Chapter 111 Chapter 111 [Friendship]
At Peking University, Lin Yimu brought Yuan Mingxu directly to Professor Jiang's office, but there was no one in the office at that moment.
Looking at the empty office, Lin Yimu slapped his forehead in annoyance and said, "Look at my memory. Professor Jiang is either out for lunch or still in the lab at this hour."
Yuan Mingxu said indifferently, "It's okay. There's no rush anyway. We can wait here for a while, or go to the library. I've been running around with my uncle every day recently and haven't touched any books at all." He curled his lips in boredom.
Lin Yimu looked at the time and had no other choice but to nod in agreement. Then he thought of his new project and suggested, "Forget it. It's a waste of time to wait here. Let's just go to the library. I don't need any materials for my new project."
Because Yuan Mingxu had been traveling abroad with He Xiuji before, he had not seen Lin Yimu's interview. He only knew that this incident had happened, but he was not clear about the details.
Hearing Lin Yimu talking about the new project, he was a little surprised and asked: "You actually applied for a new project? What is the new project about? Have you been approved?"
Listening to Yuan Mingxu's string of questions, Lin Yimu helplessly held his forehead and interrupted, "Stop, stop, stop. I'm confused by your string of questions."
After that, he walked towards the library and continued, "I had planned to research a new topic before, but I never had the time. When the school starts at Kyoto University, I will be officially employed by the Mathematical Research Center. I thought I would have to have a topic to research, so I applied for it some time ago."
"Your achievement is really enviable!" Yuan Mingxu sighed after listening to Lin Yimu's words, and then asked again curiously, "Hey, you haven't said what it is about? Has the application been approved?"
Lin Yimu: "It is a mathematical conjecture about prime numbers, the new Mersenne conjecture. The application result has not come out yet, but it should be soon."
When Yuan Mingxu heard about Lin Yimu's new topic, his expression went blank for a moment. After he reacted, he shouted with admiration and shock: "Oh my god! You are so amazing! It has only been a short time since you solved a mathematical conjecture, and now you are challenging a new goal! Compared to you, I have accomplished nothing. This is too discouraging!"
Lin Yimu looked at this guy's exaggerated appearance and felt the occasional gazes from passers-by. He wanted to cover his face and pretend that he didn't know this guy.
"You better shut up. I noticed that you've changed since we got to know each other. You're no longer the lazy and taciturn Yuan Mingxu." After saying that, Lin Yimu grabbed Yuan Mingxu and quickly walked into the library.
Yuan Mingxu had an incredible look on his face. As he followed Lin Yimu into the library, he replied, "You also said that we were not familiar with each other before. Now that we have such a good relationship, it is not normal to talk more. Besides, listen to what you just said. You actually want to treat mathematical conjectures as new topics. It's simply crazy! Look at who can solve a mathematical conjecture at your age, and now you are going to solve another one. It's normal for me to express my shock!"
Lin Yimu took the book he was looking for, found a well-lit spot and sat down. He looked seriously at Yuan Mingxu who was muttering in a low voice. He only looked away after the other party realized what he was doing and shut up.
Lin Yimu put down the book in his hand, looked at Yuan Mingxu and said, "You are obviously not bad either. We just have different paths to take. I will pursue scientific research in the future, and you will definitely follow your uncle to manage the family business, right? So, this cannot be used for comparison at all."
Yuan Mingxu nodded thoughtfully, as if he agreed with Lin Yimu's words. After a while, Lin Yimu began to read quietly, and then he realized that something was wrong.
Although he will follow his uncle to manage the family business in the future, this does not prevent him from thinking that Lin Yimu is a monster. He was obviously just normally shocked, but this guy thought he was embarrassing and even tried to change the subject. This is really ridiculous.
After figuring it out, Yuan Mingxu stared at Lin Yimu angrily for a while with a dark face, and snorted coldly: "You are really good at changing the subject and stealing the concept."
Hearing his words, Lin Yimu paused for a moment while turning the pages of the book, then continued reading as if nothing had happened, but the bright smile on his face could not be concealed.
No matter what Yuan Mingxu said, as long as he could divert his attention from the conversation just now, he couldn't stand being caught and questioned constantly, or even being looked at like a gorilla. Even if they were good friends, he still couldn't get used to it.
The two were reading books in the library, Lin Yimu was looking up information while Yuan Mingxu was absorbing knowledge. They stayed there until two o'clock in the afternoon. Lin Yimu guessed that Professor Jiang was still resting or busy in the office, so he took Yuan Mingxu to the School of Mathematics.
After seeing Professor Jiang busy in the office, Lin Yimu said with a smile: "Professor Jiang, I am here to bother you again."
Professor Jiang, who was busy with his work, looked up when he heard the words and found Lin Yimu and Yuan Mingxu standing at the door. A hint of confusion flashed in his eyes, wondering what they came to see him about. "It turned out to be Xiaomu. When did you become so polite to me?"
Hearing this, Lin Yimu said with a flattering smile on his face: "Professor, I have something to ask you."
Professor Jiang looked at Lin Yimu, who was smiling very obediently, and then turned his gaze to Yuan Mingxu beside him. He said with a look of understanding on his face: "The matter you mentioned should be related to classmate Yuan Mingxu, right? I wonder what matter can make you come to me on your own initiative?"
Lin Yi Mu chuckled twice, scratched his hair embarrassedly, and stopped keeping the question in suspense. Instead, he went straight to the point: "Professor, your guess is really accurate. Well, I wonder if you still need any help now? What do you think of Yuan Mingxu?" As he spoke, Lin Yi Mu pushed Yuan Mingxu, who was standing next to him, forward.
Yuan Mingxu was a little nervous when Lin Yimu mentioned him. Now, seeing the kind and amiable old professor staring at him, although he was nervous, he adjusted himself and said politely, "Professor Jiang, I'm sorry to bother you."
Professor Jiang looked at Yuan Mingxu and nodded with satisfaction. He had a good impression of him. After all, he had known him during the training camp and knew that this kid was also a good person. Although his grades were not as good as Lin Yimu's, he was still one of the best to win an award in the IMO competition.
Thinking of this, Professor Jiang looked at Yuan Mingxu with more satisfaction, so he thought for a moment and said, "I know Yuan Mingxu's grades, so it's no problem for you to help. But I don't need anyone for the time being, so I may assign you to the student group I lead."
Yuan Mingxu saw that Professor Jiang had not spoken and thought that he had no hope. But after hearing the result, he became excited and said with a bright smile: "Thank you, Professor Jiang. As long as I can study with you, I can be assigned to any place."
Seeing Yuan Mingxu's excitement, Lin Yimu was also happy for him. Anyone who could make Professor Jiang ask to stay would be arranged a good place even if he didn't study with him, and would definitely gain good results. Even if Yuan Mingxu didn't go into scientific research in the future, it would be good to learn more.
Yuan Mingxu himself did not think so much. He did not want to learn the intrigues in the business world from his uncle. If possible, he did not even want to inherit the so-called family business.
But these are what his family has been telling him all these years, so until now, apart from subconsciously following his family's arrangements, he has never thought about what he likes or what he wants to do.
Even when he discussed with Lin Yimu today about coming to Peking University early to study with Professor Jiang, it was just because he wanted to try out how he felt about doing scientific research and whether he really liked it, because so far, he seemed to have not found his goal, unlike Lin Yimu and Huang Minglei who knew what they wanted to do early on.
He also wanted to know what was the charm of scientific research that attracted Lin Yimu and others to it.
After agreeing to keep Yuan Mingxu, Professor Jiang took his people directly to the laboratory of the School of Mathematics, while Lin Yimu returned to the laboratory of the School of Physics to find Professor Zheng to cancel his leave.
For a period of time afterwards, Lin Yimu continued to follow Professor Zheng to help record data, while Yuan Mingxu was arranged by Professor Jiang to be in his student group, and was busy helping to record data every day like Lin Yimu.
Of course, while Lin Yimu was busy, he did not forget to look for places where he felt the data was abnormal.
On this day, Lin Yi Mu was watching Professor Zheng calculate the final result of the data model. He also followed the whole process, so he also found a piece of draft paper and followed the calculations. However, their calculations were not going smoothly.
Professor Jiang paused on a calculation formula and did not write for a long time, which made all the researchers worried. Today was a major stage in their research. As long as they could figure out the operating formula, they could proceed to the next step smoothly. At that time, they would be not far from calculating the final result of the flow field.
But now Professor Zheng encountered an obstacle, which made everyone nervous and prayed in their hearts that the calculation could go smoothly.
However, the result was unsatisfactory. Professor Jiang did not continue. Instead, he put down his pen and sighed.
When everyone saw this, their faces fell, knowing that they had not succeeded today. However, everyone had strictly followed the steps and data, so they didn't know which step had gone wrong and they had no idea for the time being.
Professor Jiang was also a little annoyed. He waved his hand and told everyone to continue with their own work. Then he turned to look at the data model and calculation process, frowning and thinking.
Lin Yimu also looked at the calculation data and models in his hands with a frown, but he firmly believed that he could do it.
Until dinner time, Lin Yimu and the people in the laboratory had not figured out what went wrong. Professor Jiang could only sigh helplessly, rubbed his brows with a headache and said, "Everyone, stop here today. Go back and have a good rest. Starting tomorrow, we will recalculate all the initial data and review it again."
Everyone responded with a gloomy look upon hearing this, and walked out of the laboratory with a depressed look, while they discussed together where the problem might have occurred.
Lin Yimu followed behind everyone, and when he left, he turned back for some unknown reason to take a look at the data he had sorted out, and then went to eat absent-mindedly.
During the entire meal, Lin Yimu was still thinking about what happened today. He kept reviewing today's calculation process and data in his mind. He was still in a daze when he returned to the dormitory and even almost bumped into the door.
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