For ordinary people, a call from overseas is likely to be a scam.
But for Xiao Yi, that's not necessarily the case.
"Wait a minute. I need to answer a call. It's from the United States. I don't know what it is."
Xiao Yi said something to Ye Cheng next to him.
"Oh, okay." Ye Cheng nodded, and then he was about to put down the phone, but suddenly he was stunned.
What?
A call from the United States?
Luo Qiao and Song Ziyang also showed curious eyes.
Ye Cheng immediately exclaimed exaggeratedly, "I'll go, it's not International Mathematical Union calling, and I want to award you Fields Medal, right?"
Xiao Yi rolled his eyes. "Are you kidding? It will take another two years for International Congress of Mathematicians to open, let alone Fields Medal, which I have a hammer with!"
Well, I'm not bragging, it's entirely possible to get it in the future. As for getting it now?
That would be a bit too exaggerated.
"Okay, I'm on the phone."
Xiao Yi stopped talking to Ye Cheng and answered the phone directly.
Ye Cheng shouted before connecting, "Open hands-free!"
Xiao Yi twitched his lips, okay, satisfy him.
The phone was connected hands-free, and soon a voice came from the other side. "Hello, is this Xiao Yi?"
Of course, in English.
"I am Xiao Yi, who are you?" Xiao Yi said.
"Hahaha, I finally got in touch with you, the super math genius."
A burst of hearty laughter came from the microphone. "I am Peter Sanak from Princeton University. I wonder if you have heard of it."
Xiao Yi was stunned for a moment, then quickly recovered and said in surprise, "You are Professor Sanak! Of course I know you, your article "Families of L-functions and their Symmetry" was quoted in my paper!"
"I really didn't expect you to call me!"
Peter Sanak, Princeton University's Eugene Higgins Professor of Mathematics, [Eugene Higgins Professor of Mathematics] is an honorary professorship set by Princeton University for mathematics professors, which is equivalent to the Lucasian Professorship that Newton once served at University of Cambridge.
And Princeton University's previous Eugene Higgins Professor of Mathematics was Andrew Wiles who proved Fermat's Last Theorem.
As the successor of Wiles, although Peter Sanak has not won the Fields Medal, his contribution to mathematics is no less than that of the Fields Medal winner. He has already won the Wolf Prize in Mathematics in 2014, which is also a top award in the mathematics world.
Hearing that Xiao Yi knew about him, Peter Sanak smiled and said, "Haha, of course, I am not calling you as Professor Princeton University, but as the editor-in-chief of "Annals of Mathematics"."
"Your two papers, "Automorphism of algebraic varieties under etale's fundamental group" and "Far Abelian Geometry and the Elliott-Halberstam Conjecture", should not have been decided on which journal they will be sent to, right? I wonder if you are willing to consider "Annals of Mathematics"?
It turned out that I was here to invite manuscripts!
Xiao Yi suddenly realized, no wonder the other party would call him.
This situation is relatively common in academia.
After some scholars have produced results, they just posted the article on a preprint website like arxiv without submitting it. After the editor of the journal sees it, he will take the initiative to send an invitation to the other party to submit the article to his own journal.
Of course, this is also a recognition for scholars.
And if the editor who invites submissions is from a top journal, it is even more of an honor.
It's just that in the mathematics world, the editor-in-chief of Four Top Journals invites manuscripts...
Xiao Yi was also surprised for a moment.
"This...Professor Sanak, this really surprises me. In fact, I had planned to submit a paper to "Annals of Mathematics", but the format of the paper has not been modified, so I haven't posted it yet."
Peter Sanak smiled and said, "That's great! As for the format, you don't have to worry about it. After you send the original manuscript to us, we will provide you with format modification services! These are not problems."
"Okay!"
Later, Xiao Yi chatted with Sanak on the phone about the specific matters of submission.
However, the three onlookers nearby were stunned.
Luo Qiao Fortunately, his English was not that good, so he was stunned because he felt in his heart that Xiao Yi and the professor opposite had really good English and could have such a smooth conversation.
But Ye Cheng and Song Ziyang roughly understood what Xiao Yi and the person on the other end of the phone were saying.
Editor-in-Chief of "Annals of Mathematics"?!!
"Annals of Mathematics" Isn't that Four Top Journals in mathematics??
Their Scholar Xiao is...
Got an invitation from the editor-in-chief of such a top journal?
After being shocked for a long time, Ye Cheng suddenly realized that he had not stopped recording on his phone just now.
So he immediately ended the video and then posted the video to the group.
While waiting for the video to be uploaded, people in the group have been waiting for his video for a long time, and now everyone has begun to complain about it.
Beijing University-Chen Muhua: [Where are the people? How long has it been since I promised to post a video? I have missed Scholar Xiao for a long time since I left Mathematics Research Institute.]
Qinghua-Jiang Long: [@USTC-Ye Cheng, speak!]
Under various urgings, Ye Cheng replied: [Immediately, immediately, why are you anxious, it will be posted immediately, the big one is coming soon.]
Beijing University-Chen Muhua: [What do you mean? Why do I have a bad feeling?]
Soon, the video was successfully uploaded, and people who often watched it immediately clicked on it and started watching it. After a moment——
Beijing University-Chen Muhua: [The video was posted very well, please don't post it next time.]
Qinghua-Jiang Long: [It's over, I was hit 5555 again, Ye Cheng, you really deserve to die!]
Shanghai Communications-Luo Xiao: [Their English is so good.]
Beijing University-Lu Ping: [Wori, editor-in-chief of Annals of Mathematics, Professor Sanak?! He is the winner of Wolf Prize in Mathematics, and his student won Fields Medal the year before last! He actually came to Scholar Xiao to invite manuscripts?]
Qinghua-Professor Liu Min: [Even two articles, Xiao Yi can publish two papers on Annals of Mathematics at once]
The professor couldn't sit still.
HKUST-Ye Cheng: [@-, why are you scolding me? You asked me to post this!]
Qinghua-Jiang Long: [Because I am the administrator.]
[USTC-Ye Cheng was banned by the administrator for one hour.]
"FUCK! This authority dog! Didn't you just become the administrator because of your good relationship with Professor Liu!" Ye Cheng was indignant. Professor Liu Min was the group leader of their group, so Jiang Long, who was also from Qinghua, became the administrator.
He was banned before because of Jiang Long.
And over there, Xiao Yi, who was contributing to "Annals of Mathematics" under the guidance of Professor Sanak, heard Sanak's inquiry from the phone. "Huh? Is anyone quarreling over there?"
Xiao Yi glanced back and said, "Uh... he might not be quarreling, but fighting."