God's Crown

Not to mention the doubts of the netizens watching the webcast in front of the computer screen, the reporter Yuan at the scene was also very shocked. He couldn't even believe that An Yan was able to say such words as panic.I don't know what kind of attitude to say these words, but reporter Yuan is a professional reporter.Even when this kind of confusing situation happened, he was still very calm.

"Fear, why do you think winning the Fields Medal is panic?" Reporter Yuan showed the speed that a hostess should have.

An Yan said unhurriedly, "Compared with the other four Fields Medal winners, I am really too young. Besides, as a researcher in theoretical physics, I actually won the Fields Medal. It is a very frightening thing for me, what do you think?"

"But..." Reporter Yuan frowned slightly and said, "I think this is what you should get."

"Oh?" An Yan looked at Reporter Yuan and said, "Why do you think I should get this reward?"

"Of course it is based on Professor An's previous experience." Reporter Yuan cleared his voice and said, "Besides, Professor An's contribution in mathematics is not much weaker than those professors. Perhaps, Professor An is at a disadvantage in terms of age. You are not a mathematician, but so what? Your academic achievements are obvious to all around the world."

An Yan didn't speak, just smiled slightly.Is this starting to get down to business?

While they were chatting, some netizens had already started leaving messages——

【I came to see the first Fields Medal winner in China, but I didn't expect him to be so young...】

[Although the age of the Fields Medal winner is under 40, this one is obviously too young, right?This is the first time I have seen such a young Fields Medalist. Can anyone tell me how old the youngest Fields Medalist is?Also, this guy turned out to be a physicist and not a mathematician?This...is too embarrassing. 】

【Let me tell you that the youngest Fields Medal winner is the one who is not wrong, that is the person you see now, he is the youngest Fields Medal winner. 】

[I'm going, I don't know Taishan with my eyes, it turns out that he is the youngest winner of the Fields Medal. 】

【Is this really amazing?He's a professor at Princeton University?Tsk tsk, how old are you? Looks like you're less than 20 years old, and you're already a professor at Princeton University? 】

[That's right, I have been a professor at Princeton University for almost a year. After graduating from Stanford University with a Ph.D., I have been teaching at Princeton University! 】

【Oh my god, what kind of fairy professor is this...】

Netizens are still blowing water over there, and reporter Yuan has already started asking questions, "Professor An, we know that you actually participated in a math competition when you were in high school, right?"

"That's right." When mentioning this matter, An Yan was very calm, but still a little embarrassed.How should I put it, he is the youngest winner of the Fields Medal, but he didn't even make it to the provincial math competition.This was particularly embarrassing, and it made everyone in the math competition embarrassing with him.

After all, he was not able to participate in the provincial mathematics competition finals back then, and was eliminated in the semi-finals.

And the people who participated in the provincial finals and national competitions back then should be more powerful than An Yan, but they don't seem to be as powerful as An Yan.At least among the group of people in their early years, none of them participated in the Mathematical Olympiad in the same year as An Yan.

"I heard that you seemed to be kicked out during the rematch?"

"Yes." An Yan nodded and explained, "It wasn't long before I planned to study hard at that time. Before, I was a special salted fish. I didn't want to do anything, but I wanted to make a salted fish at home."

"So what motivates you to work as hard as you do now?"

"What?" An Yan pondered for a while and said, "I probably figured it out. In this lifetime, it seems that there are not many opportunities for people to change by themselves. I don't want to be a salted fish at home, although my parents still can. It can support me, not to mention a rich life, at least a well-off life is no problem. But after the college entrance examination, I carefully thought about the life I would live in the future, and stayed at home every day. I didn’t go anywhere, and I didn’t have to think about anything. .”

"Suddenly I feel that this kind of life seems quite scary." An Yan touched the bridge of his nose and said, "Don't laugh, netizens, I used to be really... useless, I feel like I am at home every day It’s good to rely on your own parents. Otherwise, you can rely on others. Anyway, you will have enough food and clothing every day. My requirements are actually quite low.”

"I don't have any big ambitions."

"So the opportunity that prompted you to change was in the third year of high school, right?"

"It should be that after the college entrance examination, I thought about it at home for several days. I felt that my life should not be like this, and I should not continue like this."

"So you chose to repeat the third year of high school?"

"That's right." An Yan felt that this interview was a deep analysis of himself.This is probably why Renshe Daily wants to set an example for young people.What An Yan said was quite down-to-earth, but not lofty at all.

[It turns out that Professor An only wanted to be a salted fish before?Isn't this me? 】

[I seem to see myself, and I also think that as long as I have food and clothing, I don't care about the rest. 】

[To be reasonable, at first I thought Professor An was talking about me, but it turned out he was talking about himself. 】

【Speaking of which, isn’t it too late for me to work hard now? 】

[Struggle, struggle! ! ! 】

"Then Professor An said so, did you start working hard when you repeated your third year of high school?"

"No, strictly speaking, after graduating from high school, I have been thinking about the future for several days. I don't think my life can stay the same, and then I started to work hard to adapt to the new life When An Yan said this, he smiled at Reporter Yuan, and continued, "At that time, I felt that if I got good academic performance, maybe I would have a different life in the future."

"You never thought that you could win the Fields Medal?"

"At that time I didn't even know about the Fields Medal."

"It should have been five years ago?"

"It should be four or five years ago." An Yan said with a smile, "At that time, in fact, my biggest goal was to be admitted to an undergraduate university, even if it was three undergraduate colleges. I barely passed the college entrance examination for the first time. .”

"My parents advised me not to study so hard, saying that it was too late for me. My good friends also advised me at the time."

"Hmm." Reporter Yuan didn't speak, but nodded slightly, listening to An Yan's words.

"But I'm a bit stubborn. If you all say no, how will I know if I won't do it if I don't try." An Yan showed a slight smile, and then said, "So I have to try it myself."

"So what did you think after you tried it?"

"I can." An Yan nodded and said, "I could only pass the college entrance examination before, but I practiced and read desperately every day. During that time, apart from eating and sleeping every day, it seemed that my whole life was only homework. gone."

"Do you sometimes feel a little boring? Do you think that this kind of life is actually not good?"

"I have had such thoughts many times." An Yan looked at Reporter Yuan and said with a smile, "I have been thinking about this question a lot of times. What is the purpose of my hard work? My family is not rich, but it is absolutely Not poor."

"I thought about it for a long time, and finally I thought, if I don't even dare to fight, if I don't have the courage to give it a go, am I still a person?"

"We can see that, Professor An, your progress is very fast." Reporter Yuan obviously did a lot of homework.He took out a piece of cardboard and said, "Look, your total score in the first monthly exam has not yet reached the admission score line for three books, and then it keeps going up."

"After reaching the apex, you will become the number one student in the Yucheng college entrance examination."

"Do you have any thoughts on the matter of the top scorer in the college entrance examination? Or, did you expect it before the college entrance examination?"

"No, I never expected that I would become the number one student in the college entrance examination."

"Because of some unpleasant things that happened in China, you went to study at ETH Zurich in Switzerland." Reporter Yuan said, "When you were studying at ETH Zurich, you spent two years completing your undergraduate studies. But when you were studying for a direct Ph.D. at Stanford University, it only took one year to graduate, and you were invited to be a professor of mathematical physics at Princeton University. What kind of mentality do you think you have during this time, or is it in your mentality? Has anything changed?"

"I went to ETH Zurich to study. To be honest, I was not confident at that time."

"You are the number one scholar in science in Yucheng, and you still don't feel very confident?" Reporter Yuan was really curious about this question. A number one student in science felt that he was very poor.If this were put on someone else, they would have been scolded to death.But in An Yan's body, why does it feel like... pretending to be X, or the kind of invisible pretending to be X.

"Overseas universities are different from domestic universities. Of course, I have never been in a domestic university, and I have no right to speak about domestic universities. The key is to talk about foreign universities, such as Zurich University of Technology. Everyone We all know that this university is very high in the ranking of European universities, and I chose to major in physics.”

"My professor said a word to me the first day he saw me."

"Oh?" Reporter Yuan became curious, "What did your professor tell you?"

"He said—" An Yan said in a deep voice, "he will not stop me from researching any topic I want, but he hopes that I can be sure to produce several academic journal results within two years. He thinks Students don't need to be in the professor's class every day, it's just that the method doesn't work for everyone."

"I spend every day in the library of ETH Zurich, and I was able to graduate from Stanford University within a year. It was precisely because of that time that I laid a very solid foundation."

"As for the lack of self-confidence, there are many geniuses at the ETH Zurich, and I feel that there is still a big gap between me and them. Even if I am a problem solver, the people there are very capable. But I also discovered a very fatal weakness."

"They will never do anything on weekends, and when they officially go to work, they will only arrive late and leave early. They never think of arriving early."

"Most people are stuck."

"This has caused me great confusion. Is it really possible to study a subject well?" An Yan spread his hands and said, "I am very skeptical about this. My senior brother Mills often tells me that no You don’t need to be too upset, and you don’t need to be too inferior. In fact, I have done a good job, and I am very happy. During that time, my teacher encouraged me, and my seniors also encouraged me.”

Reporter Yuan nodded and wanted to continue asking.

At this time, the netizens on the webcast platform seem to have exploded——

[I'm going, it's surprising that Professor An has turned from a scumbag into a god of learning in less than a year, isn't it? 】

[Is this implying that I actually have a chance to get into a good university? 】

[If you have the IQ of Professor An, I will definitely not refute that you retake the third year of high school. The problem is that you don't have the IQ of Professor An. Besides, what kind of person is Professor An.You all know in your heart that with your three-legged cat skills and persistence, you can half as much as Professor An. You don't have to watch Professor An's interviews on the Internet now. 】

[Sure enough, even being a salted fish can't be a better salted fish than Professor An... Ah, I'm so tired, I don't know why, it's just so tired. 】

[To be reasonable, I think Professor An is really too cruel to himself. I have never seen a person be so cruel to himself.Professor An is really the first one who says he must do what he wants to do. 】

[That's the winner of the Fields Medal. I also want to hear how Professor An learns. 】

"Professor An." Reporter Yuan asked with a smile, "Can I read the messages from netizens?"

"You are welcome." An Yan pointed to Reporter Yuan and said with a smile, "If you think you can read it, then I naturally have no opinion."

"Well, Professor An, I'm not welcome." Reporter Yuan smiled and pulled out a netizen's message and said, "Professor An's netizen's message is to ask you why you can be so cruel to yourself, why you can do This kind of thing is more 'anti-human nature'.

"Yes, laziness is indeed human nature. Even now, I want to be lazy. But in the third year of high school, you saw everyone studying seriously, and you sat in the classroom alone doing nothing. , If you can experience that feeling, I believe that this netizen will be able to do some very good things for himself in the future. Or in other words, with the virtue of persistence, in fact, nothing is a thing.”

"I heard that when you were studying at Stanford University, you seldom went out, did you?"

"Yes." An Yan was stunned for a moment, then looked at Reporter Yuan and said, "You all know that."

Reporter Yuan smiled and said nothing.

An Yan and Reporter Yuan had chatted a lot, and more and more netizens entered the live broadcast room to watch.

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Gu Wei saw that the number of people in the live broadcast room has been continuously increasing, and they are now in the work unit, so the police may be called at any time.He patted his colleague on the shoulder and said, "Okay, don't look at it."

"If there is something that needs to call the police later, we will be too late." There is nothing wrong with saying that, but it reminds me of what An Yan said before and An Yan's demeanor.Gu Wei discovered that An Yan should have mentioned him veiledly just now.Probably because I didn't want him to be so troublesome, that's why I didn't mention his name.

Thinking in my heart, I can't go to Xiaoyan now.Besides, Xiao Yan still has an academic report to do.When you're done, you have to go back to Princeton.It is estimated that there are very few opportunities to meet Xiaoyan in the past few years.There should be a recorded version of this interview, and he can continue to watch it by searching the Internet.

At least, now he probably can't continue watching.

Now it's time to go to work, no matter what he can't do too much, no.

Maybe he will continue to watch it when he is resting in the dormitory later.

"I'm talking about Xiao Gu." Another colleague came in from the outside and said, "No treats, your daughter-in-law won such a big award and was interviewed, why don't you invite guests to celebrate?"

"Hey." Gu Wei said with a smirk, "Wait for him to come back and treat him. If he isn't here, what kind of guest would I have?"

"That's right." The colleague stepped aside, "Okay, let me ask your sister-in-law to record the interview with your daughter-in-law, and I will send it to you later. You should work hard first."

"Thank you, Brother Zhou."

"It's okay." Brother Zhou let it go, "We're all colleagues, so it's not like that."

"Hi." Gu Wei sighed.

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"I'm very glad, Professor An, that you can accept the interview from our Human Society Daily, so I wish you smooth sailing in your future projects."

"Thank you." An Yan said with a slight smile, "Reporter Yuan, I hope to have the opportunity to cooperate with you in the future."

"Of course, I am very much looking forward to working with you, Professor An." After the recording of the program, the two praised each other commercially, and An Yan returned to her room to continue working.

When I returned to the door of the room, I happened to meet Faltins walking back to the room.

Faltings looked at it and said, "Ann, how is your academic report going?"

"Almost." An Yan said with a smile, "I have studied many useful things about the Yang-Mills equation, and Mr. Faltings will understand when he goes to see my academic report. "

"Really?" Faltins raised his eyebrows and said, "Ann, I really underestimated you."

"I'm very much looking forward to the academic report the day after tomorrow, Ann, I hope you don't let me down."

"Don't worry, I won't let you down."

"Really?" Faltings smiled, without saying anything else, and went directly into his room.An Yan also opened the door and entered her room.After returning to the room, he took a pen and continued to calculate on the draft paper what needed to be explained at the academic report meeting.

Pack up the equipment, it's getting late.Touching the sweat on his forehead, the staff of Renshe Daily sighed and said, "Professor An is quite easy to talk to, I thought that a genius boy like him would have some quirks more or less, but it turns out that there are no quirks." of."

"Actually, Professor An is quite a nice person. After getting in touch with him a lot, you will find that Professor An is still a gentle person in his bones. He doesn't like anyone arguing or anything like that."

"It's probably because he didn't like us, so he didn't even get angry. I see that Professor An didn't answer your question for a while, and just laughed and said nothing."

"Shall I see the results of your shooting?"

"No." Putting the device in Reporter Yuan's hand, she clicked on the interview just now and read it with relish.It is foreseeable that the traffic of this talk show will definitely not be higher.For a live broadcast that lasted nearly two hours, the number of likes for the scarf was not many. In addition, it was very difficult to find people who really cared about the development of mathematics in Huaguo.

Netizens were at most just joining in the fun, and Reporter Yuan himself was very satisfied with the interview.

How should I put it, this is probably the interview he imagined, and it looks like this, "Then, Professor An, why did you choose a problem in mathematics to become your Ph.D. What about the thesis?"

"It's actually a coincidence. At Princeton University, Mr. Faltins suggested that I study graph theory. In the process of researching graph theory, I sent some things about Abelian clusters, so I imagined that I could make this thing Come out. Unexpectedly, I actually succeeded." An Yan seemed to be fine now, and she didn't have the low self-esteem she said before.

He used to think that no matter how hard he tried, he would not be able to reach a certain height, but now that he has become the winner of the Fields Medal, what is impossible, more absurd than the Fields Medal?It seems that there is nothing more ridiculous than a Fields Medal winner.

Now An Yan talks eloquently, as if she knows that the person with low self-esteem is not herself.Because he firmly believes that he can create miracles different from others.Having reached his stage, it seems that several miracles have already been created.Naturally, he doesn't need to feel inferior at all.

Even, maybe others need to feel inferior when they see him.

"I said that Professor An is quite funny. After talking so much, I don't think I'm too tired to panic. I think you are basically guiding Professor An to talk, and you didn't say anything."

"That's right." Reporter Yuan smiled, "Isn't that what a good host should be like? Listening is more meaningful than dialogue."

"You're right."

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The International Congress of Mathematicians passed quickly, and the second day was fleeting.Because of the academic report meeting to be held at Seoul National University tomorrow, An Yan did not stay up late today. Instead, after taking a bath, he lay comfortably on the bed and fell asleep with his eyes closed.

When he opened his eyes the next day and washed up, he heard someone knocking on the door.

The person who knocked on the door was Schultz. He smiled at An Yan and said, "Professor An, how is your academic report going?"

"Not bad." An Yan turned around, looked at Schultz and said, "Would you like to come in and sit for a while?"

"No, no need." Schultz shook his head and said, "I just want to remind Professor An that your academic report will be at 01:30 this afternoon, so you can't be late."

An Yan smiled, does she really have amnesia?Schultz still needs to remind him, probably because he is afraid that he will forget where to report.

The two haven't chatted for a while.

Schultz was saying, "I heard you had some conflicts with Professor Witten?"

"It's some academic dispute." An Yan shook his head and said, "It's not a contradiction, it's just that I don't agree with Professor Weiteng's approach, that's all."

"I see." Schultz still wanted to say something.But at this time Quan Zhenli came over and said to An Yan, "Professor An, Professor Pete."

The two nodded slightly, Schultz stared at Quan Zhenli and said, "Why, what is your business here?"

"No, I'm just here to remind Professor An, don't forget that this afternoon is your academic report at 01:30."

"Is this something?" Schultz smiled and said, "I have already reminded Professor An once, and I think Professor An may not need to remind him twice."

"Mr. Schultz, Quan Zhenli, I still need to rest for a while, do you need to come in? If you don't come in, I will close the door?" An Yan pulled the doorknob and looked at the two.

Schultz shook his head first, "I'll see you in the academic lecture hall."

"Professor An, your academic lecture hall is at No. 1." After Quan Zhenli finished speaking, he bowed and continued, "If you can't find your way later, you can contact me at any time."

An Yan nodded slightly, but did not continue speaking.

Even if asked to continue talking, he didn't seem to know what to say.Back on the chair, he reviewed the draft completed yesterday in his mind, and he found that there seemed to be some areas that could be optimized.He could not miss this opportunity. The unraveling of the Yang-Mills equation means that the gauge field theory will enter a new stage in the unification of strong electricity.

An Yan didn't set a time limit for himself to come up with a unified theory of strong electricity. It's useless to set a time limit for this thing. He still needs a little inspiration and the blessing of Goddess Luck.

Otherwise, even if he does tens of millions of gauge field theories, he may not be able to find out how the unified theory of strong electricity should develop.

After watching it once, An Yan chose to rest for a while.

Seeing that it was almost noon, he left his room and went out for a meal.When he came to the No. 1 academic lecture hall, there were still a few minutes before his academic lecture at Seoul National University.

There are many people who came before An Yan. Except for some students of Seoul National University, the rest are all mathematicians.

Solving the Yang-Mills equation is of great interest to many people, especially those in nonlinear partial differential equations.

Walking to the front of the stage and looking around, everyone was obviously talking in a low voice before, but at this time, they were silent.

"Cough cough." An Yan coughed lightly, "There are still a few points left, and we will formally give an academic report."

Everyone looked at An Yan curiously, and everyone was guessing in their hearts what exactly An Yan would do and how far he could go.