From university academician to chief academician

November 25, 2025, W Hotel on the Shanghai Bund!

All those attending the global blockchain academic conference stayed at the hotel.

At the same time, the meeting was also held in the hotel.

This year is the third global blockchain academic conference, with the theme of ‘Blockchain. Looking to the Future’.

Blockchain was proposed in 2008 and quickly became known around the world due to Bitcoin.

In 2014, Blockchain 2.0 arrived and became a term about decentralized blockchain databases.

Second-generation blockchain makes it possible to store a person’s permanent digital ID and image.

and provide solutions to potential unequal distribution of wealth in society.

Soon, blockchain was valued by various countries around the world.

The most important function of blockchain is decentralization.

The so-called decentralization means that data is stored and cannot be modified, and all information is encrypted by algorithms.

It seems simple, but it plays a huge role.

For example, in the securities market, the traditional securities market is easily manipulated, but with blockchain, the securities market cannot be manipulated.

Another example is payment and clearing. When information cannot be modified, the link between banks will increase efficiency and be low-cost.

There are also phone and online scams that have disappeared, cross-border e-commerce, digital currency...

In 2015, Xiaguo Magic City held the first Blockchain Global Summit, which is the top summit of the global blockchain.

This year is called the first year of the Xia Kingdom Blockchain.

The Global Blockchain Academic Conference is also one of the most high-end blockchain conferences, only one level behind the Blockchain Global Summit.

The Global Blockchain Academic Conference, also known as IEEE-ICBC, is hosted by the Modu Shutu Blockchain Research Institute.

It attracts blockchain technology service providers, solution providers, research institutions, open source project parties and scientific researchers from all over the world to participate.

Ye Fei pulled his suitcase and walked into W Hotel silently!

At this moment, the entire hotel was booked by the Shutu Blockchain Research Institute, and many people from all over the world gathered in the hall to attend the global blockchain academic conference.

They were sitting or standing chatting together.

Ye Fei handed the invitation letter in his hand to the front desk, got the room card, and took the elevator to his room.

When he walked out of the elevator, looked at the house number on the door in the corridor, and walked slowly forward, looking for his room, someone called him from behind: "Mr. Ye Fei!"

Ye Fei turned around and said with a smile: "Mr. Wangyue!"

Mochizuki Shinichi closed the door behind him, walked to Ye Fei, and said with a smile: "I guessed that you would come to attend this meeting, but I didn't expect that you also live on this floor."

"Which room do you live in?"

"406!"

"Then, it's in the room in front." Mochizuki Shinichi pointed to a room not far ahead.

"Mochizuki-kun!"

At this time, several people came over.

They are all of yellow race and speak Japanese.

Mochizuki Shinyi smiled at them and said, "Let me introduce you to you, this is Ye Fei from Xia Guozhonghu University."

Seeing everyone's confusion, he paused and then said: "He proved the ABC conjecture."

Only then did everyone show their expressions of realization, knowing who Ye Fei was.

But they were very indifferent to Ye Fei and just nodded politely.

Mochizuki Shinichi smiled awkwardly. He originally wanted to introduce Ye Fei to these people.

He believes that Ye Fei's future achievements will be higher than his own.

If they could get to know Ye Fei, it would be of great benefit to them in the future.

But it seems that they are hot-faced and cold-blooded, and these people do not appreciate their kindness.

Ye Fei smiled and said, "Mr. Wangyue, let's have dinner together at noon, along with my two friends."

"Okay!" Mochizuki said, "You put your luggage back first, and we'll talk again at noon."

"OK!"

Ye Fei nodded to the people beside Mochizuki Shinichi, then turned around to find his room.

After entering the room, he put down his luggage.

After that, he began to contact Nan Guodong and the two.

Soon he got in touch and they were already at the hotel, staying on the same floor as him.

After Ye Fei left the room, he came to Nan Guodong's room.

Cheng Jian was also in the room.

After the three of them sat down, Ye Fei said: "There are quite a lot of people coming to the conference this time. The halls, corridors and elevators are all full of people."

"Yes!" Nan Guodong nodded and said, "That's true. There are tens of thousands of people attending the conference this time."

"So many!" Ye Fei said in surprise.

In all the meetings he has attended in the past, the largest number was only about 6,000 people.

Cheng Jian said: "This is normal. After all, it is a blockchain conference. Every international blockchain conference attracts attention from all countries around the world."

“So, the number of people attending all blockchain conferences is much higher than that of other academic conferences.”

"Today's global blockchain academic conference is an international blockchain conference, and naturally there are many people participating."

“Not just people from math and computing, but also people from business and politics.”

Ye Fei nodded, looked at the two of them, and asked with a smile: "Are you ready to give an academic report?"

Cheng Jian shook his head and said: "I'll forget it. Although I have researched blockchain, it's not too deep. I'm still good at cryptography research."

Ye Fei looked at Academician Nan Guodong and said, "Academician Nan, where are you?"

Nan Guodong said: "Forget it, I published an academic report on blockchain last year, but my inspiration has dried up. I will not publish any academic reports on blockchain in the next two years."

“I’ll wait until two years have passed when I’ve accumulated a certain amount of inspiration before publishing.”

"What academic report are you going to publish on blockchain?"

Ye Feidao: "It is about the future development direction of the blockchain, making a prediction and development direction."

"Are you sure you want to talk about this?" Nan Guodong asked in surprise.

"What's wrong?" Ye Fei was confused: "Is there any problem with talking about this?"

Nan Guodong said: "Of course there are problems. Even if you think it is quite simple, in fact it is very difficult."

"Many people have thought about the future development direction of blockchain. Everyone may know all the development directions of blockchain."

"If you are talking about this, you have to say something that people don't know."

"Otherwise it will be difficult for everyone to accept your academic report."

Ye Fei smiled and said, "I think I still have some confidence in this aspect."

This is difficult for others, but very simple for Ye Fei.

Don't forget, Ye Fei is a systematic person and can absorb other people's ideas.

Absorb everyone’s ideas about blockchain and generate new inspiration.

Nan Guodong said: "As long as you have confidence, it doesn't matter if you don't speak well. After all, you are young and everyone can understand you."

Ye Fei smiled and said nothing.

At this time, the lobby on the first floor!

A group of people walked in from outside, attracting the attention of everyone in the hall.

The leader was a bald middle-aged man, a long-faced white middle-aged man stood on the left, and a somewhat wealthy middle-aged man stood on the right.

They are Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy and Apple CEO Art Levinson.

Behind them are all well-known entrepreneurs in Beili Country, many of whom are on the Forbes rich list.

At this time, another group of people walked in from outside the door.

The leader is an old man with wrinkles on his face. To his left is a middle-aged man with handsome features and a kind smile. To his right is a short middle-aged man. To his right is a somewhat wealthy man wearing a t-shirt. middle-aged man wearing glasses.

They are the CEOs of Huawei, Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent respectively.

Behind them, there are many well-known entrepreneurs in Xia State.

Seeing this group of people arriving, many people came up to greet them.

Academic circle, business circle and political circle, these three circles are interdependent.

You need me, I need you, there is no saying who is superior or inferior.

Noon, restaurant on the first floor!

Ye Fei, the three of them and Mochizuki Shinichi sat together for dinner. The four of them were all members of the academic circle and had many topics to talk about.

Many people came over to chat with Mochizuki Shinichi.

Mochizuki Shinichi is world-class in the field of mathematics and a master in the field of blockchain.

He ranks among the top ten people in the world who study blockchain.

They were chatting aside, and Ye Fei sat aside and listened, absorbing a lot of inspiration.

This meal lasted a full two hours.

After finishing the meal, Mochizuki said: "There will be an academic seminar in the small hall on the second floor in the afternoon. Do you want to come?"

Ye Feidao: "Of course!"

The meeting starts at eight o'clock tomorrow morning, and many people will gather together to chat today.

Afterwards, Ye Fei and others, led by Mochizuki Shinichi, entered a small hall on the second floor.

The small hall is not big, covering more than fifty square meters.

At this time, there were already more than a dozen people sitting inside, discussing academic issues.

When Mochizuki Shinichi entered, many people greeted him.

When they saw Ye Fei, many people were puzzled as to why this man seemed to have a good relationship with Mochizuki Shinichi.

In academia, a person who has a good relationship with a top scholar is either a student of the top scholar, a relative, or someone with equally strong academic ability.

Judging from Ye Fei's appearance, he neither looked like a student nor a relative, so he could only be someone with strong academic ability.

However, in the fields of blockchain and mathematics, they did not expect who Ye Fei was.

Ye Fei is famous academically, but not personally.

In addition, he is usually very low-key. Except for being on CCTV once, his photos are almost never circulated outside.

He also participated in very few academic conferences, especially international conferences, and only participated in one.

It is also an international conference for youth.

Therefore, many people in the academic circle do not know him.

Also, the people in this room are at least world-class scholars.

The scholars they follow are all at least world-class scholars.

Therefore, almost no one in this room knew Ye Fei.

Mochizuki Shinichi: "Let me introduce to you, this is Ye Fei, he is the one who proved the ABC conjecture."

Mochizuki Shinichi was also helpless and introduced Ye Fei every time.

No one knew who Ye Fei was.

But as long as he proved the ABC conjecture, everyone will know who Ye Fei is.

Only then did everyone suddenly realize, "It turns out to be him."

"I heard that there was a Xia man who proved the ABC conjecture. He is so young."

“It’s amazing to prove the ABC conjecture at such a young age!”

"It's always easy for Xia Guo to produce mathematical geniuses, I'm envious!"

"..."

Mochizuki Shinichi continued to introduce: "This is Academician Nan Guodong of Xia State!"

Many people present greeted Nan Guodong. After all, Nan Guodong is an academician of a country and is well-known both domestically and in international academic circles.

"This is Cheng Jian, and his teacher is Keith Devlin."

Cheng Jian is not very famous, but his teacher is famous.

So I can only introduce it this way.

Many people nodded to Cheng Jian. Cheng Jian and the others did not know, but Keith Devlin and the others knew that this man was very powerful in cryptography.

Everyone present is studying blockchain, and studying blockchain naturally requires studying cryptography.

Some people present often consulted Keith Devlin on academic matters.

Afterwards, everyone sat down and began to discuss academic issues.

Capable people always cherish each other, and many people started chatting with Ye Fei and the others.

Many people came in and joined in.

Throughout the afternoon, everyone was discussing academics.

This benefits everyone.

First floor, restaurant!

It was time for dinner.

"Huh?" Ye Fei looked at one part of the restaurant in confusion and said, "Mr. Wangyue, who is that? Why are there so many people around him?"

Ye Fei saw in the middle of the restaurant a man who looked about thirty years old, sitting at the dining table, surrounded by a group of people.

Mochizuki Shinichi looked at that place and said: "V God!"

"V God?" Ye Fei was surprised: "What do you mean? Is there anyone else with this name?"

In the name of God, how awesome and daring this man is.

You must know that the word "god" is a spiritual symbol in all countries in the world, and no one will take the name of god.

Nan Guodong shook his head and said: "That's not his real name. His real name is Vitalik Buterin. He was born in a small town outside Moscow in Northern Russia in 1994. He was later brought to Canada by his parents and grew up in Toronto. He is the founder of Ethereum.”

“He’s the most well-known in cryptocurrency circles.”

"He is known as a talented prodigy, and people in the circle call him V God."

Mochizuki nodded and said: "Academician Nan is right. He co-founded Bitcoin Magazine when he was 17 years old, and beat Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg to win the World Technology Award in the IT Software category when he was 20 years old."

“I created Ethereum at the age of 19, and at the age of 21, it took nearly 18 months to develop Ethereum and finally launch it.”

“As soon as Ethereum was launched, it attracted the attention of large companies such as IBM and Microsoft, as well as many developers.”

“In March of the same year, dozens of giants such as Microsoft, Intel and JPMorgan Chase established the Ethereum Alliance to jointly develop enterprise-level blockchain projects based on Ethereum.”

Ye Fei nodded and praised: "It's really amazing."

He has only recently come into contact with blockchain, and this is the first time he has heard of Buterin.

Mochizuki Shinichi: "There are too many geniuses in academia, and you don't need to underestimate yourself. He is very talented in the field of blockchain, and you are also very talented in the field of mathematics."

"Perhaps in a few years, with your achievements in the field of mathematics, you will be able to show your talents in many fields."

Mathematics is the mother of all subjects and people who develop well in the field of mathematics.

If you develop in other fields, such as finance, computer...

That is equivalent to a father beating his son, a dimensionality reduction attack.

Ye Fei chuckled and said, "Maybe!"

He doesn't want to develop in other fields now. Just any field of mathematics is enough for him to study for a lifetime.

Unless he is short of money, he will develop in other fields.

Or, he is a little tired of mathematics research and wants to change the environment, play in other fields, and adjust his mood.

Cheng Jian said: "Mr. Wangyue, many people say that Ethereum will replace Bitcoin. What do you think?"

Mochizuki shook his head and said: "It's impossible. Ethereum and Bitcoin are different products. They are completely different in terms of service objects, total issuance, mining time and transaction rate."

“Compared to Bitcoin, Ethereum still has a long way to go.”

“Furthermore, due to the different service targets, Ethereum fundamentally prevents it from replacing Bitcoin.”

Ethereum serves developers, while Bitcoin serves investors.

Everyone can be an investor, but everyone cannot be a developer.

From this point of view, Bitcoin has a much larger audience than Ethereum.

Ethereum is inherently limited from development.

So, it is impossible to replace Bitcoin.

Ye Fei and others nodded.

Cheng Jian said: "Mr. Wangyue, I heard that the currency circle has been turbulent recently. As the founder, have you ever thought about selling the Bitcoins in your hands?"

Mochizuki Shinichi: “Although I am the founder, I hardly have many Bitcoins in my hands.”

"Huh?" Everyone was shocked.

Mochizuki Shinichi: "Who said that the founder must have Bitcoin in his hands? I just created Bitcoin at that time. It was an application of the mathematics I studied."

“As a founder, I have predicted Bitcoin’s growth cycle.”

“Of course, I cooperated with many Bitcoin companies and took equity participation, and I also made a lot of money.”

"When I created Bitcoin, I predicted that Bitcoin would only have a three-year growth cycle and that Bitcoin would collapse after three years. So in mid-2011, I sold all the Bitcoin company stocks in my hands to cash out."

“Now I not only don’t have any Bitcoins, I don’t even have any stocks in Bitcoin companies.”

Ye Fei secretly gave a thumbs up in his heart, what a thief.

But he can also understand that if a world-class mathematician like Mochizuki Shinichi doesn't even have this ability, he is not worthy of being a world-class mathematician.

Ye Fei asked: "Mr. Wangyue, how much did you earn?"

Mochizuki Shinichi looked at Ye Fei with a half-smile and said, "What? You are also interested in this. If you want to play, you can come in and give it a try."

"With your ability, if you enter the market, be careful. You will definitely not lose money. At least you will make about one billion."

"One billion!" Ye Fei was very excited when he heard it: "I will go and have fun when I am short of money."

At this time, someone came over and said, "Is it Professor Ye?"

Ye Fei looked at the person who came, a middle-aged man about forty years old, and said, "Who are you?"

"Hello, Professor Ye!" The middle-aged man stretched out his hand and said, "I am Ji Yunda from Korn Ferry International. I think Dong Siyuan told you about me!"

"Hello!" Ye Fei stood up, shook hands with Ji Yunda, and said, "Dong Siyuan did tell me about you, but I have no plans to go to Ali for the time being."

Ji Yunda looked at the people beside Ye Fei, nodded to them, and said, "Professor Ye, please don't refuse. If it's convenient, can we find a secluded place to chat?"

Ye Fei nodded and said, "Okay!"

He said to the people in Nan Guodong: "You guys sit down first, and I'll go have a chat with him."

The people in Nan Guodong nodded and said, "Okay, go ahead!"

Afterwards, Ye Fei and Ji Yunda found a place with few people to sit down.

Ji Yunda said: "Professor Ye, I think you came to this meeting because you are also interested in blockchain and cryptography, and Alibaba is the company with the best blockchain development in Xia."

The top five blockchain developers in Xia Guo are Ant Technology Group, Tencent Cloud, Xia Guo Ping An, State Grid and Investment Group.

Ye Feidao: "Alibaba is indeed the company with the best blockchain development in Xia State, but I have no intention of working in a private company. I prefer to stay in school teaching and researching."

"You should have investigated me. I rarely work for private companies. I usually do experiments for the country."

"It's not that I look down on private companies, but I don't like the environment in private companies. I prefer to do scientific research in a comfortable environment."

"I feel very comfortable teaching and doing experiments in school."

"Comfort is an environment that every scientific researcher should have. Only when you are comfortable can you focus on scientific research."

“This is how we can produce better scientific research.”

Ji Yunda said: "Of course I know this."

"But as far as I know, Zhonghu University doesn't have many talents, which puts great restrictions on your scientific research."

"And Alibaba has some of the best people in the country."

"If you come to Alibaba, it will be of great help to your scientific research."

Ye Feidao: "Of course I know this, but what does it matter?"

"I have developed very well in the academic circle and have certain connections. As long as I have connections, I will not be short of talents."

"If I want to engage in scientific research, I can bring in people from any university in Xia to collaborate."

"Not only people from Xia Kingdom, I can also attract people from abroad."

"So whether I go to Ali or not doesn't have much impact on me."

"You're right!"

Ji Yunda felt that this conversation could not be continued.

Ye Fei has no shortage of money, and talent, as he has connections, and ideals. Ye Fei's ideal is to stay at Zhonghu University to teach and do scientific research.

Money, resources, ideals!

Ye Fei doesn't lack these three points, so it's hard to talk about it.

Ji Yunda said: "I know your hometown is Jinling. If you go to Hangzhou to work, you can go home to see your parents every Saturday and Sunday, but you can't do that in Sand Dune."

"Do you want to stay in the sand dunes for the rest of your life?"

"What about your parents?"

"Are you asking them to follow you to the sand dunes?"

"Not to mention whether they want to come or not, it is very inconvenient for a Jinling person to go to the sand dunes. They have to leave behind their relatives and friends."

"They don't have any friends in the sand dunes, and they are not used to eating."

Money, resources, and ideals are not enough, so only the family card is left.

Ye Fei was stunned for a moment. He was an only child, and his parents only had one child.

If he stayed in the dunes all his life, his parents would definitely live with him when they grew old.

But his parents have lived in Jinling all their lives, so coming to Sand Dunes will be very unfamiliar.

Ji Yunda saw that Ye Fei was silent and knew that his words had touched Ye Fei.

Ji Yunda said: "I think your parents also want you to return to them. Now it is very convenient to get from Hangzhou to Jinling. It only takes an hour by high-speed rail."

"Alibaba has weekends. You can take the high-speed rail home every Friday night and take the high-speed rail back to Hangzhou to work on Monday morning."

"In this way, you can spend two days with your parents. Isn't that good?"

Ye Feidao: "I want to think about it."

"Okay!" Ji Yunda said: "If you have thought about it, please call me back."

With that said, Ji Yunda took out a postcard and put it in front of Ye Fei. Ye Fei put the postcard away, then stood up and turned around to leave.

After Ye Fei left, Ji Yunda took a long breath.

Ji Yunda shook his head and said to himself: "Finally, he is moved. As long as he is moved, then the next conversation will be much easier."

"What you fear the most is the kind of person who doesn't take advantage of you. All the advantages you propose will not be touched by the other party."

Ye Fei returned to the dining table, as if nothing was wrong, and continued to communicate with Mochizuki Shinichi and others.

After chatting for about half an hour, they returned to their respective rooms.

After Ye Fei returned to the room, he did not rest immediately.

Instead, turn on the computer, write down all the inspirations of the day, and revise the academic report prepared for tomorrow.

He didn’t rest until twelve o’clock in the evening!