Under the scorching sun, the asphalt pavement of the highway softened somewhat.
The three Mercedes-Benz cars were more than 100 meters apart and headed quickly towards Yangcheng.
Today is July 23rd.
Many representative teams from universities and mathematics research institutions have arrived in Yangcheng University Town in advance.
As half the host, Huang Mingzhe naturally cannot be late.
Outside the car window, the scenery keeps receding. Many lychee trees are already bearing fruit, and farmers are hard at work in orchards and fields.
In this land, farmers who have been working for decades are still the majority, and there are too many things that need to be changed.
Unknowingly, the car stopped on the campus of the National University of Science and Technology. Huang Mingzhe, escorted by Zhang Shihe and other security personnel, came to the Truth Society.
As soon as he entered the door, he saw an old Caucasian man with some Mediterranean appearance talking to Zhu Xiping. As soon as Zhu Xiping saw Huang Mingzhe, he quickly introduced to the old man:
"Professor Pierre, this is Huang Mingzhe, Mingzhe, this is Professor Pierre Deligne from Princeton."
Huang Mingzhe greeted the other party in French: "It's an honor to meet you."
"Huang, I didn't expect you to know French." Pierre Deligne said in surprise (Pierre is a Belgian whose mother tongue is French and Dutch).
"I learned it by myself when I was researching my thesis. I don't know if it is authentic or not," Huang Mingzhe said with a smile.
Pierre Deligne shook his head: "Very Parisian."
"Professor Pierre, let's talk inside."
“What an honor.”
After a few pleasantries about life and the weather, the two entered into academic exchanges.
Pierre's mathematical research range is very wide, including algebraic geometry, algebraic number theory, Hodge theory, modular forms, algebraic groups and hypergeometric functions, etc.
Among them, the three most important achievements are proving the Weil conjecture in algebraic geometry, pioneering the research on mixed Hodge theory and developing the hypergeometric function theory.
Huang Mingzhe is also very strong. Not only is he knowledgeable about the past and present, but he also pioneered Huang's chaotic topology, finite element inverse analysis, proved the Hodge conjecture, and formed the Hodge-Huang theorem.
During the exchange between the two, Huang Mingzhe always held the initiative, because Huang Mingzhe was also proficient in the areas that Pierre was proficient in, but Pierre might not be able to handle the areas that Huang Mingzhe was proficient in.
Especially after the Hodge-Huang theorem, it was Pierre who was asking questions, Huang Mingzhe was answering, and Zhu Xiping on the side could hardly keep up with the rhythm of the two.
"Huang, you look very much like a person." Pierre said suddenly with emotion.
"Oh I don't know who it is"
"my teacher."
"Professor Pierre, I'm still far behind!" Huang Mingzhe shook his head and smiled.
"NO!" Pierre patted Huang Mingzhe on the shoulder: "Apart from being more humble than him, you are not bad at anything else, whether it is academics or teaching."
Pierre arrived at CUHK yesterday and also communicated with the Department of Mathematics and the Institute of Mathematics of Truth at CUHK.
During the exchange, he could already clearly feel the power of the Truth Society, and the talents of those young people surprised him.
In addition, after communicating with Huang Mingzhe today, Pierre seems to have seen the high-spiritedness of his teacher Alexander Grothendieck when he was young.
The two of them felt as if they had met each other late, and they communicated for a whole afternoon.
In the evening, Huang Mingzhe and Zhu Xiping specially invited more than a dozen mathematics masters such as Pierre Deligne, Andrew Wiles, Gerd Faltings, and Qiu Chengtong to have dinner together.
In order to entertain them, Huang Mingzhe found a Cantonese restaurant and prepared Lingnan special dishes.
"It is my honor to be able to study and communicate with all the seniors today. I will drink tea instead of wine." Huang Mingzhe said with a smile and picked up the teacup.
Everyone nodded. At least their attitude towards Huang Mingzhe was relatively good, and they didn't have the inflated ego of becoming famous overnight.
"Mingzhe, the future of your Creeper Alliance is limitless!" Qiu Chengtong came over and joked.
"It's just a small fight."
"Your little quarrel is not trivial. Some people will be restless." Qiu Chengtong pointed out.
"In matters in academia, success or failure is naturally determined by academics." Huang Mingzhe said confidently.
Qiu Chengtong knew that Huang Mingzhe certainly had this qualification. Just by proving the Hodge conjecture, he could overwhelm the domestic mathematics community.
The strong academic master is so arrogant, even if you don't accept it, you will have to prove it.
While everyone was eating, they started discussing mathematics. In particular, Gerd Faltings, Andrew Wiles and others who had not interacted with Huang Mingzhe had the idea of weighing whether Huang Mingzhe had real materials.
From Hodge-Huang's theorem to Fermat's last theorem, from Huang's chaotic topology to algebraic geometry, from calculus to functions, everyone has come up with special skills.
But Huang Mingzhe's power shocked everyone present. His understanding of Fermat's last theorem was no less than that of Andrew Wiles, and he could rival Gerd Faltings in algebraic geometry and number theory.
Among the more than a dozen mathematics masters present, they cover almost every field of today's mathematics. However, Huang Mingzhe can communicate with them equally in the fields they are proficient in, and some of them understand even better than others.
"Huang, I now believe that you can prove Hodge's conjecture." This was the first time for Gerd Faltings, a strict Germanic old man, to admire a person so much.
Others strongly agree that it is not terrible to be proficient in one or two areas of mathematics, and it is not terrible to know all areas of mathematics. What is really terrible is to be proficient in all areas of mathematics.
They feel sad for the mathematicians of this century, because Huang Mingzhe's light will be as dazzling as the sun, and the light of others will be obscured.
Huang Mingzhe smiled: "Hodge's conjecture is in the past, the future is the most important."
"Haha, I will ask young people to work hard when I go back, otherwise they may not even have a chance in the future." Gerd Faltings joked.
Huang Mingzhe said with a smile: "The Planck Institute and the University of Göttingen are still very strong, and the light of Gauss is still shining on us."
Next came the business exchange session. The meal lasted from six o'clock in the evening to 11:30 in the evening, and everyone ended the meeting with unfinished business.
Although the meeting has ended, Huang Mingzhe and Zhu Xiping's affairs are not over yet. Zhu Xiping needs to arrange tomorrow's mathematics meeting, such as arranging for some mathematicians to give reports.
The highlight of tomorrow is naturally Huang Mingzhe's one-hour report. Many people are here for Huang Mingzhe.
And Huang Mingzhe organized it in his mind. Tomorrow's one-hour report is not just a report.
Those mathematicians who have doubts will inevitably ask questions on the spot. Huang Mingzhe is not afraid of them, but because some people are too low-level to understand the ideas of the paper. These are the people he needs to deal with.
As for Gerd Faltings, Andrew Wiles and the others, after tonight's exchange, it is estimated that they will not find trouble tomorrow.
These big guys can understand, but those with half a bucket of water may not.
This is also one of the reasons why Mochizuki's theory of the new generation has been controversial. In addition, Mochizuki Shinichi doesn't like to explain to mediocre people. Anyway, it's your business whether you understand it or not. I just won't explain it.
But Huang Mingzhe can't do this. There is no problem in explaining it. Unless you encounter that kind of messy guy, it is better to explain it clearly and treat it as an on-site teaching!
After setting the alarm clock, he fell into a deep sleep.