Chapter 71 Host Rights
Under pressure, Levin reluctantly agreed to Tillman's series of demands in exchange for Princeton to pursue the plagiarist himself without implicating Yale, but failed to stop Princeton's intention to publicize the incident.
As for the responsibility of "Science", it is less than that of Yale, and there are people who commit crimes on the Yale side, while "Science" is at best lax supervision. They issued a statement at the first time, canceling Professor Ferig's qualifications as reviewers, and promised to publish Lü Qiujian's paper in the next issue, but due to layout reasons, only the abbreviated version prepared by Lü Qiujian could be published, and all papers could only be submitted to the Annals of Mathematics.
Lu Qiujian was barely able to accept this result, all he wanted was a "Science" paper, and it didn't matter whether it was ten or twenty pages.
Then Princeton held a press conference to condemn Professor Ferig's plagiarism, and the incident quickly spread throughout the academic community in the United States, then Europe and Asia
Mathematicians all over the world have learned that the Poincaré conjecture has been solved, and they are waiting for the official paper to be published, and some of them are in a hurry and have a wide range of ways to get the manuscript in advance.
Professor Zhang of Beijing Normal University called as soon as he got the news, and was so excited that he almost had a heart attack after learning that Lu Qiujian's thesis was signed by Beijing Normal University, and when he recovered a little, he hurriedly said, "This incident will become the most glorious page in the history of the Department of Mathematics of Beijing Normal University, and even the entire history of Beijing Normal University!" I only congratulate you on behalf of the Department of Mathematics of Beijing Normal University and myself!"
"This is all thanks to the training of Beijing Normal University and the professors!", of course, Lu Qiujian would not get carried away, and immediately replied in clichés.
Professor Zhang is not a person who is good at using the official language, so after dealing with two sentences, he asked tentatively, "This Xiao Lu! Since you have made such an important achievement, should you hold a lecture?"
Lu Qiujian knew that the lecture that Professor Zhang was talking about was not the kind of commendation conference or anything like that, but a public presentation on the Poincaré conjecture by mathematicians from all over the world.
This question had already been expected by Lu Qiujian, and he asked bluntly, "Professor Zhang, do you mean that you want Beijing Normal University to host this lecture?"
"Yes, yes, yes!", Professor Zhang nodded his head on the other side of the phone like a chicken pecking rice, "You have also seen the auditorium of our school, how magnificent! It is so suitable to give you a report!"
Poof, Lu Qiujian almost laughed out loud, an old-school scholar like Professor Zhang really wouldn't be tempting, he couldn't help but smile and said, "Princeton's lecture hall is also very magnificent! And it uses many of the latest scientific and technological achievements, and it sounds much more comfortable than our old auditorium!"
"What's the big deal!", Professor Zhang immediately became nervous, hosting a report meeting with world influence will greatly enhance the image and influence of the university, as long as this meeting is done well, Beijing Normal University will be able to overpower Mizuki University in the next three years, how many years can wait for such an opportunity, how can you just watch him slip away, "As long as you are willing to come back to give a speech, I will immediately find the president and ask him to immediately approve the money to renovate the auditorium!"
In fact, Lu Qiujian had already thought about putting the report meeting at Beijing Normal University, and in this plagiarism turmoil, he really felt the truth that it is better to enjoy the shade with his back against the big tree, if it wasn't for the deep roots of Princeton, how could it be so easy to make Yale and Professor Felig surrender and admit defeat.
Since you have decided to return to China for development in the future, you will definitely take this opportunity to give a good gift to Beijing Normal University, but people will always cherish things that are too easy to get, so there are just words.
"As long as you are willing to come back and give a report, I guarantee that you will stay in the school to teach immediately after graduation, complete the doctoral process within three years, and become a professor as soon as you get your doctorate!" Professor Zhang saw that Lu Qiujian didn't speak for a long time, and couldn't help but put out the conditions that he was going to hide first.
It is not so easy to be a professor at Beijing Normal University, with a lot of restrictions on academic qualifications, age, work experience, academic level, and the number of years of being rated as an associate professor, and recently in order to avoid the problem of inbreeding in the academic world, doctors who graduated from Beijing Normal University will not be able to teach directly at the university from this year. Professor Zhang has put a lot of effort into this place, of course, if he can rely on the hat of a professor to keep Lu Qiujian to teach at Beijing Normal University, it will all be worth it!
However, I didn't plan to study for a doctorate at Beijing Normal University! This condition, which seemed very attractive to others, did not make Lu Qiujian's heart fluctuate in the slightest, but he also saw Professor Zhang's sincerity, and slowly put forward his own requests, and Professor Zhang agreed to them one by one.
"Hey, it's finally done!", Professor Zhang sighed with some regret after hanging up the phone, Lu Qiujian agreed to the request to hold a report meeting at Beijing Normal University, but did not agree to study for a doctorate at Beijing Normal University, which made him feel like he had lost his watermelon and picked sesame seeds. It would be a pity that a report meeting could only make Beijing Normal University prosperous for a while, and it would be a pity to leave Lu Qiujian, according to his age, at least to be able to dominate the international mathematical community for decades!
I guess he wants to continue to study for a doctorate at Princeton after graduation? When he comes back next year, let's have a good chat, and when he comes back from Princeton, can he go to Beijing Normal University?
Hey, I guess it won't be long before Princeton urges himself to make a report, and at that time he excuses himself to wait until he finishes filling in the loopholes in the paper before making a report!
Lu Qiujian had already figured out how to deal with Princeton, first using the procrastination trick to delay the time, and when he was in March, he would go to the tournament with the Tigers.
If you're lucky enough to reach the Final Four, you'll be able to drag it out until April, and when you're done with the Final Four, it's going to be another celebration, and when the craze subsides, it's probably May.
Now that it's May, it's not long before the summer vacation, and then you can find some reason to drag these two months over, and you can leave Princeton and return to the embrace of Beijing Normal University.
Ah! Tomorrow is another NCAA game! Lu Qiujian couldn't help but laugh when he thought of the opponent he would face in the next game, he didn't expect it to be such a coincidence! I wonder what kind of encounter this team will encounter at Princeton's home court?
Nine thousand plus more, hey, a lot of debts!