As the controversy over the Wolf Prize in Mathematics grew, the Wolf Foundation was caught off guard, and in order to prevent the award from losing its authority in the academic community, the Wolf Foundation had to urgently convene a board meeting to discuss the final decision.

"Everyone here is a member of the award committee, and I would like to decide whether to cancel Mr. Xu Yun's award."

"I'd like to hear what you think."

Israel.

Wolf Foundation Headquarters.

In the conference room, Ms. Winness, as the chair of the board, sat at the main seat of the conference table in a white women's suit, flanked by the members of the award committee.

Last year, because of age, they did not award the award to Xu Yun, who proved Hodge's conjecture.

Senior professors of mathematics in the academic community were selected.

I thought that it would not be too late to wait a few years to award Xu Yun with an award, but who would have thought that the other party would solve the Goldbach conjecture again at the International Congress of Mathematicians.

and became the youngest Fields Medal winner.

Coupled with the proposed theory of topological group theory, this makes them very passive foundation.

It seems that neither fairness nor gold content can be compared with the Fields Medal.

Under this pressure, he had to hurry up with Xu Yun to present the award, hoping to keep up with the authoritative position of the Fields Medal.

As a result, the other party did not have time to come over to receive the award, and was asked by some scholars to cancel the award.

To be able to sit here and attend the meeting, everyone must be very clear about the situation, and in the face of the chairman's inquiry, someone immediately expressed their attitude.

Completely open up the conversation box and create an atmosphere of discussion.

"Dear chairman, all awards are jointly researched and determined by our award committee and representatives of the academic community, and are evaluated according to the contributions made by the winners to the academic community.

"I would never agree to cancel."

"Mr. Xu's contributions to the mathematical community are obvious to all, and he deserves the Wolf Prize in Mathematics."

"Only by awarding the award to Mr. Xu Yun can we prove the authority of our Wolf Prize in Mathematics."

Several of the older members of the board of directors must have been amazed by Xu Yun's mathematical talent, and his words were full of maintenance.

After all, the award was determined by them, and if it was canceled because of this trivial matter, it would undoubtedly be ugly.

But since this meeting is organized for discussion, it is unlikely that there will be only one voice of support.

Otherwise, a concrete response plan would have been worked out long ago.

And that's exactly the case, when the words of the people in front of me fell, they listened to the people on the other side to supplement.

"Xu Yun does have a strong talent for mathematics, he has solved two world mathematical problems in succession to create miracles, but since he refused to come to accept the award, it is equivalent to giving up automatically, and it is normal for us to cancel his qualification for the award, I believe that no one in the academic community will say anything about this."

"Now many academics in the outside world are asking us to disqualify, and we must deal with it as soon as possible."

"I don't think he wants to accept this award at all."

The two sides argued endlessly, which made the conference room more and more noisy, and it seemed that they could not reach a satisfactory result in a short period of time.

Winness has not been the foundation's president for long, but she is certain that this is the first time since the inception of the Wolf Prize that an entire award committee has been able to argue to this point.

The awards ceremony is just a few days away, and the problem must be resolved before then.

Otherwise, if the award ceremony is affected, it will only reduce the authority and popularity of the Wolf Prize.

As an international award that has been in place for so long, she doesn't want problems in her hands.

After thinking for a moment, she suddenly reached out and slapped the table, forcibly quieting the people present.

"Stop."

Although almost all of the directors were much older than Winness, no one underestimated the lady.

It can be said that the moment he heard this, he immediately fell silent.

They all looked up at Winness, wondering what the female chairman would decide.

Taking everyone's eyes into view, Winnice took a deep breath, and then slowly opened her mouth to make the matter a decision.

"We have to send the awards we deserve, and the scholars on the Internet are all from the neon math community and have no status in the International Mathematical Union." After first defining the matter, she made her attitude clear: "We at the Wolf Foundation will not compromise with anyone. ”

Because of Winness's identity, as this sentence fell, the person who originally agreed to be disqualified suddenly stopped saying anything.

However, new questions have been raised.

"Then how are we going to present the award to it, is it possible to postpone the award ceremony and wait for the other party to have time?"

The so-called award is not only a necessary sense of ceremony, but also a proof of the authority of the award.

That's why the Fields Medal is announced every four years at the International Congress of Mathematicians.

If you choose to mail the medal directly to Xu Yun, it will seem that the Wolf Prize in Mathematics is worthless.

But postponing the award ceremony certainly won't work.

Before Wynes could respond, several strong voices of opposition immediately rang out in the conference room.

"How can the time that has been set be delayed."

"The delay for someone alone has never been the Wolf Foundation since its inception."

"Who can be sure when he will have time, I disagree."

Seeing that the conference room was chaotic again, Winys couldn't help frowning slightly, and a little displeasure flashed on her face.

"Alright."

"I've decided what I'm going to do."

Shen Sheng dropped this sentence, and then said his decision.

"The award ceremony will be carried out as originally planned, and I will personally go to Jingzhou City to present the award to Mr. Xu Yun."

These words undoubtedly shocked the people present, obviously did not expect that the chairman of the dignified Wolf Foundation would personally go to the city where the winners are located to present the awards.

This is definitely the first time in history.

But for now, this is indeed the most suitable solution, and the key is not to discuss disputes.

"It's the chairman."

With such a result, the other members of the board of directors had no choice but to accept it and implement it as soon as possible.

After all, who made them unable to think of a better solution.

The meeting was nearing its end, and although the whole process didn't take too long, at least the matter was finally resolved.

After answering the answer, they got up and left one after another.

It wasn't long before only Winnice and the female secretary next to her were left in the huge conference room.

"The most gifted mathematician of the new century, I very much look forward to meeting you for the first time." Looking ahead, he was thinking about other things in his heart, and after muttering softly, he stood up and instructed the secretary next to him: "Prepare the procedures for me to go to Jingzhou City as soon as possible, and inform Mr. Xu Yun of the decision of our Wolf Foundation." ”

"Yes, Ms. Winness." The blonde secretary replied.

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The screen cuts to Kyonju University.

Xu Yun was not affected by the remarks of the outside world, and was still busy with the research of solid-state battery technology.

And he has already begun to write the theory of the thesis.

Yesterday, Han Xiaoya and her roommate came over, and in order to thank them for their kind reminders, he also paid out of his own pocket to invite the two girls to a big meal.

In addition, Chen Shihe also came over to care about the situation, and of course he unconditionally supported his practice of not accepting the award.

Chen Shihe is about to become his wife, and she does not need Xu Yun to achieve much more.

Just need to be together and live a good life.

Going overseas to receive an award or something, it's really easy to worry.

Originally, Xu Yun thought that this matter was over, and he had to start preparing for the New Year.

Unexpectedly, only a day or so later, I received another email from the Wolf Foundation.

"Huh~"

"There's a new email."

In the personal office of the Institute for Advanced Study of Mathematics of Jingzhou University, Xu Yun sat at the computer and looked up the literature.

Suddenly, when I saw the new email reminder and found out that the sender was still the Wolf Foundation, I couldn't help but feel a question mark in my heart.

Is it really to disqualify me?

A thought flashed through his mind, but he didn't think much about it, and moved the mouse and clicked it directly.

If he was just a little surprised, he was very surprised after reading the contents of the email.

"It's really unexpected that he wants to come to Jingzhou City to hold the award ceremony at the same time."

Knowing from the email that the chairman of the Wolf Foundation was going to come over in person to present him with the Wolf Prize in Mathematics, Xu Yun muttered in a low voice and immediately got up and walked towards Qin's new office.

Since everyone has done this, then he will definitely receive this award.

However, it is important to know that Jingzhou University has never had the experience of holding an international mathematics authoritative award ceremony, and it is sure that there are still a few days to make arrangements as soon as possible, so as not to lose the face of the school and the domestic mathematics community.

People came to present the awards, and if they were treated lightly, the award ceremony would be shabby.

It will inevitably give the outside world a kind of pretext that does not pay attention.

Therefore, I can only tell the school about this matter first, and let Qin Xiangxin, Wu Zhongping, Yuan Chengming and others deal with it.

——

"Xiao Xu."

"You came just in time, Old Tang has put forward some new ideas on algebra, you can help take a look at the explanation."

Qin Xiangxin, who was surrounded by the writing board with Tang Yanshan and He Antai, suddenly felt joy on his face when he saw Xu Yun coming, and hurriedly waved his hand to greet him.

Although there are only a few lifelong members of the Institute of Advanced Mathematics of Jingzhou University, it is Xu Yun who really plays a leading role, and they usually ask Xu Yun for advice when they encounter mathematical problems.

Although it was a bit inconsistency to ask his students for advice as a professor, he directly put these aside after hearing Xu Yun's explanation.

After all, if you can let the Fields Medal winner give you guidance, this kind of opportunity is not sought by professors in domestic universities.

Xu Yun originally wanted to talk about the award, but when Qin Xiangxin interrupted him like this, he forgot to speak.

Wen Yan walked directly towards the clipboard and set his eyes on the mathematical formula written on it.

"Professor Tang has been working on the singularity theory recently, let me take a look first."

Seeing that it was the singularity theory in algebraic geometry and complex geometry, Xu Yun casually said a word and took the marker from Qin Xiang's novice and quickly calculated it directly on the clipboard.

(End of chapter)