CHAPTER 684: CHAPTER 213: THE UPCOMING SYMPOSIUM

Pollution is just a thing of the past; at least the last time I went to Huaxia, it was very beautiful, almost perfect.

This might be the reason why Qiao Yu is reluctant to come to Princeton. In fact, the younger generation in Huaxia already knows how terrible the United States is now compared to Huaxia."

Pierre Derini said without looking up.

Before Lott Degen could speak, the old man continued: "You’ve stayed in Princeton too long. Next time you go to New York, you should go to 52nd Street or take a look at Kensington Avenue in Philadelphia."

Lott Degen shrugged. He didn’t need to see those places to know what they were like.

But this has become part of life. There will always be people in this world who want something for nothing. That is obviously impossible.

"Are you saying that no cities in Huaxia have places like 52nd Street or Kensington Avenue?" Lott Degen asked instinctively.

"You’re right, they really don’t. Do you know why? Because there, an ordinary job is enough to support a family. It’s a surprising country."

Pierre Derini’s words reminded Lott Degen of his secretary’s complaints from the morning.

Well, if even his secretary can’t support a family, that’s indeed a terrible thing.

After all, he has always acknowledged the young man’s efforts. At least in his secretary, Lott Degen hasn’t seen those traits he despises.

Quite the opposite, he is a young man who is always very positive and optimistic about life.

So, Lott Degen quickly made a decision.

"Actually, this time I’m also planning to go to Huaxia to attend Qiao Yu’s conference; maybe we can go together."

"I’ve already booked the tickets. If you want to go with me, you’ll need to book your flight quickly. By the way, I’ve booked first class."

"Alright, sure, send me your flight number. Then about this paper..."

"Leave it here. I still have time before we go to Huaxia."

"Okay. Then I’m leaving."

"You know? I’m not planning to see you off. Oh, and let me know once you’ve booked your ticket."

"Okay, goodbye."

Walking out of the small building of the Princeton Institute for Advanced Study and basking in the sunlight again, Lott Degen began to look forward to the upcoming trip to Huaxia for no apparent reason.

He hopes it will be a journey that brings happiness.

...

Huaxia, Yanbei University.

Qiao Yu thinks only God knows how busy he is right now.

If he was in Star City, he instinctively resisted falling in love due to poverty; now he’s so busy he doesn’t even have the chance for hormonal secretion.

The Academy of Sciences has been communicating with him about various matters regarding the selection of personnel and examinations for new projects.

The Computing Institute still has a lot of issues lining up every day for him to resolve, and he can’t slack off. Otherwise, Mr. Yu would just call to check on him.

Qiao Yu wants to spare some time to upgrade the algorithm, but he truly doesn’t have time because the Yanbei International Mathematics Research Center still needs to organize a grand-scale conference for him.

According to Tian Yanzhen, he sent out more than 700 invitations worldwide. Plus, holding it domestically, many other units that weren’t invited will definitely attend; it’s estimated that at least a thousand people will attend. The lecture content must be well-prepared.

So he has a lot of things to do, and they are all important. His brain has been working non-stop from the moment he opens his eyes.

In addition to that, he still has to find time to critically study quantum mechanics, and occasionally he exchanges ideas with Peter Schultz regarding the determination of mathematical propositions by artificial intelligence.

During this time, Qiao Yu has been controlling his sleep to only eight hours a day, not a minute more.

Okay, it might not feel too exhausting, compared to the schedules of online big shots, it seems trivial. But only those who actually work know what it feels like to have the brain working non-stop.

After all, those business tycoons, despite appearing to work long hours, actually spend most of their time on the road. Whether in cars or airplanes, there’s always time to take a nap.

But Qiao Yu is different; as long as he is awake, his mind is always working. This can even be seen from his food intake, pushing himself to have four meals a day instead of three.

Not only did the number of meals increase, but the amount of food in each meal also increased. Under high pressure, Qiao Yu also found a way to rest his brain, which is to frequently switch tasks at hand.

Feeling tired of creating tests, he’d write a report; getting weary of writing reports, he’d chat with the Computing Institute, deal with some issues; after sorting out those problems, satisfied Mr. Yu, start looking at quantum physics, and meanwhile study his new paper...

Truth be told, as long as it’s not continuously thinking about the same problem, Qiao Yu actually feels that not only is the day fulfilling, but his head doesn’t hurt, and most importantly, all work progresses fast.

Just like that, the exam topics have all been determined, and a consensus has been reached with the Academy of Sciences on the selection regulations for project participants. The date has also been set, September 21st.

It could have been earlier, but during this period, the Yanbei International Mathematics Research Center is organizing a large conference starting on the 15th, lasting three days. Scheduling the exam right after the conference would be too tight; since the 19th and 20th are weekend days, they simply postponed it to the 21st.

Even the work at the Computing Institute is proceeding in an orderly manner, despite there still being various issues, they can now handle the needs for the moon landing project.

The only thing not yet completed is his academic speech for the Yanbei International Mathematics Research Center’s conference in mid-September.

The title of this conference is grand, "Mathematical Development in the Era of the Riemann-Qiao Yu Theorem", mainly focusing on the promotion and application of Qiao Yu’s Generalized Modal Axiomatic System.

Tian Yanzhen’s idea is for him to just summarize last year’s and this year’s relevant research, focusing on understanding the Generalized Modal Axiomatic System.

The gist is, it’s enough to rely on past work. In fact, this conference isn’t just about him; Xue Song, Chen Zhuoyang, and even some foreign professors studying the Generalized Modal Axiomatic System will also be giving presentations at this conference.

It also includes Yu Wei and Professor Chen Zhelun, who are temporarily tasked with presentations. Although their papers haven’t been published, their proposed modal spectrum manifold and sparse mapping techniques are quite insightful.

Yet, because even Yu Wei came up with new insights based on his research, Qiao Yu is not quite content with merely summarizing things.

Although he enthusiastically helped Yu Wei and that Professor Chen slightly modify their papers and kindly wrote a recommendation letter for them to Lott Degen, this doesn’t mean Qiao Yu can accept being outdone by Yu Wei.

Seriously?

This is his first conference after receiving the Fields Medal, talking about something without substance?

Regarding this, Qiao Yu originally planned to conveniently prove the Twin Prime Conjecture but gave up.

The reason is simple; after proving the prime number upper bound interval as 2, proving the Twin Prime Conjecture feels too easy for Qiao Yu.

Whether it’s further confirming the robustness of the global properties in sparse mappings or excluding singularities in modal spectrum manifolds, and constructing global manifold homeomorphisms...etc., don’t require much technical effort.

In the past, Qiao Yu would have been interested in writing papers, and would be willing to do such tasks. But now, he only feels a lack of interest.

The threshold is too high, there’s insufficient originality in the paper to ignite his interest.

After much thought, Qiao Yu still wishes to refine his Qiao Yu Quantum Modal Space before the conference, to provide a little surprise for everyone in the new semester at the conference...