Chapter 381: The Great Elder's Phone
It's a story that only mathematicians know, telling the story of Als-Alfors, a Finnish-American mathematician who won the first Fields Medal in 1936.
Soon after Alfors won the prize, the specter of World War II hung over the whole of Europe, and people were restricted from traveling, and once again he finally got a chance to travel from Finland to Sweden to see his wife, but when he went to the train station to buy a ticket, he found that he only had ten dollars, which was not enough to buy a ticket.
So he took out the Fields Medal medal on his body and took it to the pawnshop! Fortunately the medal was of gold, and poor Mr. Alfors, who had been in bronze, would not have been able to meet his wife.
When the laughter subsided, Lu Qiujian began his acceptance speech, "I am very honored to receive this award, I have always believed that mathematics can guide us to the truth, and with the efforts of generations of mathematicians, we are getting closer and closer to the truth." Tonight, I am standing here to receive the award because of their tireless pursuit and exploration of mathematics since the birth of human civilization."
After thanking his mother to a middle school teacher, from a professor at Beijing Normal University to an authority at Princeton, Lu Qiujian began to preach his judgment on the future development of mathematics. That's 4,000 mathematicians! Even if you move a tenth of them, you're going to do a lot of good for your own plans.
After two years of fermentation, Lu Qiujian's speech on the future of mathematics has also attracted more and more attention from the mathematical community, and new achievements have been studied, and articles have appeared in four major journals; at this time, people will no longer despise his speech because of his age, and 4,000 mathematicians have listened carefully to Lu Qiujian's speech.
In the next few days, Lu Qiujian took the opportunity of the public report to once again show the latest achievements in the mathematics community in the past two years that were missing in these ten problems, which greatly enhanced the exposure of the award and the journal he had established. I believe that after this conference, my journal will receive more and more submissions.
At the same time as the conference was being held, the Chinese ambassador to Spain also found Lu Qiujian and brought him from the venue to the embassy, "Congratulations to Dr. Lu, you have won glory for the Chinese mathematical community and all Chinese people this time! The Great Elder specially called to congratulate you personally! That's why we have made a special trip to invite you to visit!"
Of course, it is not just as simple as making a phone call, but also a full-time staff to take pictures, so the ambassador specially invited him to the embassy to report on the situation, and it didn't take long for Lu Qiujian to pick up the phone in that specially cleaned room. The photographer hurriedly started shooting.
Lu Qiujian also understands the importance of this incident to the Chinese mathematical community and even to the entire scientific community, and this is the first world prize in the natural science category in China! His award will certainly attract countless young people to devote themselves to scientific research, enhance the people's sense of national pride, and promote a new wave of development in the scientific community, so he did not refuse to be photographed by photographers.
"Dr. Lu, hello, I'm XXX. A familiar voice rang out on the phone, "On behalf of the Central Committee, the Government Council and myself, I would like to express my sincere congratulations to you on winning the Fields Medal, the highest award in mathematics at the 25th International Congress of Mathematicians!"
"Thank you, Grand Elder, this is not only my personal honor. is also "Lu Qiujian is also a series of clichés to deal with, and there are not many sentences to choose from on such a serious occasion.
"I hope you will make great achievements in your future research!" said the Great Elder at the end, revealing some tones slightly, "We also look forward to your early completion of your studies and return to China to join the great plan of space exploration!"
Hanging up the phone, Lu Qiujian fell into thought. Does he mean that the controlled nuclear fusion program has finally been approved? Of course, Lu Qiujian does not think that what he said about the space exploration program is literal; however, Lu Qiujian is still a little unwilling, and he remembers that what the Great Elder said was to join in the great plan of space exploration, not to preside over the great plan of space exploration.
Maybe it's not appropriate to say that the call is being publicized, or is it the elders who feel that they are still too young? If it is the former, then Lu Qiujian can still accept it, if it is the latter. He didn't want to be hindered in his work.
"Dr. Lu, Dr. Lu?" Mr. Ambassador saw that he had stayed for a long time, and hurriedly came over to greet him.
"Oh, suddenly receiving such a call, I was a little excited for a while, and it made you smile!" Lu Qiujian pretended to be flattered.
"Haha, this is very normal!" Mr. Ambassador laughed along, "When I first received a call from the Great Elder's Office, I was also shocked!"
"Hey, it's all because we didn't do a good job! I didn't know that you were going to Madrid to attend this meeting! Otherwise, someone would definitely be sent to pick you up at the airport!" Mr. Ambassador hurriedly made up for his mistakes in his previous work, "Today we have prepared a celebration dinner for you, and the chefs in our embassy are still very good! I am afraid that you don't often eat authentic Chinese food in Germany, right? There are also representatives of local Chinese and overseas Chinese and representatives of overseas Chinese and overseas students, you must not refuse!"
"Then thank you, Mr. Ambassador, for your kindness!" Lu Qiujian followed Mr. Ambassador towards the banquet hall, followed by a photographer carrying heavy equipment.
At seven o'clock in the evening of Huaguo time, the good news of Lu Qiujian's winning of the Fields Medal was broadcast at the beginning of the hourly news, and the imperial court station first broadcast the call record between the Great Elder and Lu Qiujian, and then broadcast the picture of Lu Qiujian receiving the Fields Medal medal from King Carlos I of Spain, and finally made a detailed explanation of the background, status and significance of the Fields Medal.
The whole news took a total of three minutes, which is extremely rare in the news, which shows the importance of the national team Lu Qiujian to win this award.
Subsequently, the major media also hurriedly changed their news pages temporarily, and published the news of Lu Qiujian's winning the Fields Medal as a front-page headline.
For a time, the three words Lu Qiujian became the hottest name in Huaguo, from university research institutes to streets and alleys, this young man was discussed everywhere, even the study room of senior high school students was no exception.
"Eh, do you think that the current affairs and politics questions in next year's college entrance examination will be tested to Lu Qiujian's question of winning the Fields Medal?"
"I think I'm sure I'm going to take the test!" I guess tomorrow's politics teacher should emphasize it!" )
PS: The second watch, the remaining three watches will be sent out at one time in the afternoon!