Chapter 773 Meeting an Old Friend Again

The National Day dinner was actually very similar to the one Chang Haonan received the National Science and Technology Award for before in terms of organization.

It was still held in the banquet hall on the second floor of the Great Hall, with 10 people per table, and the same classic Huaiyang dishes.

It was just that the level and scale were much higher.

The banquet hall, which could accommodate 5,000 people, was almost full.

What surprised Chang Haonan was that he was actually assigned to table No. 7.

The table arrangement for this dinner was probably based on different industries and identities, such as some tables were for academic representatives, some tables were for the People's Liberation Army, and some tables were for student representatives.

Some tables that were not easy to divide were broken up and inserted.

However, the first seven tables were different.

It was the main table.

Each table would be assigned a big boss.

In other words, there were only 63 seats in total.

It was quite difficult to get one of them.

And at this table, he actually met two acquaintances.

Zheng Liangqun, who had just flown over Tiananmen Square in the morning, was expected, but the other person surprised Chang Haonan a little.

"Qin Wengui, Qin Gong?"

Two years ago, Chang Haonan won his first heavyweight honor - the May Fourth Medal of Chinese Youth.

At that time, Qin Wengui was the one who received the award with him.

In fact, the two had only met once before, and Chang Haonan's impression of the other people was even a little vague.

However, Qin Wengui's iconic white hair was quite eye-catching even among the people at the first few tables who were generally not young.

Relatively speaking, Chang Haonan did not have any particularly eye-catching features.

Except for being young.

But to participate in an occasion like today, he must dress himself in a mature direction.

So Qin Wengui didn't raise his head until his name was called. .

He recognized Chang Haonan right away:

"Uh... Mr. Chang, hello, hello."

Qin Wengui's face showed some surprise of meeting an acquaintance, but when he spoke, there was no tone, and it was not even coherent.

He was obviously a little reserved.

After all, although the big guys haven't entered the scene yet, the current scene is definitely a big scene.

At least bigger than when they went to receive the May Fourth Medal.

"Is Mr. Qin still working on the front line of the oil industry?"

After two years of not seeing each other, Qin Wengui gave people a feeling of being more vicissitudes than the last time they met.

If he was working in the office, I'm afraid there wouldn't be such a big change.

"Yes."

Qin Wengui nodded:

"After I went back last time, my superiors asked me if I wanted to be transferred to the headquarters in Shanzhou, but I felt that I had to take care of the field at hand. Besides, I had a project on hand, which was about simplifying the casing process of deep well mining. This kind of production technology cannot be studied without working on the front line, so I didn't agree."

Qin Wengui is not an ordinary oil well operator, but a senior engineer, a high-level application-oriented talent.

"Then now..."

"Oh, I'm in charge of drilling in Qingtang Bureau."

Although many state-owned enterprises have begun to de-bureaucratize reforms in recent years, units such as petroleum and forestry are generally located in remote areas and have a huge jurisdiction. They are also required to have certain administrative functions in their business, so they have not been reformed together.

Therefore, large oil fields such as Qingtang Bureau are still at the same level as prefecture-level cities, and the drilling department under them is equivalent to a municipal bureau.

Qin Wengui was able to reach this position at the age of 38, and his progress was definitely very fast.

"Forget it, let's not talk about me for now."

After chatting with his acquaintance, Qin Wengui gradually relaxed:

"According to the time, Chang Gong should be graduating soon. Is he going to continue his studies or go to a higher position?"

When this question was asked, before Chang Haonan had any reaction, Zheng Liangqun, who had been sitting next to the two of them and listening, couldn't hold it in and laughed out loud with his face covered.

In fact, Qin Wengui really just found a random excuse to ask-

He didn't know the other 7 people at this table at all, but they all looked like they were in high positions at first glance.

Only by chatting with Chang Haonan could he relieve his nervousness.

The oil industry and the military industry are two completely different lines in terms of administrative management.

Let alone a leader of a second-level central enterprise, Qin Wengui may not even know who the director of the National Defense Science and Technology Commission is.

Just like Chang Haonan didn't know who the general manager of Huaxia Petroleum was.

When the two received the award together, Chang Haonan's title was a very eye-catching "student".

According to normal time calculation, he will graduate next year.

In Qin Wengui's opinion, since Chang Haonan has already sat at this table, he must have a promising future. Asking him about his plans after graduation is obviously a good topic.

But...

Finally, in order to avoid Chang Haonan from bragging, Zheng Liangqun took the initiative to explain the current situation for him.

Qin Wengui:

"..."

The scene was very awkward for a while.

Fortunately, the awkward atmosphere did not last too long.

"Are you Chang Haonan, Professor Chang from Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics?"

A voice sounded from behind Chang Haonan.

He turned around and found that it was a middle-aged man who looked to be in his forties.

"I am."

He stood up and picked up his own wine glass.

Because he didn't drink, it was filled with water.

However, in such an occasion, it was obviously impossible for someone to persuade him to drink.

"Excuse me, are you..."

Chang Haonan had just been a professor for more than three months, and he was not used to being called a professor.

And compared with the chief model designer and chief planner, this title is not so widely circulated.

"Tian Gang, professor at Yenching University, from the Department of Mathematics."

The other party replied:

"I have heard of your name for a long time. When I walked by here just now, I heard this general comrade introducing you, so I came here specially to meet you."

Chang Haonan thought for a moment and still remembered the other party's identity.

I saw this name when I read a paper before.

He studies differential geometry.

And then he remembered that in his previous life, this Professor Tian seemed to have had some written disputes with another differential geometry master Qiu Chengtong.

However, Chang Haonan's understanding of this only stayed at the level of gossip, and he had no idea who was right or wrong.

He didn't want to have any idea.

This kind of academic verbal cannon would not produce any results.

Although he really wanted to make some noise in the mathematics community now, it was mainly to prepare for the establishment of academic journals and even research institutions in the future.

After all, Chang Haonan did not mix in the mathematics circle. More importantly, he had abundant resources at hand, so there was no need to get involved and cause trouble for himself.

"It's Professor Tian."

He clinked glasses with the other party:

"I have read your paper before and got a lot of inspiration. If there is a chance, I hope to ask you for advice."

Don't hit a smiling person. Although he didn't know whether the other party had any purpose in approaching him in such a slightly blunt way, since the other party had shown such a good attitude first, he must be polite.

In fact, Tian Gang's thoughts at this time were not that complicated.

He simply received a review invitation from the Annals of Mathematics.

It is about the proof of two hypotheses in the field of differential geometry.

There is nothing wrong with the content.

If published, it may play a significant role in promoting the proof of the Poincare conjecture.

It can even be regarded as the most influential paper in the field of differential geometry in the second half of the 1990s.

At least, there is no problem in naming these two lemmas after the author.

But the unit of the only author and corresponding author made him a little concerned-

Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics.

This is not a school specializing in theoretical mathematics.

Tian Gang had never reviewed a paper from this university before.

Today, he happened to hear Chang Haonan's name by accident, and out of curiosity, he came to meet him.

Of course, in theory, reviewers should not contact the reviewees directly.

Some journals even conduct blind reviews, so that reviewers cannot see the author's information.

But the actual operation is another matter.

Especially in a small circle like theoretical mathematics.

There are only a few people in each direction, and almost everyone knows each other.

If you really want to strictly implement the principle of avoidance, then you don't need to review.

So you don't pay much attention to these.

However, just when he wanted to say something else, a burst of music suddenly sounded, followed by the host's voice announcing the official start of the dinner.

Everyone's attention also turned to the several big leaders who walked onto the podium to give congratulatory speeches...