Chapter 12
Elder Yang gazed at the formulas on the blackboard, trembling, tears glistening in his eyes.
"A young man from our country solved it!" he murmured.
The significance of solving Zhou's Conjecture was far greater than it appeared on the surface.
The threshold for entering number theory was extraordinarily low. Many of its theorems and formulas could be understood even by middle school students, which was also why number theory had become a "disaster zone for amateur scientists."
Legend had it that every year, the letters amateur scientists sent the Chinese Academy of Sciences about Teacher Goldbach's problem could be laid end to end around the Earth.
The old gatekeeper at the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Institute of Mathematics had nine math problems on hand. Amateur scientists who came to submit their work weren't allowed in unless they could solve them.
Clearly, making an achievement in the field of number theory was far harder than it appeared.
It required not only a solid foundation in mathematics, but, most crucially, extraordinary mathematical talent.
One could say that no other field or research direction tested talent more than number theory.
From this, it was clear that Jiang Ye, who was only twenty...
Was an absolute monster!
He was far too important!
At a certain special department in Dragon Country.
Zhang Puze was on the phone.
His expression lit up at first, then grew extremely grave.
After he put down the phone.
Seeing the curious looks from several colleagues beside him, he said, "Elder Yang said Jiang Ye's verification process was completely correct. He also stressed that Jiang Ye has the potential to become a leading figure in our country's mathematics community. His importance goes without saying!"
"It's time for us to act!"
Meanwhile.
All humanity was still discussing another conjecture Jiang Ye had begun working on.
The discussion had even grown somewhat frenzied.
The reason was simple: anyone who solved the mathematical problem known as the Beal Conjecture would receive a reward of one million US dollars from Beal himself, a prominent Texas banker.
The news set many people's eyes blazing, and they rushed to look up what the Beal Conjecture was.
As for Beal himself, he was a self-taught mathematician.
In 1993, after studying the mathematical theorem known as Fermat's Last Theorem, Beal proposed a conjecture of his own and named it after himself.
Before long.
Beal himself, the prominent Texas banker, posted on Twitter that he was looking forward to Jiang Ye solving the Beal Conjecture-provided, of course, that his earlier proof of Zhou's Conjecture was correct.
Just then.
In the international livestream, Chen Danni said in a somewhat unnatural tone, "According to the latest information obtained by our production team, Jiang Ye's proof of Zhou's Conjecture just now was completely correct!"
"Professor Pierre from Princeton confirmed this personally!"
In an instant.
Mathematics professors at Dragon Country's top universities were stunned!
The Dragon Country Mathematical Society was stunned.
Among them were several academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Many of them were still checking the proof, but the result was already out!
As for ordinary people, most first searched for Professor Pierre's name.
After learning about the professor's illustrious accomplishments.
It was as though a colossal stone had suddenly been thrown into a pool whose surface had only just begun to ripple, leaving people all over the world seeing stars and reeling.
A new star was rising in the world of mathematics.
Most importantly, he was only twenty!
"This is just too hard to believe. Does that mean he might be able to solve the Beal Conjecture too!?"
"Even if he can solve the conjecture, even if he's a mathematical genius, so what? If the production team replaces him, we'll stop watching!"
The person who had previously called on the production team not to replace Jiang Ye posted another tweet, once again drawing millions of likes and reposts.
"That's right. The appearance of a mathematical genius has made me look forward even more to this show and what he'll do next!"
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Chapter 12: The production team announces there will be no replacement
"Looking forward to it, my fucking ass! What you're really looking forward to is Jiang Ye accidentally dying during the survival challenge, aren't you? Anyone can see your malicious intentions. Pah!"
"Fuck you, you yellow-skinned monkeys are inferior at the genetic level. No matter how talented you are, you can't compare to an ordinary student at one of Sam's top universities. And you think we need to look forward to him? What a joke!"
"Who doesn't know what the academic environment is like for you Shina people? It's nothing but fraud, all padding and not a scrap of substance. If Jiang Ye really is replaced, our Neon Country will warmly welcome him."
"No, our Great Han People offer him the best country for research. If he wants beauties, we'll give him beauties; if he wants money, we'll give him money. In your Dragon Country, he wouldn't be able to get anything done!"
"Even your president isn't stable, and you're talking about a stable research environment? You're killing me!"
"Nihon is even funnier. Should he go over there and sit around waiting for an earthquake? Hahahaha!"
"Baka!"
"Assi!"
The verbal battles in the international livestream were in full swing.
The domestic livestream was also filled with cries of amazement.
But more people began to call for action.
They hoped the country would remove a talent like Jiang Ye from the show, lest the Ten Conglomerates make a move against him in secret and cause his accidental death.
In the backstage conference hall of the Racial Insight production team.
A chief director and five assistant directors were currently meeting with representatives of the Ten Conglomerates.