Chapter 1840 - 1841: Strolling Around

Lin Xian said with a smile, "Great, let's settle it then. I'll pick you up on Friday afternoon and also shop for some

household items."

After speaking, they both caught a whiff of an enticing aroma.

They saw the boss carrying a huge iron pot, coming from the kitchen, and the two stopped chatting and concentrated fully

to tackle the delectable chicken in the wok. It was indeed well-prepared, especially the corn cakes at the edge of the

pot, dipped in the thick and slightly spicy sauce. One bite was simply bliss.

The chicken was not dry at all, fresh and juicy, and had a nice chewiness.

Once the meal was finished, Zhang Mengyao took a sip of tea, leaned back in the chair with satisfaction, and gently rubbed her stomach with her little hand.

After a short break, Lin Xian spoke, "I'm too full. How about we go for a stroll to digest? Zhang Mengyao nodded

in agreement.

They paid the bill and wandered around the nearby streets.

2 1 0 It wasn't until one in the afternoon that Lin Xian drove Zhang Mengyao back to school and then drove to Gold

Finance. After parking the car, realizing there was still some time before class, Lin Xian grabbed his notebook computer and walked leisurely towards the office building.

He made his way to Dai Pingbo's office without difficulty, knocked politely on the door, and walked in. Seeing it was

him, Cang Pingbo immediately laughed and said, "You're something else, kid! You've really made me proud!"

Upon hearing this, Lin Xian was initially stunned, then quickly understood, and chuckled, "Did Professor Wang call you?"

"He did!"

Speaking of this, Dai Pingbo got excited and laughed, "You wouldn't know, Old Wang still thinks you're one of my graduate students.

Straightening his expression, Dai Pingbo said seriously, "You seem to have a lot of free time. You even went to FD to give a lecture. Alright then, from now on, you will teach your class's math courses."

Don't! Come on!

Lin Xian immediately became anxious and explained, "Teacher, last time was a special case. I have the ability to teach others,

but not to mislead them!"

The math department students may be unteachable by him, but for the first-year finance students, he could definitely handle them. First-year high mathematics is just a few basics of calculus

Yet the problem is, he doesn't have the leisure or motivation.

Occasionally doing one-off lectures is fine, but making it a job, that would annoy him.

Dai Pingbo was merely joking, knowing that a first-year student teaching a class would not be approved by the school.

Unscrewing the lid of his tea cup, Dai Pingbo took a sip of tea, and asked, "Never visiting without a reason, what's up today?" "Mr. Dai, what's your email address?"

As Lin Xian was setting down his notebook computer, he said, "The paper you mentioned last time, I've already finished writing it.

Poof!

Upon hearing this, Dai Pingbo almost spat out his tea.

It's only been a few days, and you've already finished writing it?

After coughing a couple of times, he maintained a serious expression and said sternly, "Kid, what did I say to you last

time? It's alright if you can't write it, just don't ramble on. Nowadays, domestic journals and forums have been tainted by

those days-in-and-days-out rambling parasites.

To be fair, the domestic paper atmosphere is indeed not great. Nine out of ten papers ramble, and the last rambles

halfway.

Our country has the "Annals of Mathematics" and "Journal of Mathematics" forums, but they've also been tainted by too much rambling.

Dai Pingbo is deeply concerned about this issue and has an intense dislike towards rambling papers.

It's okay if you can't write or write slowly, we can take our time.

Academic research itself is about slowly grinding out the work.

But rambling, that's not acceptable!

This is his bottom line.

So at this moment, Dai Pingbo was somewhat angry and disappointed.

Seeing this, Lin Xian quickly explained, "Mr. Dai, I'm not rambling, I've completely proven the Zhou Family's conjecture."

Proven?

"Poof!" This time, Dai Pingbo couldn't hold back, and tea spewed out.

In an instant, tea splattered everywhere.

Fortunately, Lin Xian reacted quickly, swiftly stepping back to avoid the tea.

Grabbing a few napkins, he roughly wiped off the desk. Dai Pingbo raised an eyebrow and said, "What did you just say, huh?"

"I said I've proven the Zhou Family's conjecture!" Lin Xian replied from a distance.

Dai Pingbo: ???

I just asked you to summarize the current knowledge you've acquired based on the Zhou Family's conjecture and write a paper on

prime numbers.

Now you're telling me you've solved the Zhou Family's conjecture?

And in just a few days?

It's no wonder he reacted this way. This situation with any university professor would elicit the same reaction.

When he came to his senses, his first thought was: Oh no, this kid is starting to aim too high.

A few years ago, some amateur scientist approached him, claiming he had proven the Zhou Family's conjecture. In his view, Lin Xian's current behavior was just like that of the amateur scientist.

Sighing silently, Dai Pingbo patiently advised, "Lin Xian, mathematics is a rigorous discipline, requiring a down-to-earth approach, with aiming too high being the biggest taboo. Do you understand what I mean?"

He spoke somewhat gently, mainly fearing it would hurt Lin Xian's interest and self-esteem.

After all, the other is a promising talent, with both gift and comprehension.

Lin Xian nodded and said seriously, "I understand!"

Hearing this, Dai Pingbo couldn't help but feel gratified.

To be able to recognize and correct one's mistakes is a great virtue, it shows he wasn't wrong about him.

Yet, the next second, he heard Lin Xian say, "But, what does this have to do with me proving the Zhou Family's conjecture?"

"

With frustration churning inside, Dai Pingbo waved his hand and said, "Fine, send me your paper in the email, and I'll take a look." Lin Xian understood his mindset but did not explain.

Because explaining this kind of thing is useless; it's about proving it with facts.

After getting the email address, Lin Xian quickly opened his computer and sent the paper to Dai Pingbo's email.

After that, he closed the computer and said, "Mr. Dai, I'll take my leave now!"

"Go on then!"

Dai Pingbo's tone was somewhat cold, not at all like the previous enthusiasm.

After Lin Xian had left, he sighed and, hesitating for a while, finally moved the mouse and opened his email.

I might as well take a look!

Although Lin Xian's performance this time made him very disappointed, he was still a promising talent he had high hopes for.

After opening the paper, Dai Pingbo initially skimmed it generally and his eyes lit up.

Wow, the paper's format is very standard!

The formatting and organization were very proper.

Looks like he put some effort into it, making Dai Pingbo feel a bit better.

Picking up his thermos cup, he drank tea while reviewing the paper. At first, he looked through quickly and almost skimmed over it.

But as he read, his pace gradually slowed down, eventually reaching a point where he stopped for several minutes or even longer on each line of formulas.

The deeper he delved, the more challenged he felt, and his brow gradually furrowed.

Hiss!

This kid's paper seems to have some substance.

Setting down the tea cup, Dai Pingbo couldn't help but light a cigarette and continue reviewing the paper.

Anyone familiar with him would know that Dai Pingbo is now completely deep into his work mode.

It took him a full hour to finish reading the paper roughly.

There was no other way; he couldn't just skim through it!

Many formulas involved were somewhat difficult for him to comprehend. Not because his skill level was lacking, but because the specialization didn't match.

After all, he was focused on applied mathematics, specializing in Fourier Transform and differential equations, and had not studied number theory deeply, which is a pure math subject.

Nevertheless, putting aside other discussions, purely from a theoretical standpoint, this paper logically achieved consistency.

If all the formulas and results in the paper are without error, then indeed, it proves the Zhou Family's conjecture.