The passionate years starting from the college entrance examination

Chapter 340, two extremes (please vote for me)
In fact, is it really a loss?
First of all, corn is not processed into white sugar, but only into corn syrup, which is glucose.

In this way, one ton of corn can be made into 0.59 tons of glucose.

Secondly, the price of corn in North America is still too expensive, just because Richard Milhouse has not yet come to power. Once he comes to power, food as a weapon will definitely usher in a new turn.

By then, the world's four major grain merchants will continue to expand, forcing most small farmers in North America to go bankrupt and be acquired by their four giants.

By that time, after large-scale production, productivity has improved, corn output will continue to increase, and the price will only become cheaper.

Finally, after the corn is directly made into corn syrup, there are other residues left. These will not be wasted. They will be collected and sold as fertilizer or feed for the farm.

In short, this part can still recover part of the cost.

And corn syrup is not directly added to food like white sugar. The sweetness of corn syrup is almost the same as that of white sugar. In terms of utilization rate, corn syrup is much higher than white sugar.

In terms of source, the raw material of corn syrup is corn starch, which is made from glucose after enzymatic hydrolysis. White sugar is sucrose extracted from sugar cane or beets. Its purity is over 99.8%, making it a very pure substance.

The main component of corn syrup is glucose, and its DE value (glucose equivalent) is above 20. White sugar is sucrose extracted from sugar cane or beets. It is a crystalline substance with a pure sweet taste.

However, corn syrup is digested and absorbed quickly by the human body, while the natural fructose and dietary fiber contained in fruits are absorbed slowly.

Both are sugars, but you need to pay attention to the right amount when eating them. Excessive intake will inevitably lead to health problems.

Chapman Siegel didn't know how Washington supermarkets used corn syrup, and the $50 million in royalties made him even more confused.

After all, the US$50 million in patent fees alone cannot recover the cost.

However, what Chapman Siegel didn't know was that Bristol Pharmaceuticals' $50 million in royalties was for the four major food giants, not for white-glove companies such as Washington Supermarkets.

Otherwise, how could the millions of tons of corn syrup sold every year be able to pay the US$50 million in patent fees?

In Beijing, Zhenhua Research Institute, Qiu Zongyue walked into the office and met Chen Guohua.

"Guohua, your guess is correct. In just a short time, many people have already asked about the patent fees of corn syrup, but they are all frightened by the patent fees of 50 million US dollars."

When the latter heard this, he immediately smiled.

Everything he did was based on the history of the original time and space, adapting measures to local conditions, and giving plans that were more in line with the actual situation.

Therefore, Chen Guohua knows exactly what the world's four major grain giants, Archer Daniels, Midland Company, Bunge, Louis Dreyfus and Cargill will do.

Now Bristol Pharmaceutical Company is blocking them at the door. For the time being, the profits from corn syrup can only be taken by Washington Supermarket and them.

The cost is one-third lower than that of sucrose, which is enough to make corn syrup an invincible sweetener.

And as time goes by, even if Richard Milhouse does not come to power, Chen Guohua is not worried. When the time comes, he will let Chen Yuanchao and others promote the development of North American agriculture and let them plant a large amount of corn.

As a result, the price of corn will only get lower and lower.

The current price of corn per ton is thirty US dollars, and it can even be reduced to twenty-five US dollars, or twenty US dollars by then.

As a result, the cost will only get lower and lower, so the cost of corn syrup will also decrease.

As long as the cost of corn syrup is reduced, the prices of sugary foods sold in supermarkets can be lower, but the profits will not be reduced.

Under the scam of 'small profits but quick turnover', the number of fat people in North America will definitely grow at a terrifying rate in the next ten or twenty years.

Even if Chen Guohua does not promote large-scale planting of corn in North America, capital will push in this direction because of profits.

Therefore, even if Chen Guohua does not want to be the behind-the-scenes promoter, someone will want to be the promoter.

Besides, it was all doomed ever since he formulated the white-glove corporate plan.

Regardless of whether it is a capital scam or not, Chen Guohua, as the driving force behind the scenes, provides a large amount of cheap food to ordinary people in North America. From the original intention, this is a good thing.

But ordinary people have nothing to complain about if they insist on lying flat and slowly become fat.

Of course, in China, corn syrup should be used as little or as little as possible.

In the history of the original time and space, the reason why mainland hospitals were so prosperous was not due to socio-economic development, but also to the driving force of capital behind them.

For example, those otakus and otakus in later generations enjoy a very convenient modern life. They rely on outside food for three meals a day, drink drinks as water, and do not like to exercise. It is normal for their health to be destroyed in the end.

Everything should be done in moderation, not excess.

Just like one of the very healthy lifestyles: running!
Running is something that, if done too much, will cause knee problems, and then problems such as Achilles tendonitis, ankle joint injuries, muscle injuries, and mental weakness will gradually appear.

The most obvious situation is that people who run for a long time look older.

So a healthy lifestyle means exercising moderately, controlling sugar, and maintaining a happy mood.

It’s not that corn syrup is bad, but some people attribute obesity entirely to corn syrup, a sweetener, as if consumers themselves have no responsibility.

Even if it is sucrose, once it is consumed excessively, various health problems will occur.

"Well, leader, this is a good thing. For the time being, it depends on Bristol Pharmaceutical Company. As long as they keep this red line, then white glove companies such as Qianduoduo Supermarket, Washington Supermarket, and Costco Supermarket can have More room and time for development.”

Chen Guohua said with a smile, Qiu Zongyue nodded and said with emotion:
"I hope they can grow up quickly. I can't wait to see the faces of those Yankees when they find out about this."

When the former heard this, he immediately smiled.

How is this possible?
First of all, Chen Guohua does not want the white glove company to be discovered, otherwise it will be a big trouble.

Secondly, even if it is discovered, so what?
When Chinese capital appears on the North American continent, it will inevitably become a huge and intricate interest group. Even Anglo-Saxon capital will not dare to do anything to Chinese capital.

By that time and space in later generations, North American capital had been completely penetrated by Jewish capital.

It can be said that the emergence of Loli Island made the world realize that the tip of the iceberg of high-end and upper-class society in North America turned out to be so unbearable and that it was already dominated by Jewish capital.

How terrifying!

Jewish capital can become a dominant force in North America. There is no reason why Chinese capital cannot defeat Jewish capital?
What's more, Chen Guohua is the real driving force behind the scenes. In this time and space, as long as he is here, Jewish capital still wants to control North America like the original time and space, and become the emperor of North America. That is something that is unthinkable.

The golden crow falls in the west, the jade rabbit rises in the east, and another day passes in the blink of an eye.

As the sun sets and the sun rises, the Christmas sales in December are about to begin.

A number of white-glove companies on the North American continent, such as Qianduoduo Supermarket, Costco Supermarket, and Washington Supermarket, have once again made efforts to proactively kick off the Christmas sales in the North American retail industry.

Competitors such as Sears, Macy's, Gibson Supermarkets, and Target Supermarkets were forced to respond amidst curses and curses.

It’s impossible not to fight.

Last Christmas, Qianduoduo Supermarket and other emerging supermarket brands were all brave and invincible.

At that time, Sears and other companies were unprepared, so they responded hastily and ended up in a mess.

Sears, Macy's and other companies are already ready for this year's Christmas sales, but they still can't resist scolding Qianduoduo Supermarket after seeing their discounts.

For example, the price of White Rabbit toffee at Qianduoduo Supermarket is only half that of Target Supermarket.

It is simply giving free toffee to consumers. It’s terrible!

With such a low price, it’s no wonder that competitors are unanimous in criticizing it.

The most important thing is that not only the White Rabbit toffees, but also most of the food are at super low prices.

Such as croissants, corn cereal, fruit cereal, ice cream, milk drinks and other foods, as well as snacks such as corn gummies, white rabbit toffee, chocolate, cowboy candy, etc., it is simply incredible.

In the most prosperous avenue in New York, Qianduoduo Supermarket, Jessica fell into the trouble of happiness and had a little difficulty in making a choice.

why?
Because fruit cereal is very cheap, only 1.5 US dollars per bag. This bag is a huge bag, enough for their family to eat for half a month.

One point and five dollars to eat for half a month?

It's so scary!
The wages of most ordinary workers in North America have now risen to around five to six hundred dollars.

With such a salary, it only costs 1.5 US dollars to feed a family of three for half a month. This shows how big the bag of fruit cereal is and how cheap it is.

But such cheap fruit cereal makes it difficult for Jessica to make a choice, because she prefers a more famous brand of fruit cereal to the self-operated brand of Qianduoduo Supermarket.

But the price of another brand is US$1.89 per bag, and the quantity is 25% less.

So, she was very confused.

On the one hand, it is the pursuit of quality and brand, on the other hand, it is the actual demand. After all, the price is 1.5 US dollars, and it is so delicious.

In the end, Jessica bought Qianduoduo Supermarket’s own brand of fruit cereal.

In the next shopping session, Jessica bought a lot of supermarket self-operated brands, almost all food was chosen this way.

She had no choice but to compromise on the price, brand, etc., and she would pursue it later when she had money.

When Jessica was shopping in the supermarket, she didn't see a white man in a suit standing near the shelves not far away and had been lingering for nearly twenty minutes.

From the look of him, he didn't look like someone who couldn't afford to buy things.

People visiting the supermarket nearby would look at this man a few times, with some curiosity in their eyes.

But soon, these consumers were quickly attracted by the ultra-low-priced products on the shelves, and then added the products to their shopping carts without hesitation.

"Hey, with such a low price, how do they make money?"

Chapman Siegel frowned. He really couldn't understand that the discounts at Qianduoduo Supermarket were so strong, and the prices of many products were already so low that it was jaw-dropping.

However, the cost has become a mystery.

It’s not really a mystery, but it’s hard to figure out the cost of corn syrup.

After all, Chapman Siegel didn’t know how much corn syrup could be extracted from one ton of corn, let alone how much the remaining waste after extracting corn syrup could be sold for.

In addition, patent fees are so expensive, and the cost of processing plants, etc., are all costs.

Divided evenly among the products sold in Qianduoduo supermarket, it is difficult to say clearly how much the cost is.

However, take fruit cereal as an example. A bag of fruit cereal costs US$1.50, so the cost must not be US$1, right?
Chapman Siegel couldn't be sure, anyway.

The more this happened, the more itchy he became.

How do people make money?
Many supermarkets across the United States, such as Qianduoduo Supermarket, Costco Supermarket, and Washington Supermarket, have signed corn supply agreements with grain giants such as Archer Daniels Midland Company.

One to two million tons of corn are consumed every year. I really don’t know how these supermarkets consume it and how they make money.

Chapman Siegel was confused and had to contact Carl Bryan.

The latter is an executive of Qian Duoduo Supermarket, so he must know some data, right?

In the presidential suite of a high-end hotel, during afternoon tea time, Chapman Siegel deliberately spent a little money to order the most expensive presidential suite in this five-star hotel, just to chat with Carl Bryan.

After the two sat down, they exchanged pleasantries and chatted about New York's weather, food and other common topics.

It wasn't until a while later that Chapman Siegel turned the conversation to corn syrup, a sweetener.

"Oh, Mr. Siegel also knows about sweeteners? Aren't you a grain company? Why are you interested in sweeteners? Are you saying that you are going to process all your corn into corn syrup?"

Carl Bryan smiled slightly and said slightly sarcastically.

When the other person mentioned corn syrup, he had already successfully aroused his disgust.

As an executive of Qianduoduo Supermarket, Carl Bryan has regarded Qianduoduo Supermarket as his own business, because Chen Yuanchao has said that in the future they will cash in the corresponding management equity pool.

As long as the store size of Qianduoduo Supermarket exceeds 500, then Qianduoduo Supermarket will launch the first round of financing.

After financing is initiated, the management equity pool will also be activated at this time.

Nowadays, Qianduoduo Supermarket has barely more than 100 stores, but it is still far from 500.

But you must know that before October, Qianduoduo Supermarket only had 80 stores.

In a short period of time, it has successfully exceeded 100 companies.

This already speaks volumes.

Working in a company with such a promising future, Carl Bryan would certainly not look down on other companies.

Although Cargill is currently a very famous grain giant in North America, even if he joins this company, he is just a high-level wage earner and there is no way he can become a shareholder.

Therefore, he naturally rejected Chapman Siegel, just because the other party's behavior was to spy on the intelligence of their Qianduoduo Supermarket, which was not acceptable.

"Carl, we are friends, aren't we?"

Chapman Siegel pretended not to hear the other party’s sarcasm and said bluntly:
"Sweetener is a very good product, but its patent fees are too expensive."

“Now I would like to know how much the corn syrup produced by your Qianduoduo supermarket costs?”

As he spoke, he pushed the envelope in his hand.

The envelope looked very thin, so there was no cash in it, so it was probably a check.

Carl Bryan did not look at the envelope at all, but stood up with a cold face and said:

"Mr. Siegel, are you mocking me? Or do you want to test me on behalf of my boss? Is this how you test me?"

"Haha, then you underestimate me too much. Haha, I don't believe you don't know the cost of corn syrup, but if you want to know the cost of our Qianduoduo Supermarket from me, that's impossible. .”

After that, he strode to leave the suite.

This righteous and awe-inspiring look, so cynical, immediately dumbfounded Chapman Siegel.

Good guy, don’t you even look at the check?
Are you really so noble?
"Karl, there are two million US dollars in this. You really don't want it?"

Chapman Siegel stood up and shouted.

Carl Bryan, who was about to leave the presidential suite, paused, turned around and sneered:
"Two million US dollars? Haha, Mr. Siegel, your Cargill company is really generous, but it's not worth mentioning to me."

He said this, but his heart was bleeding.

Two million US dollars is a lot, and for him, a member of the Bryan family, it is also a large amount of money.

The Bryan family claims to have assets of 200 million US dollars, but this thing does not belong to Carl Bryan alone, but to the entire family.

Otherwise, when Qianduoduo Supermarket wanted to hire him as a manager, he didn't hesitate long and agreed directly because of the high salary.

Now, the reason why he rejected the two million US dollars was naturally because he was more optimistic about Qianduoduo Supermarket.

In this country where capital is everywhere, it is not just money that can do whatever you want.

If this is not possible, it is likely that the money is not provided.

Chapman Siegel looked at Carl Bryan who had disappeared in astonishment, completely unable to believe his eyes.

"Farke, this is two million US dollars. How did he stay so calm?"

After cursing angrily, Chapman Siegel suddenly calmed down, his eyes were sinister and his expression was very cold.

"The reason why Carl Bryan is not tempted by the two million US dollars must be because Qianduoduo Supermarket gave him a bigger price, so he was afraid to take risks. So what price is it?"

Along these lines, Chapman Siegel thought a lot.

He would never have thought that a company as profitable as Qianduoduo Supermarket would actually give stock incentives to ordinary executives like Carl Bryan.

Although this stake is fierce, it probably won't be a lot.

But according to the development momentum of Qianduoduo Supermarket, it can earn 100 million U.S. dollars a month, or even more, such as 500 million U.S. dollars a month, or one billion U.S. dollars, etc. Calculated based on a monthly net profit of one billion U.S. dollars, even if Carl Bryan only holds 0.5% or less of the shares, he can still receive five million U.S. dollars every month.

Of course, it is unknown how many shares he can get and whether Qianduoduo Supermarket will actually pay dividends every month.

Based on this, Carl Bryan should not turn a blind eye to the two million US dollars.

"It seems that Qianduoduo Supermarket has many secrets. There must be some confidentiality regulations or reward and punishment measures."

Chapman Siegel, who was muttering to himself, did not study too much about Carl Bryan. Instead, he became more interested in the cost of corn syrup.

Chen Yuanchao on the other side received a message from the intelligence department of China Resources: Carl Bryan and Cargill's President Chapman Siegel met three days ago in the presidential suite of the Plaza Hotel in New York. The specific discussion was about The cost of corn syrup.

When he received this news, Chen Yuanchao was quite surprised and smiled to himself:
"This Carl Bryan is quite loyal."

Whether it was loyalty or not, no one could say for sure, but there were a few people missing from the management of Qianduoduo Supermarket, and it was impossible for Carl Bryan to not know this.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have turned a blind eye to the two million US dollars.

Do you really think he is so loyal to Qianduoduo Supermarket?
Who knows whether those share options Chen Yuanchao mentioned are just a piece of cake?
You can easily get two million US dollars through sneaky private transactions. Who wouldn't want that?
But Carl Bryan knew very well that the reason why those people sitting in the conference room left suddenly did not leave voluntarily.

You must know that the development momentum of Qianduoduo Supermarket is so strong now, and at the time when share option incentives are about to be distributed, if you resign at this time, you are either a fool or out of your mind.

Those executives are normal people, they are definitely not fools, and they are not out of their minds, so it must be because they reached out.

Since you are greedy, be prepared to be fired.

Carl Bryan didn't want to be fired, so he could only cruelly refuse the two million US dollars.

Chen Yuanchao admired his uncle's strategic planning. Otherwise, Qianduoduo Supermarket would have lost a lot of people this time.

The reduction in staff will be a huge blow to Qianduoduo Supermarket, which is naturally not allowed.

December has just passed.

Whether it is white-glove companies like Qianduoduo Supermarket or traditional retail giants such as Sears Department Store, they are all taking stock of their December results.

Sears Department Store, New York headquarters, President Crete sat in the conference room, looking at the report on hand, feeling a sense of powerlessness and frustration in his heart.

"What are the revenue figures of Qianduoduo Supermarket and Kaoshike Supermarket respectively?"

After putting down the report, Crete asked in a bitter voice, with a bitter taste in the corner of his mouth.

For Crete, it is unacceptable for Sears to become a declining company.

But this is the fact that Sears is currently facing. It is inevitable and difficult to change.

He asked about Qianduoduo Supermarket and Costco Supermarket, which are the new giants in the retail industry, with unprecedented momentum.

Moreover, these two supermarkets are in direct competition with Sears, so he pays more attention to these two companies and understands their situation better.

"BOSS, based on the data we surveyed, we estimate that the total revenue of Qianduoduo Supermarket's 100 stores in the past December was"

In December, the average daily revenue of each store of Qianduoduo Supermarket reached a terrifying US$3.6 million, simply because it was the month of the Christmas sales, which boosted the revenue of other ordinary days.

One hundred stores, that's a single-day revenue of 350 million U.S. dollars. There are thirty-one days in this month, so the total monthly revenue is 10.85 billion U.S. dollars.

The actual amount is higher than this.

As for Sears department store employees, they estimate revenue to be around $9.7 billion.

Even so, this data still made Crete and others take a breath of cold air.

so horrible!

The revenue of nearly 10 billion US dollars is simply scary.

Previously, Sears Department Store's annual revenue peaked at almost one percent of North America's annual gross national product.

In the past few years, the gross national product of North America was 600 to 700 billion U.S. dollars. One percent, that is 6 billion U.S. dollars.

The annual revenue is only 6 billion U.S. dollars, while the monthly revenue of Qianduoduo Supermarket is nearly 10 billion U.S. dollars.

The gap between the two sides is too big!
Of course, this data cannot be calculated so simply. After all, the revenue of Sears Department Store and the revenue of Qianduoduo Supermarket are two different things.

Even so, we can still see the horror of Qianduoduo Supermarket.

"Based on their previous profit margin of 2.5% per thousand, Qianduoduo Supermarket's profit in December is estimated to be US$24.25 million."

Everyone was still shocked when they heard this data.

The revenue is high and the profit is low, but the base cannot support it. It makes more than 24 million US dollars a month, which is already very impressive.

In fact, Qianduoduo Supermarket's revenue is US$10.8 billion, close to US$10.9 billion, and its profit margin is 1.9%.

The reason why it is lower than the previous 2.1% is because of the Christmas promotion, which has made a lot of profits. This is also one of the reasons why the revenue is so high.

Based on the profit margin of 1.9%, Qianduoduo Supermarket directly earned US$207 million in December.

Making so much money in one month is indeed an excellent business.

The outside world still doesn't know the cost of corn syrup, but it has already increased Qianduoduo Supermarket's profit margin to a few percent to a few percent.

Coupled with the super high revenue of the supermarket itself, Qianduoduo Supermarket's earning power is directly stretched to capacity.

“We estimate Costco Supermarket’s revenue”

In comparison, Costco Supermarket's revenue is much less, but due to the Christmas promotion, the supermarket has gained a lot of new members.

Currently, Costco supermarkets have more than 35 stores in the United States, reaching 37.

In December, more than 400,000 new members were added. The annual membership fee alone was enough for Costco Supermarket to earn US$79.6 million.

The average daily revenue of each store is 800,000 US dollars. Thirty-seven stores are 29.6 million US dollars, a total of 31 days, so the total revenue in December is 9.17 billion dollars.

And their profit margin is 11%, which is slightly less than the previous 12%.

So in the past December, they also made 100 million U.S. dollars. Including the 79 million U.S. dollars in membership fees, they probably made a net profit of 1.7 billion U.S. dollars.

After all the data came out, Crete couldn't calm down at all.

Why is it that running a business is as simple as drinking water and eating?

Although, the revenue of the two companies is completely at two extremes, but they are both profitable.

Especially Costco supermarkets are like cash cows, which is really scary.

As for Sears, its monthly revenue is only about 4 to 5 billion US dollars, and its profit margin is not high, only about 8%.

In other words, Sears only earns about US$40 million per month.

Therefore, it is absolutely impossible to say that you are not jealous of Costco Supermarket’s earning power.

"BOSS, if we also add a supermarket business, will it improve the current predicament?"

The conference room was eerily quiet, but at this moment, a subordinate suggested this.

Not only this subordinate, but also Crete also thought about such a suggestion, but it was obviously not suitable.

Sears has been established. If it wants to transform, it will have to take huge risks and invest more capital. For shareholders, this is an unforgivable thing.

But now Costco Supermarket and Qianduoduo Supermarket have set examples. Such data must be able to make the members of the board of directors excited, right?
So, after the executive meeting, Crete, as the president, took the report to Chairman Johnson Brooks and reported the matter to the latter.

After Johnson Brooks saw the three reports, his pupils shrank suddenly.

What he is most concerned about is the annual membership fee and net profit income of Costco Supermarket, which is really very profitable.

"So, you want our Sears department store to learn the supermarket model and open a new retail store like this?"

After reading the report, Johnson Brooks asked with dark eyes.

At this time, Crete nodded directly and stated his reasons and thoughts.

Just because this supermarket model is still too profitable.

"Then do you know how much investment is needed? Do you know how others do it? Have you investigated all these details clearly?"

"Yes, Chairman, I have completed all the investigation work and I am sure it can be done."

Hearing Crete's words, Johnson Brooks nodded and said that he needed to think about it and also needed to hold a meeting with other members of the board of directors to discuss it.

As long as it's not an excuse, Crete is fine with it.

The most important department of the entire supermarket, in Crete's opinion, should be the supermarket itself.

As for logistics, to be honest, it is just the same thing and has no technical content.

If Chen Guohua knew that the other party thought so, he would probably die laughing.

When operating a supermarket, especially a low-cost supermarket model like Qianduoduo Supermarket, the most important thing is to control costs.

If cost control is not good, let alone making a profit, it will be great if you can avoid losing money.

In terms of cost control, logistics occupies a more important position.

Moreover, logistics is not that simple, nor is it as untechnical as Crete thought.

When time entered January of 1968, Chen Guohua felt that time was passing very fast, but at the same time he felt that it was passing a bit slowly, and he was still very conflicted.

The reason why time flies so quickly is because the children are so old. Even the two little guys, Chen Xi and Chen An, can now walk, and they can walk quite steadily.

As for why he felt a little slow, it was because he wanted to change the arrival of the game.

After the reform, the mainland is on the rise.

No one can stop this trend.

Moreover, if Chen Guohua participates in it, it will only make this general trend burn stronger and faster like a prairie fire.

Unfortunately, if we go from the current sixty-eight years to the actual year of reform, there will still be ten years.

On this day in January, the sky in the capital was overcast, and it was a cloudy and cold day.

Chen Guohua appeared on the school road in Yanyuan and walked through the snow to the mathematics department office.

"Professor Chen, you are here, please take a seat."

In the office, when Vanio saw Chen Guohua, his eyes suddenly lit up and he hurriedly stood up to greet the latter.

Erdez, Davenport, Klaus Friedrich and others also looked at Chen Guohua and stood up to greet him excitedly.

"Rare guest, rare guest, it's so rare to see you on such a snowy day."

This exaggerated tone, no need to ask, you know that it is Erdesh's tone.

"I just came here to see you, why are you a rare guest?" Chen Guohua smiled slightly, nodded to the slightly reserved Lu Jiaxi in the corner, and then sat down to chat with everyone.

Since the latter came to the capital, Chen Guohua arranged for him to engage in pure theoretical research in mathematics at Peking University.

The year before last and the year before last, Chen Guohua held several report meetings one after another. Lu Jiaxi also participated in them and gained a lot of insights.

Not only did he communicate with other mathematics researchers who came to attend the lecture, but also because of Chen Guohua's lecture, Lu Jiaxi gained a lot of knowledge and even got a lot of inspiration. He also published many mathematics papers in the past two years. .

It can be said that Lu Jiaxi contributed more than ten mathematics papers in mainland mathematics journals.

In addition, he is also Chen Guohua's brother-in-law.

Even so, every time he saw Chen Guohua, especially in public places, he was always relatively reserved and a little distant.

Chen Guohua had no intention of chatting with Lu Jiaxi, but instead chatted with Erdesh and the others.

Today, he really didn't come here to chat with nothing to do, but came to Erdesh to come up with some new scientific research topics.

Otherwise, Erdesh would really run away.

The reason is also very simple, just because Erdez has been in the capital for eight years, which is far beyond his previous record.

It was said before that Erdesh stayed in the capital because of the mathematical problem of Riemann's hypothesis as his goal.

But now the Riemann hypothesis has become the Riemann-Chen Guohua theorem, and it has nothing to do with Erdesh.

A few months ago, Erdez revealed to Chen Guohua that he planned to leave the capital in early 1968 and continue to travel around the world.

At that time, Chen Guohua was still busy with various projects, and he also felt that it would not be until the beginning of 1968, so he was not in a hurry to deal with this matter.

It was now January 1968, so Chen Guohua took the time to tell the other party his plan.

"Erdesh, my plan is this. In the next few years, we will comprehensively conquer the three mathematical problems of Hodge's conjecture, Yang-Mills theory and NS equations."

Hearing Chen Guohua's words, Erdesh and others all brightened up and showed thoughtful expressions.

There is no doubt that these three mathematical problems raised by Chen Guohua are all very top-notch problems.

Among them, Yang-Mills' theory is the most difficult and requires cooperation with physicists. Otherwise, there is no way to solve it.

The second is the existence and smoothness of the NS equation, which is more difficult.

why?
Because the NS equation has a very low sense of existence, even in the history of the original space and time, few people mentioned it among the seven millennium problems of the world.

The most important thing is that this problem is really not easy to understand.

Especially for ordinary people, even ordinary people can figure out some of the P and NP problems that top the list, but it is difficult to understand the Navier-Stokes equation.

The description of the entire topic is: the undulating waves follow our boat meandering through the lake, and the turbulent airflow follows the flight of our modern jet aircraft.

Mathematicians and physicists believe that both breezes and turbulence can be explained and predicted by understanding the solutions to the Navier-Stokes equations.

These explanations are completely without beginning and end. It is even difficult to guess from this passage what problem this difficult problem describes. The whole sentence reveals a metaphysical problem.

The origin of the NS equation must first come from the Euler method of describing fluid motion proposed by Euler, one of the four kings of mathematics. At the same time, the Euler equation of fluid kinematics was derived in 1775.

The Euler method and the Lagrangian method are both called two description methods of fluid motion.

Euler's equation is (axD+bxD+c)y=f(x) (just one of the forms, there are also differential expressions of functional extreme value conditions, etc.), which belongs to inviscid fluid dynamics (ideal fluid The most important basic equation in mechanics refers to the differential equation of motion obtained by applying Newton's second law to inviscid fluid particles. It describes the motion laws of ideal fluids.

This is the basis of ideal fluid mechanics.

Later, the famous engineer Navier generalized Euler's fluid motion equation, taking into account the forces between molecules, and thus established the basic equations of fluid balance and motion.

Then in 1845, Stokes started from the continuum model, improved his fluid mechanics equation of motion, and obtained the rectangular coordinate component form of the viscous fluid equation of motion with two viscosity constants, and this is what Chen Guohua said The Navier-Stokes equation.

From here we can know how difficult the NS equation is.

Instead, Hodge conjectures it might be simpler.

"too difficult!"

PS: I have to pay my respects to the mountain today, so I may have to take half a day off. I hope I can finish coding as early as possible. All book friends, please pay attention to fire prevention when you pay your respects to the mountain. Best wishes!

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