The group from the town middle school to France stayed at the hotel in the city that night, just in time to attend a dinner party attended by the city leaders the next day. A township middle school, the persistence of several generations of educators, so that it is not only proud of the top of the same school, its style of study is stable, the rapid development of the top middle schools at the municipal level, so that the teaching double excellence of the top middle schools at the prefecture and city are impressive, of course, it has also attracted the attention of the local government, busy grasping the typical example, this dinner is a form of attention.

"Ah, it's the Education Bureau and the city leader, I knew it was such a grand occasion, I said I wouldn't go!" Shi Jiaojiao grabbed a black thickened shirt and talked on the phone, "It seems that I don't know how to advance or retreat." Tang Jianyu on the other end of the earpiece stood outside the door of the research institute's data room, looked around and teased: "Is this still grand for you?" It's just that I, the old master, don't know how to deal with it, help me! Shi Jiaojiao was entangled in her heart and asked, "Then will other people also bring irrelevant peers?" Tang Jianyu pursed his lips and snickered, reassuring: "Bring it, the leader will also bring his family members to attend." ”

"Oh." Shi Jiaojiao's throat tightened, pinched the cloth with a steady color, and asked, "Then, what am I wearing?" I can't disgrace you, can I? "Haha, Shi Jiaojiao." Tang Jianyu listened to her childish words, couldn't help laughing, and said softly: "Whatever you wear, it looks good anyway, I like it." Shi Jiaojiao was shy for a while, snorted, put down the slightly dull clothes, put her head back into the closet, and teased Tang Jianyu, "Then I'll wear the uniform in the workshop......" "Okay, it's okay." ”

Tang Jianyu counted the time to pick up people at the door of the incubation base, thinking that although Shi Jiaojiao said that she would ask for leave, according to her usual rhythm, if she didn't work overtime, she would be considered a holiday, so she reserved enough time on the road when she agreed, so she didn't rush it, parked the car in the right place, turned on the stereo and listened to a relaxing music, closed her eyes and recuperated, and recalled this trip to France.

Tang Jianyu was not the main person in this trip to Marseille, because he usually had no teaching tasks and rarely participated in the activities of the town middle school. It's just that he himself has always been in the management team of the middle school, and the current principal Lao Liang loves him very much. After reaching an agreement with the French side, the first person who jumped into Lao Liang's mind was Tang Jianyu, he has a local study background, and he is an excellent scholar, and even his image is the best, is there a more suitable candidate for the formation than him?

After arriving at the Brother Middle School, the group received a warm reception from the local school, exchanged opinions on running the school, took turns to listen to the experience, and asked Chinese teachers to teach French students on the spot, etc., and the exchanges between the two schools also received the attention of the local media, which played a positive role in promoting the educational relationship between the two places.

Tang Jianyu suspended the teaching and research work and projects of the university in his hand and squeezed out time to participate in this half-month activity, not only to fulfill his responsibilities and repay the middle school, but also to have a certain selfishness. Tang Jianyu wanted to take advantage of the break between the activities to visit the mentor at the Paris High School.

Since returning from France, he has only met his teacher in a hurry at major academic conferences, and sometimes he can't even say a few words, remembering that in the French mathematical circle, which is generally not very friendly to Asian faces, this eccentric professor has always been full of gratitude for his love. If you don't go this time, I really don't know how long it will be delayed when I plan my own itinerary.

The damp early winter here is much colder than in China, and the small white building with stairs on Ulm Street looks as gray as the sky that day, and the teacher in a dark green woolen coat walks out with his head in his pockets, he raises his black beanie, and shakes his hand at his Chinese students. There is no French warm veneer when the master and apprentice meet, they are one of the most rational people in the world.

Both of them were pressed for time, the big mathematician had a meeting in the evening, and the little mathematician was on his way to Lyon, where the visiting team from the town school had arranged for sightseeing today. They found a quiet corner in a café, where the old man took off his beanie, his light curls thinning out, revealing his pink scalp, and he said in German, "Are you alright, my Chinese lad?" Tang Jianyu added sugar cubes to the teacher's drink, answered sincerely that he was not bad, and asked back.

After a brief exchange of minimalist pleasantries, the two of them still talked about the hot project at hand. Tang Jianyu mentioned his paper, which was slowed down due to the compilation of the textbook, and the thin old man turned his round nose when he heard it, and his German pronunciation sounded very harsh, "I said a long time ago that you deviated from the direction of number theory, and the result would be a predictable failure." "I've studied half of it, you've read it, and you still don't agree with this subject?"

"Yes, boy." He always did this to Tang Jianyu, although when they met, Tang Jianyu was already over thirty years old, "This is not conducive to your publication, there are few existing results, which means that there must be fewer researchers who can understand!" Articles in our field are already as few citations as my hair, and besides, this kind of research can't get you funding. Tang Jianyu understands his supervisor's consistent pragmatism about the thesis, and this kind of remark is also for the sake of his academic reputation in some respects, and he does not directly express dissent.

Since the article was mentioned, it is natural to avoid the small turmoil some time ago, so it is better to confide in the teacher in person, "Do you remember, the article that was recommended and distributed on ACTA three years ago......" The old man immediately understood, "Of course, BSD guesses the direction." I've heard about that thing about you, damn red-haired mouse, he actually said that I ghostwrote for you, and he stabbed the China Research Institute where you worked, I can't spare him! Thankfully, you've always proven yourself. ”

The red-haired mouse in the tutor's mouth, the only student he accepted after Tang Jianyu, has a high talent, is also a Swiss, and even more dramatically, he is also his only nephew! Based on this, Tang Jianyu understood the favoritism of the old man's pretentious posture, so in the development of the last incident, he never thought of involving the teacher himself, and relied on a clean style to resist the slander from the junior disciples.

However, Tang Jianyu clearly understood in his heart that this incident did not make waves, thanks to the trust of his predecessors in China, who protected Tang Jianyu's feathers, but also protected the fragile hope of Chinese mathematicians in the field of professional research. Just like the middle-aged initiator of a certain seminar, the hope of pure mathematics in China is less than a thousand, "Tang Jianyu". After this incident, Tang Jianyu also deeply realized how weak the voice of their group in the academic community is in this research category, and if there is a similar, or even more complicated situation next time, I really don't know what will happen.

As he said goodbye, the Swiss old man reminded him again, "You know that the decomposition of the TATE conjecture has already been done by someone, they are very clever, and it is extremely difficult to advance!" Tang Jianyu raised his hand to the old man and said goodbye with a respectful smile, "Don't worry about me, just support me like before, my teacher." ”