"A bit difficult? Just a bit difficult? I'm a math idiot and even I know how hard the Riemann hypothesis is. It's stumped mathematicians worldwide for over a hundred years, and you're telling
it's just a bit difficult?"
"Are you telling
that you paid a bunch of mathematicians to do research for you behind the scenes?" Wang Ling speculated.
He knew Zhang nglong's family had many capable people, so this speculation wasn't without reason.
"But still, that doesn't seem right. Plus, with this difficult math problem added, how could it possibly be solved in just one and a half hours?" Wang Ling continued to speculate, "Did you bribe the test creator, or is the test creator another one of your family's employees?"
"How co your imagination is so vivid?" Zhang nglong was speechless, "It's just a high-grade math test paper. Why are you all overreacting like this?"
"Damn! Talking to you is just setting myself up for frustration, goodbye!" Wang Ling abruptly hung up the phone.
"Crazy!"
Zhang nglong truly didn't know what the Riemann hypothesis was. Although he had studied high-grade math before, aside from the week before the final exam, he had spent almost all his ti playing, and the Riemann hypothesis had long exceeded the scope of high-grade mathematics; Zhang nglong knew nothing about it!
Thanks to the enhancents made by the Super God Academy, Zhang nglong's brain developnt had reached a very high standard: mory, logic, creative thinking, etc., had all reached a nearly limitless level.
High-level mathematical theorems and formulas could be derived from so basic mathematics. Zhang nglong relied solely on his modest math foundation to deduce the Riemann hypothesis practically from scratch.
If others knew Zhang nglong had deduced the proof of the Riemann hypothesis entirely from scratch, they would probably go insane. The computations involved were not sothing human brains could ordinarily handle.
Of course, Zhang nglong's current brain computing power had already far surpassed that of ordinary humans.
Secrets can't be kept forever. Screenshots of Zhang nglong's results were quickly posted online.
"150 points? Damn! 150 points in high-grade math?"
"He solved the last question too? That was the Riemann hypothesis!"
"A month ago, the Clay Mathematics Institute had already announced that the Riemann hypothesis was successfully proven. Soone had boldly speculated that it might be so genius solving it during a university entrance exam. Perhaps this month was just about waiting for the entrance exam scores to be released?"
"Do you all rember the interview video with President Zhang that day? When he called these questions trash, I thought he was just showing off."
"Forget it, so people said President Zhang slept after half an hour of the exam. Half an hour isn't even enough to solve these problems, let alone copy them from an answer sheet, which I wouldn't even be able to do!"
"Is there anything President Zhang can't do?"
...
"Quick, send Zhang nglong an acceptance letter!"
"Give him the highest treatnt, the highest scholarship tier, and spots for international exchanges. Whatever he wants, give it to him!"
All the universities in Huaxia were mobilized. Even though Zhang nglong had applied to Jiangnan University of Science and Technology, solving such a world-class math problem ant there were a thousand ways to specially admit Zhang nglong.
If he could solve the Riemann hypothesis in such a short period, were any other problems even considered difficult? Just by himself, he might advance the field of basic mathematics by decades!
Not just dostic universities, but international universities were bustling with activity too.
In the mathematics departnt at Harvard University, several researchers were gathered together. At their center was a leading figure in mathematics, who himself had transford Harvard's mathematics departnt from a third-tier faculty to a global mathematical center.
His na was Singh, a recipient of the Fields dal, Abel Prize, and Wolf Prize in Mathematics.
"This young man from Huaxia nad Zhang nglong must be brought over!" Singh said with a strong determination in his tone, "We need his mathematical abilities. With him on board, I believe the other six of the seven great problems in mathematics stand a good chance of being solved!"
"I'll have soone send him an acceptance letter right away!" the departnt head said eagerly.
"That's not enough!" another professor exclaid, "His level has probably caught the attention of the entire world. We must offer him the best conditions!"
"I'll go to the governnt right now to apply for a green card for him. As long as he cos over to study with us, he can imdiately obtain Arican citizenship!"
"Idiot, do you think Arican citizenship holds any appeal to him?" Singh cursed loudly. "He's the richest man in the world. Does he even care about which nationality he is?"
"This..." Everyone was stunned. Yes, to recruit Zhang nglong, their thods were rely things like full scholarships and other material conditions, and while a green card was indeed very attractive to the average person, did these incentives hold any significance for the richest man in the world?
A green card? It's just a lousy card!
Scholarship? For others it might be a generous sum, but for Zhang nglong, it probably wasn't even as much as his daily pocket money.
"And do you think, in our Harvard University's Departnt of Mathematics, anyone is qualified to be his teacher?"
This statent left everyone dumbfounded once again.
Yes, this mathematical problem that hasn't been solved in over a hundred years had consud countless years of effort from these people without any results.
And Zhang nglong, with just two hours of exam ti and having turned in his paper early, was far beyond their reach; even Singh wouldn't dare claim he was qualified to teach him.
"Mr. Singh, then..."
"Send him an invitation to co to our Harvard University as a professor, a distinguished professor!"
...
"Mr. Zhang, the acceptance letters from Galidon University and Cambridge have arrived," Hong Yi said, holding a thick stack of letters, "along with so from other schools. You received a total of 198 today. Would you like to take a look?"
"No need," Zhang nglong shook his head, "Just put them aside. I applied for polyr material science. What's with all these mathematics acceptance letters?"
Hong Yi smiled helplessly and just placed the docunts on the pile of acceptance letters that were stacked like a mountain in the corner.
"nglong, your phone," Lu Yiyao handed over the mobile phone casually.
Zhang nglong took the phone and saw it was an unfamiliar number.
"Hello, this is Zhang nglong, may I know who is speaking?"
"Hello Zhang nglong, I'm Bai Gongyu, the dean of the Mathematical Sciences at Qingbei University."
"Oh, hello Dean Bai," Zhang nglong responded to the call, already knowing it must be another solicitation.
"Mr. Zhang, I'm here on behalf of Qingbei University to invite you to join our graduate program."
"Dean Bai, thank you for your invitation, but I applied for the polyr materials program at Jiangnan University of Science and Technology, so I can only..."
"Just listen to my conditions!" Bai Gongyu quickly interjected. "If you agree to study with us, we guarantee you direct progression from Masters to PhD, all tuition fees waived, and we'll even provide you with an annual scholarship of 200,000 yuan and sort out your residency in Yanjing, and more..."
"Dean Bai, I'm really not interested in money," Zhang nglong said, "and that scholarship fund from your university, it seems like it was established with my donations."
"What?" Bai Gongyu's expression suddenly suffocated.
"Also, the president of Harvard University just called , asking
to join their faculty, and I just turned him down, so..."
The muscles on Bai Gongyu's face on the other end of the phone twitched slightly.
The president of Harvard personally invited you? And even offered you a professorship? Have the Aricans gone mad?
Most importantly, Zhang nglong actually turned it down?
He isn't short of money, isn't pursuing a PhD for a bit of prestige? They even offered you a professorship and you still refuse?
What are you really after?
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