The unparalleled talent of the country started from Harbin Institute of Technology

Chapter 231, Running in Both Directions, Why is Zhu Ling Here? (Seeking monthly tickets and subscriptions)

July 1983, Warsaw, Poland, Central Europe.

After the opening ceremony of the International Congress of Mathematicians, Wang Duoyu stood on the stage for a day and completed his own report. After that, he listened to various reports given by others.

This conference invited Thom, Gerd Faltings and others to give reports, and Yang Nianzhen, Maxim, Yorks and seven others also gave reports of 45 minutes or one hour.

Wang Duoyu did not attend any of his students' lectures.

It’s not that I don’t support my students, but they are all concentrated in two or three days, and Wang Duoyu is too busy to attend them all. He can’t participate in one and not that, right?

If the students knew who he favored, there would probably be problems.

I might as well not attend anyone's lecture.

On the other hand, Wang Duoyu was very familiar with their papers, so there was no need to listen to their reports.

And since he came to attend the conference, of course he had to communicate with those top mathematicians, especially those who were very good at mathematics and physics. This was his purpose.

In just a few days, Wang Duoyu reaped a lot of rewards.

In the blink of an eye, it was time for the closing ceremony, which was also the final award ceremony.

On the closing day, all the people who came to attend the conference were present.

The most nervous were Alain Connes, Shing-Tung Yau, William Thurston, Gerd Faltings and others. Even Charles Fefferman, who had already won the Fields Medal, was a little nervous.

Qiu Chengtong, who was sitting next to Wang Duoyu, turned his head to look at Charles Fefferman next to him and asked in a low voice:
"Why are you nervous?"

"Who said I was nervous? I'm excited!"

"Okay, you're excited. But you should be able to win a second Fields Medal, right?"

"Qiu, I suspect you are implying something about me, but I have no evidence. However, I will definitely prove it to you."

Shing-Tung Yau: “.”

Wang Duoyu next to him couldn't help but grin. Charles Fefferman was a funny guy. Although he was young, he had great ambitions.

Since the Fields Medal was established in 1936, no one has won the Fields Medal twice. If Charles Fefferman can really win this award this time, it will indeed be a sensation.

You know, Charles Fefferman, who was born in 1949, is only 34 years old this year.

Winning two Fields Medals at such a young age would certainly cause a sensation.

What a pity, Wang Duoyu is the reason for his success and failure.

If it weren't for Wang Duoyu, Charles Feefman wouldn't have been so close to the Fields Medal, but because of Wang Duoyu, the entire mathematics community has become quite inward-looking, and it's a very serious kind.

People like Shing-Tung Yau, William Thurston, Gerd Faltings, etc. are all top scorers.

Perhaps only Alain Connes was relatively calm. Maybe he thought he could easily win the Fields Medal?
On the stage, the host Olitz said with a smile:
"Dear professors, the closing ceremony of the 19th International Congress of Mathematicians has officially begun. This congress has been a resounding success."

"Many of our young mathematicians gave wonderful presentations at the conference, especially Professor Wang Duoyu, whose presentation on the opening day was the highlight of the conference."

"Next is our award ceremony. I would like to announce that the winner of this year's Fields Medal is..."

Following Olitz's words, the scene suddenly became quiet. Everyone looked at him eagerly, wanting to know who the winners of this year's Fields Medal were.

Going back to the class of 1974, there were only two Fields Medal winners.

It’s not that there were no places available, but that there were only two people who made significant contributions to mathematics during those years, namely David Bryant Mumford and Enrique Pompili.

This year's Fields Medal is the most competitive one since its establishment.

Because of this, even though the situation in Warsaw was not very stable, it still attracted more than 3,000 people to attend this conference.

No one was very happy with the big news on the opening day. One can only say that John Thompson was not good enough and was easily defeated by the young man Wang Duoyu.

Therefore, after hearing the big news and attending so many lectures, what everyone is most looking forward to at this conference is the Fields Medal.

"He was one of the provers of the Poincaré conjecture, which he successfully proved as the Poincaré-Smale-Wandoyu theorem. Many of the mathematical tools he used in his proof have influenced many people."

On the stage, Olitz began to speak, and the audience immediately burst into thunderous applause.

Everyone was applauding wildly because when they heard the Poincare conjecture, they knew who would be the first person to win the Fields Medal this year. It was well deserved.

Hua Luogeng, Duan Xuefu, Su Buqing and other older generation mathematicians all stood up and applauded, and were so excited that they cried.

Chen Jingrun was also very excited, but his mood was a little complicated, because he actually had the opportunity to win the Fields Medal and become the first person in the country.

Unfortunately, he spent too much time proving 1+2 and eventually missed it.

Because there is an age limit for the Fields Medal, one must be under 40 years old to be eligible to receive it.

The seven students, Yang Nianzhen, Rong Guangxia, Maxim, York, Li Jun, Li Jianshu and Bocherz, were all looking at Wang Duoyu's back with extremely intense attention.

All seven of them were thinking that next time, they would also be able to sit in the front row and even go on stage to receive awards.

Shing-Tung Yau, William Thurston, Charles Fefferman, Gerd Faltings, Andrew Wiles and others all looked at Wang Duoyu eagerly, as if at this moment, there was light behind the latter.

Many people in the media previously said that Wang Duoyu won the Fields Medal, and that was the honor of the Fields Medal.

Many people still think so now.

In fact, Wang Duoyu's participation in this International Congress of Mathematicians is actually a recognition of the conference and the Fields Medal, as well as his willingness to embrace the global mathematics community and work with everyone to promote the development of mathematics.

It can be said that Wang Duoyu's willingness to accept the Fields Medal has undoubtedly gilded the award and brought the value of the award to a new level.

Although Smale once said in front of the media more than ten years ago that the Fields Medal is equivalent to the Nobel Prize in Mathematics, in fact, the importance of the Fields Medal is not that prominent.

At the 1966 International Congress of Mathematicians, there were four Fields Medal winners: Michael Atiyah, Alexander Grothendieck, Stephen Smale, and Joseph Cohen.

Among them, Atiyah and Grothendieck can be ranked among the greatest mathematicians of the 20th century, and Joseph Cohen won the award for solving the forcing method, the continuity hypothesis and the independence of government systems.

Needless to say, Stephen Smale won the award for proving the Poincare conjecture in five dimensions and above.

Among them, Stephen Smale and Alexander Grothendieck both had strong political views. The latter did not go to the Polar Bear Empire to receive the award that year, while the former opposed the Monkey War and was then targeted.

That's why he told the media that the Fields Medal is the Nobel Prize in Mathematics, and then the media spread it wildly.

But it’s useless. The importance of the Fields Medal is still a little lacking. It’s not that important.

Ordinary people don’t know much about the Fields Medal. Most of the time, the Fields Medal is a bit like mathematicians entertaining themselves behind closed doors.

Now, the Emperor of Mathematics, Wang Duoyu, has arrived.

"He also proved the Fermat conjecture and formulated the Fermat-Wang Duoyu theorem. The mathematical tools he proposed in his proof, such as modular forms, have promoted the development of mathematics."

"He also proved the ABC conjecture. It took him less than half a year from proposing the conjecture to proving the mathematical problem."

"Although we all know that he also proved the honeycomb conjecture and the restricted Burnside conjecture, and also wrote two papers proving the geometric Langlands conjecture, he successfully promoted the development of the grand unified theory of mathematics."

"But this year's conference focuses on mathematical research achievements and contributions before 1982. So we'll only count those before that."

Olitz's words left everyone speechless, yet full of admiration.

The others in the back row looked at Wang Duoyu's back in the front row, their eyes full of eagerness, madness, and a little helplessness.

It was as if they saw the coming of a golden age for mathematics.

After all, winning the Fields Medal requires so much contribution, which means that there will only be more involution in the future.

In the past, to win the Fields Medal, one might have only had to prove one or two fifth-tier mathematical conjectures or hypotheses. For example, the 1970 Fields Medal winner, Nice-Alan Baker, published a paper on all problems in number theory and class number problems in quadratic fields.

There was also Hironaka Heisuke, who won the Fields Medal because he solved the problem of resolving singularities in algebraic varieties.

But now, I'm afraid I have to be on par with the third-tier mathematical conjecture problems in order to have a chance of winning the Fields Medal.

For example, the honeycomb conjecture, the perfect number conjecture, and Cramer's conjecture.

However, the honeycomb conjecture has been proved by Wang Duoyu, and the difficulty coefficient of these conjectures is very high, so it is very difficult to deal with.

"Please invite Professor Wang Duoyu to the stage to receive the award."

As Olitz spoke, the applause became even louder.

After Wang Duoyu came on stage, it was supposed to announce other winners, but that was not the case. Instead, he received the award first.

The chairman of this conference, Ao Duiqi, personally presented Wang Duoyu with a gold medal.

Anyway, it fell into Wang Duoyu's hands, like a heavy medal. He was stunned for a second, "Is this a pure gold medal?"

He secretly guessed that it was because he was very sensitive to the density of metal. Who made him deal with metal all the time in the past period of time?

From the design and material development of sub-combustion ramjet engines to the establishment of Red Star Steel Plant, he needed to come into contact with metal frequently.

A pure gold medal and a gold medal are two completely different things, and Wang Duoyu can still tell the difference.

In addition to this medal, Wang Duoyu also received an envelope containing a check. He didn't see how much money was in it, but he remembered it should be a few thousand Canadian dollars, right?
Because it has always been 1500 Canadian dollars since it was first established in 1500. Even five years ago, in , the prize money for each Fields Medal winner was only Canadian dollars.

But starting this year, the bonus has been increased. It should be two thousand Canadian dollars, right?

It was not until later generations that the prize money was gradually increased to 15000 Canadian dollars. However, this amount of prize money was still not much and has been criticized.

Because the Nobel Prize money is tens of millions of kronor, which is about one million US dollars, and there is a huge difference between the two.

After Wang Duoyu received the award, it was the turn of the next three people to receive their awards.

The obvious difference is that when the awards were announced to be given to Shing-Tung Yau, William Thurston and Gerd Faltings, there was a noticeable lack of such a grand sense of ceremony, as if it was fast-forwarded.

When Wang Duoyu learned that the three people including Qiu Chengtong had won the award, his expression was stunned for a moment, but he quickly recovered.

This seems normal, because Alain Connes, who was originally ranked high and had a greater chance of winning the award, was overtaken by William Thurston, Shing-Tung Yau and Gerd Faltings.

After all, the Fields Medal is awarded to mathematicians under the age of 40 who have made significant contributions to mathematics.

Alain Connes's research results were in operator algebra and algebraic classification problems, which were slightly inferior, so he missed the Fields Medal this year.

The scientific research achievements of Qiu Chengtong include the Calabi conjecture, the positive mass conjecture, the solution to the existence of the Hermite-Yang-Mills connection, and the introduction of geometric methods to solve important problems in general relativity.

William Thurston worked on the geometrization conjecture and important problems in topological quantum physics, while Gerd Faltings solved the Model conjecture.

So, with only four spots available, there is no need to mention Wang Duoyu. Qiu Chengtong, William Thurston and Gerd Faltings are all very capable players.

If Alan Conne had come to Harbin Institute of Technology with William Thurston and others, perhaps the situation would have been different.

After all, Shing-Tung Yau joined HIT in May last year, but he had often visited the Ice City before that, while William Thurston and Gerd Faltings came to HIT even earlier.

All I can say is that time is destiny.

Gerd Faltings was born in 1954, only two years older than Wang Duoyu, while Alan Conne was born in 1947 and is 36 years old this year.

In other words, Alain Connes only has a chance with the class of 1986, otherwise he will never get the Fields Medal in his life.

Looking at the three people, Shing-Tung Yau, on the stage, Alain Conne had a smile on his face, but it was a faint one, and one could see the loneliness and unwillingness in his eyes.

However, even so, the die is cast, what can be done?
The Fields Medal award ceremony has come to an end. Next up is the newly established Nevanlinna Prize, which is awarded to those who have made major contributions to the mathematics of computer science.

The award is also given in memory of Rolf Nevanlinna, one of Finland's most famous mathematicians, who died in 1980.

As the host, Olitz announced some information about the award and also announced the winner: Wang Duoyu!
Wow!
There was an uproar at the scene, but after being stunned, many people nodded and applauded.

why?
Because everyone seems to have forgotten the mathematical papers that Wang Duoyu had published before, such as "Computer Approximate Solutions of Nonlinear Differential Equations".

It is because Wang Duoyu is so brilliant in other fields that everyone ignores his contributions to mathematics in computer science.

Hua Luogeng, Chen Jingrun, Duan Xuefu, Su Buqing and others were also extremely surprised, and immediately applauded and celebrated.

Yang Nianzhen and others were all surprised, and then applauded with joy.

Wang Duoyu himself did not attend the event, so it was a surprise that the Naiwanlinna Award was awarded to him, but it also seemed reasonable.

When Wang Duoyu went on stage to receive the award again, he expressed his surprise. He said a few simple words and then left the stage.

The closing ceremony is almost over here.

After receiving the notice, Yan Daowen immediately arranged people to keep an eye on Wang Duoyu.

However, Wang Duoyu was surrounded by a group of mathematicians at this time, so there was no need to worry about his safety.

Because no one dared to attack Wang Duoyu at this time.

Committing a crime in public, and against a group of mathematicians, haha, no country in the world would allow such a thing to happen.

After returning to the hotel, Wang Duoyu was arranged by Yan Daowen and others, and then returned to China secretly.

"Professor Wang, over the past few days, we've detected over a dozen foreign agents who are trying to get close to you. They even filmed your face at close range."

"So we temporarily changed our route back home. We will take a train to Berlin, Germany, and then fly from there to London, Great Britain, and finally return to China."

"This is the current route, so we need your cooperation."

As soon as he arrived at the hotel, Yan Daowen seriously invited Wang Duoyu into the room and asked him to disguise himself in a room without any eavesdropping equipment.

In addition to the disguise, one of the soldiers in the unit will disguise himself as Wang Duoyu, um, 'Wang Duoyu' who is sick, and then he will fly back to the country with Hua Luogeng and others.

This is the case of repairing the plank road in the open while secretly attacking Chencang.

No matter what, we have to do this for Wang Duoyu's safety.

Wang Duoyu also cooperated very well, because this matter was not negotiable and he would not joke with his own life.

Just as Wang Duoyu left the hotel and arrived in Berlin safely, Yan Daowen had already received the latest news that someone had attacked Hua Luogeng and his team.

The good news is that no one was injured, but the bad news is that everyone knows that someone is pretending to be Wang Duoyu, and the real Wang Duoyu is nowhere to be found.

The media is now in an uproar.

Including Smale, John Milnor, Gerd Faltings and others, all declared in front of the media reporters that if something happened to Wang Duoyu, they would never let it go.

What is most surprising is that John Thompson actually publicly supported Wang Duoyu in front of reporters and condemned those people or organizations who wanted to hinder Wang Duoyu's stay or departure.

Almost everyone went crazy, they all wanted to know where Wang Duoyu had gone.

Wang Duoyu was still on the plane, disguised as a very ordinary white person, and with several other "white people", he passed through London and successfully returned to Hong Kong Island five days later.

Although Hong Kong Island cannot be considered as one's own territory, it is much better than being abroad.

After leaving Kai Tak Airport on Hong Kong Island, Wang Duoyu and his friends took a car, passed through the Hung Hom Cross-Harbour Tunnel, and arrived at the headquarters of China Resources Company on Tin Wah Road in Central.

Going to institutions like Xinhua News Agency would be more eye-catching. On the contrary, China Resources Company would be very suitable.

Yang Zongli, general manager of China Resources' Hong Kong Island headquarters, personally led Wang Duoyu and invited him to rest for a few hours in Hong Kong Island and take the ferry back to Guangzhou during the day tomorrow.

"No, I hope to take a direct flight to Beijing. I don't want to stay in Hong Kong Island for too long."

After some hesitation, Wang Duoyu quickly rejected the arrangement to go to Guangzhou.

Now returning to the capital is the most important thing.

The outside world is still making a fuss about his disappearance. As long as he does not appear in the public eye, the outside world will continue to make a fuss about this matter.

This is not a scene that Wang Duoyu wants to see, so the best way is to return to China as soon as possible, because China is the safest place.

Upon hearing this, Yan Daowen waved his hand towards Yang Zongli and said to Wang Duoyu, "Okay, Professor Wang, we will make arrangements. It's already late, you should rest first. We will go back to the capital directly tomorrow morning."

Wang Duoyu nodded and said, "Well, thank you, you have worked hard."

“It’s not hard, this is what we should do.”

In the eyes of Yan Daowen and others, compared with the insignificant things they did, what Wang Duoyu did was worthy of their respect and pride.

This International Congress of Mathematicians has concluded successfully, although someone bumped into the team, which led to the exposure of "Wang Duoyu".

But one thing that cannot be denied is that Wang Duoyu's influence in the global mathematics community is indeed extraordinary.

Just this one incident actually caused so many people to join the protest.

The next morning, Wang Duoyu and his team chartered a plane back to Beijing, flying directly to Beijing Nanyuan Airport.

After landing safely, there were already several cars waiting at the airport. Lu Yangui, Fang Lihe, Wu Guozhong and others came to Nanyuan Airport in person to greet them.

"Boss, why are you all here? I'm so flattered."

After getting off the plane, Wang Duoyu saw Fang Lihe and others and was immediately surprised.

How could this happen if all these leaders came to the airport to greet him?

"Welcome our great hero back safely."

Lu Yangui and others applauded with smiles on their faces and all breathed a sigh of relief.

The moment they saw Wang Duoyu, they knew that the person in front of them was the real Wang Duoyu.

Last night, although they had received news from Hong Kong Island, they had not seen Wang Duoyu in person, so they were still a little worried.

Now that I finally saw the real person, my heart finally settled down.

After a few pleasantries, everyone got on the bus and returned to the city.

On the way back, Lu Yangui curiously asked about the Fields Medal. After Wang Duoyu took it out, he played with it for a while and suddenly said in surprise:
"Is this pure gold?"

Wang Duoyu nodded and said:

"I feel like it should be pure gold, but I haven't verified it yet. When I get back, I'll simply measure the density of this medal and I'll be able to confirm whether it is pure gold."

A gold medal and a pure gold medal are indeed two different things.

A few days ago, on the closing ceremony day, when Shing-Tung Yau and his colleagues came down, Wang Duoyu exchanged and compared the medals with those of them. The medal in his hand was indeed different from theirs.

I don’t know whether this executive committee paid for it privately or what, but Wang Duoyu’s medal should be pure gold.

Under normal circumstances, a Fields Medal weighs 169 grams. It is a gold medal made of 14K gold.

But the medal in Wang Duoyu's hand weighs 765.4 grams, or 27 ounces.

Why twenty-seven ounces?

Because twenty-seven represents Wang Duoyu's age, it is the most appropriate number.

Any other figure would be inappropriate and more expensive, and the Executive Committee might not be willing to spend that much money.

According to the current gold price of US$425 per ounce, this pure gold medal is worth US$11,475.

Is it expensive?

Of course it’s expensive!

But it cannot be compared with the meaning behind this medal.

The fact that Wang Duoyu came in person to receive the award has already given the Fields Medal greater value, and the executive committee only made the medal into a real pure gold medal.

So this isn't a case of one taking advantage of the other, it can only be said to be a two-way effort.

Lu Yangui raised his doubts, because the Fields Medal he knew should be a gold medal.

Thanks to Wang Duoyu, information about mathematics, Fields Medal and other aspects is now flooding both at home and abroad. After all, Lu Yangui is a leader and has a clearer understanding of many details of the Fields Medal.

"I don't know either. It should be specially made by the Executive Committee, right?" Wang Duoyu shrugged and didn't take it to heart.

In fact, it is very easy for mathematicians to make money, and there are almost no unemployed mathematicians.

Because no matter whether it is mathematical theory research or mathematical application, they can always find a job, and if they are top mathematicians, it goes without saying that many large companies, research institutions, universities, etc. will compete to recruit such talents.

Grothendieck, a great mathematician abandoned by the mathematical community and a great mathematician of the 20th century, was simply abandoned by the French Academy of Sciences and the French National Center for Scientific Research.

But the University of Montpellier is still willing to hire him as a professor, and the salary of a professor is definitely beyond the reach of ordinary people.

Therefore, even if it is a pure gold medal worth 10,000 or 20,000 US dollars, it is just a medal. Its symbolic meaning far exceeds its actual value. Few people would actually sell such a medal.

"By the way, now that you're back in China, shouldn't you let the outside world know? I'll have someone notify CCTV, People's Daily, and other relevant media outlets to come interview you. How about that?"

After hearing what Lu Yangui said, Wang Duoyu nodded, indicating that there was no problem.

But now he just wanted to go home to see his son and Liu Xiaoli. After all, he had been away from home for more than half a month. Liu Xiaoli and the others would probably be worried if they didn't see him for a day.

"Haha, I'm afraid it's not possible yet, but don't worry, we have already sent someone over."

Upon hearing this, Wang Duoyu could only nod.

Soon, the car stopped at the gate of a large courtyard on Wenjin Street. After Wang Duoyu got off the car, he walked in with Lu Yangui, Fang Lihe and others.

Half an hour later, Wang Duoyu walked out of the compound and took a car back to No. 87, Zhongguancun West Street.

Instead of meeting with CCTV and other media reporters, he went home first.

"Dad, woo woo, I miss you."

When Wang Duoyu pushed open the door and appeared in the yard, the little guy who was playing was stunned for a moment, then his mouth pouted, and he walked with his short legs, crying aggrievedly and asking for a hug.

Liu Xiaoli had already stood up, her face full of joy, but there was a hint of resentment and fear in her eyes.

Although the domestic media has not publicized Wang Duoyu's affairs recently, Liu Xiaoli knows something about it. After all, she is Wang Duoyu's partner.

You know, Wang Duoyu didn't want to go to Warsaw before, or to be more precise, he didn't want to leave the country and was very resistant.

In fact, the last time he had a falling out with Lin Dehong, it was more because he was taking advantage of the situation.

After all, Liu Xiaoli remembered that Lin Dehong was a very calm person and would not do things so rashly.

In addition, Wang Duoyu's younger brother Wang Duoshi serves in the army managed by Lin Dehong, so no matter what, it is unlikely that Wang Duoyu will break up with Lin Dehong.

But, we broke up.

Perhaps it is true that the saying goes, the crying child gets the milk.

Therefore, Liu Xiaoli knew a lot of things and was aware that Wang Duoyu's trip abroad this time was not a simple matter.

She also knew that the conference would be over soon, and Hua Luogeng and others had already returned, but Wang Duoyu had not returned for a week after the conference ended.

How could Liu Xiaoli possibly believe that nothing happened?

Wang Duoyu was holding the little guy, trying to soothe him gently, but his gaze fell on Liu Xiaoli.

After the excitement, Wang Duoyu carried the little one into the room, and Liu Xiaoli and Liang Xiufen followed.

However, after entering the living room, the latter exchanged a few words of greeting and then tactfully gave up the space to Wang Duoyu and his family.

She actually wanted to take the big light bulb Wang Junhong away, but unfortunately the little guy was like an octopus, holding his father tightly and didn't want to leave his father at all.

Half an hour later, Wang Duoyu and Liu Xiaoli were intimate for a while before coming out.

As for the little guy, he fell asleep long ago.

"Uncle Jiu, it's time for lunch."

"Okay, we'll be there soon."

Wang Duoyu responded and went to the kitchen with Liu Xiaoli to eat.

This is a quadrangle courtyard in the capital, and the layout is like this: people eat in the kitchen of the back house in the front yard, not in the living room.

Of course, if there are a lot of people, that’s another story.

He came back from Hong Kong Island early in the morning and stayed on Wenjin Street for half an hour. His leaders invited him to stay for dinner, but he was worried about his children and Liu Xiaoli, so he politely declined.

After lunch, Li Rui, the former head of Harbin Institute of Technology, brought several Harbin Institute of Technology staff stationed in Beijing to visit Wang Duoyu at home.

During the conversation, Wang Duoyu learned one thing, that is, Zhu Ling went to Harbin Institute of Technology again and she wanted to see her son.

"Okay, thank you, boss. I understand. I plan to go back to Harbin Institute of Technology tomorrow."

However, Wang Duoyu was destined not to leave so soon because Duan Xuefu and others came to visit him.

They were all people with great magical powers. After learning that he had returned, they all came to find him.

Yan Jici, President of USTC, was also present.

He is already 82 years old this year, but he still came to see Wang Duoyu in person.

"Professor Wang, long time no see. I happened to be at Wenjin Street. I was relieved to hear that you returned safely. I'm so happy."

"The leader said that you won our country's first Fields Medal in Warsaw this time. Everyone is very happy."

"Although I know you will be teaching a course on the geometric Langlands conjecture at Harbin Institute of Technology after school starts in September, I still hope you can come to our USTC Graduate School to give a lecture at the end of August."

After Yan Jici and Wang Duoyu exchanged pleasantries, they immediately got down to business.

The other party's straightforward invitation made Wang Duoyu very helpless.

Because to be honest, he really didn't want to give any speeches, after all, it wouldn't be of much help.

In his opinion, giving some motivational words is too empty and hypocritical and has no great effect.

Instead of doing this, it would be better to give them a lesson.

But ordinary undergraduates cannot understand his courses at all. Even graduate students, who are not masters or doctoral students in science, engineering or mathematics, cannot understand them either.

He had previously accepted Chen Xingshen's invitation to give a speech at Nankai University, but in his opinion, it had no effect.

He also gave speeches at several Shanghai universities, including Fudan University, but the results were also not very good. At least that's how he thought.

So he didn't really want to do such a thing.

But now the 82-year-old principal Yan Jici has come to invite him personally. To be honest, he really wants to refuse, but when the words come to his lips, he can't bear to do it.

"Principal Yan, I'm actually very willing to teach my classmates, but you know, I'm not very good at speaking nonsense. Before, I was at Nankai University..."

After a pause, Wang Duoyu continued:

"so."

Before he could finish his words, Yan Jici interrupted:

"Professor Wang, don't worry about that. You're actually underestimating your influence on the university students. As long as you're there, they'll be inspired even if you don't speak."

"I hope Professor Wang will still accept our invitation from USTC. The Graduate School is in Beijing, not in Hefei in the south."

Since the other party had said so much, Wang Duoyu had no choice but to agree.

Duan Xuefu, Zhao Fangxiong and others nearby also spoke up, hoping that Wang Duoyu could give speeches at Peking University, Tsinghua University and other schools.

Wang Duoyu was so helpless. Perhaps he had some understanding. He should be the kind of traffic star in the future, the most popular star in the education and mathematics circles.

Taking advantage of the popularity of the Fields Medal and before the school starts, inviting Wang Duoyu to give a speech at the school will be more effective than anything else.

However, Wang Duoyu doesn't want to engage in these formalities.

Besides, he is very busy.

It has been such a long time since he left school, and he must have accumulated a lot of work. He still has to go back to work.

However, the attitudes of Peking University and Tsinghua University are very sincere, and USTC has already agreed. There is no reason not to accept their invitations from Peking University and Tsinghua University, right?

That afternoon, Wang Duoyu was harassed until six o'clock in the afternoon before he was able to have some free time.

The next day, Wang Duoyu was preparing to leave the capital, but at eight o'clock in the morning, someone had already come to his door.

"Hello, Professor Wang, the leader wants to see you."

Seeing Yan Daowen coming to pick him up in person, Wang Duoyu couldn't help but ask curiously, who on earth wanted to see him?
However, Yan Daowen did not say anything, because he was just following orders. He did not know the specific situation or who the leaders were.

The car slowly drove to Lingjing Hutong. Wang Duoyu looked at the gate without any house number sign and became even more curious.

After getting off the car, Wang Duoyu went through two security checks and finally arrived at a meeting room.

In the conference room, he did not see the leader, but instead saw several experts.

"Professor Wang, why are you here too? I thought you were some great professor, but it turned out to be you."

The person who greeted Wang Duoyu was Ning Xuehan from the Institute of Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He knew Wang Duoyu and had met him many times.

The others include Chang Chengfa, a researcher from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Li Jijun, a professor of water conservancy at Peking University, and Guan Zhihua, a professor at Chongqing University.

When Wang Duoyu saw them, he immediately knew that they were going to talk about the Three Gorges Hydropower Station project.

But this matter should not have much to do with him, so why did it come to him?
After Wang Duoyu exchanged a few words with Ning Xuehan and others, the leader also arrived and today's meeting began.

"Our Yangtze River Basin Planning Office has received a request from above. You are all experts in your respective fields, and we would like to hear your opinions."

As soon as the leader opened his mouth, Wang Duoyu knew that the higher-ups were going to take real action.

However, whether it will work or not will still require a long period of demonstration. In short, there are too many things that need to be discussed, and it is impossible to push the project into place so easily.

Sure enough, after a whole morning of discussion, no conclusion was reached because everyone was arguing so fiercely.

He was completely different from the gentle and refined manner he had shown when we first met.

After the meeting, Wang Duoyu wanted to leave, but was kept by his leader:

"Professor Wang, I wonder if you could stay for two more days? We really need your support."

Upon hearing this, Wang Duoyu could only nod.

The completion of the Three Gorges Hydropower Station project will bring great benefits to Harbin Institute of Technology, and even more so to the overall situation.

On the other hand, the leader said that he needed his support because he is the most famous now and is definitely the most authoritative expert in the country. The higher-ups will definitely be more willing to listen to his opinions.

After leaving Lingjing Hutong, Wang Duoyu thought of Zhu Ling, and planned to call Harbin Institute of Technology after returning home to inform the latter.

But he never expected that when he walked into the yard, he actually saw Zhu Ling in the yard.

"Dad, you're back. Look, my little mom is here to see me."

PS: Today the second and third chapters will be published at 7pm, and the average subscription will start to plummet, but I will still choose to update more. I hope you can support me, thank you very much!

(End of this chapter)