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

Chapter 83, Harmless Wang Duoyu, No Foreign Exchange to Buy Journals (Seeking Monthly Tickets)
In the male dormitory building of Harbin Institute of Technology, in dormitory 303, Wang Duoyu took the journal and said modestly:
"I've only published one paper in this journal, and it's a very simple one, not as impressive as you think."

In an instant, everyone's jaws almost dropped to the ground. My goodness, it's just a paper?

Why does this tone make you ask for a beating?

This is the "Acta Mathematica Sinica", a famous journal in the history of mathematics.

Since 1970, the "Acta Mathematica Sinica" has resumed publication. Although Lou Jianguo, Yuan Jigang, Zhu Hanting and others did not know much about this information, they could still understand the value of a professional mathematics journal.

The editor-in-chief of the journal is Su Buqing, and Mo Ruogao, Zhu Hanting and others all know this name.

"So you really got 496 points in the college entrance examination?" Yuan Jigang asked dryly with a very interesting expression.

If Yu Xinyao hadn't spoken up to expose Wang Duoyu, he would have thought that the other party only scored over 96 points. My goodness, your score is actually points?

Even if the score was around 496 or 500, Yuan Jigang would not be so desperate, but it was points, and the total score was only . Those additional questions would not be included in the total score.

While Mo Ruogao was concerned about Wang Duoyu publishing a paper in a journal, Yuan Jigang felt that it was not as shocking as the score of 496.

"It's all luck, it's just luck"

Wang Duoyu is still so humble, introverted, low-key and unpretentious.

Yuan Jigang silently picked up his bamboo mat and went to the lower bunk by the window. If he didn't occupy the lower bunk before Yu Xinyao and Rong Guangxia could react, he would have to sleep on the upper bunk.

Yuan Jigang didn't know how to complain about his roommate Wang Duoyu, who seemed harmless but was actually incredibly awesome.

There was a conflict when they met for the first time today. Fortunately, there was no physical fight, but a friendly written test. Otherwise, Yuan Jigang would not know how to face the next four years of college life.

Zhu Hanting, Mo Ruogao, Lou Jianguo and others all flattered Wang Duoyu, but the latter changed the subject and asked Yu Xinyao and Rong Guangxia to introduce themselves so that everyone could get to know each other.

After some communication, the eight people in the dormitory finally got to know each other. Bragging, chatting and gossiping were inevitable. Wang Duoyu did not make himself the center of the topic. Every time people wanted to ask him a question, he would change the topic and just listen quietly.

Dinner time soon arrived and the group of eight went to the cafeteria to eat. Everyone had money and tickets, so there was no need for anyone to treat anyone else.

Nowadays, the government provides a subsidy of more than 20 yuan per month for college students, so college students do not need to worry about food.

"Where are you guys going next? Are you all going back to the dorm?"

During dinner, Zhu Hanting asked a question, and everyone expressed their opinions. Wang Duoyu said he wanted to go to the library, and then they all changed their minds.

Wang Duoyu was stunned. What were they doing?
So after dinner, everyone in the dormitory went to the library. Wang Duoyu went to look for foreign mathematics journals, but found nothing.

Harbin Institute of Technology has not only been split up but also adjusted in the past few years. Although most of it has returned in the end, some things can never be returned.

Wang Duoyu was very depressed because he did not achieve his desired goal.

He had previously asked the Institute of Mathematics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences if they could help him purchase foreign mathematics journals from the past three years, but as expected, they were rejected.

Purchasing foreign mathematical journals means spending foreign exchange, and anything involving foreign exchange is no small matter. Last year, 1977, we still had over $900 million in foreign exchange reserves. Then, in July, the State Planning Commission proposed spending $6.5 billion over the next eight years to import technology and equipment from abroad, with a focus on developing the petrochemical industry.

One of the electronic projects at the Xianyang CRT Factory in Guanzhong will cost over 100 million US dollars.

After this plan was submitted, it was discussed at the higher levels and it was suggested that we could spend 10 billion US dollars to import equipment and increase our oil, coal and light industrial production to earn more foreign exchange.

Then in August 1977, the import project increased to 15 billion US dollars.

However, in June this year, the higher-ups said that when doing business with foreign countries, the deals should be bigger, not 15 billion, but 50 billion.

Finally, in early July of this year, after preliminary implementation and organization, the State Planning Commission put together a plan of US$85 billion, of which US$40 billion was to be introduced from foreign capital.

Such a huge amount of funds may seem like a lot, but it is actually very little.

Petrochemical industry accounts for a huge proportion, while mechanical industry and computer industry have to take a back seat, not to mention other industries.

The Institute of Mathematics is very impressive, but the foreign exchange quota allocated to it is just a drop in the bucket.

The basic mathematics project does not seem to require much expenditure. After all, it all starts with a piece of paper and a pen, and it all depends on the mathematical researchers' wild imagination and concentration to deduce and solve those mathematical problems.

But in fact, we also need to purchase a large number of mathematics teaching materials, geometric drawing tools, calculators, etc. from abroad, all of which require foreign exchange.

Wang Duoyu wants to purchase important national core mathematics journals such as Sam and Polar Bear Empire in the past few years, which is a bit too much.

Take the "Annals of Mathematics" published jointly by Princeton University and the Institute for Advanced Study as an example. The subscription price per issue is US$5, and one issue is published every two months, which means that you need to pay US$30 a year.

The annual subscription fee for just one magazine is $30, and for three years it is $90, not including "New Advances in Mathematics", "Journal of the American Mathematical Society", "American Mathematical Journal", etc.

There are also the "Bulletin of the Polar Bear Academy of Sciences: Mathematical Series" and "Mathematical Transactions" from the Polar Bear Empire, as well as "Collection of Mathematical Papers", "Communications in Pure and Applied Mathematics", "Journal of the London Mathematical Society", etc., all of which require money.

"Duoyu, you haven't even read the book yet?"

It was already dark outside, and Wang Duoyu and the other eight had already returned to the dormitory. Zhu Hanting sat at the table and flipped through the "Journal of Mathematics". Even if he couldn't understand it, he would read it slowly.

"Well, I plan to finish reading all these books this month, so I brought them here." Wang Duoyu introduced, then took the washbasin, towel, etc. to wash up.

When he came back, Yuan Jigang and the others were all reading his book, and it seemed that everyone in the dormitory had become the king of reading.

The ideological level of college students in this era is relatively high, probably because they are older.

The next morning, Wang Duoyu came to Liu Taoshun's office and asked him to purchase foreign professional mathematics journals.

"What? You want to buy all the mathematics journals published in the past three years? All the journals on this list? Do you know how much it will cost?"

(End of this chapter)