A genius? I just love studying.

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With mixed feelings, Chen Hui walked towards the visa interview counter.

Behind him stood a young man, who was also looking at the middle-aged man. Or rather, the entire hall was watching the middle-aged man; he had become the most eye-catching person in the room.

Many people couldn't help but burst out laughing.

The young man and Chen Hui exchanged a glance, both feeling somewhat amused and exasperated.

After settling down at the counter, the visa officer watched the farce unfolding in the hall with a rather complicated expression.

Why are you going to France?

After Chen Hui sat down, the visa officer asked seriously, while carefully reviewing Chen Hui's application materials.

"I'm participating in the IMO. Also, I don't speak French, so please communicate in Chinese."

The interviewer looked up at Chen Hui, his eyes filled with astonishment. "You don't speak French, so how did you understand what I was saying?"
After glancing at the materials on the table, he spoke again, this time in Chinese, "Congratulations on representing China at such a young age at the IMO. Have you considered studying in France next?"

"No, I've already signed a contract with Jiangcheng University and will enroll after the IMO."

"So, do you think this competition is worth such a large travel expense?"

"???"

Hearing this question, Chen Hui was a little taken aback. "You've been in China for a while now, haven't you?"

"Could you perhaps look into the matter a little? All the expenses for participating in the IMO are reimbursed by China, so I don't need to bear them."

"Otherwise, why do you think I would go to France?"

"Do you want to see just how dirty the streets are, how awful the subway smells, and whether French thieves can steal my phone and wallet? Or do you want to see which river, the Seine or the Ganges, has more microorganisms?"

The visa officer was taken aback by Chen Hui's retort, but quickly recovered. "Mr. Chen Hui, please don't get agitated. Please believe me, the streets in France are clean, no worse than those in Jiangcheng. We are already working very hard to address the security issues. The Seine River is also much better than the Ganges. Your visa has been approved. If you don't believe me, you can go and see for yourself!"

Looking at the visa officer stamping the visa, Chen Hui didn't know what to say. He couldn't help but think of the middle-aged man who had just been "invited" out by the security guard.

"Awesome, bro!"

Chen Hui stood up, and the young man behind him involuntarily gave him a thumbs up. People queuing at the surrounding counters also looked at Chen Hui with admiration in their eyes.

After Chen Hui left, the young man couldn't wait to sit down at the counter. Before the visa officer could even ask any questions, he eagerly asked, "I've heard that French perfumes are famous because you don't like to take baths. Is that true?"

Chen Hui was worried for his brother.

As soon as I stepped out of the visa hall, a text message arrived.

Chen Hui thought it was news of his visa approval, but he didn't expect it to be news of the bank deposit arriving.

Immediately after, Zhao Defeng received a WeChat message: "The school bonus has been credited to your account!"

"It's summer vacation now, so it's a little slower, but don't worry, the school won't shortchange you on your bonus!"

The gold medal from Asai and the interview fee from the admissions office of Rongcheng University were used partly to pay off the family's debts, and partly to leave some for my uncle and aunt. There was still more than 170,000 yuan left. With the bonus from the CMO gold medal, there was still more than 230,000 yuan in the bank account.

Now that all of his family's debts have been paid off, Chen Hui feels more at ease than ever before.

He originally intended to give all the money to his uncle and aunt, but they said he was grown up and would be in charge of the family's money from now on, so they refused to give it to him, and Chen Hui didn't force them.

Back at Luojia Mountain Villa, Li Zehan and Chen Ling'er went to the library to study. They already had visas, valid for five years with multiple entries, so they didn't need to reapply. Although their visas were from the Netherlands, not France, it was still convenient since both countries are Schengen Area.

The training camp was supposed to last only half a month, but since going to the IMO is a group activity, the last six athletes did not leave Jiangcheng University after the training camp was completed. Instead, they waited to go to France together to participate in the IMO.

They still had teachers giving lessons, but it became a half-day class followed by half-day free time. As for Chen Hui, he was free all day.

Sit down in front of the computer and open WPS.

Chen Hui had almost finished his paper on Diophantine equations. It was just a summary of the problem-solving approach he had learned in class that day, and it wasn't particularly difficult.

If Chen Hui hadn't been neglecting his work on the paper these past few days, it wouldn't have taken so long to complete.

However, the gains over the past two weeks have been substantial. With a thought, Chen Hui summoned the data panel.

[Host: Chen Hui
Chinese Level 2 (6%)

Mathematics Level 3 (3%)

English Level 3 (1%)

Physics Level 2 (72%)

Chemistry Level 2 (0%)

Biology Level 2 (0%)

Physical Education Level 2 (0%)

Geography Level 2 (0%)

History Level 2 (0%)

Political Level 2 (23%)

】

The 4% increase in his Chinese language proficiency was within Chen Hui's expectations. With the improvement of his basic attributes, even if he did nothing but open his eyes to the world every day, his proficiency in Chinese would gradually increase.

As his math skills improved to level 3, the rate of improvement in proficiency slowed down again. However, apart from writing papers and researching materials, he hadn't spent much time studying math these days, so the 3% improvement was within expectations.

His English level also improved to level 3 yesterday. As he expected, nothing happened. Obviously, he would only get free attribute points if he improved to a higher level for the first time or improved all subjects to the highest level.

To Chen Hui's excitement, with his major now clear, the five subjects—Chinese, English, Geography, History, and Politics—have turned gray. Chen Hui guesses that this probably means he won't need to worry about these five subjects anymore; he only needs to raise Physics, Chemistry, and Biology to level 3 to gain free attribute points.

Furthermore, the fact that the five subjects turned gray does not mean that the five subjects cannot be improved. His proficiency in politics is the best proof. After more than half a month of study, his proficiency in politics actually increased by 23% again. It can be said that his heart is red and cannot be hidden.

What troubled Chen Hui was that while obtaining free attribute points was certainly good, it was also worthwhile to spend a lot of time learning biology and chemistry, which he didn't need. Chen Hui was still hesitant about whether it was necessary.

These days, his proficiency in physics, which he specializes in, has reached 72%, a rate of improvement that has left Chen Hui speechless.

However, this is easy to understand. Mathematics is the foundation of physics. With a level 3 mathematical foundation, plus the basic attributes that can be considered geniuses nowadays, it is only natural for him to learn physics.

The only thing that Chen Hui couldn't understand was that his original level 2 physical proficiency of 1% had become 0%.

Can proficiency really decrease?

Practice makes perfect, right?

He admitted that he had been engrossed in studying these days and lacked exercise, relying on his electric scooter to get to and from get out of class, but the drop in proficiency was indeed a bit too outrageous.

"I'm not riding my electric scooter to and from get out of class anymore!"

After much painful reflection, Chen Hui also understood the importance of health.

Next, I will naturally continue to study physics, first raising my physics proficiency to level 3, and then continue to improve my math proficiency, striving to solve the problems from that seminar as soon as possible, and striving to publish my first paper in the Big Four.

However, before that, let's publish this paper on the solution to the Diophantine equation.

Even a small mosquito bite is still meat, and Chen Hui was somewhat hopeful that this paper, published in a core journal, might also earn him some freedom attribute points.

After thinking it over, Chen Hui sent another email to his teacher. He knew he needed to inform his teacher about publishing the paper. ...

In the fifth floor of the research building of the School of Mathematics and Statistics at Jiangcheng University, Yuan Xinyi sat in his office, staring blankly at the computer screen, his heart filled with mixed feelings.

"Success!"

The method proposed by Chen Hui has been verified by supercomputing and perfectly meets expectations!
In other words, all obstacles in his way have been cleared away. Now, all he needs to do is organize his research findings from these years and wait to publish papers and win awards!

Proving the Langlands Programme was such a significant success that it was destined to win the Fields Medal.

China's first Fields Medal winner in mathematics!
Even someone as composed as Yuan Xinyi couldn't help but feel his heart surge with emotion at this thought.

However, he soon fell into deep thought again.

Should we tell the teacher about this?
If he tells the teacher, and the teacher asks how he came up with this idea, how should he explain it?
There's no way to hide it; Chen Hui's name will be listed as the third author on the paper.

Although the teacher also had designs on Chen Hui, after consulting with Chen Hui himself, the teacher ultimately gave up and provided convenience for himself.

The IMO training camp was held at Jiangcheng University. If Yuan Xinyi were to organize this himself, he might be able to succeed, but it would require a lot of effort.

But for Teacher Tian Yang, it only took a few words.

After hesitating for a moment, Yuan Xinyi decided to wait and see.

I'll tell my professor the truth when the paper is published.

"Alright, everyone has worked hard these past few days, go back and rest."

Yuan Xinyi waved his hand, telling the team members to go back and rest first, as everyone had been exhausted these past few days.

He also withdrew from the supercomputing management platform, planning to rest for a few days before starting to work on his thesis.

Just then, a new notification popped up on the computer screen; it was an email from Chen Hui.

A special solution to the cubic Diophantine equation?
Upon seeing this title, Yuan Xinyi almost thought he was hallucinating from staying up all night.

Isn't this kid studying condensed matter physics?

Why did you go and lose the Pantheon equation?
Condensed matter physics itself is vast and involves multiple fields of physics and mathematics, enough for a mathematician and physicist to spend a lifetime studying.

Diophantine equations are also a deep pit, involving number theory, geometry, and algebra—some of the most cutting-edge areas in mathematics!
They really are like newborn calves that are not afraid of tigers!

Yuan Xinyi smiled wryly and opened the attachment.
"what?"

"interesting!"

After reading the abstract, Yuan Xinyi became serious.

He rubbed his temples, took out paper and pen, and began to do calculations.

All team members had left the lab, leaving only the scratching sound of Yuan Xinyi's pen on paper.

after an hour,

Yuan Xinyi stopped writing; the paper had been turned to its last page.

"Good guy!"

"This kid really is a genius!"

In just half a month, they were able to achieve such a high level of results by switching from condensed matter physics to Diophantine equations!

This can't be described as talent; it's like being born with divine favor.

Although Yuan Xinyi is not a researcher in this field, he is still very perceptive of the frontiers of mathematics and naturally recognized the value of this paper.

Although he only spent an hour verifying this paper, in a sense, its value is no less than that of Chen Hui's paper on the implementation of fractional Chen class differential geometry; the only difference is the direction.

This is also the charm of number theory. Once you figure out the key tricks of some number theory problems, the proofs are often very simple. At the same time, the problems themselves are also very simple, so simple that ordinary people can understand them.

This is why many amateur mathematicians focus on number theory; otherwise, if you showed them the Langlands Program, they might not even understand the problems, let alone the proofs.

Thinking of this, he didn't know whether to be happy or worried.

Sometimes, a student's exceptional talent may not be a good thing.

If you do things haphazardly and indiscriminately, you're likely to end up achieving nothing. That's not how you should approach mathematical research.

Originally, seeing that Chen Hui was interested in condensed matter physics, he planned to let Chen Hui continue his research in this direction. Unexpectedly, Chen Hui abandoned his good research project and went to study Diophantine equations.

However, this doesn't seem to be entirely a bad thing.

Condensed matter physics is indeed a promising field, but it is more application-oriented, which may not be a good thing for Chen Hui's talent.

His focus on application meant he was destined to deal with capital. He believed that with Chen Hui's talent, he would inevitably become involved with the government, which would distract him and turn a mathematician who could have made greater achievements into an engineer. Perhaps this could be considered a true fall of genius.

Diophantine equations, whether in number theory, geometry, or algebra, offer great potential. Moreover, they are pure mathematics, so there are relatively few messy issues involved. With Chen Hui's talent, he is destined to achieve results, and providing himself with a comfortable life will not be a problem at all.

He was even certain that Chen Hui could win China's second Fields Medal in Mathematics!

Such a person has no need to study applied mathematics.

Perhaps it's time to have a talk with him!

Yuan Xinyi thought to himself.

Instead of immediately summoning Chen Hui, he opened a webpage and began an intensive search.

More than an hour later, Yuan Xinyi replied to Chen Hui's email before leaving the laboratory and heading towards Luojia Villa under the cover of night.

dong dong dong...

When Chen Hui opened the door and saw Yuan Xinyi standing outside, he was somewhat surprised.

"So, have you made any progress on those issues?"

Yuan Xinyi asked with a smile.

"not yet."

Chen Hui was not discouraged. Even though his math level had improved to level 3 and his creativity to level 1, he still had no clue about the problems he encountered at the seminar that day. But he was not worried. As long as he continued to improve his proficiency, solving these problems was only a matter of time.

"The Big Four accounting firms aren't easy to get into. I was also stuck with some problems for several years back then. But once you get past them, life is a different landscape. You just need to be patient and wait for that day to come."

Yuan Xinyi first encouraged Chen Hui before continuing, "I've read your paper on the cubic Diophantine diagram method. It's very well written. You could try submitting it to the Journal of Reine und Angewandte Mathematik."

"This is a good attempt!"

"Mathematics is a circle. Geometry problems can be transformed into algebra problems, algebra problems can be transformed into number theory problems, and number theory problems can also be transformed into geometry problems. If you have no clue about some problems for the time being, you might as well put them aside, look at something else, change your mind, and you might have a surprising effect."

"I sent you a list of academic papers and books via email. You can take a look when you have time."

He believed that with Chen Hui's talent, he would soon be immersed in the ocean of knowledge, discover the charm of mathematics, and become obsessed with it.

(End of this chapter)