The reason why London seems to be quieter is partly because there are fewer people, and on the other hand, the pace of life here is much slower than that of the first-tier cities in China, and many British people do a 9-to-5 work life, and before 8 o'clock in the morning, almost most people are still in bed and get up late.

The main reason for such a relaxed and high-quality life is that the country is developed, and the citizens can get high remuneration with very little labor, and it is precisely because of such a relaxed and leisurely life that a lot of leisure time can be converted into creativity, so that in the eyes of many domestic people, Europeans and Americans are more 'playing'.

It is a widely accepted law that if people are freed from the shackles of manual labor, the more time they will have to think about new things, so the more developed a country is, the more creative its citizens will be.

Although the history of the West is far less glorious and long-term than that of China, it is true that the founder of modern mathematics, due to some special historical reasons, modern China has suffered a lot, people in the days of war and hunger, naturally have no intention of engaging in science, the final result is that China in many scientific fields and the world gap is getting bigger and bigger, even in recent decades the country began to pay attention to science and technology, catch up, but compared with the developed countries in Europe and the United States, there is still a huge gap of more than ten years, or even decades, this is an objective fact.

Another point is that although the country attaches more importance to scientific research, more and more Chinese faces can be seen at the World Congress of Mathematicians, which cannot but be said to be a progress of the country.

It's just embarrassing that these Chinese who participated in the mathematicians' conference are basically domestic students studying and teaching abroad, and basically have immigrated to change their nationality.

It can be seen from this incident that the teaching level of basic science in China is still good, but there is still a big gap in top science education compared with developed countries abroad, even if it is a top domestic school such as Huaqing Jing University, it cannot even be ranked in the top 50 in the world's famous school rankings, which shows that domestic higher education still has a long way to go in the future.

In the past few years, the main reason for the serious brain drain of top domestic experts is that compared with the living conditions in China, the salary income abroad and other aspects are much more generous than those in China, and although European and American countries have always discriminated more or less against Asian immigrants, they are very welcome to top scientific research talents, no matter in terms of money, social status, and scientific research funding conditions, they are far from being comparable in China.

Although there are also many foreign students who choose to return to China after their studies in Europe and the United States, shouting patriotic slogans, but after all, this is a small number of people, people go to high places, water flows to low places, it is always an objective law.

Therefore, at this year's World Congress of Mathematicians, although there are many Chinese faces, except for Duan Yun, the others have already been naturalized in developed countries in Europe and the United States, and only Duan Yun is the only invited expert from the mainland of China.

Putting on his clothes and pushing open the door, Duan Yun almost bumped into someone as soon as he walked out of the room.

When I looked up, I found that the person who came was the staff of the ICM organizer who arranged Duan Yun's accommodation yesterday.

"Mr. Duan Yun, I was just looking for you, I'm sorry to disturb you so early, but this time it is the chairman of our conference, Mr. Fefman, who wants to invite you downstairs for breakfast. The white staff member said politely to Duan Yun.

"Mr. Fefman?" Duan Yun was stunned when he heard this, he felt that this name was very familiar.

Soon, Duan Yun suddenly remembered that in the few ICM invitation letters he had received in China before, there was a signature named Charles Fefman at the end of the email!

"That's right, it's Mr. Feffman, who is waiting for you in the restaurant on the second floor of the hotel. The staff member said.

"Okay, take me there. Duan Yun saw that the room next door was silent, obviously Ouyang Xiangnan and Gao Jing were still resting, so he nodded and said.

In fact, when he was in China before, Duan Yun checked the news materials of Charles Fefman, the chairman of the World Congress of Mathematicians, through the Internet.

In fact, being the president of the World Congress of Mathematicians is a considerable honor in itself, even far more than the difficulty of winning a Fields Medal.

Charles is one of the top mathematicians in the United States and even in the world, and has considerable popularity and influence in the field of mathematics in the world.

In his early years, his work in mathematical analysis led to his winning the Fields Medal in 1978. He is most notable for his work in generalizing the results of multi-variable analysis in low dimensions to general dimensions. His research includes partial differential equations, Fourier analysis, mathematical physics, fluid dynamics, neural networks, mathematical finance, spectral analysis, etc.

Fefman was a child prodigy, having published his first scientific paper in German at the age of 15 and graduating with a bachelor's degree in physics and mathematics from the University of Maryland at the age of 17. Under the tutelage of Elias Stein, he received his Ph.D. in mathematics from Princeton University at the age of 20. At the age of 22, he was hired as a professor at the University of Chicago, the youngest person to be appointed as a professor at an American university, and at the age of 24 he transferred to Princeton University as a professor, where he remains until now. He received the Allen Waterman Prize in 1976 and was elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1979.

Judging from his resume, Fefman's age when he published his first academic paper was even several years earlier than Duan Yun, and his life was full of brilliance all the way, and many records have not been broken until now, and Duan Yun, who has just emerged in the mathematical world, at least for the time being, cannot be compared with Fefman's brilliance.

Duan Yun still has respect for Taishan Beidou in this world mathematics world, and the power to become a leader in any field must be powerful, so Duan Yun also wants to learn something from them.

Following the staff, Duan Yun soon came to the restaurant on the second floor of the hotel.

The hotel's restaurant is very quiet and elegant, with light on three sides, and looks exceptionally clean and fresh.

Duan Yun saw an old man with a beard sitting by the window at a glance, and immediately greeted him with a smile.

"Mr. Duan Yun, welcome!" Seeing Duan Yun coming, this old man with silver hair and a thick beard got up and stretched out his hand to Duan Yun with a smile, and said, "I am Charles Fefman, the executive chairman of ICM this time, and I am very happy to meet you today. ”

"Hello Mr. Fei!" Seeing this, Duan Yun also shook hands with Feifman with a smile on his face.