I Know Everything - Chapter 597
Chapter 597: The Honor Belongs to all who work for it!
Chen Huan arrived around 12.
The other mathematicians also came one after another.
Then a very shameless thing happened.
An employee from Adidas wearing ‘Chen Huan’s Fermat’s Theorem limited edition shirt’ came with a few box and distributed the shirts inside and outside the venue.
They would give a shirt to every mathematician who came.
After some explanation, those mathematicians accepted it happily.
In any case, this was a commemoration.
Some mathematicians even asked for one or two more.
The Adidas employee definitely wouldn’t be stingy.
They could get as many as they wanted.
A short while later, five more big boxes were bought over.
Those reporters obviously recorded that.
Soon a reporter came over and asked as he pointed to the clothes, “Is this a commemorative edition released today? I saw the date and Chen Huan’s name as well as some Fermat’s Theorem conjecture on the back of the shirt.”
“It should hit the shelves today or tomorrow!” The employee replied with a smile, “Do you want one?”
“Is it free?”
“Uh…Yes!”
The staff thought for a bit before he replied affirmatively.
“Alright, give me one then, I want an extra-large one!” That reporter happily said.
The reporter immediately took out his shirt and changed it to the limited edition one after getting it.
Then he walked back to his camp with a smile and the other reporters all asked him about it.
Immediately after, at least twenty or thirty reporters came rushing.
The employee started to get flustered at the sight of them and hurriedly reported to Watnard who was chatting with a mathematician.
Watnard was taken aback by that and immediately looked at the quickly walked over reporters before looking at the reporter with a dazzling red and yellow limited edition shirt.
“Haha, you’re a clever boy!” He laughed and patted the employee’s shoulder, “Alright! Give it all to them, isn’t it a good promotion!”
There were a few hundred reporters and they would have to give away a few hundred shirts but the effect it would bring was worth more than the few thousands of value from the shirts.
Wouldn’t it be beautiful scenery when people take pictures of them all wearing that shirt?
…
At 1:59 pm, Chen Huan was on the podium looking at the people below.
Sitting in front were obviously the mathematicians and his guests.
There were around 300 journalists with formal invites.
Dozens of mathematicians wore Chen Huan’s clothes and hundreds of journalists behind also did the same so it was as if it was a festival with the festive red.
“I almost thought I came to the Adidas’ press conference.” Chen Huan smiled and said to the crowd.
The crowd below burst out laughing.
“But there’s many worldly situations in daily life.” Chen Huan spoke again, “Mathematicians for example have to make money to support their families and also worry about their children’s studies in the future…If my son doesn’t do well in math, I’ll have to revisit elementary math books otherwise even I wouldn’t be able to teach him.”
Many mathematicians laughed in understanding.
Many of them were like that.
They may be famous mathematicians but they were really not as good as those normal teachers for basic education.
Because they had been far away from those basics so they naturally forgot about it after reaching the higher levels.
“Alright, let’s get back on the main subject!” Chen Huan had everyone’ attention again, “I believe everyone saw on the invitation what my plan for today is. I’ll spend the next hour going over the process of proving Fermat’s Theorem and the difficulties I’ve encountered on the road. Then another two hours would be given to everyone to ask me questions. Let’s start now…”
With that said, Chen Huan started from the moment he came in contact with Fermat’s Theorem.
Scientific explanation was a bit boring.
The more profound something was, the more difficult it was to understand.
It was even more so for Fermat’s Theorem which involved a lot of abstract conjectures.
Chen Huan started his presentation and many pictures were shown that the people even started to lose focus.
However, the reporters didn’t dare to lose focus as their camera kept turning to record this piece of history in human mathematics.
Only the mathematicians listened with attention.
All of them basically knew how Chen Huan generally went about to prove the Fermat’s Theorem, starting with the ‘Chen Huan’s Conjecture’.
So most people weren’t surprised that Chen Huan solved Fermat’s Theorem and thought it was only a matter of time.
It was impossible for them to doubt it as Chen Huan did it step by step and lifted to veil slowly with each step.
No one could fake such a transparent proof process.
However, everyone would be suspicious if a random person came out with the whole proof process and claimed to have proven Fermat’s Theorem.
Even if it came from a famous mathematician, that person would be suspected of taking the fruit of labor from someone else.
But it was Chen Huan who set the stage for the last year or two and everyone had seen the steps he took.
Even if the process was too fast, they could just say that Chen Huan was a genius so there was no problem.
Therefore, the experts assisting in the conference were just here to hear more details and not investigate whether Chen Huan plagiarized the work of other people.
Otherwise the time for the review wouldn’t be so fast.
Every minute and second passed.
Chen Huan explained his understanding of Fermat’s Theorem with the presentation and pictures he showed and many mathematicians had a clear understanding of how Chen Huan’s thought.
So the Q&A session was quite lively.
Hence, the two hours session had to be increased to three hours.
Zhang Yaya had nothing to do during all of it so only could eat some melon seeds.
However, she still stared Chen Huan on the stage without taking her eyes off.
Even Zhu Xiaoxi could see the admiration and infatuated gaze on her.
Zhu Xiaoxi envied Chen Huan good luck but he wasn’t idle either.
He took plenty of pictures of everything.
After this conference was over, he planned to post dozens of pictures on his Weibo and also had the school print thousands of pictures so he could post it again all over Lin’an.
The conference gradually came to an end.
At the third ‘last question’, Chen Huan motioned down everyone who still had their hands up.
“It’s almost 6pm and no matter how long a conference is, there will be an end to it. We prepared a buffet at the nearby Hilton Hotels and everyone can go eat something and further discuss it with each other.” Chen Huan said to them, “If you have any question for me in the future, we can discuss it via email or other means. We have time and there’s no need to rush.”
The mathematicians laughed in a dumbfounded manner as they realized only now that hours passed.
Chen Huan looked at them before he made his closing speech, “I was lucky to be able to solve the Fermat’s Theorem and it’s not so much my success but also the success of every researcher who helped and I could only reach the peak by standing on their shoulders.”
“The Association of Mathematics has determined that my proof was correct and I’m very grateful for it but if it’s possible, I would like to have the other researchers’ names to also be put under the column of those who have proved Fermat’s Theorem’.”
“This glory doesn’t only belong to me but also to mathematicians who worked tirelessly for hundreds of years on it!”
*Clap**Clap*
The mathematicians all stood up and clapped for Chen Huan after what he said.
Amidst the applause, Professor Devries and the others all walked up to the stage in line.
One by one, they took out their pen and placed it on Chen Huan’s table before shaking hands with him and congratulating him.
Camera sounds kept clicking.
Zhang Yaya heard the suppressed excitement from the reporters behind her and the quick breathing of Zhu Xiaoxi.
“Uncle Zhu, what are they doing?” Zhang Yaya asked Zhu Xiaoxi curiously.
“This is the highest form of honor for a researcher!” Zhu Xiaoxi stuttered for a bit, “They must be filled with admiration for them to give away their pen to another researcher, it’s like giving their respect! Now, there are hundreds of mathematicians giving away their pens!”
“Huh?”
Zhang Yaya shook in excitement and her face started to flush.
Her heart beat wildly when she looked at Chen Huan again.
This man is really handsome~~~
“Ding Dong!”
The teenager finally heard the familiar sound after the last mathematician gave his pen.
“Congratulation to the host for finally completing the final demonstration of Fermat’s Theorem”
“The great system will give out generous rewards since it’s a great achievement for normal humans.”
“The system rewards the host with ‘Professional Chef (Legend)’, ‘Regular Script Style (Advanced), ‘Curved Script Style (Intermediate) and ‘Professional Agronomy (Beginner)’.”
“The host gradually stepped in the middle level for elites so the system hoped the host would try to complete more missions and reach a higher level faster!”