Scientists who revitalized the country (4): Chu Lian

In the office, several computers that had subscribed to the [Annual Review of Mathematics] rang at the same time, alerting that new content had been pushed.

The assistant student standing nearby heard the sound and moved over to see if it was an unprocessed email or something else.

As a result, he saw a piece of bombshell news that made people unable to believe their eyes.

He rubbed his eyes hard, wondering if he had seen it wrong.

After reading it back and forth several times, he found that the words had not changed. The student opened the webpage in a daze and manipulated the mouse to pull down to the author’s name.

The familiar four letters came into view, the student was stunned.

He raised his head nervously and looked at the noisy school leaders, not knowing what to say.

A professor stumbled over and shouted to the old professor in ecstasy: “Hey, hey, hey!!!”

The old professor had something on his mind and said impatiently: “Don’t bother me, I don’t have time to talk to you now.”

The man held the old professor’s arm tightly, stars were twinkling in his eyes. A man in his forties was actually dancing with joy and laughing so loudly that it seemed like it could knock off the roof.

He said excitedly: “Si Qi has published another paper!!”

The old professor was stunned for a moment and didn’t understand.

“What?”

The professor smiled from ear to ear and said eagerly: “It’s again the [Annual Review of Mathematics]! It’s again one of the eight major mathematical problems in the world!!!”

“——This time it’s The Chesfield Conjecture¹!!!!”

Old professor: “…………”

The old professor looked at his colleague in confusion. The colleague nodded desperately, then rushed to Si Qi and said excitedly: “Si Qi! You are so capable!! You are so capable!!!”

The old professor opened his mouth and looked at the figures of an old man and a young man in astonishment.

After a while, he walked up to Si Qi and said in a blank tone: “What is he talking about? You, you solved The Chesfield Conjecture?”

Si Qi nodded, “Yes.”

“…” The old professor was a little dizzy. He stood supporting the table beside him and said to Si Qi in an incredible tone: “Tell me, tell me, is there anything else I don’t know?”

Si Qi thought for a while, and said calmly in a tone that would not scare the old professor: “I have solved all eight world problems.”

As soon as the words fell, everyone in the audience was stunned by the news.

The next second, the old professor fell down by the table, tears falling silently, crying and laughing at the same time.

The school leaders hurried to their computer desks, entered the journal url, and searched for Si Qi’s published papers based on his name.

After a while, everyone laughed heartily.

Even people who knew nothing about mathematics would have heard of The Chesfield Conjecture at some point.

Because it was so famous, it was not an exaggeration to say that it was the crown that everyone in the entire mathematics community was eager to take on.

Many scholars felt dizzy for a long time just seeing this line of text appear in a journal, and wondered whether there was something wrong with their eyes, or maybe today was April Fools’ Day.

However, after clicking on the paper, the more than 70 pages of the manuscript proved that this was not an April Fool’s Day joke.

On the international platform, people looked past the complicated content to the last line of the paper and saw the author’s name clearly.

——Qi·Si

A name that everyone couldn’t believe appeared here so naturally.

Many people vaguely recalled the condemnation letter from the professor from Country E not long ago, and for a moment they just thought it was ridiculous.

If the professor really had the ability to prove The Riemann hypothesis, why didn’t he publish the paper and instead let a student get the first advantage?

This was just like a student with average academic performance in the class accusing the student who topped the school of plagiarizing his test papers. It was simply the most ridiculous thing in the world.

This professor probably regretted it more than anyone else at this moment, for having caused trouble for someone, and even for trying to cause trouble with SiQi.

There was no need for SiQi himself to take action now. The entire academic community could laugh at him to the point of being embarrassed. He would become a joke, mentioned in passing when people mentioned Si Qi’s greatness, and then laughed at as a funny thing.

After all, that was the existence that solved The Riemann hypothesis and The Chesfield Conjecture in one go, and he was still a minor!!

It was conceivable that in the future, the entire mathematical world will become the world of this young man. He will become a god in the field of mathematics, overlooking everyone from above. All mathematicians will be crazy and excited because of him!

And that professor actually tried to slander the genius when he was rising, accuse him, and become a stumbling block for him. What was he doing if he wasn’t seeking death?

It could be said that the moment Si Qi published this article, his reputation was discredited and he was destined to bear this stain for the rest of his life.

Domestic netizens quickly heard the news.

After everyone was stunned, they woke up one after another, clasped their hands and laughed. It was so clever, so wonderful, and so refreshing! !

They were so proud that their country had produced such a talented person that professors from Country E even came over to talk to him, just to get a little bit of Si Qi’s glory!

Sure enough, their motherland was still very powerful, otherwise why would Si Qi come back? It was because China was no worse than other countries!

As for those so-called “fair” reports… ha! ridiculous! There was never a shortage of these damn rat excrements! !

Qian Lu, the biggest rat excrement, was sitting in front of the computer with a pale face and trembling body. Si Qi’s second paper was displayed on the screen.

Unable to accept it, he grabbed his messy hair with his hands and collapsed and said to himself: “Impossible, impossible…”

A call came to his landline, and the sharp ringing sound was like a reminder, scaring him so much that he almost fell off his chair.

He quickly reached out and pulled off the phone cord, and the harsh sound disappeared, which finally made him feel better.

However, he could only relax for three seconds.

“Bang! Bang bang!!”

The heavy knock on the door sounded without warning, and an angry roar and kicking sound came from behind the door. Qian Lu covered his head in pain and let out an uncontrollable scream.

“How could this happen…”

Wrong, he’s done for!

After noticing Country E’s shameful behavior and not being able to bear the slander of their own children, the Chinese officials finally took action.

Early the next morning after Si Qi’s second paper was published, major newspapers in China published clarifications, stating that Si Qi’s achievements were not false, but an internationally recognized fact.

Articles such as “The moon in foreign countries is not particularly round²” and “Confidence comes from strength”, have jumped into the public eye one by one. Many people who didn’t use the Internet often realized that they had been deceived by some people with ulterior motives. What was a good thing almost turned into a farce.

Those who spread false rumors on the Internet and kept bragging about how foreign countries were perfect and how China was lagging behind were all found by the authorities through their Internet accounts. They were handcuffed one by one and sent to prison mercilessly in front of everyone. Let them bear the responsibility they should bear.

This is the price they should pay.

The people who saw this news on the Xinwen Broadcast were all surprised and proud of Si Qi’s achievements. For a while, even their waists straightened up.

They knew that their homeland was no worse than anywhere else!

Because of these deeds, Si Qi became the darling of the school. Everyone would smile when they saw him and treat him with the most friendly attitude. This wasn’t only because of Si Qi’s academic achievements, but also because he had made all Chinese proud in the world!

This was more comforting than anything else.

Early that morning, Si Qi was sitting in the library reading a book. The school leader suddenly found him with a young man.

The other party had a handsome appearance and a tall and straight figure. He could definitely be a star. It was just that the first impression many people had when they saw him was not how handsome he looked, but his outstanding temperament, which felt capable and refreshing, and he was definitely very conspicuous when standing in the crowd. 

The school leader introduced Si Qi: “This person is sent from above…”

The young man stretched out his right hand, smiled at Si Qi and said: “Hello Mr. Si, my name is Chu Lian, just call me Xiao Chu. I will be by your side from now on. If you have anything to do, just ask me and I can solve most of the problems for you. If I can’t solve it, I can find someone who can solve it for you.”

Si Qi had been to so many worlds and met many people with Chu Lian’s status. He stretched out his hand to shake each other’s hands, nodded and said, “Hello.”

The school leader on the side smiled and said: “Xiao Si, you will graduate soon. Based on your ability, you can get into any research institute in the country. Many institutions have sent invitations to the school, hoping that you can use your mathematical talents to join their team – what do you think?”

Si Qi answered simply: “It is my duty to do so.”

The school leader smiled when he heard this, and was not surprised by Si Qi’s attitude. He continued to ask: “Then what kind of research do you want to delve into?”

Si Qi said without hesitation: “GPS.”

GPS? The school leader looked at Chu Lian, who smiled and said: “No problem, I will contact the satellite engineering team for you immediately. I think you will be welcome to join there.”

Chu Lian quickly demonstrated his abilities to Si Qi. Within two hours, Si Qi, accompanied by him, arrived at the Chinese Satellite System Engineering Headquarters by car.

A group of people received the notice and all smiled and accepted this young genius who had brought glory to the country. They also took him around the engineering department to understand the current situation.

Si Qi noticed some details and asked: “I found that the equipment in the department is very old. Is it something that has been eliminated from abroad?”

After hearing this, the people around him subconsciously showed embarrassed expressions, nodded bravely, and explained: “We can’t get the latest high-end lathes, so we can only buy these.”

Even if everyone knows in their hearts that this was a “waste product” that others had eliminated, they must buy it at a high price and study it carefully. Otherwise, China’s experience in this field would always be zero.

It was better to follow someone’s butt than to not even be able to find the runway.

Everyone knew that since the young man was willing to return to his country, he would definitely not care about the difference, but when they were suddenly asked so directly by the young man, it still felt a bit hard to say.

However, the teenager would get used to it sooner or later.

While he was talking, a man hurriedly ran in from outside, sweating profusely and said anxiously: “Minister, those people from country F are at the door and want us to sign the agreement and deliver the rare earths promised to them directly!”

When the minister heard this, he became angry, “Why are they so anxious? We just got the materials and they haven’t been accepted yet, why should we sign them!”

The subordinate looked at the minister in embarrassment and said hesitantly: “But, if we don’t sign, the paint we finally got will be taken back…”

Si Qi asked in a low voice to the person next to him: “What’s going on?”

The man explained in a simple way: “GX-72 paint must be used in satellite projects, otherwise the satellite will be scrapped because it cannot withstand the high temperature when it breaks through the atmosphere…But just like country E’s law prohibits Chinese scientists from joining NAXA (the world’s most authoritative aerospace research institution), they obstruct our scientific research progress in the aerospace field in all aspects. No country is willing to offend country E by selling these things to us. We have been waiting for two years. Not long ago, we finally waited for Songkou from country F to agree to barter exchange of rare earth resources with them. We just got the first batch of materials last night, and before we had time to experiment, they came over today and asked us to sign an agreement…”

Si Qi frowned slightly: “But this is too sudden.”

The colleague looked bitter: “It’s always like this, those guys are used to being arrogant…”

Si Qi felt vaguely that something was wrong, so he asked Xiu Xiu to investigate the whole story.

Notes

1. In chinese it says: 切斯菲尔罗猜想, The Chesfield Conjecture(?) I didn’t find this conjecture, I also found there are supposed to be only 7 problems, not 8, so this one may be unique to that specific world or the author made some mistake, not sure. ↩︎
2. According to Baidu, “The moon in foreign countries is rounder”, is a popular saying on the internet, used to describe that in some exquisite and beautiful things, everything is better in foreign countries. So here, this sentence refers to this saying, implying the contrary. ↩︎