Chapter 160: Surrounded by Reporters Again
Today's Yanjing Airport is a little different from usual. College students gathered at the exit early in the morning. Many of them were holding signs in their hands, and their faces were filled with excitement.

By the morning, the place was crowded with people, and the atmosphere was very lively.

However, everyone at the scene was intent on maintaining order, for fear of affecting other passengers and bringing shame to their own school.

In addition to these students from various universities in Yenching, another group gathered here is a large number of official media reporters.

Judging from the work ID hanging around his neck and the station logo on the microphone, they include Youth Daily, China News Service, Yanjing Daily and CCTV.

The fact that so many reporters were waiting patiently shows that there was some important news to be reported.

If Xu Yuan appeared here at this time, he would definitely see an acquaintance in the crowd at a glance.

"What time does Xu Yuan's flight arrive? Is there any delay notice?" In a corner, Li Zhenya turned his head and asked Wang Haitao and Liu Yang beside him.

"They didn't say the flight was delayed." Wang Haitao shook his head.

"It should be soon."

Li Zhenya took over Liu Yang's words and instructed: "When Xu Yuan comes out later, remember to rush over and give him flowers first."

"As Xu Yuan's roommates, we can't lose face at this time."

Participants in the International Congress of Mathematicians are about to return home, and related news has already been reported online.

The most discussed topic among them was undoubtedly Xu Yuan, who won the Gauss Prize at this conference.

When the winner was still abroad, domestic media had already reported on it and it was even on the 7 o'clock news.

It is obvious that this opportunity is intended to enhance people’s confidence and pride in the domestic mathematics community.

Now, just a few days after the conference ended, Xu Yuan once again proved the singularity problem in differential geometry, causing a new round of shock in the field of differential geometry and establishing his authority in the mathematical community.

Now that Xu Yuan is about to return triumphantly, all media outlets naturally want to interview him and get the latest news.

As for the college students gathered at the scene, they were basically students from the mathematics departments of various universities in Yenching. Some were organized spontaneously by their classes, and some voluntarily came to pick up Xu Yuan at the airport and express their congratulations.

After all, as the first person in the country to win an award at a mathematicians' conference, this honor is most exciting for mathematics students.

It seems that he regards Xu Yuan as his idol.

Li Zhenya, Wang Haitao, Liu Yang and others are now senior students after the start of the school year.

By next June, unless Liu Yang decides to take the postgraduate entrance examination, it may not be easy to meet again.

Although the important task before them right now was their graduation thesis, after learning that Xu Yuan was about to come back, they decided to go to the airport together to pick him up, and also bought a bouquet of flowers as a gift.

In the opinion of Li Zhenya, the dormitory head, given their relationship with Xu Yuan, they must be the first to deliver the flowers to Xu Yuan.

Hearing this, Liu Yang lowered his eyes and glanced at the flowers in his hand, then looked at the crowd of people in front of him.

Suddenly he said weakly: "Why do I feel that it is not so easy to pass these people."

Li Zhenya and Wang Haitao looked around after hearing this, and immediately became deflated.

He sighed and said, "I miscalculated this time. I didn't expect Xu Yuan to have so many fans."

Actually, they had already set out early today, but when they arrived at the airport they found that there were already so many people gathered.

"That's the Gauss Prize awarded jointly by the International Mathematical Union and the German Mathematical Association. Not to mention us students who are already in the mathematics department, this honor is also worthy of praise from the outside world." Wang Haitao took over Li Zhenya's words and added with admiration on his face.

Upon hearing this, Liu Yang and Li Zhenya nodded in agreement. They could only say that Xu Yuan's talent in mathematics was too strong.

Then Wang Haitao seemed to have thought of something and muttered to himself: "Is the medal that Brother Yuan got gold? I must appreciate it later." He did not hide the anticipation on his face at all.

To this, Li Zhenya casually replied: "If you want to touch the gold medal, you will probably have to wait until Xu Yuan wins the Fields Medal."

"I believe Brother Yuan can do it." Liu Yang said firmly after hearing this.

No one objected to this statement.

Given the talent Xu Yuan had shown in the past, everyone believed that Xu Yuan would definitely achieve success in the field of mathematics.

But it is still too difficult to win the Fields Medal.

But as Xu Yuan promoted the research on twin primes, he proved Qiu Chengtong's conjecture and completely put an end to the Calabi conjecture. Now he has won the Gauss Prize for proving the singularity of differential geometry. With these, it can be said that even if he has difficulty in making achievements in the field of mathematics in the future, he still has a great chance of winning the Fields Medal.

Just as they were discussing these things, a girl who looked to be in her thirties walked over.

As soon as he stopped, he asked curiously, "Is there any big star coming here today?"

He was obviously shocked by the scene and thought that some famous star was about to come out of the airport.

When Li Zhenya heard this, he did not answer immediately. Instead, he asked back with a smile.

"I can tell at a glance that you haven't read the recent news, sister. The team that participated in the International Congress of Mathematicians will be returning home soon. This time, Qinghua's student Xu Yuan won the Gauss Prize at the conference. It was even reported on the 7 o'clock news a few days ago."

He explained it in detail and did not forget to promote Xu Yuan.

This girl was obviously not someone that people in the entertainment industry paid attention to, but after hearing what Li Zhenya said, she became somewhat interested.

After a slight hesitation, he did not choose to leave immediately, but instead found a place to stay.

Obviously he intended to see the specific situation.

After all, there are very few people who can appear on the 7 o'clock news every day, even the stars she is familiar with can't do it.

...Xu Yuan had just landed on the plane at Yanjing Airport and didn't know that there was already a big scene outside to welcome him.

After hearing the flight attendant's reminder, I prepared to get off the plane.

After attending the Mathematicians' Congress and winning the Gauss Prize, he will probably have a lot of things to do next.

He also wanted to take some time to go home and give the medal as a gift to his mother, so that he could have another collection in his room.

So he naturally wouldn't waste time at this time.

But just as he was about to stand up, he heard Ma Zhiming beside him say with a smile: "I guess there are a lot of reporters outside, so take the Gauss Medal in your hands so that everyone can know the honor that this medal contains."

When Xu Yuan heard this, he did not answer, but took direct action to take the medal out of his backpack.

After getting off the plane, everyone walked towards the exit according to the signs.

Even though Xu Yuan was mentally prepared, he was still shocked when he saw the number of people gathered outside.

I never expected it to be so big.

"Look, it's Xu Yuan."

"People are coming."

"Is the camera on? Follow me."

As soon as someone took the initiative to shout, the media reporters who had been waiting for a long time immediately rushed towards Xu Yuan quickly, and the photographers who followed behind with cameras were also moving at the same pace.

In just a dozen seconds, Xu Yuan was surrounded.

There were microphones raised all around.

Ma Zhiming and others had no intention of supporting Xu Yuan, but instead slipped away.

It seemed as if all the attention was given to Xu Yuan.

After all, while enjoying flowers, applause and honor, you also have to go through such trivial things.

Unless you can be as absolutely pure as Perelman, and not care about anything in the outside world.

Xu Yuan naturally knew that he could not avoid this interview. After all, the domestic mathematics community still needed him to inspire more new forces and play a role in promoting its image so that more people would be interested in mathematics.

However, when I suddenly heard so many questions from the reporters, my brain was a little confused for a while.

"How do you feel about winning the Gauss Prize?"

“As the first person in China to win an award at a mathematician’s congress, what do you think of the domestic mathematics community?”

"Will you continue to study mathematics after graduation?"

"Can you tell me about your process of proving the singularity of differential geometry? This proof has been called a milestone in differential geometry by the mathematical community."

"I heard that the Clay Mathematics Institute has challenged you. Do you have confidence in studying the Millennium Prize problem?"

……

Xu Yuan listened to these questions patiently, paused for a few seconds, and then organized his voice to answer them one by one.

"I am very happy to be able to attend this Mathematician Congress..."

The entire interview process lasted about twenty minutes. After the reporters made way, the college students who had been eager to attend the scene finally congratulated Xu Yuan.

He held up a sign that read "Welcome Xu Yuan's triumphant return."

Many of them were holding math textbooks in their hands, and after asking, I found out that they wanted autographs.

Xu Yuan had been surrounded by reporters before, but he had never seen so many students greet him at the airport and ask for his autograph.

The key is that we are all of the same age.

Xu Yuan was also very enthusiastic and warm in this regard. He signed his name on all the math textbooks he received. Later, he received too many flowers and was too busy to sign again.

Just when Xu Yuan was thinking that this part was finally over and he could return to school as soon as possible, a familiar voice suddenly came to his ears.

"Brother Yuan."

“Congratulations on winning the Gauss Prize.”

He quickly raised his head and saw Liu Yang standing in front of him.

Next to him were Li Zhenya and Wang Haitao.

A smile immediately appeared on his face and he said, "Why are you here too?"

While asking them, she still took the flowers that Liu Yang handed over to her.

"You have brought so much honor to our mathematics community this time. Of course we have to come and welcome this great hero of the dormitory." Li Zhenya replied with a smile.

Xu Yuan was naturally moved when he heard this. After a few simple greetings, he did not stay at the airport for too long and went back to school with Li Zhenya and the others.

On the way, Xu Yuan was naturally quite generous and directly handed the Gauss medal to several people for appreciation.

And because Tang Shihong also needed to go there first, after they returned to school safely, Xu Yuan gave them the luggage to help take back, and he went directly to the office.

(End of this chapter)