Chapter 255 Returning Triumphantly

The news always flies faster than the plane, not to mention that the news was already heading to China before Lu Zhou got on the plane back to China.

The first to report, of course, was the CTV interview.

Different from the group of newsletters that only appeared incidentally in the news network/broadcast several times before, this time, CCTV really regarded him as a hot topic of current affairs, and put him in the feature film of the news network/broadcast, and used It took 1 minute to introduce the Goldbach conjecture and the Craford Prize.

Most people who have heard of Chen Jingrun and "1+2" ​​will not be unfamiliar with Goldbach's conjecture. However, the Crawford Award is relatively unfamiliar to most people.

After all, no one in the country has ever won this award, and the country will naturally not deliberately promote it. People in the industry certainly understand the gold content of this award. As for the rest of the people, there is no need to understand things that have nothing to do with them.

But now that someone has won this award, the meaning is naturally different.

Compared with applied science, basic science is a relatively weak field in China, but being weak does not mean giving up. Although the weight of a Craford Prize is not comparable to that of a real Nobel Prize, it still has considerable weight in the entire field of natural science.

The emergence of an outstanding scholar, especially a young scholar, has a huge impact on national self-confidence and the development of the entire field. This effect will not be immediately reflected on the paper data, but will be produced subtly, subtly changing...

In the small town of Jiangling, the Lu family sat at the dining table to eat.

On the TV, the news is just playing.

Moreover, it happened to be an interview with Lu Zhou by CCTV reporters.

When she heard the familiar voice, Xiaotong, who was buried in her meal, raised her head and saw the familiar face, her deer-like eyes suddenly widened.

"Wori... old, bro?!"

"Girls, stop swearing! You're going to college soon, be quiet!"

Fang Mei reprimanded Xiaotong as usual, but her tone was weak, because she couldn't move her eyes from the TV.

As for Lao Lu, he was completely stunned, let alone forgot to educate Xiaotong, even the chopsticks beside the bowl stopped.

"This kid... even won the Nobel Prize?"

Xiaotong complained next to him: "Dad, you are only fifty years old and your eyesight is dim. It is obvious that you won the Crawford Award."

"Why are you talking about your father? This little thing..." Although Lao Lu reprimanded him, his face was filled with joy from ear to ear.

After seeing the news, he stopped eating and got up to find his cell phone and called his son.

I didn't get through the first time, and the busy tone rang.

Call the second time, and the call will be considered connected.

"Hey, you kid can hang around outside, why don't you say anything?"

Listening to the familiar voice on the phone, Lu Zhou, who just got off the plane, laughed and said.

"I don't want to give you a surprise."

Talking on the phone is so boring, I guess I have to talk to my father for a long time about the difference between the Nobel Prize in mathematics and the Craford Prize. Anyway, CTV will also popularize science for themselves, so they just wait for the news to popularize science for themselves, which will make them feel more pleasantly surprised.

"I just got off the plane and my phone was turned off just now...someone is calling me, let's not talk about it, anyway, I will go home in two days."

Old Lu laughed, and said with a smile: "You are very busy, who is calling you?"

Lu Zhou: "I guess it's the school, hang up first."

Lu Zhou did not guess wrong, the call was really from Jin Da.

But it doesn't matter whether he answered the call or not, because when he answered the call, he had already seen Dean Qin who was on the phone, and a banner that several students had unfurled at the entrance of the airport.

[Congratulations to Lu Zhou, a graduate of our school's undergraduate and master's degree, and professor of mathematics at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, for overcoming the world's difficult Goldbach's conjecture and winning the Crawford Prize in Mathematics. 】

This time the banner was a bit long, it was hard for Lu Zhou to pretend not to see it.

And not only the president of the University of Jinan, Academician Xu, and Dean Qin of several colleges were here, Lu Zhou even saw Secretary Liu, the top leader of Jinling City, and some people in suits who greeted him with smiles, but he had never met before. people.

But in fact, it doesn’t matter if you don’t know each other. If you are a well-known domestic scholar, you may need to spend some time dealing with these leaders.

But Lu Zhou's current identity is the winner of the Crawford Award, a young scholar pushed by the propaganda machine. Even if he is far away from the Fields Medal, the so-called distance is just waiting for the 18th International Mathematicians Conference.

For this internationally renowned scholar, many rules that ordinary people take for granted are no longer practical for him.

As soon as they met, Academician Xu enthusiastically held Lu Zhou's hand and shook it solemnly.

"Professor Lu Zhou, you have brought such a great honor to Jinling University, our country, and our mathematics career. On behalf of all the teachers and students of Jinling University, I would like to thank you!"

Lu Zhou smiled modestly and said, "Principal, you are too serious. I just did what I should do as a scholar."

Academician Xu has a standard scientific research background. Although his research is not mathematics but information security, as a scholar, he knows that Lu Zhou doesn't like wasting time on red tape, so he didn't spend too much time talking nonsense at the airport.

After a few simple greetings, he introduced Secretary Liu and other leaders to Lu Zhou.

In addition to the leaders of the city, there are also two leaders from the province, which shows that the country attaches great importance to him.

Not only that, the leaders of the province also revealed a piece of news that not only the province, but also the central government attaches great importance to this matter.

As for how important it is, the leader from the province only said it was a good thing, but he smiled and didn't mention the specifics.

There was no delay at the airport, and Lu Zhou quickly got on the special car sent by the school to pick him up.

Academician Xu and Dean Qin naturally took the same car with Lu Zhou.

After exchanging pleasantries, Academician Xu stopped talking, and Dean Qin cleared his throat, and spoke in an embarrassed tone.

"...It's like this. After the research and discussion in our school and the courtyard, I want to award you the title of honorary professor. I wonder if you are interested?"

Honorary professors are different from visiting professors and distinguished professors. The former is just an honorary title, while the latter two are work contracts with fixed contracts and teaching positions.

With Jinling University's reputation and historical background, the title of honorary professor will definitely not disgrace Lu Zhou's identity, but given that Jinling University's Department of Mathematics is a small and transparent position in China, it is definitely a little bit of Lu Zhou's glory.

But Lu Zhou didn't care, not to mention that Jin Da helped him a lot, making his alma mater proud of his name is something to be proud of.

Lu Zhou smiled and said, "Of course there is no problem, but the formalities won't take too long, right? I have to go back to Jiangling in two days."

Xiaotong is going to take the college entrance examination soon, and if it takes too long, he prefers to wait until before going to the United States.

He took more than a month's leave with Princeton this time, and he had plenty of time.

Dean Qin laughed and said: "It won't be long, the relevant procedures are ready. We can award you the honorary professor certificate and degree certificate together after your report meeting!"

Hearing this, Lu Zhou smiled and nodded: "Then I will trouble you."