164 Discussions on achievement and freedom
The good news from China made Ning Wei feel as if he was helping him, and his mind was much smoother when thinking about problems. However, he did not choose to speak on Weibo first, but asked Yu Xingwei to help him know and borrow a small room from the organizing committee. When eleven o'clock, he would explain several issues to the reporters.
Of course this is not a difficult task.
In order to hold the conference, I rented almost all the conference rooms of all sizes in the hotel. Many small conference rooms were idle at 11 o'clock, so it would be no problem to borrow them.
As for inviting journalists and friends to visit, it is probably even less problematic. After all, in the eyes of these reporters, Ning Wei is probably a walking news machine. Now, this romantic cross-border relationship is mostly vague descriptions obtained from others. It is not possible to be so hard to make a sound. It is naturally better for the parties to come out and speak out. No matter what they say, as long as they don’t make academic reports, it is all big news.
Yes, for ordinary people, they are too lazy to pay attention to what new mathematical theories Ning Wei proposed and at which level these theories will change their lives. They are more concerned about the way the gossip news between the Chinese boy and the Snow Country Princess will end. In fact, for most people, they hope that this romantic encounter will have a good result.
Even the Snow State-owned media have started a poll on this issue, investigating the public's attitude towards this transnational romance. Although there are not many interview samples, only 2,000 cases, and nearly one-quarter of the invalid samples, such as not yet heard of this incident. However, according to the remaining 1,500 cases of this media, there are nearly a thousand people who are optimistic about the relationship between the two and are willing to send blessings to them...
This is already an extremely terrifying proportion. Of course, these have not had much impact on Ning Wei. Even though he saw this report on the Internet, he was not only surprised by the imagination of foreign media, but the most emotion was probably thanks.
Really, if these foreign friends were not so worried about his lifelong affairs, it would be extremely troublesome to make classmate Jiang overcome his knot and become braver. After all, it is not sweet to be forced.
Of course, Ning Wei did not put much energy into the next press conference. After handing over this matter to Yu Xingwei, Ning Wei devoted himself to work again with great motivation.
He felt that after he went back to upgrade his abilities in March this time, the little guy's ability will be greatly improved. Perhaps it can be directly upgraded to his most important assistant. As for why he has to fight for every second now, the reason is very simple. Every minute he uses for research on the subject now is to buy time for how tired he can be with classmate Jiang after returning to China.
Ning Wei thinks that he is the real winner in life and never needs to make choices between career and love. As long as time is managed well, both sides will not be delayed.
Just when it was ten to forty, Yu Xingwei returned to the room and told Ning that everything was ready. He temporarily put down the work at hand, saved all the contents, and followed Yu Xingwei to the appointment meeting hall.
This is a 100-person conference hall in the hotel, not big, but when I walked into the conference hall, I was still shocked by the scene.
Countless long guns and short cannons are much more exaggerated than giving reports at computer conferences. This is probably the first time he has received such treatment.
What's even more terrifying is that he never expected that so many reporters would gather in the hotel, which could fill a 100-person report hall.
No, it seems that it is not all reporters, and there are still some guys watching the fun in the back row.
Well, probably the scholars who just finished listening to the report knew that he wanted to clarify some facts, so they chose to stay and watch the fun.
In fact, it was definitely an extremely novel experience for the scholars who came to attend the conference this time. The chemical reaction between a young Chinese mathematician and a snow country princess who coincided with each other made a serious scientific conference a center of gossip that the whole world was concerned about. The effect was that more than one scholar who came to attend the conference was asked by reporters if he knew the interesting things between the two...
This is unique in the history of the STOC Conference. Of course, the views of everyone are different, but when the big guys in the industry have not raised any objections, it is natural that ordinary people are not going to say much.
Ning Wei did not pay attention to other people's thoughts, and ignored the reporter's questions and walked straight to the report station.
I have to thank Yu Xingwei for his meticulous work and was the first to inform the hotel that the hotel has great experience in dealing with such things and has long sent security personnel to maintain order at this press conference.
Ning Wei looked at Yu Xingwei and saw that Yu Xingwei had taken out his cell phone and stood beside him to start shooting. From Yu Xingwei's perspective, he was able to take Ning Wei and most of the reporters and cameras attending this press conference, Ning Weicai officially spoke: "Thank you very much for your concern for some of my personal situations. Today I invite everyone to attend this press conference to clarify two things."
"First, Princess Isabel and I were just ordinary friends I met at this meeting. The exchange between us was limited to a group photo to commemorate the conference and a limited discussion on non-academic views; Second, I already have lovers, and like me, a student from Yanbei University and a pianist, we have a very good relationship."
"The second point is actually the key content of my limited exchange and discussion with Princess Isabel. I promised that if one day Princess Isabel visits China, I will ask my girlfriend to play a song for her. Finally, thank you for your concern for my personal issues. My speech is over, goodbye everyone!"
After saying that, Ning Wei turned around and left directly from the conference hall against the front door of the rostrum, leaving behind a group of reporters who were still confused, but in an instant these reporters reacted.
"Wait, Mr. Ning, if you are saying it is really, please explain why the Snow Country Royal Family has not issued a statement yet, can you comment on this?"
"According to media statistics, 30% of the people in Snow Country support your relationship with Princess Isabel. What do you think about this!"
"Mr. Ning, can you introduce your girlfriend to us? Do you think she is more attractive than Princess Isabel?"
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"Bang……"
The closed door blocked all kinds of messy questions, and Ning Wei suddenly felt that he was enough to suffer this kind of crime once. It is hard to imagine how those celebrities can still maintain a friendly face when facing so many messy and unnutritional questions.
Ning Wei quickly walked into the safety stairs next to the corridor under Yu Xingwei's guidance. When the security card owners arranged by the hotel were the safety exit, the two of them were safe, and at least they could not be blocked by a group of reporters.
"Are you recorded it?" Ning Wei asked Yu Xingwei.
Yu Xingwei gave a thumbs up.
OK, this video is the key point.
Ning Weicai didn't care about the trend of the European public opinion. Anyway, he would not come back for a long time after leaving the meeting. But he still had to stay in the country for a long time. He had to give Lao Ning an explanation, and the person who had the relationship. Of course, the most important thing was to give an explanation to classmate Jiang.
Yes, Ning Wei's expression of this world is becoming more and more direct, simply because he found that there was really not much need to explain too much to the people he didn't care about, and he didn't even need to get too much understanding. As long as the people he cared about understood him, it would be enough.
Follow Yu Xingwei up two floors of stairs, and then Yu Xingwei swiped his card to walk out of the safe passage. On the way to the elevator, he happened to meet Michael I Jordan and a familiar person.
"Ha, Smith, do you think it's a coincidence? We happened to meet him." Michael I pointed at Ning Wei and said with a smile.
In one sentence, Ning Wei quickly recognized this familiar person. Isn’t it Professor Smith, who has been with him for a long time?
When he published his first article "Nature", it was because of this professor's paper.
"Mr. Jordan, Professor Smith, both of you. Professor Smith is here to attend this conference?" Ning Wei immediately stopped and said hello.
"No, no, no, I just arrived today, and in fact, I came here specifically to meet you at the invitation of Michael. Also, don't call me a professor. I have resigned from my position as a professor. You should know that I am studying philosophy. Since it happens to happen, why not go have lunch together. We can have a good chat in the afternoon." Smith said with a smile.
Ning Wei hesitated for a moment, and Michael I seemed to see Ning Wei's concern and said, "Don't worry, I know that a relatively private restaurant can still drink coffee there after dinner, and no one will disturb you."
After thinking about the time difference between China and now, Ning Wei turned his head and looked at Yu Xingwei, pointed at him, and then said, "Okay."
After all, it is hard to refuse the kindness, not to mention that Smith is kind to him.
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Soon, Michael I brought the two to the seventh floor of the hotel. Ning Wei realized that there was a high-end French restaurant hidden in this international hotel. The expensive decoration and the Michelin three-star logo at the door indicate that the consumption here is likely to be too low.
As soon as he entered the restaurant, a waiter came forward to ask if he had made an appointment. After Michael I exchanged a few words with the restaurant waiter, the three of them were taken to a very private restaurant corner booth.
The perfect partition will not completely isolate the place from the hall as a whole, but it will also make it impossible for outsiders to peek at the situation in the partition.
When I first ate French cuisine, Ning Wei had no experience, so he ordered similar things with the two professors, an appetizing smoked silver carp, a puff pastry onion soup, and a lamb chop as a staple food and some after-meal desserts.
Michael I also ordered a bottle of red wine, which is said to be a treasure of a well-known winery. Of course, in Ning Wei's opinion, drinking it himself must be a waste of resources. Because except for sweet wine, other red wines may taste the same taste, sour and astringent.
Ning Wei quickly discovered that having a French meal was really suitable for chatting, because the long waiting process would make people get angry because of the conservative stomach.
"Ning Wei, have you noticed that the number of citations of the mathematical paper published in Nature has reached 27 times? I'm curious why you didn't continue to study in this direction." Smith took the lead in talking.
Ning Wei of course knows which paper Smith is talking about. The general solution interpretation of NS equations in specific cases is provided with a specific solution to this type of limit constraint problem. It is natural to have a high citation.
This is why the mathematical community is still discussing a series of contents such as Ningwei Space. Perhaps in a while, when everything is settled and the academic community has a unified consensus, the citations of that paper will increase rapidly.
"I just feel that it's not interesting to continue researching in this direction." Ning Wei smiled and explained.
"Haha, Smith, you should read his paper at this conference, and you will know that the direction of conversion is correct. What can you do if the NS equation problem is completely solved? Theoretically, the existence of general solutions cannot allow us to design more useful mathematical models under the existing technical conditions. Mathematics is a subject that exists to solve practical problems, and you went astray." Michael I laughed and expressed his own point of view.
Of course, this big man dared to speak so unscrupulously. After all, this is really something that great mathematicians who study pure numbers can hear, and it will inevitably cause an academic debate.
But then again, we can't say that Michael I was wrong. After all, the greatest significance of pure mathematics to reality lies in the innovative mathematical tools given in solving various mathematical problems and conjectures. It is indeed boring to continue to fight to the death.
"That's right, I'm superficial."
Smith shrugged and said, "But Ning Wei, don't you want to have a more free and open research environment? The expression of academic thought should be unrestrained. At least at this point, I think the United States should be more suitable for you. I know many scholars from China. Before they came here, they were mostly troubled by various civil affairs, resulting in inefficiency. Especially for mathematicians, golden time is about ten years, and it would be a pity to waste it. Many achievements will pass by you."
OK, here again.
Ning Wei looked at Michael I, and the boss just smiled slightly and didn't interrupt, so he thought for a while and said, "Thank you very much for Mr. Smith's favor, but don't you think freedom is actually just a false proposition? At least so far I have not felt any restrictions in college. If anything..."
Speaking of this, Ning was paused and continued: "The biggest limitation I have experienced is probably the paper that should have been submitted to the Journal of the American Mathematical Society, but was forced to submit it to "Nature" for publishing. In this matter, I have to thank you for your righteousness. And to be honest, I don't know much about what others think."
"As for what you said, it's not very important to me if you miss many achievements... I'll say that the so-called achievement means winning various awards or something. I don't care much about whether I can win the Fields Medal, otherwise I will continue to study along the NS equation, because my mentor, Professor Tian Yanzhen, has already planned this path for me."
"As alike, I don't value the Wolf, Abel Prize, and some domestic awards. If I have to give it to me, I will take it. If I can't give it to me, I don't care. After all, I don't think it's for me to be awarded. Doing research with this idea is a kind of confinement to free thought. My research direction is determined only because of pure interest, or I think that walking along this direction can bring the results I want."
"And I feel quite free in this regard. My mentor is supportive of my choice. So I don't feel that you are not free, or that you will be plagued by various mundane things and delay your research time. So, can you probably understand?"
After saying something, Smith was almost speechless, and he couldn't help but start to complain about a professor in Princeton. Of course, he was even more surprised that Ning Wei's idea was so open-minded. Is this because he had no desires except research?
If these were Ning Wei's words, Smith only felt that this young man was probably invincible.
I thought I was free and easy enough to give up mathematics and start studying philosophy, but I didn't expect Ning Wei to be more free and easy than him at the root. The awards that Ning Wei mentioned were dreams of, because it represents the recognition and affirmation of their research by the whole world, but in Ning Wei's eyes, he was so disdainful...
This makes him superficial again...
"But scientific research requires massive financial support. IMHO, a better hardware environment is also a helping of research. You may not care about those awards or whether they are affirmed, but you should hope to get trust and support, right? And you don't feel that you are troubled too much now because you have not yet been exposed to research that requires money. When you need to compete for resources, you know that some problems cannot be avoided."
"Of course, I'm not a lobbyist, but my math lab does need young scientists like you, and given the talent you show, I can give you 100% support." Michael I said carefully.
“Thank you very much for your trust.”
Ning thought for a while and continued, "Can you ask what you said about 100% support means that as long as I come up with an idea, I can give me at least 300 million US dollars every year to realize this idea?"
"Uh? This probably needs to be proved. And it depends on whether the idea you put forward has practical significance and whether there is a funder willing to support it." Michael I said truthfully.
Chapter completed!