Genius of the Rules-Style System

Chapter 1008: Chapter 503: The End? No! The Research Has Just Begun!_2

Li Ning had completed the experimental proof of the superconducting antigravity theory and would almost certainly be working at Stanford University. It wasn’t that he was definitely ’jumping ship,’ but rather that for antigravity research, Stanford University was where he could get the best environment.

The University of Alabama didn’t have the relevant talent, nor even any related research projects in the works.

In short, Li Ning was definitely going to leave.

That’s why the School of Sciences and the Personnel Department just gave Li Ning a perfunctory welcome, instead of offering him any tangible rewards.

Li Ning was somewhat frustrated for not receiving any rewards, but he soon discovered that his life was not the same as before.

For instance, several groups of reporters came to interview him.

The first to arrive were two entertainment reporters, also known as gossip journalists.

Li Ning eagerly welcomed the interview, only to find that the reporters’ questions were all like, "You conducted the research with Zhao Yi, right? Are you familiar with him? What kind of person is he?"

"How much do you know about Zhao Yi? Can you tell us about it? Many people are interested in how he went from being a Rubik’s cube expert to becoming a top mathematician."

"What do you think of Zhao Yi..."

Every question from the gossip reporters was about Zhao Yi because he was the focus of the news.

Zhao Yi was also quite famous in M Country, but most ordinary people didn’t think of him as a mathematician. It wasn’t the Goldbach Conjecture or Fermat’s Last Theorem that they remembered, nor the three-dimensional vibrational waveform map, but instead, ’super genius,’ ’Rubik’s cube calculator,’ ’top-level hacker,’ and so on.

These were the labels that most ordinary people in M Country had for Zhao Yi in their hearts.

Ordinary people don’t concern themselves with academic circles, mathematical conjectures, nor mathematicians or physicists. What they care about are things that relate to their lives.

The ’Rubik’s cube calculator’ was Zhao Yi’s first label and left the deepest impression. Even now, many people were still using the most original version of the Rubik’s cube calculator.

That version was considered ’classic.’

Other labels that stuck were super genius and top-level hacker because Zhao Yi had revealed flaws in iPhones. Later, some other hackers pointed out flaws in iPhones as well, but in terms of the number and quality, they were far from Zhao Yi’s level.

Whether it was pointing out flaws in the iPhone or creating the Rubik’s cube calculator, Zhao Yi did it all while he was in high school.

So the general public came to believe that "Zhao Yi evolved from a hacker prodigy and Rubik’s cube genius into a top mathematician, gradually."

The gossip media would naturally be interested in Zhao Yi because Li Ning had not shown any concern.

If it had been only Li Ning’s theory that had been proven, they might not have even bothered to interview him in person, at most just reported on it.

Once the media reporters had left, the name ’Zhao Yi’ filled Li Ning’s mind, and he couldn’t help but shake his head vigorously, gritting his teeth, "I hate the gossip media!"

In the afternoon, some professional academic media came for interviews, and Li Ning’s mood improved, looking forward to an interview that was all about him.

But he was quickly disappointed.

The academic media’s professionalism was strong, and they began by asking about superconducting antigravity, prompting a simple explanation from Li Ning.

Before Li Ning could even relish the moment, he heard the reporter asking, "This research was a collaboration with Zhao Yi, right? We’ve read the paper, and you’ve only published theory that is essentially identical to what was presented twenty years ago."

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"So what exactly did you do in the collaboration?"

"..."

"We acknowledge that the theory is yours, but the majority of the experimental verification was completed by Zhao Yi, wasn’t it? Now that the experiment is successful, everyone says it’s a joint success, but do you think that you are taking credit for Zhao Yi’s work? Because many people are saying that even without your theory, Zhao Yi could have succeeded just the same."

"—??"

Li Ning was completely taken aback.

He thought carefully and realized that it was true, just as the reporter had said; the underlying mathematical framework was all done by Zhao Yi, and the experimental methods were derived mathematically by Zhao Yi using the framework.

So, what was his role?

"That’s not right!"

"The theory of superconducting antigravity is mine, mine! Twenty years ago, I had already published it."

"What’s going on?"

"It seems as if it has nothing to do with me now?"

The academic media left.

Li Ning took a long breath, realizing that having the media be too professional wasn’t good either because they hoped to create news; their questions were sometimes tricky, and crucially, they were all exceedingly professional, having done a lot of homework before the interview.

This was distressing!

Li Ning truly calmed down for a long time before finally slapping the table and gritting his teeth in frustration, "I hate specialized academic media!"

Soon.

Li Ning figured it out, he knew why the reporters were giving him a hard time.

Race!

"No matter whether I’m an M Country citizen, how long I’ve lived in M Country, or whether I have an M Country passport, they will always see me as Chinese."

"As a Chinese person, when placed next to Zhao Yi, they will definitely pick on me. Because Zhao Yi is more famous, more popular, he’s even like a Hollywood star!"

"The media reporters can’t interview him and they can’t give him a hard time."

"So they can only pick on me... Should I return to my home country? Maybe, going back is the best choice."

Li Ning fell silent.

...

Elsewhere.

Zhao Yi wasn’t bothered by interviews, he didn’t care about the achievements of superconducting antigravity because he felt it didn’t belong to him.

He only gave two interviews and talked about the experimental discovery of superconducting antigravity with a few friends familiar with the academic circle, then he shut the door and focused on his research.

Many people found it strange.

Because the superconducting antigravity experiment had ended, the experiment had amplified the ’antigravity’ effect as much as possible, the data was also all collected, and the relevant papers were published.

What was there left to study now?

The curious asked Xiang Qianhong, Zhao Yi’s personal assistant, who had some understanding of what Zhao Yi was specifically doing.

This was no secret.

To those she was familiar with, Xiang Qianhong said, "Academician Zhao? He’s researching the antigravity issue, it seems he’s constructing some mathematical, antigravity system or something. He explained it once, but I didn’t quite understand."

Gao Yihua asked in surprise, "Isn’t the research on superconducting antigravity finished? What else is there to study? Unless he’s building a large-scale antigravity experimental apparatus, there won’t be any gains."

The other professors nodded in agreement.

Among the physics professors at the School of Sciences, Sun Jiawen was quite authoritative. He had published internationally leading results in the field of physics experiments and had joined a quantum physics experimental team, participating in the data analysis for the experiments at the European particle collider.

Sun Jiawen stood up and said, "Under normal circumstances, that is indeed the case. With superconducting antigravity, there isn’t much left to do."

"This is like particle collisions; without larger equipment, it’s impossible to expect any results just by imagining. For more discoveries, we definitely need to build large-scale equipment. But in this direction, the exploration is quite limited, and funding and energy consumption are big issues. Continuing research would definitely require applying for it, and a long-term proof of concept."

Gao Yihua asked, "Then what exactly is Zhao Yi studying?"

Many people were curious.

It wasn’t just the physics professors or those from the School of Sciences; researchers from the Biomedical Research Institute were also curious.

Everyone knew that there had been results in superconducting antigravity, but Zhao Yi seemed to have become even busier, simply burying himself in his research without even visiting his own lab.

That day, Zhao Yi finally went out.

He wasn’t headed to the medical center, or the School of Sciences, or the physics laboratory, but strolled leisurely around the campus and even ran a couple of laps on the big sports field, as if relaxing his mind.

Gao Yihua saw Zhao Yi and immediately chased after him, asking, "Zhao Yi, what are you recently researching? How come you haven’t been going out?"

"The antigravity issue."

"The antigravity issue?" Gao Yihua asked in surprise, "Isn’t it over?"

"No?"

Zhao Yi explained, "We only demonstrated that superconductors, when conducting electricity, have the characteristic of blocking gravitational force on a cross-section, but that’s just for superconducting materials."

"I believe that it’s not possible that only the spinning of ion lattices can generate a gravitational blocking action; there must be other ways that can produce a similar effect."

"My research is on that. First, I need to crack the principle of how ion lattice spin blocks gravitational conduction, to build a complete antigravity mathematical system."

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"I’ve said on Weibo that in the not-too-distant future, I want to make humans float on Earth, to experience the feeling of being in outer space, and I definitely mean to make it happen!"

"It’s just a pity that my research has only gained a little bit of progress..."

Zhao Yi sighed while speaking, looking rather disappointed.