Super God-Level Top Student

Actually, there isn't much need for the scarce funds for basic research and development, as resources from nuclear and high-tech bases and social fields will naturally follow suit, just like the collaboration between West Forest Licheng Technology and Youwei Group.

But it's a different story with the proof of Yang-Mills Theory.

This is truly pure theoretical research, driving the advancement of the entire discipline. At the same time, the application of such theoretical breakthroughs to reality, generating economic benefits, often takes decades to calculate.

What's more important is that this pure theoretical research cannot directly generate benefits; it's the new technologies developed from these theories that generate profits.

Without a doubt, the former is more difficult, especially in an era of technological stagnation, where each breakthrough might require decades of accumulation, yet such papers don't have the so-called benefits of patents and copyrights; they can only rely on constant and continuous investment.

This is also why theoretical scholars either remain obscure for life or become famous and even enter the history books.

But there's only so much investment in fundamental theoretical research; if it's really confirmed that Qiao Ze's approach is correct, this involves the issue of fund allocation. It could even dominate the issue of fund distribution.

Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes; where there are interests, there are complications.

From ancient times to today, from domestic to international, it has always been the same, and it's unlikely to change in the future.

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On Tuesday afternoon, in a small conference room on the third floor of the office building of the Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science at the Huaxia Science Academy, two academicians had just finished watching the video of Qiao Ze's press conference and were sitting in their respective seats, lost in thought.

"Zhang, what do you think?" After a long while, one of the academicians asked.

The academician who spoke was Zhou Liang, who now serves as the director of the Center for Mathematical and Interdisciplinary Sciences in the academy.

The Zhang he referred to is Zhang Mingrui, once the first recipient of the country's Outstanding Young Scholar Award, currently also the dean, and another identity he holds is the executive vice president of the Huaxia Mathematical Society.

His research focuses on algebraic groups and quantum groups, with his greatest achievement being the proof of Lusztig's conjecture about the base ring of bimodular cells for affine type A Weyl groups, and establishing the sufficient conditions for the Deligne-Langlands conjecture about affine Hecke algebras.

"Me? I find it very interesting!" Zhang Mingrui looked up at Zhou Liang, his expression seemingly eager for more.

"Interesting? You mean you think this Qiao Ze can solve the problem? Then you should write a proposal to pull some support funds for this young fellow," Zhou Liang said with a smile.

In fact, the recent seminar at Yanbei University didn't intersect with Zhou Liang's research. Experience more content on My Virtual Library Empire

Zhou Liang's main research fields include intelligent recognition algorithms, nonlinear uncertainty system control, intelligent control systems, and game control systems, as well as human-machine integration systems. Therefore, Zhou Liang's initial knowledge and understanding of Qiao Ze was mainly through Qiao Ze's first paper published in the "Duke Mathematical Journal" and the sensational debut of Dou Dou.

But now, Qiao Ze's name was certainly not unfamiliar.

Even without these two seminars, Qiao Ze's name had already entered the radar of these big shots.

After all, he's a young person who boldly applied to be a natural science expert at eighteen, and no one from the Mathematics Department to the officials could stop that kind of momentum.

"Let's wait and see. You know, last night, several people almost started arguing over this kid," said Zhang Mingrui, shaking his head slightly.

"Then do you think he can completely solve the problem?" Zhou Liang asked again.

This time Zhang Mingrui hesitated for a moment before once again slowly shaking his head and saying, "I can't be sure, after all, I have not studied this proposition specifically. However, combining his previously published papers with these proof ideas, I think the chances are good. Of course, the premise is that the formulas he derived in the conference are correct."

"Oh." Zhou Liang nodded then posed another thought-provoking question: "Then, Zhang, if, and I'm just saying if, he really proves this proposition... and he gets recommended for an academician, would you vote in favor?"

"Hmm?" The question startled Zhang Mingrui.

It wasn't a shot in the dark, as Zhang Mingrui and Zhou Liang were both members of the current chair committee of the Science Academy.

During the year of adding academicians, after the candidates pass the preliminary review, it is the chair committee that ultimately decides on the new appointees.

But Zhang Mingrui had not really considered this issue.

The age of Qiao Ze always makes others subconsciously overlook his many accomplishments.

After careful consideration for a moment, Zhang Mingrui said with a wry smile, "We shouldn't have to face this issue so soon, should we? Even if his approach is correct, there are still several hurdles to fully resolve this issue. It might take several years. After four years, the chair committee will change, and we won't have to worry about this issue anymore."

According to the election regulations of the Science Academy's chair committee, two members are elected per division of the academy, serving four-year terms without re-election. So, theoretically, what Zhang Mingrui said was not wrong.

But precisely because of this, the decisions of the two were especially important.

Because if Qiao Ze were indeed nominated in the near future, he would certainly have to join the Division of Mathematics and Physics, and the opinions of two chair committee members of the Mathematics Division would naturally carry significant weight.

"What if the kid really solves the problem soon? Haven't you noticed? From his first paper published in 'Duke Mathematical Journal' in June to now, he has published eight papers in top mathematics journals. Especially these two papers in 'Mathematics Annual', within less than half a month of each other."