Shangjing.
The Hua Academy of Sciences Institute of Mathematics.
A crowd packed into a conference room that was not particularly spacious.
Most of them were heads of major public mathematics research institutions across the country, along with the most prestigious scholars of various schools, large and small.
As for why they were sitting here...
In truth, they did not know themselves.
"Why isn't there even a meeting agenda?"
Wang Shicheng frowned at the lone bottle of mineral water standing on the conference table.
Just as he was about to find a staff member to ask, a familiar voice suddenly came from beside him.
"Wang Shicheng? Haha, they invited an old fellow like you too?"
Hearing that voice, Wang Shicheng glanced over in displeasure, only to see Academician Xiang approaching with a broad smile and taking the seat beside him.
"Our Mathematical Sciences Research Institute at Yanshan University is one of the country's top mathematics research institutions, after all. Why shouldn't I be here?"
"Oh, listen to you. That's not what I meant. I'm just a little surprised." Academician Xiang looked around, then lowered his voice. "I've been looking around. It seems they've invited not just the heads of the major research institutions, but all the country's leading experts in number theory... I wonder what exactly this meeting is supposed to be about."
"Not all."
"Not all?" Xiang Huanan paused, looking at him in confusion.
Without looking at Academician Xiang, Wang Shicheng merely raised his eyes to survey the conference room and said evenly,
"When it comes to experts in number theory, there's still one person missing."
"You mean Academician Lu?"
"Yes." Wang Shicheng nodded and said frankly, "In number theory, if he called himself second best, no one would dare claim first place. Since they're gathering scholars in number theory,