Tech Hammer

The patent application is basically the last step before the official launch in March. Now we just have to wait for the patent office to submit all the applications. This is the time point that Ningwei has carefully calculated.

Basically, after the patent is submitted, it coincides with the announcement of the Wolf Prize, and then Ningwei will decide which publication plan to use based on whether it wins the award in March. If you look back at all the things Ning Wei did from this perspective, it is still very planned. Basically, three stages have been completed, from laboratory internal testing, to expanded testing scope, to nationwide public testing.

The only difference is that according to the rules of the Turing test, these unspecified experts and the public participating in the evaluation are not informed that the person they have been communicating with remotely is artificial intelligence.

Of course, applying for a patent does not affect the various hot discussions on the Internet. The debate about Mars immigration is still continuing. From this point of view, Ningwei actually gave a boost to Musk’s plan. After all, if it were not for this test Actually, not as many Chinese people actually know that there is an entrepreneur in the United States whose lifelong dream is to allow humans to immigrate to Mars.

It’s just that the losses caused by this round of science popularization are still very heavy. Anyway, I don’t know how. Whether it is the US stock market or the Chinese stock market, except for a few stocks that are good because of the decline in chip production, technology including the Internet The stocks are showing signs of sluggishness.

Starting from the Yuanverse concept stocks, it has spread to include Intel, Samsung, Apple, Google, Facebook, China's Little Libaba, Penguin Group, etc. This feeling of disappointment even extends to IDC, cloud services, servers and other fields.

In this regard, Ning Wei certainly does not feel that this is all his own responsibility. For example, the lack of technology iteration and update of large companies including Apple and Samsung may have something to do with it. For example, the next generation of Apple mobile phones in the exposed spy photos still does not have much innovation. This has made many technology enthusiasts weak in aesthetics. Of course, the most important thing is that Wall Street investors have begun to doubt the innovation capabilities of many high-tech companies, including Apple. Semiconductor companies like Intel and AMD are also facing the crisis that Moore's Law is about to expire.

But even so, the saying that Ning Wei is a disaster star has begun to spread among the stock speculators. The specific manifestation is that as long as Ning Wei posts on Weibo, the entire technology sector will not show a not-so-smart attitude. Before, Tesla could have To maintain the reputation of the entire technology sector, with the success of SpaceX's second space tour, it was immediately favored by many investors, and its market value rose sharply. However, because of the national controversy initiated by Ning Wei, the stock price had just risen. I was pressed hard again...

What the hell is this not a disaster star?

Although short selling is allowed in U.S. stocks, for ordinary investors, the risk of short selling is much greater than the risk of normal stock buying and selling. Because theoretically speaking, the risk of buying stocks low and selling them high is basically controllable. Without using leverage, you will only lose your principal at most. But short selling is different. In theory, there is no upper limit when a stock starts to grow wildly. If you don't pay attention, short selling will not only lose your principal but may even lead to debt.

So the legend of Ning Wei began to spread in the stock market, and this guy started posting on Weibo, which meant that everyone’s money for buying technology stocks could be quickly withdrawn and ran away.

In this way, December ended in the debate on the Internet, representing the arrival of January, the beginning of the year. The Spring Festival of 2022 is on January 22, and Yanbei University’s winter vacation is scheduled for January 15. In fact, Ning Weidao really wants to choose this winter vacation to visit their hometown with the two little sisters of the Jiang family. Unfortunately, there are still a lot of things on hand.

The outside world is very noisy, but Ning Wei's life is actually very regular and dull. The school and research center helped Ning Wei isolate himself from most external troubles, so he could still do his research comfortably. The only thing that made Ning Wei feel unsatisfied was probably that as the end of the semester came, Jiang could no longer guarantee that he would come to the center every night to play a few songs for him and Brother Lu, and spent most of his time reviewing.

Ning Wei lived a peaceful life, but Yu Xingwei was always on tenterhooks. It was hard to imagine that a scientific researcher would one day be so resistant to winning the award. However, on the night of January 5th, as usual, when Yu Xingwei was comparing the paper materials, his cell phone rang, and it was still a foreign area code.

When he saw the call, Yu Xingwei was stunned, and a bad premonition arose in his heart. Sure enough, when he answered the call, the other party's self-introduction made his little heart completely cold.

"Hello, Yu, please allow me to introduce myself first. I am Dan Shechtman, chairman of the Wolf Foundation."

"Hello, Mr. Chairman Shechtman, what's the matter?" Yu Xingwei was a little panicked, which directly caused him to tremble when he spoke. The identity of the other party made him realize that the worst case scenario had still occurred.

"Haha, don't be nervous, Yu, you can just call me Dan. I am making this call specifically to inform you of good news. Congratulations, you defeated a total of 5 candidates with an absolute advantage in votes and won the 2023 Wo Wolf Prize in Mathematics, we will announce this news on the official website at ten o'clock tomorrow morning on time, let me calculate the time difference, which is about five o'clock in the morning your time."

"Of course, in addition to this good news, as the chairman of the Wolf Foundation, I would also like to invite you to attend the ceremony on the 25th of next month. Of course, you can also recommend nine relatives and friends to attend this ceremony. After you submit the list Our staff will provide you with an invitation letter to apply for a visa. I believe you will definitely come, right? Believe me, many friends are looking forward to this meeting."

"Did you go there and be beaten to death by you?"

Yu Xingwei was complaining crazily in his heart, but now that the matter was over, Yu Xingwei calmed down and replied calmly: "Dan, this is great, I think it's time to think carefully about who to invite to this scientific gathering. Got it!"

"Great, looking forward to our meeting! Goodbye."

"goodbye!"

After hanging up the phone, Yu Xingwei was stunned for a long time, and then dialed Ning Wei.

He said truthfully: "Mr. Xiao Ning, the Wolf Foundation just called to say that they really won the Wolf Prize for Mathematics in March. The list of all winners will be announced on the official website tomorrow. I was also invited to participate. The award ceremony at the end of this month.”

"They really gave the award to March?!"

"Isn't this what you expected?"

"How can I say what I expected? I just thought it was a possibility so I couldn't miss it. By the way, I didn't say when it would be announced on the official website?"

"Tomorrow at five o'clock in the morning."

"OK, I get it. By the way, let's go to the interview. How are you feeling now?"

This question really made Yu Xingwei's mood more complicated. He thought for a while before answering: "Nervous, very nervous!"

"Actually, there's no need to be nervous. Think about it, you played a part in the large-scale test in March, including your doctoral thesis. I've also read it. The level is definitely sufficient. This award is well-deserved. Come back. Maybe then the foundation will hold its nose and admit it?"

"Mr. Xiao Ning, what you said is true. Aren't you afraid that when you go abroad to attend a conference or something, you will be blocked in the venue and beaten by a group of people?" Yu Xingwei couldn't laugh or cry.

"Haha, you think people are too small-minded. Of course, for safety reasons, we don't have to go abroad for the time being. Have you forgotten the wish we made when we first applied for a visa?"

After hearing this, Yu Xingwei really calmed down a lot.

In fact, if you think about it carefully, if it hadn't happened like this, his name might never appear on the official website of the Wolf Prize. Now that the matter has come to this, it's enough to think on the bright side.

"Okay, Mr. Xiao Ning, what do you need me to do next?" Yu Xingwei said with a broken voice.

"Well, I'll let you know when I'm ready, but I personally suggest that you call important people in advance to inform them, and then put your phone in silent mode tomorrow. Otherwise, based on my experience, you may spend the whole day tomorrow I can’t do anything anymore, and it feels uncomfortable to be harassed by phone calls all the time.”

"understood!"

"Okay, that's it for now, hang up!"

"Goodbye, Mr. Xiao Ning."

After hanging up the phone, Yu Xingwei felt inexplicably much more relaxed. Thinking of Ning Wei's words just now, he opened WeChat, opened several of the most active groups on weekdays, and then directly sent a 200 red envelope to each group. The groups with more than 50 received it. The number of red envelopes is directly set to 50. For groups with less than 50 people, as many as there are people in the group will be set, with a total cost of 1,200 yuan.

The inhumane method of blowing up groups with red envelopes has always been tried and true, especially when several group leaders were blown out, directly helping Yu Xingwei @and everyone, "Hurry up and get the red envelopes!"

Then Yu Xingwei’s WeChat instantly became lively.

"Thank you, boss. Is the boss rich?"

"Boss Yu is mighty!"

“Thank you, Boss Yu, for supporting housing loans!”

"What happened? Lao Yu, you won five million?"

…

"Ahem, my gay brothers, the first thing I want you to do when I get up tomorrow morning is check out the Wolf Foundation's official website, that's all!"

After quickly copying this sentence six times, Yu Xingwei directly set his phone to silent, leaving a bunch of question marks. After doing all this, Yu Xingwei felt relieved...

Facts have proved that breaking jars and smashing them can indeed make people feel happy. Although the winter in Beijing is very cold, everyone's enthusiasm is very warm.

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Yanbei University, Beijing International Mathematics Research Center.

Ning Wei hung up Yu Xingwei's phone and looked at the time. It was just seven o'clock in the evening. He thought that when Jiang Chenshuang helped him deliver food, he had made an appointment to review until ten o'clock and come home with him. In other words, he still had three more It was almost enough to be able to freely control the hours, so I stood up rather than put on my coat, opened the office door, and after being shaken by the cold wind outside, I rushed directly into Lu Dongyi's room next door. office.

"What's the matter?" Lu Dongyi, who was busy calculating something, raised his head and glanced at Ning Wei, then lowered his head and asked casually.

"Nothing, it's just that Yu Xingwei called just now and said that the Wolf Foundation informed him that he had won the Mathematics Award." Ning Wei answered.

"Oh!" Lu Dongyi replied casually, and then continued writing. After about ten seconds, the pen tip suddenly paused, then raised his head in confusion and asked, "What did you just say?"

"I won this year's Wolf Prize in Mathematics in March." Ning Wei repeated, and then he sat down on the sofa in Lu Dongyi's office.

Their eyes met and they stared for a moment. Although he found that there was nothing interesting about the other party, Lu Dongyi still put down the pen in his hand.

"Hey, it really goes to Professor March. These guys have spared no effort to suppress you. If this award must be awarded this year, it should be given to you, not to March. In fact, I think it will be a bye this year. More reasonable." Lu Dongyi sighed.

"What do you mean, Senior Brother Lu, do you think I don't deserve this award?" Ning Wei was a little dissatisfied.

"This is a lifetime achievement award. Why are you so anxious at such a young age? Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. What should we do now?" Lu Dongyi looked at Ning Wei and asked.

"Didn't we discuss it before? I think it's almost time to confess to Director Tian. I'm wondering if I should call him now and ask him to listen to our report." Ning Wei replied.

"Don't talk about our report, it's your report." Lu Dongyi corrected him, and then continued: "Then you can fight."

"I was thinking about calling so late. Isn't it a bit rude?" Ning Wei hesitated.

"You should think about it. It's not polite to hide such a big thing from Director Tian for so long." Lu Dongyi said matter-of-factly.

"Looking back at this time, I seem to have a little distrust of Director Tian. But the main reason is that Director Tian has many friends." Ning Wei muttered and took out his mobile phone, glanced at Lu Dongyi, and then dialed Tian Yanzhen’s phone call.

After three rings, the call was connected.

"Hey, Ning Wei, it's rare for you to take the initiative to call me." The other person joked, obviously in a good mood.

"Ahem, that's it. Director Tian, ​​are you still in the research center?"

"No, I had a dinner date with a friend today. We are having dinner. What's going on?"

"That's it. Senior Brother Lu and I have something to report to you. How about you come back after dinner?" Ning Wei glanced at Lu Dongyi and said.

"Oh? The matter is important? Do you have to report it today?"

"How should I put it? Senior Brother Lu and I both think it's best to report to you today. If it's postponed until tomorrow, I guess you might blame us. Of course, if you really don't have time tonight, I think tomorrow is not a possibility. ." Ning Wei said sincerely.

The person on the other side was silent for a moment, and then said, "Okay, you guys wait for me, I'll be back in about an hour."

"Well, well, it's best to use the multimedia conference room in the research center so that we can report to you. Otherwise, we will wait for you in the conference room."

"good!"

Ning Wei hung up the phone, then took a deep breath, looked at Lu Dongyi and said, "It's done, Director Tian will be back in an hour."