They’re all reborn, what’s wrong with being a little more almighty?

Chapter 253 This is really stingy

After carefully reading the invitation, Harman finally realized that things seemed to have gotten out of hand.

The original intention was to catch a criminal gang, but what they ended up doing was catching a mathematician, who is also the winner of this year's Fields Medal.

Although Harman is not a mathematician, he still has basic common sense and knows the value of the Fields Medal.

If a Fields Medal winner is really arrested as a criminal, it will not only be a diplomatic dispute but also an international scandal, and the whole of Germany will be embarrassed.

More importantly, he arrested Zhang Wei without any substantial evidence, and there were procedural flaws, which made it easy for others to find fault with him. If the other party really took procedural justice to the extreme, he would definitely suffer the consequences.

"That Chinese man is really a mathematician, and a Fields Medal winner. So, Italy's victory was really calculated by him?" The words of a subordinate next to him interrupted Harman's thoughts.

"Can the World Cup champion be calculated? Do you think it's possible?" Harman snorted coldly.

"But he did bet on Italy to win the championship! And haven't we seen the calculation formula?" the subordinate whispered.

"Do you understand that formula?" Harman asked again.

"I don't understand. If I could understand, I would be the one who won 10 million euros."

Harman glared at his men speechlessly, and began to think of a countermeasure in his mind.

After a moment, he finally spoke up, "Who knows whether this invitation is real or fake? Go verify the authenticity of the invitation first!"

At this time, Harman could only hope that the invitation letter from the International Mathematical Union was fake.

After only a few minutes, one of his men came running over to report, "Boss, I checked online. Last month, the International Mathematical Union announced the winners of the Fields Medal. There were four winners in total, and one of them was indeed named Zhang Wei!"

"Are there any photos?" Harman asked immediately.

"There are only names at the moment, no photos." The subordinate shook his head.

Harman breathed a sigh of relief. Without a photo, there was no way to confirm Zhang Wei's identity. Maybe the invitation letter was really fake?

After a while, another man ran in.

"Boss, I just contacted the International Mathematical Union. This year's Fields Medal winner is indeed a Chinese mathematician named Zhang Wei. They also sent him an invitation letter. The address of the letter is in Germany, the same hotel where we caught him!"

There were only a few tourists from China in the hotel, so the probability of having the same name was basically zero. So if the mailing address matched, then the invitation letter must be genuine.

"Boss, did we catch the wrong guy? Maybe this Chinese man really has nothing to do with the criminal group. The reason why he was able to bet on the Italian team to win the championship was based on mathematical calculations?" the subordinate asked cautiously.

Another subordinate also spoke up: "Boss, I read a book before, which said that mathematicians can win 21 points in the casino through calculations. Since 21 points can be calculated, then maybe the World Cup champion can really be calculated."

Harman's face turned pale, as if he couldn't believe the result.

But at this moment, he no longer had any reason to hold Zhang Wei hostage.

Just when Harman was feeling depressed, the phone on the table suddenly rang.

"Hello, is this Agent Harman? We are from the Berlin Police Department. We have captured the accomplice of the gang that shot you. Although their leader eventually escaped, we still captured the other three.

According to the criminals we caught, they read in the newspaper that the Chinese man had won a jackpot of tens of millions of Euros, so they decided to kidnap him and demand a ransom.

They found out the hotel where the Chinese man was staying, and they were waiting outside the door. They happened to run into you. At first, they thought you were the doorman helping with the luggage, so they rushed over and exchanged fire with you. "

"Is it so simple? Is it really just an ordinary kidnapping case?" Harman asked.

"According to the criminals' confession, this seems to be an ordinary kidnapping case. The Chinese man was a victim targeted by the kidnappers. As you know, during the World Cup, public security is relatively poor, and it is normal for foreign tourists to be targeted." The other party said.

Harman put down the phone with a disappointed look on his face. He had realized that he had made a big mistake!
After a long time, he finally sighed and ordered, "Let him go!"

"But if we let him go like this, I'm afraid it will be difficult to explain! He is not an ordinary person, he is a scientist who is about to win the Fields Medal! If we let him go like this and he goes to the embassy, ​​it will definitely cause a diplomatic dispute."

"Yes, even if he doesn't go to the embassy but goes to the media, we will still be in trouble. The worst result is that he goes to Madrid to receive the award and says nonsense to the media while the media are paying attention to him. I'm afraid it will be more troublesome than a diplomatic dispute!"

After the two men reminded him, Harman also felt that he couldn't just let him go. He went to the hotel to arrest someone based on his suspicion, so he should at least give him an explanation!

"How about going to apologize first?" Harman asked subconsciously.

"Can he accept it?" the subordinate asked again.

"Well..." Harman thought of Zhang Wei's smooth talk and suddenly felt that Zhang Wei was not an easy person to talk to.

"Or, let's report to the director!" Harman sighed helplessly.

If you get into trouble and can't bear the blame yourself, you can only ask your leader for help.

……

Harman's father used to be a soldier, and he was a comrade-in-arms with a deputy director of the Federal Criminal Bureau of Investigation. This deputy director was Harman's boss and also Harman's backer.

During the Cold War, Hamann's father and the deputy director were stationed together in West Berlin, and they could be considered to have a life-and-death friendship.

After the end of World War II, Germany was divided into two, East Germany and West Germany, and Berlin was also divided into two, East Berlin and West Berlin.

People who are not familiar with the map of Germany probably don’t know that the entire Berlin is within East Germany, so West Berlin is actually an enclave of West Germany, surrounded by East Germany.

When the Soviet Union built the Berlin Wall, it sounded like a wall separating East and West Berlin, but in fact the Berlin Wall surrounded the entire West Berlin, completely separating it from East Germany and turning West Berlin into an isolated island.

In this case, the entire West Berlin was equivalent to meat delivered to the Soviet Union's mouth, which could be swallowed at any time as long as the Soviet Union was willing.

The soldiers stationed in West Berlin were surrounded by the enemy and were truly isolated and helpless. Once a war broke out, the Soviet Union's steel torrent would reach West Berlin in the blink of an eye.

It can be said that the soldiers stationed in West Berlin at that time were true brothers who shared weal and woe. If the Soviets rushed over one day in a fit of rage, they would all become cannon fodder.

It was also because of this relationship that after Harman joined the Federal Criminal Bureau, he was highly regarded by the director and was promoted all the way to senior investigator. If he solves a few more cases, he will probably be promoted to director of investigation.

Harman also has a backer in the investigation bureau.

Now that Harman has gotten into trouble, he can only go to the director's backstage and hope that he can help him settle the matter for the sake of his father's face.

Arriving at the director's office, Harman reported the matter.

"We originally thought that those criminals were also members of a criminal group and were here to rescue his accomplices. But we didn't expect that they just read in the newspaper that the Chinese man had won the lottery and wanted to kidnap him and extort money."

Harman said as he observed the director's expression.

The director did not look up. He continued to stare at the documents in his hand and asked, "That Chinese man, is he a member of a criminal group?"

"We found no evidence," Harman replied.

"You arrested the wrong person? Then let him go!" the director said with a relaxed look on his face.

"This person's identity is somewhat special."

"I know he's a foreign tourist. Are you worried that he might go to the embassy? It's no big deal. It's just a misunderstanding. The embassy will just ask a few questions. We'll apologize to him and find a car to take him to the airport."

“But he’s a mathematician, and he’s going to win this year’s Fields Medal.”

"What? Fields Medal winner? Got caught by you?" The director finally raised his head, his face very long.

"Didn't you verify the identity of the person before arresting him? The Fields Medal is the Nobel Prize in mathematics! Those who can win this award are all top scholars in the field of mathematics. We arrested a world-class scholar for no reason. If this gets out, I can't protect you!"

"Director, I didn't expect that he would be a mathematician and a Fields Medal winner. It's mainly because his bet was so suspicious. He bet on the Italian team to win the championship for 800,000 euros when the odds were the best. This is totally unreasonable!" Harman defended.

"It's indeed a bit unreasonable. No normal person would bet like this." The director nodded.

"That's why I suspected him. I had received inside information in advance. Wasn't there just a match-fixing case in Italy? And he bet on the Italian team to win the championship. It's reasonable for me to suspect that he has a connection with a criminal group." Harman continued to explain.

"Indeed, if it were me, I would also be suspicious." The director nodded again, and then asked: "Did he say why he spent so much money to bet on Italy to win the championship? What was the basis for his bet on Italy?"

"He said he had arrived at this result through mathematical calculations."

"Mathematical calculation? You can calculate the World Cup champion? Do you think we haven't learned math? I think what he said about divination may be more reliable."

"That's what I thought, but I searched his laptop and found an attachment with a lot of complicated formulas, which he said were his latest research results. Oh, and he also mentioned the Kelly formula."

The director frowned, and after a moment's silence, he said, "In that case, it is possible that he calculated it."

"Director, do you believe this nonsense? How can you calculate the World Cup champion with mathematics?" Harman grinned. "Normally, I would not believe it, but he is a Fields Medal winner!" The director said, stroking his chin.

"It's impossible for a Fields Medal winner to predict who will be the World Cup champion, right? This doesn't make sense at all!"

"When it comes to mathematical problems, who is more accurate, you or the mathematicians? If you know more than the Fields Medal winner, then you will be the winner!" The director snorted coldly.

After being reprimanded by the director, Harman lowered his head helplessly and dared not say anything.

The director continued, "How about this, I will personally apologize to him and hope to gain his forgiveness!"

Harman breathed a sigh of relief, it seemed that the director still doted on him.

"By the way, you just said he was going to Madrid, Spain?" the director asked.

"I'm going to attend the World Congress of Mathematicians. My flight was originally scheduled for today, but I think I'll be late, so I may have to change to another flight," Harman replied.

"Then let's send him a special plane!" said the director.

"Send a special plane to take him to Madrid? Is it necessary to make such a fuss?" Harman muttered.

"Didn't you say that there are kidnappers targeting him? If this year's Fields Medal winner gets into trouble in Germany, how do you think the international community will view us? By then, news headlines around the world will say that the Fields Medal winner was kidnapped in Germany!"

"The director has thought it through very carefully." Harman quickly flattered.

……

Germany is still rich after all. The German government has three private planes, all of which are Airbus A320s. In 2019, they were replaced with three A350s.

The German intelligence department is even richer than the German government departments. After all, it is a unit that once fought on the front line of the Cold War. If the funds are not sufficient and the equipment is not sophisticated enough, how can it fight against the huge Soviet Union?

If the German government departments were asked to handle something like sending a special plane, it would most likely not be done. However, if it was handed over to several German intelligence departments, it would be a piece of cake.

The director came to apologize in person and sent a special plane to take Zhang Wei to Madrid. This was considered enough face.

Zhang Wei did not dwell on the fact that he was arrested. As the saying goes, it is better to resolve a feud than to create one. Being able to have a relationship with the director of the Federal Criminal Bureau, if he comes to Germany again in the future, at least he will have an acquaintance.

In fact, Zhang Wei was quite grateful to these FBI agents. If they had not intervened, he might have been kidnapped by the kidnappers.

……

The 2006 Fields Medal ceremony was held in Madrid, Spain, with the King of Spain attending in person and presenting the award. The fact that the head of state personally presented the award also indirectly illustrates the importance of the Fields Medal.

However, out of the four winners, only three showed up, and Russian mathematician Perelman was not present.

Perelman made outstanding contributions to geometry and proved the Poincare conjecture. However, he became the only person in history to refuse the Fields Medal. Later, the organizers sent the certificate and medal to his home, but he still did not end it.

Many of the world's top universities have invited him and offered him a good salary, but he firmly refused. The Russian Academy of Sciences recommended him for election as an academician of the academy, but he also refused.

In the past few years, he almost disappeared until the news of his winning the Fields Medal came out. Someone started looking for him and found that he was living in a small house in the suburbs of St. Petersburg, eating black bread and macaroni, and even reluctant to buy imported oranges. He led an extremely simple life.

As for mathematicians, probably many people are like this. Wei Shen from Peking University also drinks mineral water and steamed buns. Perhaps only such people can immerse themselves in the world of mathematics.

In order to celebrate Zhang Wei winning the Fields Medal, China sent a huge team of more than 30 people to Madrid, and the bus was a bit crowded.

The Fields Medal was heavy in Zhang Wei's hand. He took it out and took a closer look. The front of the medal was engraved with the mathematician Archimedes, and the back was a string of Latin. Zhang Wei could not understand it, but asked the translator and learned that the string of Latin meant that mathematicians all over the world were proud of contributing innovative knowledge.

"Teacher Zhang, congratulations!" A gray-haired man came over, his eyes fixed on the Fields Medal.

Zhang Wei knew this person. He was the leader of the Ministry of Science and Technology and also the head of the Chinese team.

"Director Liu, shall we take a photo with the medals?" Zhang Wei asked with a smile.

"Okay, let's take a photo!" Director Liu's face suddenly became as bright as a flower. He stood beside Zhang Wei, and the two of them dragged the medal together, letting the flash lights shine on their faces.

The photo of me holding the medal will definitely look good when it is published in the news.

Others also came forward to take photos with Zhang Wei, and then the Fields Medal began to be passed around among the crowd. Many people took out their mobile phones to take a photo of the medal.

Then, Director Liu asked, "Teacher Zhang, you must be very hard-working when doing scientific research. We are not very skilled and have limited abilities, so we can't help you academically. But in other areas, if you have any requests, just let us know. If we can solve it, we will definitely help you solve it. If we can't solve it, we can also find a way!"

Hearing this, Zhuge Xuegeng next to him quickly winked at Zhang Wei, meaning that he should make his request quickly!

Zhang Wei understood what Zhuge Xuegeng meant, so he put forward several requests, which were nothing more than increasing scientific research funds, purchasing more advanced computers, purchasing software for scientific research, and ordering more foreign papers.

To put it bluntly, it means asking the higher-ups to approve more money.

Director Liu was prepared for such a request and agreed without hesitation.

It is only natural that Zhang Wei can win the Fields Medal and be approved for more funding.

When it comes to scientific research, success or failure has always been the criterion for judging one's success. If one can produce results, or even win international awards, then there will be a steady stream of funding.

……

In the evening, Zhuge Xuegeng, who had received benefits from the ministries and commissions, came to Zhang Wei's room carrying a plastic bag.

"Zhang Wei, thanks to you, the department has given us additional funding. We can't let you work in vain. I'll treat you to a drink! Look, I've brought some snacks!"

As Zhuge Xuegeng spoke, he took out two bags of Drunkard Peanuts from a plastic bag.

"That's all? You're sending me away with just two bags of peanuts? This is Spain, you have to give me a piece of Spanish ham?" Zhang Wei asked with a smile.

"Don't underestimate these peanuts, but I brought them from China. I flew them from Beijing to Madrid, which is more than 10,000 kilometers. How much did the fuel cost alone? They are not better than Spanish ham! Do you feel my kindness?" Zhuge Xuegeng said.

"I can smell your sweat! Are you afraid of spending money?" Zhang Wei picked up a bag of peanuts and muttered, "They look like the ones sold in the supermarket next to our dormitory."

"You guessed it right! I bought it from the supermarket next to your dormitory." Zhuge Xuegeng said, and took out another bottle of Moutai from the plastic bag.

"Oh, Maotai, Professor Zhuge, you are really generous! You actually treated me to Maotai."

"When I treat you to a drink, of course you have to drink the best." Zhuge Xuegeng said proudly.

“Is this also brought from China?”

"But we have to bring it from China. We won't have time to go shopping after arriving in Spain."

"It's better to buy it in Spain, at least it's all genuine. There are a lot of fake Moutai in China!"

“This Moutai is authentic!”

Zhang Wei picked up the Moutai packaging and took a look: "Why do I feel that this Moutai looks familiar?"

"Does it look familiar? Aren't all Moutai the same?" Zhuge Xuegeng said somewhat guiltily.

"The production date is 2003." Zhang Wei picked up the bottle cap, took a look at the production date, and immediately pretended to be enlightened.

"I remember now. This is the bottle I gave you! It has this production date."

"It's been two years, and you still remember the production date?" Zhuge Xuegeng looked embarrassed, and then explained: "Didn't you win a prize? I picked this bottle specifically for commemoration purposes. I'm just offering this as a token of my appreciation."

"I can see that you are really stingy, not pretending!" Zhang Wei smiled and continued, "How could I remember the production date from two years ago? I deliberately bluffed you, and now you admit it yourself."

Two years ago, in order to use a supercomputer to verify Mersenne prime numbers, Zhang Wei went to Professor Zhuge for help and gave him two bottles of Moutai.

Zhang Wei opened another pack of sausages he brought from Germany. Finally, he had some meat and didn't have to eat peanuts.

"Zhang Wei, you won the Fields Medal this time, which brought honor to us Chinese. When you return to China, there will definitely be a large number of reporters interviewing you. Then go to the barber shop and get a more handsome hairstyle so that you can look good on camera."

"I don't think it's my turn to be interviewed. The Fields Medal is still too far away from ordinary people. How many people in China know what the Fields Medal is? Moreover, at this time, the focus of the domestic media should be on that person!"

“Who is that person? Is there anyone who can win a Fields Medal more than you?”

"There really is someone who is more awesome than me in winning the Fields Medal!" Zhang Wei laughed and then asked, "By the way, Professor Zhuge, do you remember that time you asked me to bet on the French team to win? In the end, the French team lost to Italy. Your formula is not reliable!"

After Zhang Wei's reminder, Professor Zhuge suddenly remembered that he still owed Zhang Wei 200 yuan!
The next second, Zhuge Xuegeng was immediately possessed by the spirit of drama.

"Oh my, why is this Moutai liquor so intoxicating? I can't take it anymore. I feel dizzy..."

(End of this chapter)