Upper Beijing.

In an apartment in the faculty community of Yan University, two old men were sitting in the living room drinking tea and chatting and bragging.

Because both of them are mathematicians, and they are also academician-level experts, the two old men chatted, and the topic naturally ran to mathematics.

Coincidentally, the IMO competition has just come to an end, and when it comes to the results of the Chinese national team in the competition, Academician Xiang South China's expression is also a look of approval.

"The first in the group, 5 golds and 1 silver, and one is a full score, the team led by Academician Wang can be described as a remarkable achievement!"

Academician Wang Shicheng smiled, waved his hand and said.

"Hey, what does it have to do with me, the competition is all done by Professor Yang and these young people, and I went around twice during the training, except for helping to find a venue, I didn't help much. And to get this grade, it is because those students themselves have good strength and are good seedlings for studying mathematics. What our math center can help them with is to help them fill in some knowledge gaps. ”

Although he said this, judging from the corners of his mouth, the old gentleman was still quite happy.

With his current age, it is basically impossible to continue to make achievements in academics, especially since he stepped down from the position of chairman of the Chinese Mathematical Society, he has basically taken a back seat and began to retire.

The name of the teacher who led the team to participate in the IMO competition this time is Yang Yongan, who can be regarded as his close disciple, and is also his favorite student in addition to Tian Gang, the current academic leader of the Yan University School.

His protégé was able to lead the Chinese Olympiad team to achieve such a gratifying result, and he would naturally be happy.

What do you say?

When people reach this age, they don't want money, and the name has touched the ceiling, and there is nothing to pursue, if he can leave something for the people behind him, whether it is knowledge or talent, it is a happy thing for him.

"You are humble when you say this, a good seedling is a good seedling, but it also depends on who will cultivate it, right?" Xiang Huanan smiled and continued in a tone of emotion, "But to be honest, since the beginning of advocating quality education and the Olympiad bonus policy has been cut, it has become more and more difficult to win the first place, and it is not easy to win five gold medals this time." ”

"yes." Wang Shicheng nodded, and said with sympathy, "Those who engage in basic science still have to rely on the support of the state and society, and the current environment is definitely different from more than ten years ago. ”

Basic science cannot directly affect a country's scientific research capabilities, but a country with weak basic science will not be able to stand at the forefront of the world in any case.

Especially the math thing.

Although knowledge is indeed shared, the methods used and the transmission of experience are not based on books or hard drives, but on people.

"What you said is true," Xiang Huanan Academician sighed, "Speaking of this, it is thanks to Academician Lu, I don't know how many people he has inspired to enter this field." I've been to local primary schools and kindergartens a few times, and when I ask the would-be scientists why they want to be scientists when they grow up, they answer that they want to be professors of Lu—"

"Poof——!

Looking at Wang Shicheng, who suddenly choked on a mouthful of tea, Xiang Huanan was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly handed a few tissues to his coughing old friend.

"What's wrong with you? Choked on tea? We're all young, so be careful. ”

“……”

The old face turned red, Wang Shicheng wanted to speak, but his breath was still stuck in his throat and he didn't catch his breath, and he couldn't speak at all.

This old thing!

A second ago, they were still praising their Yan Da's merits, but before they turned their heads, a sycophant slapped on that Academician Lu again. If it were someone else, it would be fine, but it was this hated kid......

After patting his chest for a while, Wang Shicheng gasped and eased up, took a tissue and wiped his mouth and the tea spilled on his neckline, and said heakingly.

“…… Nothing, you go on! ”

Looking at this old guy's expression, Xiang Huanan always felt that something was wrong with him, but he couldn't tell what was wrong.

Shaking his head, just as he was about to throw this matter aside and continue to talk about the exciting topic that he had just finished, he was suddenly stunned, and touched the back of his head in embarrassment.

“…… Look at my memory, where did I just go? ”

Wang Shicheng: "Forget it, let's change the topic." ”

"Well, it's not a big deal anyway, hey! People, this memory," patted his big / leg with a long sigh, and Academician Xiang Huanan suddenly remembered that there was still an important thing he hadn't asked, so he continued, "Speaking of which, I almost forgot to ask, we seem to have a perfect score this time, right?" What's that boy's name? ”

Wang Shicheng: "...... Zimmer. ”

"Zimmer? The surname Ji is rare, it's an interesting name," Xiang Huanan said with a smile, "This kid will definitely be cultivated when he arrives at your Yan University in the future, right?" ”

Originally, his emotions were about to recover, but when Wang Shicheng heard this, his old face suddenly twitched again.

“…… He didn't report to Yan Da. ”

Nima!

Is this a pot that doesn't open and which pot to mention?!

He wondered if the old guy had come to visit him and had come to kill him.

If Xiang Huanan knew what this old friend was thinking, he would definitely cry and laugh and cry out for wrongdoing. It's not that he can't open which pot to mention, he really didn't expect that there would be a young man who would refuse Yan Da's invitation.

"Didn't come to Yanda? No way? Don't...... Went to Mizuki? ”

Almost from between his teeth, Wang Shicheng squeezed out a word.

"Jinling!"

What he regrets the most now is that he casually made a polite remark in Shangjing last time and invited Professor Lu to come to the Mathematics Center of Yan University for a spin. Just because of that time, a guy not only poached a "potential" Chen Yang from him, but also hooked up with a good seedling who got a full score in the IMU competition.

I hate it!

I hate it!

Hearing that it was Jinling, Xiang Huanan finally nodded clearly, but he was thinking about something completely different from what Wang Shicheng thought, touching the slag on his chin and muttering.

"Jinling...... It's okay to go to Jinling, Professor Lu is there, it's not bad to follow him, don't think about leaving home and running to live in the temple. ”

In the IMO competition in 06, Liu from China and Schultz from Germany both won the gold medal with perfect scores, but now one is already a Fields Medal winner and is favored as one of the most promising scholars to surpass Faltins, while the other is to escape into Buddhism, the law name Xianyu, which makes everyone sigh.

As soon as he thought of this, Xiang Huanan couldn't help but feel a heartache.

He had seen that junior, a very good young man, and he had a quarrel with the old guy sitting next to him because of this, thinking that they had buried their talents.

The two old men sighed and lamented because of different things, and soon it was time for lunch.

As usual, during the meal, Wang Shicheng turned on the TV and tuned to the news channel.

At twelve o'clock, the international news began on time.

The presenter, who sat in the studio, ended with a few brief opening remarks, and soon began today's first international news.

And the content of this important news is naturally about the anti-terrorist military exercise codenamed "Mission".

Looking at the picture projected on the TV, looking at the airborne cabin that fell from the deep sky, Wang Shicheng, who was sitting at the dining table, showed a hint of relief in his eyes, but soon sighed a little melancholy.

"It's really hard to keep up with the times now, when I first heard the word Aerospace Forces on TV, I didn't understand what it was, but I didn't expect that it was only a year or two of hard work, and even the exercises were arranged."

"People are like this when they get old," Xiang Huanan, who was looking at the TV, suddenly remembered something, and said, "Speaking of this military exercise, I also heard a rumor from the Chinese Academy of Sciences. ”

Wang Shicheng: "What rumors? ”

Xiang Huanan: "It was said that it was this military exercise, but it was actually arranged to escort Academician Lu to Russia to participate in the IMU conference...... But I think this rumor is still a bit ridiculous, Mr. Qian didn't visit abroad back then, no matter how severe the current international situation is, it can't be more like walking on thin ice than back then, right? Anyway, I don't think it's going to be such a big show. ”

It's Academician Lu again......

This is the third time Wang Shicheng has heard this nasty name today.

But this time, he didn't react in particular, and didn't even comment on the matter.

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After a moment of silence, the old man sighed softly.

"Never before has a scholar ever been treated with such courtesy......"

And he didn't just do it, he did it as a mathematician.

Even if he didn't like this name 10,000, Wang Shicheng was still unconvinced, and his achievements were indeed worthy of this honor......

"It's just a rumor, don't take it too seriously. But this kid is really awesome, I didn't fool him to my Chinese Academy of Sciences to study for graduate school before, but Lao Lu picked up this bargain, what a big loss! Glancing at Wang Shicheng, who was sighing somewhere, Xiang Huanan smiled and continued, "Speaking of which, you are also invited to this year's IMU conference, you didn't go to Brazil last time, do you want to go this time?" ”

It must be a pity not to go.

This kind of event is only once every four years, and it's hard to say how many times I can participate.

But if you go, you have to see that nasty face again......

Faced with this problem, Wang Shicheng struggled in his heart for a while before he gritted his teeth and made up his mind, and finally nodded with a straight face.

"Go! People have sent invitations, why don't you go? ”

Although I don't like that land boat very much.

But we can see that the Chinese mathematical community is shining on the world stage......

His heart is still very happy.