From failed candidate to chief scientist

Chapter 68 The Hope of the Mathematics World
"Moreover, through today's report meeting, you have also seen Shuimu's academic resources and academic atmosphere. Here, I dare not say every day, but there are at least several forums and lectures by well-known scholars every week, and you can get up close and personal with them. They discuss academic matters.”

"The academic atmosphere here is also stronger. There are more excellent teachers and classmates here for you to communicate with, which can stimulate your academic inspiration and help you do research."

"Also, the hardware facilities and living conditions here are better. You may not know that Shuimu University has launched a training program for leading mathematics talents in my name, and will provide generous living allowances to each confirmed trainee. , to protect their lives, allow them to concentrate on academics, and relieve them of worries.”

"I asked Xiao Fang, and he said that you are now an assistant researcher and need to complete some project research in order to receive some meager stipends."

"Don't worry, you don't have to think about any of this here. You can focus on the research you want to carry out."

"Also, our leading talent program will also carry out targeted training, and we will organize exchange studies with internationally renowned universities, including Massachusetts, Stanford, Cambridge, Oxford and other top schools."

"At the same time, there are also various international academic conferences, and there are also qualifications and quotas for participation."

Qiu Chengtong refused to listen and listed the advantages of Shuimu University, trying his best to confuse Lin Mo.

To be honest, Qiu Chengtong’s words are indeed very attractive. Just the listed conditions are indeed not met by Dongshan University. In front of the giant Shuimu University, Dongshan University is like a three-year-old child with no knowledge. The power to fight back.

With these advantages, it is impossible to say that Lin Mo is not tempted.

Just for academic forums and lectures, Lin Mo can imagine how many discipline bubbles are consumed in it. Even if one is squeezed out for one session, three or five discipline bubbles can be squeezed out in a week. If it is fast, It doesn't even take him two months to accumulate a full subject bubble.

Unlike when he was at Dongshan University, he stayed for almost half a year and only filled two subject bubbles. Most of this was attributed to Academician Fu Mingli and Professor Fang Boliang. Without them, he might not have been able to study for more than half a year. Only once can you save enough.

Not to mention, there are so many excellent teachers and students here. If you use your keen talents to capture inspiration, you will be smoother and more inspired.

It can be said that only by coming to Shuimu can the system in Lin Mo's body be brought into full play.

"How about it? Xiaolin, do you want to consider coming to Shuimu?"

Qiu Chengtong was a little tired from talking. He felt that he had shown enough sincerity. At this time, he looked at Lin Mo with a smile, waiting for Lin Mo's reply.

"Teacher Qiu, Shuimu University is really good. It is worthy of being the top university in the country. I..."

The smile on Qiu Chengtong's face became even stronger.

"I'm sorry, I can't promise you."

Qiu Chengtong's smile froze on his face.

"why?"

"Teacher Qiu, you may not know much about my situation..."

Lin Mo told Qiu Chengtong that he applied for Tunghai University three years ago but failed. He also told Qiu Chengtong that Zhang Qihua had encouraged and supported him in the past three years.

"So there is such a story."

Qiu Chengtong was stunned.

"No wonder Fu Mingli had that expression when he saw you before."

However, after listening to Lin Mo's story, Qiu Chengtong valued Lin Mo even more. For such an outstanding talent, he also knew how to be grateful and repay his kindness. Such qualities were simply too good to be true.

Having seen so many scenes of ingratitude and antagonism between masters and disciples in the academic circle, Qiu Chengtong felt that this incident was a prick to his heart.

Qiu Chengtong thought for a while. "Then let you, Teacher Zhang, come to Shuimu University together!"

Lin Mo smiled and shook his head when he heard this.

"Teacher Qiu, I understand what you mean, but..."

"Teacher Qiu, let me tell you about Academician Fu Mingli."

Immediately afterwards, Lin Mo visited Fu Mingli's thatched cottage three times and made many conditions, hoping to tell Qiu Chengtong about Zhang Qihua's invitation to Donghai University.

"Mr. Qiu, do you think Shuimu University can provide these conditions proposed by Academician Fu?"

Full professor title, deputy director of the National Key Laboratory, 50 yuan project funding, one million yuan in resettlement allowance, outstanding young scholar...

Qiu Chengdong could not provide any of these conditions.

Although Shuimu University values ​​Qiu Chengdong, it does not value him enough to allow Qiu Chengtong to take whatever he wants.It is impossible for Shuimu University to arbitrarily offer such generous terms just to recruit an unknown associate professor.

The reason why Fu Mingli was able to issue such conditions was because these conditions were within the scope of Fu Mingli's authority. As an academician of the Academy of Sciences and the head of the State Key Laboratory, although he was not as good as Qiu Chengtong in terms of reputation, he In terms of actual power in his hands, he far surpassed Qiu Chengdong.

Even if Qiu Chengtong can persuade the school leaders of Shuimu University to offer the same conditions, he must also consider the thoughts of other teachers and students. At Shuimu University, the most indispensable thing is talents, and Zhang Qihua has not been able to persuade these people. His academic performance and a top-ranked paper may be impressive at Dongshan University, but at Shuimu University, they are a bit unsatisfactory.

Qiu Chengtong couldn't help but fell silent.

He looked at Lin Mo helplessly, knowing that his idea had failed.

Qiu Chengtong thought for a while and spoke again.

"Xiao Lin, you are very good. You are even better than I thought. When I was your age, I never achieved the results you did. I believe your future is far better than mine. When I saw you, I suddenly felt that domestic mathematics The future is bright.”

"Teacher Qiu, you are overly complimentary."

"No, I am not telling you this to praise you, but I have something to say to you."

"I just told you that I launched a program to cultivate leading talents in mathematics. Its main purpose is to cultivate a group of talented, capable and responsible talents for the domestic mathematics community to shoulder the future of domestic mathematics."

"You are very talented, willing to work hard, and have perseverance. Among the younger generation, I can't find anyone like you. Therefore, I hope you can take on this responsibility. Can the domestic mathematics community in the future It’s all up to you to achieve higher achievements and gain greater recognition internationally, and whether you can lead the international mathematics community.”

"This……"

Lin Mo wanted to say that this responsibility was too great.

Qiu Chengtong seemed to know what he wanted to say and waved his hand.

"I'm telling you this not to ask you for anything, but to give you a vaccination. If you have this ability, even if I don't tell you, in the future, when you achieve more and more achievements, you will naturally reach this point. , I just hope that by then, you can echo my words today, stick to your heart, and lead the domestic mathematics community to break into a new world."

Lin Mo was silent for a long time, and finally nodded solemnly.

"Okay, let's not talk about this. Although I'm sorry that you can't come to Shuimu University, it does not prevent us from carrying out academic exchanges. The door of Shuimu University will always be open to you. If you need anything for your future study and research, you can always give it to me. Call, I will do my best to help you, after all, you are the hope of our mathematics community."

(End of this chapter)