Recently, the news that "Wei Dongyi donated 16 million yuan for the Dongting Lake flood" spread on the Internet, which aroused the attention of netizens. On the afternoon of July 8, Red Star News called and texted Wei Dongyi for confirmation. Later in the evening, Wei Dongyi's cousin Wei Jingzhou responded to Red Star News and said: "This is false news." My cousin Wei Dongyi verified it.” At 7:55 pm on July 8, Wei Jingzhou provided Red Star News with a screenshot of his and Wei Dongyi’s WeChat messages, which showed: At 17:51, Wei Jingzhou sent Wei Dongyi “It is being circulated online.” You donated 16 million for the Dongting Lake (flood). Is this true?” At 19:04, Wei Dongyi replied: “This is fake news” ▲ Wei Dongyi and Wei Jingzhou. Chat screenshot
"This is not the first time that Wei Dongyi has been involved in hot searches. Whenever there are some social hot spots, some self-media will fabricate some fake news to make the hot spots." Wei Jingzhou told Red Star News, "If the situation is true, our family members have not Opinion, but fabricating some news is really inappropriate. "
In addition, there are self-media reports on the Internet that Wei Dongyi has a girlfriend. In response, Wei Jingzhou said that these news are not true, "There are indeed girls chasing him. But he hasn’t considered it yet.”
Wei Jingzhou revealed to Red Star News that in his spare time, Wei Dongyi’s hobby is listening to the radio, and he is mainly concerned about some national affairs. “He rarely pays attention to trivial things on the Internet, and it is impossible to spend time and energy responding to some rumors, but Some self-media took advantage of his "not liking to talk" and made up some false news. "
Official media reports show that Wei Dongyi was a high school student in the High School Affiliated to Shandong Normal University, during which time he was in the 49th and 50th International School. In the Mathematics Olympiad, he won two international gold medals with perfect scores. In 2010, he was recommended to study at Peking University, and then participated in Peking University's "Special Program for Bachelor's and Doctoral Studies" and stayed at the school to teach after graduation in 2019. Since the age of 28, Wei Dongyi has been an assistant professor at Peking University.
The official website of the School of Mathematical Sciences of Peking University shows that Wei Dongyi is currently working as a researcher in the Teaching and Research Office of Differential Equations.
To ordinary netizens, Wei Dongyi's attainments in the field of mathematics are "like a god". He has wisdom and height that ordinary people cannot reach. Therefore, on the Internet, netizens "canonize him as a god" and regard him as a god. Named "Wei Shen".
Red Star News reporter Wei Xing
(Source: Red Star News)
