Ultimate Scholar

Time passed by and it was November.

Ordinary people continue to do what they have to do, but for the vast majority of scientific researchers in Huaguo, they are about to usher in an important event.

National Science and Technology Awards Conference.

The National Science and Technology Award is very important to any domestic scholar, especially those who are aspiring to reach a higher level. For example, if you want to become an academician, you often need to have the experience of winning the National Science and Technology Award.

In addition, being able to win an award will also be of great help in applying for funding in the future.

In the absence of world-class awards, the National Science and Technology Award is an honor that domestic scholars are chasing.

So, a lot of people are eyeing every award.

...

On November 2, outside the Great Hall of the People.

Scholars from all over the country stood outside the door, divided into several queues, and entered the hall one by one.

In this place, whether you are the richest man in the country or an academic giant, you have to line up.

While queuing up, familiar scholars are also greeting each other.

"Hey, Lao Chen, long time no see, long time no see, the chelation chemistry of carbon chains and metals that you did before, is very good, it seems that you will definitely win a natural science award this year."

"Old Shen, didn't you just bury me? The chiral metal project you did was called a safe one, right?"

"Hahaha, you can take it, you can take it."

...

Li Mu was also in the queue at this time.

He came with the researchers of the Institute of High Energy, and the researchers of the Institute of High Energy were also greeting other scholars they knew.

As for Li Mu, although he didn't know other people, most of them knew him, so he was called out by the scholars next to him from time to time, and they were all people who wanted to know him.

The academic circle is also a vanity fair, and no circle in the world is so pure.

In this way, following the team, they walked into the great hall step by step.

After going through the security check and entering the interior of the Great Hall, the space becomes spacious.

"Hey, Li Mu."

Not long after walking a few steps, a familiar voice suddenly sounded. Li Mu turned his head to look, and was surprised to find that it was actually Professor Wu Mengyuan.

And next to Wu Mengyuan are people from their School of Physics, Shanghai Jiaotong University.

"Professor Wu, Dean Qi, you are here too."

He waved his hand and walked up with Academician Yue Lang beside him.

Although they have been staying at the Institute of High Energy recently, their identities are still from Shanghai Jiaotong University.

"Hehe, of course we are going to come, maybe we will win an award?" Qi Tao laughed, "Especially Xiaomu, you might be very promising this time."

Wu Mengyuan also smiled slightly: "You can look forward to it."

As a result, academician Yue Lang next to him said abruptly: "There is no need to look forward to it, I think it is a certainty."

Academician Yue Lang's words made Wu Mengyuan and the others stunned, for sure?

"Do you have any explanation?" Qi Tao asked hastily.

As the dean of the School of Physics, he is most looking forward to someone from his school winning the award.

"Some time ago, Hu Yunping, the director of the Rewards Office, went to the High Energy Institute to find Li Mu in person. Don't you think this hint is not obvious enough?" Yue Lang said with a smile.

"It actually happened?"

Both Wu Mengyuan and Qi Tao were taken aback, and turned to look at Li Mu, wanting to ask him why he didn't announce his happiness to the academy before, but they just thought about it...

Forget it, get used to it, get used to it.

Li Mu has always been like this.

Patting Li Mu on the shoulder, Qi Tao said with a smile: "Then we'll be up to you to win an award for our School of Physics."

Li Mu didn't know whether to laugh or cry for a while: "I haven't even written off this horoscope yet, how can such a thing be so certain."

"Yep."

Several academicians and professors from the School of Physics nodded perfunctorily, all writing disbelief.

"Okay, let's go in."

Yue Lang glanced at the surroundings at this moment, and when he saw more and more people coming in, he greeted them.

They stopped talking and walked into the hall together.

Under the guidance of the staff, they came to their respective seats and sat down, and soon, the conference officially began.

The first is the opening process of the meeting. The figures at the big boss level first delivered a speech, commending the overall situation of the past year.

And besides that, there was one point especially mentioned in the speech.

"...For outstanding talents, especially young outstanding talents, we must provide strong support. I believe many people have noticed that we have a young scholar named Li Mu who has performed very well in the past two years. He is down-to-earth and down-to-earth. Many achievements of great significance to the scientific community have been made locally, and they have also caused great influence in the entire world. I also hope that all our scholars can learn from such scholars and engage in scientific research seriously..."

In such a meeting, Li Mu was stunned by the name-calling of the big bosses, and felt flattered in his heart.

Then there were many eyes around him looking at him, obviously full of envy.

This is definitely a great honor.

Especially the people from Shanghai Jiaotong University, they were even more excited at this moment, wishing to stand up and shout that Li Mu was one of us.

There are quite a few scholars from Shanghai Jiaotong University who have been invited here, whether it is from the School of Physics, the School of Mathematics, or other schools, and they all feel honored at this moment. \b

Of course, the boss just skipped this sentence, and after a while, the award ceremony officially began.

The highest national science and technology award was awarded first, and two old scientists who had made great achievements in the founding of New China in the last century came to the stage to accept the award.

For these two old scientists, everyone present gave warm applause to express their respect.

Without the hard work of the older generation of scientists, there would not be the environment they live in today, let alone allow these people present to do scientific research.

No one does not admire it.

After the awarding of these two old scientists is completed, the next step is to enter the awarding link of the National Natural Science Award.

The National Natural Science Award is awarded to individuals who have clarified natural phenomena, characteristics and laws and made major scientific discoveries in basic research and applied basic research. Generally, there are two awards: first prize and second prize. There are also special prizes that can be awarded for the achievements of scientific discoveries.

Since the establishment of the Natural Science Award, no special prize has been awarded. The natural science achievements that can win the special prize can only be obtained by making achievements like Einstein's theory of relativity.

As far as the current situation is concerned, basically no one would think about getting the special prize, and being able to win the second prize is considered good.

As for the first prize, it is extremely difficult to obtain, and the selection criteria are very strict. As long as all the declared items do not meet the standards, it is not impossible to be vacant directly.

So when the host announced the selection of the Natural Science Awards, all the scholars present began to wonder whether there would be a vacancy this year?

But it turns out that there is no vacancy.

"The first project to win the first prize in natural science this year is - nano-confined catalysis!"

"The winner is the team of academicians Bao and Xin from Tailian Institute of Chemical Physics, Huaguo Academy of Sciences!"

"Their achievements enable us to provide a constrained environment for the catalytic reaction system at the nanoscale, so as to achieve precise regulation of catalytic performance and make catalytic action more effective and efficient, thus helping us to treat coal, natural gas, etc. Efficient and clean conversion of non-petroleum resources."

"Invite the recipient to come on stage to receive the award!"

Amid bursts of applause, academicians Bao and Xin walked onto the stage with smiles on their faces, and then the big guys presented the awards in person and shook hands for a group photo.

Then, amid applause, Academician Bao walked down.

Then comes the second.

"The second project that won the first prize of the National Natural Science Award is - the creation and application of ordered mesoporous polymers and carbon materials!"

"The winner is the team of Academician Zhao Yuandong from Hudan University!"

Amid bursts of applause again, Academician Zhao Yuandong stepped onto the stage.

In the same process as Academician Bao before, he also took a photo with the boss, and then stepped down amidst applause.

At this point, everyone present thought that the awarding of the first prize was over.

Although according to the awarding rules, it is not stipulated that the projects that win the first prize are limited.

But according to the situation in previous years, in addition to vacancies, either one or two will be awarded, and it is basically impossible to award more.

So the second prize should be awarded next.

For a time, many scholars began to look forward to it.

The first prize is too strict to dare to think about it, and the number of second prizes is generally very large. For example, more than 40 were awarded in 2019. Maybe they will have a chance?

However, when all the scholars were rubbing their fists, the host announced again: "Next, the third National Natural Science Prize will be awarded."

Everyone in the audience was stunned.

The third?

"The project that won the third first prize is the proof of the hail conjecture."

"The winner is Li Mu from Shanghai Jiaotong University."

"Hail conjecture is one of the most famous problems in mathematics. Given a random number, after three times plus one and divided by two cycles, it will eventually return to the number '1', so is this rule valid? Is it fulfilled on all positive integers? Li Mu has completely put an end to this problem through his proof."

"The winner, Li Mu, please come to the stage to accept the award!"