From failed candidate to chief scientist

Chapter 186 It's All Money
Seeing Jiang Fanjun not speaking, but staring at him, Curtis Cooper, who was a little hairy at being stared at, stammered:
"Jiang, GIMPS is a non-profit organization. We really don't have more funds. I..."

Curtis Cooper gritted his teeth.

"I can call the shots and give you Dongshan University Mathematics Research Center a bonus of 15 dollars. This... this is already the largest fund I can come up with!"

150万变15万？从一个10万到1个1万，缩水到十分之一？

Jiang Fanjun curled his lips, but still focused on Curtis Cooper.

Curtis Cooper felt uncomfortable looking at him, with a trace of embarrassment on his face and his eyes full of pleading.

Seeing Curtis Cooper like this, Jiang Fanjun felt that Curtis Cooper might not be able to get more bonuses.

But no matter how small a fly is, it is still meat. 15 is just 15, it is better than nothing.

"Okay, Curtis, who made us all love Mersenne primes so deeply!"

Hearing Jiang Fanjun's words, Curtis Cooper breathed a sigh of relief.

"Professor Jiang, don't worry, I will definitely help you promote your algorithm on the GIMPS official website!"

Jiang Fanjun raised his eyebrows when he heard this, glanced at Curtis Cooper, and gave him a look that said you were in the right.

The GIMPS report also quickly spread among the academic community.

[New algorithm?Can it increase computing efficiency by [-] times?really? 】

[Wouldn’t you know if it’s true if you try it?Take a look at the GIMPS official website, the updated Prime 2022 has been released, hurry up and give it a try. 】

[Yes, yes, give it a try quickly, maybe I will be the next one to discover Mersenne primes! 】

All of a sudden, the downloads of Prime2022 surged on the GIMPS official website, surpassing [-] downloads in an instant.

Don’t think that 95 is too little. After all, fans of Mersenne prime numbers are only a small part of the mathematics community. They are a niche. Naturally, they are incomparable with the downloads of game software and entertainment apps. The number of downloads can exceed 95. It is very rare. You must know that the number of downloads of Prime20 before this will only exceed [-]. This is the number of downloads accumulated by Prime[-] in more than [-] years since its birth.

This record was surpassed overnight by the updated Prime2022, which shows the popularity of Prime2022.

Of course, not all of them are provided by enthusiasts of Mersenne prime numbers. Most of them are downloaded out of curiosity and doubt about the new algorithm. They want to see if there is really a report on this new algorithm. He played so well at the meeting.

But they didn’t keep everyone waiting. After only half a day passed, Patrick Laroche from Ocala, Florida, announced that he had discovered a new Mersenne prime number, the 67th Mersenne prime number.

Patrick Laroche was also the discoverer of the 51st Mersenne prime number. He was once considered a lucky man, a speculator, and was spurned by many Mersenne prime number enthusiasts.

This time, Patrick Laroche apparently succeeded in speculating again and took the lead in discovering the new Mersenne primes.

However, Patrick Laroche's discovery this time did not cause much disturbance, because after him, one after another new Mersenne primes were discovered like mushrooms after rain.

And then again, an evaluation report on Prime 2022 caused an uproar in the academic world.

According to this report, in the past, it took more than 95 days to use Prime6 to calculate an 8-digit number starting with 6, which is about 150 hours and 9000 minutes. However, now using Prime2022 to calculate an 8-digit number starting with 8 Power numbers only take 1 and a half minutes.

1.5 vs. 9000, the time consumption is only 6000/8 of the original. Considering the 8-digit power starting with 6, the calculation complexity is much higher than the 8-digit power starting with 10000, so the efficiency is increased by [-] times, not at all It's not an exaggeration, it's even worse.

This evaluation report completely aroused heated discussions in the academic community, and finally pushed this new algorithm to most scholars in the academic community, and was also informed by many research institutions and companies.

Then... the calls from Jiang Fanjun, Zhang Qihua, and Tian Fangyi started ringing again.

At this time, Jiang Fanjun was still in Ugly Country and hadn't come back yet, while Zhang Qihua and Tian Fangyi sat together in the office of the Mathematics Research Center of Dongshan University, looking at each other with wry smiles, and in front of them were two mobile phones that kept ringing.

These calls were made to inquire about new algorithms, and some were to seek cooperation.

This is naturally a good thing for the Mathematics Research Center. Although Zhang Qihua and Tian Fangyi had tinnitus in their ears when they answered the phone, they still had to answer the phone.

Real pain and joy.

In response, Lin Mo directly acted as a hands-off shopkeeper, threw his mobile phone to Shan Gang, and then continued to attend classes, exercise, and do research in a relaxed manner.

And there is one more person who is in pain and happiness.

"Lao Zhang, do we need to recruit a few people to answer the phone?"

Tian Fang asked half seriously, half jokingly.

"Take a call!"

Before Zhang Qihua could speak, Shan Gang shouted first.

"Director Tian, ​​Director Zhang, this is not the way to go! Look, my laboratory construction work has been stalled in the past two days when I have been on the phone. Lin Mo is still waiting for me to build the laboratory and start As for experiments, our main responsibility is still to do research. We can’t pick up the sesame seeds and lose the watermelon, and lose the main work, right?”

"Go, go, go! You're the only one who talks a lot!"

Tian Fang waved his hand.

Now the Mathematics Research Center is following the path of elite troops and strong generals. Everyone wears multiple hats and is very courageous. The manpower is really stretched.

It's not that Tian Fangyi is unwilling to recruit people, but he wants to recruit reliable, stable, and capable talents. He doesn't want to destroy the good and harmonious atmosphere of the current mathematics research center by recruiting some ignorant people.

Because Tian Fangyi understands, what is the most important thing and what is the core of the entire mathematics research center, it is Lin Mo, Lin Mo, so the mathematics research center must be built around the core of Lin Mo, so a good environment is the key. Most importantly, this requires Tian Fangyi to strictly control the admissions to the Mathematics Research Center.

Therefore, despite the shortage of manpower, Tian Fangyi still adheres to the principle of erring on the side of shortage rather than waste.

Whoever he recruits, Lin Mo needs to nod with satisfaction.

"It's time to recruit people..."

Zhang Qihua knocked on several sheets of printing paper on the table, which were densely covered with countless names and phone numbers.

"These are all those who have the intention to cooperate with us. Just by scheduling interviews one by one, I'm afraid they won't be able to come in less than half a month."

When Tian Fang looked at the list, he couldn't help but twitch his lips.

Tian Fangyi and Zhang Qihua looked at each other and saw the helplessness in each other's eyes.

"This is all money! It's the sponsor's father, Director Tian, ​​Director Zhang, you have to hurry up!"

Shan Gang on the side interjected again.

(End of this chapter)