Chapter 214: On the News Again

Xu Yuan returned to Qinghua School of Mathematics in the afternoon. As soon as he showed up, many students surrounded him and congratulated him. They were sincerely happy for him winning the Fields Medal.

With two happy events happening in a row, he is very happy today.

So I stopped specially to talk to the students and fulfill their wishes for taking photos and getting autographs.

It took nearly an hour to finally get away and go to Liao Fangyi's office.

Just as he expected, Liao Fangyi was anxious for him to come back. It must be related to the Fields Medal, because after he pushed the door open, he saw several familiar figures besides Liao Fangyi.

He first greeted Liao Fangyi, then walked over to the lady in formal attire next to him and started talking to her.

"Reporter Zhou, we meet again."

Yes, the lady in front of him was Zhou Tao, a senior reporter and host of CCTV, who had interviewed him as part of the 7 o'clock news broadcast.

After Xu Yuan said this with a smile on his face, the next second the corners of his mouth slightly raised and he glanced at the girl behind him.

I didn't expect to see my wife here.

Although Chen Yuran is also a reporter for CCTV now, she was really surprised to have Zhou Tao come to interview her.

However, considering that the other party was working at the moment, he only communicated with his eye contact and did not take the initiative to communicate. His attention was mainly on Zhou Tao in front of him.

At this time, Liao Fangyi's face was full of smiles, and he immediately said: "Reporter Zhou is here with a filming mission. He will report on your winning of the Fields Medal on the news broadcast tonight." When he mentioned the words "Fields Medal", he did not hide the pride in his expression at all.

no way.

Who made Xu Yuan a professor at Qinghua?

Xu Yuan was not surprised that he would be on the news broadcast again.

The opposite is perfectly normal.

The last time the Goldbach conjecture was solved, it caused a sensation in the country, so much so that the evening news was extended to forty minutes.

He has now successfully won the Fields Medal in Mathematics, helping the domestic mathematics community break the zero-award record for the first time.

The achievements made will naturally have a greater impact in the world.

It is normal to be widely reported.

After all, this is something that can enhance the confidence of the people.

He was a little surprised that the award was on the news in the evening after he had just won it in the morning.

As a senior reporter and host, Zhou Tao specially brought Chen Yu Ran with him for the interview. It was obvious that he was very clear about the relationship between Chen Yu Ran and Xu Yuan.

Even the little eye movements between the two of them just now were seen by her.

So after Liao Fangyi explained the situation clearly, she immediately started talking about the actual filming.

"Hello, Professor Xu."

"The station requires that this happy event be reported tonight, so time may be a bit tight."

"If Professor Xu has time, I hope to interview you and shoot a short film right now."

"I don't know, Professor Xu..."

Zhou Tao suddenly stopped talking at the end, seemingly waiting for Xu Yuan's final answer, but in fact he was already sure in his heart that Xu Yuan would not refuse.

After all, you must support your wife's work.

After listening to Zhou Tao's words, Xu Yuan knew that this work required cooperation, so he did not keep it in suspense.

He glanced at Chen Yuran again, then nodded and said, "No problem on my side."

"That's great."

"We'll try to finish this as soon as possible so as not to delay you, Professor Xu, for too long."

"Xiaoran, start getting ready." Zhou Tao's face suddenly lit up when he heard that, and the last sentence was directed to Chen Yuran.

"Okay, Sister Zhou." Chen Yuran replied and arranged it immediately.

At this time, he fully demonstrated his professionalism and only treated Xu Yuan as an interview subject.

In the following time, after several people discussed, they finally decided to conduct the interview in front of the Science Building.

Use the huge lawn in front of the building as the background.

This was not the first time Xu Yuan had been interviewed by Zhou Tao, and he had a basic understanding of the rhythm of the interview.

So the situation is relatively relaxed.

After the camera and other parts were ready, the shooting began.

It is worth mentioning that Zhou Tao originally suggested putting makeup on him, but this suggestion was decisively rejected by Xu Yuan.

He is already handsome, so why would he need to wear makeup?

As an academic researcher, he has no intention of competing with celebrities for jobs.

As usual, Zhou Tao gave a few opening remarks and then put the microphone with the CCTV logo to Xu Yuan's mouth.

"Professor Xu, you are the first Fields Medal winner in China, and the youngest Fields Medal winner in history. How do you feel now? Do you have anything to say to everyone?"

After listening to Zhou Tao's somewhat official interview questions, Xu Yuan organized his words a little and began to answer.

This is not the first time he has become famous in the mathematics community. He has been asked similar questions many times before.

You hardly need to think, just say it.

A few minutes passed quickly, and as Xu Yuan skillfully answered a few questions, Zhou Tao asked again. "Professor Xu."

"I have a slightly personal question. There are rumors online that you have shifted your focus from mathematics to other fields. Will you continue to study academic problems in mathematics in the future?"

Zhou Tao had obviously done his homework before coming here, and he must have seen the opinions of some people on the Internet, so he specifically asked such a question.

To be honest, Xu Yuan doesn’t pay much attention to online comments, but he will definitely not give up on mathematics.

And studying other fields will not affect mathematics.

On the contrary, they will complement each other and spark inspiration.

After all, all walks of life are essentially inseparable from the subject of mathematics.

Therefore, when he heard Zhou Tao's question, he didn't think too much about it. He paused and responded directly and truthfully.

"of course."

He first gave an affirmative answer and then explained in detail.

“Mathematics is a subject I like and love. Studying unsolved problems in mathematics can make my thinking more agile.”

“So I will continue my research on mathematics.”

"In particular, I will make good use of my talents and strive to solve the Millennium Prize problems for the mathematics community."

Zhou Tao got the answer he wanted, and with a standard professional smile on his face, he took over the conversation.

"Thank you Professor Xu for your answer. We are all looking forward to the day when the world's most difficult mathematical problems are proven to be solved."

As Zhou Tao finished speaking, this short shoot was officially declared over.

You can see a feeling of relief on everyone's face, and it's clear that the pressure from the headquarters is indeed not small, and they need to hurry up to shoot and produce the content for broadcast.

As they had to hurry back to the headquarters to produce video content, Zhou Tao and others naturally would not stay here.

At this time Zhou Tao thanked again:
"Thank you, Professor Xu, for supporting our work. Sorry for the trouble."

After saying that, he suddenly turned his gaze to Chen Yuran and said with a smile, "Xiaoran, do you want to stay here or come with us to the front desk?" It was obvious that he saw that Chen Yuran didn't say anything and wanted to tease her.

really.

Chen Yuran, who was immersed in work, seemed a little embarrassed when she heard this.

Even though they were both married, she couldn't help but blush.

After reacting immediately, he quickly looked at Zhou Tao and replied: "Sister Zhou, I will go back to the main desk with you."

After saying this, I felt a little embarrassed to go see Xu Yuan.

Xu Yuan couldn't stop smiling at this, and thought about interviewing Chen Yuran about her feelings today in the evening.

Soon, as the people from the main reception desk left, only Xu Yuan and Liao Fangyi, who still had a smile on his face, were left downstairs in the Science Building.

"Old Tang and Academician Ma won't be back for another week. Only then will we be able to see the gold Fields Medal. I'm really looking forward to it." Liao Fangyi suddenly said as he stood beside Xu Yuan.

The Fields Medal was received by Tang Shihong. If you want to see this gold medal, you have to wait until they return home.

As a mathematician, I can't help but feel an inexplicable attraction to this medal.

It is in no way inferior to the Nobel Prize in other disciplines.

In particular, many mathematicians will never be able to touch this gold medal in their entire lifetime.

Now that they can appreciate it up close thanks to Xu Yuan, it can be considered as satisfying their regret in another way.

Since Xu Yuan has already won the Fields Medal, it is not particularly important when he gets the medal. There is even no problem in making one himself.

Although he had expressed his desire to win a gold medal to fulfill his sister Xu Ying's wish.

But I don’t have the chance to go back to Luyang during this period, so I’m not in a hurry.

Major aerospace technology groups and the space agency have officially announced that Tiangong-1 will be launched at the end of this month.

Send it into the designated orbit.

And one month later, during the National Day holiday, the Shenzhou spacecraft was launched again to conduct an orbital rendezvous and autonomous docking test of the two spacecraft.

At that time, as a researcher at the Space Technology Research Institute, he will be responsible for the key orbital rendezvous and docking work, and he must be stationed at the Yanjing Flight Control Center.

As for this orbital docking test, it will inevitably become the focus of attention of the whole world.

Whether it is a successful result that proves its aerospace strength and its qualification to build the world's second space station, or a docking failure that becomes a laughing stock overseas, all depends on the result of this docking test.

For every project member, these two months are undoubtedly the most stressful.

In the afternoon, Xu Yuan did not forget to call home. In addition to sharing with them the good news that he had won the Fields Medal, he also specifically mentioned something that would be reported on the evening news.

After all, for a girl like Liang Yanli, it would be quite a pity if her son was on the news but she didn't see it.

The efficiency of the headquarters was undoubtedly very fast. The news broadcast officially began at 7 o'clock in the evening with the familiar music playing.

There is no doubt that the two news anchors reminded again that a special report would be broadcast tonight, and the overall length of the news was directly extended to forty-five minutes.

When the footage of Xu Yuan being interviewed was played, it naturally quickly topped the Weibo hot search list.

At the same time, it triggered a new round of discussion in the mathematics community. Many mathematicians thought that Xu Yuan had gradually given up mathematics, but they learned that Xu Yuan was still trying to prove the world's difficult mathematical problems.

This answer is like throwing a bait to the mathematical community, but mathematicians cannot refuse it.

Because everyone wants to see what methods and ideas will be used to prove the world's difficult mathematical problems. Simply put, everyone is looking forward to it.

(End of this chapter)