Eager to Recruit Talent
Shen Qi has publicly announced numerous research plans, each of which carries considerable weight.
Given his immense influence as a two-time Nobel laureate, many top international and domestic research institutions have unilaterally conferred the title of Academician upon Shen Qi.
The first to express its opinion was the National Chinese Academy of Sciences, which was established in 1863 by President Lincoln as the science and technology advisory body to the U. S. federal government. It is the highest honorary institution in the American scientific community and is composed of outstanding scientists in scientific and engineering research.
The U. S. National Chinese Academy of Sciences elects a number of domestic and foreign academicians each year, and other countries' top research institutions also have quotas for foreign academicians.
Every April, the U. S. National Chinese Academy of Sciences announces its new members in Washington, D. C.
It is now October, Shen Qi has been awarded the title of Foreign Associate of the U. S. National Chinese Academy of Sciences. This shows that science knows no borders, and every country is eager to recruit outstanding scientific research talents.
Shen Qi spent most of his academic career in the United States. He is familiar with the country's system and understands its situation. He accepted the title of Foreign Associate of the National Chinese Academy of Sciences, a title worth 5 million academic points.
The academician titles from institutions such as the Russian Academy of Sciences, the French Academy of Sciences, the Royal Academy of Sciences of the United Kingdom, and the Chinese Academy of Engineering are worth 3 million academic points, which Shen Qi accepted in full.
Overnight, Shen Qi acquired the titles of two Chinese academicians and foreign academicians from four European and American countries, including the United States, the United Kingdom, Russia, and France.
Each country has its own rigorous and comprehensive process for selecting academicians. However, these countries made an exception for Shen Qi, granting him the title first and completing the formalities later.
According to convention, the President of the United States, the Queen of the United Kingdom, or other heads of state, or their special envoys, will confer the academician certificate on the newly elected academicians. This is the final official procedure.
Shen Qi will travel to Stockholm, the capital of Sweden, in December to attend the Nobel Prize award ceremony. He has already reported this to the state and will also visit the UK, France, and Russia to promote Sino-European scientific exchanges and receive foreign academician certificates from these countries as a sign of respect and friendly diplomatic courtesy.
The country fully supports Shen Qi's friendly and scientific trip to Europe. Europe is an important part of the Belt and Road Initiative, and the sustainable development of China-Europe friendship will surely play a positive role in maintaining world peace and stability.
The United States also warmly welcomed Shen Qi's visit, but Shen Qi has not yet made a statement.
Shen Qi dug many pitfalls on a global scale.
As a scientist who is thorough and responsible, Shen Qi now needs to fill in the blanks one by one.
First, there's his major—mathematics.
At the system level, Shen Qi has already passed the math level test.
On a practical level, Shen Qi still needs to solve a mathematical problem, which is also the mathematical problem he is most concerned about.
The Mathematical Grand Unification Project aims to unify many branches of mathematics, including number theory, analysis, algebra, and geometry, with the goal of establishing a completely new mathematical system.
In his project proposal, Shen Qi divided the project into three sections: number theory, Algebraic Geometry, and others.
Number theory was handled by Ou Ye, Algebraic Geometry by Li Zhenqiang, and the rest by Shen Qi.
During the project's progress, Shen Qi discovered some problems.
Programmatic research in Algebraic Geometry is an extremely complex, profound, and difficult task. Li Zhenqiang has been researching it for several years. He is very hardworking and diligent, often working overtime on weekends, but his results have not been significant.
Shen Qi decided to accelerate the process of Mathematical Grand Unification, so he needed to recruit Strong Force personnel.
Shen Qi's team doesn't need other academicians because he deeply understands that academicians are too busy, and it's difficult for them to concentrate all their energy on a specific part of a project. One academician who can oversee the overall situation is enough for a team.
In Algebraic Geometry, among living mathematicians worldwide, Shen Qi believes the top three are: Shen Qi, Langlands, and Ngô Bảo Châu.
Shen Qi does nothing but seclude himself for a period of time. He is confident that he can develop Algebraic Geometry solution for the Mathematical Grand Unification project.
But Shen Qi is very busy. Sitting in his position, he mainly focuses his energy on strategic planning and strategizing.
As a second choice, the old man Langlands, who proposed the Langlands Program, is definitely a Strong Force candidate.
However, Mr. Langlands is getting old and his health is not very good, so he is not suitable for high-intensity front-line scientific research work.
Ngô Bảo Châu, in the prime of his life, proved the fundamental lemma of the Langlands Program and was awarded the Fields Medal.
Professor Ngô Bảo Châu currently works at the University of Chicago. Shen Qi met Ngô Bảo Châu when he attended an international academic conference, but the two are not very close in personal terms.
From an academic perspective, Ngô Bảo Châu is currently the most suitable candidate to lead Shen Qi Team in the field of Algebraic Geometry.
However, whether a Philippine Fields Medal winner would be willing to join Shen Qi's Mathematical Grand Unification team and become a research contractor under Shen Qi is an unknown.
The strategic deployment continues, but the international situation is complex and unpredictable, so Shen Qi has turned his attention to Chinese mathematicians.
Among contemporary Chinese mathematicians, there are two prominent young scholars in the field of Algebraic Geometry: Professor Yun Wei, who works at Yale University, and Professor Xu Yang, who works at Yenching University.
Both of them gave 45-minute presentations at the World Congress of Mathematicians and are considered top-tier international mathematicians.
In addition, there Gong Changwei, a number theorist who was a professor at Columbia University. Yun, Xu, and Gong were once hailed as the Three Outstanding Figures of Yenching University.
Now, the "Four Outstanding Students of Yenching University" have been expanded to include Shen Qi.
Shen Qi was quite familiar with the other three heroes; in terms of seniority, Shen Qi had to call them all "senior brothers."
The four are all in the same group. Shen Qi and Xu Yang are on Chinese time, while Yun Wei and Gong Changwei are on American time.
Shen Qi posted a message in the group. "The Algebraic Geometry section of the Mathematical Grand Unification Project is short of an academic leader. Is any senior student interested?"
Xu Yang: "I have it, I have it! Boss Shen, add me! DM me."
Noon in China is midnight in the United States.
Professor Xu Yang is awake; the other two are probably asleep.
The School of Mathematical Sciences is not far from Shen Qi Mathematical and Physical Research Center. A few minutes later, Xu Yang arrived at Shen Qi's office carrying a bag of fruit.
Shen Qi was particularly embarrassed. "Senior brother, you've come all this way, why did you bring fruit? Blackcurrants are quite expensive, aren't they? You've gone to all this trouble."
Xu Yang: "I bought it for my wife."
"Hehe." Shen Qi chuckled awkwardly, then forcibly pulled a handful of blackcurrants from the fruit bag and kept them for himself, showing that he and Xu Yang had a very close relationship.
Professor Xu is not very old. One of his doctoral students was Li Zhenqiang, and he is only a few years older than Li Zhenqiang.
Xu Yang was wearing ripped jeans and a graffiti-printed T-shirt. He was of medium build and had sparse hair.
Professor Xu Yang, a full professor at Yenching University, a Yangtze River Scholar, Ramanujan Prize laureate, and Poincare Lecturing Professor, seems more like a hardcore science fiction fan or a fanatical alien enthusiast.
Among the four outstanding students of the Big Mathematics Department of Yenching University, Shen Qi has the thickest hair, followed by Yun Wei, Xu Yang, and Gong Changwei.
It seems that men with less hair tend to be more devoted to their wives. Xu Yang loves and cares for his wife; he bought her a bag of fruit after work at noon.
"These blackcurrants are nice. Which supermarket did you buy them from?" Shen Qi thought about buying some fruit with his wife later. Ou Ye would be taking charge of another section of work, and they needed to treat her.