From small town academic to chief scientist

While Zhou Yi and others were listening to the speeches of each winner, the news had spread all over the Internet.

Among the list of about 30 people, there are four Chinese and only three with Daxia nationality. The change of nationality by Ye Jun, the winner of the Breakthrough Prize in Basic Physics, also made countless people angry.

[One thing to say is that Professor Zhou deserves the Breakthrough Award in Mathematics, but the strength of the island country cannot be underestimated. We need to be on guard, /fist/fist, /flag. 】

[The winner of the Breakthrough Prize in Physics actually changed his nationality. I want to scold him for forgetting his ancestors. Look at Professor Zhou, who has made such great achievements. He wants to establish a research institute for advanced studies in Yuzhou, which is a role model for us Yuzhou people. 】

[People upstairs, don’t give me gold, Professor Zhou is from the district and county that you, the locals in the main city of Yuzhou, despise. 】

[I don’t want to comment on other people, but Professor Zhou is awesome (broken sound). 】

[I haven’t seen Professor Zhou post for a long time. I miss the time when Professor Zhou used to advertise. Woohoo, I didn’t cherish it properly before. Now please, Professor Zhou, please come out and interact with us. 】

[Blind guess that Professor Zhou will not come out to show off, it is just a scientific breakthrough award. Professor Zhou did not come out to show off when he won the Cole Number Theory Award last time. 】

Zhou Yi was not very clear about various news on the Internet, and he didn't want to know. There was a party going on, and the first people Zhou Yi found were Wang Hong and Wang Yilin.

Compared with Ye Jun, Ye Jun has achieved a very high status and achievements in Chou Country.

Adolf Lund Award, U.S. Presidential Early Career Award in Science and Industry, Arthur Fleming Award, Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award, William Meggs Award, Stratton Award, Rabbinical Award , Carl Zeiss Research Award.

He has won all kinds of awards, and he is still serving in an important position in Chou Country. He is also a person who left a generation earlier, so it is very difficult to lure him back.

Therefore, there is greater hope in wooing Wang Hong and Wang Yilin.

Wang Hong and Wang Yilin were a little surprised to see Xu Chengyang and Zhou Yi coming. Both Zhou Yi and Xu Chengyang were considered their seniors.

His achievements were higher than theirs, and he would actually seek them out.

Xu Chengyang took the lead in introducing:

"This is our proud son Wang Hong from Beijing University, this is Wang Yilin, and this is the famous Professor Zhou Yizhou from Shuimu University."

Zhou Yi said politely:

"Hello, Professor Wang."

Wang Hong and Wang Yilin said:

"Hello, Professor Zhou, hello Professor Xu."

Zhouyi didn't beat around the bush and went straight to the point. People who study mathematics don't like to beat around the bush.

Zhouyi said:

"I would like to invite you to come back and join the future Institute of Mathematics of the Yuzhou Institute for Advanced Study."

The two of them were stunned. They had been abroad all year round and had never heard of this matter. They paid little attention to domestic affairs, so they had no idea about the Institute of Advanced Studies that Zhou Yi suddenly mentioned.

But Zhouyi's name is famous.

Wang Hong said:

"Institute of Mathematics, Yuzhou Institute for Advanced Study? Professor Zhou, can you explain it in detail?"

Not long after, Zhou Yi finished explaining.

Wang Yilin said:

"A mathematics center composed entirely of young people sounds very good, but we have already achieved some achievements abroad..."

Wang Hong also looked embarrassed.

Wang Yilin was at MIT and Wang Hong was at UCLA. They are both prestigious schools. When they suddenly come back, not only are their statuses very different, but the scientific research atmosphere may not be that strong by then.

Maybe you have to face all kinds of trivial matters and struggle with some old people in the country.

The latter is what they don't want to see. The difficulties ahead, the gap in status, and the weak academic atmosphere can be overcome. Thinking about scheming with old people is the most tiring.

Zhou Yi also guessed what they were thinking. Xu Chengyang came back and left for this reason before. Tan Mingming also refused to return home for this reason.

Zhouyi said:

“In the Institute of Mathematics of the Yuzhou Institute for Advanced Study, not only will I join, but also Professors Xu Chengyang, Professor Zhang Wei, and others such as Huang Jingying who won the Sloan Research Award will also join. In addition, Professor Shan Peng of Shuimu University and Ding Jian of Beijing University will also join. Professor Liu Gang, who was invited to give a report by ICM last year, will join.

As for the intrigues with the old guys, don’t worry, the southwest and western regions will fully support us, and the central high-level officials will also support us.

It is similar to the scientific research institution of Ms. Pengcheng Yan. Moreover, we will have no shortage of funds, and the salary and benefits are top-notch. We should be outstanding talents when we come back. "

Zhou Yi provided all the conditions he could.

Xu Chengyang also said:

"With Professor Zhou's conditions, it is definitely better at home than abroad. Wouldn't it be better to serve the motherland and be reunited with relatives? If you don't return home if you are rich and honorable, it will be like walking in brocade at night."

When Zhou Yi heard this, he felt that Xu Chengyang also had something and was good at talking. At least he had developed some things in the past few years since he returned to China.

Wang Hong said:

"Professor Zhou, let me think about it. After all, this matter is not a trivial matter for me, but a life choice and a big fork in the road. I must think about it carefully."

Wang Yilin also said:

"Professor Wang Hong is right, I need to think about it too."

Zhou Yi nodded and said:

"That's okay. After all, it's a big thing, not a small matter. However, the funding and salary we provide are no less than those abroad. I hope you can consider it more."

"Okay, thank you Professor Zhou for the kind invitation."

The two said.

Zhouyi said:

"Then let's go find Academician Ye Jun."

"good."

Not long after, Zhou Yi went to where Ye Jun was.

Ye Jun has not only won many awards, but is also an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and a foreign academician of the Daxia Academy of Chinese Sciences. There is no doubt about his strength.

Therefore, the stronger the strength, the more difficult it is to dig it back.

Not long after, Zhou Yi met Ye Jun.

Ye Jun was a little surprised that Zhou Yi would come to him. Now mathematics and physics are gradually bifurcating and slowly separating. It seems that the connection is not as close as before.

Could it be cooperation.

Zhou Yi was the first to speak:

"Academician Ye, how are you?"

Ye Jun said:

"Hello, Professor Zhou."

Zhouyi said:

"I wonder if Academician Ye knows about the Yuzhou Institute of Advanced Studies that Yuzhou will establish in the future?"

Ye Jun seemed to have a glimmer of understanding and said:

"I've heard something, but I don't know exactly what it is."

Zhou Yi then explained everything to Yuzhou Institute of Advanced Studies.

After hearing this, Ye Jun was silent for a while and said:

"Thank you Professor Zhou for your kindness. I think I have no plans to return to China for the time being."

Zhou Yi frowned. This was the first time he was rejected directly.

Zhouyi said:

"We can also provide funds that foreign countries can provide, and the salary will definitely not be lower than that of foreign countries. In addition, we will also strongly support the selection of domestic academicians."

Ye Jun shook his head lightly and said:

"It's not a problem with these, nor a problem with the academic atmosphere, but a problem with communication. In short, Professor Zhou, thank you very much for your kindness. I'm really sorry."

Zhouyi said:

"The director of the Yuzhou Institute of Advanced Research Cloud Physics will definitely be you. Academician Ye, won't you give it some thought? You don't have to reject mine directly."

Ye Jun said very politely:

"Thank you Professor Zhou for your kindness. I'm really embarrassed. I'm sorry."

Zhou Yi heard this and said very politely:

"Okay then, we respect Academician Ye's choice. I'm very sorry for the rude interruption."

As soon as Zhou Yi finished communicating, many people came towards Zhou Yi.

This banquet covers only three subjects: mathematics, physics, and biology.

But Zhou Yi's reputation is quite big, and mathematics has a great influence on physics and biology. If you want to make friends with a mathematician like Zhou Yi,

Maybe we can collaborate again in the future.

There are many people from the island country here.

Although Zhou Yi disliked the people of this archipelago, he still talked and laughed with them very politely.

There are so many people and reporters here, and if one of them is not handled well, it may cause a serious diplomatic incident.

It even puts itself at a very disadvantageous position in international public opinion.

This is a disadvantageous position due to bad character, and it happened under the witness of many top scientists. It cannot be washed away.

After dealing with these people, Zhou Yicai went back drunk.

This group of people was so enthusiastic that even a physics scientist took the initiative to take a photo with Zhou Yi, which Zhou Yi did not expect.

Fortunately, Zhou Yi exercised every day and drank health potions, otherwise he really wouldn't be able to cope with this group of people.

Zhou Yi returned to his apartment with a hint of tipsiness, and then fell asleep directly after washing up with the last trace of sobriety.

The next day, Zhou Yi came to the office to study as usual.

Zhou Yi already had an idea for the twin prime number conjecture. Taking a turn from the idea of ​​proving Ge Guess, the sieve method and the circle method combined with Zhou's analytical method can also open up a new way.

When Zhou Yi was writing seriously,

Shen Yiyu and Zhang Dugan whispered,

"Old Zhang, why don't we, the director, give out scarves to show off? We didn't give out scarves before the Cole Prize for Number Theory to show off, and now we don't show off when we win two world-class awards in one go.

The guide has changed. "

Shen Yiyu whispered.

Zhang Dugan said:

"Is it possible that the guide has looked down on the top mathematics awards in these branches of mathematics and has set its sights on super awards such as the Fields Medal, the Abel Medal, the Wolf Medal, and the Crafford Medal?"

Shen Yiyu whispered:

"I think it's very possible. After all, directing a project can cost tens of billions. How can he expect these awards with his current status?"

Zhang Dugan sighed:

"Give me an award like this and I'll take off straight away."

Although Zhou Yi was concentrating on writing the outline of his thesis, he was still disturbed by the conversation of his two apprentices and could hear clearly.

Zhou Yi snorted coldly and said:

"You can get it by proving a world-class conjecture. Zhou's analytical method has been around for so long. If you don't pay close attention, there will be fewer and fewer pitfalls left for you in the future. By then, it will become more and more involution. Unless Zhou's geometry has made some great contributions, but I think it is impossible.

So far, I feel that Zhou's geometry has reached a bottleneck and it is very difficult to innovate. "

When the two heard this, they quickly said:

"Okay teacher, we will work hard."

Then quickly get yourself into the state quickly. Although there are many number theory conjectures left now, it will be really difficult for them to solve them one by one for some top mathematicians, which means that this road is blocked.

It might be difficult to graduate at that time.

Zhouyi kept writing for three days and finally wrote a complete idea on September 28th.

Zhou Yi planned to publish this result directly on arxiv, but after thinking about it, he felt that now is the time to challenge the traditional paper publishing channels.

"Peony, what's the current status of the scientific research assistant's background data, and how many people are using it at home and abroad?"

Zhou Yi asked Mudan.

Peony quickly revealed a detailed data.

"Master, it has basically become popular in China. According to our background data, many old professors also like to use scientific research assistants.

They like to take photos of papers written on paper and then use Research Assistant to automatically convert them into PDF papers. "

Zhou Yi raised the corners of his mouth slightly and said:

"It seems that the effect is very successful. As more people use it, some rubbings will be transferred to the scientific research assistant without having to transfer them to arxiv. In this way, it can gradually replace arxiv.

What about abroad? "

Peony said:

"The user base is also very large. Since our graphics and text system is available in all languages ​​​​around the world, every country and every region has tried it."

A mysterious smile appeared on the corner of Zhou Yi's mouth and he said:

"It has finally grown so far, and I have spent more than a year on various advertisements. Help me transfer the copy of the paper to Scientific Research Assistant, and promote it on the most eye-catching interface of Scientific Research Assistant, so that people who enter Scientific Research Assistant can see it at the first glance see."

Scientific research assistants are now divided into several sections.

Mathematics, Chinese, foreign languages, dialects and various popular science categories, you can choose which section to enter by clicking on it.

If you want to achieve the maximum advertising effect, you must display Zhou Yi's news on the first interface.

Not long after, Zhou Yi published his ideas on the twin prime conjecture on Scientific Research Assistant.

And the attachment says:

[The second proof idea of ​​the twin prime conjecture - Zhouyi. 】

Peony said at this time:

"Mainly, how about making a pop-up window? This pop-up window will appear after logging in and must be closed manually."

Zhou Yi heard this and secretly said:

Is the intelligence level of this artificially retarded person so high now? I can still think of this.

"Yes, but you don't have to read it. After all, interested people will take the initiative to click in when they see the news. In addition, a message will be posted on various platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, and Bibo.

The content is probably "The second method to prove the twin prime conjecture, the copy of the paper has been attached to the scientific research assistant, welcome to peer review". "

The number of fans accumulated by Zhouyi on multiple platforms is comparable to that of some first-line stars or even top stars.

As soon as the news was released, the first thing that shocked the world was the mathematics community.

What is Zhou Yi doing?

Do you need one person to prove all the number theory conjectures?

If it’s not so scary, let’s give other people’s problems a way to survive.

Give some PhDs a chance to graduate.

It is impossible for everyone to study Zhou's geometry.

And the most egregious thing is that Zhou Yi did not abide by the rules. The established rule is to post the copy of the paper on arxiv.

Now that you published Zhouyi on your own app scientific research assistant, what does it mean?

Want to challenge the entire convention of scientific research?

Although everyone is complaining, no one dares to ignore any of Zhouyi's current mathematical achievements.

After all, Zhou Yi's talent is too amazing.

In more than a year and less than two years, I have solved more world-class conjectures than I can count on one hand.

The awards I have won are almost Grand Slam.

Now that we really want to solve the twin prime conjecture, it would be too weird. How long has it been since the last Goldbach conjecture?

Does Zhou Yi really have no creative bottleneck at all?

And this is the third time Zhou Yi has slapped a veteran mathematician in the face.

The first one was Hales who wanted to plagiarize the work of Zhou Yi. The second one was slapped in the face by Fields Medal winner Maynard.

This is the third time.

Although Will Savin and Mark Shusterman are not as famous as Maynard and Hales, their achievements are not low.

If their ideas could not prove the twin prime conjecture, their faces would be smashed by Zhou Yi. After all, not everyone has Maynard's open-minded character.

Of course, this is the thinking of foreign mathematicians, as well as the thinking of some domestic mathematicians who are not comfortable with Zhouyi.

Most of the local mathematicians in Daxia are secretly happy.

The stronger Zhou Yi is, it means that the mathematics of Daxia will gradually rise, and it also means that Zhou Yi is likely to dominate the mathematics world in the future.

Zhou Yi's achievements are no less than those of veteran powerhouses like Wiles.

If you are proving mathematical conjectures of several magnitudes and proposing some conjectures that point the way for mathematics,

Perhaps he can compete with veteran strong players such as Deligne, Qiu Chengtong, Purcell and Mirnor.

As for the rest of the ordinary people and students, they were confused. Does anyone know what the twin prime conjecture is?

Some popular science bloggers, self-media, and marketing accounts who smell the traffic have begun to popularize the twin prime number conjecture on various platforms.

This is a wave of traffic that is bigger than Zhou Yi’s Mathematics Breakthrough Award. If you don’t take it, you will be sorry for Zhou Yi’s high profile.

Being in a drug circle, I am getting haggard day by day. Woohoo, I'm so scared, it's like a poisonous circle chosen by heaven.