Chapter 1334 One Stone Stirs up a Thousand Waves

Regardless of whether Lu Zhou is as Professor Whittle imagined.

The entire physics community has already been fried because of this incident.

on the Physics Stack Exchange forum.

As an internationally renowned physics forum, when the news of Lu Zhou's resignation from the board of directors spread, related topics immediately occupied all the forum's panels.

Whether it's a chat board or an academic board, almost everyone is discussing this matter.

Moreover, I was stunned by the huge amount of information.

"Professor Lu actually plans to withdraw from IMCRC?"

"Does he feel that IMCRC can no longer keep up with his rhythm?"

"Impossible. IMCRC is already the strongest physics research institution. After leaving IMCRC, does he plan to do scientific research on alien planets?"

"Could it be that... he plans to retire from the physics world?"

"It's impossible! He's just thirty years old! He's in the golden age of scientific research! There's no reason why he would choose to quit at this time!"

"But what if... it's true? He's tired of physics."

"Damn it! At least he should explain why he left!"

"Then this must be the darkest moment in the history of physics!"

...

Less than ten hours after the closing ceremony, the entire physics community was stunned by Lu Zhou's astonishing behavior, and this unbelievable emotion even began to spread outside the academic world.

Driven by this sentiment, a letter signed by more than a hundred people in the physics community appeared on the secretary-general's desk.

Physicists headed by Professor Wilczek hope that the IMCRC Council can retain Professor Lu, even if he does not serve as the chairman, at least he will retain a position in the council.

Looking at this letter, which was similar to a petition letter, Luo Wenxuan not only suffered from a headache, but also felt a trace of obvious pressure from the long string of signatures.

Although he had considered many situations before.

Including how to stabilize the representatives of other countries after Lu Zhou left IMCRC, unite the academic experts in the council, including how to deal with the restless voices that may come from other physics research institutions after Lu Zhou left.

After all, this is the center of world physics.

Everyone wants to have a greater right to speak here, and to obtain greater benefits for their own country and the academic circles in the cultural circle.

However, Luo Wenxuan still did not expect that the greatest pressure would not come from those opponents who were at the same level as him, but from the entire IMCRC collective.

"...What a headache."

Squeezing the space between his eyebrows, Luo Wenxuan glanced at the contents of the petition, then threw it aside.

It seems that he still underestimated Lu Zhou's personal prestige in IMCRC.

I didn't expect that after Lu Zhou's announcement, it would have such a big impact on IMCRC!

...

In fact, let alone Luo Wenxuan didn't think of it.

Even Lu Zhou himself didn't expect that things would develop like this.

In addition to those physicists in the International Convention and Exhibition Center who have been unwilling to leave for a long time, among the physicists he knows, at least five people have written letters or come to persuade him in person, hoping that he can stay on the IMCRC council and continue to Lead the physics community to create more miracles.

For such a situation, Lu Zhou couldn't help but be a little bit dumbfounded.

He just wanted to continue to climb the academic peak in another field, and then expressed his thoughts honestly, but he did not expect that his resignation would actually cause such a huge wave in the physics community.

In the café at IMCRC headquarters.

Sitting in the opposite seat staring at Lu Zhou for a while, Professor Wei Teng suddenly said with a strange face.

"Your decision is beyond my expectation...I didn't expect you to make such a choice."

"Really?" After taking a sip of coffee, Lu Zhou said casually, "But I decided this a long time ago... If you plan to persuade me, please don't waste your time."

When IMCRC was first established, he actually did not intend to serve as the chairman of IMCRC at all, but simply hoped to use the power of IMCRC to clarify the characteristic peak signals on 750Gev by using the lunar hadron collider.

It was Director Li who persuaded him for a long time with reasons such as "at least the director of the first three terms must be a scholar from Huaguo" and "I am afraid it will be difficult for others to convince the public", and let him sit in this seat for a term. .

At that time, Lu Zhou had already decided that he would be the chairman of the board for at most one term.

And this is the reason why he began to train Senior Brother Luo as his successor right after he took office.

"I don't intend to persuade you, I also know that you are a person who doesn't listen to advice," Wei Teng shrugged his shoulders, and continued, "However, I would like to give you a suggestion... Or, I beg you to think about it .”

Lu Zhou: "What suggestion?"

Witten: "Now the entire physics community is speculating whether you have given up on physics—"

"It has never happened before," Lu Zhou flatly vetoed, "If you have read my interview on "Nature", you should know that I just hope that this opportunity that is of little use to me will be let go. Come out, and at the same time, I can have more time to do something more meaningful."

"Yes, you did leave opportunities to others, but you also took away hope."

Looking at Lu Zhou, Wei Teng continued, "I don't know if you have considered it, but IMCRC has surpassed CERN in scale so far, and has become an unprecedented giant in the history of physics. Before its system is strong enough, no one can So many people united that they would willingly serve as a normal screw in this machine...except you."

"Although a group of outstanding young scholars have been born in the past two years, are you sure they can take over this heavy burden from your hands? You know, not everyone grows as fast as you."

Lu Zhou: "I still have great confidence in them."

"But the problem is, obviously they don't have much confidence," Professor Witten shook his head and said, "I have worked at CERN for many years, and even CERN can't be built in a year or two. If After four years, or even eight years or longer, IMCRC has grown to the point where it can get rid of the domination of personal charm and prestige, and rely entirely on the system to operate stably... At that time, you will have no problem leaving.”

"But now, unless you place your hopes on the next chairman to be someone with a lot of means, this behemoth is likely to fall apart with your departure... just like a sandcastle by the sea."

Lu Zhou was silent for a while, then looked at Professor Weiteng and asked seriously.

"Can you tell me your suggestion?"

"It's actually very easy and doesn't require you to do too much," said Professor Witten. "As a compromise, you can take the position of general counsel at the council meeting. Even if you want to get out of the mundane affairs I can understand, but I still sincerely hope that you can retain at least one veto right. If you are going to let go of your hand on the steering wheel, please put your foot on the brakes at least until the next driver is reliable enough. It’s good to do something when it’s critical.”

Lu Zhou said seriously: "...Actually, even if I don't have the position of general counsel, I can do this."

Professor Witten blinked and said with a smile.

"I know, of course you can."

"But sometimes, the question is never whether you can control the situation, but you have to convince our friends that you are still here and that everything is under control."