Tech Hammer

Xue Changqing happily took Ning Wei to his supercomputing center for a tour. At this time, Ning Wei realized that he had thought of things too simply. For example, if he really planned to build a new data center by himself, he would first have to go to Prepare an environmental impact report, and only after it is approved can we formally prepare for construction.

I am quite satisfied with the computer room itself. It can be seen that Xue Changqing has really taken care of the computer room. For example, he has divided the environment. Generally, people do not need to enter the core computer room at all. The core computer room area also uses a boosted dust removal method to ensure the normal operation of the server.

Although the entire center has been in operation for two years, most of the equipment is indeed as Zhang Yusheng and Xue Changqing introduced. It will not be a big problem to use it for another five or six years. Even if the equipment needs to be updated after five or six years, it can be updated in batches. Way.

The most important thing is that it can save a lot of time, so after visiting the computer room facilities of the supercomputing center and chatting with the technicians currently maintaining the computer room, Ning Wei readily decided to sign a contract with Xue Changqing.

Obviously, neither Zhang Yusheng nor Xue Changqing expected that Ning Wei would be so forthcoming. On the one hand, they hurriedly contacted lawyers to draft a contract, and on the other hand, they reported directly to Mr. Yan. Huawei directly sent Beijing's legal affairs to the big data industrial park.

I really can't leave now.

During lunch, Xue Changqing invited the leaders of the park management committee. In his words, after Ning Wei bought the supercomputing center, he would have to deal with the park management committee. Ning Weize, who was most afraid of dealing with the authorities, turned Yu Xing on to him with a phone call. Wei called over.

When Yu Xingwei quickly took a taxi to the park and heard that Ning Wei had decided to spend 190 million to purchase a supercomputing center as the main body of the future computer algorithm laboratory, his emotions were so high that it could be said that God would kill God if he stood in his way, and he would kill Buddha if he stood in the way of Buddha. Although it is said that you cannot drink alcohol at noon, you have already become quite familiar with several people on the management committee by replacing wine with tea during lunch. You must invite a few people to continue to have a meal and have two drinks in the evening.

This is actually understandable. Although no one raised objections that Yu Xingwei was doing research and writing papers in the Institute of Mathematics every day, Yu Xingwei knew very well that these were preferential treatment given by the bosses for Ning Wei's sake. He After all, he was not from Yanbei University, so he was naturally uncomfortable psychologically if he stayed in other people's territory every day. Ning Weizhen wants to take down this supercomputing center, which also means that he has a real place to stay in the capital, and a starting point for a big fight.

In the afternoon, there was a signing ceremony. Xue Changqing called several shareholders of the company to the company and met with Ning Wei. Under the witness of the legal affairs department sent by Huawei, the two parties signed the contract. According to the contract, Ningwei gave Jiakai half a month to process customer recharges and data dumps. After half a month, Ningwei could officially take over its supercomputing center.

Ning Wei originally planned to go back to school after signing the contract and transferring the money, leaving Yu Xingwei to deal with the follow-up matters. However, he couldn't resist the enthusiasm of the company's shareholders and bosses, so he kept Ning Weiqiang and insisted on eating together. A supper.

Ning Wei then sent Jiang Chenshuang a WeChat message, asking her not to bring him food, and continued to attend the dinner. There was nothing else. After the meal, Yu Xingwei basically started to hang out with a few people from the management committee and call each other brothers...

Well, this is actually quite good. It puts Yu Xingwei in his most suitable position.

Of course, Ning Wei also considered that it was okay to give the senior fellow from Jiangcheng University more attention, and he still had to focus more on academics. Socializing could only be a supplement and should not be regarded as the main job.

Resolutely declining other activities after the meal, Ning Wei and he still took Zhang Yusheng's car back to school. They had already missed having dinner with Jiang Chenshuang, and Ning Wei did not intend to continue to miss the time to listen to the piano in the evening.

Like all boys and girls who fall in love, if there is any difference between Ning Wei and others, it is probably that he has stronger self-control and can always force himself into a state of concentration.

The car still stopped at the entrance of the institute. As soon as Ning Wei got out of the car and said goodbye to Zhang Yusheng, his cell phone rang. He looked at the caller ID and saw that it was Director Tian.

Ning Wei answered the phone, and before he could speak, the other person asked: "Ning Wei, who is Professor March? Is it our professor from Yanbei University or Jiangcheng University?"

Ning Wei was shocked. Although becoming famous in March was something he had planned, it still surprised him that it could reach Director Tian's ears so quickly.

You can’t say that you can get ahead just by reviewing three papers, right? The world of mathematics shouldn't be so superficial. Moreover, Ning Wei always felt a little weird when the title Professor March came from Dao Tian's mouth.

"Um, Director Tian? How did you know that there is a person like Professor March?" Ning Wei asked cautiously.

"My friend just called me and said two things. I don't know where the news came from. You have been confirmed to win this year's Wolf Prize, and many academic editors are spreading the word that you introduced them to a person like this. The hermit-like professor of mathematics not only reviews manuscripts extremely quickly, but also has an extremely sharp style. The mathematics circle is so big, and people have asked about me. What can I say? Can’t I just ask you? Who is Professor March? Who?" Tian Yanzhen asked very quickly.

Looking at the question asked, Ning Wei was speechless. He didn't even tell Lu Dongyi about what happened in March, and Yu Xingwei was very tight-lipped. Probably no one at Yanbei University knew about it except Jiang. He has no plans to let more people know for the time being.

Ning Wei always thought that the mathematics circle was quite large, and those academic editors of mathematics were all very careful with their words. Who would have thought that after only three manuscripts were reviewed in March, Professor March began to be spread in the mathematics world? s legend.

What does it mean to shoot oneself in the foot? Ning Wei thinks this is it. He is not ready to expose March, let alone announce the existence of March to the world.

"Well, Director Tian, ​​I really have to keep this a secret for the time being. You see, I can't just make up someone to lie to you, right? But I promise, when the time comes, I will tell you her identity as soon as possible." After thinking about it, Thinking about it, Ning Wei simply answered bravely.

"Isn't it because of what happened before that you were too lazy to deal with the math circle, so you made up a random identity for March, right? It was you who was behind it, right?" Director Tian asked suspiciously.

Ning Wei remained silent, as expected of Director Tian. A casual analysis was close to the truth. Facing a thoughtful person, Ning Wei knew very well that if he wanted to keep a secret, the best way was to remain silent, otherwise nothing could be said in his words. If there are loopholes, the other party will make a rough guess.

"Forget it, forget it, I'm too lazy to guess about you. But let me tell you, it's not a good thing to expose that you may be this year's Wolf Prize winner. Your nomination has indeed been passed, but the review has not actually started yet. I don’t know where this news came from, but I’m sure it has something to do with the rejection of the manuscript by the Journal of the American Mathematical Society. Strictly speaking, this is not a good thing.”

"I now feel that even if you really win the Wolf Prize in January next year, it will not be a good thing. This means that if you want to win the Fields Medal four years later, you will most likely need more results. If you It would be unconvincing to judge the Fields Medal based on the achievements of winning the Wolf Prize." Tian Yanzhen reminded seriously.

Ning Wei felt that he had to accept this, so he said: "Director Tian, ​​is your idea a little more utilitarian? In fact, I think that when we do research, winning awards should not be the first goal."

The person on the other side was silent for a long time and then asked: "Come on, tell me, why do you want to do research?"

Ning Wei said confidently: "Of course it is because we have a pure love for science and the ideal of promoting scientific progress to benefit China. So winning the award is the result, not the purpose. I am lucky to get it, and it doesn't matter if I lose it. .”

When chatting, when someone starts to raise a high profile, other people often find it difficult to pick up the conversation.

For example, Tian Yanzhen at this time was silent for several seconds before he said: "Okay! Ning Wei, that's a good thing to say, I'll remember it for you. I won't mention whether I won the award or not in the future. I just hope that you can promote scientific progress every day, there’s nothing wrong with that, right?”

"Well, a good Tian Dao will live up to your expectations!" Ning Wei replied.

"Okay, I'll hang up first, you work hard!" After saying that, the other person hung up the phone.

Ning Wei put the phone in his pocket and walked into the institute. When he came to his office, he found that the light next door was still on, so he walked in and took a look. Sure enough, Lu Dongyi hadn't gone back yet.

"Senior Brother Lu, you haven't gone back yet."

"Well, I recently found a new topic and am going to study it carefully." Lu Dongyi replied.

Only then did Ning Wei remember that when Director Tian approached him as a teaching assistant yesterday, he also told him that Senior Brother Lu was planning to start a new research topic. He actually forgot to pay attention to it. He couldn't help but feel ashamed and asked quickly: "Senior Brother Lu is planning to start a new research project again." What question is there?"

Lu Dongyi replied: "The regularity problem of infinite harmonic function -Du^TD^2uDu=-∑u...=0 in R^n, C^1 of n≥3, α under the gradient of high-dimensional function."

Ning Wei blinked. Of course he knew what Senior Brother Lu was talking about. It was a well-known mathematical problem in the PDE direction and had a history of several decades. He just didn't know why Senior Brother Lu suddenly decided to take on this tough nut.

However, before he could say anything, Senior Brother Lu continued: "By the way, I heard that it is widely rumored that the Wolf Prize will be awarded to you this year. Do you think it is necessary to congratulate you in advance?"

Ning Wei shook his head and said: "Don't do it. It's never a good thing to worry about the news about winning a prize in advance. Really, there is no sense of surprise. If you don't win, it will be a huge loss. I doubt it. Whoever spread this rumor probably wants to make me happy first, and then give me a slap in the face when the time comes."

"Ha ha……"

Lu Dongyi smiled and shook his head and said, "You may have overthinking this time. Director Tian and I suspect that this is the big bosses in the mathematics community who are shifting their goals recently. This is a response to your speeches at the STOC conference. I’ll give you a Wolfe Award and shut your mouth so that you don’t act like a monster again. So I chose this moment to spread the word. So you have a good chance of winning the award.”

"Look what you said, it doesn't matter to me whether I win the prize or not. But if I really win it, I won't dislike it." Ning Wei thought for a while and said.

"By the way, who is Professor March? I guess you have no intention of telling me, but for one thing, I think there is a high probability that there is no professor in China who has a professional background but has not written a paper. Of course, March may just be a pseudonym. , right? But since I want to use this pen name in the mathematics community, I can publish some achievements appropriately." Lu Dongyi asked.

These words were very cryptic. It was obvious that Tian Yanzhen actually called Lu Dongyi before calling him, and the two of them had a special communication. However, Ning Wei did not say anything, but made it serious. He nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go back and make suggestions to March to see if there are any results that can be published."

After hearing Ning Wei's statement, Lu Dongyi said with a smile: "I have another idea, it may not be right, just listen to it. I think, suddenly one day, a mysterious March professor in China At the same time as the news that you may have been nominated for the Wolf Prize, there is a high probability that someone wants to use two things to completely solve the subsequent impact of your speech at the conference. So at this time, if Professor March has anything before Once the results are released, they may be published quickly, and by the way, they will also generate quite a bit of buzz.”

After listening to Lu Dongyi's explanation, Ning Wei tilted his head and asked seriously: "Brother Lu, I just casually made fun of the mathematics community at the STOC conference last week. Is it really such a big impact?"

"Just a few words of teasing?"

Lu Dongyi swallowed, then glared at Ning Wei, who didn't know how high the sky was, and said, "Are you really ignorant or are you just pretending? Just because the mathematical world may not tolerate you, through you and that princess The tidbits made headlines in God knows how many newspapers throughout Europe and the United States, and how many TV hosts and talk show actors over there used your words to ridicule the academic world."

"Even now when professors at Ivy League schools are in class, they may be asked about academic suppression by their students every day. The editors of the four major mathematics journals have not been able to work normally for three days in a row. Their mailboxes are full every day. There is no way to filter it, because most of the emails sent are from the private mailboxes of serious students and some young scientific researchers. Yes, those emails are not from spam mailboxes! What’s even more frightening is that there are also a bunch of Western civil scientists, who are Take your example and organize marches in various places to protest against official academic suppression..."

"So don't tell me that you don't know the above things at all? Otherwise, why do you think someone asked Director Tian to tell you that if you have a paper in the near future, you will definitely give priority to review and arrange for publication?"

After hearing what Lu Dongyi said, Ning Wei was extremely surprised...

"Senior Brother Lu, do you need to say this? I really didn't know it was so lively on the other side! If I knew this, wouldn't I have bought firecrackers to celebrate?"