Chapter 788 Criticize Them!

After ending the call with Yuan Yaxiang, Tang Lintian quickly searched the Internet for the Annals of Mathematics.

As an engineering professor who had never dealt with theoretical mathematics in the past, although it was not the first time for the latter to hear the name of this journal, his previous understanding of it was limited to "very awesome".

As for how awesome it was, he had no idea.

After all, the School of Science of Beijing Aeronautics and Astronautics could only be regarded as an affiliate of the School of Aeronautical Science and Engineering in the past. Its original purpose was to solve some mathematical and physical problems involved in aeronautical science, so it was more inclined to the application level.

Later, as the research on aeronautical science itself gradually deepened, the topics of the two colleges even overlapped to a large extent.

Even if there were occasional theoretical results, they mainly involved the field of mechanics.

As for theoretical mathematics...

I never thought about it.

"Oh my god..."

Looking at the introduction to the Annals of Mathematics and the Princeton School on the computer screen, Tang Lintian gently touched his chin and sighed sincerely:

"Awesome..."

Now he understood why Yuan Xiangya made such a big fuss to call him to announce the good news.

It's really worth it.

Tang Lintian took a deep breath, eased his heartbeat, and leaned back in his chair.

With this paper, if he wanted, he could pull Chang Haonan out and set up a separate School of Mathematical Sciences.

Then at least rank among the top five in the country...

No, top three.

After all, it is well known that there are usually more than three people in the top three in the country.

And the top five in the country would have to be 20.

Of course, this idea just flashed in Tang Lintian's mind.

Chang Haonan's role is very important.

Maybe letting him enter the mathematics world can make a big difference.

But first of all, we still have to respect his own ideas.

Secondly, at least now is not the best time.

At least for the current situation, even if there are a few more theorems named after Chinese people, it is not as good as letting Chang Haonan shine in the application field for a few more years.

But...

Tang Lintian sat up straight suddenly.

He figured out what Chang Haonan meant by asking him to stay put that day...

It was just at this time.

The phone on the table rang again.

"President Tang, it's me, Chang Haonan."

On the other side, Chang Haonan had just replied to Tian Gang's email and contacted Tang Lintian.

"Professor Chang, congratulations!"

Tang Lintian didn't waste any words and congratulated him right away:

"This achievement has great significance for you personally and for our school!"

After Chang Haonan got through the phone, he originally wanted to tell Tang Lintian the good news first, but the latter looked like he had known it for a long time, which made him speechless all of a sudden. He thought to himself, why are they so outrageous, as if they knew that the paper had been published earlier than him, the author.

In fact, this is what he didn't know.

For those who specialize in theoretical mathematics, it is not uncommon for the last issue of the Mathematical Yearbook to be published in advance.

Even the date of advance publication in recent years is the same.

Therefore, on this day, they basically start to pay attention to the content of the journal early in the morning.

And the name of a Chinese is quite conspicuous in it, and it can be seen at a glance.

When Chang Haonan opened his mailbox as usual and saw the notification email, people like Yuan Xiangya had already been studying the content of the paper or discussing it.

Tang Lintian on the other end of the phone did not wait for Chang Haonan to reply. He just paused for a moment and continued:

"Next, tell me, how do you need the school to cooperate specifically?"

This is obviously about the report in the South City Newspaper.

Chang Haonan made this call just for the same purpose.

"Actually... there is no need to do anything special."

He replied:

"Considering that you already know about it, I guess the news about this paper should have spread widely, so it should be a few days before official media will come to interview and report on us."

"Then... the article criticizing Nancheng Newspaper that I asked you to write last time should be ready, right?"

"Of course."

Tang Lintian gave an affirmative answer.

"That's good."

Chang Haonan nodded:

"After the report comes out, you can follow the original plan and pressure them to withdraw the article through their superiors, and then issue an apology statement."

In fact, the operations are still the same as before.

It's just that Chang Haonan changed the order.

This involves a preconceived problem.

At the end of the 1990s, the readership of Nancheng Newspaper was still very large.

If after the report came out, a withdrawal and apology statement suddenly came out within two days, the first thing most people would think of would definitely be——

The report was silenced.

According to Chang Haonan's understanding of the South City Newspaper, the other party must be sarcastic in the statement.

This will only have a counterproductive effect.

When the public opinion ferments, even if the results are promoted later, the image that can be saved will be limited.

If the next related news that the spectators see after seeing that report is about the promotion of Chang's lemma, the situation will be completely different.

Considering that there was only a little more than a week between the two events, the clown became the South City Newspaper at this time.

...

Everything is just as Chang Haonan predicted.

CCTV acted quickly.

After all, this is not the first time they have interviewed Chang Haonan.

After receiving the May Fourth Youth Medal and being given the inscription "Contributions for Thousands of Years" after flood relief, they have interviewed him.

Especially the second time, for a week in a row, he had the opportunity to appear on several CCTV news programs every day.

Of course, the situation at that time was quite special. The news almost continuously reported the disaster situation in various places and flood relief activities.

It can be regarded as a bonus of some exposure.

Although the specifications of this time are slightly lower, it is also a three-minute column of the 7 o'clock news.

It is very exaggerated.

Immediately following the news report is an editorial from the "Huaxia Youth Daily".

Of course, it is impossible for a national media to openly scold the street.

It only implicitly criticized the previous false report of the South City Newspaper on the Torch Laboratory.

The real murderous heart came from Chang Haonan's old employer, the National Defense Science and Technology Commission.

In the December issue of "Yilin" issued in late November, the first article is a comment on this matter.

As a "civilian" and "entertainment" magazine, there is no face-saving concern.

Directly put the picture of the South City Newspaper article, the first page of Chang Haonan's paper, and the picture of the CCTV report on the Torch Laboratory together.

Then it gave a full-scale offensive title-

"Who is wasting money?"

The question mark at the end is particularly large.

And the content is also very targeted.

The author said that although the nature of your Nancheng Newspaper and Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics is different, they are both financially supported. There should be no distinction between the two, but they are just doing their own jobs in the social division of labor.

Now, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics has proved that after they gave the Torch Laboratory special policies, it took less than half a year to produce a heavy-weight result recognized by the international mathematics community. As a scientific research institution, it can be said that it has exceeded its task.

But your Nancheng Newspaper made false reports at the most critical stage before the publication of such a scientific research result that brought glory to the country. As a media, it seems to be even more incompetent...