Volume 1: Student Life Chapter 390 Deal
After sending the email to Zhang Yitang, Chen Zhou thought about it and sent another email to Tao Zhexuan's mailbox.
No matter what, he and Professor Tao can be considered friends, so necessary congratulations are still necessary.
Chen Zhou’s idea is actually similar to Zhang Yitang’s.
This is a matter of mathematical research, competition or something, just a joke.
As for how the outside media interprets it, it is up to them.
However, although Chen Zhou thought so, some people did not think so.
After sending the email, Chen Zhou stretched and prepared to continue with the work at hand.
But he found that the video he was watching with Yang Yiyi suddenly froze.
He was just wondering if it was a network problem when the phone rang.
"Huh?" Chen Zhou exclaimed softly, picked up the phone with some surprise, and pressed the answer button.
"Hello."
Chen Zhou politely said hello , and then without waiting for him to ask what he wanted to talk to him about.
Then he heard a familiar female voice coming from the other end of the phone: "Hello, classmate Chen Zhou. Hello. It's me, Yao Tongtong. Do you remember me? The reporter from the Yanjing Daily has interviewed you many times..."
Chen Zhou thought, I remember it, but you have to give me a chance to speak, right?
He was a little puzzled. Why was reporter Yao so excited?
Yao Tongtong chattered on the phone, and finally asked, "Do you still remember me?"
Chen Zhou finally got around to reply, "I remember you, reporter Yao. Well, you don't need to say so much. I have your phone number."
Yao Tongtong asked blankly: "What do you mean?"
Chen Zhou's slightly embarrassed voice came: "I saved your number and made a note..."
Although they were communicating over the phone, Yao Tongtong was really embarrassed to the extreme at the moment.
All of a sudden, her whole face turned red, like a ripe red apple.
Yao Tongtong looked around silently. Fortunately, she was making the call outside and no one knew her.
Fortunately, it wasn’t an in-person interview, otherwise it would have been so embarrassing.
But this can’t be blamed on Yao Tongtong.
In the past, she had invited Chen Zhou for interviews many times.
But except for the first time Chen Zhou took her phone, he never picked it up again.
This is also one of the reasons why Yao Tongtong could only find Chen Zhou through Yanda.
So, Yao Tongtong didn't expect this.
This time when I called Chen Zhou, he actually just... answered the call???
It was such a surprise to her.
That's why she was a little rude just now and only focused on introducing herself.
Also, Yao Tongtong guessed that Chen Zhou had deleted her number, so she answered the call when she saw it was an unknown number...
Thinking of this, Yao Tongtong felt an inexplicable mixture of emotions.
Unlike others, who are eager to become famous, accept more interviews and increase their popularity.
Chen Zhou is a person who always delays as much as possible and avoids as much as possible.
As if accepting the interview would cause great harm to him.
Therefore, in the circle of journalists like Yao Tongtong, Chen Zhou is listed as a person who is extremely difficult to communicate with.
But every time Chen Zhou is in the news, it is big news.
Reporters like Yao Tongtong had to find an opportunity to interview Chen Zhou.
Seeing no sound from the other side, Chen Zhou asked curiously: "Reporter Yao? Are you still there?"
Yao Tongtong came to her senses after hearing Chen Zhou's voice and quickly replied, "I'm here, I'm here. Um, classmate Chen Zhou, I'm sorry, I was looking for my notebook just now..."
"Yeah." Chen Zhou hummed calmly, and then asked, "Reporter Yao, you called me suddenly, is there something wrong?"
Yao Tongtong replied: "It's like this, I wonder if you have watched the news recently?"
Chen Zhou was slightly stunned, and after a little thought, he knew what reporter Yao was going to ask.
He said directly: "Are you going to ask me about the twin prime conjecture?"
Yao Tongtong smiled and praised: "As expected of Chen Zhou, you are so smart!"
Chen Zhou smiled softly and did not comment.
Yao Tongtong continued: "Since you have also seen the relevant news, may I ask if it is convenient for you..."
"It's inconvenient!" Chen Zhou spoke first before Yao Tongtong finished speaking.
At the same time, Chen Zhou also added: "I have been studying a new problem in the field of number theory recently, and I will be in seclusion soon. I guess I won't have time before I go to MIT. I'm really sorry, it's not that I don't want to accept your interview, but I really can't spare the time..."
After Chen Zhou finished speaking, he waited for Yao Tongtong's answer.
Judging from past examples, Yao Tongtong should be so angry that she should be jumping up and down.
But after waiting for a while, Chen Zhou found something wrong. Yao Tongtong came prepared this time.
That’s right, this time Yao Tongtong fully absorbed the experience of previous interviews with Chen Zhou.
Since there was no help from Yanda University, she had to succeed in one go and take down Chen Zhou in one go.
So, this time, when she heard the expected rude interruption, she didn't show much emotion.
He did not take the initiative to look for opportunities to make an appointment with Chen Zhou.
Instead, he said slowly: "Student Chen Zhou, I have some news about you, and it is very important. As long as you accept my interview, I will tell you this news."
Chen Zhou was slightly stunned when he heard this, and then asked, "What news?"
Yao Tongtong smiled and said, "You have to accept my interview first. I promise that this news will satisfy you."
Chen Zhou immediately became curious and asked, "How do you know I will be satisfied?"
Yao Tongtong said calmly: "How about this, I can tell you a little bit first, and then you can decide."
Yao Tongtong's confidence made Chen Zhou even more curious.
What news is about yourself that you don’t know anything about?
After thinking for a while, Chen Zhou replied: "Tell me about it."
Yao Tongtong said: "It is related to number theory, and the prize money is quite large."
Chen Zhou was slightly stunned, then said: "Okay, you have successfully aroused my interest."
Yao Tongtong smiled and said, "Then, deal?"
Chen Zhou smiled slightly: "Deal!"
This interview was conducted via video.
Although Yao Tongtong was not in the newspaper office, she still changed into a formal suit and put on a professional smile. Then she opened a video call with Chen Zhou and began to interview Chen Zhou.
The content of the interview was pretty much what Chen Zhou had expected.
It was mainly about the proof of the twin prime conjecture, plus the fact that he proved the Jebov conjecture some time ago.
Of course, the most important thing, Yao Tongtong still focused on the competition between Chen Zhou and Tao Zhexuan and Zhang Yitang.
After all, this incident was widely reported by the media.
But until today, only Terence Tao responded on his blog.
Chen Zhou and Zhang Yitang have not made any response to this.
