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

Chapter 268: Genius is just the threshold to see him

December 8, 1984, in the study.

Wang Duoyu and Liu Deben sat face to face and talked about several things, mainly about Morris Chang's return to China.

When we got home just now, little guy Wang Junhong was very excited and cried loudly while hugging his father.

This was also the first time Wang Duoyu saw the little guy like this. It was probably because it was his birthday and because his father did not take him to the capital this time.

After all, he could now fly to Beijing, so he really wanted to go.

Children are like this, they are very interested in many new things.

The four-year-old child is still excited because the novelty hasn't worn off yet.

After coaxing the child, Wang Duoyu had lunch at home, and Liu Deben also had a meal together at home.

After lunch, the two went into the study to talk about work.

In addition to Morris Chang's return to China, there are also matters such as the site planning of the observatory, the handover of aircraft of Northern Airlines, and the Powerbook computers of Excellence Technology.

Let’s first talk about the site selection planning of the observatory. Ever since Wang Duoyu proposed the project of building a large optical telescope, site selection has been the most urgent issue that needs to be resolved.

The location of the observatory depends on meeting the following four conditions.

One is the high terrain. In this regard, the best choice is actually the space station, because the space station is generally about 400 kilometers away from the ground, and Mount Everest on the roof of the earth is not comparable to the space station.

But it is obvious that our country cannot even carry out manned space flight now, let alone think about building a space station.

It was built in a high-altitude place because the air is thin, the atmospheric transparency is high, and the field of view is wide, which is conducive to astronomical observation.

The second is the dry climate, because such places have little precipitation and more sunny days, which can reduce the water vapor content in the atmosphere and improve the clarity of observation.

Third, the latitude must be low, so the area around the Ice City is obviously not suitable because it is a high-latitude area.

The rise and set of the starry sky in high latitudes changes little, which is conducive to long-term astronomical observation.

The last point is to stay away from the city.

Only by staying away from cities and sparsely populated areas can we reduce light pollution and human interference and improve observation quality.

There are many places in our country that are most suitable for building observatories, such as Lenghu in Mangya City, Qinghai, Muztagh Ata Peak on the Pamir Plateau, and the ALD area on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.

However, these places are rarely visited, so it is not really appropriate to say that they are suitable.

Originally, the most suitable place for building an observatory should be Jade Dragon Snow Mountain in Lijiang, Yunnan. It not only has a beautiful environment, but is also suitable for remote observation of celestial bodies.

But after that, Wang Duoyu thought about it and decided to give the observation team more options, such as Lenghu and ALD area.

The focus is on the ALD area.

Because Wang Duoyu knew that the ALD area was more than 5,000 meters above sea level, with excellent observation conditions, it was very suitable for high-precision astronomical observations.

Of course, Yulong Snow Mountain has an altitude of more than 5,000 meters, and its latitude is low enough. If you really think about it, it is actually quite suitable for building an observatory.

Liu Deben explained the situation. The observation team has returned to Harbin Institute of Technology, but it is not possible to confirm it at the moment because it is winter now and it needs to be confirmed again in the summer of next year.

Wang Duoyu was not willing to wait and planned to make a decision after reviewing the information they brought back in the afternoon.

But now there is a problem. These expedition teams also brought back several leaders from the local area, and they all hope to build the observatory in their area.

"No, Secretary, why did they bring them back? We can only choose one of these locations to build the observatory. We can't choose all of them."

“I know, I’m in a difficult situation too.”

Seeing Liu Deben's expression, Wang Duoyu rolled his eyes and said:

"Never mind, wait until I finish looking at the data and reports."

Judging from the historical development of the original time and space, whether it is Lenghu, ALD District, or Jade Dragon Snow Mountain in Lijiang, there is almost no industrial development in these places.

If we are talking about low latitudes, then Yulong Snow Mountain is definitely more suitable, but the ALD area and Lenghu are also far away from humans, and these two places may be more suitable for building observatories.

Because if we choose Yulong Snow Mountain, it will be quite difficult to transport the relevant equipment for building the observatory to the top of Yulong Snow Mountain.

Alas, it’s a bit difficult to decide.

After the chat, Wang Duoyu and Liu Deben left the study and went to the administrative building of Harbin Institute of Technology.

Soon, he saw the information, but he did not meet the leaders of the three expedition teams that went to Yulong Snow Mountain, Lenghu Lake and ALD area.

After reading the information, Wang Duoyu felt that the ALD area was more suitable.

Because the rainfall in Yulong Snow Mountain is at least over 50 mm, but the rainfall in the ALD area is only between 100- mm, the two are not at the same level at all.

The scarcity of rainfall is a very good thing for astronomical observations.

However, there are many extreme weather conditions in the ALD area. On the other hand, the average altitude of the ALD area is above 5,000 meters.

Such a high altitude poses huge challenges both for the construction of the observatory and for subsequent observations.

Therefore, the ALD region seems very suitable, but it also has a fatal flaw.

How to do?
After hesitating for a moment, Wang Duoyu decided to choose the ALD area instead of Jade Dragon Snow Mountain.

After settling down, he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Duoyu, are you sure you want to put the observatory in the ALD area? If you really put it here, the construction costs might be higher."

Liu Deben hesitated, but Wang Duoyu nodded and said:

"That's right, let's choose the ALD area. It's a more suitable place."

"Then do you want to meet their leaders? I heard that among the leaders coming this time are Qi Xingbang and Jiao Zhenyu, whom you know."

Wang Duoyu didn't want to meet them at first because he didn't want to listen to their nonsense and let it influence his decision.

However, Qi Xingbang and his companions traveled thousands of kilometers by train to come to Ice City, so it is reasonable for them to meet him.

"Tomorrow, I'll meet them tomorrow. My son's birthday is tonight and I can't leave."

"Okay, I get it!"

Liu Deben nodded immediately and said:

"The handover of those Northern Airlines aircraft and the PowerBook from Excellence Technology."

"Let's wait until the day after tomorrow. I'm not Nezha, I don't have three heads and six arms."

After a pause, Wang Duoyu suddenly said:
"Actually, the plane handover can be handled by Su Zongxi and Ma Mingjiang. I don't really want to participate."

"Then should I tell them?"

"That's fine. I'll call them and explain when the time comes."

So the matter was settled.

That night, Wang Duoyu celebrated the birthday of little guy Wang Junhong in his own villa.

Not many people came, most of them were relatives of the Wang family, including Liu Deben, Lu Gongliang, Han Jue and others. Wang Duoyu did not invite them.

If we invite them every year, there will really be suspicion that we are accepting gifts in the name of children's birthdays.

After all, every time Liu Deben and others came to give gifts, they would definitely give a big red envelope.

But in fact, Wang Duoyu is not short of this money.

So even if he wanted to celebrate the little one's birthday, he would not invite Liu Deben and others to come. He also told them in advance that verbal blessings would be enough, but they didn't need to come in person, and they couldn't give red envelopes or gifts.

Even so, the little kid Wang Junhong still received many gifts on his birthday.

Old Wang has too many relatives, and most of them are now in Bingcheng.

Of course, this time, Zheng Baoyin, Wang Jianchao and others did not come back. They are still in the United States, Japan and other places, so their gifts are missing.

After the joyful birthday party, everyone has already started planning next month’s birthday party.

Because the ninth of next month is the first birthday party for that little brat Wang Junan.

Since it is a first birthday party, it must be organized in a grand manner, because Wang Junhong’s first birthday party was held on a large scale before, so we have to treat everyone equally.

As for the gifts given by guests, you need to remember them and return them when you interact with them in the future.

There is give and take, this is the true human interaction.

Wang Duoyu doesn't lack this money, so he won't owe anyone anything in this regard.

The next day, Wang Duoyu went to the office and started working.

He was not in a hurry to meet Qi Xingbang and the others, nor did he deal with the Powerbook issue first. Instead, he needed to take some time to sort out his work.

He stayed in Beijing for five or six days. In addition to communicating with Yang Zhenning and Li Zhengdao, he also took the opportunity to coordinate with other units in Beijing on the work of the Mach 5 fighter project.

For him, the biggest gain from this trip to Beijing was the communication with Yang Zhenning and others. Even though no good conclusions or results were reached through the communication, it was still a very pleasant exchange.

So after he came back, he thought about sorting out this aspect of the work as a priority.

At noon, he returned to the villa to have lunch with Liu Xiaoli and the others, but he learned from Liu Xiaoli and the others that Zhu Ling had not left yet?

"Did your young mother say how long she would be staying here? Doesn't she have to work anymore?"

When the little guy heard his father's question, he replied crisply, "No, my mom said she's working. She said she's writing a script."

Wang Duoyu: “.”

It’s really a big deal!
Although, doesn’t Zhu Ling really like being an actor?

A few years ago, she even divorced him in order to become an actor, but now he says he is writing a script?

It's really outrageous. He opened the door to something outrageous. It's outrageous to the extreme.

After thinking about it for a while, Wang Duoyu still couldn't figure it out. Was Zhu Ling writing a script?

Forget it, he didn't think about it anymore and moved on to other topics.

She can do whatever she wants, as long as she doesn't bother him and tries not to appear in front of him, he doesn't care.

In the afternoon, Wang Duoyu went to Excellence Technology Company and met with Yang Deyong, Gu Jianguo, Wu Haitao and Qi Guopeng.

After half a year of training, Yang Deyong and his classmates have shed the immaturity they had when they first graduated from university, and have become more like classmates.

"I heard from Secretary Liu that you're having problems. Haha, can you tell me what the problem is?"

Wang Duoyu walked in and said with a smile.

In fact, he didn't need to say anything. When they saw him, Yang Deyong and the others were already excited.

The research and development of the Powerbook personal computer was surprisingly simple because Harbin Institute of Technology had strong technical support, including Huaxing Chip Company and numerous other software and hardware teams.

For example, as a laptop computer, Powerbook requires battery support, and the Diaopai factory assisted in providing several battery technologies.

These technologies can be used by simply adjusting the design.

And the current tested battery life can reach more than three hours.

Of course, because the personal computer's display is thirteen inches, which is quite a large screen, its overall power consumption will definitely be faster.

But three hours of battery life is already amazing.

If it takes longer, the weight of the powerbook will inevitably increase, making it less suitable.

Logically speaking, with such strong technical support, Yang Deyong and his colleagues should be happy, but they were a little panicked, as if they had done nothing and were just reaping the benefits.

The overall design of Powerbook was personally handled by Wang Duoyu. The memory, processor, user interface system, etc. were all determined by Wang Duoyu himself.

In other words, Yang Deyong and his team were simply filling in the content within Wang Duoyu's design framework, perfecting the computer bit by bit.

However, because of this, geniuses like Yang Deyong felt that this would definitely not work.

There is no room for them to display their strengths, and they feel like their talents are not appreciated.

So after nearly half a year, in addition to completing their work, they came up with a computer product that they thought was very awesome.

After hearing their 'problems', Wang Duoyu fell silent.

He still had a faint smile on his face, and while Yang Deyong and the others were nervous, he went through their design plans and technical requirements.

"Is this the product you want me to see? Please evaluate it yourself. Is this product up to standard?"

Hearing Wang Duoyu's words, Yang Deyong and the others' expressions darkened. "Qualified?" Instead of "excellent," it seemed Wang Duoyu was very dissatisfied with their product.

Without waiting for their explanation, Wang Duoyu continued:

"I know you're all geniuses, but you have to understand that this Powerbook laptop I designed will be our flagship product of outstanding technology. It's bound to be a classic."

"Before you joined me, I told you that to polish the product, I needed to reduce the cost as much as possible, not increase it."

"Low cost and excellent product quality, this is the product I want to see, but now it seems that you are not very satisfied. You haven't even learned to walk yet and you want to fly?"

"Of course, I understand your aspirations. After all, you are young people."

Gu Jianguo, Qi Guopeng, Yang Deyong and others: "."

They were all speechless. Who is the young man after all?
Among all the people present, the youngest was 25 years old, and some were over 35 years old.

But Wang Duoyu is only 28 years old this year, and will soon be 29. Is that old?

Not old at all, even a little younger than everyone else.

That's too much, young man?

However, given Wang Duoyu's seniority, he is indeed qualified to say this.

"It's not that the computer you designed is bad, but you can compare it yourself. Compared with the Powerbook I designed, don't you think they are twins?"

After hearing what Wang Duoyu said, Yang Deyong and the others were even more speechless.

Although one is a home desktop computer and the other is a laptop, they do look a bit like twins.

The software system, processor and other hardware and software will not differ too much, that is, the central processing unit will be relatively different.

But to be honest, this gap is not that big.

After chatting with them for nearly an hour, Wang Duoyu left.

He originally thought it was a big problem, but he didn't expect that these geniuses were so arrogant that they actually wanted to start a new business.

Alas, I can only say that genius is only relative.

Yang Deyong and the others are indeed geniuses, but that is only relative to ordinary people. In front of Wang Duoyu, they are definitely not good enough.

There is never a shortage of geniuses in this world, whether they are mathematical geniuses or other geniuses, they are as numerous as crucian carp crossing the river.

Aren’t there many geniuses from ancient times to the present?
Whether in this life or the previous one, Wang Duoyu has seen many geniuses.

Those famous 'gods' are actually just ordinary people.

Especially now that Wang Duoyu has traveled through time, he has met many geniuses, including the national figures he admired and respected in his previous life, and the unparalleled mathematical genius, etc. He has seen them all.

But after seeing it, it's actually just like that.

Take my niece, Wang Shuting, for example. She loves math and wanted to be admitted to the Department of Mathematics at Harbin Institute of Technology. However, her skills weren't up to par. She had to repeat a year before finally getting in, only to be forced to switch to the International Trade major. While still a student at Harbin Institute of Technology, she's read the math textbooks many times and often audits lectures, but she can't quite understand them.

It is undoubtedly very difficult for a layman to understand university mathematics.

High school mathematics is just arithmetic, and university mathematics is real mathematics.

Do you know what you learn in college mathematics?

It's nothing more than functions, limits, continuity, derivatives, differentials, mean value theorem, indefinite integrals, definite integrals, improper integrals, series, power series, Fourier series, multivariate functions, partial derivatives, total differentials, directional derivatives, gradients, multiple integrals, curve integrals, surface integrals, polynomials, divisibility, greatest common factor, coprime, irreducible polynomials, multiple factors, and linear equations.
There are also Yegorov's theorem, normal subgroups, quotient rings, cyclic groups, polynomial rings, Cauchy integral formula, mappings, etc.

There is definitely no problem in letting a "bad student" like Wang Shuting learn high school mathematics, and even freshman advanced mathematics can be learned, but coming to the mathematics department to look through the mathematics textbooks of their major is undoubtedly asking for trouble.

So she envied the mathematics students who could sit in the mathematics teaching building and attend classes.

However, these mathematics students whom she envied were not even qualified to be Wang Duoyu's students. If they wanted to attend Wang Duoyu's courses, they had to take exams.

Only if you pass the assessment can you attend the class. Otherwise, attending his class is like listening to a foreign language.

Therefore, there is a saying circulating in the Department of Mathematics: Genius is just the threshold to meeting Professor Wang.

Although Wang Duoyu did not say this, there was such a sentence at the Harbin Institute of Technology forum, and everyone said it for him.

Historically, the imperial examination in the second year of Jiayou was known as the legendary Dragon and Tiger List of the Millennium.

The list includes the famous Eight Great Masters of Tang and Song Dynasties such as Su Shi, Su Che, and Zeng Gong, as well as Cheng Yi and Cheng Hao, and the thinker Zhang Zai who said the four sentences of Hengqu: "Establish a mind for heaven and earth, establish a destiny for the people, carry on the lost knowledge of the ancient sages, and open peace for all generations."

There were also Wang Shao, Zhang Dun, Lu Huiqing, Zeng Bu and others who forcibly changed the Song Dynasty's "emphasis on culture and suppression of military power" to "emphasis on military power and neglect of culture".

In this imperial examination, among so many outstanding people, the top scorer was Zhang Heng, not anyone else.

Su Shi highly admired and respected Zhang Heng, because Su Shi just wanted to shoot the wolf in the northwest, but Zhang Heng was a real genius, and Su Shi called him: "The talent of Zi Ping, no one can match him in a hundred years."

Maybe Wang Duoyu is not as awesome as Zhang Heng, but in the hearts of students at Harbin Institute of Technology, he has already surpassed him.

At night, Wang Duoyu came to a private room in the Harbin Institute of Technology cafeteria and finally met Qi Xingbang and others.

After the warm greetings and pleasantries, the meals came up one after another, and Wang Duoyu also brought three bottles of good wine, which was the 25-year-old Maotai liquor that Lu Yangui gave him when he was in Beijing before.

"Wow, Lao Qi, you're in luck! This wine is Professor Wang's favorite."

When Lu Gongliang saw Wang Duoyu take out three bottles of 'ordinary' wine, he immediately said happily:
"This is the wine Professor Wang brought back from the capital last time. Don't be fooled by the fact that it looks a bit cloudy. Haha, this is an old wine that has been cellared for 25 years. And it was stored in a large pottery jar. A large wine jar can weigh several hundred kilograms."

Qi Xingbang, Jiao Zhenyu and others in the mixed system all know something about the wine culture. Although the wine in Yunnan may have some differences in taste from the liquor in the mainland, these leaders are not native Yunnan people.

Therefore, their tastes are actually more inclined towards mainland liquor.

Traditional liquor actually has many categories, including sauce-flavored liquor, strong-flavored liquor and other different flavors.

However, Moutai is very famous and many people still like to drink this kind of wine.

Especially those who have never tasted this kind of cellared wine, they happily expressed their desire to taste it.

That's how the atmosphere became lively.

Wang Duoyu came back yesterday, but he only had dinner with everyone tonight, which was indeed a bit neglectful.

But now that we have these three bottles of wine, everyone is so happy that they don’t care about so many things anymore.

The atmosphere became lively, but there were still a few people at the table who were not very used to it. Because they were ethnic minority leaders from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, they were not used to drinking white wine, so they could only clink glasses with everyone using the milk tea they brought with them.

After three rounds of wine, five flavors of food.

Wang Duoyu said with a smile:

"Secretary Qi, you all need to eat and drink well. It's freezing cold here in Ice City, not as warm as your warm Yunnan. You need to eat well to feel comfortable."

"Since everyone is here today, I will just briefly tell you that I have reviewed the investigation report and, after comprehensive consideration, we have decided to build the observatory in the ALD area of ​​the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau."

“So the subsequent plans for this project will revolve around the ALD area.”

Upon hearing this, the smiles of several leaders from Qinghai and Lijiang froze.

Jiamu, the leader of the ALD district, was all beaming with joy.

After Wang Duoyu finished speaking, Qi Xingbang immediately said anxiously:

"Professor Wang, the location of the observatory cannot be chosen hastily. I suggest you give it more consideration. Our Jade Dragon Snow Mountain is at a high altitude."

"Secretary Qi, I know that's why I included Yulong Snow Mountain in the scope of my investigation. But you also know that Yulong Snow Mountain has a lot of rainfall, so it's not suitable for us to build an observatory."

After hearing what Wang Duoyu said, Qi Xingbang was helpless. Jiao Zhenyu originally wanted to open his mouth to help, but now it seems that Wang Duoyu has already made up his mind, and it really cannot be changed.

Therefore, the leaders of Qinghai and Lijiang could only nod in agreement helplessly.

The matter was thus settled.

However, the subsequent observatory construction work still faces many challenges.

Mainly because there are indeed too many troubles in the ALD area.

It is still winter now, and many places in the ALD area have been closed due to heavy snow. Even if you want to go there again, it is not possible.

So to be honest, placing the observatory in the ALD area is not necessarily the best choice.

Wang Duoyu did not continue to participate in the subsequent work because it had been decided. Even if there were more difficulties and challenges, those were things that the responsible persons such as Li Yuming and Zhu Lishun should consider.

A very good observatory is indeed a very good thing for students majoring in astronomy.

Since the observatory has been established in the ALD area, it is necessary to build an office there to facilitate subsequent research.

In the next few days, Wang Duoyu stayed on campus, first guiding students like Yang Nianzhen and their confusion, and then working on other projects.

In the busy life, time flies by.

An airplane takes off from San Francisco Airport, crosses the Pacific Ocean, stops in Tokyo for an hour and a half, refuels, picks up passengers transferring at Tokyo Airport, and then heads to Hong Kong Island.

The plane did not go directly to Beijing, but to Hong Kong Island.

Despite going around in circles, neither Shang Zhongmin nor Morris Chang has much to do with each other.

After staying in Hong Kong Island for two days, Shang Zhongmin and his companions took a ferry to Guangzhou, and then flew to the Ice City from Guangzhou Baiyun Airport.

"Hey, there's actually a Boeing 737 here? I remember that our country hasn't purchased such a large aircraft yet?"

After seeing the 737 at Baiyun Airport, Morris Chang was shocked.

It has only been less than six years since mainland China implemented reform and opening up, but it has already purchased Boeing 737 aircraft?

This thing costs 15 million US dollars each, it's not cheap at all.

Shang Zhongmin laughed and said:

"Lao Zhang, it seems you're still very concerned about the domestic economic development. Haha, in fact, this aircraft is leased from Northern Airlines, a company jointly established by Harbin Institute of Technology and the Civil Aviation Administration of China. We also purchased Boeing 737s, Boeing 747s, and Airbus A300s from Boeing and Airbus, respectively."

"However, these large aircraft will have to wait for some time before they can be put into operation, because Professor Wang insisted that more than half a year of flight time is needed to determine the route to avoid other losses. Of course, this is also an attitude of responsibility for passenger safety."

After hearing this, Morris Chang asked curiously:

"Lao Shang, we've known each other for several years. I've always heard you talk about Professor Wang. I've also seen a lot of reports about him in the newspapers. I know he's a very good math professor, but he's also very good in other areas. I'm really curious about how he achieved such success."

Morris Chang's understanding of Wang Duoyu basically came from Shang Zhongmin and newspapers, because he had never met Wang Duoyu in person, nor had he had any contact with anyone else.

Shang Zhongmin praised Wang Duoyu so highly that, to be honest, it would be a lie to say that he wasn't curious.

"I don't know either. Anyway, we'll be in Ice City soon. When you see Professor Wang, you can ask him in person."

At this time, they had already boarded the plane. However, while they were chatting, they did not notice that there were two foreigners behind them who were listening to their conversation.

The two foreigners could more or less understand some Mandarin, so after listening for a while, when the plane was flying steadily at high altitude, the foreigner couldn't help but come closer and ask:

"Friend, the Professor Wang you are talking about is Professor Wang Duoyu from the Department of Mathematics at Harbin Institute of Technology?"

The foreigner spoke English, which both Morris Chang and Shang Zhongmin could understand.

The two looked at each other and admitted it frankly.

"Great, that's fantastic. In that case, could you please introduce us? We'd also love to meet Professor Wang and have a conversation with him."

Shang Zhongmin shook his head and said:

"I don't know you either, how can I introduce you? And Professor Wang is very busy, I don't know if he has time to see you."

Immediately, the two foreigners introduced themselves. They were both mathematics masters from Australia, Cooper White and Jimmy Irvine. Last year, they had the honor to go to Warsaw to attend the International Congress of Mathematicians. They had met Professor Wang Duoyu.

The reason why I came to Ice City now is that I want to study with Professor Wang and research the Langlands Program.

According to reports, Wang Duoyu will hold a lecture at Harbin Institute of Technology in May next year, and the main content will be the basic lemma of automorphic forms in the Langlands program and the 345th paper in the geometric Langlands conjecture.

The first and second papers on the geometric Langlands conjecture have been proved, and Wang Duoyu also talked about it at last year's International Congress of Mathematicians.

So what they need to communicate or want to listen to now are the fundamental lemma and the geometric Langlands conjecture.

After listening to this, Shang Zhongmin laughed:

"We very much welcome you to come to Harbin Institute of Technology for academic exchanges, but it is not easy for you to come here without any introduction."

He really wanted to say that he was a master of wild mathematics, but when the words came to his lips, he didn't say them.

Before 1981, there were actually many such wild masters who spontaneously went to Harbin Institute of Technology just to communicate with Wang Duoyu.

At that time, Wang Duoyu, in order to expand his influence and show his relatively humble side, welcomed all such exchange scholars.

Therefore, the academic exchange team of Harbin Institute of Technology at that time was extremely large, and at one point exceeded 500 people.

Maybe five hundred people are not a lot, but you have to know that these people are all math students.

As we all know, people who study mathematics are relatively smart.

What's more, there are many Fields Medal winners or top mathematicians of the same level such as Gerd Faltings and Andrew Wiles.

These people are all geniuses, even geniuses among geniuses.

But nowadays, Wang Duoyu is extremely busy every day, so how could he possibly meet with these people?
Unless you are a true genius, it would be extremely difficult to meet Wang Duoyu.

If you want to become Wang Duoyu's student, he has already announced the relevant requirements, but it is obvious that Cooper White and Jimmy Irvine in front of him are not at that level.

Otherwise, they can submit the application directly and a staff member will definitely contact them.

"So, I suggest you go to the Ice City Institute for Advanced Studies. You can take the assessment. Once you become a member of the institute, it will be relatively easy for you to meet Professor Wang. At the very least, you can attend the monthly mathematics sharing sessions."

"In addition, you can also take the assessment for the Department of Mathematics at Harbin Institute of Technology and become a teaching assistant at the department."

Shang Zhongmin said so.

Apart from these two methods, there is no other way for them to meet Wang Duoyu, because if they are not his own people, they can only be exchange scholars or professors and experts invited to Harbin Institute of Technology.

But obviously, Cooper and White are not.

Therefore, after hearing Shang Zhongmin's words, they fell into deep thought.

It’s really not easy to meet Wang Duoyu.

Perhaps, this really confirms what was said on the Harbin Institute of Technology forum: Genius is just the threshold to meet him.

After this little incident, Morris Chang had no desire to continue chatting.

He did not think that Cooper White and Jimmy Irvine were specially hired by Shang Zhongmin as shills, because there was no need for that.

What's more, Morris Chang was a student at Harvard University and also holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University. He can easily tell whether Jimmy Irvine and others are shills or not.

On the other hand, Wang Duoyu is a world-renowned top mathematician. Morris Chang is not very clear about his high status in the global mathematics community, but the fact that the media calls Wang Duoyu the "Emperor of Mathematics" is a good example of this.

So it was not surprising to happen to meet two Australian mathematics masters going to Harbin Institute of Technology to "study" and "make a pilgrimage".

A few hours later, the plane landed safely at Yanjiagang Airport in Ice City.

There was light snow at Yanjiagang Airport today and visibility was not very good, but it was not a heavy snowstorm, so we were able to land smoothly.

Several Boeing and Airbus aircraft are parked throughout the airport, two of which are particularly conspicuous.

Because this is the first time I have seen such a large aircraft in the country.

Boeing was competing with Lockheed Martin to win the military-industrial complex's transport aircraft orders, but in the competition, Boeing lost to Lockheed Martin.

In desperation, Boeing began to improve this large aircraft on this basis, which led to the birth of the 747.

After the emergence of the Boeing 747 large aircraft, Boeing also entered the fast lane.

After years of development, the 747 has been improved into many versions, and its technology has become more mature, making Boeing the world's leading civil airliner company.

However, although the Boeing 747 is a best-seller around the world, it is undeniable that there is no purchase record in mainland China. The two large aircraft in front of us should be the first purchase record.

These planes are all those that flew back from abroad in recent days.

The pilots, including Shen Mingxuan, studied abroad for half a year and finally learned it.

Originally, the Boeing 747 and 737 aircraft were not expected to return so soon, but both Boeing and Airbus were particularly optimistic about the development potential of the mainland Chinese market, so they worked overtime to quickly deliver the produced aircraft.

As for other customers who were about to get their planes, they had to be postponed.

The planes have been brought back, and the next step is various tests and test flights.

“So many planes?”

While the plane was still taxiing, Morris Chang had already seen the large plane parked on the apron.

Turbofan engines and turboprop engines are completely different engine models, which naturally leads to big differences in the appearance of the aircraft.

Besides, Ice City is not a big city. It is indeed very rare for an ordinary airport to have so many planes parked there.

"Well, these are all Northern Airlines planes. You can see them now. They should be performing flight test missions."

Shang Zhongmin smiled and said:

"Perhaps it won't be long before we too will be able to travel on these planes."

Morris Chang didn't say anything, but just sighed with emotion.

Ice City is a city in northern China and also a heavy industrial base. It is said that during the Korean War, this was the first place to be bombed.

It seems understandable that for a city like this, there are so many planes at the airport.

After getting off the plane, Morris Chang and Shang Zhongmin were taken to Harbin Institute of Technology by the car that came to pick them up.

Han Jue came in person to greet Morris Chang, which was a very high standard.

However, Han Jue still introduced himself: "Mr. Zhang, welcome to your arrival. You have worked hard on the journey. Actually, our Secretary Liu and Principal Lu were going to come and pick you up in person, but they had an emergency."

The most common excuse used by Chinese people: urgent matters!

Whether it is really an urgent matter or not, those who understand will understand.

Morris Chang said he could understand, and said self-deprecatingly that he was not a big shot, and that he was flattered that Executive Han came to greet him in person.

How could Morris Chang, who could become the senior vice president of Texas Instruments, be just an ordinary person?

He came to Harbin Institute of Technology to find a job, and he positioned himself very well.

(End of this chapter)