No matter if the theory of relativity is entirely correct or not, from a subjective experience, the relativity of ti is bound to be true. People living in the lap of luxury often express the sentint that ti flies by, while for those struggling on the edge of life and death, it can be a completely different scenery.
If soone constantly lants each passing year for its quickness, it surely ans life is going well. This is the case for most college students.
Especially for those seniors who have basically confird their future paths, the last sester flies by in the blink of an eye. Then there cos the entrance exams, admissions, and sumr vacation...
Everything is in a yearly cycle, except this year at Xilin University of Technology, things are a bit different.
Everyone’s work focus was not on various sumr camps but on the once-every-four-years World Mathematicians Conference.
Any international event held every four years usually garners significant attention. Such as the Olympics or the World Cup. The difference lies in the fact that mathematicians are often low-key, making such grand gatherings impactful mainly within the mathematics community, possibly drawing a bit more attention from the physics community.
There’s nothing to be done about it—mathematics by its nature is sophisticated and not widely popular. After all, the entry barriers are indeed high.
IQ is a rigid requirent, coupled with interest, belief, and perseverance, only then can one walk far on this path.
Even soone as talented as Qiao Ze needs to devote more energy to contemplating mathematical problems, not to ntion other mathematicians.
Thus, anyone invited to attend the World Mathematicians Conference and deliver a report is unquestionably a top-tier figure in the contemporary global mathematics circle.
Especially the sixty-minute opening report facing all attendees on the first day.
This report typically cos from a renowned mathematician who gives a comprehensive thematic presentation, summarizing the latest developnts and challenges in the field of mathematics within an hour. Since the World Mathematicians Conference moved from Philadelphia to Xilin, this responsibility naturally fell to Qiao Ze.
No one objected.
After all, the latest developnts and challenges in the mathematics field have mostly been proposed by Qiao Ze, leaving no room for dispute.
Additionally, Qiao Ze set a new small record again, becoming the youngest mathematician in history to deliver the opening report at the World Mathematicians Conference, as well as the first Huaxia national in its history to earn such an honor. The first Chinese mathematician to achieve this was Qiu, and it was the only instance in history prior.
There’s no choice—Huaxia national and Huaxia ethnicity are indeed two different concepts. Plus, Qiao Ze hasn’t even studied abroad, enhancing his credibility even more.
Locally nurtured, then soared to great heights. Plus, considering Huaxia’s current standing and Qiao Ze’s influence therein, Li Jiangao beca the busiest person before the start of this World Mathematicians Conference.
Yes, the busiest person is Li Jiangao.
Most attendees are big nas, and as usual, Qiao Ze does not enjoy or skillfully handle interactions with prominent figures, leaving the cumberso tasks to him.
After all, this world is not an isolated island—people naturally want to admire a world-class genius’s ntor.
Besides eting these big nas, Li Jiangao didn’t want to neglect old friends either.
On the eve of the World Mathematicians Conference, Li Jiangao managed to spare so ti to have midnight snacks with old friends at the small cafeteria package within the research institute building. It wasn’t due to an unwillingness to schedule during formal al tis—being the director, certain events are genuinely beyond his control.
It’s a grand event for the mathematics circle, held right in Xilin, so everyone ca.
Zhang Chunlei, Liu Jie, Chen Xujing, Wang Ming, Xu Yansong...
Except for Qian Zhenghai, who was unable to attend due to personal reasons and being abroad, everyone else was seated in the booth, chatting while eating, with plenty of sighs.
The last ti such a gathering was when we were on a conference in Xingcheng years ago, and now a year has flown by. So things were expected, but perhaps no one anticipated them to happen so swiftly.
"Phew... Li, oh Li, thinking back now, you really had a lot of courage back in the day! Bringing Qiao Ze to our doorsteps, it’s a pity that no one seized the opportunity! How on earth did you have such luck back then? If he had been with any of us, this world might have been a different story, right?"
Zhang Chunlei lifted his glass, took a sip, and sighed.
Indeed, it is quite a sigh-worthy.
That year, the little circle was still led by him. After all, he was the only one among them to wear the cap.
Wearing the Yangtze River Scholar’s cap in his early forties, and in the field of science no less. What it represents, only those who get it understand.
Back then Li Jiangao was just over thirty years old, having just passed the phase of either promotion or departure, achieving assistant professor status, still a junior in need of ntorship. Now Li Jiangao is a scholar, while Zhang is still striving in the sa direction.
"Ah, Old Zhang, you wanted to snatch Qiao Ze for real, but leave out of this. The next day I went alone to attend the eting, only to find you all collectively applied for leave. At that ti, Old Lin had a perennially stern face while reporting... it was terribly awkward!"
The only sincere person among them, Xu Yansong, quickly spoke up to dissociate himself from the matter.
After all, back then he truly didn’t participate in the battle over Qiao Ze.
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