From all-round academic master to chief scientist

The Great Hall of Beijing University is one of the most prestigious auditoriums in Huaguo University and is also the most important gathering place of Beijing University.

Many important figures have given speeches here. Emperor Guangxu gave a speech here more than a hundred years ago. Cai Yuanpei, the most famous president of Peking University, also gave a speech here. Many modern international dignitaries have also given speeches here. .

And today, a heavyweight in China and the world's physics community is here.

Needless to say, Mr. Yang Zhenning’s important position in the world of physics is needless to say. Many people have learned about it in textbooks and on the Internet. Therefore, his lectures have also attracted countless teachers and students from Beijing.

Almost everyone doesn't want to miss today's lecture and wants to see with their own eyes what this Nobel Prize winner in physics is like.

At this moment, at the entrance, Lin Xiao arrived belatedly.

"Finally arrived."

Exhaling a breath, he came from Yanbeiyuan and almost missed the bus.

When he arrived at the auditorium, he saw that the seats were already packed, and there were even many people standing in the aisles.

"Holy shit, where do I sit?"

At this time, his cell phone rang. It was Academician Tang's call.

"Why are you here just now? Come here!"

Lin Xiao was stunned, looked forward, and saw Tang Qing standing in the front row waving to him.

He quickly ran over and saw an empty seat next to Tang Qing, which was obviously reserved for him.

After sitting on it, he said sheepishly: "Sorry, I'm a little late."

"Just get there, we'll start right away." Tang Qing didn't hesitate and looked towards the stage.

Sure enough, after a while, the host came on stage and said a few words before welcoming Mr. Yang to the stage.

Mr. Yang came to the stage, and then faced all the audience in the audience, with a smile on his face with age spots.

Due to physical reasons, he did not stand and speak. Instead, a chair was prepared for him. He sat on it and started talking.

"Hello friends from Peking University, I am Yang Zhenning. The last time I came here to give a speech was more than ten years ago. Now that I am here again, I am full of emotions. More than ten years is a long time, even if I So much time has passed in my life, but I still feel that this is an unforgettable day.”

…

Mr. Yang's speech was very cordial, like a narrative, mainly recalling his past stories, and the people below also listened honestly.

However, Mr. Yang is also a physicist after all, so he occasionally talks about some professional terms during the conversation. If the students below are from science and engineering, they can still understand a few words, but those students from liberal arts majors can understand a few words. A little confused, of course, Mr. Yang obviously tried his best to avoid this situation and tried his best to make everyone understand.

In this way, time passed quickly.

"...Qian Xuesen and I have never interacted. He is eleven years older than me and can be considered my senior. His contribution to our country is also something I envy."

"However, I also met him after I returned to the mainland. That was the last time we saw each other, and that was after his death."

"During that meeting, he and I talked about education issues in China."

"I wonder if everyone knows a question he once raised?"

"It's 'Why do our schools never produce outstanding talents?'"

The audience was stunned, and many people in the audience knew about this issue. It is quite famous in the Chinese education community.

Mr. Yang continued at this time: "I have also considered this question, but it is a macro question and I cannot answer it in one or two sentences. However, until today, I suddenly found that under our education, Finally, a young talent that everyone in the world can call outstanding has emerged."

Hearing this sentence, everyone was stunned.

Who is this guy?

It actually deserves a special mention from Mr. Yang.

At this time, Mr. Yang said: "This young talent should be in the audience now. I want to ask him a few questions now."

At this time, everyone below couldn't help but look around.

Who is the talent that even Mr. Yang wants to mention?

Was he actually there?

At this time, Lin Xiao, who was sitting in front, was stunned. After hearing what Mr. Yang said, he couldn't help but muttered: "No..."

Academician Tang next to him had a surprised expression on his face.

Thinking of the people Mr. Yang wants to meet later, who is he going to talk about now? Isn't it possible that they are all ready to come out?

Sure enough, Mr. Yang glanced towards the audience at this time and said, "Classmate Lin Xiao, are you in the audience?"

"Ah this..."

Lin Xiao couldn't help but cover her face, she actually wanted to call him.

What is this all about...

Tang Qing next to him was helpless at this time. It seemed that Mr. Yang was more optimistic about Lin Xiao than he imagined.

"Stand up, this is your chance to become famous."

He patted Lin Xiao on the shoulder and said with a smile.

Lin Xiao was helpless, he didn't want such an opportunity.

But he had no choice but to raise his hands and stand up.

"I'm here."

As he stood up, more than two thousand eyes in the audience focused on him.

In the audience, people were talking and marveling.

"Is that Lin Xiao?"

"Yes, that's the forest god."

"So it's him that Mr. Yang was talking about? Then it's okay."

"If Mr. Yang is talking about someone else, then I won't accept it, but I will accept Lin Shen."

…

Before, they were still confused about who Mr. Yang was talking about, but when they found out it was Lin Xiao, everyone was relieved. There was no other way, if there was any other young man who could impress the talented people from Beijing University like them in their studies. If so, only Lin Xiao can do it.

At this moment, Mr. Yang, who was sitting on the rostrum, also saw Lin Xiao who was standing up. Lin Xiao was sitting in the front row, not far from the stage, and could be easily spotted.

When Mr. Yang saw Lin Xiao standing up, he smiled and said, "Can any staff member please pass a microphone to Lin Xiao?"

Soon, a staff member took a microphone and handed it to Lin Xiao.

"Hello, Mr. Yang," Lin Xiao said.

"Hello, you are a very nice young man."

Yang Lao smiled and nodded towards him.

"Haha, classmate Lin Xiao, I have actually been following you for a long time. This year you solved the problem of infinite prime numbers in the Fibonacci sequence. I also read it. Although I am not a mathematician, the method you used in it, I can still understand it. To be honest, I have never seen an outstanding young man like you in all my years of teaching in the United States in the last century."

"Thank you. Being able to solve this problem is just an accident." Lin Xiao said modestly.

"Although it is an accident, sometimes it is inevitable." Mr. Yang shook his head and asked: "I want to ask you a few questions. The first question is, what topic are you researching now?"

"Well... I am studying the global well-posedness of two-dimensional incompressible elastic dynamics with Academician Tang Qing. In addition, I am also studying Goldbach's conjecture."

Hearing Lin Xiao's answer, people present were once again amazed. Lin Xiao must have only been in school for less than two months, right? You've just entered school and you're already working on a project with an academician?

For a moment, everyone present, whether they were freshmen, juniors or seniors, as well as graduate students, felt extremely envious. It was really hard to compare people to each other, and you had to throw away goods to compare. Why was the gap so big?

And those who know what Lin Xiao's research topic is are also a little shocked by Lin Xiao's scope of knowledge. He is not satisfied with studying mathematics and has even started to dabble in physics. People who don't know this topic, but Lin Xiao later Speaking of Goldbach's conjecture, even more people know about it.

Everyone found it incredible that Lin Xiao was still studying Goldbach’s conjecture?

He had solved two world-class unsolved problems before, but now he started to study this world-class problem again?

However, no one questioned whether Lin Xiao could do it, because no one present, whether they were professors, lecturers, or students, had the qualifications to question Lin Xiao. The only ones who were qualified to question were those sitting on the podium at this time. The old man who asked Lin Xiao.

Obviously, Mr. Yang did not question Lin Xiao, but offered his support.

"Very good, very good. This is what academic research is like. You must always have something to do, challenge difficulties step by step, and constantly break through yourself. This is what I want to say to the students present."

Mr. Yang smiled and nodded, then asked: "The paper you plan to publish in Applied Mathematics Letters is called "The Relationship between Energy Storage Function and Medium Propagation Velocity," right? Academician Tang has shared before that I I’ve seen it too, and I’m very optimistic about your development in physics. If you get tired of studying mathematics, you might as well develop in the field of physics as a hobby.” Mr. Yang said with a smile.

"This is indeed my plan. I joined Academician Tang's research group because I became interested in physics. Of course, it was an accident to achieve this result." Lin Xiao said with a smile.

"Your 'accident' is really unexpected." Mr. Yang shook his head with a smile.

The audience once again felt the dimensionality reduction blow from the top student.

When I heard Mr. Yang talking about "Applied Mathematics Express" just now, professors, graduate students, and postdocs who were studying mathematics or applied mathematics were already surprised.

Good guy, Lin Xiao has published another article in a top journal in the field of digital science?

However, Lin Xiao later said that joining the physics topic was just out of interest, and this result was even more unexpected?

At this moment, everyone present just wanted to say to Lin Xiao: "God Lin, please use your magical powers."

Stop hitting people!

"Okay, we have limited time, so let me ask you another question. What is your ideal?"

At this time, Mr. Yang ignored the previous topic and asked this question.

Lin Xiao was stunned.

This question is a bit familiar...

It seemed that he had also discussed this issue with a certain peer.

However, regarding his ideal, he can answer without hesitation: "Explore the truth of the universe."

After hearing Lin Xiao's answer, everyone nodded slightly and agreed with his ideal.

This kind of ideal is an ideal that every scientific researcher has had, but later, most of them were stumped halfway.

Breakthroughs in truth are often accomplished by a few geniuses, such as Newton and Einstein. At this time, they can only hope that the young man in front of them can realize the third miracle year for mankind.

Mr. Yang also smiled and nodded, appreciating: "It's good to explore the truth of the universe. My previous research was exactly for this purpose."

"Although we don't know whether the truth of the universe has an end, we just need to continue along the road in front of us. Then, as your senior on this road, I can only wish you good luck."

"thank you."

Lin Xiao bowed slightly and said.

Then, Mr. Yang had no problem. Lin Xiao returned the microphone to the staff and sat back at the same time.

Mr. Yang's speech is still continuing, but everyone will not forget Lin Xiao's answer just now, and this talented young man. Many people want to know how far Lin Xiao can go on the road of his ideals.

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