Chapter 527 - Chinese is what Im good at! (1/2)

Chapter 527: Chinese is what I'm good at!

After just about two minutes, the interview was terminated.

They had no choice but to end it, as Fellow Wan brought a group of people with him to separate Zhang Ye from the reporters and forcefully ended the interview. They did not dare to allow Zhang Ye to blabber on with his nonsense anymore. Mathematics had always been an abstruse and out of reach subject to commoners who could only look up to it in awe. Dale's Conjecture had also been one of the world's top math problems and was always afforded a great deal of respect, but after just answering a few questions from the media, these Chinese mathematicians felt that their status as a higher authority had suddenly been degraded. It wasn't even just normal degradation but unadulterated degradation!

He proved the conjecture just to win the prize?

How can you still show your face after saying that! It was too harsh on the ears!

Even if that's what you were thinking, you still…you still shouldn't have said it!

Zhang Ye was not a member of the mathematics world in the first place. He was a celebrity from the entertainment circle and had his own style and spirit. There was nothing that he did not dare to say, but these mathematicians couldn’t understand Zhang Ye's humor and entertaining side, therefore they quickly had to pull him aside to stop him from further damaging the image of the Chinese mathematicians. If it were his reputation alone that was at stake, then so be it. His reputation was already terrible to begin with anyway. Yes, it was already bad since a long time ago, but today he was representing the Chinese mathematics world and they were not willing to tarnish their reputations because of him.

Seeing Zhang Ye being forcefully pulled away by the crowd of mathematicians, the park visitors all laughed hysterically!

”Ahhahahaha!”

”Zhang Ye is such a trouble maker!”

”Pfft! Wherever Teacher Zhang appears, trouble will surely follow!”

”And of course, not to mention, fun! That is the reason why I like Zhang Ye! He’s too entertaining! This is what a real star is! Not only does he entertain himself, but he also entertains the people around him too!”

”This trip to Summer Palace today was really fulfilling!”

”Yea, it was really worth the effort to come all the way out here!”

”First, he came up with the stunning 'On Horses,' then had a scolding battle with the Chinese mathematicians, and then to top it all off, he proved a global math problem! Wherever Teacher Zhang appears, there's always something astonis.h.i.+ng that happens!”

Everyone was enjoying the discussion.

Zhang Ye, who had been pulled aside, was also feeling annoyed. If they didn't want him to say anymore, then so be it. He was not interested in doing so anyway since he was really only interested in the old jade thumb ring. He immediately went off in the direction of the American team, afraid that they would take it away with them when they left. ”Hi, can I collect my jade thumb ring? The rules earlier stated that whoever could answer another country's question would be able to claim the prize, is that correct?”

David said, ”About that…”

Louis hesitated as well.

This jade thumb ring was donated by an already deceased teacher of theirs to the American mathematics world and belonged to the Mathematics a.s.sociation. It was also one of the few precious items that the a.s.sociation possessed. The only reason they dared to use it as a prize was because they hadn’t expected anyone to actually solve their question. It was just put up as a token for the event, but who would have thought that there would be such a G.o.dly person in attendance? Not only did he not abide by the rules after appearing, he even proved Dale's Conjecture, astonis.h.i.+ng everyone in the process!

Give?

Or not to give?

Zhang Ye looked at them without speaking. He was ready to fall out with them and spoke in Chinese, ”So what will it be? Are you intending to go back on your words?”

The American translator translated his message to them.

Louis was a little stunned, but still finally managed to say something with the help of the translator. ”Actually, whether Dale's Conjecture has really been proven or not still needs some time to be validated. We can't be sure about this yet and definitely need to do a more in-depth study on the the details, but…as the main points have more or less been verified already, we are willing to break our rules and award the prize to you.”

At last, David, the American mathematician, carefully took out a box containing the jade thumb ring from the display booth. His lips twitched as he handed it over to Zhang Ye.

Zhang Ye took it from him and smiled. ”Thank you very much then.” He looked at David and gave him a pat on his shoulder. ”Don't feel too bad. This belongs to our country anyways. We even had to trouble you to bring it back here for us from such a long distance away. Yes, so now the item is back where it belongs.” His words carried the intention of picking on them.

The American translator pretended not to hear him and did not translate it for David and the others. He was afraid that they would quarrel again if he did. Besides, it could be seen from the events that even if Louis and David were to work together, they would still be unable to beat this Chinese youth. This person's mouth was really too good at speaking.

With the jade thumb ring in his possession now, Zhang Ye felt extremely satisfied. He showed an expression of attraction as he opened the box to see a really attractive looking object. It was no wonder Old Wu kept staring at it for such a long amount of time. When he touched it, he could feel the coldness and polished smoothness of it. The colors were very soothing and it was really comfortable to the touch.

His job was done, so now it was time to retreat!

Zhang Ye looked all around for the figure of Old Wu, but was still unable to find her after some time. He seemed to understand what Old Wu was thinking and took out his cell phone to check. He saw an unread text notification from her.

Wu Zeqing: ”See you outside.”

Zhang Ye replied: ”On my way.”

Wu Zeqing: ”No need to rush. You should do some PR first.”