“…… I don't intend to influence people's judgment, and as I said before, I'm not a professional. But I've always believed that everything is interconnected. It's like an award, given to anyone, is not decided for a single reason.

Of course, I'm just suggesting. But I hope you will heed my suggestion. You see, we have here a report on the global diversity of investments by a number of foundations managed and operated by the Royal Academy of Sciences.

Equities, fixed income, real estate, hedge funds, and private equity, as well as various bonds. Very clever combination, dispersed and effective. You can check with the Foundation's accountant to see if the report is complete.

Of course, this is not a threat to you. I just wanted to express an attitude. We cannot allow the prestige of one Oriental to prevail over everyone. Especially at a time when this Oriental man is showing an unfriendly attitude.

Again, we should be vigilant and take up our obligations as allies. In order to fulfill this obligation, it may be necessary to sacrifice something illusory. But this is the way the world is, and any gain comes at a price. What do you think? ”

……

The atmosphere in the quaint medium-sized conference room is not very good.

The people sitting at the oval conference table looked at Ruhl Smith with a very complicated expression.

Probably before that, no one expected that the first thing this acting director of Langley would do after taking office would be to set fire to the world-renowned academic community.

No one touched the heavy stack of papers on the table.

After all, this is the report that Langley came up with.

Those pervasive dark people always have a way to obtain something that ordinary people can't possibly know.

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences holds the Nobel Prize, the Cafford Prize, the Schock Prize, and the Aminoff Prize...... Selection and awarding of many awards. These awards are funded by specific foundations.

In addition to this, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has a number of special funds.

These funds are funded by private donations or bequests and are awarded annually to a number of projects favored by the Academy of Sciences.

For example, artificial intelligence, which has been hyped up in recent years, and various virtual technologies......

Research costs money, and modern lab equipment can be expensive.

Of course, the most important thing is that to maintain the 100-year reputation of these awards, the prize money must always be paid out on time.

If Langley really wants to do something about the projects that the foundation invests in, it will be a big problem.

The good news is that it's not the first time that ideological issues have interfered with the awarding. In fact, everyone has long been accustomed to this kind of thing.

The bad news is that this time it's a bit special.

The young scientist who was affected had achieved something that could not be ignored if one wanted to.

For a world-class scientific award, it is still necessary to strive to remain neutral. If a candidate, the vast majority of people feel that he won the award irrefutably, his contribution to the academic community last year was too outstanding, but in the end he did not win the award, and the jury failed to give a reasonable reason, this is undoubtedly a great blow to the credibility of the award.

For example, the upcoming Clafford Prize in Mathematics, if it is given to someone else, there must always be a slightly plausible reason. For example, the results have not yet been recognized by the academic community, and it has been pointed out that the results may be flawed.

But the problem is that the Yang-Mills existentiality and quality gap problem solved by Qiao Ze last year is not only a supercomputing verification result, but also has been widely recognized by the academic community. A bunch of world-renowned scholars have confirmed the correctness of Jozer's approach.

The Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton has made Joe's algebraic geometry a key research project.

Joser even built an implicit quantum model based on his proposed new method, and successfully predicted the implicit graviton, which was successfully verified by CERN the following month.

Not to mention that Qiao Ze's early achievements are also considered by some people to have laid the mathematical foundation of artificial intelligence.

So what other reason can be found to change a winner temporarily?

So this time I compromised, who should the Nobel Prizes in Physics and Chemistry be awarded in October?

Others don't know the list of former Nobel laureates and the institutions that are qualified to recommend them during this time, but those who can sit in this room know that the most people directly recommend José.

In particular, 80 percent of the letters of recommendation sent by those Nobel laureates were in Qiao Ze's name.

This is actually normal.

The former winners can be said to subconsciously value the fairness and neutrality of the award more than the organizers. Because only these can ensure that the gold content of the award is always the same, and the title of winner can always be respected.

If a world-recognized award suddenly goes bankrupt, perhaps at the time, people will make a distinction between former winners and future winners. But if the timeline is stretched out to a century of units, the end result is probably that future generations will no longer recognize this award.

It may even be possible to think of what was once a world-class science prize as a pheasant award.

This kind of thinking can probably be understood as that I have already left a name in history, and as a result, some people want to take me off the history books.

Therefore, Ruhl Smith's vague words really made many people dissatisfied.

Especially the representatives of the academic community.

There have been times when I reached out before, but it was a mess of awards. For example, the so-called Peace Prize, no one really cares about its gold content and credibility. Because everybody has already seen those awards as a joke.

But this time, Langley actually wanted to put his hand into what should be the purest academic circle, which was to start at the bottom line.

Many eyes were focused on an old man, and someone had to speak.

The old man also lived up to expectations, and asked thoughtfully, "Mr. Smith, you want to interfere with the jury of an academic award, one of the highest honors in the world?" I want to remind you that the academic field is not the same as our set of rules. ”

"No, no, no, you misunderstood. I don't want to interfere with the operation and rules of the academic community, I just want to seek that allies should share common values. To be precise, the academic field of our allies should also follow and uphold our common values, which is our bottom line, isn't it? ”

Ruhl Smith shrugged his shoulders and then continued in a sonorous voice: "Personally, I have the most respect for scientists who have made great contributions to the world. But scientists don't all stand for justice and fairness. The more capable scientists are of ill intentions, the more harm they can do to the world.

Like the Ph.D. in the 007 film series, or Norman Osborne in Spider-Man, scientists can also have moral dilemmas and potentially devastating consequences in their pursuit of scientific progress and personal goals.

Well, maybe the young scientist we're talking about doesn't have a tendency to do that for the time being, but it's an indisputable fact that he's been challenging our shared values. We believe we all understand that values are very important and are the foundation that holds us together as a strong ally.

So what I mean is simply that no one is allowed to do anything to undermine that foundation. Of course, that's not just what I mean. Rather, it is the common will of many. In order to defend this common value, we are willing to do many things for it, even by any means, nothing more. ”

The words were sonorous and righteous.

Of course, for those who can sit in this conference room, they will naturally ignore the sanctimonious parts of it, and will only focus on the core meaning of these words.

For example, the last sentence "unscrupulous".

The words are not threats, they are not intended to interfere, but everyone can understand that the main points are condensed in the last sentence.

It's not unheard of this kind of thing before, but it really hasn't been so straightforward.

Well, it can only be said that the development curve of this world has begun to frantically test various bottom lines.

Obviously, reasoning is already clearly unreasonable.

It's not just the documents on the table, once these people start to talk about things with values, it means that they can't do good. Once the propaganda machine is activated, no one can predict what the consequences will be.

People can't get out of social life, and most of them have some little secrets that they don't want others to know.

Langley's sign hung there, and no one was sure if they knew their little secrets.

Now it is nothing more than to see if the east wind can overwhelm the west wind.

But that's all the game after that, at least in this conference room, no one dares to say it directly.

Because everyone knows that some people really do anything as long as they set up a moral benchmark.

"We understand what you mean, we will communicate with the judging committee and decide the candidates' qualifications in a more prudent manner."

The old man said after a deep groan.

"Thank you very much for your understanding. Of course, things may not go that far. After all, people change. Maybe the strong contender for the award suddenly figured it out and realized what was right, maybe it was a happy situation.

Trust me, like you, want a happy ending. Isn't it all written in fairy tales? The prince and princess ended up living happily ever after. You know? A lot of people say that Sweden is beautiful, like a fairytale town, and I think so. It was my first time in Sweden and it was beautiful. ”

Ruhl Smith gave the most sincere compliment.

It's a pity that praise without a lower limit is worthless and no one pays attention to it.

……

Stockholm, the capital of Sweden, is indeed a beautiful city, known for its unique charm of water, history and modernity.

The entire city is built directly on fourteen islands and is connected by more than 50 bridges.

The heart of the city is in the Old Town, where the streets are narrow and winding, cobbled and lined with colourful medieval buildings, full of history. St. George's Square, located in the Old Town, is a must-see for tourists.

In areas such as Sudmalm and Normarm, it is very modern.

But that's just icing on the cake.

The city is known to the vast majority of people because of the world-famous Nobel Prize. In this sense, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, located at 4A114 Kleina Freskati Road in the Old Town, can be called the soul of the city.

At this time, a closed-door meeting was taking place in an office in the neoclassical building.

Sending off the bad guy doesn't mean the problem is solved.

In fact, the problem has only just begun.

When a powerful person makes a suggestion, especially when the suggestion may involve core interests, whether or not to listen to it, and to what extent, has been a technical task since ancient times.

However, at this time, the closed-door meeting was not discussed, but a video was playing.

The video is a speech by someone......

“…… I've just learned a secret, yes, a secret that was leaked to me by a wronged patriot, our network, the personal privacy that you most cherish that should be well protected, is being leaked. And the culprit of all this is artificial intelligence.

Yes, this technology was supposed to be used to protect us, but under the leadership of that weak and incompetent fellow, it became a tool for our enemies to control the privacy and secrets of all of us! He cannot be forgiven......

Empty promises, failed policies...... All of this has created the dilemma we need to face now. You may wonder where my news came from. The good news is that today, right here, I have the former Director of Langley......"

"Smack......

The TV was turned off.

Everyone subconsciously looked at the old man holding the remote control.

I knew in my heart that the situation was serious.

Although the two sides are fighting fiercely, they are unified at a certain point, and the result is naturally that it is difficult to find allies.

A very realistic situation is in front of everyone.

How to respond to an ally's request.

"Have you decided on the winners of this year's Clafford Prize?"

"Yes, Your Excellency, if nothing else, it will be Qiao Ze of Huaxia, and the jury has basically been decided."

"Oh, what information did you contact him to submit?"

"Actually, no. But he was the one who was recommended by one-half of the invited institutions and individuals, and 90 percent of the votes of the jury were cast for him. ”

"So now the unexpected has come. If you take him off the list, who do you think is the most deserving of the prize? ”

No one answered this question.

It is indeed confusing, and the coincidence is that although the Clafford Prize is awarded every year, it is not awarded to the subject of mathematics every year. Rather, it is reincarnated in the four disciplines. That is, it is only once every four years.

From the first prize in mathematics in 1982, to 2020, it has been awarded nine times. Among them, there are many familiar acquaintances.

For example, Edward Witten in 2008, Tao Zhixuan and Jean Bourgan in 2012.

But this year happens to be the year of mathematics again......

If it was last year, or next year, it's okay to say, there is enough time to turn around, or think of something else.

But now the official announcement of the winners is about to be made, and it is annoying to change anyone to suddenly make such a fuss.

"Do you want to rotate? Announcing the Biology Prize this year? Suddenly, someone proposed.

"It's June, it's too late. The recommendation letters of various institutions and individuals have been issued, and it will take at least half a year to re-elect and go through the whole process again. This bad idea was rejected at the first time.

"We need a good reason."

"What's the right reason? As I said earlier, 1 in 2 organizations and individuals have recommended Jozer! In fact, half is already very conservative, if you calculate carefully, it will definitely be more than half of it! Not to mention the opinion of the jury! Josser's contribution to mathematics last year is obvious to all. ”

"Well, of course I know that. But emphasizing these will not solve the problem now! We need a second plan so that they can let it go after a complete falling out! Please give me some constructive suggestions, thanks! ”

There was silence in the room again.

After a long time, someone suddenly said, "Well, in fact, Qiao Ze is still young...... And there is no female laureate in the history of the Cafford Prize. It's not as good as ......."

"How many female mathematicians are among the candidates recommended this time? Well, I mean women in the biological sense. ”

"Three."

"Who's the loudest?"

"Camille Dubois, a researcher at the Institute of Mathematics in Jusieux, France, has made great contributions to geometry."

"So, let's talk about the tone of the jury first, first put this Ms. Dubois on the list of final candidates, and when the final vote is made, the gap can be smaller."

Most of them remained silent about this practice of covering their ears and stealing bells.

But some people have raised questions.

"Gender is too far-fetched, isn't it? Is it convincing that our awards should be judged on academic merits? ”

"That's enough, Mr. Anderson."

The old man stopped the other party directly, and then said in a muffled voice: "Unless you have a better way, please don't give this kind of unconstructive rhetorical question." Don't you understand? The crux of the matter is that we have no choice but to prepare for both.

If I were you, I'd already be thinking about how to communicate with the judges on the judging panel instead of questioning those decisions over and over again, understand? Of course, if I have the ability to solve the problems we are facing now, I can even give you this position! Can you? ”

When this was said, no one raised any objections.

That's right.

Who doesn't have a scripture that is difficult to read?

"Well, please remember that the content of this meeting should not be revealed. I do not want to hear at any time about the resolution that has been set today, and I will never admit it. The leaker will take full responsibility.

Gustav, be sure to communicate with the judges of the jury. All cheer up, maybe things aren't that bad. Maybe they can come up with a good outcome? Well, that's all for today. ”

The old man waved his hand, indicating that this closed-door meeting was over.

……

Huaxia, Xilin Institute of Mathematics, on an ordinary afternoon in June, the mountains and rivers were unharmed, and the sun was just right.

It's just that the early summer node always makes people feel a little tired.

But if you really want to talk about it, people always like to make ample excuses for their laziness.

In the office, the bright-eyed beauty is dozing off with her chin in one hand, while the young man on the other side is sitting in front of the computer and looking at a complex composition seriously.

Until the computer suddenly pops up a dialog box.

"Daddy, Daddy, someone wants to make a deal with us, and says that if we don't accept their terms, then you will lose a lot of honor. The most interesting thing is that the person who did the transaction knew that he still used anonymity to contact me, and laughed to death. ”

"Honor?" The young man was slightly stunned, and then closed the dialog box directly.

This beanie is really getting more and more boring.