Chapter 70 Chapter 70 Exclusive
After Lin Yimu, Huang Minglei and the other three finished their lunch, they strolled around Beijing City for the whole afternoon and bought some Beijing specialties. Of course, since there were so many people traveling together, it was difficult to carry things, so each person only bought some small items and easy-to-carry food.
When the four of them returned to the Peking University Guest House carrying their belongings, it was already four o'clock in the afternoon. After agreeing to pack their luggage and have dinner together, they went back to their rooms.
While Lin Yimu was talking to Huang Minglei and packing their things, there was a knock on the door of their room.
The two stopped talking, Lin Yimu stood up and opened the door, and found Pei Yuchen and a middle-aged man wearing glasses and a suit standing at the door.
"Teacher Pei, why are you here? Who is this?" Lin Yimu looked at the two people at the door and asked puzzledly while making way for them to enter the house.
Seeing that it was Lin Yimu who opened the door, Pei Yuchen smiled and introduced as he walked into the room: "Xiaomu, this is Director Jiang from the Admissions Office of Peking University. I came here to discuss with you in detail the specific matters of studying at Peking University."
Lin Yimu looked at him in confusion and said, "Didn't we discuss this on the phone before?"
As Lin Yimu spoke, he turned around and tidied up the room that had become a little messy when he was packing his luggage, made a seat for the two of them to sit down, and said, "Sorry, the room was a little messy while I was packing my luggage."
Huang Minglei, who was packing his luggage, stopped what he was doing and greeted someone when he saw him coming in. When he heard Lin Yimu's words, he knew that there was something serious to discuss, so he didn't want to say anything more.
Director Jiang looked at the polite young man in front of him, smiled gently and said jokingly, "It's okay, I came at the wrong time. I was thinking of talking to Lin about signing a contract with Peking University. If I don't sign you, I won't feel at ease, and I won't be able to report to my superiors! The old professors in the School of Mathematics are all waiting for news."
After saying this, Director Jiang smiled and turned to Pei Yuchen and asked, "Teacher Pei, can I talk to Lin alone?"
"Okay, then you guys can talk here first. I happen to have something to go out for." Pei Yuchen nodded and agreed to the other party's request. Before leaving, he also called Huang Minglei.
After the two of them closed the door and left, Director Jiang turned his gaze back to Lin Yimu and waited for his reply.
Lin Yimu thought of the Peking University Admissions Office that had called him repeatedly before, and the old professor who was at the award ceremony, and sighed helplessly.
"Director Jiang, I actually intend to study at Peking University, but the department I want to study in is not available for the time being. I have explained the reason to the old professors in the Department of Physics." Lin Yimu explained to Director Jiang.
Unexpectedly, after listening to Lin Yimu's explanation, Director Jiang smiled cheerfully and said, "I have understood this, but I believe that with Lin's excellence, he will definitely get what he wants. And as far as I know, Lin seems to have excellent grades in other science majors besides mathematics. Seeing that you chose Yuanpei College, you probably want to study in a different major, right?"
Lin Yimu was obviously stunned for a moment. He didn't expect that Director Jiang could even guess his future plans.
But then he thought that there was nothing to hide about his plan. If he didn't want to study across majors and obtain multiple degrees, he wouldn't be so persistent in wanting to enter Yuanpei College.
Thinking of this, Lin Yimu smiled and admitted: "I do have this idea. As far as I know, among all the top universities in the country, only Peking University's Yuanpei College allows cross-disciplinary studies and supports students to graduate early after completing sufficient credits. However, I don't seem to meet the standards for admission to Yuanpei College for the time being..." Lin Yimu stopped talking here.
After hearing Lin Yimu's definite answer, Director Jiang smiled confidently and said, "If you have this plan, then only our Peking University Yuanpei College meets your requirements. As for Lin's desire to enter Yuanpei College, it is not impossible to achieve it."
Director Jiang paused here, and after seeing Lin Yimu looking at him curiously, he continued, "I believe that with Lin's excellence, he will definitely be among the best in the national training team. So our school leaders discussed it and decided to allow Lin to enter Yuanpei College as an exception. If Lin can represent the national team in the IMO competition, the school will give more preferential policies." Director Jiang stopped here and did not continue speaking. Instead, he looked at Lin Yimu who was sitting opposite him, wanting to see his reaction.
And Lin Yimu didn't keep Director Jiang waiting too long.
In fact, when Lin Yimu heard that he could be admitted to Yuanpei Academy as an exception, he was quite excited. Now he heard that there were more preferential policies. Although the premise was to represent the country in the IMO competition, this was originally a task that Lin Yimu had to complete, so there was nothing he couldn't agree to. He immediately looked at Director Jiang and asked, "What preferential policies?"
Director Jiang looked at Lin Yimu with a curious look on his face and thought that this kid was finally anxious for once.
Then he smiled and listed the preferential policies one by one, "I won't mention the basics such as free tuition and scholarships for four years of university. As long as you can represent the national team in the IMO competition, you can not only directly study at Yuanpei College, but as long as you maintain excellent grades during college, the school can not only recommend you for postgraduate studies, but even give you priority to study abroad at public expense. And if you get a good ranking after participating in the IMO, the school will also reward you with a bonus ranging from 500,000 to 1 million yuan."
At this point, Director Jiang pushed up his glasses and looked at the stunned Lin Yimu with confidence, "Of course, this special preferential policy is only for you. After all, your potential is obvious to all of us. We at Beijing University are not the kind of old-fashioned people who don't know how to adapt. We at Beijing University can also make special arrangements for outstanding talents."
Lin Yimu was stunned when he heard the preferential policies mentioned by the other party.
In his impression, universities like Peking University and National Tsinghua University are aloof and proud, and they should not change the rules easily. But what is the situation now?
Previously, the old professor said that he could not meet the requirements of Yuanpei College. However, now, not only has he been given such a good preferential policy, but he has also been allowed to enter Yuanpei College as an exception. This is not at all like what he had imagined.
Although he had a lot of thoughts in his mind, this did not prevent Lin Yimu from asking the other party why he changed his mind, "Can I know why your school suddenly changed its mind and let me study in Yuanpei College?"
Upon hearing this, Director Jiang looked at Lin Yimu with some surprise, and without thinking too much, he said, "Student Lin's paper proving the twin prime conjecture has caused a lot of controversy on arXiV, and even some mathematicians have quit. It is said that the peer reviewers are also verifying some of the core data in your paper. Maybe your paper will be published in the next issue of the SCI journal."
Lin Yimu looked at Director Jiang in surprise, feeling somewhat confused.
He just checked his mailbox at noon and didn't receive any email saying that the first instance had been passed. How come it has reached the peer review stage now?
Thinking of this, Lin Yimu asked in confusion.
After hearing Lin Yimu's question, Director Jiang looked at him in surprise and said, "You didn't receive the email saying that the paper passed the first review? That's impossible. I heard from an old professor in the School of Mathematics that it has reached the peer review stage."
After he finished speaking, he looked at Lin Yimu uncertainly and asked, "Did you check your email this afternoon?"
"Yes." Lin Yimu nodded affirmatively.
After confirming the time, Director Jiang smiled and said with relief: "It has been several hours since noon. You must not have checked your email. I just learned about this news before I came here." He smiled and nodded at Lin Yimu from a distance, "You should check your email again as soon as possible. Maybe the peer reviewer has already sent you an email. You are really careless. You don't care about such an important matter."
Lin Yimu smiled a little embarrassedly, quickly took out his mobile phone and opened his mailbox. Sure enough, he saw an unread new email. The email was sent at around 2:00 p.m., and at that time he was still having dinner and shopping with Huang Minglei and others.
Lin Yimu opened the unread email, which was indeed a notification email from the editorial department of Mathematical Applications that the paper had passed the first review.
Even though he was mentally prepared in advance, Lin Yimu couldn't help but smile with joy the moment he saw the content of the email. He read it over and over again before putting down his phone.
"I'm sorry to have embarrassed you. I was a little excited at the moment." After Lin Yimu put down his phone, he saw Director Jiang sitting opposite him. Then he remembered that there was another person in the room, and he quickly apologized embarrassedly.
Director Jiang waved his hand nonchalantly to indicate that it was okay, and then continued to bring the topic back: "I wonder if Student Lin is satisfied with the conditions proposed by our Beijing University. If there is anything he is not satisfied with, we can discuss the details in detail. If there is no objection, I still hope that Student Lin can sign a contract with Beijing University as soon as possible."
At this point, Director Jiang smiled bitterly and continued, "To be honest, I am well-informed. After receiving the letter, the school decisively gave these conditions and asked me to come here immediately to sign you. Otherwise, when other universities and foreign universities react, they will definitely send you an offer. After all, a genius student who can verify a mathematical conjecture at the age of 16 is a talent that all universities are eager to get."
In fact, the old professor from the School of Mathematics who presented the award had just graduated from the research institute. Because he had not had time to understand the situation, his estimate of Lin Yimu was based on the outstanding students in previous years. When he learned that Lin Yimu had been able to solve the mathematical conjecture, he immediately reported it to the school president and the dean of the School of Mathematics, insisting that Lin Yimu be signed, for fear that Lin Yimu would be snatched away by other universities or foreign universities.
In fact, when Director Jiang heard all of Lin Yimu's experiences, he couldn't believe it in his heart, especially when he learned that the other party might have solved the mathematical conjecture and submitted it to an SCI Zone II journal, and also sparked a fierce debate on arXiV, and even a mathematician was involved, Director Jiang was full of doubts.
If Professor Jiang had not come forward to testify and showed him the paper discussion section on arXiV, Director Jiang actually had not planned to come in person.
After all, the other party had already politely rejected Kyoto University before. It would be embarrassing for them to offer such good conditions to keep him. Even if the other party is excellent, Kyoto University has no shortage of excellent talents and there is no need to be so eager.
Of course, after knowing how evil Lin Yimu was, Director Jiang came here completely willingly, and even issued a military order to make sure Lin Yimu signed a contract with Peking University.
However, after listening to Director Jiang's explanation, Lin Yimu was a little bit unconvinced, because he had not received any offers from foreign universities, and as for domestic universities, except for Peking University, Tsinghua University, Yan University, and Shanghai University, which called him at the beginning, no other university had called him persistently.
Thinking of this, Lin Yimu shook his head in confusion and said, "Except for the first few key universities, no one from other schools has called me so far, let alone any foreign universities."
As soon as he finished speaking, the phone in Lin Yimu's hand suddenly rang.
Lin Yimu glanced at the phone in his hand in surprise. It couldn't be such a casual call. Was it the admissions office of some university calling?
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