"Dear Professor Chen Zhou, Hello, I am James Carlson, director of the Clay Mathematics Institute. First of all, congratulations on winning the Fields Medal presented at the International Conference of Mathematicians, which has become the most award for this award.

Young winner!”

"Secondly, it's great to hear that you gave an academic report of 1 hour and 45 minutes at this International Mathematician Conference. This is an academic report that breaks the historical tradition of the International Mathematician Conference!"

"At the same time, it is particularly exciting that the content of your academic report. The problem of the existence of the Yang Mills gauge field and the mass interval assumption has been a recognized world-class mathematical problem since it was proposed in the last century.

It is also a difficult problem that has both physical and mathematical significance.”

"That is why we included it in the seven Millennium Awards puzzles in the Clay Institute of Mathematics in 2000. To this day, we have finally witnessed the solution of this puzzle."

"So, Professor Chen Zhou, while congratulating you, I am also honored to tell you that you will receive a million dollar reward from the Clay Mathematics Institute when announcing these seven mathematical problems!"

"Here, I also solemnly invite you to come to the Clay Mathematics Institute to receive this reward that belongs to you."

The email prompt that appeared on Chen Zhou's mobile phone was sent by James Carlson, director of the Clay Mathematics Institute.

The content of this email was half congratulations to Chen Zhou on winning the Fields Medal, and half was inviting Chen Zhou to go to the Clay Mathematics Institute to take away the millennium prize.

After reading the entire email silently, Chen Zhou did not rush to reply to James Carlson.

Instead, in my heart, I began to silently calculate how much money this million US dollars can be worth.

Even if you have obtained Huawei's patent licensing fee and the investment in cooperative research.

But Chen Zhou still felt that he didn't have enough money.

Once a research institution program similar to the Princeton Institute of Advanced Studies is truly implemented, the money will be burned out soon.

"If you fill the research institution's plan, you probably can't count on it, but this bonus is enough for Yifan and his team to spend a while..."

After a little calculation, Chen Zhou began to dislike the amount of the money being too small.

If this was the case in the past, Chen Zhou would probably be happy to get a prize of one million US dollars.

But now, this million dollar bonus is nothing to him.

Of course, although this bonus is not much, it must be accepted.

In terms of money, Chen Zhou still maintains the mentality of "no matter how small a mosquito is, it is still meat."

After thinking about it, Chen Zhou decided not to return to China for the time being, but instead switched to the Clay Mathematics Institute and received the bonus.

But then, Chen Zhou thought of Xiong Hao and Qi Yin who followed him, and the rest of the people who had already scattered out and secretly protected him.

If they don't return to their country, these people will definitely not go back.

If so many people follow me, would it be a bit of a waste of national resources?

Chen Zhou also started to sway for a moment.

Chen Zhou began to wonder if it is possible to let this director James Carlson transfer one million directly to his account?

In that case, I don’t have to go there anymore, and the other party will save trouble.

However, this idea came out just a moment and was extinguished by Chen Zhou.

Not to mention anything else, the most well-known thing about the Clay Mathematics Institute is the seven major millennium awards it announced.

The reason why these seven difficult questions were published was also a reference to Hilbert's 23 questions in 1900.

Hilbert's 23rd question was a matter that deeply influenced the development of mathematics in the 20th century.

Obviously, the Clay Mathematics Institute also hopes that these seven Millennium Awards will affect the development of mathematics in the 21st century just like Hilbert’s 23 questions.

Therefore, such a thing that is of concern and can enhance the influence of mathematics and the influence of the Clay Mathematics Institute itself.

James Carlson and the others would definitely not transfer money in such hasty ways.

Moreover, the former Russian mathematician Grigori Perelmann had rejected the Clay Mathematics Institute once when solving the Poincaré conjecture.

The award ceremony they carefully prepared had no place to use.

This time, the Clay Mathematics Institute must have wanted to make up for the regrets of the last time.

Otherwise, they would be really uncomfortable if they had two Millennium Award problems solved, but they didn't even have a decent award ceremony.

Thinking of this, Chen Zhou looked at the email content on the computer screen again, then got up and went to find Xiong Hao and Qi Yin accurately, and discussed the matter with the two of them.

Chen Zhou first came to Qi Yin's room door and knocked on the door, but found that no one responded.

Chen Zhou, who was a little surprised, turned toward Xiong Hao's room.

Before he could reach the door, Chen Zhou noticed that the door of Xiong Hao's room was not closed and was half open.

When Chen Zhou approached, he found that Qi Yin was actually here.

Xiong Hao and Qi Yin looked at Chen Zhou together, a little surprised at the sudden appearance of Professor Chen.

Chen Zhou smiled at the two of them and said, "I have something I want to discuss with you..."

Xiong Hao and Qi Yin said in unison: "Professor Chen, you said."

Chen Zhou then emailed the Clay Mathematics Institute to himself and invited him to receive the award, and said it all.

After Chen Zhou finished speaking, Xiong Hao and Qi Yin also understood what Chen Zhou meant.

Chen Zhou wanted to receive the award, but because of their reasons, he came to ask for their opinions.

Qi Yin considered the reason why she came to Xiong Hao, so she said directly: "Professor Chen, I don't recommend you to receive the award. We can take other methods, find someone to collect it on your behalf or whatever, but you yourself are better not to

Go and receive the award in person.”

Chen Zhou looked at Qi Yin and asked softly: "Why? What is the reason?"

Qi Yin glanced at Xiong Hao beside her, and Xiong Hao quietly handed her a look, signaling her not to tell Chen Zhou about that.

Although Qi Yin was a little puzzled, he listened to Xiong Hao's opinion and said to Chen Zhou: "Professor Chen, do you still remember the incident of the US government's breach of trust some time ago? This incident has not been obtained so far.

Handle properly.”

"So, when you go to the United States to receive the award at this time, I am worried that you will encounter some unnecessary trouble. At the same time, I am also worried that your personal safety will be threatened in the United States."

Chen Zhou naturally saw the little movements of Xiong Hao and Qi Yin.

However, Chen Zhou didn't know what these two people were hiding from him.

But there is one thing that Chen Zhou is sure of.

That is, the two of them hid themselves should have just happened.

Otherwise, they wouldn't have been in the same room when they were looking for them.

As for whether there will be any private matters between the two people.

Chen Zhou felt that it should be impossible.

Where can anyone talk about private affairs when the door is half open?

In fact, Chen Zhou guessed very accurately, almost rightly guessed the whole process.

However, the reason why the door to Xiong Hao’s room was half open.

It was all because Qi Yin had just arrived at Xiong Hao's room and showed Xiong Hao the news she received.

Before both of them could say a word, Chen Zhou appeared at the door of the room.

Xiong Hao and Qi Yin were also quite surprised when they first saw Chen Zhou.

The two of them thought that Chen Zhou would probably not come out after returning to his room.

Because from the past few days, Chen Zhou has been like this.

But unexpectedly, Chen Zhou came out after only more than half an hour back to his room today.

Thinking of this, Chen Zhou looked at Xiong Hao and Qi Yin and asked directly: "Is something wrong?"

Xiong Hao and Qi Yin looked at each other, then Xiong Hao turned to look at Chen Zhou and said softly: "Professor Chen, it's just a small matter, we can handle it, you don't have to worry."

When Chen Zhou saw the two of them, he couldn't help frowning.

Immediately, Chen Zhou said in an unquestionable tone: "Xiong Hao, if it is related to me, I have the right to know what happened!"

When he said this, Chen Zhou's mind suddenly flashed through his mind, the person who bumped into him that afternoon.

He also realized that something was wrong with that person.

Logically speaking, no scholar who participated in this conference should look like that after hitting himself.

Hearing Chen Zhou's words, Xiong Hao pondered for a moment and finally decided to tell Chen Zhou the news that Qi Yin had just brought.

Just now, the reason why he didn't let Qi Yin say that, was that he did not want to have any impact on Chen Zhou.

Second, this matter is already under their control. There is no need to let Chen Zhou know about this under the premise that it can be completely solved.

This is also his usual style of doing things.

All troubles are solved in places where the protected person cannot see it, ensuring all safety of the protected person and not having any impact on the protected person.

However, when Chen Zhou asked that sentence, it was better to say it than to hide it.

If Chen Zhou guesses randomly, it will be bad.

When Xiong Hao finished speaking, Chen Zhou asked in surprise: "Was that person coming for me in the afternoon?"
To be continued...