The passionate years starting from the college entrance examination

Chapter 184, report meeting (fifth update)

September 1, 1960, Beijing Nanyuan Airport.

It's not yet October in the golden autumn, and autumn tigers are still wreaking havoc on the earth. The temperature in the capital is a bit too high.

Chen Guohua, wearing a straight military uniform, got out of the car in high spirits, followed Qiu Zongyue and walked into the airport.

Nanyuan Airport is not big, it can even be said to be a bit small.

For Chen Guohua, who is accustomed to large airports such as Baiyun Airport, Daxing Airport, and Pudong Airport in later generations, he was still filled with emotions when he walked into Nanyuan Airport.

In his previous life, he had also been to Nanyuan Airport. The first time he came, he was dumbfounded.

Damn it, there is such a shabby airport in Beijing?

However, in this era, Nanyuan Airport is currently one of the most awesome airports in Beijing.

Because other airports are not used by civil aviation.

In other words, many airports in this era are actually military airports, but there are very few civilian airports.

Regardless of whether it is small or large, these have little to do with Chen Guohua.

However, when he looked through the window and saw a propeller like a fan outside, he couldn't help but feel worried secretly.

Because in this era of aircraft, mainstream passenger aircraft are still turboprop engines.

The turbofan engine that became mainstream in later generations is still a niche and has not yet become mainstream.

The plane is not big, it can hold twenty or thirty people, similar to the private planes of later generations.

But this thing is not a private jet after all.

The reason why it can carry twenty or thirty people is because these are aircraft from around the 1940s.

If it was the latest aircraft in the late 1950s, it was a short-range aircraft like the Il-Eighteen.

The standard version of this aircraft can carry 110 passengers and has a maximum fuel range of 6,500 kilometers.

Just when Chen Guohua was disappointed and thought he was about to take a small plane, Mr. Wu and others arrived shortly afterwards.

As the leader arrived, Chen Guohua discovered that there were quite a lot of people setting off to Baiyun City today.

Later, Mr. Wu brought better news. A team of 232 mathematicians from Moscow will arrive in Baiyun City tomorrow.

hiss!

After hearing the news, Chen Guohua and others were stunned.

Especially the way Hua Luogeng, Duan Xuefu and others looked at Chen Guohua suddenly changed a lot.

Even Qiu Zongyue couldn't help but stare at Chen Guohua, and then he held back a sentence:

"Guohua, I find that you are a lucky star!"

The arrival of the mathematician from Moscow seemed to be an ice-breaking act, and it was also like Helu's admission of defeat.

No matter what it is, in this wave, the mainland is definitely making money.

As for whether Helu regretted this or fainted in the toilet from crying, it is unknown.

Anyway, at this moment, everyone headed by Mr. Wu was very excited.

Soon, everyone got on the plane in an orderly manner and prepared to go to Baiyun City.

Only then did Chen Guohua find out that the plane everyone was traveling on was the Il-Eighteen ordered from Moscow the year before last.

This is a large aircraft that has been ordered since 1954. It is a four-engine turboprop short-range passenger aircraft designed by the Ilyushin Design Bureau.

This kind of aircraft, which only started its first flight in 1957 and was delivered to the mainland in 1958, is currently the largest civil aviation aircraft in the mainland.

For Chen Guohua, sitting on such a plane is similar to the short planes of low-cost airlines in the past, and the seats are very narrow.

Despite this, it is already a very good thing to be able to sit on such a plane.

Many people in this era are not qualified to fly.

Chen Guohua is satisfied to be able to enjoy the aircraft of this era.

The distance from the capital to Baiyun City is about two thousand kilometers, not very far.

The Il-Eighteen aircraft can easily fly directly to Baiyun City without the need for transfers or stops.

It's just that the speed of this plane is really slow, at a speed of more than 600 kilometers per hour.

Finally, after more than three hours of waiting, the plane landed smoothly at Baiyun Airport.

I've been in the air all morning.

After the plane successfully arrived at Baiyun City, the group of people was divided into two groups. Chen Guohua and the others followed Qiu Zongyue to the Zhonghua University campus in Haizhu.

After arriving at the campus, Chen Guohua and the others were warmly welcomed by the CUHK campus and directly attended the welcome banquet they had prepared.

Needless to say, CUHK is also extravagant this time, and all kinds of food are fully prepared.

In order to prepare a good reception for this report meeting, they have prepared a lot.

Not to mention that the campus has been cleaned several times, the entire campus and many places in the main urban area of ​​Baiyun City have been cleaned.

In addition to these, the accommodation prepared for the guests is also very clean.

In fact, Baiyun City is the southern gate of the mainland. The various infrastructures here are still very good.

You know, when the capital city was selected, Baiyun City was almost chosen.

Therefore, when the welcome banquet ended, Chen Guohua was led by the staff to the residence prepared by the school, and he was still surprised.

The small rooms from the Republic of China era suddenly had a petty bourgeoisie feel.

Chen Guohua just glanced briefly, quickly put down his luggage and left.

According to the itinerary, we need to go to the pier in the afternoon to greet the first wave of guests coming from Hong Kong Island.

On the pier by the Pearl River, Chen Guohua looked at the river not far away, and a fishy smell hit his nostrils.

For more than two years, he had lived in the capital and rarely saw the river.

When I first crossed over, I went to catch fish in the Yongding River near Majiafen.

But at that time, the Yongding River was already frozen.

It is very different from the rivers in the capital. Not only is the Pearl River very spacious, it is also relatively turbid and has a stronger fishy smell.

Probably because it was September, not long after the rainy season of July and August.

Along with the distant ships, there was the sound of whining engines, and everyone became a little excited.

Soon, before the ship even approached, everyone saw Liu Guanzhong, people from China Resources Company, and many foreigners standing on the deck.

Hua Luogeng shouted to Erdez and other old friends on the boat from a long distance away.

Many of the foreigners on the deck knew Hua Luogeng, and they were all very excited.

The eighty-eight-year-old Mr. Russell actually stood on the edge of the deck waving hello like a young man of seventeen or eighteen.

Good guy, you are really getting stronger with age!

Chen Guohua looked at these foreigners. He didn't recognize any of them, so he could only look at them secretly.

When the ship docked and a group of people came on board, a few pleasantries were naturally inevitable.

As the biggest protagonist this time, Chen Guohua was pulled by Hua Luogeng and forcibly met many people.

That is to say, he has a strong memory and strong language skills, so he is very comfortable communicating with these old guys.

It is this situation of being forced to open business that makes Chen Guohua somewhat helpless.

The first wave of guests were quickly brought back to the CUHK campus. The foreigners, led by Erdesh and others, could not wait to have friendly exchanges with Chen Guohua.

Therefore, any activities prepared by the CUHK campus have been declined.

Instead, he was forced to prepare a temporary large classroom for Chen Guohua to teach these professors and doctors.

Hua Luogeng couldn't stop him and could only watch helplessly.

Chen Guohua, on the other hand, welcomed all who came and chatted with them about other mathematical problems.

As for the papers on Poincaré's conjecture, he would definitely not tell everyone about it now, because that was the main course that started on the 4th.

If it's all said and done now, what's the point?

The first day's exchange didn't end until 7 p.m. If it hadn't been for the urging from the CUHK campus several times, Erdesh and the others wouldn't have been happy to end it.

While eating, Spencer gave Chen Guohua a thumbs up and said:

"Chen, you are the most talented and youngest mathematical genius I have ever seen. You are even better than the other Chen back then."

The latter was stunned for a moment, and then he remembered that the other Chen mentioned by the other party should be Chen Shengshen.

When Chen Shengshen was in the 1940s, he was already a world-famous differential geometry expert and was known as the father of differential geometry.

Mainly due to the two important and epoch-making theories solved by each other, they provide indispensable tools for large-scale differential geometry.

"Thank you for the compliment. I still have a lot to work on."

Chen Guohua said modestly, and Erdesh, Spencer and others all laughed.

Because they have had contact with Hua Luogeng, Chen Shengshen and others, of course they understand these people very well and they are very humble.

So it’s not surprising.

Among the first wave of guests, North American mathematicians such as Chen Shengshen, Zhou Weiliang, and Veblen did not appear.

Therefore, Chen Guohua did not see them today.

In fact, except for the old man Bertrand Russell, Veblen and others did not appear among the first wave of guests.

Even the very enthusiastic Doctors Calabi, Smail and others have not come over and are still waiting on the other side of Hong Kong Island.

It was obvious that the first wave of guests who arrived were almost all mathematicians who were very close to Hua Luogeng and the others.

After dinner, Chen Guohua went back to his room to rest.

Unexpectedly, after a while, Qiu Zongyue came over with Hua Luogeng.

"Guohua, haven't you slept yet? How are you? Are you tired?"

As soon as he sat down, Qiu Zongyue greeted him politely, and Chen Guohua shook his head and smiled.

asked curiously:

"Boss, it's so late. Is there anything else? Why didn't you tell me directly outside just now?"

"It wasn't appropriate to talk outside just now, and it's the same now to come to see you."

After Qiu Zongyue said that, his smile disappeared and he said extremely seriously:

"Comrade Chen Guohua, I believe you also know what the current situation is like in our mainland. We need more scientists to build our country."

"This report meeting is a good opportunity."

"We have communicated with Academician Hua before. This time, we hope to retain a few more foreign mathematicians."

The leader's words almost frightened Chen Guohua.

Good guy, do you really want to take advantage of these mathematicians?

Originally, yesterday, when he knew that he was coming to Baiyun City today, he was a little surprised.

After all, today is only the 1st, and there are still three days before the report meeting on the 4th. It is not too late to fly to Baiyun City on the 3rd.

What's more, the entire exchange meeting did not last for one day, but lasted for three days.

Because Chen Guohua has quite a lot of papers, including several papers on the Poincaré conjecture alone.

Whether these mathematicians can digest it in just one day is a huge question.

You know, proof papers for five-dimensional space and above are relatively easy to understand, but the difficulty level of the four-dimensional Poincaré conjecture and the three-dimensional Poincaré conjecture is very high.

Chen Guohua estimated that only a few top mathematicians such as Chen Shengshen could understand the mathematical tools proposed in the paper he wrote on nonlinear differential equations.

Naturally, this academic report meeting was not rushed, and it was enough to simply let Chen Guohua give a report.

He himself also needs to rest.

Explaining one or two papers in one morning is enough.

Therefore, it is impossible to just swallow everything and let it go.

Since there was so much time and he still needed to arrive at Baiyun City on the 1st, Chen Guohua had some guesses at that time.

Unexpectedly, he guessed it.

However, despite muttering about this matter in his mind, there was no change in him on the surface.

What Qiu Zongyue meant was that when Chen Guohua communicated with Erdesh, what did he think of the latter?

Is it possible to raise some more attractive academic questions and keep Erdös in the mainland?

"Leader, if I remember correctly, Erdesh should have a better relationship with Academician Hua, right? Academician Hua should be more confident in persuading him to stay."

Hearing Chen Guohua's words, Hua Luogeng smiled bitterly.

The latter quickly revealed the truth.

He was indeed not sure of persuading Erdesh. If he was sure, Erdesh would have been convinced by him when he was kicked out of North America by McKinsey a few years ago.

You know, Erdesh's mathematical talent is definitely very high.

And Erdez is a pure mathematician whose goal is to pursue mathematical truth. At the same time, he also takes discovering and cultivating mathematical geniuses around the world as his mission.

Hua Luogeng, who has had a relationship with Erdesh for many years, certainly knows this very well.

Under the premise of being very clear about this, Hua Luogeng was not able to convince Erdesh. It can be seen that it is not easy to persuade Erdesh.

After Chen Guohua heard this, he immediately said in frustration:

"Leader, you don't think that a nineteen-year-old like me can complete such a task, do you?"

Qiu Zongyue glared and said:

"You little comrade, we just finished talking about these difficulties, and you immediately backed down. How can you be like this?"

"As a scientific researcher with firm beliefs, you have to have your own ideas and face difficulties instead of retreating when you encounter problems."

Hearing the leader's instructions, Chen Guohua couldn't help but roll his eyes.

Why do these words sound so familiar?

Moreover, there is something that Academician Hua Luogeng next to him cannot do, so why do you think Chen Guohua can do it?

You don’t really think that persuading someone to stay is easier than solving a math problem, do you?

Erdesh is the world's top mathematician, and his IQ and EQ are definitely not low.

Of course, the principles of this type of people will not be broken easily.

Otherwise, he would not offend McKinsey and be forced to leave North America.

After all, if Erdesh was a relatively smooth person, how could he choose to fight McKinsey to the end in order to correspond with Hua Luogeng?

Do you really think he is doing it for Hua Luogeng?

No!

People are pursuing mathematical truth rather than paying attention to other external factors.

Such a person, let Chen Guohua persuade him to stay in the mainland?

"Okay, leader, I understand. Academician Hua, please tell me some more about Erdez, a senior, especially some of his research papers on mathematics. If there are any If you want, you can give it to me."

After thinking about it, Chen Guohua still accepted the task.

There is no way, the mainland is indeed short of talents, but Erdesh is a wanderer. In this case, the mainland is so big that he can wander around.

As for what happens when the Siberian cold wind passes through?

Chen Guohua felt that he should deal with the matter at hand first.

From the time he started holding this report meeting, from the time he earned more than 60 million US dollars for the mainland, his status has been very different.

On today's plane, Mr. Wu also came to Baiyun City together, but Mr. Wu should have other things to do.

I guess it won’t show up until the 4th, right?

Therefore, it can also be seen from this how much the leaders above paid attention to this report meeting.

Hearing what Chen Guohua said, Qiu Zongyue was overjoyed, while Hua Luogeng breathed a sigh of relief.

Regardless of his high status in the mainland, he is a very high-ranking figure in the mainland mathematics community and even the entire scientific research community.

But, even so, it is still treading on thin ice.

After all, the more you are in a high position, the more you know how difficult it is.

Next, Chen Guohua learned a lot of information about Erdesh and received many papers written by the latter.

Needless to say, Erdesh definitely has the potential to be a math master.

One person can actually write so many papers, two or three hundred. Is he a god?

This is not an ordinary paper, but a mathematics paper.

After knowing this information, Chen Guohua was even more sure that this guy was a pure scholar and did not pay much attention to some information from the outside world.

He only pursues mathematical truth and stops there. He will not pay attention to other things.

This is very different from Bertrand Russell.

Old man Russell is an advocate of extreme freedom, but he will take care of some external affairs and is not a pure researcher of mathematical theory.

"Okay, thank you, Academician Hua. I understand. I will sort out the information and try it out in the next few days."

After packing up the papers, Chen Guohua said this to Hua Luogeng.

But Qiu Zongyue said:

"In addition to Erdez, there are several mathematicians who we think are very likely to convince them, such as Karabi."

Chen Guohua rolled his eyes when he heard this: "Leader, you really don't think I'm a god, do you? Can I complete so much work alone?"

"I'm not asking you to complete it alone," Qiu Zongyue quickly explained.

But Chen Guohua cannot be disgusted. Otherwise, if he really gives up, will he have to ask the leader to persuade Chen Guohua?

Isn’t this nonsense!

"We hope you can raise some mathematical problems or attract these mathematicians from other aspects, such as recruiting students."

Hearing Qiu Zongyue's words, Chen Guohua's eyes widened:

"Leader, do you think I am qualified to teach students?"

Before the former could answer, Hua Luogeng said seriously:

"Guohua, after the report meeting, you are already qualified."

"Although you are only nineteen years old now, you are a mathematical genius. To recruit students, you are definitely qualified."

"Because this lecture is the lecture where you conquer mathematicians all over the world."

Hearing this, Chen Guohua remained silent for a long time.

There seems to be nothing wrong with that.

Now that the big boss has spoken like this and the leader has released the task, Chen Guohua can only express perfunctorily that it is no problem.

As for accepting students?

Haha, even if he is really qualified, he will not accept students.

With this time to recruit students, it is better to produce more scientific research results and receive more first-class merit medals.

Because this is the real gold medal to avoid death!

As for expanding the international influence of the mainland's mathematics community, haha, this is a very vain thing and is not as important as applied science.

It’s not that theoretical research is unimportant. On the contrary, there are many people engaged in theoretical research. One more Chen Guohua is not more, and one less Chen Guohua is not less.

But when it comes to applied scientific research, Chen Guohua feels that he can still do better.

Time has come to the next day, today is the second.

In the morning, Erdesh, Spencer, Russell and others all came to communicate with him again.

This time, Chen Guohua was not writing on the blackboard, but actually communicating.

In the afternoon, the second batch of guests arrived.

Chen Shengshen, Zhou Weiliang, Veblen and others all arrived, as did mathematicians such as Schwarz, Selberg, Andre Weil.

These latter people are not weak, they are all winners of the previous Fields Medals.

As we all know, Nobel did not set up a mathematics prize, so the Fields Medal is the Nobel Prize in mathematics and is the highest honor.

The Fields Medal is awarded at the International Congress of Mathematicians held every four years.

And the requirements are very high, because the winner must be a scholar under the age of 40. Otherwise, if he is over 40 years old, he will lose the qualification to win the award.

In fact, in the scientific world, a person's peak creativity is before the age of forty.

Once you pass the age of forty, your body's functions decline, and your brain's thinking and operation speed also slows down.

At this time, it is undoubtedly more difficult to produce scientific research results.

For example, staying up late is the most common problem in scientific research. How can a body of 40 or 50 years old survive against a body of 20 or 30 years old?

These are two completely different states.

The arrival of Chen Shengshen and the others undoubtedly added a lot of brilliance to this report meeting.

The officials of CUHK were laughing from ear to ear. They really made a profit this time.

The first academic symposium after the founding of the People's Republic of China, with its influence radiating around the world, was actually undertaken by CUHK. Of course, I was very happy.

Leaders of other universities such as Fudan University, Jiaotong University, and Qingbei University cannot stand the behavior of the leaders of CUHK.

It's a pity that they can't help it. This is a matter decided by the leaders above, and it has a lot to do with the current background.

Otherwise, how could this bargain be picked up by CUHK?

With the arrival of Chen Shengshen and others, everyone was very busy throughout the afternoon.

As the biggest protagonist, Chen Guohua has no way to escape and must personally receive these distinguished guests.

As a result, at the welcome banquet, Chen Guohua chatted with Chen Shengshen and others, and Veblen began to praise them.

Hearing the other party's rainbow fart, Chen Guohua was not in awe, nor did he take it seriously.

But soon, after the other party praised them for a while, they began to introduce some of the research work and life of Chen Shengshen and Zhou Weiliang after they arrived in North America.

The focus is on how good the laboratory is, how good the academic atmosphere is, how good the environment is, etc.

After being stunned for a moment, Chen Guohua immediately understood the other party's intention.

Good guy, I want to pry him away to North America.

Chen Guohua didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Before he opened his mouth, the opponent had already exerted his strength and started to charge.

It seems that in order to poach him, Veblen must have paid a lot of money, right?

You must know that Zhou Weiliang is definitely a person with an indifferent temperament. The fact that he can come to Baiyun City to participate in Chen Guohua's report meeting speaks volumes.

There is also Chen Shengshen, whose status in the international mathematics community is unmatched by others.

Pulling out these two giant Buddhas is ten million times better than Veblen's tempting words.

I have to say that Veblen and the others were indeed well prepared this time.

Unfortunately, they met Chen Guohua.

"I'm sorry, Veblen, but I'm interested in mathematics, but not in North America."

Chen Guohua shook his head and didn't say anything serious, but he refused directly.

When Veblen heard this, he smiled slightly and said confidently:

"Chen, I know you are very patriotic, but you have to understand that there is a saying in Chinese that says, 'He who does not take care of himself will be punished by heaven and earth.' So, I hope you can think about it carefully."

"In addition, North America is the most developed and powerful region in the world, and thousands of people come to us every year."

"I believe you should know this very well. In a place like this, on such a stage, it is more suitable for your development, isn't it?"

Hearing this, Chen Guohua also admired the other party.

It’s really hard work!

You know, many foreigners don’t know much about the Mainland. Many young people in North America still think that people in the Mainland still wear pigtails.

Veblen is also a well-known mathematician. Although he is not a top mathematician, he is not unknown either.

For such a mathematician with such a high status to be able to fluently say the sentence "If you don't do it for yourself, heaven and earth will destroy you" is enough to make Chen Guohua look at him high.

But no matter what the other party said, Chen Guohua remained unmoved.

"Veblen, I don't know if you know the origin of my name. If you don't know, you can ask Professor Chen. He will definitely know, right?"

Chen Guohua looked at Chen Shengshen and said the last sentence.

When the latter heard this pun, his expression couldn't help but change.

Because before Chen Shengshen came, he had seen a lot of information about Chen Guohua from Veblen, including a description of Chen Guohua's name.

Chen Guohua's name is taken from the last word of the four words "Revitalize China".

Moreover, Chen Guohua and his four brothers, or eight brothers and sisters, did not simply use their names to express their family's patriotism, but used their lives and actions to implement and explain the word patriotism.

On the contrary, what about Chen Shengshen?

In early 1949, in order to live a prosperous life, he moved his family to North America.

Although this is just a personal choice, there is nothing to say.

But now he has returned to Baiyun City and is helping Veblen, trying to persuade Chen Guohua to go to North America.

This kind of behavior is very annoying.

After all, if you are not patriotic yourself, you cannot drag others along.

The land beneath your feet is obviously the place where you were born and raised. If you don’t want it yourself, you can’t stop others, right?

A modern version of a traitor?

Chen Guohua admitted that after the reform, Chen Shengshen did help the mainland a lot.

But there is a saying that it is easy to add icing on the cake, but difficult to provide help when the time is right.

There is no doubt that Chen Guohua's words just now were a slap in the face of the other party.

It is also a naked reminder to the other party: once you go to North America, don’t come back to harm others.

After saying that, Chen Guohua turned and left.

At this time, Veblen hadn't noticed anything yet and was still calling Chen Guohua's name from behind.

But how can the latter pay attention to the other party?

Naturally, he left without looking back.

After all, there is nothing to say to these people.

It's just that when Chen Guohua left, he was still worried that the other party would do some disgusting tricks.

So he quickly came to Qiu Zongyue's side and briefly talked about the matter with him.

When Qiu Zongyue heard this, he immediately sneered and said:

"Let me tell you, how could they be so kind as to invite Chen Shengshen and the others over? They really have such an idea."

While sneering, Qiu Zongyue comforted Chen Guohua and said:

"You don't have to worry so much. Just leave this matter to me. I'll let them have a taste of being exploited."

"By the way, Guohua, you have to pay attention here. Today is already the 2nd. Tomorrow is the 3rd, and the day after tomorrow the 4th, the report meeting will officially start."

"So, there won't be much time left for us, so you have to seize some time."

Chen Guohua naturally understood this.

But as the absolute protagonist, he is indispensable for welcoming and sending off.

Plus there are quite a few big guys coming this time.

Not to mention the dozen mathematicians in North America who were personally led by Veblen, and other mathematicians who came in their own groups. There were also many such big guys.

For example, Davenport, the last Fields Medal winner in 1988, also chatted with Chen Guohua for a long time.

"Remember the former topologist Papa? He told me at that time, hey, someone has proved the Poincaré conjecture. Do you know who that person is?"

"Everyone knows that this Mr. Papa is actually not humorous, but does not have enough respect for mathematics."

"He is a top-notch talker like Haken and Moise, but he still wants to prove the Poincaré conjecture?"

“I was surprised when Papa was invited as a guest at Princeton University twelve years ago, but later he actually proved Dean’s lemma.”

"Perhaps everyone has forgotten Mr. Milnor's evaluation of Papa"

A group of familiar mathematicians gathered together to chat.

Everyone talked about Papachirakopoulos, the Princeton University professor who is world-famous for proving Dean's lemma. Until now, they still don't believe that Chen Guohua has proved all the main structures of the Poincaré conjecture. .

If Veblen hadn't suppressed Papachirakopoulos and told the latter not to trouble Chen Guohua, I'm afraid that Chen Guohua would have been surrounded by this time.

In fact, it is not just Papachirakopoulos, Smail and many other people, they all followed the path of Poincaré's conjecture and went all the way to darkness.

Just like Papachirakopoulos spent his years at Princeton University working on proving the Poincaré conjecture, Smail also went to a beachside villa in Rio de Janeiro for retreat.

However, it had no effect after all.

The emergence of Chen Guohua caused many mathematicians who wanted to prove the Poincaré conjecture to curse.

Perhaps the only person who doesn't curse is Dr. Eugenio Calabi.

This man proposed the famous Calabi conjecture, which was proved by Chen Guohua, so not only was he not angry, but he was very happy.

Many of his friends laughed and scolded him. He was so lucky that he earned his reputation while lying down.

"I remember the limerick written by John: the ruthless Dean's lemma, the natural enemy of every topologist. Until Papachirakopoulos, it was proved effortlessly."

Selberg opened his mouth and said, and everyone burst into laughter.

Papachirakopoulos, who was standing aside, could only smile helplessly and let his companions laugh at him.

At this moment, Chen Guohua happened to pass by.

Papachirakopoulos, who had endured it for a long time, finally couldn't bear it anymore and stopped Chen Guohua and said:

"Mr. Chen, I know you, but you may not know me, but it doesn't matter. I want to ask you a question now."

After stopping Chen Guohua, Papachirakopoulos immediately took out his manuscript, pointed at it, and asked Chen Guohua questions.

The latter was a little dazed, but he quickly came to his senses.

I didn't expect that the other party was actually Papa, what a pity.

Looking through the other party's manuscript, Chen Guohua just took a few glances and said:

"Papa, maybe you don't know this, right? Your direction was wrong from the very beginning. If you want to prove the three-dimensional Poincaré conjecture, the initial application structure is already wrong."

There is a saying that if you go in the wrong direction, your efforts will be in vain.

Papachirakopoulos was a respectable mathematician, but a bit stupid.

As Andre Weil said before, Papa is not afraid of mathematics.

In addition, Papachirakopoulos's own mathematical and logical thinking ability can only be said to be at the middle to lower level among many mathematicians.

What's more, this person has always been engaged in independent research earlier.

Unlike the independent research of other mathematicians, Papa has drawn a clear line with the entire mathematical circle and has almost no communication.

It is tantamount to closing the country.

So he was going in the wrong direction, and he didn't even know it.

But he himself thought it was the right direction and worked hard from this direction.

If mathematics can really be achieved by simply relying on one's own hard work, then there should be a genius per capita in this world.

After all, geniuses, especially top mathematical geniuses, are only a minority.

Most mortals, and perhaps even many top mathematical geniuses, inevitably need to communicate with others in order to have a chance of sparking inspiration.

"If Papa, you have carefully studied the two papers I wrote before, the two major tools of geometric mechanism and curvature flow, then you will know that your current direction is completely wrong."

Chen Guohua pointed out the other party's mistakes very simply and neatly.

It's not that he doesn't respect the other person's idea of ​​being an old man, but the rules of mathematics are like this, one is one, two is two, and there is no room for ambiguity.

After all, if he was worried about the other party being an old man and was unwilling to point it out even though he knew the other party's mathematical manuscript was wrong, then it would be his fault.

What's more, if he doesn't point it out, he won't be able to justify himself.

Did you help the other person cover up this lie?

Chen Guohua said that he is not that generous yet.

When Papachirakopoulos heard this, his face turned pale.

Schwartz, Selberg, Andre Weil and others also expressed curiosity and cast their eyes on the manuscripts in Chen Guohua's hand.

You know, Papachirakopoulos liked to study alone so much that no one knew what he actually wrote in his manuscript.

It was only at this moment that everyone realized that Papa had hit a dead end in his research on the basic meaning of topology.

But he didn't know it himself.

Seeing that the other party's face was very ugly, Chen Guohua sighed in his heart. He was a respectable but pathetic figure.

It is said that character determines destiny, tolerance determines pattern, and details determine success or failure. This is true.

Papachirakopoulos has a very lonely personality and doesn't have many friends.

Otherwise, Schwarz, Selberg, Andre and others would not have been making fun of him just now.

Even John Milnor wrote limericks to make fun of him.

This shows how unique Papa is.

"Papa, the three-dimensional Poincaré conjecture will start on the morning of the 5th. I will talk about the two major tools of geometric structure and curvature flow in the morning and afternoon respectively."

After sighing, Chen Guohua said:

"I suggest you study my two papers on your own these days. Maybe you can figure it all out by yourself before the 5th."

After that, Chen Guohua left.

Only Papa was still standing there blankly, his mind blank.

At this time, Hua Luogeng found Chen Guohua and pulled the latter into a corner:

"Gelvand, Alexandrov and others who came from Moscow have already arrived at Baiyun Airport. It is estimated that they will arrive at the CUHK campus in about an hour."

When Chen Guohua heard this, he nodded solemnly, indicating that he understood.

(End of this chapter)