Great Country Academician

Published on 2023-02-12 20:31 | VIP chapter

In the end Xu Chuan accepted Amelia as a student.

Although it feels slightly awkward to accept one's former acquaintances as students, it is not a big deal.

In fact, the academic world doesn't pay much attention to this thing, not to mention that he and Amelia are not very close.

If you want to say that it is awkward, it is actually a bit awkward for students to be older than their instructors in traditional culture.

Among the students he had selected before, the oldest, Roger Dean, was already thirty-one years old. Compared to his twenty-year-old age, he was more than ten years older.

It's just that the best is the first, and this is not a big deal.

Terence Tao was only 24 years old when he first became a professor of mathematics at the University of California, and the students he led were basically older than him.

Although Xu Chuan was a little surprised that he had taken one more student, it was not a big deal.

For him, leading three students is leading, leading four is also leading.

It's just that Amelia's original tutor may be a little bit pained, and an extremely excellent student just flew away.

But there is no way, after all, you can't stop others from going to a better future. (How does that sound weird?)

Although Princeton's professors are great, it depends on who they compare with. They are indeed very good compared with other schools, but compared with a top professor who has proved the seven millennium problems, they are far behind.

Moreover, Princeton has not yet formally enrolled, and Princeton has not stipulated that students must go after sending an admission notice to students.

Only junk universities will use admission notices to bind students and recruit students.

The world's top schools like Princeton, Harvard, and Yale don't bother to do this kind of thing. Love comes or doesn't come, and there is no shortage of students for you.

The days in Princeton passed day by day, and the time came to the middle and late January in the blink of an eye.

Because he promised his alma mater that he would rush back to receive the award and give a speech before the winter vacation, Xu Chuan bought a ticket in advance and flew back to China.

After landing and getting off the plane, when Xu Chuan walked out of the airport with his luggage, he immediately saw the person who came to pick him up.

There is no way, the big red banner in the waiting hall is too conspicuous, and no one passing by in the reception hall does not look at it.

[Congratulations to Xu Chuan, a doctoral student of our school, for overcoming the Hodge Conjecture of the Seven Millennium Problems! 】

Pulling the luggage, Xu Chuan quickly walked towards the direction where the banner was hung, and the cameraman among the waiting pick-up staff was sharp-eyed and immediately went up with the camera in his arms.

Xu Chuan is no stranger to this scene. After all, when he proved the Weyl-Berry conjecture, Nanjing University and Jinling had picked up the plane with great fanfare.

And this time he proved Hodge's conjecture, there is no reason to be weaker than last time.

After dealing with the media reporters skillfully, Xu Chuan greeted the leader who walked over quickly.

"Welcome home, student Xu Chuan."

The first person to greet him was Liu Gaojun, the principal of Nantah University. He didn't say any congratulations, but patted him on the shoulder kindly to welcome back.

Xu Chuan greeted him with a smile. He could only say that the headmaster deserved to be an administrator, and he felt comfortable speaking.

"Professor Xu, congratulations, you have proved Hodge's conjecture and solved another world-class problem."

On the other side, a middle-aged and elderly man walked over with a smile and extended his hands enthusiastically.

"This is what a scholar should do." Xu Chuan smiled and shook hands with the boss in front of him. This scene made him quite familiar.

Familiar pick-up at the airport, familiar words, familiar reporter shooting and interviewing, but the person speaking and shaking hands has changed from Mr. Jiang to Mr. Xu.

Although it is a bit surprising that such a boss came to pick him up in person, it is actually nothing to put it on a scholar who has proved the seven millennium problems.

After all, it has been proved that scholars at the level of the seven millennium puzzles do not exceed double digits in the entire world.

For scholars of this level, it is not uncommon to meet people with greater influence, not to mention meeting Mr. Xu.

Of course, this kind of big man at the level of a feudal official came to pick him up in person, which is enough to show that the country attaches great importance to him.

After exchanging a few pleasantries at the airport, the news media reporters took some photos, and the group boarded the special car.

After having a meal together, Xu Chuan rushed back to Nanjing University with several school leaders.

In the car, Rong Zhi, the dean of the Numerous Academy, looked at Xu Chuan with a smile, and said, "The school has arranged a graduation ceremony for you, and the defense will be removed. You just go through the process when the time comes."

Xu Chuan nodded and said, "I'm sorry for the dean and the leaders."

Liu Gaojun smiled and said, "What's the trouble? It's a great honor for Nantah University to have a student like you."

After a pause, the principal Liu continued: "But speaking of it, the school has something else I want to trouble you with."

"Huh? What's the matter, principal, as long as I can help."

"That's right. You are working as a professor at Princeton now. It will take some time before you return to China."

"After the school's research and discussion, I would like to invite you to be named an honorary professor in the school. It's just a name, the kind that doesn't require you to work."

Xu Chuan smiled and said, "This is no problem."

Honorary professor usually refers to an honorary title awarded by universities to scholars who have made outstanding contributions in academia.

Most famous scholars have a lot of such titles.

It is similar to the "Honorary Doctor" as it is called abroad. It is a very high honor. The awarder and the awardee are not bound by contract, and there is no such thing as work, teaching, or lectures.

Given Nantah's reputation and historical heritage, the title of honorary professor is worthy of Xu Chuan's status.

But for the Department of Mathematics of Nantah University, it must be a hit.

After all, next year's Philippine Award for Xu Chuan is stable, and Nantah Mathematics Institute does not currently have a bigwig like the Philippine Award winner as an honorary professor.

No way, who made Nantah's mathematics academy weak?

Not to mention being ranked internationally, even domestically, the Institute of Mathematics of Nantah University is not ranked well.

There is no academician in the number academy of a top 985 school, which can explain the problem.

But waiting for him to return to China next year to take up a post at Nantah University, the situation will be different.

A Fields Medal winner and a top mathematician who has proved the seven millennium problems are enough to directly pull the status of NTU Mathematics Institute to the top of the country.

As for being world-class, it is not something that one person can do, and it takes an extremely long time to settle.

Of course, making your alma mater proud of a student's name is a matter of pride in itself.

Nantah University, in the auditorium, several colleges prepared a grand graduation ceremony for Xu Chuan.

There were no seats in the audience, and countless NTU students, from undergraduates to postgraduates, to doctoral students, and even professors, were excited to see the figure in the center of the stage.

Envy, admiration, lamentation, emotion, worship, jealousy... All kinds of emotions are intertwined and mixed in the auditorium, blending into an exciting and trembling atmosphere.

Especially for those students of the same class who are still in senior year and have not yet graduated, they have mixed feelings in their hearts.

They watched this big guy ascend with their own eyes.

From the top score in the entrance speech, to the proof of the Weyl-Berry conjecture, to the Craford double prize in mathematics and astronomy, to the Hodge conjecture among the seven millennium problems.

The speed of this big guy's ascension is astonishingly fast, so fast that when they are still feeling that they are about to graduate at the same level, he has already graduated twice and became a professor at Princeton, standing at the top of the mathematics world. At the top, he became a god-like super boss.

In the past, who would have imagined that there would be such an unattainable God beside him, who couldn't even see his back.

Not to mention thinking about it, no one even dreamed of doing it.

On the stage, Xu Chuan wore a black and red academic gown and a square academic cap, and accepted the headmaster's fringe crown with a smile on his face.

When the red tassel moved from the front right side of the hat brim to the middle part of the front left side, naturally drooping to the side of the eyes and reflected into the eyes, Xu Chuan was also a little melancholy.

As of today, he officially graduated.

"Congratulations, student Xu Chuan, I wish you greater and more magnificent achievements in your academic career in the future." After turning the ears and crowning the crown, Liu Gaojun smiled and handed the bouquet and degree certificate to Xu Chuan Chuan, with emotion in his eyes.

The student in front of him is the best of all the students he has taught and encountered in his decades of academic career.

He was very fortunate that he was the one who personally greeted the student back then.

This journey has brought such a student to NTU who has already stood at the pinnacle of the academic world at the young age of 20.

With such an experience, I will have enough capital to retire and brag about the professors and leaders of other universities.

And it's still the kind that can make the other party's envious and jealous tears flow from his mouth.

Xu Chuan smiled and took the graduation certificate and bouquet from the principal, hugged it in his arms and bowed deeply.

Liu Gaojun patted him on the shoulder, hugged him lightly, then turned around and walked down, leaving the stage to him.

Holding his graduation certificate, Xu Chuan looked at the school leaders and students sitting under the stage, took a deep breath, and said slowly:

"Three years ago, I once stood here and gave a speech as a freshman representative. In the blink of an eye, today, three years later, I returned to this stage."

"As a student of Nantah University, I am very honored to stand here, and I am very grateful to my alma mater for giving me this opportunity to chat with the school's juniors."

After a pause, Xu Chuan then added: "Of course, many of you here may have been my seniors and sisters."

Hearing this, there was a burst of laughter from the audience, and the school leaders in the front row also laughed.

For Xu Chuan, it is definitely not his honor to speak here with his current achievements, nor is it the opportunity given by Nantah University, but the honor of Nantah University and the request of Nantah University.

Even Nantah University got a lot of promotion because of this student.

The number of colleges has expanded twice in the past two years, and the number of students enrolled has expanded from less than 100 in 2014 to 200 in 2017, which can be said to have doubled.

The scientific research funds of several institutes have also increased by nearly 10 million in the past two years, not to mention Nantah University, whether it is 16 years or 1000 years, it has received hundreds of millions of funds.

If there is no accident, the funding of Nantah University will increase even more next year.

All this was brought about by the extremely young student standing on the stage.

On the stage, Xu Chuan also smiled, and then continued:

"Today, I want to talk to you about how to take your own academic path well, which may bring you a little help."

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After the long speech, Xu Chuan looked at the audience and took another deep breath with a calm and sonorous voice.

"Finally, please allow me to end today's speech with the school motto of my alma mater."

"Sincere and majestic, encourage learning and practice."

"I hope that everyone will be rewarded, and Shaohua will live up to the dream of youth!"

As soon as the words fell, applause like a tide erupted in the auditorium, which lasted for a long time.

After finishing his work at Nantah University, Xu Chuan politely declined the banquet at the school, called a few friends, and made an appointment to have dinner together at the former Xiaoxianzhuang.

As for himself, he came to Xiaoxianzhuang to order food in advance, and the roommate who received the news rushed over quickly.

Kong Zhong: "Brother Chuan!"

Zhou Lin: "Chuan God!"

Fan Hong: "Brother Chuan, you are finally back!"

Several friends quickly gathered around, each of them gearing up to fight and fight.

Xu Chuan's achievements do make people feel disparity and admiration, but that is for people in the society, and for classmates and friends who are still on campus, there is not much estrangement for the time being despite the excitement.

Xu Chuan bumped fists with his three friends and had a fight. He also enjoyed this friendship very much. This is a relationship that can never be reproduced after entering the society. It is pure and not mixed with other things.

"Brother Chuan, let's not talk about anything else, Brother Rong will offer you a toast!"

Kong Zhong picked up the beer on the table and toasted Xu Chuan with both hands, smiling like a martial artist.

Xu Chuan touched a glass with a smile and drank it all in one gulp.

"God Chuan, what does it feel like to prove Hodge's conjecture?" Zhou Lin and Xu Chuan touched each other and asked curiously.

"Feeling." Xu Chuan pondered for a while, and then said with a serious face: "It's probably because you get a prize and get soft hands. When you talk about dry mouth, someone will give you money when you sit at home."

Hearing this, the three little friends all showed a look of leisurely yearning.

"Hey, are you the little scientist who proved some conjecture on TV?"

In Xiaoxianzhuang, the waiter aunt who brought the boiled fish looked familiar to Xu Chuan who was sitting at the table. She couldn't help but look a little longer and seemed to remember something, and asked curiously.

Although Xu Chuan was a little surprised that someone recognized him, he didn't think too much about it. After all, he had been on CTV's news alliance, and nodded with a smile.

But what he didn't expect was that with his nod of confirmation, the serving aunt became excited.

"I just said it looks familiar. The last time I saw you came with your girlfriend. It's a very interesting couple. We are here to read and study." The service aunt said with a smile while serving the dishes. Obviously, she is very fond of The scene I saw a few years ago was quite impressive.

Xu Chuan didn't care, but as soon as the aunt left, the three little friends next to her surrounded her, gearing up for the interrogation.

"Brother Chuan! Tell me honestly, when did you talk about your girlfriend!"

"Yes, be lenient for confession, and strict for resistance!"

"Mo Dan, we don't even know about this! Tell me quickly, who is sister-in-law!"

Xu Chuan was stunned for a moment, and then he couldn't laugh or cry.

"What the hell, I've never talked about a girlfriend. Where did my sister-in-law come from?"

Kong Zhong said with a look of disdain: "If the waiter and auntie hadn't exposed it, how long are you going to keep it from us!"

Zhou Lin: "Meow meow, I didn't show it to the brothers after talking about female tickets. This is not treating us as brothers!"

Fan Hong: "It's too much! Tell me honestly, who is the sister-in-law? Is it the Liu Xuejie who broke out before!"

Xu Chuan didn't know whether to laugh or cry, he shook his head and said, "I really didn't talk about my girlfriend, it's the waitress who misunderstood."

"Really?" The three of Kong Zhong asked suspiciously.

"Really." Xu Chuan replied, feeling the phone vibrating in his pocket, and continued: "Wait, I'll answer the call first."

Taking out the phone from his pocket, Xu Chuan was stunned for a moment by the caller ID, but then the phone swiped across the screen and connected the call: "Hello, senior."

Xu Chuan greeted with a smile, waved away Kong Zhong who came over to eavesdrop, got up and walked to the window.

"So, um, are you still in school?"

On the other end of the phone, a question filled with courage rang out in a low voice.

Xu Chuan smiled and said, "Of course."

"I, can I treat you to a meal?" Liu Jiaxin stood in front of Xu Chuan's former dormitory door, looking at the locked door and asked in a low voice.

Xu Chuan: "I'm afraid I don't have time at noon, let's go tonight."

After a pause, he continued: "Now I'm having dinner with some classmates. If you don't mind, you can come over too. It's Xiaoxianzhuang at the gate of the school, where we used to eat."

"No, no, it's fine at night." Liu Jiaxin said in a low voice, looked at the closed dormitory again, turned and left.

"Okay, then at night." Xu Chuan responded with a smile.

PS: Chapter 196 modified some character settings today, if you are interested, you can go and have a look.