Chapter 523 - An Omni-directional shockwave! (1/2)
Chapter 523: An Omni-directional shockwave!
Noon.
The ninth whiteboard....
The tenth whiteboard.....
Fourteen whiteboards had already been filled to the brim.
The reporters were making urgent phone calls back to their headquarters.
”Quick! Something has happened!”
”What's the matter?”
”I can't explain, just get more manpower over here and bring along the equipment too. Remember to reserve the afternoon newspaper headlines for me as well!”
”Ah? Headlines?”
”Right!”
”But the headline has already been planned and confirmed this morning. It's been reserved for Jiaqi's extramarital affair news. Are you sure you have a bigger and more important headline than that?”
”Yes, I'm very sure! Jiaqi's extramarital affair is nothing compared to this! Even if it's a headline about her committing suicide, I would have to ask for it to be pushed back! An explosive event has just happened over at my side! It involves the honor of our country!”
”Alright then, I understand! We will transfer some manpower over to your site now!”
”Hurry up, I will update you when you're all on the way here!”
In front.
Zhang Ye was still busy writing calculations for the proof.
Behind him, mathematicians from the different countries had gathered and were following suit in writing and doing the calculations. They were all busy verifying the formulas and calculations on the board. Some people gave up after a short time, while others who were determined not to give up, threw in the towel one by one after a while!
Why?
Because they could not keep the pace at which everything was being written!
They totally could not catch up at all!
A female mathematician from the United Kingdom and two other male French mathematicians were the leading experts in one of the equations proposed by Zhang Ye. The three of them gathered together and followed Zhang Ye's pace to verify the equation, but they found out that even though they did not need to think much while calculating it, nor needed to do it in the sequence that Zhang Ye was going through, they still could not keep up. While verifying this equation for a few minutes, Zhang Ye had already moved on to the third equation's calculation and onto the next whiteboard!
This guy was a beast!
Did you eat a rocket or something!?
The mathematicians were once again aghast by what they saw. Just as the foreign youth partic.i.p.ants had said, this speed of calculation was far too crazy. You don't even need to draft your calculations? You are even doing such a large equation mentally? It doesn't even seem like there's any hesitation on your part? So many of us mathematicians are doing the calculations alongside with you, yet none of us can keep up? You've already calculated the rest of the equations when we had just finished the first one? We are even slower than you who has to calculate, think, and collate the results??
Some of them had already given up.
A minority of them were still following the derivatives slowly. If they could not follow Zhang Ye's speed, then they could just continue validating the earlier equations slowly.
Time was ticking away.
A lot of the park visitors had found spots to sit down at and were getting lunch and drinks.
The reporters were also taking turns to take a rest, while the camera operators from the television stations were continuing to record the event. They were eating and drinking so that they could continue covering the event with energy.
Zhang Ye was feeling tired as well, since he wasn't made of steel. With his stomach growling, he continued writing while putting a hand over his belly.
Huang Lingling who had been observing Zhang Ye beside him all this while asked with concern, ”Teacher Zhang, are you getting hungry?”
Zhang Ye laughed. ”Yes, a little.”
Huang Lingling immediately said, ”Then you should go get something to eat.”
The crowd was a little surprised. Hungry? Oh yes, he has already been writing for almost the entire morning now!
”Eat something?” Zhang Ye pouted and then looked behind him. Wow, when had such a big crowd gathered behind!
Xin Ya took the initiative and came over when she heard, ”I've got some bread here. Make do with it for now.” Then she took out a piece bread from her bag and gave it to Zhang Ye. At this key point in time, the Chinese mathematicians and her were all wis.h.i.+ng for Zhang Ye not to stop his work. Sometimes, mathematics was a subject that required a moment of brilliance and inspiration and if his thoughts were to come to a sudden stop while having lunch, it would be a terrible thing to happen. Although Xin Ya had been criticized by Zhang Ye earlier, when it came to a matter of national honor and glory in the mathematics world, she was still level headed enough not to allow her personal feelings get in the way. Without a doubt, they were all fully supportive of Zhang Ye's attempt to solve this problem!
Zhang Ye looked at the bread offered to him and replied repulsively, ”I don't like tomato bread.”
Xin Ya nearly had to be held back from laying her fists on him. ”.....”
Zhang Ye blinked and asked, ”Do you have chocolate bread?”
Xin Ya was already getting impatient about the possibility of the conjecture being solved. At this time, how could you still be so choosy?
Zhang Ye coughed and said, ”I'll be alright with melon bread too.”
The young mathematician who had clashed with Zhang Ye earlier hesitated for a moment before helplessly taking out a box of vanilla and chocolate cakes. As most people knew that the event today would take almost a day, and food wasn't easily available in Summer Palace Park, some of them had prepared their own food. He held the box of cakes out to Zhang Ye and said, ”Would these mini chocolate cakes be alright?”
Zhang Ye again asked in an unsatisfied manner, ”They're kinda little.”
A dark expression appeared on the young mathematician's face. ”……”
”I'll make do and eat it.” Zhang Ye took the cakes out of the box and gobbled down the contents into his stomach in just a few mouthfuls. With his eyes still focused on the young mathematician's bag, he seemed to be aiming for the carton of milk in his bag. He did not open his mouth or say a word, but just intensely stared at the milk carton.
The young mathematician once again experienced the unlikeable side of Zhang Ye's character and reluctantly took out the milk to pa.s.s to him. He was actually feeling very hungry and thirsty right now as well.
Zhang Ye didn't even appear to stand on ceremony, as he grabbed it over and drank directly from it. ”Thank you, friend.”
The young mathematician thought to himself just whose friend does he think he is!?
As he ate and drank, some of the mathematicians were also feeling hungry and they began to eat their food as well.
Then, the old professor who had a clash of words with Zhang Ye earlier unwrapped a rice dumpling stuffed with red dates and was about to eat it when Zhang Ye's focus s.h.i.+fted over to it. He continued drinking the milk and looking at the dumpling, but not saying a word.
The old professor nearly fainted from frustration. How dare you lay eyes on my rice dumpling!
Zhang Ye continued staring.
Zhang Ye was the focus of everyone right now and when everyone saw him looking at something, whether it was the park visitors or the mathematician's in the yard, along with the reporters, everyone's focus turned to the old professor and the rice dumpling in his hand. The atmosphere of the entire place was at its most awkward!
The old professor almost vomited blood as a few hundred pairs of eyes were all focused on his rice dumpling. It was made even more awkward by the silence as no one made a sound. Such an awkward situation was indescribable and only those present would understand just how weird it was! The old professor was left with no choice as he took out two dumplings and pa.s.sed them to his disciple beside him, ”Give…give these to Teacher Zhang.” Although he was a little angry, but considering the overall situation and Zhang Ye's frightening math abilities, the old professor even could not help but address him as Teacher Zhang when referring to him.
Zhang Ye waved his hand and said, ”Thanks!”
Xin Ya glanced sidelong at him and said, ”If there's anything you need, just ask. We'll help you get it done.”
Zhang Ye nodded and then looked over at Wu Zeqing, ”It seems like President Wu hasn't had anything to eat yet either. Well, so do you still have any rice dumplings?”
”Pfft!” Many park visitors nearly spat out their food!
Care for yourself first before you bother yourself with others!
The old professor nearly fainted from this. You're really thicked skinned, aren't you? You even want to use my rice dumplings to gain President Wu's favor?
When the other Chinese mathematicians heard this, they became extremely speechless. They were all thinking that at this critical juncture, you should just quickly continue working on the problem. Why would you still think about currying favor with your Peking University leader!
Wu Zeqing smiled.
Xin Ya stared at Zhang Ye. ”I'll get something for President Wu to eat.”
Zhang Ye wanted to remind her that Old Wu preferred food that was lighter in taste, but felt a little embarra.s.sed with all these people around. He just lowered his head to continue eating the two rice dumplings and drinking the milk. Finally, as he was finis.h.i.+ng up, he felt very uncomfortable. It wasn't because he hadn't had milk before, but it was still the first time he had so many people staring at him while drinking milk.