Super God-Level Top Student
Chapter 968 - 369: Different Worries

The next day, at the Jingcheng Auditorium award ceremony.

After the host introduced the Group Wisdom project, Qiao Ze, representing the team, stepped onto the stage and received the award certificate from the elderly gentleman he had met two nights ago.

But this team was clearly quite unique.

Although Qiao Ze represented the team to receive the award, the acceptance speech was ultimately handed off to Chen Yiwen.

It could only be said that everyone in the team had their specialties.

Compared to the reserved and usually unassuming Tan Jingrong, Chen Yiwen was undoubtedly more suited for such tasks, and he embraced it wholeheartedly.

This guy had mentioned more than once that his choice to study science back then was rooted in the fact that liberal arts exams required too much rote memorization. Yet yesterday, he spent an entire day memorizing the speech Dou Dou had prepared.

Of course, the most critical factor was that Chen Yiwen truly had the audacity needed for such grand occasions.

"Respected leaders, esteemed members of the award committee, colleagues, and all guests in attendance, good day to you all. First, on behalf of Professor Qiao and our Group Wisdom team, I express our deepest gratitude to the Scientific Advancement Award committee for bestowing us this honor..."

Chen Yiwen delivered his speech on stage with a straight face, but the double representation mentioned in the opening triggered spontaneous chuckles from many in the audience.

Though, in truth, no one could laugh for too long.

The prevailing sentiment was, more likely, envy...

The attendees at today's award ceremony largely consisted of members of Huaxia's academic circle. Naturally, they were well aware of the prestige of Huaxia's three major awards: the Natural Science Award, the Technological Innovation Award, and the Scientific Advancement Award. These are the highest-level and most influential research awards in Huaxia, long regarded as a barometer for academician status.

For those in the field of fundamental research aspiring to become academicians, winning second prize in the Natural Science Award is effectively a prerequisite. This is especially true in the mathematics field within the Science Academy academicians.

In applied fields, particularly those tied to breakthroughs in national strategic needs, winning first prize in the Technological Advancement Award is practically a requisite for Engineering Academy academicians.

The student representing Group Wisdom on stage might not be exceptionally accomplished himself, but the Professor Qiao he mentioned had secured first prizes in the Scientific Advancement Award, the Natural Science Award, and the Technological Innovation Award all within this year...

Coincidentally, next year happens to be an academician supplementation year.

Which means Huaxia is about to see its youngest-ever academician.

Though, truth be told, this outcome wasn't particularly surprising.

After all, Qiao Ze not only clinched Huaxia's three most significant science awards but was also a double winner of both the Nobel Prize in Physics and Chemistry this year. Besides being an academician supplementation year, next year is also the year of the World Mathematicians Conference, held once every four years, where the Fields Medal will be announced.

If nothing unusual occurs, with Qiao Ze's mathematical achievements over the past two years, winning a Fields Medal is pretty much a foregone conclusion.

Yes, the probability of any accident occurring is slim, especially given historical precedent.

The last time something similar happened was during the Crafoord Prize debacle, where attempts at manipulation backfired spectacularly, resulting in repercussions so severe that the globally renowned Nobel Prize faced one of its strongest challengers to date. To make matters worse, that prize seemed in danger of being discredited this year.

In the natural sciences category, all three recipients of the Physics and Chemistry awards publicly declared their intention not to attend the ceremony. For a century-old award, such a situation is unquestionably embarrassing.

Since when has the Nobel Prize lacked respectability to this extent?

Over a hundred years, the number of scientists in natural sciences who refused the Nobel Prize can be counted on one hand, and most of those occurred during the unusual "Earth online S2" era, a time when scientists didn't refuse out of disdain but were unable to attend due to the circumstances back then.

Thus, to preserve the credibility of the award, no major mishaps are likely to occur.

What's more, the Fields Medal differs from the Nobel Prize; its award committee is not composed of scholars from a single institution.

In other words, after next year, Qiao Ze will not only be the youngest-ever Nobel laureate, the first scientist to win two Nobel Prizes in the same year, but also the youngest Fields Medal recipient, as well as one of only two scientists in history to win both the Nobel Prize and Fields Medal.

Upon closer inspection, he will also be the first-ever to win two Nobel Prizes and one Fields Medal.

Compared to these honors, the title of Huaxia's youngest academician seems honestly quite modest.

Admiration and envy eventually transformed into a sense of melancholy amid the energetic voice of the young presenter on stage.

It must be said, though Chen Yiwen's academic level was nearly zero, his charisma and speaking abilities were undeniable—confident, photogenic, and unflappable in front of the camera. Despite being utterly devoid of talent, he could still exude vigor and enthusiasm on camera, which was a skill in itself. He was undeniably the perfect candidate for promotional work within the team.

At the very least, seeing his equally youthful face on stage made the audience feel that, instead of watching Qiao Ze's equally young yet serious face, perhaps they'd rather listen to Chen Yiwen exuberantly ramble...

Ten minutes passed in a flash.

Though Chen Yiwen was still reluctant to leave the spotlight, his acceptance speech had come to an end.

That didn't mean it was time to leave, as Qiao Ze had additional certificates to collect...

For the subsequent awards, however, no team member came forward to give a speech, leaving Qiao Ze to briefly say on camera: "Thank you all."

The contrast was stark.

For the staff managing the live broadcast, they genuinely preferred Chen Yiwen.

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