As mentioned before, the Crafford Award is not well-known in China. For ordinary people, the Crafford Award is not even as famous as the IMO gold medal. After all, there have been many such competitions since the preliminary round.

When students participate, parents will pay attention to such large-scale international events where they can gain extra points in college entrance examinations or have the opportunity to win tickets to prestigious schools.

Especially three years ago, Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun won the IMO championship and runner-up in one fell swoop, which revitalized the high school Mathematical Olympiad competition that had been dormant for several years. I don’t know how many students followed these two young academics as examples and worked hard.

, striving to win glory for the country at the IMO, and the media has been following and reporting on it, making the reputation of the IMO remain high.

The Crafford Prize is different. Firstly, high-end mathematics is a relatively niche circle, let alone pure mathematics. Secondly, because no mathematician in Xia Guo has ever won such an award, the media reports are not very enthusiastic.

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In the same way, in fact, the situation of the Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics and the Kohl Medal is similar. Even the Fields Medal is far less well-known among the domestic public than the Nobel Prize.

However, as the Mathematics Breakthrough Award and the Cole Number Theory Award were successively linked to the names of "Qin Ke" and "Ning Qingyun", a huge "chemical reaction" occurred, causing the reputation of these two awards to spread rapidly in the country.

, it has become a "very awesome" award in everyone's mind.

Now such treatment has finally come to the Crafford Award.

Various media outlets have reported and introduced this award in endless articles. Even CC1’s News Network spent nearly thirty seconds reporting on this award and its value. Of course, the core theme of the report is not to explain how powerful this award is.

, but - "Our mathematicians from Xia State have won this super powerful award in one fell swoop. Our country has reached the top international level in pure mathematics (theoretical mathematics)."

After all, the mathematics community in Xia Guo has been somewhat stretched in recent years. It can barely be said to have some achievements in applied mathematics, but it is really lackluster in pure theoretical mathematics. Even if it can publish a paper in the top four publications, it is eager to report it.

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It wasn't until Qin Ke came out, published papers in four top journals successively, and proved the twin prime conjecture, that the extremely narrow circle of theoretical mathematics finally had achievements worth bragging about in the domestic media. Later, Qin Ke and Ning

Qingjun jointly proved the Polignac conjecture and the Hailstorm conjecture, and won the Mathematics Breakthrough Award and the Cole Number Theory Award, filling the gap among domestic mathematicians in the international mathematics awards. The theoretical mathematics world has truly begun to rise.

The past two years have therefore been called by domestic media “the two years when the light of mathematics shines” and “the starting point for the revival of Xia’s mathematics community.”

Now even the Crafford Prize, known as the "Little Nobel Prize", has been won by Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun. You can imagine the enthusiastic pursuit of the media.

The country also needs such young and energetic mathematicians to improve cultural confidence and educational confidence, and to use this to drive a new trend of rivalries in the entire mathematics community. Naturally, the media is also encouraged to strengthen relevant reports.

With overwhelming news appearing repeatedly on major websites and platforms, the already popular fame of Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun has soared to Yunxiao. Their popularity has reached the point where everyone in the country knows about it.

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When parents educate their children, there is no need to talk about great people and celebrities in history. It is enough to just point to the report about the two young mathematicians in the newspaper.

The hot discussion on the Internet has even surpassed the topic about "abnormal weather begins to recover".

[This is really a hot search rhythm every month, but only Qin Shen and Ning’s hot searches are always so positive, you are good!]

[It is said in the news that the Crafford Prize is the Little Nobel Prize. Is it just one step away from the Big Nobel Prize? 】

[Those upstairs who read the news carelessly said that it is nominally on the same level as the Nobel Prize. The Crafford Prize was established because the Nobel Prize does not include mathematics.]

[It would be great if Qin Shen and Ning really win the Nobel Prize.]

[This is a bit difficult. What Qin Shen and Ning are best at is mathematics. Although they have some achievements and reputations in physics and biology, the gap is a bit big compared to mathematics. When will their achievements in physics, chemistry or biology reach

It is probably possible at a level similar to mathematics.】

[This is their third international award, right? Is there another Morningside Mathematics Award in China this year that is also awesome? Why not award it to them?]

[The Morningside Mathematics Prize is held every three years. The last one was the year before last, which means that next year will be the latest selection. 】

[Have you noticed that your topic has strayed away from the Crawford Award?]

[There is nothing we can do. Qin Shen and the others have reached the top of mathematics. Now I am a little numb to this young couple winning prizes. I can only discuss what other prizes they have not taken to satisfy our curiosity. ]

[I am more concerned about the bonus, which is US$500,000. The previous Mathematics Breakthrough Award also had a bonus of US$3 million, right? I think the bonuses that Qin Shen and Ning have received through their studies in the past two years are more than what I can earn in my lifetime.

The money has arrived (envy.jpg) (crying.jpg)]

[Hey, just a few million dollars is nothing. Isn’t there a rumor now that Lime Technology belongs to both of them? It is said that the market value has exceeded one billion, but I don’t know whether it is true or not.]

【...Learn to become rich, this is a living example.】

[I was still doing my winter vacation homework in mathematics when I heard the good news from brother Qin Ke and sister Ning Qingyun. Although I don’t quite understand what the hail conjecture and the Crafford Prize are, I will follow your example!

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[The primary school students upstairs should quickly turn off their mobile phones and go study, don’t join in the fun.]

The impact of Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun receiving the Craford Award was not only online, but also had a great impact in reality. Qingmu University and Yingyuan Private High School both held up red banners to celebrate, and Qin Ke’s

The small town of Qingping, my hometown, once again called for the establishment of a first-class mathematics town in the country. It also purchased countless sets of junior high and high school versions of "Kitten Lemon and Puppy Cock's Amazing Mathematics".

"Travel", all the primary and secondary school students in the town were given a set...

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Qin Xiaoke has already gone on winter vacation, and is currently doing winter vacation homework at home. Sitting next to her is her good friend Xiaowen from junior high school.

Xiao Wen's grades were already very good, and she also made great progress in the third year of junior high school. She ranked third in her grade in the high school entrance examination. Originally, she applied for the No. 1 Middle School in the city. Later, under Qin Xiaoke's persuasion, she tried to take the exam again.

In the entrance examination of Sakura Garden Private High School, he successfully surpassed the minimum admission score by one point. With super low scores, he became a member of Sakura Garden Private High School.

In the entire Qingping Town, she and Qin Xiaoke were the only ones who could be admitted to Yingyuan Private High School.

Now Yingyuan Private High School has become the first-class high school in the province, with a far-reaching reputation. Being admitted to such a high school is much more glorious than being admitted to the No. 1 Middle School in the city. Xiaowen's family even held a big feast to celebrate this.

The two little girls were still classmates and deskmates in their first year of high school. The difference was that Qin Xiaoke's grades were always in the middle and lower reaches. She mainly spent her energy on learning painting, spending three nights a week and all day on Saturdays.

She studied painting with Dean Ni Wanying of the Yuanzhou Academy of Fine Arts; while Xiao Wen followed Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun as examples and focused most of her energy on mathematics. Her grades were in the middle of the class, but she was ranked at the top in mathematics.

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The two of them had been doing homework for more than half an hour, and they were both a little tired, so they lay on the bed together to rest and check their mobile phones. Xiao Wen suddenly exclaimed: "Xiao Ke, your brother and sister Ning have won the grand prize again!"

Qin Xiaoke stood up suddenly: "What award? Show me quickly!" She was looking through an illustrator's paintings just now and didn't notice the news.

"All the news websites reported it as a headline. It seems to be called the Craford Award. Brother Qin and Sister Ning are so amazing!"

"Smelly brother, you didn't even tell me when you won the grand prize." Qin Xiaoke complained, but quickly opened the news website and read line by line. As he read, he frowned and chuckled.

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She didn't even bother to put on her shoes. She jumped out of the bed, put on her socks and rushed out of the room, shouting: "Mom, Dad, brother and sister-in-law have won the mathematics award again, and it's the international competition."

Winning a particularly powerful award, what is it called the Cradleford Award——!"

"Really? Ah, ah, ah, ah, my Xiaoke and Qingyun are really amazing." This is the gentle and unhurried tone of mother Shen Qiuyi.

"Huh? That kid won an international award again? His wings have become stiff recently and he hasn't even called home for a week." With this scornful tone, it sounded like he was his father Qin Yanghui.

Xiaowen was lying on the bed, listening to her good friends and uncles and aunts in the distance happily talking about this, feeling extremely envious in her heart.

"I wish I had a brother and sister like this..."

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While the media across the country were enthusiastically reporting on the Craford Award, the protagonists in the news, Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun, flew to the prairie on a plane, then got into an off-road jeep and headed towards the prairie.

Heading into the depths of the grassland.

The extremely cold winter is finally coming to an end. The strong cold wave from Siberia has gradually receded and the temperature has also risen.

Although the prairie in front of us is still covered with ice and snow everywhere, the snow on the roads has basically melted, and the risk of driving has been greatly reduced.

Stepping onto this prairie again after nearly three years, both Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun felt like they had traveled back in time. Especially since Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun practiced the Eastern Secret Code every day, their appearance had hardly changed in the past two years.

, Oh, Qin Ke has grown two centimeters taller. Boys' height development will continue until they are twenty years old.

However, looking at the vast white prairie outside, and thinking of Huo Baoyan’s team who had been trapped in the prairie by the wind and snow for nearly two months, the nostalgic feeling of revisiting the old place faded a lot.

Ning Qingyun sighed softly and asked: "Aunt Namuhan, is the snow disaster in the prairie serious this winter?"

Namuhan is an acquaintance of Deng Hongguo's wife in her hometown. During the summer vacation of her sophomore year of high school three years ago, she drove Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun to travel in the prairie. They lived together for nearly ten days and had a good impression of each other.

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This time Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun came to the prairie again. They were not familiar with the road, so they contacted Namuhan again and asked her to be their guide and driver.

Namuhan readily agreed. She had lost her job due to the severe winter, and the income from this tour guide was crucial to her family.

Namuhan is a typical herdsman woman, honest and capable, but her face is a little heavy at this time: "Yes, the wind and snow are too heavy, many cattle and sheep have been frozen to death, and some villages are still frozen because of the heavy snow.

It collapsed the house and caused casualties. Hey, this is the first time in decades that I have seen heavy snowstorms lasting more than ten days. We pray to the Everlasting Heaven every day. Thank God, this harsh winter is finally over."

Qin Ke also felt a little heavy.

Huo Baoyan, secretary-general of Qing Ning Student Aid Foundation, and her team have been carrying out student aid activities here in the prairie. Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun, because they are busy with study and scientific research, only took the time to read the monthly student aid report. Regarding the team's

I don’t know the actual situation, and Huo Baoyan never mentions the difficulties in her monthly report, but only talks about the progress of student assistance.

However, Qin Ke still saw some clues. For example, the monthly report said that due to weather problems, the construction of the five primary school teaching buildings had to be suspended. The team also applied for additional funds to purchase cotton-padded clothes, quilts and electric blankets for distribution.

To the elderly and children in the village.

Later, Qin Kecai learned from his grandfather Shen Tieshan that Huo Baoyan and the eight officers in his team had been trapped in several small villages on the prairie for almost two months due to snow, with traffic cut off and food insufficient.

The snow broke down the telephone poles and caused a power outage. Life was extremely difficult. Huo Baoyan and two office workers fell ill.

Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun were very worried after hearing this, and finally contacted Huo Baoyan's team. Huo Baoyan's voice was hoarse, but she smiled and said that everything was fine. No one in the villages where students were helping students froze to death, and the children were all continuing at home.

After learning this, they will return to the capital after the Spring Festival.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun were worried and decided to go and see for themselves. The weather has improved recently, the temperature has risen, and flights to the prairie have also resumed. Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun

So I asked Professor Hu Qingfeng and Professor He Liangfu for a leave, and temporarily handed over the research group "Using the Karman Vortex Effect to Study High-Throughput Preparation of Ultrafine Fibers" to the management of the two professors, who brought their working assistants with them.
To be continued...