Hammer of Technology

"Well, it's really useless." Ning Wei nodded.

"Then what are you going to do?" Yu Xingwei asked.

"Tell the whole world that I'm in love, so why not let the whole world bless us?" Ning Wei took it for granted.

"Isn't it? Mr. Ning, you are planning to have an exotic love song with that Princess Isabel?" Yu Xingwei said in shock.

"What the hell..."

Before I had time to say anything more, the phone rang again, and it was still from Lao Ning...

Ning Wei glared at Yu Xingwei, and picked up the phone: "Hey, Dad, there are all fake news on the Internet. I already have a girlfriend, and I'm also a student of Yan University. I'm going to clarify. Otherwise, don't say you can't forgive me. Me, your future daughter-in-law can't spare me. Well, I won't tell you more, international long distance is quite expensive!"

After hanging up the phone and looking at the stunned Yu Xingwei, Ning Wei asked: "Okay, you heard me, classmate Jiang agreed to be her girlfriend! What gift do you think I should bring her back? Forget it, I almost forgot Brother Yu, you are still single..."

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164 Discussion on Achievement and Freedom

The good news from China made Ning Wei feel as if he had been helped by God, and even his brain was much smoother when thinking about problems. However, he did not choose to speak out on Weibo first, but asked Yu Xingwei to let him know I asked the organizing committee to borrow a small room, and I will explain a few issues to the reporters at eleven o'clock.

This is of course not difficult.

In order to hold the conference, Ben has rented almost all the large and small meeting rooms in the hotel. Many small meeting rooms are mostly idle at eleven o'clock, so borrowing them is certainly not a problem.

As for inviting journalists and friends to visit, it is probably even less of a problem.After all, in the eyes of these reporters, Ning Wei is probably a news machine that can walk. Nowadays, most of the romantic transnational relationship is a variety of vague descriptions obtained from other people. It has not been hammered, and the parties are willing to come out. Of course, speaking out is the best thing. No matter what you say, as long as you don't make an academic report, it will be big news.

Yes, for ordinary people, they are too lazy to pay attention to what new mathematical theories Ning Wei has proposed, and at what level these theories will change their lives. They are more concerned about the gossip news about this Huaxia boy and Snow Country Princess How will it end.In fact, for the vast majority of people, they hope that this romantic encounter will have a good result.

Even the state-owned media of Snow Country has launched a poll on this issue to investigate the public's attitude towards this transnational love affair.Although there are not many interview samples, only [-] cases, there are still nearly a quarter of invalid samples, such as not hearing about this matter.But according to this media report, among the remaining [-] cases, there are as many as 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 ratio. Of course, these have no great impact on Ning Wei. Even though he saw this report on the Internet, he was deeply surprised by the foreign media's brain hole. It is thanks.

Really, if these foreign friends didn't worry about his life-long affairs so much, it would be extremely troublesome for Jiang to overcome his inner knot and become brave, after all, the melon that is twisted is not sweet.

Of course, Ning Wei didn't put too much energy into the next press briefing. After handing over this matter to Yu Xingwei, Ning Wei devoted himself to work again with full motivation.

He has a feeling that after going back to upgrade March this time, the little guy's ability will have a terrifying improvement.Perhaps it can be directly upgraded to its most important assistant.As for why every second counts now, the reason is also very simple. Every minute he spends on research is buying time to spend more time with Jiang after returning home.

Ning Wei thinks that he is the real winner in life, and he never needs to make a choice between career and love. As long as time is managed well, neither side can be delayed.

Just like that, when Yu Xingwei returned to the room and told Ning that everything was ready at [-]:[-], he temporarily put down the work at hand, saved all the content, and then followed Yu Xingwei to the reserved conference hall .

This is a [-]-person conference hall in the hotel. It is not too big, but when I walked into the conference hall, I was still taken aback by the battle.

Countless long guns and short guns are much more exaggerated than giving a report at a computer conference.This is probably the first time he has been treated like this.

What was even more frightening was that he had never expected that so many reporters would gather in the hotel, filling a lecture hall with a hundred people.

No, it doesn't seem to be all reporters, there seem to be some guys watching the fun with nothing in the back row.

Well, probably the scholars who just listened to the report knew that he wanted to clarify some facts, so they chose to stay and watch.

In fact, for the scholars who came to the conference this time, it was definitely a very novel experience.The chemical reaction between a young Chinese mathematician and a snow country princess who happened to meet at the meeting turned a serious scientific conference into a center of gossip around the world. They asked if they knew something interesting between the two...

This is unique in the history of the STOC conference.Of course, people's perceptions are also different, but when the bigwigs in the industry have not raised any objections, ordinary people are naturally even less likely to say anything.

Ning Wei didn't pay attention to other people's thoughts, let alone the reporters' questions, and went straight to the reporting platform.

It was able to go so smoothly, thanks to Yu Xingwei's meticulous work, who was the first to notify the hotel. The hotel is also very experienced in dealing with such things, and sent security personnel to maintain the order of the press conference.

Ning Wei glanced at Yu Xingwei, and saw that Yu Xingwei had already taken out his mobile phone and was standing beside him to start filming.From Yu Xingwei's point of view, Ning Wei, most of the reporters who participated in this press conference and those cameras were able to take pictures, and Ning Wei officially said: "Thank you very much for your concern about my personal situation, and I invite everyone to participate today This press conference is to clarify two things."

"First, Princess Isabel and I are just ordinary friends who just met at this meeting. Our communication is limited to a group photo commemorating this meeting, and we have limited discussions on non-academic views; Second, I already have a lover, Jiang is a student of Yanbei University and a pianist like me, and we have a very good relationship."

"The second point is actually the focus of my limited communication 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 all for your personal support. Concerned about the problem, my speech is over, goodbye everyone!"

After finishing speaking, Ning Wei turned around and left directly from the conference hall by the front door of the rostrum, leaving behind a bunch of reporters who were still in a dazed state, but these reporters reacted instantly.

"Wait, Mr. Ning, if what you said is true, please explain why the snow country royal family has not issued a statement, can you comment on it?"

"According to media statistics, [-]% of the people in Snow Country support your relationship with Princess Isabel. How do you feel about this!"

"Mr. Ning, can you introduce your girlfriend to us? Do you think she is more attractive than Princess Isabel?"

……

"boom……"

The closed door cut off all kinds of chaotic questions, and Ning Wei suddenly felt that this kind of crime was enough for him to suffer once.It's hard to imagine how those celebrities can keep a cheerful face in the face of so many messy and unnutritious questions.

Under the guidance of Yu Xingwei, Ning Wei quickly walked directly into the safety stairs next to the corridor. When the security card arranged by the two hotels is the owner of the safety exit, the two of them are considered safe, at least it is impossible for them to be blocked by a group of reporters.

"Is it all recorded?" Ning Wei asked Yu Xingwei.

Yu Xingwei gave a thumbs up.

Well, this footage is the point.

Ning Wei didn't care about the trend of public opinion in Europe. Anyway, after he left after this meeting, he probably won't come back for a long time.But he still has to stay in the country for a long time. He has to give an explanation to Lao Ning, to those who are related to him, and of course the most important thing is to give an explanation to Jiang.

Yes, Ning Wei's expression of this world is becoming more and more direct, simply because he finds that there is really no need to explain too much to people he doesn't care about, and he doesn't even need to get too much understanding, as long as people he cares about It is enough to understand him.

Followed Yu Xingwei up two flights of stairs, and then Yu Xingwei swiped his card and walked out of the safe passage.On the way to the elevator, I happened to run into Michael I Jordan and a familiar person.

"Ha, Smith, do you think it's a coincidence? We happened to meet him." Michael I pointed to Ning Wei and said with a smile.

In a word, Ning Wei quickly recognized this familiar-looking person, wasn't he Professor Smith, whom he had been friends with for a long time?

When he published his first "Nature", it was because of this professor's paper.

"Mr. Jordan, Professor Smith, hello, both of you. Professor Smith is also here to attend this meeting?" Ning Wei immediately stopped and greeted.

"No, no, I just arrived today. In fact, I came to see you at the invitation of Michael. Also, don't call me a professor. I have resigned from my professorship. You should know that I am studying philosophy. Since it just happened to happen, why don't we go have lunch together. We can have a good chat in the afternoon." Smith said with a smile.

Ning Wei hesitated for a moment, Michael I seemed to see Ning Wei's worry, and said, "Don't worry, I know a relatively private restaurant where you can drink coffee after eating, and no one will disturb you."

Thinking about the time difference with Huaxia, Ning Wei turned his head to look at Yu Xingwei, nodded at him, and said, "Okay then."

After all, kindness is hard to turn down, not to mention that Smith is still kind to him.

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Soon, Michael I brought the two of them to the seventh floor of the hotel. Only then did Ning Wei realize that there was a high-end French restaurant hidden in this international hotel. The expensive decoration and the three-star Michelin logo on the door indicated that there was a high probability of consumption here. not too low.

As soon as they entered the restaurant, the service staff came forward to ask if there was an appointment. After Michael I exchanged a few words with the restaurant waiter, the three of them were taken to a very private corner booth of the restaurant.

A proper partition will neither completely isolate this place from the hall as a whole, nor prevent outsiders from peeping into the partition.

It was the first time I ate French food. Ning Wei didn’t have much experience, so he ordered similar things with the two professors, an appetizer of smoked silver carp, then a puff pastry onion soup, a lamb chop as the main course and some desserts .

Michael I also ordered a bottle of red wine, which is said to be a collection of a well-known winery.Of course, in Ning Wei's view, drinking by himself must be wasteful.Because apart from sweet wine, other red wines probably tasted the same to him, sour and astringent.

Ning Wei also quickly discovered that eating French food is really suitable for chatting, because not talking about something during the long waiting process will make people angry because of the conservative stomach.

"Ning Wei, have you noticed that the mathematics paper published in "Nature" has been cited 27 times? I'm curious why you didn't continue your research in this direction." Smith opened the conversation first.

Of course, Ning Wei knew which paper Smith was talking about. The interpretation of the general solution of the NS equation in a specific situation is to provide a specific solution to this type of limit constraint problem. It is natural that the number of citations is high.

This means that the mathematics community is still discussing a series of content such as Ningwei space. Maybe after a while, when all the dust settles and the academic community has a unified consensus, the number of citations of that paper will increase rapidly.

"It's just that it's meaningless 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 it is right to change the direction. So what if we completely solve the NS equation problem? The existence of a general solution in theory does not allow us to Under the existing technical conditions, design a more useful mathematical model. Mathematics is a subject that exists to solve practical problems, and you have gone astray." Michael I laughed and expressed his views.

Of course, this boss dared to speak so brazenly. After all, these words were really heard by those great mathematicians who study pure numbers, and it was inevitable that they would not cause an academic debate.

But then again, it cannot be said that Michael I was wrong.After all, the greatest significance of pure mathematics to reality lies in the innovative mathematical tools given in the process of solving various mathematical problems and conjectures.

"It's true, I'm superficial."

Smith shrugged and said again: "But Ning Wei, don't you want to have a more free and open research environment? The expression of academic ideas should be unfettered. At least in this regard, I think the United States should be more suitable for you. .I know many scholars from China. Before they came here, most of them were troubled by various mundane affairs, resulting in low efficiency. Especially for mathematicians, the golden time is about ten years. Unfortunately, many achievements will pass you by."

Well, here we go again.

Ning Wei glanced at Michael I. The big man just smiled slightly and didn't interrupt, so he thought for a while and said, "Thank you very much for Mr. Smith's optimism, but don't you think that freedom is actually just a false proposition? At least to So far I don't feel restricted in college. If anything..."

Speaking of this, Ning Wei paused before continuing: "Then the biggest limitation I have experienced is probably the paper that was supposed to be submitted to the "Journal of the American Mathematical Society", but was forced to submit to "Nature" for publication. , On this matter, I have to thank you for your righteous words. And to tell you the truth, I don’t know many people in the entire academic world, and I don’t know what others think.”

"As for what you said about passing away with many achievements... Let's put it this way, if the so-called achievements are getting various awards or something, it's actually not too important to me. I don't really care if I can I won the Fields Medal, otherwise I will continue to study along the path of the NS equation, because my supervisor, Professor Tian Yanzhen, has already planned this path for me."

"Similarly, I don't value the Wolf and Abel Prizes, including 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 if it is awarded to someone else. After all, I I don’t think doing research is for winning prizes. Doing research with this kind of thinking is itself a kind of imprisonment for free thought. My research direction is determined only because of pure interest, or I think that going in this direction It’s going to get the results I want.”

"And at present, I feel quite free in this respect. My mentor is supportive of my choice. So I don't feel the kind of freedom you mentioned, or being entangled in various mundane things And waste time doing research. So, can you probably understand?"

What he said made Smith almost speechless, and he couldn't help but start to slander a professor at Princeton. Of course, he was even more surprised that Yu Ningwei's thoughts were so open-minded.Does this mean that you have nothing but research?

If these were all Ning Wei's thoughts, Smith only felt that the young man was probably invincible.

I thought that 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 fundamentally.Those awards that Ning Wei talked about are the dreams of many mathematicians, because they represent the world's recognition and affirmation of their research, but in Ning Wei's eyes, they are so dismissive...

This makes him look superficial again...

"But scientific research requires massive financial support. With all due respect, a better hardware environment is also a boost to research. You don't need to care about those awards, whether you are recognized or not, but you should hope to get trust and support, right? And you Now I don’t feel too troubled because you haven’t been exposed to research that needs to burn money. When you need to compete for resources, you know that some problems cannot be avoided.”

"Of course, I'm not trying to be a lobbyist, but my mathematics laboratory really needs young scientists like you, and given your talent, I can give you [-]% support." Michael I said carefully .

"Thank you very much for your trust."

Ning Wei thought for a while before continuing: "Can I ask what you mean by [-]% support? Does it mean that as long as I come up with an idea, you can give me at least [-] million US dollars a year to realize this idea? ?”

"Eh? This probably needs to be demonstrated. And it depends on whether the idea you put forward has practical significance, and whether there are donors willing to support it." Michael I said truthfully.

"Look, that's the problem. If I can't meet this requirement, it's not attractive to me at all. More importantly, if the money comes from the support of the donor, it means that my idea will be realized. Others The results also belong to the investors, and I can’t even decide which direction these results are used in. To be honest, this is not the same as my philosophy. You may not be clear, but the patent of the turbulence algorithm actually belongs to me.” Ning Wei said tactfully.

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165 The School God Who Was Too Much of a Chicken Thief

Ning Wei perfectly demonstrated to the two bigwigs in the academic world what it means to flaunt one's wealth in a low-key way without any fuss. He didn't say a word of money, but sealed Michael I's mouth.Well, patents on turbulence algorithms!

A light sentence is probably like Qualcomm telling the world that we have tens of thousands of basic patents on 3g/4g/5g.

Because for the future Internet, protection through the turbulence algorithm or its upgraded version is already a routine operation.If most of the benefits brought about by algorithm patent licensing can be attributed to Ning Ning, it may be difficult for any laboratory to give consistent treatment.Of course, it doesn't mean that they can't spend that much money, at least if all the high-end equipment in the laboratory is converted into money, it will be even more exaggerated.

But the problem is that no university or laboratory in the world will allow developers to enjoy exclusive scientific research benefits after providing laboratory equipment and funding.Even most of the time, the cooperative relationship is more like an employment relationship. The honor of the research results naturally belongs to the developer, and various papers are also signed by the developer, but the results must belong to the laboratory or investors.

Otherwise, where would those large laboratories make money to purchase equipment, and how could they find investors?Ningwei's request was obviously beyond Michael I's ability.Even if he can keep his promise in his math laboratory, it is impossible to break the rules.

Suddenly, I felt that there was nothing to talk about. Being a young scientist doesn't care about fame or profit, and he just hopes to study the topics he is interested in as he likes, which often means that others have no way to interfere with his thoughts.

At most, it probably can only promote some cooperation.

This made Smith suddenly think of what Handel said to him, "You guys with talent can't be allowed to be so rich. This is not God's favor, but a curse!"

Looking at the young man with great personality in front of him, Smith suddenly felt that they were probably the same kind of people, but Ning Wei chose another path. Maybe if he got through, he could turn the curse into a preference again...

When this idea came to mind, Smith felt that this Chinese young man looked more pleasing to the eye.

Ning Wei felt the cooling atmosphere of the dinner, so he met Smith's gaze and said: "Professor Smith, you said you are studying philosophy, why don't we discuss it together, if string theory is finally proved to be correct, then who is responsible for it?" Pluck the string that can make this world perfect?"

I have to say that this is indeed a good philosophical proposition, at least it will not make the dinner organized by Michael I completely cold.

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Time always flies when scientists start to discuss philosophical topics.

Of course, the philosophy here is not theology, let alone discussing whether there is such a God that is plucking the strings, but simply enjoying the end of science, such as whether there is a perfect theory that can use mathematics to combine various theories of physics Carry out complete unification, end the current situation that general relativity is incompatible with quantum mechanics, and prove that human beings live in a perfect world.

These problems are extremely difficult to prove in reality. From a mathematical point of view, it is possible to build a framework for this theory, but from a physical point of view, the energy series required to verify it is beyond the reach of today's technological level.So in the end, we can only think through the divergence of various imaginations at the philosophical level.

This is a topic that everyone can participate in, even Michael I, an old man who is not very interested in theoretical mathematics.

To Ning's surprise, both Smith and Michael I had their own thinking on this issue. Both believed that there was an infinitely small but greater than zero cosmological constant that was not affecting the universe all the time.

So after making a head start, Ning Wei spent most of his time listening to the two big bosses' high-spirited discussions, and occasionally gave his own opinions to control the discovery of everyone's chatting, because he found that this kind of chatting was very useful to him. inspired.

In short, although the two sides did not reach an agreement on some key issues, this meal did not seem too embarrassing.Even when the desserts were served, the two-hour meal for the three of them could almost be declared over, but the two bosses still had more to say.

Fortunately, after getting a general understanding of Ning Wei's thoughts, Michael I probably didn't want to waste too much time, and said proactively: "Well, Ning Wei, I have to say that you are the youngest, most talented, and also the most talented person I have ever met. Scientist with a strong opinion, you deserve these praises. I believe that if you continue to cultivate in the fields of big data, machine learning and intelligence, even if you can’t come, we will definitely be able to cooperate in the future.”

Ning Wei nodded and replied: "Of course, Professor Robert's report on the first day gave me a lot of inspiration. If there is a chance, I really hope to cooperate with you."

"Haha, okay! Look, Smith, this is the attitude of a real scientist. Well, maybe we can have another drink, do you want to go together? Ning Wei?" Michael I invited.

"No, as I said just now, I hope to have more time to study Professor Robert's thesis. Next time, if the two of you come to Huaxia as guests, I will treat you to authentic Huaxia hot pot!" Ning Wei said.

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After leaving the restaurant and saying goodbye to the two, Ning Wei went straight back to his room.

If there is any experience from eating with the two big bosses, it is probably that Ningwei understands the thinking patterns of these big guys, such as the importance they attach to talents and the patience they can express towards talents.After repeated persuasion, if the will is a little weak, I will probably obey.

Especially Smith's previous words actually implied many things.