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Chapter 143 Mathematics can be used in this way! Zhang Shuo: It's really luck

When the hot topic of "Zhang Shuo calculated the winning numbers" appeared on the media network, most people took a quick glance and thought it was hype and fake news.

Many comments were full of doubts, "It looks fake at first glance! How can anyone believe this?"

"I believe Zhang Shuo is good at math. I believe he can beat Fields. But do you think he can calculate the winning numbers? You must be kidding me!"

"This is beyond comprehension. Mathematics can't do this."

“It’s definitely hype!”

After entering the hot topic, what you see is the comparison between the photo on the blackboard and the winning number.

Most people subconsciously don't believe it.

After carefully looking through the topic, you can find that there are many photos. Someone also posted a short video of Zhang Shuo writing the winning numbers. It is obvious that there are a lot of people in the classroom.

Someone immediately made a rational analysis, "The lottery draw is at 9:30 pm. Since we are giving a lecture in the classroom, it is definitely not that time. It has to be earlier, not later."

"There is a video where Zhang Shuo stands on the stage and writes out the numbers one by one."

"He must have written the numbers before the draw."

“So, this thing is true!”

Of course it is true.

Zhang Shuo is an academic star and has great influence in university circles.

It was his first time giving a lecture to students, and there were more than 200 students present, as well as many faculty and staff, and everyone took a lot of photos.

When they made the same discovery as Zhou Chang, or learned the news, they would post the information on major websites.

After looking at more information, it can be confirmed to a certain extent.

If it was a rumor, it would be impossible for so many people to spread it together.

Confirmation is a gradual process.

At the beginning, mainstream media thought it was a rumor, and some media websites even restricted the flow of related content. Later, when more new content was discovered, the topic gradually became more popular.

At 2 a.m., the content of the topic had been completely finalized, and many media outlets working at night reposted it, attracting more people's attention, and the popularity continued until the next morning.

Many reporters arrived at Soochow University early in the morning, and they wanted to interview what happened.

There is no need to interview Zhang Shuo this time. It will be fine to interview the doctoral students or other faculty members who are attending the lecture.

The first thing was to confirm that Zhang Shuo had an open class yesterday, and then confirm that Zhang Shuo wrote the winning numbers in the open class, and by the way, ask about the whole process.

Some reporters were lucky enough to meet students who were attending the lecture and learned what had happened.

Simply put, Zhang Shuo gave an open class on "Mathematical Research and Application".

In the second half of the course, he used himself as a negative example and talked about the interesting story of studying lottery winning numbers. Later, when a student asked about the numbers he analyzed, he wrote the analyzed numbers on the blackboard.

After getting this information, the reporters immediately went to the large classroom on the first floor of the Science School building. Unfortunately, it was very difficult to enter the classroom. They had to apply to the school because the outside was surrounded by security guards.

They received the news that "the blackboard has been protected by the school."

Fortunately, a school administrator took a photo from inside and gave it to the reporters.

'Protecting the blackboard' was the idea of ​​Zhou Jianbin, a researcher at the Institute of Science and Engineering.

Among all the faculty and staff, Zhou Jianbin was the first to see the information. A doctoral student he supervised posted a message on WeChat Moments, saying that Zhang Shuo had guessed the winning number.

Zhou Jianbin immediately searched and checked, and found that it was true.

This news is really shocking.

While talking about this with others, he quickly got up and went to school, and asked the security guard to protect the classroom.

"I just checked, and the content on the blackboard has not been erased."

"Don't move!"

"Or else, take down the blackboard and replace it with another one. This one might become very valuable..."

Following Zhou Jianbin's repeated instructions, the large classroom on the first floor of the School of Science was protected. After the school learned the news, it also arranged to change the classroom for the morning classes.

Zhou Jianbin was so excited that he couldn't sleep well. At six o'clock in the morning, he couldn't help but call Zhang Shuo, but the call didn't go through.

When going to bed, Zhang Shuo always turns on the Do Not Disturb mode, otherwise it is impossible for him to fall asleep.

At half past six, Zhang Shuo woke up.

He usually lies lazily in bed for more than ten minutes, and then becomes very energetic by checking his mobile phone.

Then I saw a phone call coming in. The caller was Zhou Jianbin from the Institute of Science and Engineering?

"Zhou Jianbin?"

Zhang Shuo had never received a call from Zhou Jianbin, and they had no contact with each other. He curiously pressed the answer button, and heard Zhou Jianbin ask from the other end, "Professor Zhang Shuo, sorry to bother you, are you up?"

"Just woke up."

"It's like this. I want to ask how you analyze lottery numbers. Is there any method? Can you tell me? I want to analyze it too."

"Uh~~~"

Zhang Shuo felt like he was dreaming. He asked, "What's wrong?"

"You don't know yet?"

Zhou Jianbin was stunned and shouted, "You are on the hot spot, the number you analyzed won the jackpot!"

"what?"

"Don't tell me you didn't buy this issue of lottery..."

"Bought."

After Zhang Shuo said this, he finally reacted, quickly got up from the bed, and rushed directly to the office on the second floor.

Open the door to the office, open the drawer...

"Still there!"

Zhang Shuo exhaled lightly and quickly turned on the computer to check the winning numbers. He also received several calls in a row. Gao Xiaohong, "Your lottery ticket won the prize. Did you buy it this time? At least three third prizes!"

Huang Kai, "Zhang Shuo, you are awesome. Did you buy the lottery ticket? Yes, you did? I'll treat you!"

"Also, how did you analyze it? Analyze it again and we'll buy some too."

"Yes, there are several people next to me, including Liu Chengjie. We are all classmates. Don't tell others about numbers like this. If everyone knows, the prize money will be less..."

On the other hand, Sun Xingli received much less bombardment. Few people outside the school knew that Zhang Shuo did the analysis with him and bought lottery tickets with him.

However, people in the school still knew about it.

For example, Luo Yongjun.

Luo Yongjun bombarded Sun Xingli with phone calls. Sun Xingli was still asleep. When he picked up the phone, he heard the other party say, "You didn't buy the Mark Six lottery this time, right?"

"what?"

Sun Xingli was a little confused. He was in a daze for a long time before he reacted, "Mark Six lottery? Of course I bought it. We will buy it for a month."

"Where's the lottery?"

"It should be at Zhang Shuo's place... No! Lao Luo, what do you mean!?"

Sun Xingli had become alert. He sat up and asked loudly.

At this time, Luo Yongjun said in a low voice, "That's a pity... remember to treat us!" Then the phone was hung up.

Sun Xingli received another call while he was confused, and only then did he realize that the lottery ticket they bought had won the prize.

On the other side, Luo Yongjun sat on the edge of the bed, holding his head in pain.

He once had a chance to win the lottery, but he didn't cherish it. If it came again... I would participate for a whole year!
Now, it's too late!

A loud voice came from the side, "Luo! Tell me, Zhang Shuo is doing research, why don't you follow him?"

"Even if you don't want to study together, we can buy lottery tickets together!"

"Your shortcoming is obvious. You are too self-centered."

"When you encounter something, it's very easy to get stuck in your own self-perception, thinking that you're a math professor, great, and high-level, but Zhang Shuo's level is even higher!"

"Don't I know what your level is? Take that research you're doing, for example. If it weren't for Zhang Shuo, you'd never be able to figure it out in your lifetime!"

Luo Yongjun said depressedly, "Don't say anything, I'm already miserable enough."

"Luo, actually it's not important whether there's money or not, and it's not important whether you won the prize or not. The main thing is that you told me about it, and it made me feel bad too..."

"Oh~~~"

The couple sighed deeply together.

……

Research Building, Zhang Shuo’s office on the second floor.

A large group of people crowded the room, including professors from the College of Higher Education, school administrators, and even Vice President Zhang Qiu Sheng.

Sun Xingli was saying proudly, "Two second prizes, one third prize, one fourth prize, and four fifth prizes. I knew I could win. Zhang Shuo and I have been researching this for a long time."

"How long?" Zhang Qiu Sheng asked.

"More than two hours!"

A large group of people rolled their eyes when they heard this. They were indeed very envious. The second prize this time was 180 million, and two second prizes were 360 million.

The rest can be ignored, and when added together they are not even enough to pay taxes.

Tan Youming sighed, "This is the first time I know that mathematics can be used in this way."

"I didn't expect that..."

Everyone else nodded.

Before, no one believed Zhang Shuo and Sun Xingli’s research on winning numbers, but after they won so many prizes, people started to believe them.

It's happening right before our eyes!

luck?

Luck definitely plays a role, but the analytical process is definitely also important.

A group of people started chattering and asking, "Zhang Shuo, how did you do your research? Study it further and we'll try buying some."

"Yeah, that's awesome!"

"I don't need to win the second prize, the third or fourth prize will be fine too!"

Zhang Shuo felt a bit of a headache. He explained, "It was really luck this time. Didn't you say that in the classroom? I thought it was impossible..."

"How can there be so much luck!"

"Your research methods must be very unique. Tell me, how do you do it?"

"It's luck. I'll give it a try."

"This is definitely not luck, is there any need to explain it? I just figured it out through analysis..."

"Ula Ula~~~"

Zhang Shuo attributed his winning to luck, but others no longer see it that way.

Faced with a large group of people asking questions, he could only say helplessly, "If you want to know how to analyze it, I can explain it in detail."

"But it was really luck that I said it in advance."

"Whether you win or not, don't come to me..."

Everyone looked at Sun Xingli.

Sun Xingli immediately raised his hands in surrender and said hastily, "I was just joking. It's just luck. Don't come looking for me..."

(End of this chapter)