Genius of the Rules-Style System

Chapter 663: Chapter 373: The Need to Promote One’s Own Theory

The academy membership expansion conference has ended. ƒгeeweɓn૦vel.com

A large group of academicians emerged, indirectly disclosing the news. The reactions of the nominated candidates awaiting results were varied.

Zhao Yi was the most composed, sporting a mere trace of a smile. Gracefully accepting congratulations, he felt a hint of happiness inside. After all, he had been named an academician, becoming the youngest in the country and had reached his academic ’pinnacle’ at such an early age.

On the other hand, Huang Zhong’s reaction was one of excitement mixed with disbelief.

Before the start of the academy election, he was regarded as the ’least hopeful’ candidate in the Department of Mathematical Physics. Firstly because of his young age, which isn’t necessarily an advantage, with the ’ideal age’ for academy election being around fifty-five.

Secondly, because of his achievements and choice of discipline.

Huang Zhong is devoted to research on the magnetic force between particles, an absolutely ’niche field’ in the realm of mathematics and physics in our country. It would be quite difficult for the other academicians to comprehend his work. Many of them would read others’ reviews on Huang Zhong’s academic achievements before casting their ’for’ vote.

The research in particle mathematics was also at a disadvantage, given that Huang Zhong is a professor at Nancheng University. Most academicians in this field come from the High Energy Institute and Quantum Research Team, rather than just theoretical physics research.

In summary, becoming an academician was an uphill battle for Huang Zhong.

Now that the academician election has ended and the three ’more hopeful’ candidates hadn’t made it, only Zhao Yi and he were elected. The result was truly unexpected.

In fact, Huang Zhong was very lucky indeed.

This academician election in the Department of Mathematical Physics was ’serious interference’ due to Zhao Yi’s participation. Many candidates for mathematics and physics dropped out of the election. They felt that participating alongside Zhao Yi might attract extra attention from the outside world.

For instance, some unknown newcomer was elected academian alongside Zhao Yi.

What achievements did they have?

No one knew.

This situation would be quite embarrassing.

If Zhao Yi didn’t get selected and they got elected instead, it would become even more awkward.

The participating academicians discerned the outside world’s attention, which led to more pressure. They were particularly strict in their review of other candidates. If they felt a candidate was not qualified or didn’t meet achievement standards, they would outright vote ’against.’ They ended up voting against three, leaving only Huang Zhong. The ’neutral’ academicians felt it wouldn’t be right to oust all so pragmatically cast their ’for’ vote.

Of course.

Though Huang Zhong joined the academician election and persisted against the odds, his achievements had certainly reached the required standards. His election as an academician cannot be chalked up to mere luck.

In the end, only Zhao Yi and Huang Zhong were elected academicians, but they were still in the ’reserve’ status. To officially obtain the title of academician, they must undergo a review at the Department Presidency meeting.

The Department Presidency is a standing leading body during the closed session of the academy. It is composed of the dean of the Science Academy, an academician vice-dean in charge of the work of the department, five department directors, and twelve academicians elected by the academy.

The Presidency carries various responsibilities such as holding and presiding over meetings of the academy, deciding on proposals for the academy meetings, approving the lists of departmental committees as well as expert committees, and so on.

In terms of the academy elections, the Presidency’s function is essentially allocation and supervision. They ascertain the number of academicians to be elected for each department beforehand and evaluate the election results post-election. Generally, the Department Presidency respects the electoral result and won’t directly negate the election outcome, making the final procedure more of a formality.

The academy election has ended.

Many came to congratulate Zhao Yi on gaining the title of academician, now referring to him directly as ’Academician Zhao’.

"Academician Zhao, congratulations, hearty congratulations!"

"At just over twenty, you gained the title in your first election attempt. We certainly couldn’t manage that!"

"Who could possibly compare to Zhao Yi, excelling in analytical number theory, the Goldbach Conjecture, Fermat’s Last Theorem, and is just shy of conquering the Riemann Conjecture!"

"Zhao Yi’s three-dimensional tremor waveform chart is quite a significant achievement, outshining even the Riemann Conjecture..."

"..."

A swarm of people surrounded Zhao Yi, showering him with praises. They expressed their genuine admiration, for it’s only Zhao Yi in the academic circle who could elicit such admiration from so many academicians. His breakthroughs in the field of analytical number theory have overshadowed all mathematicians of the past century.

Zhao Yi simply responded with a cheerful smile.

After the academy conference, the elected candidates were required to submit their materials to the Department Committee personally. The Department Committee would then submit these to the Presidency for review, marking the final step of the academician selection process.

Zhao Yi and Huang Zhong submitted their materials together, the process was very simple, they just had to hand over their materials and exchange a few pleasantries with the few academicians from the Department Committee.

That evening.

Zhao Yi dined with a large group of academicians, engaging in polite conversation for a good while, before he finally managed to slip away. He went straight to the parking lot.

"Time to go!"

Sitting in the driver’s seat, he glanced at the conference center from afar, rolled up the window and pressed down on the accelerator. The car sped out of the parking lot and onto the bustling streets of the capital. As he drove, he was filled with a sense of relief and joy. ƒreewebɳovel.com

Of course, he was elated to be elected as an academician.

An academician title is what many scholars strive for their entire lives. For Zhao Yi, although the title offered no tangible benefits, being elected felt like his achievements had been recognized on a national scale.