Free Web NovelChapter 475: Chapter 286: Hasn’t It Just Started?_2
Zhao Yi, in shorts, a T-shirt, and sports shoes with a backpack slung over his shoulder, took on the casual attire of a student, standing at the entrance of the Mathematics Institute at the Science Academy.
From the shade in the security kiosk, he pulled out his phone to call Liu Tong’en, "I’m at the entrance."
"Wait there for a bit, I’ll be right there," a rushed voice came from the other end of the phone.
So, Zhao Yi waited.
A security guard who noticed him standing in the shadowy area asked, "Who are you looking for, young man?"
The Mathematics Institute was very close to the University of Science and Technology. Many researchers were also adjunct professors at the university, so students would occasionally come this way.
"Liu Tong’en, Academician Liu," Zhao Yi said a name.
The security guard frowned, "Looking for Academician Liu? Academician Liu does not take on students though...."
"I’m not his student."
"Well..."
Just as the guard was about to say something, several people came out from inside, led by Liu Tong’en, who shouted from afar, "Zhao Yi! Zhao Yi!"
Zhao Yi walked over.
Liu Tong’en enthusiastically patted Zhao Yi on the shoulder, "Must be hot, huh? You’ve had a long trip!"
"I’ve finally managed to wait for you!" He hurriedly introduced Zhao Yi to the others, and after running off a list of names, he ushered the group inside quickly since it was hot.
The security guard at the entrance looked puzzled and asked his colleague, "Who was that young man? Why such a big welcome party for him? Even Academician Liu seemed really enthusiastic..."
"Did you not hear? Zhao Yi!"
"Who’s Zhao Yi?"
The security guard’s colleague pointed at him and scolded, "Even though we are security guards, remember, we’re security guards for the Mathematics Institute at the Science Academy. Even if we rank them, we belong to the most culturally refined security guards. We should at least understand a little math, right?"
"You’re right, but what does that have to do with who that young man was?"
"Zhao Yi! He proved the Goldbach Conjecture, he’s a big name in the math world. You really are ignorant!"
"Really? That’s amazing? I’ve heard of the Goldbach Conjecture, do you know what it is?"
"It’s proving ’1+1’!"
"1+1, doesn’t it equal 2? Is proof needed?"
"Of course, the simpler it is, the more it needs to be proved. How else would you understand the truth? You see, you can’t handle it, proving 1+1 equals 2, that’s a big issue."
"..."
Liu Tong’en, who was very enthusiastic, greeted Zhao Yi directly into a small meeting room.
Zhao Yi didn’t even get a chance to rest a bit before he was pushed to explain some mathematical theoretical issues in the project.
He felt rather overwhelmed.
Even if he had to present something, he would need some preparation, right?
Just arrived, and already got into it?
Zhao Yi took a breath and was about to start, but was interrupted by Liu Tong’en, "Don’t hurry, wait till I gather everyone. I don’t want you to repeat it..."
"Yeah!"
"Gathering everyone ... That’s kind of nice!"
Zhao Yi finally had some time to rest, but the break was short. After only an hour, just as he felt like falling asleep, he was called into a spacious classroom.
It was no different from a student’s classroom.
Seeing thirty or forty individuals seated in the classroom, Zhao Yi felt dizzy. He glanced over and recognized two familiar faces-- freewёbnoνel.com
Liu Hemin!
Chen Ming!
Liu Hemin and Chen Ming were both professors at the Science Academy.
Liu Hemin was an expert in evolutionary algorithms, his research theory easily made it to top international computer science journals. Chen Ming focused on the improvement of complex mathematics and had even delivered a long speech at the International Mathematical Congress, also participating in national physics delegation.
In this classroom, Liu Hemin and Chen Ming were just ordinary individuals. The few frail old men sitting in the front row were clearly very high-ranking, likely academicians.
This...
A room full of academicians and professors, seated in a classroom ready for a lesson. How was he supposed to speak under such circumstances?
Zhao Yi suddenly felt the pressure.
Even at the International Mathematical Congress or when he reported on the Goldbach Conjecture, he had never felt such pressure.
This must be related to the environment as well.
In the spacious conference room, the feeling of delivering a presentation to hundreds of people and in a small classroom, to dozens of academicians and professors, was entirely different.
Zhao Yi took a deep breath, managed a smile, and simply plunged headlong into his presentation.
In terms of understanding the theory behind digital compression technology, there was no real difficulty for him. However, explaining it was a challenge. Like annotating a process, he used causal thinking in his research and was uncertain about which parts people might find hard to understand.
Zhao Yi could only explain according to his own comprehension, starting with an outline of the broad framework.
The theory of digital compression technology was not challenging at the framework level. Once you delved deeply into the research, you could design a broad framework. The methods used to actually implement it were most important.
So, explaining the framework wasn’t a problem.
Next came the problem.
Of course.
The problem did not lie with Zhao Yi but with many in the audience. When Zhao Yi began to delve deeply into the explanation, people started failing to understand because some of the calculations were complicated. He gave the results directly, skipping the derivation steps.
In Zhao Yi’s comprehension, "Isn’t that something everyone should understand by default?"
And so, people started to lose their understanding.
They did not comprehend why he had just been discussing one thing and suddenly jumped to another?
The interesting part was right here.
Even when some discovered they did not understand, seeing others maintaining a serious expression, they began to follow Zhao Yi’s explanation and nod along.
At this point, even if you couldn’t comprehend, you had to behave as if you did!
The presentation continued.
Zhao Yi skipping over ’what he thought was an obvious point’ was just the beginning. As the theoretical logic and calculations deepened, he found he couldn’t finish in a short time and gradually sped up.
As with delivering a proof report for the Goldbach Conjecture, he couldn’t spend a full day elaborating on each point. He had to quickly gloss over some simple areas to complete the report within a few hours.
The current situation was the same.
As if he were merely giving a project report, Zhao Yi outlined his basic thought process and went on with his explanation at a swift pace.
Then, even more people failed to understand.
When more of them started losing their comprehension, they looked around to see everyone following the explanation and contemplating it. So, they continued to follow the explanation and nod along.
Zhao Yi noticed everyone was keeping up and thought that the Mathematics Division at the Science Academy had some substantial talents. They were all managing to follow him.
"Impressive!"
"It seems that I have underestimated the other mathematicians!"
"It’s not surprising for Professor Liu Hemin to keep up. But even Chen Ming, who hasn’t studied much computer research, can still follow."
"And all these academicians in this row, each of them is thinking now? Are they planning to expand based on my theory?"
Zhao Yi contemplated and then sped up. Everyone appeared to be able to keep up.
Eventually.
An hour had passed.
Zhao Yi apologized, opened a bottle of water, and started to gulp it down.
Liu Tong’en came to a realization at last.
Earlier, he noticed many people pretending to comprehend although they couldn’t. They were stubbornly pushing through.
He had stopped understanding long ago.
How could everyone else find it so fascinating?
It was perfectly fine for others to be in the dark. But he was the project lead, the deputy designer of the National Navigation System. He was responsible for the project.
Liu Tong’en took a deep breath and couldn’t help but tell Zhao Yi, "Zhao Yi, I didn’t understand what you just explained."
"Which part? Was it the efficiency calculation on the edge?"
"No, even before that."
"The conversion of decompressed data?"
"No, even before that..."
"The analysis and calculation module? But that should..."
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Zhao Yi was beginning to be a bit puzzled.
With a straight face, Liu Tong’en said, "It was during... after the completion of the framework part..."
Zhao Yi was silent for a moment, his mouth agape, "...didn’t we just start then?"
