After the degree certificates were issued and the graduation ceremony was completed, the teachers and leaders of the school sent their blessings and left. Xu Chuan and Chen Zhengping walked side by side towards the outside of the auditorium.
"Do you still want the exchange student spot at Princeton here on campus?"
In the auditorium, Chen Zhengping asked with a smile. He knew that the disciple in front of him probably didn't need this thing, so he asked specifically if he didn't need it, could he leave it to the school?
After all, Princeton's exchange student quota is still very precious. Princeton cannot recruit a few Chinese students every year, and these few are basically obtained by Chinese people when they work at Princeton.
Xu Chuan thought for a while and said: "There are not many exchange student places at Princeton every year, so I won't take them up and leave them to others. When I went to Princeton last year, Professor Deligne had already mailed me an invitation.
Letter, I can just go there through the invitation letter."
"Then let me thank you first for the other students. When are you going to go to Princeton?"
Chen Zhengping was not surprised by this result. Although he did not teach this disciple anything, he still had a clear idea of his character and behavior.
Xu Chuan: "Isn't the Morning Star Mathematics Prize awarded at the end of this month in advance? It's not too late to leave after participating in this, it's only half a month anyway."
Although he had already received these honors in his previous life, he still needs these things in this life to expand his fame and reputation.
It is true that academia is a place for academics, and it is true that strength is respected; but no matter where you are, there are more or less unspoken rules, but compared to foreign countries, the domestic unspoken rules are more obvious.
Unless you have reached the pinnacle of academia and become an academic figure with superb hands and eyes, you still have to talk about connections and resources.
Winning various awards will enrich yourself and expand your reputation and influence, which will bring greater convenience to your future path and research.
Although he is going to Princeton to study mathematics, he will be back in about two to three years at most.
When the time comes, what he will face is far beyond ordinary people's imagination.
The mountain-headism or academic factions in domestic academic circles are so complicated that it is difficult to imagine.
Take the Chinese Fields Medal "Morning Star Mathematics Medal" he won this time as an example. It was initiated by the famous mathematician and Harvard University professor Shing-tung Yau, and is aimed at Chinese mathematicians all over the world, including those with Chinese nationality.
Mathematician within.
But since Qiu Gongkang fell out with the Department of Mathematics of Peking University, neither the professors nor the students of the Department of Mathematics of Peking University have won this award anymore.
Are the mathematicians at Peking University not qualified?
Obviously not. In addition to the Morning Star Mathematics Award, mathematicians from Peking University have won many top mathematics awards. It is obvious that they must have the qualifications.
But everyone is shameless. The Department of Mathematics of Peking University and Qiu have publicly made such a fuss. If mathematicians from the Department of Mathematics of Peking University apply for the Morning Star Mathematics Award chaired by Qiu, wouldn’t they be making themselves unhappy?
Peking University did not apply, and Qiu did not want to award the Morning Star Mathematics Prize, which he founded and hosted, to Mathematicians from Peking University.
Of course, Chinese mathematicians who left Peking University were not affected by this. Some mathematicians who immigrated from Peking University also won the Morning Star Mathematics Award.
In addition, although strength is respected in academia, scientific research always requires people.
Mathematics problems may still be solved by one person, but what about materials, particle physics, high-energy physics, and controllable nuclear fusion?
You can't do these things alone, so it's necessary to win more awards and expand your fame and influence.
And if you don’t have these awards, what will the country use to judge whether you have the ability to complete large-scale scientific research projects, and what will it use to decide whether to support you? How much scientific research funding will it give you, and how much help will it give you?
The scientific research funds and resources that a Nobel Prize scholar and a non-Nobel Prize scholar can obtain are completely different.
Even if we compare Nobel Prize-nominated scholars with Nobel Prize-nominated scholars, there is a huge difference in the scientific research resources available to them, and the attention they receive at the national level is also completely different.
So Xu Chuan still needs these awards to add points to himself.
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Hearing this, Chen Zhengping nodded and said, "That's right. It's okay to go out after receiving the Morning Star Mathematics Award, so that you don't have to come back again."
"Oh, by the way, the bonus for tungsten diselenide should be sent to you today. It will arrive before five o'clock in the afternoon at the latest. Remember to check. If it doesn't arrive or if there is any problem with the amount, you can come to me."
"As for how you divide the bonus between you and that girl, that's your own business."
Chen Zhengping didn't bother to care about how Xu Chuan divided the bonus. It was not impossible for him to give separate bonuses to the two of them.
After all, in the tungsten diselenide project, the key to solving the problem lies with Xu Chuan, not the girl. If he were to share the bonus, Xu Chuan's bonus would account for the majority, while the girl's bonus might be average.
The work of mathematical modeling is far less important. The Department of Mathematics can do a lot, but if Xu Chuan can do those core tasks, no one can replace him.
However, Chen Zhengping figured that his disciple might be interested in that girl, so he simply gave him the bonus and divided it up as he pleased.
Anyway, a bonus of more than 100,000 yuan is just water for this disciple. He is not short of money now.
Starting from the enrollment of top students in the college entrance examination, to the proof of the weak Weyl-Berry conjecture, the proof of the Weyl-Berry conjecture, the Xu-Weyl-Berry theorem, and the calculation method of the parameters of distant celestial bodies.
After counting all the time, Chen Zhengping estimated that the bonus given to him by the school alone exceeded 4 million.
And this is just from the school, not counting the awards from the city, province, and country. If you add them all up, his disciple's net worth is already several million to close to tens of millions.
In one year, he received nearly 10 million in bonuses based on his academic achievements. Even though he was an academician of the Academy of Science and Technology, he couldn't help but be speechless.
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You must know that as an academician of the Academy of Sciences, his annual salary, bonus, and various benefits are estimated to be around two million. Of course, this is purely in terms of national-level salary and benefits, and there are also many other incomes.
However, Chen Zhengping does not have any envy or jealousy about Xu Chuan's income. First, reaching this point is entirely due to his own efforts.
How many people in the world can prove two world-class mathematical conjectures within one year? Even if these two conjectures are a unified system, few can do it.
It is normal for many mathematicians to make no progress in studying a conjecture or problem for several years.
Second, he is not short of money either.
Academicians who can be selected into scientific research academies are basically not short of money. At their point, money is just a number to them.
In other words, when you reach the academician level, money is basically chasing them, not them.
Basically, if you submit an application to the above for necessary scientific research funds and resources, your application will be approved.
And if they want to make money, it really shouldn’t be too easy.
Even for academicians in basic subjects such as mathematics and physics, it is quite easy to make money. If you just go out and take on some private work, the salary will start at six figures.
If you cooperate with others to develop projects, it is normal to earn an annual income of tens of millions.
Many academicians in the fields of materials, medicine, and information have their own private companies. It is normal for these private companies to have an annual income of more than 10 million or more.
For example, a pharmaceutical company founded by a medical academician has an annual revenue of over 10 billion.
But at this stage, their desire for money is not high.
In other words, people who are too utilitarian will not be able to continue on the path of academia that requires calmness, let alone make great achievements and contributions and be elected as a national academician.
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Xu Chuan didn't care too much about the bonus for the tungsten diselenide project, as long as it could be paid out before he went abroad.
Of the 179,000 bonus, he and his senior equally shared 90,000 each, which was not much for him, but for the senior, it should be enough for her to successfully complete college and graduate school.
When you are a doctoral student, you don't have to work part-time cleaning tables in the school cafeteria if you want to make money. Whether you are participating in mathematical research projects or taking on some private modeling work, you can earn more money than part-time jobs.
Judging from previous contacts, the senior's talent in mathematics is actually quite high. As long as she is not delayed by life, there are opportunities to study abroad, and it is possible to make some achievements in mathematics.
Just as he was thinking about it, Xu Chuan suddenly saw a familiar figure on the side of the road, looking over here. After seeing him standing with his mentor, he hesitated to come over.
On the side, Chen Zhengping naturally noticed it, smiled and patted his shoulder, saying: "I won't disturb you anymore, I'm leaving first."
Xu Chuan didn't care, nodded and walked towards the other side of the road. As one of his few friends, he would definitely say hello when he met him.
"Hi, senior." Xu Chuan greeted with a smile. The figure across the road was none other than the senior Liu Jiaxin that he and his instructor were talking about just now.
Looking at the pile of red certificates Xu Chuan held in his arms, Liu Jiaxin asked in a low voice as always: "Um, have you graduated?"
Xu Chuan nodded and said with a smile: "I have graduated. I have been urged by the school for a long time. If I delay it any longer, Dean Rong will beat me."
"congratulations."
"Thanks."
Xu Chuan responded with a smile, and then said: "By the way, senior sister, the bonus for last year's tungsten diselenide project has been paid. Give me your bank card number and I will transfer half of the bonus to you."
Liu Jiaxin shook her head. Her black hair was blown a little by the wind. She put her hands behind her ears, revealing her thin white cheeks and said: "Half is too much. I just wrote some code. Core Mathematics
You did all the formulas and data compilation, I only need one-tenth."
Xu Chuan smiled and said: "But your workload is much greater than mine, and the mathematical model you compiled is quite excellent. There are no problems and no rework. It is completely worth it."
The senior sister still shook her head and insisted: "The bonus will be assessed based on contribution. I can't take half of it."
Xu Chuan: "Compiling data is a contribution, and writing code is also a contribution. Without your help, I can't make this mathematical model. Even if I ask other math students to help, I won't be able to make it as quickly as you, and maybe
We still have to rework and modify it, etc., and it will be delayed by then.”
Seeing that the senior opened her mouth and wanted to say something, Xu Chuan interrupted directly: "We've settled on half for each person. Just give me your bank card number. It doesn't cost much anyway."
Maybe it was because he heard that there was not much money, or maybe because Xu Chuan was firm, Liu Jiaxin finally nodded lightly and did not refuse again.
Seeing this, Xu Chuan smiled and said: "The bonus has come, should you treat me to a meal or something?"
"Of course, where do you want to eat? The restaurant in front of the school?" the senior asked softly.
"Just go there, but wait until I put these things back in the dormitory."
Xu Chuan shook the graduation certificate in his hand. The thick stack was still a bit heavy in his hand. This was probably the embodiment of the heavy knowledge.
After four years of college, all I gained in the end, apart from the knowledge in my mind, was this square red notebook.
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In Xiaoxianzhuang, Xu Chuan and his senior sister still chose the window seats last time, but last time it was evening and this time it was noon, the atmosphere was a little different, this time there was a little sadness of parting.
"By the way, are you preparing to take the postgraduate entrance examination? Senior sister." Xu Chuan poured a drink, had a drink with the senior student and asked casually.
Liu Jiaxin shook her head gently and gave Xu Chuan an unexpected answer.
"Aren't you going to continue your studies in mathematics?" Xu Chuan asked curiously. This senior's mathematical talent is actually quite high, especially in mathematical modeling.
You can win the first place in the National College Modeling Competition in your freshman year, you can represent your country in your sophomore year, and you can even win the gold medal in the rice competition. This talent has surpassed more than 99.99% of mathematics students.
, it would be a pity not to continue studying it.
Liu Jiaxin still shook her head. She had never thought about this. In her life plan, participating in the mathematical modeling competition was just to find a good job, and she had never thought about further study.
Xu Chuan was a little surprised and said, "Have you never thought about this?"
Liu Jiaxin shook her head again and said: "No, I plan to find a job after college."
"That would be a waste of your mathematical talent." Xu Chuan took a sip of his drink and continued: "Although mathematical modeling is usually transferred to applications in the later stage, and finding a job is also very good, but you really don't think about continuing your studies.
?"
"You are very talented in mathematics, especially when modeling, you quickly simplify assumptions and analyze internal laws. Continue on this path, whether it is data processing and analysis, optimization theory, artificial intelligence or financial economics.
Mathematics is a very good way to learn.”
"Moreover, today's college students are becoming less and less valuable. If you graduate and find a job, your annual salary will only be two to three hundred thousand under normal circumstances."
"Two or three hundred thousand is already a lot." The senior said in a low voice. In the past, her family's annual income was only two or three thousand yuan. Two or three hundred thousand, this has increased ten times.
Xu Chuan was stunned for a moment, then laughed dumbly and said: "Give me your bank card number now."
Liu Jiaxin was confused for a moment, not sure why she suddenly turned to this topic, but she still took out a small wallet from her schoolbag and took out a green Agricultural Bank of China card.
Xu Chuan took the card, carefully checked the card number twice with his mobile phone to make sure it was correct, and then transferred the bonus from the tungsten diselenide project.
Immediately, the senior sister's cell phone rang with a "Ding Dong" sound. She picked up the phone to unlock it and took a look at the text message. She was stunned for a moment.
"[Agricultural Bank of China] Your savings card with the last number 3610 has an income of RMB 32 and a balance of RMB 32."
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ps: Reporting on the status, the peak period has passed, and I have begun to slowly recover. My body temperature has basically dropped, I no longer have a low fever, and my energy has recovered a bit. However, the sore throat is still a problem. I estimate that I will have another two or three days.
It should be fine. I should be able to try to write more tomorrow.