Obviously, if one conference awards two awards to the same person in a row, it can be regarded as making history for the International Congress of Mathematicians.

Although two of the awards are not the top awards in mathematics such as the Fields Medal, what you need to know is that whether it is the Gauss Medal or the Chen Shengshen Medal, these two awards are only awarded to one person in each session.

, and then awarded every four years.

Compared with an award like the Fields Medal, which can be awarded to up to four people at a time, it is obvious that these two awards, which can only be awarded to one person, are more difficult to obtain, let alone awarded at the same time.

Give it to one person.

What's more, Lin Xiao has already won the Fields Medal.

That is to say, the Fields Medal can only be awarded once. Maybe Lin Xiao can win another Fields Medal in the next one.

Just like that, with everyone's envious eyes and congratulatory applause, Lin Xiao hung two medals around his neck, faced the camera, and then took a group photo with De Duolun.

"Okay, Mr. Lin, congratulations again."

After taking a group photo, De Duolun also smiled and applauded Lin Xiao.

"I would also like to thank the International Mathematical Union and the committee of this conference for their recognition." Lin Xiao nodded slightly, then nodded to the audience present, and left the stage amidst even greater applause.

After returning to his seat, the people next to him also expressed their congratulations to him.

Lin Xiao also responded one by one, then picked up the two medals around his neck and looked at them, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised.

Who can know whether there are political factors involved in these two medals?

It seems that he lives up to his name, but it is inevitable that people will feel that there is a good intention in it.

Of course, for this kind of problem, it is better not to think too much than to think too much.

Then he shook his head, took off the medal, and put it in his pocket.

This is France, so there is no need to worry about the theft of medals like what happened at the 2018 conference.

Next, we continued to watch the rest of the award ceremony.

Of course, the International Mathematical Union obviously also knew that awarding two consecutive awards to the same person was weighty enough, so the next awards were naturally awarded to other people.

Lin Xiao obviously never thought that he would be able to get a third one.

So just like that, the opening ceremony ended.

Everyone started to leave, and Lin Xiao was inevitably surrounded by many people, who then expressed their congratulations to him.

Among them, he also met old acquaintances from Princeton University.

Pierre Deligne walked up with a smile, and then said to Lin Xiao: "Boy Lin, you are worthy of giving us big news as soon as you come back!"

Lin Xiao helplessly spread his hands: "The conference wants to give me an award, I can't refuse."

Deligne laughed, then opened his arms, stepped forward and hugged Lin Xiao.

"No matter what, it's good to be back. Maybe scientists have national boundaries, and maybe science also has national boundaries, but no matter what, friendship definitely has no national boundaries."

"I think so too."

Lin Xiao was stunned for a moment, then smiled, stretched out his arms and hugged the other person, and said at the same time.

People present laughed and cheered for this scene.

Then, Lin Xiao took the initiative and invited these old acquaintances to have afternoon tea together and chat at the same time. Everyone present agreed. The afternoon agenda was basically boring anyway, not to mention that most people

I came here for Lin Xiao’s report on the Riemann Hypothesis, and I didn’t pay too much attention to other reports.

So just like that, everyone went to a relatively luxurious hotel nearby and started their afternoon tea.

Lin Xiao was also among them, chatting with these famous mathematicians about daily life.

"Speaking of which, where is Professor Pompieri? Didn't he come this time?"

Deligne was holding a cup of coffee, and when he was about to drink it, he heard Lin Xiao's question and said with a smile: "He is ninety years old this year, and his body can't withstand these torments, so he didn't come.

But just rest assured, he will definitely look at you on the day you report."

"That's it." Lin Xiao nodded slightly, "Is he in good health?"

"Not bad." Deligne smiled and said, "Don't worry too much about him. Speaking of which, those of us who study science generally live quite a long life."

Lin Xiao smiled, it was indeed the case, there were indeed quite a lot of senior scientists among them.

But take a look at Deligne in front of you.

He has pale hair, wrinkles all over his face, and many age spots.

You know, Deligne is eighty-six years old this year, and his body looks quite strong.

But when Deligne hugged him before, he could clearly feel that even the strength of the hug was very weak.

Do people eventually leave this world?

Lin Xiao had such an idea in his mind.

Can’t the power of science and technology realize human immortality?

In the past, scientists once proposed a concept called longevity escape velocity. Its general meaning is that through the development of science, it can be achieved that on average, human life can be extended by one year or more every year.

In this way, with such technology, human longevity can be achieved.

Even eternal life.

But obviously, it is very difficult to achieve this, because no one can guarantee that their life span can be extended in such a continuous manner.

And most importantly, this technology also breaks the last fairness in the world, that is, both poor and rich people will eventually die within the same age range.

Because once this technology appears, only the rich will be able to master it at the beginning.

The rich will even monopolize this technology forever, allowing the poor to become real reproductive machines at high prices, providing eternal labor force for the wealthy class.

By then, the advanced society that took mankind thousands of years to develop may have evolved into an ancient slave society.

Therefore, this idea only briefly emerged in Lin Xiao's mind, and then he gave up quickly.

Even if such a technology is really developed, he will definitely not let it leak out. For such a technology that breaks the order, sometimes it is better to be selfish.

"Hey, what are you thinking about?"

At this time, Deligne, who was standing next to him, saw Lin Xiao thinking and couldn't help but ask a question.

Lin Xiao came back to his senses, smiled, waved his hands, and said, "It's nothing."

Then he glanced to the side again, and then asked Laurent Laforgue over there: "Laurent, I want to ask Professor Serre, how is he doing lately?"

Hearing this question, Laurent Laforgue couldn't help showing an embarrassed expression on his face.

"What's wrong?" Lin Xiao frowned and asked again.

Laurent Laforgue sighed helplessly and replied: "Professor Serre has had serious health problems recently and has been lying in bed for several months."

"What?" Lin Xiao showed an expression of disbelief.

…

The entrance of a small villa full of traditional Parisian temperament.

Lin Xiao appeared here, then pressed the doorbell and knocked on the door.

This is the home of Jean-Pierre Serre.

Following the knock on the door, after a while, footsteps came from inside.

"I'm coming."

A female voice came out, and then the door opened, and a girl in her early twenties appeared inside, with blond hair and blue eyes. In this darkened country, such beautiful French girls are rare.

The girl saw Lin Xiao outside. When she saw this Chinese, she was a little confused and asked: "Excuse me, are you..."

The last French word hadn't even ended yet, and then she opened her beautiful eyes wide, covered her mouth, and said in disbelief: "You, you, you...are you Lin Xiao?"

Seeing the girl's surprised look, Lin Xiao smiled and then said: "If you are talking about Lin Xiao who won the Gauss Award and the Chen Shengshen Award this morning, then it should be me."

When she heard Lin Xiao's words, the girl's face became even more surprised: "It's really you!"

Then she covered her cheeks, which were probably red from excitement, and ran into the house, shouting at the same time: "Dad, that Lin Xiao is here!"

Seeing the girl running away and the open door, Lin Xiao touched her nose and wondered whether she should go in or wait for their adults to come.

But speaking of it, that girl should be Professor Serge's great-granddaughter, right?

He looks so old already, only a few years younger than me.

Today, Lin Xiao already feels like he is old.

Soon, a middle-aged man walked out of the house, that is, Jean-James Serre, the grandson of Jean-Pierre Serre.

The word "Jean" in French names is generally used by the older generation. Young people no longer add this word to their names, and they even make fun of those who are also young and have "Jean" in their names.

Of course, they certainly won't ridicule those of the older generation with "rang" in their names. Maybe they are a great person?

For example, this Jean-James Serre is himself a lecturer in the Department of Mathematics at the Ecole Normale Supérieure in Paris. After all, he has such a grandfather who is a great mathematician, so it is not surprising that his grandson would follow his grandfather's path.

And he also inherited his grandfather's talent well and was quite successful in mathematics, but he did not completely replicate his grandfather's talent. After all, before Lin Xiao, the youngest Fields Medal winner,

That is his grandfather Jean-Pierre Serre.
To be continued...