God's Crown

Opening the private room, two middle-aged people sat on one side, and a younger-looking person sat beside him, as if waiting for something.

The moment they saw An Yan coming in, all three of them stood up.However, Gu Wei, who was behind An Yan, was happily ignored by the three of them, after all, their focus was on An Yan.As for this young and energetic young man.It doesn't matter who it is, being brought by An Yan's side may also be his good friend.

Although An Yan now has some status in the international academic circles, it is far from the point where he needs bodyguards.

The young man in front of him couldn't be his bodyguard. Among the three middle-aged men, he didn't look the oldest, but the man with the most dignity said, "Professor An, you have known your name for a long time."

"My surname is Han, Han Yuanchuan." As he spoke, he stretched out his hand, "Mayor of Yucheng City."

"Hello, Mayor Han." An Yan actually didn't have any ill feeling toward these officials, and didn't know what to say.He could only smile and not speak.

"Hi, Professor An." The second person who came to shake An Yan's hand, An Yan guessed, should be the principal of Yucheng University.

Sure enough, this person's self-introduction is——

"Hello, Professor An, I am the president of Yucheng University, surnamed Yu, Yuzhong." The president of Yucheng University naturally extended his hand to shake An Yan's hand.

An Yan also smiled slightly and said, "Hello, Principal Yu, this is our first time meeting you."

"Yes, that's right, it is indeed the first time we met." President Yu said with emotion, "I heard that Professor An was still in the college entrance examination for Professor An."

"Professor An was the number one student in the college entrance examination at that time. I didn't expect that it would only be a few years." President Yu smiled slightly, "Professor An is already a professor at Princeton University."

"Principal Yu is absurd, but it's just good luck."

"Hahaha." Mayor Han said with a smile, "If Professor An is all lucky, then we people, it's really impossible for gods to save us." From his tone, it can be seen that this Mayor Han is not the kind of mayor who can only be serious.It's still the type that can make jokes, "Professor An, don't stand still, come and sit down."

As he spoke, he glanced at Gu Weize who was standing beside him and said, "This is Professor An's friend?"

"Yes." An Yan nodded and said, "This is my friend Gu Weize."

"Oh, that's how it is. Come, come, Xiao Gu also sits down." Then Mayor Han pointed to the middle-aged man behind him and said, "This is my secretary whose surname is Li. You can call him Secretary Li."

"Hi Secretary Li."

Gu Weize also nodded slightly with Secretary Li.

After several people sat down, Mayor Han began to speak. He said with a smile, "Professor An, seeing is better than hearing a hundred things."

"Oh?" An Yan raised his eyebrows and said with a smile, "Why did Mayor Han say that?"

"I have heard of Professor An a few times before, and I have seen Professor An on the news broadcast." Mayor Han still said in amazement, "I have seen a lot of geniuses in Han, but like Professor An This is really the first time.”

An Yan smiled and didn't speak. Looking at Mayor Han's expression and hesitant expression, he knew that Mayor Han must have something else to say, but he didn't go there yet.He didn't speak, waiting for Mayor Han to speak.

Mayor Han glanced at Gu Weize, "Isn't Xiao Gu an academic?"

"No, isn't it?" Gu Wei was a little nervous.

"Oh?" Mayor Han chuckled, "What does Xiao Gu do?"

"Just, I just got admitted to the police."

"Police, it's great to serve the people!" Mayor Han said with a thumbs up, "As expected of Professor An's friend, Xiao Gu is from Yucheng?"

"Yes, it's from Yucheng."

An Yan didn't feel abnormal or unhappy because Mayor Han talked to Gu Weize, he still looked like an old god.

After Mayor Han talked with Gu Weize for a while, the topic turned to An Yan, "Little Gu, what kind of person do you think Professor An is?"

"Little... um, Professor An." It was almost a small banquet, but it was a bit embarrassing to say this in front of these leaders.

Fortunately, he didn't change his words too slowly, grabbed a handful of hair, and said, "Xiao Yan is actually a very smart person, he knows what he wants and what effort he should make for it. Moreover, Xiao Yan is a genius."

"Haha, that's true. If Professor An is not a genius, he would not be a professor at Princeton University." Mayor Han said with a smile, "I heard that Professor An came to the capital to receive an award, right?"

"Yes, Professor An is here to accept the award. That, it's called, it's called the Morningside Mathematics Award."

Principal Yu said softly beside him, "The Morningside Mathematics Award is an award in our country and even in the global Chinese mathematics community. It is very credible and symbolizes a high honor. It can be said to be the Fields Medal of the Chinese community."

"Fields Medal." Perhaps Mayor Han doesn't know much about other mathematics awards, but he also knows that the Fields Medal symbolizes the highest honor in the international academic community.In other words, only gifted mathematicians have the rewards they can hope for.Principal Yu didn't finish his sentence, but after he finished what he said just now, he added another sentence, "Professor An is very likely to win the Fields Medal next year."

Mayor Han patted the table and said, "This is a good thing. If Professor An can really win the Fields Medal next year, then our city of Yucheng will also be honored."

An Yan said with a smile, "The Fields Medal will never be revealed before the draw. Next year just happens to be the International Conference of Mathematicians. It's not certain whether you will win the award. Don't listen to other people's rumors. It's obvious." It's an uncertain thing."

Principal Yu was not talking, and Mayor Han coughed lightly.

An Yan knew that this was his preparation to enter the formal body, which was the fundamental reason why Principal Han sought him out.

"That's right, Professor An, I have something I want to ask you about." Mayor Han said very humbly, "Recently, I have been discussing with President Yu, ours...is our Yucheng and Yucheng University, An How do professors think they can retain talents?"

"There is no way, the brain drain is serious." Mayor Han said with a sigh, "Don't everyone advocate high-tech power now? I also wonder if Yucheng can switch to high-tech."

"Switch to high-tech?" An Yan frowned and said, "Actually, this is easy to say, but quite difficult to do."

"Oh?" Mayor Han's eyes lit up, "What does Professor An have in mind?"

"I think President Yu must have told you about my idea." An Yan paused and said, "That's right, if Mayor Han really wants to start developing in high-tech, or in other words, science, I'm afraid you There must be a base disk."

"What basic disk?" Mayor Han still didn't seem to understand what An Yan wanted to say.He looked directly at An Yan, and said curiously, "Professor An, what is the basic disk you are talking about?"

"For example, Yucheng University must have some background and some academically strong professors. This will form an effect, so that many more students will come to Yucheng every year. After the best of them stay, they need to give They provide a place for research and adequate funding."

"Like, say, Princeton University and the Princeton Institute for Advanced Study."

"Abandoning any of them, I am afraid that Princeton City will not be an academic center for basic mathematics and theoretical physics." An Yan thought for a while, "Actually, I am suggesting that Yucheng should also establish one just like the Advanced Research Center of Jinghua University. Institute for Advanced Study."

"Although the Advanced Research Center of Jinghua University was proposed by Mr. Yang, as early as the beginning of the last century, the Princeton Institute for Advanced Study was established in Princeton. The main work of the Institute is to engage in research on cutting-edge science or current popular science. , requires a certain threshold. Not everyone can enter, the main thing is to avoid nepotism."

"Although your idea is good, it is quite difficult to actually implement it."

"As for management, it's enough to refer to most research institutions at home and abroad. As for the direction of research, I study mathematics and theoretical physics. I'm afraid I need to ask President Yu about this."

"Before, we also had this idea. To establish the Yucheng Institute for Advanced Study, and to establish it together with Western University. Unfortunately, it was not approved by the higher authorities." President Yu spread his hands and said, "Mayor Han and I have worked hard on this matter. Yes, but there is no way. After all, whether it is Yucheng University or Xida University, the level is not top-notch in the country, and the country thinks that we do not need to run any advanced research institute. Because Xida University and Yuda University simply cannot retain so many students, besides ——The students who went to Western University and Chongqing University are not the top students.”

"This question is indeed difficult." An Yan nodded slightly and said, "I think that if Yucheng really wants to develop, the Yucheng Advanced Research Institute must be established. Or, Mayor Han and President Yu are trying to fight for it?"

"What's the use of our hard work." Mayor Han didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "This is not the first time we have said something like this, and we have been rejected several times."

"Funds are easy to solve, but the problem of high-tech talents is really difficult to solve." Mayor Han said with emotion, "Yucheng just lacks top international talents like Professor An!"

"You're absurd." An Yan hurriedly stopped and said, "I'm just a bastard in mathematics. I'm not a top talent in the world. I can't reach that level at all."

"Professor An." President Yu said thoughtfully, "To be honest, without your help, the Yucheng Institute for Advanced Study would not have been built."

"

ha? "An Yan was stunned for a moment, what does this have to do with him who is a professor abroad?

"I don't know if you are a professor abroad, will you return to China?"

"Should... yes?" An Yan nodded, "I should be returning to China, but the specific time when I will return to China has not been decided yet."

"That's fine. Since you are going back to China, I won't say much else." President Yu said, "After you return to Yucheng Institute for Advanced Study, you must be the first dean of Yucheng Institute for Advanced Study."

"No——" An Yan was about to say something, when Principal Yu began to say, "We really have no other way. Everyone knows that a good inner circle can be formed between the Institute for Advanced Study and the University. Academic The more you do, the better. The more students you can attract, the more talents you will have. But you say we don’t have any, how can we attract talents?”

An Yan was very silent, he really didn't know what to say about this matter.

"But, what can I do?" An Yan asked this question suspiciously. What he can do is the key.Even if he wants to help Yucheng University or to help Yucheng promote the establishment of Yucheng Advanced Research Institute, what can he do as a foreign professor?

Obviously, there's nothing he can do.

"Professor An, can you write a letter?" President Yu was not confident enough, "Just write a letter of your suggestion to the central government. If it is your letter of suggestion, maybe it will be successful."

hmmmmmm…

There is such a thing?Can you still do this?An Yan froze in place, looked at Principal Yu and Mayor Han, and found that they didn't seem to be joking.

"Really write a proposal letter?" An Yan gasped, "Will it work?"

"It should work." President Yu nodded and said, "We don't speak well, but you are different, Professor An. Not only because you are a professor at Princeton University, but also because you are already an academically An outstanding scholar, I believe that the central government will pay attention to your suggestion. Just like Mr. Yang, if it weren’t for Mr. Yang, the Advanced Research Center of Jinghua University would not have been established so quickly.”

"I can write a letter. But if you can't succeed by then, don't blame me." An Yan thought for a while, "I'll write a letter of suggestion when I get back tonight, and you can take it tomorrow."

"Thank you!" Mayor Han was so excited that he was about to jump up from his chair, and his reaction was very intense.

"I'm really grateful to Professor An. If it wasn't for Professor An, we might not know when we would be able to have our own Institute for Advanced Study."

"You'd better wait until the Institute for Advanced Study is finalized." Although An Yan didn't particularly want to hit Mayor Han and President Yu, he wondered how he, an ordinary professor, could write a letter of advice that would be useful.It's unscientific, okay?But seeing the eagerly looking eyes of the two, he could only bite the bullet and agree.

I still don't know how to write this letter of recommendation.

Think about it, it's already a headache.Clutching her forehead, An Yan thought for a while, and Mayor Han warmly greeted An Yan and Gu Weize for dinner at this time.

The establishment of Yucheng Advanced Research Institute can also be said to be the first step towards high-tech in Yucheng.If you don't go on this step, let alone those things behind.

As for Professor An, if Professor An is true, he will return to Yucheng.Mayor Han felt that he could use eight sedan chairs to invite Professor An back to the Yucheng Institute for Advanced Study.

It is like the Advanced Research Center of Jinghua University to Mr. Yang, and the Qiu Chengtong Mathematics Research Center to Mr. Qiu Chengtong.If there is not a top-notch expert who can hold the field, the Institute for Advanced Study will be ruined sooner or later.When they invited An Yan to dinner this time, they firstly wanted to find out about An Yan's plans behind it, and secondly, they wanted to establish the Yucheng Advanced Research Institute.

If An Yan does not return to Yucheng, then it is useless for them to establish this advanced research institute.Unless Yucheng University or Western University can produce a student comparable to Professor An.Come to think of it, in recent decades, there probably has been no such possibility.

Professor An is particularly important at this moment.Academically, they need Professor An's endorsement for them to continue.Otherwise, this proposal will definitely be rejected again and again.The academic center of Huaguo itself is in the capital, and there are two universities in the capital, one is Beijing University and the other is Jinghua.Almost all of them have occupied half of the country's academic resources, and the rest have been taken up by other top universities.It was Yucheng's turn, very few.

Anyway, the universities in Yucheng were also established before the founding of the People's Republic of China, so there is still some historical heritage.But it just can't develop, which is a very confusing thing.

Well now, a Ann Banquet came out.He is also a top international mathematician. Although he has never faced the leadership directly, the leadership is no stranger to An Yan.And he loves this kind of genius scholar very much, what's more, An Yan has never changed his nationality after going abroad for several years.

Everyone is guessing that he should be the last to return home.Even the young man who returned to China may be in his prime. With Professor An's talent, after decades of academic research, he may be able to make many achievements to promote the development of Huaguo's science and academics.

It is not a wrong statement to say that An Yan is the academic leader of the younger generation in Huaguo.In the entire Hua Kingdom, among the younger generation, no one dares to take advantage of it.

It even makes many scholars feel ashamed. An Yan's reputation is not blown out.A professor who graduated from the University of Zurich with a bachelor's degree and a doctoral degree from Stanford University has nothing to brag about in China.On the other hand, foreign countries praised An Yan. After reading An Yan's thesis, many domestic professors applauded.

His reputation is spread by word of mouth in this way, and he feels that he stands out from the crowd among the younger generation of domestic academic circles.

"Let's...don't talk about business, let's eat first." Mayor Han said while paying attention to the actions of An Yan and Gu Weize.

He and Principal Yu are both good people, and from the small details just now, it can be seen that the relationship between An Yan and Gu Weize is not just friends.But this kind of thing, they will not break through.They didn't do anything illegal or disciplined, they were just talking about someone.

Although the gender of this subject seems to be wrong, these things are not their responsibility.

What they should take care of is how to invite the great god An Yan back to Yucheng.It's good to talk to Gu Wei, the police in Yucheng, if the two of them want to be together in the future, won't they just live in Yucheng?

Mayor Han, Principal Yu, and Secretary Chen next to him couldn't wait to applaud, so they almost got married on the spot.