After all, the academic circle is still too simple.

Of course, there are also ghosts, but they will still require some face.

After all, the circle is so big, it really does things absolutely can, the fish die and the net is exposed, and everyone can't die together.

But it is clear that this mindset does not apply to someone like Ruhr Smith.

After all, even if he chooses to expose himself, it won't affect Ruel Smith much.

Even if the entire academic community criticizes him, as long as he has a stronger ability to bear it, he can completely spit on himself.

But for the Academy of Sciences, it is an unbearable burden.

Today they can change their neutral attitude or the selection criteria they originally insisted on for the sake of a person's threat or lobbying, and who can guarantee that they will not compromise again the next time they encounter the same problem?

So who will dare to trust the authority of the award body in the future?

When the old man figured this out, he understood that after all, they still had to rely on themselves to resist everything.

The credibility of the award must not be lost, at least not during his tenure.

Of course, he must also meet the demands of those colleagues.

Otherwise, people will be panicked, and there will be no need to do anything else.

On top of that, it's hard to say whether those people will actually take risks for the sake of profit.

So somebody has to stand up and quell everyone's anger.

Thinking of these old people's moods suddenly calmed down.

After sighing, the old man walked into the study and took out a diagnostic report from a drawer.

After looking at it for a while, I finally made a decision.

Since it was his decision, it was up to him to put an end to this farce.

I just hope that this matter can be over, and the turmoil will be limited to a minimum.

Thinking so, the old man found the letter in the drawer, and before he was done with it, he had to write a letter to his old friend, leaving something.

"Dear Karl: I hope you are in good health and in a good mood when this letter finds you. Please be assured that the above blessings are from the bottom of your heart. Even if we used to be in a competitive relationship, but at this age, I believe you can figure out many things.

Right to the point. I am writing this letter because I made a big mistake, and this mistake will probably become a shame for my life, which will not be washed away. So I'm going to step down as president of the Academy of Sciences and address this issue in a more extreme way.

I'm sure you've guessed it at this point, yes, it's the problem of the Cafford Award. Undeserved emotions blinded me, and I was influenced and used to influence and use my power to influence and revise the decision of the judging committee for the sake of personal likes and dislikes and prejudices.

I know you're going to think it's crazy. Yes, in retrospect, I thought it was crazy too, but I did it anyway! Maybe there's a devil in my heart, right? And I accidentally unleashed the devil in my heart.

My colleagues at the Academy of Sciences are trying to help me cover up, hoping that I will get through this. But when I came to my senses, I found that I couldn't get through it at all. Yes, I understand that messing everything up and leaving everyone passive may even ruin the efforts of countless predecessors.

But the mistake has already been made, and self-blame, guilt, or other emotions do not help. As you said, I always have a habit of blaming other people for their own authority. That's probably the only drawback I don't admit.

To prove it, I intend to take all the blame for the mistakes I made this time, in my own way. So when you see this letter, you can't find a chance to scold me even if you want to! Ha ha...... Carl, will you be in pain?

Okay, that's all there is to it. If you're willing to consider me a friend, there's something I wish I could ask you for. I had a will drawn up a long time ago, and with my lawyer, I would enclose a copy of the letter and please help me make sure that my lawyer can help me execute it.

Yes, in light of some recent events, I have too many doubts about the world to fully trust my lawyer, but I believe that if there is one person in this world that I can trust unconditionally, it must be you, right?

Finally, I would like to give you my deepest understanding of the world: a warrior with shortcomings is a warrior after all, and a perfect fly is just a fly after all. If you can, when you see my obituary, publish the letter.

Your dear friend, Andrey. ”

After writing the letter, the old man carefully checked it, then took out the envelope, wrote the address, and sealed the envelope before making a phone call and sending the letter through the special channel of the college.

No way, if he only has doubts about some people and things in this world after experiencing some things, then he still trusts his own system more when he sends letters.

Then the old man opened the mailbox in the study as usual, arranged some recent things in an orderly manner, opened the drawer again, took out a bottle of medicine, took it, and then returned to the bedroom, dressed neatly and lay on the bed.

Hopefully, that's the end of it.

When his consciousness began to drift, one last thought flashed through the old man's mind.

It's a pity that although he was one of the important participants in the incident, how did the matter end up...... The steering wheel is no longer in their hands.

……

Langley, Washington, USA.

In fact, Ruhl Smith is not as easy as the old man thinks.

Even if he meant to anger Qiao Ze, he never imagined that the other party's reaction would be so extreme, weird, and unscrupulous......

After all, who really can't get along with money?

But because of this, many people suddenly reacted, it turned out that quietly, Huaxia has really been far ahead in some fields, and even has become an indispensable part for them.

So when this kind of thing happens, suddenly it turns out that many methods are useless.

Because the means that can be used seem to have been used before, and the other side has survived.

But now they need to get through it too, and they find it difficult.

The asset tycoons here don't seem to have the intention of spending money to solve these problems internally, but hope to solve the problem elsewhere as soon as possible, so as not to cause them losses and delay them to make money.

And so the pressure started to pile up.

In this magical land, money represents status, but also represents the right to speak.

Although the traditional industry has not been as strong as the technology upstart for a long time, the power that erupts when it touches their fundamental interests is still amazing. At least to the point where the people in the house at 1600 were overwhelmed.

Perhaps the most tangible manifestation of this is the sudden spike in campaign funding of opponents......

Many old men who work on the mountain have also begun to have ambiguous attitudes.

I thought that I could use this way to test the other party's attitude, and even give some pressure to soften the other party's decision-making so that he could start follow-up negotiations. It turned out to be the opposite, and I had to sever the relationship with this matter as soon as possible.

It makes sense.

Not only was the Academy of Sciences of a small country threatened, but he was also led by someone to stop meddling in this matter, otherwise he would bear the consequences.

If he was a strong director, probably no one would dare to be so direct.

Unfortunately, he is only an acting director who has been in office for less than a month.

Not to mention that Ruhl Smith knew very well that these people were in the service of those who were really rich.

It's not just him, the director, even No. 1600 is essentially the same as those on the mountain.

This is a world where profit is justice, so Ruhl Smith can't understand why the other party's reaction is so extreme.

Just as he was in a hurry, the secretary hurriedly walked in.

"I just got the news that André committed suicide at home, and he admitted in a letter to his friend that it was because of his prejudice that he influenced or interfered with the results of the Clafford Prize jury."

Hearing this, Ruhl Smith breathed a sigh of relief.

The whole person suddenly felt a lot more relaxed.

This man died a good death, and he died in time.

It was worth a second of silence in his heart for the old man.

Really, Ruhl Smith likes to deal with people who still have some faith and a sense of responsibility, after all, if everyone is like him, the world is terrible.

It makes him shudder to think about it.

"This is really sad news. Andrei is a good guy, you know? I like good people. Ruhr Smith said.

"Yes, it's a pity that there is one less good person in this world." The secretary shrugged his shoulders and commented.

Ruhl Smith sighed, his mind had already taken away from the dead man, and sighed: "Why is that Huaxia not willing to be a good person? ”

The secretary didn't know how to answer this question.

You can't rush to Huaxia to ask Qiao Ze, right?!

……

When a black and white obituary appeared on the official website of the Swedish Academy of Sciences, it swept the entire academic community like a gust of wind.

Along with the obituary circulated in the academic circles, there is also a handwritten letter from Andre before his death published on the Internet by Carl Robertson, a great friend of Andre's great friend.

One can imagine the impact of this reversal on everyone.

What's the situation?

Because of a moment of confusion, the list of winners was directly modified, and after the release, I found that the trend of the incident was not quite right, and I chose to commit suicide to apologize?

Truth be told, the vast majority of people don't quite believe it.

There is even a suspicion that the handwritten letter is fake, and there must be some conspiracy in it.

After all, with this level of willfulness, you can definitely think of what impact it might have afterwards before you operate.

And everyone didn't think that Andre had any prejudice against Joze.

At least in public, no one had heard of Andre have anything negative to say about José.

So where do the so-called personal likes and dislikes and prejudices come from?

However, after the identification of handwriting experts, it can be determined that the handwriting is absolutely true, and the Swedish police have also confirmed that the old dean did die by suicide, and there seems to be no conspiracy.

The Academy of Sciences also remained silent.

It's just that after the obituary was posted, he silently added a name to the announcement of the Cafford Award - Joze.

The 2024 Cafford Prize in Mathematics has been awarded two winners, Camille Dubois and José.

If it weren't for the fact that Andrei's obituary was still hanging on the official website, this kind of behavior of secretly modifying the winners would probably be violently criticized.

But now there are doubts, but at least not so loudly.

The world still has some respect for the people who have just passed away.

You can't point to someone's coffin and scold, right?

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences' patches have indeed made it impossible for everyone to say much, but it vaguely feels a little ridiculous.

However, paper can't contain fire after all.

The news that the artificial intelligence system of Xilin Institute of Digital Research suddenly put countless foreign trade materials on the ban list in the middle of the night finally spread.

The most intelligent people in the world tend to pursue three professions: mathematicians, serious philosophers, and politics.

Some things are just too lazy to ponder, but once they get serious, these people's ability to integrate information can often easily surpass ordinary people.

In other words, many people just don't want to do it and are too lazy to think about it, and it's really not impossible to do it.

Once you get it right, you can easily connect a lot of disparate things.

In addition, no matter how tight-lipped the officials are, there are always some people in the Academy of Sciences who have access to the inside story who will not be angry with this kind of bullying and reveal some information.

Even if it is just a few small pieces of news, it is enough for these intelligent people in the mathematical community to roughly see the whole context of the incident.

Maybe there are more people who are silent in public channels, but in the chats of various private domains, they are beginning to be lively.

Mathematicians exchange information and make their own judgments, and the truth has long been circulated through various channels. Fortunately, Langley's reputation is out, and the vast majority of people still choose to remain silent.

And when the news reached Huaxia, it also stunned everyone......

How can you do that?!

Many people are really happy.

Fortunately, even if Qiao Ze didn't like it before, he didn't comment on anything in public, let alone say anything excessive.

This is too ruthless.

If the rumors are true, then what happened is that Langley's people have affected the selection of the Cafford Award for some reason, and the Xilin Academy of Mathematics does not seem to have any reaction, but the result is that they directly grabbed the other party's lifeline and directly made people fight.

In the end, the Swedish Academy of Sciences pinched its nose and added Josser's name to the list of winners.

Can you still play like this?

The person from the Xilin Institute of Mathematics has been strong to this extent? Can directly change the selection of a world-class award?!

In other words, everyone fights for the honor of breaking their heads, Qiao Ze only needs to sit in the office, move his fingers to counterattack, and sacrifice a dean of the Academy of Sciences.

A mathematical research institute in the inland of China can directly fight with Langley, and it is still in the upper hand, which is indeed something that too many people did not expect at all.

Sure enough, this world is material! When you decide the substance, you decide everything.

The effect is also obvious, and many people are silent.

It was at this time that the Huaxia Academy of Sciences issued an announcement that Qiao Ze was included in the list of 973 chief scientists, and became the youngest chief scientist of the 973 program.

Unlike Qiao Ze's previous application for the Natural Science Foundation of China, no one objected this time, not a single voice of opposition, and none of them were anonymous.

It was directly made the two old men punch into the air.

A lot of words were prepared, but needless to say, an unexpected thing happened suddenly, making everyone reasonable.

Well, that's good, too. Although it is regrettable that a scientist who has also made many contributions in the past has passed away suddenly. But the dead are gone, and the living always have to look forward.

……

Storm Center, Xilin Institute of Mathematics.

In fact, all kinds of things that happen in human society are similar to many natural phenomena, such as the more central the storm, the calmer it is.

Although many things have their roots here, the people who work and study here are completely undisturbed. In short, everyone can do whatever they want, although they will also talk about some rumors from the outside world, but no one will take it seriously.

I've had a lot of contact with Qiao Ze, but I don't really believe in those messy things.

With their understanding of Qiao Ze, this kind of big move for an award in the middle of the night is really not in line with his character. Even going to the official website of the Cafford Awards to check the winners is not in line with Josser's character.

As for why those materials were suddenly put on the ban list.

Of course, insiders know that those things are in charge of Doudou. Doudou is their big housekeeper, and in addition to salary, Doudou is responsible for all other benefits.

Director Li doesn't take care of things at all, that is, he came forward to sign when he issued benefits, which probably belongs to the existence of a mascot in the eyes of many people.

Of course, saying this is not disrespectful to Li Jiangao.

In fact, Li Jiangao's prestige in the institute is still very high.

Although he did not specialize in Joe's algebraic geometry, he also published a number of heavyweight papers on group theory this year.

Of course, the more important thing is that I have been in the research institute for half a year, and I have heard the story of how Li Jiangao discovered Qiao Ze.

Everyone has been engaged in education work, and if they encountered that situation at that time, there was a high probability that Qiao Ze's mother would not have let Qiao Ze's mother enter the door at all.

The greatest kindness that can be released is to quickly call the admissions teacher to get rid of the baggage. Especially at that time, Li Jiangao had just been rated as an associate professor, and he should pay more attention to this aspect.

In these years, everyone has the attitude that more things are better than less things, who wants to tie things that have nothing to do with themselves to themselves? Especially if the other party is still a widow, if he gets into trouble, maybe his future in this life will be gone.

It can only be said that some people's progress is really not enviable.

So everyone really didn't pay much attention to this incident, at most they just chatted in private, and by the way, they lamented that even the Cafford Award didn't mean much.

If someone opens at this time and bets on whether Qiao Ze will go to receive the prize, these professors at the institute will definitely bet that it is impossible to go.

Just when everyone thought that this was about to be the end of the matter, a heavyweight who had been silent spoke up.

……

"I have mailed the medal of the Cafford Prize to the Cafford Foundation, if you need to return the prize, you can give me an account number, and I will refund the prize money in full at that time, and you can calculate the interest for all these years."

When Qiu Lao of Huaqing made this statement in public, Edward Witten of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton made the same choice.

"It was out of respect for Mr. André that I made this decision. He hopes to use his life to serve as a wake-up call to future generations, but I don't think that's enough. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences not only manages the Crafoodle Prize, but manages and operates more than 20 awards.

There is also the Nobel Prize, which has a history of 100 years. As a scientist, I don't believe anyone wants to see someone continue to squander the influence and credibility of an award that has taken a hundred years to build. I hope that the judging committees of each award will take every scholar's contribution more seriously! ”

After all, it's still a piece of chicken feathers.