You say you have an iron will, are you serious?

Chapter 146 Minister: This paper needs to be studied carefully
A certain department.

"Director Zhang, this is the document you want~"

Minister Zhang, who had just returned from an outside inspection and meeting, was still hot when the secretary below brought some documents that needed to be processed today.

"Okay, I see, you go down and get busy."

Minister Zhang nodded, and then waved the secretary to go down.

After taking a sip of tea to quench his thirst, he picked up the documents on the table and started to read them before continuing his work.

The population issue is a big one. They all strictly require one child, which puts a lot of pressure on everyone. It is also fighting against thousands of years of thinking. You can imagine how difficult it is. This is impossible in any foreign country. accomplished things.

In recent years, the rise of the Internet has led to more discussions in this area and greater influence. His work has naturally become more difficult.

I was so busy that it got dark. I looked at the time and saw that it was already seven o'clock in the evening.

The growl of his stomach brought him back to his senses, and he missed his meal again.

Minister Zhang gave a wry smile, then turned to look at a table not far to the right, where there was food brought by the secretary, which was obviously cold.

"Xiao Liu~"

He yelled.

The next moment, the secretary pushed the door open and came in, asking: "Minister Zhang, did you call me?"

Minister Zhang nodded, pointed to the food on the table and said, "Heat it up for me, thank you."

The secretary turned his head and looked, suddenly feeling embarrassed, and said quickly: "Okay, Minister Zhang, I'll make arrangements right away." Then he personally took out all the food and heated it up.

Minister Zhang stood up and moved around a bit.

Seeing that he had some time, he picked up another document on his desk and read it. It was a paper titled "Population Registration Structural Model Based on System Analysis."

"Hey, this paper?"

Minister Zhang was startled for a moment, and then he remembered after a while that this was the winning paper in this year’s National Undergraduate Mathematical Modeling Contest.

He had heard that this paper was not only highly praised by the expert group, but also highly praised by many academicians and even mathematics scholar Huang Cheng, who considered it a rare mathematical model paper for population analysis and prediction. , also said that it has a strong reference value for my country's population policy.

First of all, let me explain that the topic of population growth prediction was indeed worked out by our department and the education department. It can be regarded as a mutual help between fraternal departments.

However, he just took a look at these well-written papers and collected everyone's opinions to see if he could find anything new.

He thinks it is undesirable to refer to papers written by college students.

College students have been living in the ivory tower of the school and have not yet entered the society. They do not have the height and experience to make constructive proposals for the entire society.

Therefore, Minister Zhang himself did not pay much attention to the high praise of the expert group and the high praise of the academicians. He was just curious and wanted to see the paper in person instead of letting the people below read it.

He wanted to see what kind of flowers this paper had written that could be so praised by experts.

He glanced at the authors. There were three of them. One was Zhao Mo, and the other two were Zhao Bin and Jiang Zifan. They were all top students at Wudaokou, especially Zhao Mo.

Minister Zhang's eyes specifically stayed on the name "Zhao Mo" for a moment, because in addition to the praise from experts, he also heard the Minister of the Ministry of Information Industry talk about this Zhao Mo some time ago.

He still remembered what the other party said at that time, saying that Zhao Mo had an outstanding bachelor's degree and had extraordinary knowledge. He especially had a forward-looking vision for the development of the lithium battery field. He could see further and deeper than them all, at least ten years further!

So much so that during the meeting, the superior leaders asked about some matters about "Zhao Mo" with great interest.

With these things in mind, Minister Zhang then opened the paper and read it carefully.

The paper is a bit long, but most of it is related to mathematics, which is quite brain-burning.

He didn't look at these, but chose to skip them.

It is true that he is highly educated, but he is not a mathematics major, and he has always been in politics, not academia, so he does not understand the mathematics part very well.

Fortunately, the non-mathematical content of this paper was relatively straightforward, very much in line with the government report template, and the content was also very concise. He could understand it at a glance and finished it quickly.

"...my country's population will reach 13.21 billion by the end of this year...

The policy is adjusted in time, and it is predicted that the two-child policy will be implemented starting in 2013. Calculations show that in the next and fourth years, that is, 2014 and 2016, my country's population will usher in two birth peaks, but what will follow is continued decline.

...The population size is expected to peak in 2029, with the total population expected to be 14.2 billion, and then there will be negative growth..."

"A bit scholarly~"

Minister Zhang shook his head, made a comment, and then put the paper aside.

In his opinion, these straightforward data are a bit alarmist.According to the paper, even if policy intervention is implemented, our country's population will continue to decline. Doesn't this mean that our country's population is now in danger?

This conclusion is actually not fundamentally different from the critical voices of many people in China. He has become accustomed to it.Dong dong dong~
At this time, there was a knock on the door, and then the secretary's voice came: "Minister, the food is ready~"

Minister Zhang said "come in", and then the secretary opened the door and came in. The chef came in with him, carrying the food.

Minister Zhang then sat down to eat.

As soon as he got his hands on the dishes and chopsticks, Minister Zhang discovered that the food was all fresh, not the kind that was reheated.

Obviously, the people below took it upon themselves to make a new one for him.

He couldn't help frowning.

"Minister, there are other comrades who happened to be eating at this time, so we made more together~"

Secretary Liu explained with a smile.

Minister Zhang secretly sighed. After all, he didn't say what he just said. Then he said while eating: "Xiao Liu, sit down and talk with me~"

"Okay~"

Secretary Liu responded quickly, then moved a stool and sat on the edge, with his buttocks only half-stretched.

"A mathematical genius emerged from Wudaokou this year, a young man named Zhao Mo. Do you know this person?"

Minister Zhang asked casually. He was reading the paper written by Zhao Mo just now. At this time, Chatter subconsciously asked.

Secretary Liu was stunned for a moment, and then said with a smile: "I have heard of him. He is indeed a mathematical genius. This year he even won the Zhong Jiaqing Mathematics Award. In the past, this award was only given to master's students, but later the conditions were tightened. Until now, it has only been awarded to doctoral students.”

When a leader asks a question, it is definitely not random, but has a profound meaning, so he must be selective in what he says.

Minister Zhang said thoughtfully: "Then he is really an extraordinary young man~"

Secretary Liu continued: "Yes, I heard that Zhao Mo made a big noise during the report time of the National Mathematics Conference held today, which shocked everyone present. Academician Wu Wenjun and Academician Li Qian , Academician Yan An and others all stood up and applauded him."

As soon as these words came out, Minister Zhang stopped eating, and a look of surprise immediately appeared on his face: "Is there such a thing?"

Secretary Liu nodded and replied with some doubts: "Yes, Mr. Guo, the dean of the School of Mathematics of the Academy of Sciences, told me about this. He said that Zhao Mo probably completed the ABC conjecture problem in mathematics and is expected to win the next prize. A Fields Medal..."

boom!
Before he finished speaking, Minister Zhang could no longer sit still. He stood up suddenly, and the bowls and chopsticks were slapped on the table.

"Fields Medal? Are you sure Mr. Guo is talking about the Fields Medal and not some other award?"

Minister Zhang's surprised expression showed shock and disbelief.

Fields Medal!

Not only is this not an ordinary award, but it is also not a first-class or top-notch award, it is the top of the top!
Those who have studied in college and have experienced knowledge basically know that the Fields Medal is the crown award in mathematics, equivalent to the Nobel Prize in physical chemistry.

There may be dozens or even dozens of other top awards, but there is always only one crown.

In the field of mathematics, the crown award is the Fields Medal!

Secretary Liu was startled and quickly stood up. At the same time, he replied firmly: "I am very sure that Mr. Guo is talking about the Fields Medal."

Minister Zhang was stunned for a while, then slowly sat down, as if asking Secretary Liu, and seemed to be talking to himself: "It seems that no one in our country has won this award, right?"

Secretary Liu shook his head and replied: "As of now, not yet. There are two overseas Chinese people who have won this award, one is Professor Qiu Chengtong and the other is Professor Tao Zexuan, they are 33 and 31 years old respectively."

Minister Zhang nodded and said with emotion: "They are all young and promising, and they have added luster to us Chinese people."

Then he asked: "So, if Zhao Mo can win the next Fields Medal, he will be the youngest Chinese to win the Fields Medal in history at the age of 21?"

Secretary Liu smiled and said: "If I remember correctly, he should be the youngest Fields Medal winner in history. The previous youngest winner was the famous Gallic mathematician Jean Pierre, who was 27 years old when he won the award."

Even though he doesn't understand mathematics, in any industry, as long as a document comes in recently, he will probably do the work so that he can respond at any time.

"Hopefully he can do it."

Minister Zhang smiled and then did not continue the topic.

However, after finishing the meal, Secretary Liu cleared the table and went out. He walked to the desk, reached out and picked up the population growth forecast report that he had just thrown aside, even using a little strength on his hand. Hold tight.

"Let's study this paper more carefully, and then show it to the higher-ups for a look in two or three days~"

Minister Zhang thought so.

Although it only lasted a while, the thoughts were completely different.

(End of this chapter)