Junxin's wit and coldness made many reporters below put away their careful thinking and began to focus on the problem itself. Obviously, this reporter from the New York Times diverged and asked: "Hello, Mr. Junxin, I am Sam, a reporter from the New York Times, as far as I know, the International Federation of Crystallography held in Toronto not long ago, you also gave a keynote speech, aren't you a chemist?" How did you become a mathematician? ”

"Hello!" Junxin calmed down and said, "You're right, I was indeed invited to participate in the International Union of Crystallography and gave a keynote speech at the conference. But you're wrong, I'm not a chemist, I'm a mathematician. My job was math. As for chemistry, it is just an interesting conclusion that I have come up with through experiments based on rigorous mathematical deductions. ”

As soon as Junxin's words fell, the originally relatively calm venue suddenly burst into chaos. Not every reporter at the International Union of Crystallography participated, so even if the name is the same, according to Western thinking, there are more people with the same name, so naturally the two will not be considered together. However, it just so happened that this reporter from the New York Times happened to be a graduate of the University of Toronto, so he was the reporter of the New York Times who went to Canada last time to interview the International Federation of Crystallography, so he recognized Junxin at a glance.

"So, how exactly did you achieve so much? How did you do that? Before he knew it, the New York Times reporter was honored with honorific titles.

Junxin smiled and said: "The answer is actually very simple, our country is becoming stronger, natural science and technology are also developing, and we have the ability to make the world's most cutting-edge discoveries and achieve the top academic research." ”

"I think you misunderstood me, dear Mr. Junxin. What I want to ask is, for you personally, how do you get this done, because it's hard to imagine that you're still an undergraduate student, so I'm curious to know how you did it? ”

"That's thanks to my teacher." Junxin thought for a moment and said, "I don't deny the fact that I am a special person, in fact, I do do do the decisive results of these works, but not all the work is done by me. As we all know, China has extremely profound research in analytic number theory, Professor Wang Yuan, Professor Hua Luogeng and Mr. Chen Jingrun, who proved Goldbach's conjecture 1+2 theorem, have reached the world's top level in analytic number theory, and the Modell conjecture I proved is essentially a number theory problem, so many of my ideas have borrowed their methods. As for the method I used to prove these problems, it was mainly based on algebraic geometry, because my teacher, Professor Hu of the Department of Mathematics of Mizuki University, had graduated from the Institut des Hautes Etudes in Paris under the tutelage of Mr. Grothendieck, and I learned a lot from him. ”

"As for the discovery of quasicrystalline matter, I have actually attached this story to Nature, but I would like to thank Professor Chen, who teaches crystallography courses in the Department of Chemistry at Mizuki University, for his help, knowing that it was his open-mindedness that allowed a mathematics student with only ideas to borrow equipment from his laboratory to finally complete this discovery."

Although Junxin said it very plainly, in fact, there was still a little helplessness in his heart, after all, his age was too young, so many times he could only pull the tiger skin and pull the banner up, and pull up the people on the top. After all, there is still a little depression in my heart.

"Now I would like to ask a question from a reporter from China's Xinhua Daily." After seeing the reporter of the "New York Times" sit down, Principal William called the reporter of Xinhua News Agency very humanely, and naturally took care of Junxin's face.

"Hello, Mr. Junxin, my question is that, as far as I know, the Modell conjecture is an internationally recognized problem that is almost impossible to prove, and you have proved it. So with your contribution to the proof of the Modell conjecture, can you win the Fields Medal, the highest award in mathematics? In addition, I heard from my colleagues in Canada that during your time in Canada, you were widely praised for your quasicrystalline achievements, and it was reported that the famous chemist, Professor Max Peruz, said in an interview that he would listen to you for your research results Nobel Prize, do you think you can win this award? ”

"Sure enough, it's Chinese, and all I want to think about is winning international awards. Is it the problem of bovine insulin that irritates the Chinese people? Jun thought in disarray.

"Hello, let me answer your first question first, about the proof of the Modell conjecture, which is a very famous conjecture in number theory, and the proof of the Modell conjecture has a wide range of uses. The first is the application of Fermat's theorem. So I think the Modell conjecture is very important, and it is very important to prove that it is very significant, and I can't guarantee that it will win the Fields Medal. ”

"Similarly, for your second point, about the discovery of quasicrystals, this discovery has broadened people's understanding of the nature of chemical substances, so it is also of great significance, but although I have been recommended, whether or not I can win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry depends on the opinion of the Nobel Prize jury. I don't know much about chemistry, and it was only by chance that I was able to find quasicrystals, so I really didn't know whether I could win the award, and I could only say that the chances were greater. ”

The Xinhua reporter sat down with a ruddy face. Junxin's last sentence gave him extremely high expectations. In Chinese culture, you can't talk too much about anything, even if it's about to become a reality. So there is a saying that only eight points are spoken. However, it is precisely because there are not too many words that are not said, so in general, such as those who have a greater chance, should, maybe, have an eighty percent chance, etc., can be regarded as affirmative. In the eyes of this Xinhua News Agency reporter, Junxin's statement also indicates that it will definitely become a reality in the future.

Although Junxin didn't know what his compatriot in the audience was thinking, Junxin didn't have any idea about what he hadn't yet reached, although historically Modell's conjecture won the Fields Medal in 1986, and the discovery of quasicrystals won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2011. But who can say for sure what happened in this era? Therefore, it is more important not to think about it and concentrate on studying your own topic. Thinking of this, Junxin nodded to Principal William, who had come over, and motioned to the next one.

"I would like to ask a question from a reporter from RB's Asahi Shimbun."