Shengsheng

"Speaking of which, have you heard of the 'Dragon Palace' before?"

In the middle of the night, Jiang Xinwen's question caused a subconscious pause, and Liang Sheng, who was also pulled out of some memories, obviously didn't expect it.

Before that, he actually only knew the name of this military ship that will play an important role in the country's military from the few words Liang Sheng revealed when he was still in Tsinghua University last time. He really didn't know the rest. too understanding.

But probably because he had encountered this 'Dragon Palace' several times before, and the people around him seemed to have been developing around this matter, so after thinking about it, Liang Sheng just said the truth,

"I've heard of it, but don't know much about it."

"Well, this is a national-level giant ship that has not yet completed the factory test, but you don't know, the current technical difficulty of this ship is the draft depth that our factory has been trying to solve for a long time."

"..."

"In the past month, you and Lao Ding have shared and understood the core research content of my research on the bilge motor wheel set over the years. From the perspective of scientific research, I regard you as half of me in my heart. So now it is about serious scientific and technological research issues, and I also want to ask you, what would you do if you encountered the problems I am facing now."

Although Jiang Xinwen currently does not know his real family background and the actual relationship with Liang Sheng.

But guessing that the major he studied in the past is unlikely to pay attention to this aspect, so the old doctor just frowned and patted his kneecap, and then slowly explained the troubles accumulated in his heart all the way back,

"You have been here for almost a month. I think you are young, and you always yell at you. You probably blame me in your heart, but sometimes when I see you, kid, I always think of when I was young. I When I was in college, I was almost like you. I was only thinking about pure mathematics research and further studies, but in the end I ran into walls everywhere, so that I was ridiculed and read books for nothing. Shengsi County, that’s when I was frustrated and frustrated. A place to readmit me."

"..."

Saying this, a middle-aged man who was caught in memories slowly raised his hand.

The direction he pointed to was the Zhoushan Islands not far away.

At night, the sky is gray-blue as far as the eye can see, only the place where the sea washes the horizon has dark blue, orange, and smoky blue that are different from other places in the past.

But all of these are wonderfully blended together because of the gift of nature, a natural creation.

This is his hometown, which is far more important and profound in his heart than people in the outside world.

There are reefs, minerals, seas, and ships. There are also dreams that a generation of people have never been able to achieve. For a while, Jiang Xinwen couldn't help looking at Zhoushan, which was hidden in the night, and his eyes vaguely reflected the ocean. Then he continued. ,

"As you can see now, it has been here for decades, and it is still the same. The county is small and the environment is poor. Whether it is the shipyard in front of you, or the people in the factory, it is not as good as those outside who are busy with millions of people. Thousands of national R&D centers piled up."

"..."

"From the perspective of the country, every Chinese should devote their efforts to the naval cause at this time. If I were younger in my 20s and a young student who just graduated, I would definitely have the confidence and responsibility you have today. He is full of passion and enthusiasm, and has great ambitions."

"..."

"But I'm old. When I hold the pen in my hand again, my brain may not be able to control the specific errors and mistakes. What I can contribute to scientific research is only a drop in the bucket. I have been working behind closed doors these years, and I can't do it. What kind of climate, I don’t say it is for the country, it is for my hometown. There are too many small towns in front of me... I come here again and again, and I always pretend to be very arrogant. I always say that I don’t want to go there. After all, I feel ashamed in my heart, I feel that with my little ability, it is difficult to accomplish a great task, and I have failed our country..."

These words, in the dead of night, Jiang Xinwen, who had almost patted his chest to assure him, obviously spoke from the bottom of his heart.

He has never been a person with a good temper, and it is even more unreasonable to lose his temper and scold others. Otherwise, he would not have fallen to this age, and the relationship between his wife and children could still become so deadlocked with him.

But at the same time, such a person who may not be morally complete in terms of personality also has rich considerations and feelings for his career, his hometown, and even the construction of the motherland in his heart.

This is undoubtedly contradictory but inexplicably reasonable for a person who has experienced the college entrance examination in the last century, the rapid rise of China's economy, and has too much insight into the development of the country and the people.

And for a while, I don't know how to explain this old senior who has taken good care of me during this time from my own point of view.

Liang Sheng, who was young enough not to leave the campus completely, but had already realized too much through this one-month trip to Zhoushan, was silent for a long time, seeing the big flashlight at their feet illuminating an open space in front of the concrete floor.

His tall and thin shadow as a young man, and the shadow of Jiang Xinwen's old and tired but still straight-backed shadow, each measured the width and height of Zhoushan's ground in the dark night. After a long time, he still slowly He opened his mouth and said in a flat voice,

"In fact, I have always had a question. When you were studying, why did you choose to study mathematics?"

"...Why are you asking this?"

Jiang Xinwen was taken aback by his question.

"I've always felt a little curious, so I want to ask myself now."

With a calm demeanor of asking serious questions, our young nerd didn't give the old nerd any chance to evade the question.

"Learning mathematics...for what? Naturally, it is because I like mathematics and calculations. Otherwise, I would not have run from the countryside to study again and again like a silly boy, participated in those quiz games, and finally passed the exam due to difficulties. Going to college, leaving home...Of course it is because I like mathematics from the bottom of my heart, I love mathematics..."

"what about now?"

Liang Sheng asked again.

"Now?"

"Well, do you think that the past situation was more difficult than the current situation?"

"..."

Hearing the young man ask himself this question, Jiang Xinwen, an old guy who was still extremely depressed in his heart, suddenly fell silent. This is obviously a bit of a heart-wrenching question, and it is not easy to answer, and Liang Sheng, who does not intend to give up on this, is also brewing when he sees this. The next language is to continue to say,

"You are older than me, and you have seen too many good and bad things. I shouldn't have said these words, but in the past, I was able to persist in learning mathematics despite difficulties. Now there are not too many difficulties, but I will still I think people who still love mathematics wholeheartedly don’t have such an idea to choose to shrink back before trying.”

"..."

"Over the past month, I have learned a lot from you. You are a senior. Unlike my past mentors, what you teach is more like academic research, and can make substantial contributions to industry. And you may not know it, just before I left the campus a month ago, I had doubts in my heart about whether I would continue to study mathematics in the future."

Liang Sheng did not lie about this.

Regarding his personal future, he once had a period of confusion. Although in the eyes of outsiders, his excellence is not enough to match such problems, such concerns are obviously real.

If it is not Zhoushan, it is not Shengsi in front of you.

It wasn't the choice he had to make under the imminent disaster this time. He would not say that he had the opportunity to calm down and think about this issue, let alone stand in front of Jiang Xinwen and say the next words.

"I've heard a saying before that mathematics is the hardest subject, and a Ph.D. is the highest degree. Top-notch talents majoring in philosophy, mathematics, and art often eventually become creators of scientific and technological contributions.

"..."

"Theoretical refinement will eventually become a mathematical model. People who study mathematics have a way to jump in the queue and grow quickly and powerfully. They can go to the industry to do pre-research algorithms, and they can turn the great wisdom in their minds into top-notch talents. .”

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"Because human beings have the same way of thinking and state of mind, mathematical logic, basic structure, all problems in this world can be easily solved in the clearest upper-level logic, and the key or core problems of scientific research can often be summarized or summarized as Mathematics difficult problems, once solved by mathematical methods, the possibility of success will be greatly increased. Small difficulties cannot be difficult for experts, and very few people can overcome mathematical esoteric problems. Doctors in mathematics can do everything and dare to do anything. "

The young man's sentence, "A doctor of mathematics can do anything, dare to do it" is like setting fire to it.

It really ignited Jiang Xinwen's chest, which had been depressed for half his life and had long forgotten his life pursuits and ideals when he was young.

Because he knew it was true.

From ancient times to the present, mathematics has this ability, and it is a science that can be used no matter when and where it is. It should be born to carry the historical mission.

Countless predecessors raised their arms and shouted in his mind because of this.

And he still clearly remembers that that year, a poor student in his early twenties set off from Zhoushan with two pieces of cake on his back.

No one could believe that Jiang Xinwen really got the only doctorate in his hometown for decades, and the school's scarlet letter list and gongs and drums greeted him at the door in person.

He used to be full of ambitions and wanted to break out his way as a poor student in the Chinese mathematics field, but after half his life, he had to face the cruelty of the real world and struggled to be trapped in the layers of his own. On the shackles of the ideal world of mathematics.

But he is only in his early fifties, is he really old?

Is he really unable to hold a pen as he said, unable to calculate the numbers, formulas and calculations that he is obsessed with in this vast world?

No, he is obviously not reconciled, he has this shipyard, has more than a hundred people under him, has the best undergraduate engineers, has a group of excellent specialist technicians, and surveyors, why is he suddenly timid.

Just thinking about it this way, the old guy whose body and mind are already in a mess, even felt a little sore for a moment.

He didn't want to lose face and lose control of his emotions in front of the junior, but the answer he had been stuck in his mind for a few days ago had already been solved by himself.

And for a long time, this night I really needed someone to help me, even if it was the old man who gave him a fire in his rotten old bones, he said with a trembling voice and a smile,

"Okay... Just based on your words, I have to... meet that person tomorrow... No matter if it succeeds or not, I will not hide! We people in Zhoushan will not hide..."

"..."

"However, you boy, haha... I also remembered your words today. It seems that sooner or later, I will have to wait for another PhD in mathematics in this small shipyard. I will wait to see what you will give me someday." At that time, Tangtangzheng also came back with a Ph.D. in mathematics! Did you hear me!"