Chapter 253 The Mesmerizing Night Scene

In terms of pretentiousness, Lu Zhou felt that he was still a bit inferior.

Because the old gentleman added something calmly later.

"Of course, you just have hope."

Lu Zhou: "..."

For the first time, Faltings took the initiative to talk to him, as if just to say a few words.

After finishing speaking, the old gentleman carefully held the knife and fork to disassemble the steak, indifferent to everything around him.

It seemed that even now, he was thinking about some mathematical problem.

As for the scholar sitting on the other side of him, he had an expression of sitting on pins and needles.

It can be seen that the boss next to him has brought him a lot of psychological pressure.

After the banquet in the Blue Hall, there was the Ball in the Golden Hall.

The flickering candlelight sprinkled from the copper candlesticks on both sides of the hall and shone on the clean and clear floor tiles. The goddess of Lake Mälaren sat on the mural in the center, watching the dancers dancing on the dance floor with her eyes full of wisdom. crowd.

As for Lu Zhou, he was standing on the edge of the dance floor, holding a champagne in his hand, chatting happily with Academician Wang Xiping who also came from afar.

I didn't say hello because I was too far away at the banquet before, but now I have a chance to meet you.

Standing next to Lu Zhou, Academician Wang Xiping said softly, "I never thought you would grow so fast in just one year, and you even won the Crawford Award. It really makes us students of Yan University feel ashamed."

"Yan University also has a lot of young talents, such as Zhang Wei, Yun Zhiwei, Xu Chenyang and other seniors. When I was in Princeton, I often heard people talking about their research." Lu Zhou said with a smile.

"Don't be humble, your achievements are not just being talked about, and you are still young, the road ahead will only be broader." Wang Xiping shook his head, paused for a moment, then continued with a smile, "So , How long do you plan to stay in Princeton? Will you come back?"

"A short period of one or two years, a long period of three to five years." Lu Zhou said with a smile, "I will definitely come back when I come back."

Wang Xiping smiled and said, "It's good to be back. Are you interested in becoming a professor at Yanda?"

Lu Zhou smiled and said, "Academician Chen has already asked me this question, but I think Jinling University's environment is more suitable for me."

"Okay, it seems that you have your own plans," Academician Wang Xiping sighed, and said in a joking tone, "But Yanda University doesn't have the fate to invite you to be a professor, and you occasionally come here to give lectures. Or a report meeting, it’s always okay, right?”

Lu Zhou smiled and nodded: "It's an honor."

The dance party is already halfway through, but Lu Zhou has no intention of participating in it at all.

It wasn't because he wasn't interested at all, it was purely because he came in a bit of a hurry this time, let alone bringing relatives like the other two winners, he didn't even have a dance partner ready.

Fortunately, he is not the only one who can't dance, and it doesn't seem awkward to stand by the side with a bottle of champagne and chat with his colleagues.

The premise is that no one comes to invite him to dance...

However, this is obviously impossible.

When Lu Zhou and Academician Wang Xiping were chatting about the dinner at the banquet just now, a lady in an evening gown came over and smiled at him.

"Hello, Mr. Lu Zhou, may I take a moment of your time?"

Lu Zhou glanced at her unexpectedly: "Of course... May I ask who you are?"

"Maria Vyazovska," Maria smiled and stretched out her right hand, "If you think my surname is too awkward, you can call me by my first name directly."

Hearing this name, a hint of surprise appeared on Lu Zhou's face.

Maria Wiazovska, the winner of the Salem Award in February this year, is also a popular candidate for the 2018 Philippine Award, just like Molina's mentor.

And also this year, she solved a well-known nearly two-hundred-year-old mathematical problem, the filling of high-dimensional spheres in 8 and 24 dimensions.

This problem is closely related to crystal physics and string theory in theoretical physics. It can be said to be a proposition that is not well-known but widely used.

"Thank you for the invitation, but I can't dance."

Shaking hands with the legendary goddess of mathematics, Lu Zhou politely expressed regret, but he was about to let go of his hand, but found that the other party did not intend to let go.

"But you have to learn, don't you?" Maria smiled and said, "I can teach you, I believe this is not a difficult task for a genius who won the Crawford Award at the age of 21."

Lu Zhou didn't expect her to say that, so he was taken aback.

Are all Slavs so enthusiastic?

But I really can't dance...

Lu Zhou, dumbfounded, couldn't help casting a look of help to Academician Wang next to him.

In the end, the old gentleman obviously misunderstood, thinking that Lu Zhou wanted to dismiss him, so he laughed and said.

"Then I, an old man, won't disturb your young people's affairs. It's time for me to say hello to some old friends."

After speaking, the old man put his hands behind his back and walked away with a smile.

...

Dancing is just a normal way of communication and has no special meaning. It is said that a certain Nobel Prize winner was so excited when dancing that he even flew his shoes out, and everyone just smiled knowingly.

In fact, Maria Vyazovska didn't do anything to him, the two just danced together, and even exchanged math problems while dancing.

As for why he suddenly talked about math problems, it was mainly because Lu Zhou deliberately threw out a math proposition in order to cover up his embarrassment in dancing, trying to divert her attention.

After all, he is a complete novice in dancing, and the only practical basis is the Nth set of radio gymnastics and eye exercises.

Maybe, I really should take the time to learn these things.

After all, Lu Zhou felt that one day he would come here again.

Moreover, in another capacity.

After the dance, the guests left.

For scholars, there is still a report meeting to be prepared tomorrow. And for couples who are eye-catching on the dance floor, they don't want to waste all their time on the dance floor.

After dragging his exhausted body back to the hotel, Lu Zhou threw his suit on the chair and fell on the bed, heaving a sigh of relief.

Today is definitely the most tiring day for him this year.

Even if I ran into a problem I couldn't figure out when challenging Goldbach's conjecture in retreat, and walked around the room all day, I was definitely not as physically and mentally exhausted as I am today.

However, the joy in this is also quite wonderful.

Not only the honor brought by the Crawford Award, but also a prize of half a million dollars...

After saying a few words of peace, Lu Zhou was about to put the medal aside when he suddenly remembered that he almost forgot an important thing.

It seems that the joy of winning this award has not had time to share it with his fans.

How embarrassing...

Thinking of this, Lu Zhou smiled shyly, sat up from the bed, and strolled to the window.

It was still facing the night view outside the window, but there was an extra golden medal in the camera.

This time, Lu Zhou added a line of text to his blog post, revealing the mystery of the scarf last night.

[The night scene that makes people linger and forget to return, I hope to come again in the near future

——2016.5.26, in Stockholm. 】