The train driver in the courtyard

As soon as Yi Zhonghai finished speaking, there was silence outside the door.

Yan Bugui's heart skipped a beat.

This was originally a trivial matter, but Yi Zhonghai wanted to make a fuss about it. Li Aiguo must be in trouble.

Even if everything is sorted out in the end, the Li family's joy will be ruined. Yi Zhonghai has vicious intentions.

Everyone now realized that Yi Zhonghai had other intentions.

At this time, Li Aiguo heard the noise and walked out of the house. Seeing several people gathered at the door, he asked, "What happened?"

Yi Zhonghai straightened his collar and was about to step forward with square steps when he saw Professor Chen following him out.

Yi Zhonghai hurried over and pointed at the door of Li Aiguo's house and said, "Professor Chen, why did you come out? Just let me handle this matter."

"These are all trivial matters. Let's go outside and find a quiet place to talk. It won't delay anything." Professor Chen was worried that he would affect the relationship between Yi Zhonghai and his neighbors.

"It was a small matter, but now I find someone stealing electricity"

Yi Zhonghai's eyes turned, and he took Professor Chen's arm and walked to the front of the crowd, introducing him: "This is Professor Chen from Jingcheng University. He is a great professor and an authority in the domestic mathematics community. He has held a meeting in the Great Hall before."

Everyone was shocked and wondered when Yi Zhonghai got to know such an important figure.

Jia Dongxu said proudly: "Great professor!"

Yi Zhonghai originally wanted to continue to use Professor Chen to flatter himself, but at this time, Professor Chen shook off his arm and walked away on his own.

"Master Li? Are you Master Li?" Professor Chen walked up to Li Aiguo, grabbed Li Aiguo's arm with both hands, and his emotions were somewhat out of control.

As soon as these words came out, the scene fell into silence.

Yi Zhonghai's smile froze on his face, and he opened his mouth several times, but no sound came out.

What's going on? !

Jia Dongxu laughed: "Professor Chen, are you kidding? He is just a train driver. How can he be a master of mathematics?"

"You're right, Master Li was a train driver." Professor Chen said without even turning his head.

He stared at Li Aiguo with shining eyes: "That's right, that's right, you are Master Li!"

"Burp" Jia Dongxu was laughing, but he was so shocked that he couldn't close his mouth.

This guy is really Master Li!
Oh my god.

Li Aiguo thought Professor Chen looked familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen him before. He looked him up and down and asked, "Who are you?"

"You don't remember, but two days ago, you came to our Jingcheng University to visit Professor Cheng. I had the honor of meeting you, and I asked you a question about topology at that time." Professor Chen looked at him with ardent eyes, like a crazy fan meeting his idol.

Li Aiguo then remembered and held his forehead: "You are Professor Chen Xiuyuan, the one who graduated from Imperial University!"

"Wow, you have a really good memory." Professor Chen didn't expect that Li Aiguo remembered his name and seemed very happy.

Yi Zhonghai looked at the two people who were talking happily, and the muscles on his cheeks twitched, as if he had been slapped hard in the face.

“This world is crazy.”

But it is impossible to stop here.

Yi Zhonghai coughed twice, walked forward and pointed at the radio.

"Aiguo, today is your family's big day, I shouldn't have come to spoil the fun, but as an uncle, I can't just watch someone steal electricity and do nothing. I hope you can understand."

"Stealing electricity? Yi Zhonghai, you accuse others of a crime without any evidence. Is this something a big shot can do?" Li Aiguo's face darkened.

Hearing this, Yi Zhonghai was stunned at first, then he thought of something and hurriedly ran into the house to take a look.

Just one glance and he was stunned.

It turns out that the radio is connected to a battery.

"You you." Yi Zhonghai cursed Li Aiguo in his heart for being so cunning and not giving him any chance at all.

After he recovered, he turned his eyes and suddenly pointed at Jia Dongxu and said, "Dongxu, Master has told you many times that you should always have evidence, especially in the compound, and pay more attention to the unity between neighbors. Why didn't you listen? Look at what has happened now."

Jia Dongxu raised his hand: “This is what happened!”

"Ah" Jia Dongxu put down his hand and realized that Yi Zhonghai handed him a black pot.

He looked at Yi Zhonghai aggrievedly: "Master, I..."

Yi Zhonghai frowned and said, "Go back now, write a letter of apology and hand it in to my house later."

It is natural for an apprentice to take the blame for his master.

Jia Dongxu's face turned pale, he turned around and staggered away.

He burst into tears.

"Master doesn't love me anymore!"

My heart is shaking.

The liver is trembling.

Taking his eyes off Jia Dongxu's back, Yi Zhonghai bowed to Li Aiguo and said, "Aiguo, as Dongxu's master, I also have responsibilities. Don't worry, I will definitely discipline Dongxu strictly in the future."

"roll!"

"What did you say?" Yi Zhonghai couldn't believe his ears.

"I said."

"Get! You! Out!"

Li Aiguo pronounced the last three words one by one, his voice was loud and clear.

Yi Zhonghai only felt bursts of thunder in his ears, and he was shaken violently and almost fell to the ground.

"I am an elder, you, you, everyone has seen it, Li Aiguo has no respect for his elders."

Yi Zhonghai looked around, but saw that the residents all had indifferent expressions and looked at him with contempt.

He was so exhausted that he almost fainted.

The third uncle sighed slightly, walked forward and held Yi Zhonghai's arm: "Old Yi, Aiguo is angry, let's talk about this later, come on, I'll take you back."

Yi Zhonghai found a way down and was helped away by the third uncle.

When I got home, an old lady came out of the house and didn't see Professor Chen. She asked in confusion, "Lao Yi, where is Professor Chen?"

Yi Zhonghai then remembered that Professor Chen did not come back with him and would not come back with him.

"I spent seven or eight dollars for today."

Instead of dealing with Li Aiguo, he lost Professor Chen.

Yi Zhonghai felt that he had lost more than he gained.

****
After Yi Zhonghai's figure disappeared at the crescent-shaped gate, laughter broke out again at the entrance of the Li family's house.

Wang Dagui's eyes widened as he looked Li Aiguo up and down: "Brother Aiguo, have you become a mathematician?"

"What do you mean by becoming? I am what I already am."

Wang Da Kui scratched his head.

Li Aiguo had indeed said that he was a mathematician before. He thought Li Aiguo was joking, but he didn't expect it to be true.

Although the residents did not know what the Poincare conjecture was, Professor Chen's attitude towards Li Aiguo could not be false.

"Aiguo actually became a great mathematician. The Li family's ancestors are really proud of this."

"Yes, this is the level of a great professor. Before liberation, it would be a Hanlin."

Although workers have the highest status these days, the Chinese people's pursuit of knowledge and culture has long been engraved in their bones.

Li Aiguo has now become a great mathematician, and they can feel more proud when they go out and chat with their friends in the neighboring compound.

For a moment, the laughter outside the Li family's door became louder.

Qin Huairu learned the whole story from Jia Dongxu at this time, and she was in a trance.

"Li Aiguo has become a great mathematician. If I had been able to hold on for two more years, I would definitely be the wife of a great mathematician now. What an honor it is."

Qin Huairu knew that she really regretted it.

****
Now that Li Aiguo has a new daughter, their home has become more lively than before, and there are more housework to do.

Fortunately, with He Yushui's help and diapers, Xiao Hongsheng can help coax his sister, and Panda Chichi coaxes Xiao Hongsheng, forming a perfect closed loop, so Li Aiguo does not have to delay his work.

Speaking of the panda Chichi, Li Aiguo remembered that he had to go to the zoo someday and send the panda Chichi to the zoo.

After all, in the zoo, Panda Chichi is a real panda, but in Li's house, it is almost becoming a puppy.

"Hey, you can't snatch Hongsheng's bones. Your food is steamed buns." Li Aiguo walked over and grabbed the bones.

The panda chuckled and looked aggrieved: "."

After three days of looking through ancient books, the third uncle selected a few good names, wrote them on some rough paper, and came to the Li family.

"Aiguo, what do you think of these names?" The third uncle spread the straw paper on the table.

Written on it are several names: Minxue, Lingyi, Youtong, Wenxin, Zhaoming, Minghui.

When he saw Minghui, Li Aiguo's eyes lit up: "Minghui comes from the Shenhui Wudian in the Book of History. Hui means virtue, and Minghui means virtue is obvious. It is suitable for smart and upright girls."

"That's a good name." Chen Xueru also became excited.

Li Aiguo picked up his little girl and rubbed her face: "Daughter, you will be called Li Minghui from now on."

Xiao Minghui giggled.

Li Aiguo thought she might like this name, so he decided on it.

"Uncle, wait a moment." Seeing that Uncle was about to leave, Li Aiguo stopped him, went into the house, and brought out a pair of work leather shoes.

"These shoes were issued by the locomotive depot. I have only worn them a few times. I haven't driven trains much in the past two years, so I don't wear them anymore. I'm giving them to you."

The shoes were neither new nor old, but the toes were a little worn. The uncle held them in his arms like a treasure.

"Hey, why are you being so polite?"

Chen Xueru reminded him, "Uncle, Aiguo's feet are relatively large. Can you wear them?"

"That's easy. My feet are as big as your shoes." The third uncle was worried that Chen Xueru would take her shoes back, so he turned around and ran away.

The soles of these shoes are made of chemical materials and have iron soles. The uppers are made of cowhide. If you wear them carefully, they can last a lifetime.

Good stuff, good stuff!

back home.

The third uncle shouted to the third aunt, "Old lady, I got a great treasure. Hurry up and get out the old newspapers at home, those from last year."

***
"Annals of Mathematics", page 15 - "Proof that the Poincare conjecture is valid under three-dimensional conditions"

At the end of the paper, the reviewer usually writes down his evaluation of the paper. "This is a perfect paper. The Li Aiguo School proposed in the paper breaks through the traditional research paradigm and provides a new path for solving large-scale or global irregularities in complex spaces or surfaces.

The partial proof of the Poincare conjecture in the paper provides new ideas for the final solution of this world-class problem. Here I boldly suggest that the next Fields Medal be awarded to this talented young man, Professor Solomon Lefschetz.

Solomon Lefschetz is well-known in the international mathematics community for his hot temper. He even dared to slam the table at the Pope of Mathematics Alexander Grothendieck in front of everyone just because Grothendieck wrote a small number wrong.

Now Solomon Lefschetz actually used the word perfect to describe this paper.

He was also called a talented young man.

There was even a direct suggestion that he be awarded the Fields Medal.

This is something no one can imagine.

Less than half a month after the latest issue of Annals of Mathematics came out, Li Aiguo's paper has caused quite a stir in the international mathematics community, whether it is the proof itself, Solomon Lefschetz's evaluation of the paper, or the nationality of the paper's contributors.

The Times reported the news on its front page headline: "Mysterious Oriental man solves a mysterious world-class problem"

The New York Times also did not fall behind, focusing on Li Aiguo's identity - a train driver who worked part-time, but proved a world-class problem. We spend hundreds of millions of dollars on mathematical research every year, but get nothing in return. Is our education going the wrong way?

If the Emperor of Sichuan in the future saw this report, he would definitely give a thumbs up and praise the editor for his knowledge.

The report in the Christian Science Monitor was rather bland; it did not even mention Li Aiguo's name or Dongda University, and simply attributed the proof of this difficult conjecture to God's help.

Compared with the praise from the Western media, the Russian Pravda focused its reporting on the system, saying that this was a great victory for the Eastern camp and that Comrade Li Aiguo was an outstanding representative of the proletariat.

What no one expected was that the Asahi Shimbun, which has always liked to discuss the development of mathematics in its newspapers, seemed very silent.

Not only the Asahi Shimbun, but even major newspapers such as the Sankei Shimbun, the Mainichi Shimbun, and the Nihon Keizai Shimbun did not report this news.

However, the little-known Red Flag newspaper published an enthusiastic article on the front page with the headline "This is the victory of the proletariat. Facts have proved that only ** can save **."

Foreign enthusiasm is nothing.

The country is already seething.

Especially after hearing that Li Aiguo might win the next Fields Medal, the phones of the Education Office of Qianmen Locomotive Depot and Professor Hua were flooded with calls.

Soon, a domineering headline appeared in Renren Daily, and it also forwarded the comments of foreign newspapers on the matter - "The train driver has overcome a world-class problem! Facts have proved that we have stood up!"

In the article, Renren Daily encouraged scientific researchers to take Li Aiguo as an example, to strive for greater success, to be proactive in the scientific field, etc.

For a time, enthusiasm was high both in the Qianmen Locomotive Depot and the Red Star Computing Institute.

"Has Driver Li become a great mathematician?"

"Isn't Consultant Li a computer scientist? Why did you change your career?"

"You know what? This is called winning glory for the country. Let me tell you, mathematicians all over the world have been confused by Li Aiguo."

"Yeah, didn't you see that Xiao Rizi didn't say anything?"

If the policy did not prohibit it, everyone would definitely exaggerate Li Aiguo as the reincarnation of Liu Hui.

Chen Xueru brought back several copies of Renren Daily from her workplace and gave some to Chen Fangxuan, her eldest brother, and her second brother.

Although she knew that doing so was a bit vain.

But she just likes it.

Li Aiguo continued to travel between the Red Star Computing Institute and the Department of Mathematics of Beijing University every day as usual.

Originally, Professor Hua planned to work together with Li Aiguo to continue to tackle the remaining parts of the Poincare conjecture.

However, considering that the country wanted to build Capital University, especially the Department of Mathematics at Capital University, into a world-class professional department, he chose to consider the overall situation.

Facts have proved that Professor Hua's choice was wise.

Thanks to Professor Cheng's efforts, the Department of Mathematics at Jingcheng University is full of talented people, especially young people who have quick minds and broad thinking, and their proof work progresses rapidly.

On Monday, Li Aiguo rode his bicycle to the Department of Mathematics at Jingcheng University as usual. As soon as he entered Professor Cheng's office, Professor Chen Xiuyuan hurried in.

He was holding a newspaper in his hand and his face looked a little grim.

"Professor Cheng, Aiguo, something happened."

This is a copy of the Asahi Shimbun from five days ago.

The front page of the news carried a headline: "Poincare conjecture partially proved? Please beware of fraud"

The article is more than a thousand words long, but its content is very simple. It just suspects that Li Aiguo made serious mathematical and logical errors in the process of proving the Poincare conjecture.

The article also implicitly points out that Li Aiguo knew that the paper contained serious logical errors, but he deceived the reviewers, which is academic fraud.

After reading the report, Professor Cheng's face turned pale. "Shameless! These people have no evidence and accuse others of academic fraud based on mere conjecture. It is simply shameless."

Li Aiguo glanced at the author of the article: Fujiwara Muramasa, associate professor at the Imperial University.

It turned out to be ***.

Then shamelessness is a matter of course.

Li Aiguo picked up the newspaper and looked at Chen Xiuyuan.

"Professor Chen, where did this newspaper come from?"

As far as Li Aiguo knows, the country does collect foreign newspapers, but the quantity is limited, namely a few major newspapers from Xiaomei, Maoxiong and John Bull.

Chen Xiuyuan explained: "As you know, I studied at the Imperial University before. I rented a house in Kudo's house and met a young man named Kudo Shinichi. He also loved mathematics and was admitted to the Imperial University. We have kept in touch through local comrades over the years."

After a pause, Chen Xiuyuan added: "Don't worry, I have already reported this situation to the relevant departments."

Li Aiguo nodded and continued to look at the newspaper: "Asahi Shimbun is the largest newspaper in Xiaorizi, and it also has a certain influence internationally.

Now that this article has been published on the front page, I'm afraid it's not just Fujiwara Muramasa's opinion, right?"

"Aiguo, you are right. Kudo Shinichi said in the letter that the Imperial University's Mathematics Department played a big role behind the scenes. They have already protested to the Annals of Mathematics, requesting the withdrawal of the paper and holding you accountable."

After Li Aiguo understood the whole story, he didn't care.

He knew the proof process very well, so there was no way there could be any errors in the paper.

"Let him be. Instead of planting crops just to listen to the crickets chirping, let's continue with our work."

So what if you spray me?
I don't care about you anymore, so go and brag in your own home.

Professor Cheng also thinks this is the best approach.

After all, there is no connection between the country and the Imperial University, and he cannot rush over and slap the other party.

If I could do it, I would have done it long ago.
But Li Aiguo still thought the other party was too kind.

Two days later, the Asahi Shimbun published another article.

"A brief discussion on the academic atmosphere of the neighboring country - starting from a paper written by a train driver"

The article first severely criticized the academic environment next door, ranging from ancient times to modern times, from mathematics to geography, and finally changed the topic to the fact that the reason why academic scum like Li Aiguo appeared next door was because of institutional problems.

As soon as this article was published, it caused a strong response internationally.

Those who like to watch the fun don't mind any trouble.

Those people can't understand professional papers, but the author is an associate professor at the Imperial University. How could this be false?
All of a sudden, North America, Europe, Hong Kong, and Russia all knew that a fraudulent folk mathematician had emerged from the University of Tokyo.

This is simply putting Todai on the fire.

If this happened in the future, it would definitely be at the top of the hot search list.

The foreign affairs department also noticed this situation and immediately contacted the Beijing Institute of Mathematics and Computing Technology to convene an impromptu meeting.

The meeting was chaired by Director Zhou of the Foreign Affairs Department. In addition to Professor Hua, several domestic mathematicians and comrades from the Foreign Affairs Department also attended the meeting.

During the meeting, Director Zhou stood up with a somewhat grim look on his face: "I'm sure everyone has read the two reports in the Asahi Shimbun recently. The impact is extremely bad. Let's all come and discuss it."

Academic professors were all confused, and this conference was simply incomprehensible.

Shouldn't we find out if there are any problems with the paper before the meeting?

The editorial office of Annals of Mathematics has not yet issued a statement.

Professor Hua understood the concerns of the foreign affairs department, picked up the enamel pot, and spoke first: "Director Zhou, Comrade Aiguo's paper was reviewed by the editor of the Annals of Mathematics, and it was personally reviewed by the famous Professor Solomon Lefschetz.

We have also studied the content of the paper and found no errors. The Asahi Shimbun's report is a distortion of the facts.

Maybe we should communicate with them, point out their mistakes, and ask them to publish an apology letter.”

"It's unrealistic, Professor Hua. The Asahi Shimbun is similar to our Renren Daily. Especially since the person who wrote the news release is a student of Professor Saito, a famous mathematician at the Imperial University. They can't possibly know that there is no problem with the paper."

Professor Cheng felt that Professor Hua was being pedantic, so he stood up and said directly: "They are here to make trouble for us. The more we explain, the more proud they will be."

Director Zhou nodded. "Our foreign affairs department also has the same view, but why would they do this? It's easy to verify whether there are any problems with the paper. They will be embarrassed then, right?"

You know, both the Asahi Shimbun and the Imperial University are benchmarks for daily life.

Using two benchmarks to make a claim now is like picking up sesame seeds and losing watermelons.

"Director Zhou, you misunderstood. I think Xiao Rizi is quite smart." At this time, Professor Chen Xiuyuan, who was sitting next to him, raised his hand and said, "My name is Chen Xiuyuan, and I have some connection with the Imperial University."

"Professor Chen, please go ahead."

Professor Chen told the contents of Kudo Shinichi's letter.

"Mathematical papers like those written by patriotic comrades are difficult papers, and the review process is often very long. It is common for us to not be able to figure out whether there are any problems with the papers within half a year or a year.

The Imperial University needs to apply for the next World Congress of Mathematicians.

As long as they try their best to delay time, Comrade Li Aiguo will not be able to win the next Fields Medal, and the Imperial University's chances of winning will be greatly increased."

This is explosive news.

The leaders attending the meeting were all amazed.

"At present, we have no plan to apply for the Mathematicians' Congress in our country."

"Oh, don't you know their personalities? They bullied us because they were afraid that we would bully them after we became big and strong."

"I have to say, although *** is shameless, he played this move beautifully."

"Even if the truth is finally revealed, it will have a serious impact on our reputation."

Hearing the discussions, Director Zhou's face turned a little unhappy.

Fujiwara Shimura's actions have gone beyond the boundaries of academic discussion and he is deliberately throwing dirty water on his own comrades.

The key is that we don’t have any suitable means of counterattack.

He was silent for a moment before he spoke: "It doesn't matter whether there is a problem with the paper or not. The enemy is deliberately trying to discredit us. Our top priority now is to find a way to clarify things within the international community."

After a morning of discussion, the meeting made two decisions.

On the one hand, the foreign affairs department issued a clarification announcement. At the same time, they contacted Fujiwara Shimura of the Imperial University, warned him, and demanded an apology.

On the other hand, please ask Professor Hua to contact the publisher of Annals of Mathematics and ask them to clarify the matter.

(End of this chapter)