Just turned over a new leaf and became a wise and intelligent student

Chapter 265 Those who are not good at math go to Wall Street

"There's still more than an hour left, you can sleep a little longer."

Jiang Huanxi supported his numb shoulders and said caringly.

"No."

Xu Qingshan helped Jiang Huanxi wipe her clothes somewhat embarrassedly, feeling a little confused.

"I noticed that you were distracted since you went to bed last night. Are you feeling unwell?"

"No, I just felt a little sleepy."

Xu Qingshan shook his head.

"Yeah, that's good."

Jiang Huanxi relaxed her shoulders with relief and leaned naturally into Xu Qingshan's arms.

Xu Qingshan's eyes were empty, and his head was thinking about the strange numbers he had dreamed of last night.

I felt as if I was in an endless digital matrix, like a slow-moving whale, with no end, and a sense of fulfillment and indulgence.

But if he didn't wake up, he always felt that he would be lost and suffocated.

Just like people are choked to death by air and fish are drowned by sea water.

Xu Qingshan and Jiang Huanxi did not go to the United States alone. Academician Tian Gang and Professor Zhu Xiaohua also went with them.

The former is an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

The latter is not bad either. He was born in 68 and was named a Young Outstanding Scientist in 04, before Xu Qingshan. In 2000, he collaborated with Academician Tian Gang to solve the uniqueness problem of Kaehler-Ricci i solitons and successfully published the results in the "Acta Mathematica Sinica", one of the four major journals.

He is also a rare young talent.

Of course, Tian Gang and Zhu Xiaohua both have assistants to help them handle work matters at home and abroad.

The only people Princeton formally invited were the two of them and Xu Qingshan, but to be honest, Tian Gang and Zhu Xiaohua were there to protect Xu Qingshan.

After all, putting ICML aside, this was Xu Qingshan's first time attending a major international academic conference.

Needless to say, Tian Gang himself became successful by studying abroad.

After graduating and staying at Peking University to teach, Zhu Xiaohua also worked as a researcher at the National Australian Mathematical Research Center for two years. He has been invited to give reports at international academic conferences many times. He has a high reputation in the international mathematics community and is often invited to visit major famous schools and mathematics research centers, such as the Center for Advanced Mathematics Research in France, MIT and Berkeley in the United States, and the University of Tokyo in Japan.

The plane landed and I walked out of the airport, it felt like a lifetime ago.

Intercontinental flights can really destroy a person's faith, especially economy class.

With two experienced old men leading the way, Xu Qingshan only needed to follow.

Princeton is just a small city and does not have any direct international flights. They need to land at Newark Liberty International Airport first and then take two pre-booked business cars to Princeton.

“I remember the last time I came to Princeton was probably in 05.”

Zhu Xiaohua was sitting in the front and turned around to talk to Xu Qingshan.

He was very interested in this junior who had caused trouble in the school in just a few months while he was visiting abroad.

"To be honest, the environment in Princeton is much better than that in Peking University."

Xu Qingshan didn't speak. What could he say since it was his first time here?

"But that's mainly because it's in the capital, and the climate in the capital is like that."

"If we can have a research university like Princeton in the future, with a good environment and academic atmosphere, I will definitely switch jobs and do research there immediately."

Zhu Xiaohua said with a smile.

"That is because Dean Tian is not here, otherwise Dean Tian would have said Senior Brother."

"It's okay. Brother must be sleeping like a dead pig now."

Xu Qingshan also laughed.

When they first met at the airport, Tian Gang introduced Zhu Xiaohua to Xu Qingshan. Zhu Xiaohua didn't want to be polite to Xu Qingshan at all and directly called him "junior brother".

Although Zhu Xiaohua's teacher is Zhang Gongqing, Xu Qingshan's teacher should be roughly considered Tian Gang.

Zhang Gongqing was also Tian Gang’s supervisor during his undergraduate and graduate studies.

Therefore, to be precise, the two should be considered as uncle and nephew.

But at that time Tian Gang just smiled and said that they should discuss their own issues.

So this strange conversation logic emerged: Xu Qingshan’s senior brother was Zhu Xiaohua, Zhu Xiaohua’s senior brother was Tian Gang, but Tian Gang’s student was Xu Qingshan.

Tian Gang and his two assistants took another business car.

Lao Deng couldn't stand sitting in economy class, so he lay down in the back of the car to catch up on his sleep.

God knows why there was no business class seat on this trip. It was said that it was full when I bought the ticket.

"Do you believe that if there was such a thing in China, Senior Brother would have jumped over there first?"

Zhu Xiaohua was very confident.

He had known Tian Gang longer and had worked with him before. He had heard Tian Gang complain about the weather and dryness in the capital more than once, but although Lao Deng complained, he had never seen him plan to run away.

"Of course, it has to be mainly research-oriented. My senior has always wanted to build the best mathematics department in the country, but I am not so optimistic."

"how do I say this?"

"Due to the national conditions and the educational environment in our country, parents are unlikely to let their children study pure mathematics."

Zhu Xiaohua curled his lips helplessly.

"Like the Mathematical Olympiad, many parents let their children study it just to get higher math scores, or to see if there is any shortcut to get into a good university."

He doesn't seem to like this phenomenon in the country very much.

"Students trained in that way are too crafty."

Zhu Xiaohua sighed.

"Whether doing things or answering questions, everything is so methodical. How can one be innovative in this situation?"

"I've read your paper on the general formal verification of the twin prime conjecture, and a few days ago I also read the mathematics part of your new paper on Boolean functions published on arXiv. To be honest, you don't look like a student that can be brought up by our domestic exam-oriented education system."

"I mean, you don't look like a regular college entrance exam champion."

Xu Qingshan smiled and explained briefly.

"I taught myself all the knowledge I learned in high school, so when it comes to taking exams, I'm actually not that bad."

"In fact, doing exercises does not mean taking exams. When I was doing the exercises, I would think about tracing the root cause and finding the result."

Xu Qingshan spoke, and Zhu Xiaohua listened, nodding in agreement from time to time.

"That is actually research in essence. Academic research is not just about innovation. Seeking the essence of things and mastering knowledge that you didn't understand before is also research."

Zhu Xiaohua gave a definition of Xu Qingshan's behavior, and then the truth was revealed.

"We seem to get along pretty well. How about we talk more after we return home, or work on a project together?"

Zhu Xiaohua looked at Xu Qingshan with sharp eyes.

"Of course I can if I have time, but as you know, I've been very busy at school lately, and I'm going to be even busier after this meeting."

"It's okay, I'll get a number and queue up first." Zhu Xiaohua rubbed his hands with a bright smile.

However, he soon heard the hidden meaning of Xu Qingshan's words.

"What killer moves have you prepared for this meeting?"

"Nothing much, just showing the proofs of Zhou's conjecture and the twin prime conjecture that I prepared."

"Ok?"

Zhu Xiaohua's mouth was tightened into a line and his eyes were wide open as he looked at Xu Qingshan.

He is actually a chatterbox.

From the way he started talking to Xu Qingshan just now, it was clear that he had been holding it in for a long time. He looked back several times and found Xu Qingshan sleeping, so he didn't feel like disturbing him.

When he looked back more than an hour before landing, he saw him hugging his girlfriend and whispering sweet nothings to her, and he didn't feel comfortable disturbing her.

We finally got in the car and chatted for less than half an hour.

He tried to use a flat attack, but Xu Qingshan hit him with a king bomb with 4 twos in return.

Xu Qingshan didn't continue talking, but just smiled with his eyes narrowed.

Zhu Xiaohua's expression returned to calm. He slowly turned his head and tried to process the information he received in his head.

But Zhu Xiaohua had not recovered until the car arrived in Princeton and they were taken to the hotel by student volunteers who were responsible for hosting the scholars of the conference to go through the check-in procedures.

Xu Qingshan didn't care about the mental state of Senior Brother Xiao Zhu.

Jiang Huanxi didn't rest along the way, so he wanted to accompany Xiao Jiang back to the hotel room to rest first.

Xu Qingshan came out of the hotel only after Xiao Jiang fell asleep peacefully in the room and started to adjust to the jet lag.

He had just slept long enough on the plane that he was now too alert to sleep.

Princeton itself is located in a small town. Xu Qingshan noticed the scenery on the campus on the way to the hotel. The campus is shaded by green trees and evergreen all the year round. Ancient trees and modern buildings coexist harmoniously, showing a unique fusion of academics and nature.

"Junior brother! Junior brother!"

Zhu Xiaohua, who had recovered at some point, was sitting in the hotel lobby, and his assistant helped him take his luggage back to his room.

"Brother, why are you sitting here?"

Xu Qingshan asked.

Didn’t you see that Old Tian didn’t even say a few words just after getting out of the car and went back to his room to sleep?
"I thought you'd been sleeping all the way, and you wouldn't be able to fall asleep in your room. Should I go for a walk with you?"

Xu Qingshan saw that Zhu Xiaohua's expression had returned to normal and it seemed that he was quite receptive, so he nodded.

"This is my first time in Princeton. Sorry to bother you, senior brother."

"Little things."

Zhu Xiaohua stood up, rubbed his face, and took Xu Qingshan out.

Although it is already spring, the air in the campus is still filled with a faint woody scent mixed with some floral scent, which makes people feel relaxed and happy.

The lake in the distance was sparkling, and there were some swans swimming in it.

But the temperature is not very high, and you can’t bear it without wearing two more layers.

"Brother, will it snow in Princeton?"

Xu Qingshan breathed a sigh of relief. The two of them with yellow skin and black hair were actually quite conspicuous walking under the shade of the trees in the school. From time to time, young students would boldly come over to take a look to see if they were Asian friends they knew.

"Yes, the timing of our meeting is quite coincidental. It may snow in a few days."

The two chatted as they walked aimlessly in Princeton.

It is hard to imagine that in this small town with a population of only 30,000 people, there is a world-renowned top university.

Moreover, classic Gothic buildings can be seen everywhere on both sides of the road, classical and solemn, and each building seems to carry rich historical and cultural heritage.

Even the inscriptions and lines on the wall possess a transcendental aesthetic sense of rationalism.

Whenever they came to a garden or a path, as long as Zhu Xiaohua knew about it, he would give Xu Qingshan a brief introduction. After all, he had not been here very often and it was impossible for him to know everything.

"That's Lake Carnegie. The path over there where many students are walking is called Tiger Path. Many universities in the United States like to use animals as mascots. If you watch the NBA, you'll see the Chicago Bulls, Atlanta Hawks, and New Orleans Hornets. Princeton also has one, and their mascot is a tiger."

Zhu Xiaohua showed off his extensive knowledge.

Xu Qingshan pointed to the luxury cars parked on the roadside ahead and the business elites in suits standing by the lake and chatting.

"Brother, I'm more curious about why there are so many successful people in Princeton?"

"Oh, you mean them?"

Zhu Xiaohua took a look and said as if it was nothing new.

“They are all financial tycoons from Wall Street. Although Princeton is famous for its academics, many wealthy people in New York will come here to buy a property and come here to rest when they have free time. Of course, most of these wealthy people also graduated from Princeton.”

Xu Qingshan raised his eyebrows.

“Isn’t Harvard the best business school in the world?”

"It's Harvard, of course, but all the fund and securities companies in the world will not reject top students from Princeton's mathematics department."

When Zhu Xiaohua said this, his eyes lit up.

"It's just like in our country. If you are a top student in the Department of Mathematics at Peking University and go to any securities company, will they reject you?"

"But."

Xu Qingshan wanted to ask something else but was interrupted by Zhu Xiaohua.

“There is a saying that goes, it is much easier to explain a financial concept to a mathematician than to explain a financial model to a financial economist.”

"Harvard Business School produces more management talents, and those people go to the Fortune 500 companies, not Wall Street. But if we really talk about Wall Street, the content of mathematical talents there is much higher."

"At the top Ivy League schools, those who can't do math go to Wall Street."

Zhu Xiaohua said half-jokingly.

Xu Qingshan thought about it and nodded in agreement.

"Yes, in theory, mathematics is a universal subject in the universe."

"The enemy."

Although Zhu Xiaohua is 40 years old this year, he speaks very interestingly and is not at all behind young people.

Xu Qingshan suddenly felt that most people who studied mathematics should be quite interesting. Old Chen was a wonderful person, Brother Xiao Zhu was a chatterbox, the two students he taught were also abstract, and Old Zong was the one who could do things in a serious manner.

I don’t know if Tian Yuan has any hidden attributes that I haven’t developed yet?
Zhu Xiaohua took Xu Qingshan towards Nassau Hall. He never thought that this junior fellow apprentice next to him was now thinking about developing his senior brother.

If he knew, he would definitely praise it as "the opposite of Tiangang".

"Yes, that is Nassau Hall, Princeton's administrative center. Let's go over there and take a look. There should be quite a few big guys here already, and some will be having a party there."

as predicted.

As soon as the two of them stepped into Nassau Hall, they attracted a lot of attention.

To be precise, it was Xu Qingshan who attracted a lot of attention.

(End of this chapter)