Top Student at Their Peak-Chapter 385 - 135 This Reporter is Too Nasty..._4

This made him feel quite amused.

He originally wanted to add, "Hey, my dad died terribly back then..." but thought that would be too deliberate, so he held back.

Qiao Xi said she didn’t care about these things anymore, but Qiao Yu actually still cared a bit, although he wasn’t anxious at all.

After all, he’s not strong enough now, hasn’t grown to the point where he can influence that man’s academic resources.

So take it slow.

The only pity is that Professor Frank was leaving the next day too.

However, this wasn’t anything special.

Because most of the important reports at these long meeting mathematics conferences are scheduled for the first day.

Many people choose to leave early after attending the conferences they’re interested in and after the dinner, after all, mathematicians are also quite busy.

Qiao Yu also heard that originally, according to the organizing committee, the opening report by that professor on 3K surfaces was supposed to be arranged for this afternoon in the main venue for a one-hour session.

But because that professor wanted the organizing committee to announce the reason for the change as being unwell, it was postponed from the first day to the last day.

Of course, this is just a rumor Qiao Yu heard, not to be taken seriously.

In any case, Professor Frank preparing to leave the next day still left Qiao Yu feeling somewhat disappointed.

He originally wanted to have a daily exchange with the professor, to see if he might end up doing something silly...

The banquet continued from six o’clock until eight.

The professors playing cards were still not satisfied and planned to continue in the entertainment room downstairs. Qiao Yu, who had drunk a bellyful of juice, obediently followed Tian Yanzhen back to the room, waiting for the upcoming exclusive interview.

Tian Yanzhen had probably drunk some wine and was quite enthusiastic.

"How do you feel? About to have an interview, are you nervous?"

"To be honest, I’m not nervous at all. When I won the gold medal in Little Alibaba, the school arranged an interview for me, and there was even filming, yet I wasn’t nervous at all."

Qiao Yu replied.

"Haha, right, no need to be nervous. Just answer whatever they ask. Originally, we wanted to do a video interview, but I refused. Your foundation isn’t strong enough yet, no need to be too high-profile. Those people don’t care about your future; they can lift you up high when you succeed and step on you when you fail."

Tian Yanzhen bluntly said.

There was no choice; Qiao Yu was just too young. As a mentor, he feared that if he wasn’t blunt enough, Qiao Yu wouldn’t understand.

The real world isn’t mathematics; if you haven’t experienced things, you won’t understand them.

But clearly, Qiao Yu was different; he actually understood and believed this principle, nodding deeply in agreement: "I understand, Director Tian."

Actually, Qiao Yu, who was observant, had accumulated a lot of social experience, often counterintuitive, he just never spoke about it.

For instance, the people who love to praise others and then step on them are often the same group; for instance, when people are down, those they’ve helped generally won’t lend a helping hand, rather it’s those who’ve helped you before that are more likely to lend a hand again...

It’s just that what Qiao Yu observed were just slightly more streetwise people and events around him, but in reality, many times human nature is universal.

Wrapping oneself in a cloak of dignity and nobility doesn’t make human nature nobler by much.

"It’s good you understand. At your age, any achievement is just a phase. You need to continue working hard in the future, never waste your talent. If you are really interested in Prime Numbers, I think perhaps the Riemann Conjecture could indeed be resolved by you."

Tian Yanzhen encouraged.

The word "resolve" for a conjecture is actually very apt, because the reason why it’s called a conjecture is that up to now no one has confirmed whether it’s true or not. Although most mathematicians believe the Riemann Conjecture will one day become the Riemann Theorem.

But mathematics is often counterintuitive.

Like the Bed Conjecture in probability theory, that when graphs are stacked like bunks, they can be navigated in different ways. Just looking at this proposition, over ninety percent of mathematicians believe it’s obviously true.

But last year, three mathematicians found counterexamples that proved this seemingly obvious conjecture to be false.

In short, until a conjecture is completely proven or disproven logically, no one dares to say a mathematical conjecture is definitely true or false.

Tian Yanzhen spoke so rigorously, he clearly thought Qiao Yu could achieve something on this issue.

"Uh..." Qiao Yu was somewhat flattered.

"Tonight, you probably also saw Professor Matisse from the Clay Research Institute, don’t be polite with them. The global bounty on this problem is now up to 1.5 million US Dollars, which is roughly over ten million RMB at the current exchange rate.

Such international natural science bounty prizes are tax-free in our country, so when you get back, you should think of a way. I’ll chat with you more often in the future, to see if you might have another flash of insight and completely resolve this problem."

Tian Yanzhen joked.

No wonder, today many people were asking Qiao Yu how he came up with the solution method, and Qiao Yu was using the explanation he gave to Pan Jingyuan — because of something Director Tian once said, then suddenly had a flash of inspiration and solved it.

Although he didn’t say it in front of Tian Yanzhen, at the banquet, mathematicians were chatting everywhere, it’s inevitable that it would get back to Tian Yanzhen now and then.

Let’s just say this little flattery was incredibly clever.