A freshman student, who had just entered university, was the most youthful and passionate and the most honorable, heard Kong Jidao say that everyone felt that Liu Meng would definitely solve the Goldbach conjecture in the future. Several excited classmates shouted: "Student Liu Meng, please enter the Tao with mathematics and strengthen my reputation in China."

The shouts came one after another, and they were endless.

Liu Meng remained calm because he had solved the Sitapan conjecture himself. He understood the hardships of the first time. The Goldbach conjecture was even more difficult than the Fermat's theorem, and it was not at the same level as the Sitapan conjecture. The solution to this problem is like enlightenment, which is very accidental. Maybe one day a light of inspiration flashed by, and he thought of a solution. Maybe he would not find this light of inspiration in ten, twenty years, or even a lifetime, and he was trapped in that step.

Liu Meng was unwilling to take this risk to solve such a problem. After all, he was not interested in this.

Kong Jidao saw Liu Meng's thoughts, and didn't say anything at the moment. The students who had separated and formed several circles walked out of the second floor of the convenience cafeteria with Liu Meng and returned home directly.

When he entered Kong Jidao's home, Liu Meng was shocked. He knew that there were many books on mathematics in Teacher Kong's home, but he didn't expect that after a while, there were more books at home, and almost everywhere was filled with books. Such a large area of ​​house was full of books, and many books were opened and placed everywhere. He couldn't help but sigh that Teacher Kong was reading many books at the same time, and he felt thoughtful.

Kong Jidao smiled and said, "I guess you guessed it too, that's right. I'm going to solve the Goldbach conjecture."

Liu Meng was shocked. Teacher Kong said in the cafeteria before. The interview tomorrow made Liu Meng follow this idea. He thought that Teacher Kong just wanted to fool the old scholars of the school's technical committee. Unexpectedly, Teacher Kong was really solving the Goldbach conjecture!

It’s not that Liu Meng was surprised. You should know that there is a law of forty in the mathematics world. Even Wiles, who has accumulated a lot of money, started studying Fermat’s theorem when he was forty. Teacher Kong is almost seventy years old now, and he has only started to study it now. Is it too late?

Seeing Liu Meng's doubts, Kong Jidao's face was extremely firm and said quietly: "Maybe you don't know the meaning of the Goldbach conjecture to me. When I was a teenager, it was when Chen Jingrun solved 1+2. The whole country was in full swing. Since then, I have been studying the Goldbach conjecture. Alas, it may be that I am very talented. I have been studying it for more than 30 years, but I have not made any progress, and even delayed my personal problems."

Liu Meng sighed for a while when he heard this, he didn't expect that the Goldbach conjecture had such significance to Kong Jidao.

"You don't know how desperate I was one night. I had been chasing my dreams since I was a child. As a result, one night, I suddenly felt that my pursuit was too ridiculous. At that moment, I felt that I could never solve the Goldbach conjecture in my life. Suddenly, my world collapsed, and I lay on the bed with my eyes open, and I couldn't find any meaning of survival. The feeling of a broken dream was really more painful than death. I was swallowed by a deep emptiness. Hehe, I'm not afraid of you kid's joke. At that moment, I thought of committing suicide and ending my life. As soon as this thought came out, I was shocked."

Liu Meng could probably understand that a person is too persistent in pursuing something, and devotes himself to it, and abandons the ordinary life of marrying and having children in the world. Once he loses his faith and faces the cruel reality of his old age, he will definitely be very painful at that moment.

This is why few mathematicians dare to think about the great conjectures of the century for decades. It is that Wiles, with the determination of a counterattack on the silk, was ready to calm down and study the Fermat's theorem for more than ten years. He prepared the paper in advance, published a little every year, and first got the tenured professor.

Kong Jidao sighed, as if he didn't want to recall, "That night, I still felt very painful. Thank you. Loneliness cannot squeeze out a person. Only if I lose my pursuit and have no goal, I am just like a walking corpse, without any sense of existence."

"Haha, fortunately, I was rational enough to do nothing stupid. Then I began to devote myself to teaching and distract myself. After a year, I finally took a breath from giving up the Goldbach conjecture and devoted all my energy to cultivating students with mathematical talents. Apart from reviewing manuscripts for a few mathematical journals, I never studied advanced problems myself."

Kong Jidao said, with a wry smile on his face.

Liu Meng suddenly realized that no wonder Kong Jidao's mathematical skills had never published any excellent papers. He was famous in the domestic mathematics community because of his teaching and manuscript review, and thus had a conflict with Hou Zhen from the Mathematics Institute of Shuimu University.

"Teacher, why are you again..." Liu Meng didn't ask, but Kong Jidao already knew what he was going to ask.

"You want to ask me why I started to study the Goldbach conjecture again, right? Speaking of which, the initiator is still you boy." Kong Jidao looked at Liu Meng with a smile, his eyes full of the love and appreciation of an elder for his younger generation.

Liu Meng pointed at himself, not sure why.

"You kid like to pretend to be stupid, and you can't figure it out with your head." Kong Jidao laughed and scolded, "Those more than 30 years of research have entered a dead end and encountered an insurmountable difficulty, but over the years, although I have controlled myself not to think about it, those studies are like engraved in my mind and can't be forgotten. It was only after you kid solved the certainty of the Sitapan conjecture that I creatively proposed the random discrete theory that I suddenly realized, and realized that this method is likely to solve the insurmountable difficulty that I was unable to overcome back then."

"Then, teacher, have you solved it like Wiles?" Liu Meng couldn't wait to ask, with a hint of uncontrollable excitement in his tone, and he was very happy for Teacher Kong. After all, this was a problem that had troubled him throughout his life.

Kong Jidao's expression dimmed a little, shook his head, and smiled bitterly on his face, saying, "It's not that easy. Have you forgotten that Wiles almost gave up because of a small flaw for six months without any results. But I just found a way of thinking, an idea that might solve the difficulties. As for how to solve it, I haven't found it yet, I think it's because my talent is really mediocre."

Speaking of this, Kong Jidao had a deep helplessness, and his words were full of loneliness.

Seeing that he could not overcome this hurdle in his heart, Liu Meng refused to study the Goldbach conjecture at the beginning, but in fact he couldn't let it go. Once he had some ideas, he started again immediately. However, mathematical research is an extremely brain-consuming and physical strength. When Teacher Kong came to study again at such an age, he had to worry about his body. No wonder his complexion was so different.

It’s like pursuing a girl, but she was rejected by her girl many times. Until the end, the girl got married and her children could make a fuss. Once she heard that she was divorced, she was still very excited. What’s more, in the heart of an obsessed mathematician, the beauty of mathematics is definitely much more charming than a girl.

I wanted to persuade Teacher Kong, but Kong Jidao seemed to know what he was going to say and asked first: "Liu Meng, you have outstanding talents in mathematics. You are the first person I have met in my teaching in decades. You are better than five me or even ten me. How about it? Do you want to embark on this road with me and let Goldbach conjecture stay in our China in the end."

This is a great temptation. On the one hand, it is very passionate about mathematics, or obsessed with it. On the other hand, it is a great honor, and even a sense of national honor. A young man is most likely to be excited, and Liu Meng is no exception. He is also eager, but reason tells him that this is definitely not the way he can go at the moment.

If you want to solve mathematical conjectures, you have to hide in the small building like Wiles, and you will never ask what year it will be. You must absolutely devote yourself to it, not be disturbed or influenced by the outside world, and be absolutely quiet and look for the inspiration by reading a lot of relevant materials.

Liu Meng is worried and has a lot of ties with him. Paner, who doesn’t know where he is, is still facing competition with the Du family, so he can’t hide at any time.

Now I understand why Teacher Kong had to hire himself as a researcher in an extraordinary way, just to free him from his cumbersome studies.

After thinking for a while, facing Kong Jidao's eager expectations, Liu Meng had to make a decision with difficulty, opened his mouth and couldn't speak out, but he still said with a tough bullet: "I'm sorry, Teacher Kong, I can't calm down and think about the Goldbach conjecture yet."

Kong Jidao was quite disappointed and sat down dejectedly, as if he had grown a little older. After a failure and a sense of despair, in fact, he had lost his most precious self-confidence. He could not completely let go of the Goldbach conjecture in his heart, but he did not believe that he could solve this problem. Liu Meng joined in, but he could give him great confidence. Even, he believed that as long as Liu Meng joined, with Liu Meng's imagination and solid mathematical skills, he would definitely solve this problem that plagued him throughout his life.

Then, Kong Jidao waved his hand, forced a smile out, and comforted him: "It doesn't matter, the old man is indeed a bit difficult. After all, you are too young and need to do too many things. It's not like me, the only thing I can't let go is the Goldbach conjecture. Well, when you have time, come here, I will tell you all about the research ideas and progress, and maybe you can untie it in the future."

Kong Jidao said casually, but Liu Meng felt the loneliness in his words and hurriedly said, "That's a must. Then, Teacher Kong, you will be examined by the academic committee tomorrow. Now you can tell me your research ideas and progress so that I can get away with it tomorrow."

Kong Jidao's eyes lit up, and he felt that he was a little too anxious. His depressed look swept away and said with a smile: "Okay, okay, let's go to the study room now." (To be continued...)

ps: Kong Jidao, one mind to attain Taoism, and pursue it for life.
Chapter completed!