Chapter 531 - People across the country were stunned again! (1/2)
Chapter 531: People across the country were stunned again!
The news first originated on Weibo.
A verified user from a certain internet company with the Weibo handle @IAmZhangTao posted: ”You all would never believe what I just saw! Holy sh*t! One of the math problems which had troubled the Mathematics world for several decades now, Dale's Conjecture, has been solved! It was solved by Zhang Ye! It's not someone else with the same surname and given name, yes! It's that Zhang Ye that many of you know about! The whole place is in chaos now! It was too awesome!”
Following that, a few others also posted onto Weibo.
@BrotherFengIsInvincible: ”What the f**k! It really has been proven!”
@AhMianAhYu09: ”Teacher Zhang Ye is too awesome!”
SUHDKF: ”It's Dale's Conjecture that we're talking about! I'm going to faint right here in Summer Palace! If I didn't witness this myself, I would not have believed it! In the past, I heard that this Zhang Ye person was really smart, but I could never have expected him to be this f**king smart! Is this person even human? How does he even know math!”
When the news spread, a lot of people thought they were just spreading fake news.
”Get over it.”
”Haha, don't come up with such ridiculous nonsense.”
”You all should just go and write some novels instead. How could you all come up with such crazy news and speak as though it really happened.”
”Hur hur, ever since Zhang Ye started scolding people everywhere, he has been marked by many of them. Now, he's getting marked so bad that a celebrity like him who dabbles in liberal arts is even being called out as someone who solved Dale's Conjecture? Why don't you say that he has built a s.p.a.ces.h.i.+p instead!”
”Such utter rubbis.h.!.+ Even a fool wouldn't believe it!”
”Even if you all want to spread rumors, at least put some effort into the technical details. Although I did read news of Zhang Ye being at Summer Palace and even reciting an essay called 'On Horses' or something to scold those Chinese mathematicians. Oh, just because Zhang Ye was present at the International Math Olympiad, you all can claim that he solved a math conjecture? Hur hur, I can only say that you guys are too naive!”
Many netizens began laughing at these claims.
The few posters of those claims were also enraged by this!
”It's true!”
”F**k, why does no one believe!”
”Your sister! Why would I lie about this! I've got photo proof!”
”I've even got video proof! Let me post it!”
Suddenly, when some pictures and videos of Zhang Ye writing equations on whiteboards were uploaded, including the shocked faces of many local and foreign mathematicians, it fueled the unfounded rumors that no one had paid any attention to a new high!
”What?”
”Ah!”
”Are you sure?”
”F**k! I'm uncultured and have never been to school. Don't lie to me!”
As more and more people concerned themselves with this news, many of them still had deep reservations about the veracity of this news. They still did not believe it until some news media websites and evening newspapers published reports regarding the matter. Only then did they finally know….
Dale's Conjecture had really been solved!
It was even f**king Zhang Ye who had solved it!!
Beijing Television Station.
At Zhang Ye's old unit, the Arts Channel's office.
”Brother Hu! Brother Hu!” Dafei came running towards him with a newspaper in hand.
Hu Fei looked over and said, ”What's the matter? What happened?”
Xiao Lu and Hou Ge were also in the office. They looked over not knowing what was going on and why someone was shouting so loudly in the office. Was it an earthquake or a flood?
Dafei, looking aghast, opened up the day's Beijing Evening Newspaper and pointed to the headlines. ”Look at this! Teacher Zhang has stirred up something big again!”
”What big matter?”
”Who did Teacher Zhang offend this time?”
They made their way over while asking all kinds of questions. When they saw it, Xiao Lu nearly choked on her on breathing while Hu Fei and the others could only stand there staring with their eyes bulging!
”What?”
”Mathematical conjecture?!”
Peking University.
School was reopening soon, and the young teachers of Peking University were having a gathering. Teachers from all the different departments were all attending this gathering. They had a.s.sembled at a restaurant to have a meal together and were seated, chatting and waiting for their food to be served. A television which was switched on and tuned to the news channel but with it's volume turned down hardly received any attention from them.
”Teacher Su, will Zhang Ye still be teaching at the Chinese Department next semester?” a thirty-something-year-old male teacher asked curiously.
”Why won't he be teaching?” Su Na asked.
Another female teacher asked, ”Isn't he a banned artist now? The SARFT had already banned him, surely that would affect his teaching appointment as well, right?”
Su Na wasn't too sure either, so she said, ”The SARFT is the SARFT. Peking University is Peking University. There's no relation between these two inst.i.tutions so it shouldn't affect Teacher Zhang's teaching appointment. Peking University couldn't possibly stop Teacher Zhang's lessons just because of something like that, right? Besides, if it were done that way, the students would surely have none of it.” As she was saying that, Su Na took a sip of water and noticed something. She said loudly, ”Turn the volume of the TV up!”
”Ah?”
”What's the matter?”
A few people were startled by this.
Su Na said impatiently, ”Turn the volume of the TV up!”
A male teacher who was currently wooing Su Na and seated closest to the TV immediately raised his hand to turn up the volume. When he heard the sound coming from Central TV's news, he was shocked!
”…At the International Math Olympiad held at the Summer Palace. According to sources, Zhang Ye has already made an initial proof for Dale's Conjecture. Fellow Wan from the Chinese Academy of Sciences has also formed a team to verify the details and sent out invitations to the top mathematicians around the world, inviting them to send their representatives to our sh.o.r.es.”
The room suddenly turned quiet!
Then, people started exclaiming one after another!
”Ah?”
”What the heck!”
”What?”
There were even some Peking University teachers who were dumbfoundedly sitting down not knowing exactly what was happening. They could not understand how a celebrity from the entertainment circle who taught elective cla.s.ses at Peking University's Chinese Department could possibly have anything to do with one of the most difficult math problems that this world had ever seen!
There was also a meal gathering for members of the crosstalk world today.
It was organized by Tang Dazhang, and many newcomers and old veterans had been invited. As he was considered one of the top people in the crosstalk world right now, many of those invited had also come for the gathering.
They were all enjoying the food and drinks.
”Come.”
”Have another.”
”How's that Zhang Ye person doing now?”
”Him? He's probably just sitting around at home. He created such a mess in the crosstalk world and even scolded and messed with so many people online. I guess his reputation is in tatters now. He won't be able to stir up any attention in the future anymore.”
”Hur hur, he deserves it.”
”That Zhang Ye is really despicable. Because of him, a proper crosstalk compet.i.tion had to be stopped even before Old Tang could appear on the live broadcast as a judge! Just…what the heck!”