The unparalleled talent of the country started from Harbin Institute of Technology

Chapter 118, Just a Paper, Enlightenment, Mathematics Exchange Meeting in the Small Conference Hall of Jingxi Hotel
In the office, Wu Congxin, Liu Taoshun, Shao Zongjian, Yang Xiuhua and others were all stunned, but then they thought, Wang Duoyu had refused to take a photo with the Hong Kong Commercial Daily last time, so it didn't seem like a big deal that he refused to be interviewed by the People's Daily this time.

Maybe he is born 'cowardly'?

Han Jue was dumbfounded and couldn't help but say:
"Student Wang Duoyu, this is a reporter from the People's Daily. Once they approve your interview, your name will be seen and remembered by people all over the country."

Liu Deben didn't say anything. He was also quite surprised and couldn't understand what Wang Duoyu was thinking.

Zhang Ailing said that one should become famous as early as possible. Although Liu Deben did not quite agree with it, he believed that there must be some truth to what she said.

After becoming famous, you will definitely be able to enjoy some treatment that ordinary people cannot enjoy.

In short, a great reputation is definitely better than being unknown.

Wang Duoyu responded expressionlessly:

"Director Han, if my name became known to the entire nation, and they even remembered me, would my scientific research capabilities increase? Would I suddenly be able to develop a high-speed array processor capable of performing over 100 million, 1 billion, or 10 billion operations per second? Would I be able to prove some incredibly difficult mathematical problem?"

After hearing this, Han Jue's face turned ugly, "Of course not!"

"Then why should I let the people of my country remember me?"

Facing Wang Duoyu's relentless pressure, Han Jue's expression became increasingly grim, his forehead filled with black lines: "Don't you want to be a professor?"

"Can you become a professor just by being famous? Then are all those nationally renowned writers also professors?"

Han Jue was immediately furious, but he still took a deep breath and said:

"You are so messy!"

"If you become famous, Harbin Institute of Technology will also become famous, which will attract more attention from higher authorities and attract more students during enrollment."

If the other party says this, isn’t it just being unreasonable?

I tried to reason with the other party, but he ended up using me as moral blackmail.

Wang Duoyu didn't think much about it and continued to ask:

"Harbin Institute of Technology is so big, Secretary Li, President Liu, they are all celebrities. Do they need a freshman like me to hold up the facade? Director Han, you are really underestimating Harbin Institute of Technology, aren't you?"

"Also, when did I become so amazing? How come I didn't know? Also, why am I being so unreasonable? Am I wrong? Is it true that I can become a professor just by becoming famous? Or will becoming famous improve my talents or abilities?"

Han Jue was almost broken by Wang Duoyu's rebuttal.

Fortunately, Liu Deben stood up at this time and took over Wang Duoyu's words and said:
"Mr. Duoyu, I don't know why you're so reluctant to meet with reporters, but People's Daily is a major national newspaper after all, representing the will of the higher-ups. We shouldn't offend them rashly..."

"Principal, don't I even have the right to refuse? Also, do we need to discuss something like this for so long? Isn't this a waste of our time?"

After a pause, Wang Duoyu continued:

"It's just one paper, and they're making such a fuss about it. If I write other papers in the future, won't I have to be interviewed by them every once in a while? Will I still have time for scientific research then?"

Wu Congxin, who had been silent the entire time, spoke up at this moment. "Principal Liu, why don't we just forget about this? After all, Wang is still young. There will be plenty of opportunities like this in the future. Showing off too much isn't a good thing."

Makes sense!
Wang Duoyu agreed with Wu Congqin's words. Although he was a young man, young people should show their talents instead of hiding their abilities.

Wang Duoyu understands the principle of 'being high-profile in work and low-profile in life' very well.

As for offending the People's Daily?
Haha, if he offended me, then he offended me. Wang Duoyu is not afraid at all, and he may even be happier.

If the People's Daily wants to belittle him, it should also ask others whether they agree.

Besides, Wang Duoyu doesn’t want to get involved in other fields. He just wants to develop well in his own field and doesn’t want to get involved in the entertainment industry.

The most important thing is that People's Daily is a serious newspaper and is completely different from the entertainment industry.

In short, Wang Duoyu doesn't want to be famous. He is afraid of the various troubles that will arise after becoming famous.

Others may not know this clearly, but Wang Duoyu was a professor at Peking University in his previous life. He is very familiar with the stories behind many scientific researchers, some of which are even shocking.

Becoming famous may be a good thing for the entertainment industry, great writers, etc., but for scientific researchers, especially top scientific researchers in certain cutting-edge fields, they may be just ordinary people in the eyes of outsiders, but in that field, they are kings, and they are kings with a discontinuity.

Therefore, people like them have become a thorn in the eyes and flesh of forces such as the United States and the Polar Bear Empire, and must be eliminated.

Although Wang Duoyu is still an unknown person now, and the research he is currently involved in is only pure theoretical research and ordinary computer-level research work, no one pays attention to him.

However, he couldn't guarantee what would happen in the future.

So try to take precautions as much as possible and don't be complacent.

Your name can be known to the outside world, but try not to let more people know your photos and other things.

Upon hearing this, Liu Deben nodded silently. Han Jue wanted to persuade him, but Wu Congqin interrupted him, so the matter ended there.

After Liu Deben, Han Jue and others left, Wu Congxin called Wang Duoyu into his office to inquire about the details.

The latter did not say much, only saying that he was indeed "socially anxious" and did not like to be interviewed by reporters. He did not need such fame, and did not think that this paper had any great achievements.

"Duoyu, you also studied mathematics. Don't you know the status of the Poincaré conjecture in the global mathematics community?"

Wu Congqin's mouth twitched and he couldn't help but sigh.

This Wang Duoyu is really hard to please, he is too humble!
Wang Duoyu was able to prove the Poincare conjecture in four-dimensional space. He is one of the few mathematical geniuses in the past half century. But when it comes to him, it is not a big achievement?

My goodness, the achievements that others can’t catch up with in their entire lives are not that big of an achievement in Wang Duoyu’s eyes. The look of disgust on his face as if he were throwing it away like a worn-out shoe really deserves a beating.

"Director, I know, but what does this have to do with my interview?" Wang Duoyu blinked and continued:

"If you have nothing else to do, I will go back to work. I am currently writing a paper that is at a critical stage." After hearing this, Wu Congqin hesitated to speak and suddenly felt extremely ashamed. He was a man in his forties, but his awareness was not as high as that of Wang Duoyu, who was in his early twenties?
Bang!

Starting from Bingcheng Railway Station, it sped all the way to Beijing, a total distance of more than 1,200 kilometers. It basically maintained a speed of 70 kilometers per hour and did not reduce the speed. Instead, it was delayed for more than an hour in the middle. It was said that some goods needed to be transported at Changchun Station.

So, when Wang Duoyu and his friends arrived in the capital, it was already five o'clock in the evening on December 2nd.

At this time, the sky had already darkened.

The one who came to pick up Wang Duoyu and his group was Secretary Li Rui, the head of the family. He brought a total of three cars.

After getting in the car, Wang Duoyu was arranged to sit in the back row, and even Liu Deben was only arranged to sit in the passenger seat.

"The situation in the capital is a bit complicated now. The arrival of Professor Chen Xingshen and his apprentice has made the capital even more restless."

In the car, Li Rui said with a serious expression:

"So, Wang Duoyu, when you meet and chat with Professor Shiing-Shen Chern and his colleagues this time, you must be careful with your words and actions. In particular, if they invite you to study abroad at UC Berkeley, you must politely decline."

Wang Duoyu didn't know what was happening in the capital. Everything was just Li Rui's guess.

However, what the other party said made sense, which was that I could not agree to study in the United States.

To be honest, Wang Duoyu does not need to go there to study abroad. If he needs to communicate with other physics professors, in addition to talking to Dai Wenyue and others from Harbin Institute of Technology, there are also a lot of physics professors in Beijing.

For example, the famous Zhao Zhongyao, Qian Weichang, Qian Sanqiang, Qian Xuesen and others, these people are all very awesome physics professors.

In addition, there are Chinese physics giants such as Yang Zhenning and Li Zhengdao. Although they are still abroad, they always return to China occasionally.

Not to mention, the next era will be one of great contention, and many people will go to the mainland for exchanges, so there will always be opportunities.

"Okay, Secretary Li, I understand." Wang Duoyu nodded to show his loyalty.

Harbin Institute of Technology treated him very well. Not to mention the two parents, Wu Congqin was also a very good person. So he basically only stayed in Harbin Institute of Technology for a few months, but he was very grateful and recognized.

The car arrived at a guesthouse near Zhongguancun. Wang Duoyu was not sure which unit the guesthouse belonged to.

The next morning, Wang Duoyu and his group arrived at the Jingxi Hotel and held discussions there today.

In an ordinary small conference room, Wang Duoyu met Shiing-Shen Chern and Shing-Tung Yau, and he recognized them almost instantly.

In his previous life, Wang Duoyu had met Shing-Tung Yau, who was a very authentic Cantonese person and had an easily recognizable appearance.

There are quite a few photos of the great man Shiing-Shen Chern, and Wang Duoyu has certainly seen them.

In addition, the younger version of Shing-Tung Yau and the 67-year-old Shiing-Shen Chern have not changed much in appearance, but their dressing style is out of tune with the people around them, which is one of the reasons why Wang Duoyu recognized them at a glance.

After meeting, we exchanged pleasantries and then got down to business.

Hua Luogeng and his companions were not there, but Tao Fangqi, Feng Kang and others were there.

Tian Shouzhong, an assistant researcher at the Institute of Mathematics, also came. When he saw Wang Duoyu, he felt extremely complicated.

The last time Wang Duoyu joined the Institute of Mathematics, Professor Guan Zhaozhi asked him to ask Wang Duoyu for help in completing the calculation problem of aircraft elastic control.

At that time, Tian Shouzhong couldn't help but look down on Wang Duoyu because he saw that he was very young. However, who would have thought that Wang Duoyu would complete the calculation task that required the use of a large number of functional analysis tools within an hour, which almost made Tian Shouzhong lose his mind.

I thought that Wang Duoyu had returned to Harbin Institute of Technology and we wouldn't have much contact in the future, but I never expected that this time Wang Duoyu would be even more ruthless and directly prove the Poincare conjecture in four-dimensional space.

The domestic mathematics community was shocked.

This paper has been published in "Science China·Mathematics". Tian Shouzhong has read it, but has not yet finished it and has not learned it.

If you can’t even understand the paper written by Wang Duoyu, how can you understand other things?
Not only that, the American "Annals of Mathematics" also published Wang Duoyu's paper in the form of a special issue. It is conceivable how big a fuss this guy Wang Duoyu caused.

I'm afraid that when Sun Wukong made trouble in Heaven, it was no more than the same thing, right?
"How dare I underestimate him that time? How dare I?" Tian Shouzhong thought to himself, gritting his teeth.

Now, he looked at Wang Duoyu chatting and laughing with Shiing-Shen Chern, Shing-Tung Yau and others. The other party was so high-spirited that he felt even more envious and jealous.

Tao Fangqi was both happy and nervous and worried. He was happy because Wang Duoyu's current achievements proved that his original vision was very correct. He was nervous because he was afraid that Wang Duoyu would really run away to the United States with Chen Shiing-Shen.

After all, he was planning to have Wang Duoyu come to the Institute of Mathematics to study for his master's and doctoral degrees, and he didn't want him to be abducted away.

Just as he was worried, Chen Xingshen and the others had already discussed most of the details. At this time, Qiu Chengtong suddenly took the initiative to ask:
"Mr. Wang, I wonder if you'd like to study abroad at UC Berkeley? With your current achievements, it doesn't make much sense to continue your undergraduate studies."

"If you are willing to study in the United States, whether you go to Berkeley, Princeton, or any other school, I can write a letter of recommendation for you. If you want, you can even become my junior."

Shing-Tung Yau is qualified to say this because he was admitted to the Department of Mathematics at the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1966, graduated in 1969, received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley in 1971, and became a professor in the Department of Mathematics at Stanford University in 1974.

Now, four years later, he has become a professor in the Department of Mathematics at the University of California, Berkeley, and is world-famous!

However, he did not have much qualifications to accept Wang Duoyu as his student, because at the age of 29, he was only seven years older than Wang Duoyu, but the latter had already been able to prove the Poincare conjecture in four-dimensional space, so he really did not have the qualifications.

What's more, his teacher, Shiing-Shen Chern, was right next to him, so he didn't dare and wouldn't compete with his teacher for students.

But when mentioning Wang Duoyu's name, Qiu Chengtong couldn't help but recall the extremely strange expressions of Hua Luogeng and others when his teacher called Wang Duoyu "professor" before, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

The address Wang Duoyu used when submitting his paper to the American "Annals of Mathematics" was simply the Department of Computational Mathematics of Harbin Institute of Technology, followed by his own name. He did not introduce himself as a freshman.

So, Shing-Tung Yau, Shiing-Shen Chern and others thought that Wang Duoyu was a professor or teacher at Harbin Institute of Technology, but they never expected that he was a student, and a student who had just finished the college entrance examination.

As soon as these words were spoken, the atmosphere in the small conference room suddenly became even quieter, and you could hear a pin drop.

(End of this chapter)