Because there are always people who react and feel that something is wrong. Well, you just brought a mathematics paper to the Computer Algorithm Conference to give a report at the Computer Algorithm Conference without doing your job. By the way, you also took away the best paper award at the conference. This is just Making fun of the math community? Isn't this just a mockery of those who specialize in computers? Especially those whose submissions were rejected this time, or whose papers were accepted but did not win any awards...

The sentence "Computers have not been studied much" suddenly felt a bit harsh, even making people cry.

I thought this guy just slapped the math world, but when I reacted, I realized that he had slapped him both front and back, with rain and dew on both sides. How could he laugh like this? This is damn oriental humor, so if the mathematical community doesn’t want to play with you anymore, it’s going to disgust our computer algorithm community, right? What the hell kind of logic is this? So your instructor is unhappy, are you going to make all of us unhappy?

Standing on the rostrum, Ning Wei didn't feel anything was wrong. After all, what he said was the truth. He was not notified in advance that he would win the award, so he said whatever he thought of in his acceptance speech.

For him, the silence in the audience allowed him to say his third sentence: "So I am really grateful to the organizing committee of the conference for accepting my paper. In the next doctoral stage, I will continue to work hard in my major. If next year I am still lucky enough to have research results, and I will definitely continue to work hard to share the results with you again at this world computer algorithm event. I look forward to our meeting again! Finally, thank you all again!"

So, haven’t you had enough of this thing? Still coming?

When this idea came to mind, really, few people thought that they should applaud.

So the first thing that sounded was sparse applause from the rostrum and the front row of the venue. It took a long time to reach the back row, but the applause was obviously not very enthusiastic.

The meaning of such lukewarm applause is probably, please be a human being! Damn your mathematics world, no one expects to see you here again!

Of course, the complex mentality of these young people could not be expressed live, so Facebook and Twitter became lively again.

"Haha, can someone from the mathematics community take away the Chinese doctoral student on stage?"

One sentence coupled with a picture of Ning Wei speaking on the rostrum will definitely not make people mistake him.

"The tragedy of SODA happened again. I thought this guy had changed his ways, but I didn't expect that he got worse!"

"I have decided to hate mathematicians from today on. My mathematician friends who follow me on Facebook, please block me. Thank you!"

"When he said the second paragraph, I actually laughed. I laughed so hard that I cried again! Thanks to Dr. Ning for rubbing my IQ on the ground again."

"I admit that he is an extremely talented guy, but his bad character is obviously directly proportional to his talent!"

"I just want to ask, Dr. Ning, is he polite when he gets the best paper award and still calls himself an amateur?"

…

When Facebook and Twitter started to erupt, Ning Wei had already walked off the stage with a smile, sat back in his seat, and asked Yu Xingwei leisurely: "How was my speech just now?"

"It's so cool! As a PhD student in computer science, I have mixed feelings after hearing this, but I think Academician Tian will be very happy, and he will be proud to have a student like you. The only problem is probably, you If you continue to maintain this speaking style of telling the truth until you don't turn around, you will most likely have no friends in the future." Yu Xingwei gave his opinion tactfully.

"Oh, that's okay. I already have a girlfriend, why do I need friends? Besides, we came to the conference to conquer, not to make friends." Ning Wei nodded and accepted Yu Xingwei's comments.

Yu Xingwei nodded, and then made up his mind in his heart. Next time he has the opportunity to attend a similar meeting with Ning Wei, unless the meeting is held in China, he must not have casual contact with other people, especially young people, other people's On the territory, he was afraid of being beaten.

No matter what everyone's thoughts are, after several team awards were awarded, the annual SOCT conference finally came to a perfect conclusion. Not surprisingly, Ning Wei once again made countless media headlines with his three-sentence acceptance speech at the closing ceremony.

The departure of some people is like waving their sleeves without taking away a single cloud.

Some people leave because the clouds are calm and the wind is light. They have to fire a few shots into the sky. It is best to attract violent storms and then run away.

Ning Wei is obviously the latter.

After all, he is a figure at the forefront of the storm, and with the help of a group of young scientists on Twitter and Facebook, especially the sentence "I don't know if the mathematics community can accommodate me," it has become the essence of the media's coverage. , it’s not a big deal to watch the excitement...

Ning Wei left early, and the big guys who participated in the meeting became the targets of reporters' harassment.

"Mr. Taylor, do you have anything to say about Ning Wei's acceptance speech? Has his paper reached the level of being published in a top mathematics journal?"

"Professor Wilson, what do you want to say about Ning Wei's paper, which was not submitted to a mathematics journal but was submitted to the SOCT conference?"

"Professor Roddy, you have always been very good friends with Professor Lucason Friend, the former Fields Medal winner. Do you have anything to say about Ning Wei's speech today? Or could you please comment on Lu? Was Professor Carson Friend's behavior in the previous paper incident okay?"

There are even more rude ones.

"Professor Smith, is it normal practice for seniors in the mathematics circle to suppress newcomers? Also, did you give up mathematics and specialize in philosophy because you can't stand those corrupt behavior patterns?"

…

The troubles of the big guys have nothing to do with Ning Wei.

Before today's closing ceremony, he contacted Feng Shaojie and made an agreement with this senior brother to take him out with Yu Xingwei.

After establishing a relationship with classmate Jiang, Ning Wei felt that he should bring some small gifts when he returned from abroad.

The people around him are not very reliable, so he can only think about what to give to himself. Based on his understanding of Jiang Chenshuang's character and the current stage of getting along with each other, it is probably only suitable to give something that is not too expensive but relatively relatively expensive. A unique little gift.

Upon hearing Ning Wei's request, Feng Shaojie pulled the two of them to a nearby large Costco supermarket.

"Believe me, the things here are of high quality and low price and will definitely meet your needs. In addition, I hope the gift you choose will satisfy your girlfriend." After Feng Shaojie parked the car, he turned around and said to Ning Wei.

Feng Shaojie acted very sincerely, but Ning Wei always felt that Senior Brother Feng had some evil intentions.

But it was time to come, and the three of them walked into the supermarket.

"For example, chocolates, you see, a box is only US$2.80. I brought chocolates from Canada to my girlfriend back then, and she was happy all afternoon." When he walked into Costco, Feng Shaojie pointed at the chocolates on the shelves and introduced them enthusiastically. .

"Oh? Really, then buy two boxes!" Ning Wei took the chocolates off the shelf obediently, and then asked casually: "By the way, Brother Feng, what is the reward that your girlfriend is so happy to give you?" ?”

"Haha... you are still young, there are some things I can't tell you..." Feng Shaojie answered with a bit of embarrassment.

"I think he might have been kicked out of the apartment by his girlfriend." Yu Xingwei said quietly beside him.