Volume 1: Student Life Chapter 452: The skill of taking things out of context
The next day, when Chen Zhou woke up, it was already nine o'clock in the morning.
Rubbing his aching head, Chen Zhou whispered, "This thing is really addictive..."
Just as he was about to get up and out of bed, he heard the notification tone of his cell phone.
I touched it subconsciously and found my phone.
Chen Zhou clicked on it and looked at it for a while, his expression gradually becoming helpless.
This notification sound is none other than the notification sound of Weibo messages.
After he posted on Weibo yesterday, he has not left.
Weibo has exploded with excitement at this moment.
The first thing that caught my eye was Chen Zhou’s own comment on this Weibo post.
This was also the beginning of Chen Zhou's frustration.
The original comments under this Weibo post were still like this.
"Congratulations to Mr. Chen Zhou for winning the Cole Award."
"Can I get this award easily? Is there any expert who can explain it to me, can I get it easily like the expert?"
"Explaining wool, the highest honor in number theory, would you like to take a look?"
"The people upstairs are laughing to death, hahahaha..."
"Boss, you are awesome! The youngest winner of the Kerr Prize in history! The first Kerr Prize winner in the history of China!"
“…”
But as the news broke out online, the tone of the comments began to change.
"I want to wait until the big guy wins the Fields Medal before we congratulate him together. Will we be in time?"
"What are you thinking? The Fields Medal is in 2018, and 2016 isn't even over yet, but it's still okay to save it..."
"I just want to know, when will you prove the Goldbach conjecture? And win the Fields Medal?"
"I believe we won't have to wait too long. After all, it's already been reported in the news..."
"Calling Boss Chen Zhou, please publish the proof of my guess as soon as possible, we can't wait!"
"Calling Boss Chen Zhou, waiting for your first Fields Medal!"
"Calling Boss Chen Zhou..."
The style of painting has thus become the building model of Goethe and the Fields Medal.
The instigator of all these is the news from the media.
While Chen Zhou was toasting with the young mathematicians, a huge news explosion began on the Internet.
This is also the result of the brewing and fermentation of the Cole Prize.
However, these news were just as Chen Zhou thought.
His words were completely misinterpreted and over-interpreted.
These reporters made full use of their skills in quoting out of context and successfully reported Chen Zhou's interview as "he is about to solve the Goldbach conjecture and then win the Fields Medal."
This can be seen just from the few news headlines that Chen Zhou translated.
[Shocking! A young mathematician has successfully won the highest award in the field of number theory! According to him, he has proved the Goldbach conjecture! ]
[Can you imagine? At the age of 20, after winning the highest award in number theory, he said frankly that he solved the Goldbach conjecture and wanted to win the Fields Medal! ]
[Shocking! After conquering the highest honor in number theory, the 20-year-old young mathematician plans to come up with a proof of the Goldbach conjecture to conquer the Nobel Prize in mathematics! ]
Chen Zhou read the news and turned off his phone while cursing.
When did you say that you proved the Goldbach conjecture?
Isn't this skill of taking things out of context a little too amazing?
What Chen Zhou didn't know was that most of the people who saw the news believed it.
Only a few people did not fully believe him, but had greater expectations for him.
School of Mathematics, Yanda University.
Shen Jing has become Wu Xiping's graduate student.
At this moment, he was in Wu Xiping's office.
Originally, Shen Jing was planning to consult Wu Xiping about issues related to his research project, but he didn't expect to hear such a conversation as soon as he walked to the door of Wu Xiping's office.
"Da Fu, what do you think of Junior Brother Chen Zhou? Did he really solve the Goldbach conjecture? And did he win the Fields Medal?"
"How would I know? He hasn't published his paper yet. I only know that he broke the record for the youngest winner of the Cole Medal and became the youngest winner in the history of the Cole Medal. He once again made history..."
"I'm not asking if you know the answer, but do you think he can make history again?"
"Well... I think it shouldn't be a big problem..."
"What do you mean?"
"Didn't you hear what our professor Wu said yesterday? He praised her three times. I've never seen such an excited expression on my face before."
"You mean, Professor Wu thinks our junior is basically safe?"
"According to his calculation, it will take at most half a year, so I guess it will be soon. By then, won't the Fields Medal be within reach?"
"That's right. He solves mathematical conjectures faster than the projects I worked on with Professor Wu..."
"Haha, but then again, regardless of whether the news is true or false, Chen Zhou is only 20 years old after all. I don't believe that he won't win the Fields Medal in another 20 years."
"Indeed... At this rate, I can probably win all the math awards, and even a grand slam..."
The other two graduate students led by Wu Xiping were enthusiastically discussing Chen Zhou's winning of the Cole Prize and the news.
After listening for a while, Shen Jing shook his head helplessly. His junior classmate Chen Zhou not only won the award, but also showed off.
The reports in the news are almost making him the God of Mathematics in China.
Anyway, all kinds of historic words are used.
However, Shen Jing changed his mind.
According to Chen Zhou's current growth rate, maybe one day he will really become China's God of Mathematics.
Then, he led the Chinese mathematics community to a new level.
Thinking of this, Shen Jing actually felt a little excited.
He reached out and knocked on the door. After getting a response, Shen Jing slowly pushed the door open and walked in.
He first took a look inside, and contrary to what he expected, Wu Xiping was actually in the office.
He originally thought that Wu Xiping should not be present when the two senior brothers were having such a discussion.
Unexpectedly, Wu Xiping listened with great interest and had no intention of stopping the two senior brothers.
Shen Jing greeted his two senior brothers and walked to Wu Xiping's desk.
Wu Xiping looked up at Shen Jing and asked with a smile: "Shen Jing, do you think your junior has proved the Goldbach conjecture?"
Shen Jing hesitated for a moment, then said slowly: "I don't think so yet."
"Oh?" Wu Xiping was a little surprised, and immediately asked, "Why do you think so? News both at home and abroad are almost confirming that Chen Zhou has proved the Goldbach conjecture."
Shen Jing explained: "Although I also hope that Chen Zhou can solve Ge Guess now, but from his recent news and the process of this interview, I know that he hasn't yet."
As if worried that Wu Xiping didn't understand, Shen Jing continued, "From what I understand, if Chen Zhou really solved Gecai, he would definitely not say things like those in the news report when he was interviewed."
Wu Xiping asked curiously, "What will he say?"
Shen Jing thought of Chen Zhou's habit of being "calm and indifferent" and smiled softly: "He will definitely say, it's okay, it's not too difficult..."
Hearing Shen Jing's words, Wu Xiping was stunned for a moment, then he laughed: "What you said seems to make sense..."
After a while, Wu Xiping looked at Shen Jing with sparkling eyes, and said in a slightly excited tone: "No matter what, Chen Zhou has created history among Chinese mathematicians in the field of number theory."
"Just like your two senior brothers said, he is only 20 years old this year. He still has a lot of time to solve the Goldbach conjecture and win the first Fields Medal for a Chinese..."
"I hope that he can once again create his own history, as well as that of China!"
Shen Jing looked at his teacher's excited expression and nodded silently.
No matter what, it doesn’t matter whether Chen Zhou really solved the Goldbach conjecture.
As these news reports spread, the Goldbach conjecture that has been haunting the Chinese people and the Fields Medal that has made them deeply saddened have emerged.
All of them are laid out in front of the Chinese people.
And above this is Chen Zhou's name, and the expectations of countless Chinese people for Chen Zhou.
Chen Zhou, who was far away in Providence, obviously had not thought about these things.
He guessed at the journalists' superb ability to quote out of context, and saw foreign and domestic news as expected .
However, he had never imagined the high expectations of the Chinese people.
At this time, Chen Zhou had just finished washing up and was about to go out for breakfast.
After browsing Weibo and checking the news, Chen Zhou decisively exited Weibo and the news client.
Damn, the news and comments on the Internet have almost blown him up to the point where he doesn’t even recognize himself anymore.
It would be fine if he really solved Ge Guess later.
But if he is not careful, he may fail to solve the problem (liao).
It is true that the higher you are praised, the more painful it will be when you fall.
Chen Zhou is very skeptical whether these foreign media have such bad ideas.
However, domestic news media also followed this trend and created a huge public opinion online.
However, Chen Zhou's attitude has always been good.
Moreover, he is used to bragging first and then making it come true.
Although this bragging was not his own doing.
After a quick tidying up, Chen Zhou just opened the door of the hotel room and saw Yang Yiyi standing at the door.
Yang Yiyi smiled sweetly and tilted her head to ask Chen Zhou: "Are you hungry?"
Chen Zhou was stunned for a moment, then looked at the plate in Yang Yiyi's hand and nodded vigorously: "I'm hungry! Thank you, wife!"
After saying that, he reached out and snatched the food from the plate.
Yang Yiyi followed Chen Zhou into the house. Seeing Chen Zhou wolfing down his food, she smiled and said, "Eat slowly. You just got up and you didn't drink some water to moisten your body..."
Chen Zhou chuckled in response.
Yang Yiyi smiled helplessly.
After a pause, she continued, "Either tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, I have to go back to LIGO."
Chen Zhou, who was eating happily, suddenly stopped for a moment, then quickly continued chewing, mumbling casually: "Then I'll take you to the airport then."
Yang Yiyi, who had been looking at Chen Zhou, naturally noticed this brief moment.
She quietly walked behind Chen Zhou, took the initiative to hug Chen Zhou, and asked in a low voice: "Do you miss me a lot?"
Chen Zhou was slightly stunned, and immediately realized something. He said to himself, "This damn wine, I must have said something after getting drunk last night..."
But feeling Yang Yiyi's tenderness, Chen Zhou quickly took two bites and finished the food in his hand.
Then he turned around and hugged Yang Yiyi in his arms.
With his chin on Yang Yiyi's shoulder, Chen Zhou said gently, "I miss you very much. I miss you every day you leave..."
Hearing Chen Zhou's words, Yang Yiyi hugged Chen Zhou's hand and held it tighter.
Yang Yiyi said in the same gentle tone: "I miss you too..."
The two people hugged each other tightly, expressing their longing for each other after separation.
Then, the lips and teeth touched, and there was a touch of sweetness and softness.
Since Yang Yiyi will be returning to LIGO soon, Chen Zhou plans to spend some time with her.
At least, accompany her to finish the shopping that we didn’t finish yesterday.
Savor the delicacies in Providence that you haven’t tried yet.
So, after receiving the Cole Number Theory Prize, this trip turned into a date trip for Chen Zhou and Yang Yiyi.
Liu Maosheng and Zeng Zigu naturally had no objection to this.
Chen Zhou’s decision is their decision.
They will definitely support Chen Zhou’s actions!
Liu Maosheng and Zeng Zigu discovered that the person next to them was actually the most promising investment stock.
If you want to get in touch with the math giants, you can definitely achieve it by learning from this person around you.
Therefore, Chen Zhou became a popular person in the eyes of both of them.
However, Chen Zhou had no intention of taking these two people with him on a date, so he sent them to a lecture early in the morning.
One day later in the afternoon, Chen Zhou sent Yang Yiyi to the airport.
Now, the time they spend together has become much .
She had to go back to LIGO and work on her project with her supervisor.
Letting go of the girl in his arms, Chen Zhou leaned over and kissed her without paying attention to the looks of the people around him.
Yang Yiyi did not stop the boy from being intimate with her in public.
On the contrary, she hugged the boy tightly.
"Have a safe trip. Remember to call me when you arrive."
"good!"
After reluctantly seeing Yang Yiyi off, Chen Zhou followed Liu Maosheng, who had brought them here, back to the hotel.
This academic exchange meeting will be over tomorrow.
There are not many lectures left.
Fortunately, there were two lectures that Chen Zhou was interested in.
One is from Professor Deligne and the other is from Professor Langlands.
Chen Zhou did not intend to miss the lectures of these two bigwigs.
After tidying up a bit at the hotel, Chen Zhou and Liu Maosheng came to the headquarters of AMS.
This afternoon's lecture is by Professor Deligne.
The content of the lecture is, naturally, about algebraic geometry.
As a favorite disciple of Grothendieck, the emperor of algebraic geometry, Deligne's attainments in algebraic geometry are no less than those of Professor Artin.
Chen Zhou also wanted to see how big the difference was between the two algebraic geometry masters.
Of course, this distinction does not refer to mathematical honors, but only to mathematical thinking.
After all, Deligne is the first person in the history of mathematics to win the four major mathematics awards: the Fields Medal, the Crafoord Prize in Mathematics, the Wolf Prize in Mathematics, and the Abel Prize.
Because of his great contribution, the King of Belgium, unable to think of any other reward for Deligne, simply conferred the title of Viscount on him.
Professor Atin still cannot compare with him in this regard.
