In 2017, Kowloon Times' revenue was US$131.2 billion, equivalent to 854 billion yuan, of which employee salary expenses were 105 billion yuan, with an average salary of almost 500,000 yuan, and R&D investment of 42 billion yuan, accounting for almost 5%.

Last year’s profit was US$72.5 billion, equivalent to a net profit margin of 55.26%, which is quite terrifying.

It is precisely this that allows Kowloon Times to continue to retain the honor of China's number one private enterprise. Others such as Warwick, BYD, and Geely are some distance from Kowloon Times, and the profits are even greater.

However, in terms of the number of employees alone, Jiulong Times is not the number one private enterprise. BYD has more than 350,000 employees, JD Logistics has more than 250,000 employees, and Geely Group also has 230,000 employees.

However, Kowloon Times is a private enterprise with the highest employee salary expenditure. As for per capita salary, it is naturally not as good as those of Internet companies.

With the announcement of the latest salary adjustment by Kowloon Times and the announcement that the shareholding of the Kowloon Times trade union has been increased from 20% to 25%, countless people are envious.

Even today, the salary level of foreign companies is still the highest, followed by Hong Kong companies, and the salary level of domestic companies is still the lowest, which is a great irony.

...

In the laboratory, Liu Yichen was concentrating on doing experiments.

The material he wants to conquer is the key to solving the problem of lithium-air batteries. This separation membrane can filter out water vapor, carbon dioxide and other gases in the air, and accurately and quickly directionally screen oxygen molecules.

As an academic leader, he does not need to do every project personally. He only needs to plan the research direction and a reliable technical route. Naturally, other research groups will solve the side issues and support them.

For so many researchers, the most important thing is not to solve core problems, but to solve non-core problems.

Those who can solve the core problems are geniuses.

Liu Yichen believes that once this problem is solved, it will not only change the battery field.

From industrial production to daily medical care, many fields can benefit from it.

After all, a membrane that can filter out only oxygen molecules is really powerful.

"Material science is indeed a field that requires a lot of investment in research. It is simply a bottomless pit." Liu Yichen rubbed his eyes, stretched, and muttered to himself.

He used 3 intermediate lucky cards, and finally he was lucky enough to synthesize this high-permeability oxygen molecule separation membrane.

He created the high-permeability oxygen molecule separation membrane, which means that the lithium-air battery has been 60% successful. The next step is just for the ten research groups to complete their respective research aspects.

...

While Liu Yichen was working hard in the laboratory, Chen Lin happily took his luggage, followed 35 Kowloon University mathematicians such as Xu Chenyang, Zhang Wei, Yun Zhiwei, etc. on the plane and officially set off to Brazil to participate in the

The journey to the 2018 World Congress of Mathematicians.

There are no direct flights from China to Brazil. They need to take a flight to Dubai first, and then transfer from Dubai to Brazil.

As the plane took off from the airport, Chen Lin had a smile on his face. He asked Xu Chenyang: "Professor Xu, did my tutor take another flight to Brazil? He was not on the same flight as us."

Xu Chenyang asked in surprise: "Didn't Professor Liu tell you to ask you to attend this mathematician conference on his behalf? If he wins the Fields Medal, didn't he ask you to accept the award on his behalf?"

What?

Did I hear it wrong!?

Chen Lin was startled, his mind went blank, as if five thunders struck his head, and his whole body was trembling.

Chen Lin felt horrified just thinking about letting him, a rookie, receive an award in front of a group of world-famous mathematicians.

It's not like he hasn't accepted awards in front of so many people. Whether it's the top ten celebrities or the special award ceremony, the audience is 20,000 to 30,000 people. Chen Lin is not afraid at all.

But you must know that the two are completely different. If you can go to the World Congress of Mathematicians, which one is not a professor and which one is not famous.

There are many world-famous mathematicians among them. Looking at such a big shot, even just one of them, let alone so many people, makes him feel scared.

"The teacher didn't say anything. He just asked me to go to the World Congress of Mathematicians. He didn't want to trick me as a student." Chen Lin said as he cried: "Can I not go to Brazil? I don't

went!"

Xu Chenyang shrugged and said, "I'm sorry, you have no way back!"

Yun Zhiwei patted Chen Lin, a junior student from the Department of Mathematics at Yanda University, sympathetically, and said: "Just accept your fate. If you extend your head, it will be a knife. If you shrink your head, it will be a knife. Anyway, you will die with one knife! I will wipe the bright spots on my eyes from now on, and this time I will absorb them."

Lesson, recognize the true face of your mentor."

Chen Lin was about to cry but had no tears. Why was his life so miserable? He had to accept the scrutiny of his elders before he made his official debut.

With great anxiety, Chen Lin arrived in Brazil and participated in the 2018 World Congress of Mathematicians.

Nine o'clock sharp.

Scholars in the venue took their seats one after another, and the 28th World Congress of Mathematicians officially kicked off.

Professor Silviana, Chairman of the Conference Organizing Committee, and Professor Xi Senzhongwen, Chairman of the International Mathematical Union, respectively delivered opening speeches on the stage, thanking the local organizers of the conference, thanking new and old friends who came to attend the conference, and announced at the same time

marked the opening of this mathematics conference.

After the opening ceremony, there is the awards ceremony.

At the moment of entering this link, the atmosphere of the meeting was immediately pushed to a climax!

The first to be announced is the winner of the Gauss Prize, which mainly rewards achievements in the field of applied mathematics.

Professor David Donoghue from Stanford University won this year's Gauss Prize for his fundamental contributions to the mathematical, statistical and computational analysis of important problems in signal processing.

Next is the Chern Seingshen Award, which has no field restrictions and is a lifetime achievement award. This year's Chern Seingshen Award was awarded to Kashiwahara Masaki in recognition of his outstanding and fundamental contributions to algebraic analysis and representation theory in the past 50 years.

Then there is the Rivalati Award, and the winner is a Turkish named Ali Nasin...

Finally, as the focus of the award ceremony and the highlight of the opening ceremony of the entire International Congress of Mathematicians, the President of the International Mathematical Union will announce the list of Fields Medal winners.

The vast majority of mathematical achievements are produced by people under the age of 40, and the Fields Medal is the highest honor that mathematicians under the age of 40 can obtain. It is known as the Nobel Prize in mathematics.

Although medals cannot determine whether a scholar is great, the scholars recognized by this medal are all top-notch scholars who have influenced the development of the subject of mathematics and are the mainstay of the academic community.

During the announcement of this list.

Many people held their breath unconsciously and stared at the stage with burning eyes.

Especially those candidates who are expected to win the Philippine Prize.

Zhang Wei, Xu Chenyang, and Yun Zhiwei looked solemn and clenched their fists unconsciously. This can be said to be the last time they have any hope of winning the Fields Medal. If they miss this one, it is basically impossible for them to win the Fields Medal next time.

Award, this award will undoubtedly become a great regret in their lives.

Moreover, they are also one of the most popular candidates for this Philippine Award. They have the highest voices. Based on the weight of "standard guesses", it cannot be overestimated.

With the solution of the 'standard conjecture', it means that from the direction of algebraic geometry, the Riemann Hypothesis has been proven. This means that thousands of mathematical conjectures based on the Riemann Hypothesis have been established. It can be said that in the past half century, in mathematics

There has never been such an important mathematical result in the world, with such a far-reaching impact.

This achievement is enough to leave a strong mark in the history of mathematics, and they will all leave their names in history.

Sitting in the middle of the first row, the seat marked with the name 'Liu Yichen', Chen Lin was shaking all over and his face was pale. On his left was Wiles and on his right was Faltings. Regarding these two famous names, Chen Lin

Of course you don't know.

If there was a crack in the ground, he would definitely get into it without hesitation.

Pressure, huge pressure!

"Amitabha, Immeasurable Heavenly Lord, Tathagata Buddha, Sanqing Daoist, please never win the Fields Medal, never win the Fields Medal!" Chen Lin prayed in his heart.

You are unkind and I am unjust. Don't blame me for cursing you for not getting the Fields Medal. If you want to blame me, I can only blame you for cheating your apprentice.

Among the crowd, Peter Scholz from the University of Bonn in Germany was sitting in the corner of the venue with his arms folded. This young German mathematician has become famous in recent years and is one of the popular candidates for the Philippine Prize. However,

At this time, he didn't have much confidence in his heart, because the competition for this year's Philippine Awards was too fierce, and at most there was only one spot for them to compete for.

Perhaps feeling the intense gaze from the audience, Professor Shigebumi Mori smiled in a friendly manner in front of the audience.

After clearing his throat, he read out the award speech in a solemn and steady voice:

"They are a group of young people with outstanding talents. They have extremely high attainments in understanding and applying mathematical solutions. They also have extraordinary ambitions and never-ending curiosity."

"I think Riemann and Grothendieck can feel extremely happy in heaven. The treasures they left in this world are already being unearthed. Their research results have promoted the development of algebraic geometry and also announced Riemann's

The conjecture was established, and this result led to more than a thousand mathematical conjectures being upgraded to theorems."

"The winners of the Philippine Prize this time are Liu Yichen, Xu Chenyang, Zhang Wei, and Yun Zhiwei from China. Congratulations!"

The moment the winners were announced, the atmosphere in the venue was instantly ignited.

One project research gave birth to four Fields Medal winners. At the same time, Shigefumi Mori’s announcement also represents the birth of the first person to win the Fields Medal twice in the history of the Fields Medal. He is also the first person to win the Fields Medal for consecutive years.

, this is undoubtedly a great feat.

It can be said that with Shigebumi Mori's announcement, three records have been set at the 28th World Congress of Mathematicians.

The thunderous applause was like an erupting mountain torrent, deafening and inspiring.

The atmosphere was not only ignited at the conference site. The opening ceremony was live broadcast online by CCTV, spreading the scene throughout the country. The comment area of ​​the video was instantly flooded by netizens.

"66666!"

"It's cheating! It's cheating! We in China suddenly have three more Philippine Prize winners!"

"Fujian Province sent a congratulatory message!"

"A strong youth will make a country strong! From now on, we will be top-notch mathematicians, and we will have great potential in mathematics."

"They are all from Kowloon University. Could it be that this is the legendary saying that following the right person is more important than working hard all your life!?"

"..."

In the venue, the applause gradually died down. Many people looked at Shigefumi Mori, Liu Yichen and the other four people who had overcome the 'standard conjecture' and won the Fields Medal. Everyone was mentally prepared. If the four of them did not win the Fields Medal, they would probably
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