I really just want to be a scholar

On the morning of November 11th local time in Miami, USA, it dawned very late. If you look down from the sky, you will be surprised to find that the entire city, as well as the area within sight, is covered by a layer of white snowflakes. cover.

Yes, it is snowflakes. As the southernmost city in the United States, Miami, whose average winter temperature has always been around 25 degrees Celsius, finally received its first snow in 47 years with the invasion of the "Little Ice Age".

The snow was not heavy, and it only fell for two or three hours, but it was enough to make cotton-like snowflakes float all over every piece of land, and then became hard when blown by the howling north wind.

The arrival of winter snow has brought some chaos to this tourist city that has been particularly popular in recent months. However, because it received early warning in advance, the city of Miami has prepared a large amount of food, winter clothes and other cold-proof materials, and the power supply has also been improved. It is sufficient so that people in Miami who are not used to temperatures below 0 degrees Celsius can continue to live their small lives safely under the heat of air conditioning.

The tourists who come here to "take shelter from the cold" have no complaints about this. After all, compared to the harsh weather in the north where there is a huge snowstorm and the average temperature is only -41 degrees Celsius, Miami can be said to be a "comfortable paradise." .

For the guests who came to the International Congress of Mathematicians, especially the mathematicians who had given 45-minute and one-hour lectures on stage, they did not care whether it was snowing in Miami or not. They only paid attention to the moment when the grand prize was announced in an hour. , for this reason, while most people are still nestling in warm beds and enjoying the rare warm and lazy time in winter, these mathematicians are feeling uneasy, nervous and anxious, and simply come down from the rooms of the Miami Hotel early , went straight to the venue on the first floor.

This year's IMU awards ceremony will be held here.

The lobby of the Miami Hotel has long been crowded with reporters who braved the biting north wind. They wandered around in twos and threes and saw famous mathematicians requesting interviews. Veteran members of IMU such as Faltings, Deligne, Wiles, Feiffman and others were surrounded by reporters.

The most frequently asked questions by reporters are of course related to awards.

This International Congress of Mathematicians will also award 2 to 4 Fields Medals, as well as medals from top awards such as the Chan Medal, the Gauss Medal, the Abacus Medal, and the Lilavati Medal.

The Chern Medal is a lifetime achievement award. It is often awarded to grandparents. There is only one place. Most people don't pay much attention to it. Only the Fields Medal, which symbolizes the highest award in the Mesozoic era in mathematics, is the majority of 30-year-olds. The dream goal of a mathematician by the age of 40.

IMU's confidentiality work is still very good this year. Although countless people want to know the final list of winners, even the all-pervasive reporters and many well-connected veteran mathematicians are unable to get any precise information. We can only wait until the announcement of the awards ceremony at 9:00 to find out.

The more no one knows about it, the more it attracts the media and the public to make various speculations. Several large social platforms on the Internet have launched prediction votes. The most eye-catching vote is the great mathematician of Xia State, Qin Ke. What awards will the academician and Academician Ning Qingjun get?

Option one, IMU will award them a second Fields Medal. Reason: Their achievements and level deserve IMU to make an exception for them. Proportion of voters in favor: 55.8%.

Option two, IMU will award them the Chen Shengshen Award in advance. Reason: The Wolf Prize in Mathematics is also the "grandfather and grandma prize", but it has been awarded to them in advance. The Chern Prize is similar to the Wolf Prize in Mathematics, and it is very likely to be awarded to them in advance. Proportion of voters in favor: 36.2%.

Option three, IMU will set up a special award for them. Reason: Their achievements are unparalleled, so they should receive special treatment. Proportion of voters: 7.9%.

Option four, a big upset, they will return empty-handed, and IMU will let them be the award presenters. Reason: They no longer need awards to encourage them. IMU would rather award awards to others who are more in need. Proportion of voters: 0.1%.

From these votes involving more than 10 million people, we can see the public sentiment. However, all IMU awards are voted by the judges. Even the top management of IMU cannot change the results. Therefore, the final result can only wait until it is finally announced. I just found out about the list.

While there was chaos outside the venue and the mathematicians seated inside the venue were restless, Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun were still in their hotel rooms.

In order to ensure safety and avoid being chased by reporters, Wei Feng asked them to enter through the special passage prepared by the Miami Hotel five minutes before the closing ceremony was about to begin. It was still early to leave for the venue. The two of them had eaten After breakfast, I changed into my clothes and waited in the room.

Qin Ke receives work emails as usual. Now with the arrival of the "Little Ice Age", his mailbox will receive dozens of report emails from meteorological centers around the world every day. Of course, there are also Qingmu University Fluid Mechanics Laboratory, Global Extreme Climate Big Data Advanced Analysis Team, Xia Guo Various emails from the Extreme Climate Disaster Response Command Center.

In addition, he will receive monthly letters from the Qing Ning Plant Cultivation Laboratory, Qing Ning Quantum Computing Laboratory, Yuanzhou New Energy and Freshwater Resource Renewal Utilization Technology Research Center, Qing Ning Technology, and Qing Ning Student Aid Foundation. Report request email. Students also contact him via email from time to time to report their study progress and submit first drafts of their papers.

These matters range from urgent to complex, and some are simple. Qin Ke usually handles them personally. Only with his thinking speed can he read hundreds of pages of reports in a very short time and give a reply. Opinion.

Qin Ke handed over all emails and papers sent by students to Ning Qingyun. Qin Ke had already processed yesterday's email before going to bed, and now he was dealing with emails that were sent while he was sleeping due to jet lag.

Most of these emails were sent from the Xia Kingdom. The Xia Kingdom has now entered the "Little Ice Age". The snow disaster in the Northeast is the most serious. Although it is slightly better than Alaska in the United States, the snow and ice also block the roads and traffic is at a standstill. , many cities have activated emergency plans and suspended work and production. Except for disaster prevention and response staff, the rest of the people stayed at home as much as possible to avoid the extreme low temperature.

Qin Ke looked through these emails, feeling heavy but also a little relieved.

No matter what, in the face of unavoidable natural disasters, because of his early warnings based on research results, the disaster prevention and response measures he formulated, and the full operation of the "Xia Kingdom Extreme Climate Disaster Response Command Center", the Xia Kingdom's blizzard-stricken areas were greatly affected. People's lives and property have been protected to the maximum extent - isn't this the time when scientists should be most gratified and honored?

It only took Qin Ke half an hour to reply to all the emails. He stretched out and looked at the time. It would be time to leave for the venue in ten minutes.

Turning around, I saw Ning Qingyun sitting by the bed, looking at her phone. I originally thought she was looking at the photos of Xiaoxiao and Zhengzheng - they hadn't seen their two children for so long, and Ning Qingyun and Qin Ke missed them both. , I often pull out photos and videos of the children to watch.

But Qin Ke soon noticed that Ning Qingyun seemed a little unhappy.

"Wife, what's wrong? Who made you angry?" Qin Ke was a little curious. Ning Qingyun, who had become more gentle after becoming a mother, rarely showed such an obvious unhappy look.

Ning Qingyun looked up: "Huh? Have you finished replying to the email?"

"It's done. I only received 19 emails from early morning to this morning. Half an hour is enough. Why are you unhappy? Come on, hubby." Qin Ke went over and hugged his wife's soft and slender waist, and pulled himself She put her face close to her and rubbed Ning Qingyun's pretty face that was as smooth as top-grade white porcelain.

Because Ning Qingyun never puts on makeup, she doesn't have to worry about her makeup getting stained by such an intimate gesture.

Ning Qingyun was amused by him and burst into laughter. She gave him a sweet two-punch: "Okay, I'm fine. I'm just a little angry when I saw a piece of news."

"What's the news?" Qin Ke sat next to her and leaned over to look at her mobile phone screen. "Li Lin forwarded it to me before, about a dozen graduate students who jointly reported their supervisor. Many netizens on the Internet also forwarded this incident on the scarf and @my and your accounts. You haven't worn the scarf these days, so you didn't pay attention. Are you there?"

"Graduate students report the tutor?" Qin Ke was surprised. Such things are rare. Whether at home or abroad, tutors have a lot of power to determine the future of students. At least they have a big say in the students' degree certificates and graduation certificates. Yes, most students are in awe of their instructors.

"Look, this professor is really hateful. If these reports are true, then he is simply not a good teacher!" Ning Qingyun still maintained the sense of justice she had as a girl. She clenched her little fists and her tone was hard to conceal. Angry.

"Let me take a look first." Qin Ke smiled. He liked and appreciated Ning Qingyun's sense of justice.

After taking Ning Qingyun's cell phone and looking at it for a moment, Qin Ke basically figured out the cause of the incident.

Academic fraud, tampering with experimental data, PUA students, manipulation of peer review, deduction of student labor fees...

Qin Ke also frowned.

This matter is still under investigation, and the truth is not yet known, but Qin Ke has basically made a judgment. If the students were not forced to a dead end, how could they do something like jointly reporting the instructor, where the risks and benefits are obviously not proportional? Even if they defeat their mentor, they may not get any good results.

Moreover, the words written at the end of the students' report letters made Qin Ke a little moved.

Some of them are about to graduate with their Ph.D., but for the sake of academic persistence and justice in their hearts, and in order to prevent future students from suffering the same torture, they still decide to do something "stupid but right" without hesitation, even if it is very possible. As a result, students will be unable to graduate and their future will be ruined.

Just because of this sense of justice and the tragic courage of a lonely hero, Qin Ke felt the need to meddle in others' affairs.

"Jun'er, what are you going to do?"

"Huh? Me? This matter hasn't been investigated yet, but I still want to help these students. At least I want to protect them and prevent them from being retaliated against."

"Okay, let's get started, Ning Nuxia. Students who bravely stand up like this are a rare breed, and we must take more care of them. However, in fact, we don't have to do too much." Qin Ke smiled and put his Thoughts were said over and over again.

Ning Qingyun's eyes lit up and she nodded repeatedly: "I will do as you say."

Soon, the two of them edited a scarf with the same content and posted it using their accounts. At this time, Wei Jing came to knock on the door and asked the two of them to take a car to the IMU venue.

Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun looked at each other and smiled. Without looking at the replies from netizens, they held hands and pushed out the door together.

……

In Xia State, it was already past 8 o'clock in the evening. Lin Chaowen from Beijing University of Science and Technology had just finished working in the laboratory and was preparing to eat instant noodles.

He graduated with a Ph.D. last year and is currently working as a postdoctoral fellow in the Microcircuit Automation Research Institute of the school. His status as a postdoctoral fellow is much better than when he was a Ph.D. His boss is still his original Ph.D. supervisor, and his supervisor also thinks highly of him and allows him to Being the leader of a group makes Lin Chaowen full of energy. Although the weather in Beijing is currently bad, with continuous snow and wind, the school has been suspended, and postdocs can also suspend their work, he still chooses to go to the laboratory every day to do research.

He was the only one left in the laboratory at this time. He planned to go back after finishing his instant noodles, but when he looked out the window...

"The wind and snow are quite strong. We may have to lay the floor in the laboratory again tonight..." Lin Chaowen shook his head and sighed: "Academician Qin's prediction is really accurate."

Lin Chaowen was filled with emotion when he thought of Academician Qin, whom he met on a plane seven years ago and took a photo with him. At that time, Academician Qin was only a sophomore in high school who had just participated in the National Mathematical Olympiad, and he was an undergraduate. Seven years have passed in the blink of an eye, and I am still a postdoctoral fellow, but Academician Qin has already become famous all over the world, has countless halo, and has become an academician of both academies early on. His achievements are unparalleled.

"By the way, today seems to be the time for the IMU awards." Lin Chaowen opened his scarf to see if there was any news about Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun winning the award again.

Oh, I forgot to mention that he is a fan of Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun, a very die-hard fan.

As soon as he opened the hot search list, Lin Chaowen was surprised to find that the first hot search was # Academician Qin and Academician Ning’s Voice#!

"Huh? What did they say?" Lin Chaowen didn't even bother to eat instant noodles. He quickly clicked on the hot search and soon saw the new scarf released by Qin Ke.

"Hello everyone, many people have @ us recently. Let us pay attention to the incident of students reporting their tutors. The situation has not been investigated clearly, and the merits are still unknown. However @ a certain institution, we and the majority of netizens are watching this investigation. Well, although we mostly study botany in biology - the essence of biology remains unchanged. We can analyze zoology papers at any time to determine whether the data is falsified. I hope you can touch your conscience. To conduct this investigation and produce the most realistic results.”

"In addition, we also want to say something to those students. If the content in this report material is proven to be true, you will not be treated unfairly because of this incident, or you will even be unable to graduate or get your degree certificate." You can contact us at any time. We will definitely give you justice and will never let you be harmed because of your just actions! We admire your courage very much. The academic world really needs lonely brave men like you. Some seemingly stupid but correct things to reverse the bad trend! I hope you will not forget this original intention and justice in the future, and together we will lead Xia Guo's scientific research to a better future!"

"Qin Ke, Ning Qingyun."

Lin Chaowen stood up immediately and read this passage several times, his blood boiling in his chest.

He had also paid attention to this incident and had been angry. Unexpectedly, Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun also noticed it and stood up to speak out.

Domineering! mighty! He has a full sense of justice and is worthy of being the idol he has been a fan of for so many years!