April 14, 2026, 2 p.m.

All the members of the number theory group flew to Kyoto, and after arriving in Kyoto, they stayed at a hotel near the Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation Award Ceremony.

"Team leader, it seems that many scholars live in this hotel."

Ye Fei and others were checking in at the front desk of the hall on the first floor, and a team member said.

Ye Fei nodded and said, "It's normal, this hotel is the closest hotel to the award ceremony, naturally there are many scholars who participated in the award ceremony staying in this hotel." ”

After checking in, Ye Fei and the others took the elevator and walked to their respective rooms.

Along the way, some people were looking at Ye Fei.

Someone else came up to greet Ye Fei.

The Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation Prize covers all areas of academia, including mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, ......

After Ye Fei participated in the academic conference on the complete global blockchain, many people in the mathematics and computer circles knew Ye Fei.

The Global Blockchain Academic Conference is one of the most popular conferences in the world.

Many scholars from the Xia Kingdom participated.

The people in the number theory group were filled with emotion.

This time, they had seen Ye Fei's energy.

Look, when you go out, there are many people who know Ye Fei.

This means that Ye Fei is very popular, and it also shows that Ye Fei's ability is very strong.

In academia, if you are not very capable, even if you know you, they will ignore you.

That's how realistic it is in the academic world, or rather, it's so realistic in this world.

Everyone likes to know excellent people, and for inferior people, they all love to ignore, or ignore, drive away, and dislike them.

After entering their respective rooms, they put down their luggage, and Ye Fei and the others went to wander around the neighborhood together.

The next day, the Bolmy Hotel!

Today, the Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation Award was held here.

Ye Fei and the others took a car here early in the morning, took the elevator into the third floor, and at the door of a hall, after handing over the invitation, everyone entered it and found their seats to sit down.

There were a lot of people who came to the award ceremony, and there were more than 1,000 people by sight.

The seating is also divided into many areas, and all the people who travel together sit in one area.

For example, the mathematical community and the people in the mathematical community sit together, and the physics community and the people in the physics community sit together.

Ye Fei's seats were not treated as special because they participated collectively, not individually.

Therefore, Ye Fei sat with his team members.

"Hi, Ye Fei!"

At this time, a fat man sat next to Ye Fei and said with a smile: "Meet again!" ”

Ye Fei said in surprise: "Song Chengkun! ”

Song Chengkun was met by Ye Fei at the International Conference of Young Mathematicians.

It was with Amata, as well as Balats, the three of them competed for who was the first in the meeting.

Song Chengkun is a professor of mathematics at Bay Province University, where he studies triplets primes.

Ye Fei smiled: "How is your triplet prime number study?" ”

Song Chengkun shook his head and said helplessly: "Hey...... Didn't work out. ”

Ye Fei said: "What are you studying now?" ”

If a mathematical problem is not successfully studied for a long time, most people will not stumble.

Unless it's the kind of person who has a dead brain.

But this kind of person will not succeed in the end, even if he fights hard.

Mathematics needs inspiration, and inspiration cannot be obtained through hard work.

If the effort is useful, what do you want a genius to do?

Maybe luckily, suddenly at some point, inspiration came.

Song Chengkun said: "This time I'll find a simpler one, twin primes." ”

The so-called twin prime, that is, twin prime, or x+1 prime.

Ye Fei looked at him speechlessly and said, "You are going to fight against prime numbers to the end." ”

Ye Fei really couldn't understand what Song Chengkun thought, prime numbers are such a big pit.

No one else jumped, but he jumped repeatedly in the pit.

It's almost buried itself, and he's still jumping.

Sooner or later, one day he buried himself alive.

Ye Fei said: "You haven't thought about studying anything else?" ”

"Something else?" Song Chengkun shook his head and said, "Not interested? ”

"Not interested in asymmetric encryption?"

Ye Fei was in need of talents at this time, and he felt that Song Chengkun was very suitable.

Asymmetric encryption requires a lot of knowledge of prime numbers, and Song Chengkun has studied prime numbers for many years, so he is very suitable for studying asymmetric encryption.

"Asymmetric encryption?" Song Chengkun said: "One of the four core technologies of blockchain? ”

With the popularity of blockchain, I believe that no one in the mathematics and computer circles has not understood blockchain.

Song Chengkun once also understood and knew that asymmetric encryption is one of the four core technologies of blockchain.

Ye Feidao: "How are you interested?" Asymmetric cryptography requires a lot of knowledge of prime numbers, and if you study asymmetric cryptography, you may be inspired by many primes, and even more so, you will study primes. ”

Song Chengkun's eyes lit up, as if this was the truth.

Song Chengkun thought for a while and said, "Think about it, if I agree, I will contact you." ”

"Good!" Ye Feidao.

Song Chengkun said with a smile: "I heard about your last global blockchain academic conference, when there were many people from the mathematical and computer circles present, I also learned from a mathematician friend, he was there at the time. ”

"Amazing, you were world-famous."

Ye Fei shook his head amusedly: "It's all a false name, a false name." ”

Song Chengkun smiled: "If this is a false name, I want it too." ”

Ye Fei said: "If you like it, you can take it!" ”

Song Chengkun smiled bitterly: "Does this mean that you can take it away?" I don't have what you do. ”

"From the International Conference of Young Mathematicians, I can see that you are not simple, I didn't expect that it has only been more than half a year, and you have become such a name."

"Envy and jealousy!"

Ye Fei said: "Don't talk about this, by the way, how much do you know about the Ho Leung Ho Lee Fund Award?" ”

Song Chengkun said: "Speaking of this, you are asking the right person, I don't know all the details of domestic awards, but I also know a lot." ”

"Do you see the people in the back?" Song Chengkun turned his head to signal to the group of people behind the right.

Ye Fei turned his head to see that most of the people in the group were middle-aged and young, aged between thirty and forty-five years old.

Ye Fei asked suspiciously, "What's wrong with them?" ”

Song Chengkun said: "They are a bunch of parallel goods who spend money to win awards." ”

"Spending money to win?" Ye Fei said in astonishment.

"yes!" Song Chengkun said: "As you know, the Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation Award is divided into three awards, one is the Achievement Award, one is the Progress Award, and the other is the Innovation Award. ”

"Hmm!" Ye Fei nodded.

"Among the three awards, the Progress Award is the highest gold content, followed by the Achievement Award, and the Innovation Award is the most watery."

"It's water because compared to the first two awards, it doesn't even deserve to lift shoes."

"Let's talk about the achievement award first, if you get the achievement award, you have to be an academician to get it, or you can be a dynamite award winner."

The so-called dynamite award winner is also the Nobel Prize winner.

Because Nobel studied explosives.

"Speaking of the Progress Award, the Progress Award is divided into many awards, such as the Mathematics and Mechanics Prize, the Physics Prize, the Chemistry Prize, and the Astronomy Prize...... And so on. ”

"The Progress Award is a very peculiar award, some academicians can't get it, and some non-academicians get it."

"As you know, the Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation Award was set up in Hong Kong, and it works differently from the mainland awards."

"It's not that you can win awards if you are an academician, people don't look at qualifications, only look at the research results reported."

"In addition, if you are over 60 years old and apply for the Progress Award, it will be more difficult, and you need to be nominated by four academicians."

"If you are over sixty-five years old to apply for the Progress Award, the difficulty will increase again, and you need to be nominated by six academicians."

"So, it's very good to get the Progress Award."

"The last is the Innovation Award, which can be won purely by spending money, fighting relationships, and relying on operation to win the award."

Ye Fei smiled bitterly: "There are still these twists and turns, since the Innovation Award is so dark, what is it set up for, just remove it!" ”

Song Chengkun said: "You can't say that, this world is originally white and black, it can't be all white, and it can't be all black." ”

"At the beginning, the Innovation Award was still quite white, but I don't know when it turned black."

"Therefore, many people in the academic community do not want to see the innovation award in the Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation Award."

"Only those who are incompetent and want to win awards will compete for the innovation award."

"In order to put gold on his face and raise his own value, so as to win some scientific research funds, professional titles and enter some societies and associations."

Ye Fei nodded, such a black award, it would be hellish to be able to see it.

But there is better than nothing, there is an innovation award, the status is immediately different, and you can get a lot of benefits.

This kind of thing is very common in the academic world, some scholars are not very capable, but by operation, they can obtain the title of professor, or enter certain societies and associations, strive for scientific research funds, and reap benefits.

But for those who are capable, they are not cold to these people, and they will even be disgusted.

Song Chengkun smiled: "I haven't congratulated you yet, with your ability, you should get the progress award!" ”

Ye Fei is not an academician yet, so among the three major awards, it is impossible for Ye Fei to win the Achievement Award.

All that remains is the Progress Award and the Innovation Award.

And with Ye Fei's ability, it is definitely not to compete for the innovation award.

So only the progress award remains.

Ye Fei shook his head and said, "Then you can congratulate the wrong person, I didn't win the award." ”

"Huh?" Song Chengkun looked at Ye Fei in amazement and said, "You didn't win the award?" Did you not win the award because you accompanied someone else? ”

"Hmm!" Ye Fei nodded, pointed to the team members beside him, and said, "They won the award, they won the progress award, I came with them." ”

The team members all smiled at Song Chengkun and nodded.

Song Chengkun also nodded with a smile, and then asked Ye Fei, "Who are they?" ”

"My crew."

"What?" Song Chengkun said in surprise: "Your team members have all won awards." ”

"yes!" Ye Feidao.

Song Chengkun is very uncomfortable, he himself has not won the Ho Leung Ho Lee Fund Award, and Ye Fei's team members have all won the Ho Leung Ho Lee Fund Award.

Doesn't this mean that he is not as good as Ye Fei's team members?

It's heart-wrenching!

After a long time, Song Chengkun smiled dryly: "What kind of research did they win the award?" ”

"Serre guess!"

"Cell's conjecture?" Song Chengkun said: "Is the projective mode on the polynomial ring must be the study of the free mode?" ”

"Hmm!" Ye Fei nodded.

Song Chengkun said: "You should participate!" ”

The difficulty of the Cell's conjecture is very high.

Cell's conjecture is a study of algebraic theory that is closely related to topology.

In 1955, after the Sail conjecture was proposed, a man named Seshadi proved that the Sail conjecture was true when it was equal to 2.

In 1964, a man named Holox demonstrated a similar result by giving a local ring (a ring with only one maximum ideal).

In 1976, a Northern Mathematician Quillen and Soviet mathematician Suslin independently proved the Sail conjecture.

Quelen won the Fields Medal in 1978 for this certification.

Of course, Quelen and Suslin proved the Sail conjecture from different angles.

It's just that Quillen's proof is more successful.

And Ye Fei instructed his subordinates to prove the Sail conjecture, also from different angles.

However, compared with the proof angle of the previous people, it is more rough and cumbersome.

If they can surpass their predecessors, they will not just win the Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation Award, but the Fields Medal.

But even so, Ye Fei's team members are also very powerful.

You know, this is the Sayre conjecture that can win the Fields Medal.

"Yes!" Ye Fei said: "I just gave a rough research direction and asked them to study independently, but I didn't expect it to be proven." ”

Speaking of this, Ye Fei had a proud smile on his face.

"Awesome!" Song Chengkun gave a thumbs up in admiration.

Ye Fei is not only powerful himself, but also his team members.

Of course, because the research of Ye Fei's team members was based on Ye Fei's guidance, the Sail conjecture was proved.

So, in essence, Ye Fei is more powerful.

Ye Fei smiled: "I'm average, my team members are amazing." ”

Song Chengkun smiled: "It's all amazing." ”

Ye Fei said: "Since I am so powerful, you have to think carefully about whether you will come to my job or not, you must not miss the opportunity, and you will not come again if you lose it." ”

"As soon as the research fund comes down, I will start recruiting."

"With my influence, I think I can attract a lot of people!"

"If I'm full, there's no place for you to come."

"Look at my team members, they are all lecturers and teaching assistants at Zhonghu University, not even an associate professor."

"They can all win awards, and when you come, there's a good chance you'll be able to win too."

Song Chengkun was very moved by this, and Song Chengkun also wanted to win the award.

No one who is a scholar does not want to win awards.

The award not only represents honor, but also represents value and recognition of personal ability.

There are also many hidden and unseen benefits.

Song Chengkun's eyes flickered, and after a long time, he said: "Okay, I must think about it, and I will call you after thinking about it, no more than half a month." ”

"Hmm!" Ye Fei nodded.

At this time, the Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation Award Presentation Ceremony began.

The moderator came to the stage and introduced the important leaders present.

Then Ho Leung Ho Lee took the stage to give a speech and spoke for more than 10 minutes.

After that, the awards began.

The first award is the Achievement Award, and each year the Achievement Award winner is sometimes one person, sometimes two.

When the two of them turned out, they collaborated on the same project.

The host said: "This year's winner of the Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation Award Achievement Award is Academician Cai Lin of Zhejiang University. ”

"Academician Cai Lin, executive director of the Blockchain Research Center of Zhejiang University, distinguished researcher of the national system researcher of Zhejiang University, dean of the Zhejiang Blockchain Technology Research Institute, and director of the Blockchain Professional Committee of the Xia Guo Computer Association."

"The convener of the expert group of the National Blockchain Innovation Application Pilot Action Plan has formulated informatization standards for many ministries, banks and authoritative institutions in Xia."

"Academician Cai Lin mainly researches cloud computing, blockchain, metaverse and information security."

"It has been on CCTV news many times, and has been reported by many mainstream media and online media in China many times."

"Academician Cai Lin's research has been widely used in finance and large enterprises, and has achieved significant social and economic benefits."

Ye Fei was amazed when he heard it, this is a cow!

The research has influenced many industries across the country and has made many contributions to the country.

Many people present were in awe.

The moderator said: "Welcome Academician Cai Lin to the stage. ”

A lean middle-aged man in a suit with silver-rimmed glasses walked up to the stage and shook hands with the host.

The host said: "Next, the director of the Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation Committee will take the stage to present the award to Academician Cai Lin. ”

After the director took the stage, he presented the award to Academician Cai Lin.

"Papapa......" everyone present burst into warm applause.

This was followed by a speech by Academician Cai Lin.

After Academician Cai Lin stepped down, the next step was the Progress Award.

There are many people who can win the progress award, and they come to the stage one by one in order, the first is mathematics, and Han Dong excitedly came to the stage to accept the award.

All awards are presented by the Director.

Han Dong said with a smile: "I received the award for the first time in my life, and I didn't expect to win the Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation Award for the first time. ”

"There are eleven people in our group, and I came up to receive the award on behalf of our group."

"The first thing I want to thank is Professor Ye Feiye, who is the leader of our group."

"All our research was developed under his leadership."

"If it weren't for him, we wouldn't have been able to complete the study."

"Thank you very much, Professor Ye."

“……”

Many people present were surprised, Ye Fei of Zhonghu University?

These winners turned out to be members of Ye Fei's team?

Oh my god, that's amazing.

Ye Fei himself is very good, but he didn't expect that he would also guide his own team members, so that his team members also won awards.

Cai Lin, who was sitting in the front row, asked the person next to him: "Is this person named Ye Fei the one who proposed the future development and research of blockchain at the global blockchain academic conference?" ”

"Academician Cai, that's him." Humanity on the side.

Cai Lin smiled: "Is he here today?" ”

"I don't know, but it should come."

"If I come, I would like to have a good chat with him, I didn't go to the last global blockchain academic conference because I was too busy with research, but I recently heard his name, and my ears are calloused, I heard that he is only 24 years old this year?"

"Yes, Academician Cai."

"Young and promising!" Cai Lin smiled: "I would love to get to know him." ”

"Academician Cai, wait until there is a party in the evening, and you can get to know him at that time."

Cai Lin nodded.

After Han Dong came down, the award ceremony continued.

After the progress award is awarded, it is the innovation award.

As Song Chengkun said, everyone knows that the Innovation Award is very watery, and everyone doesn't pay much attention to it.

Of course, they still patiently watched the presentation of the achievement awards.

It's just that a lot of people, looking at those who have won achievement awards, are like looking at clowns.

(End of chapter)