Chapter 293 I'm More Interested in You

In the evening, as usual, after the first day of the academic conference, the American Mathematical Society held a dinner at the hotel next to Berkeley.

For the circle of mathematics, academic conferences and banquets after award ceremonies are almost the main way for this group of scholars to contact and communicate with their peers.

However, this kind of academic conference for young scholars will not make a special trip here unless they see particularly interesting submitted papers, or many bigwigs. If it hadn't happened to be on the way, Lu Zhou probably wouldn't have come here to show his face.

It is precisely because of this that the few bigwigs appear to be more "demanding".

Although Lu Zhou was very low-key when he entered the venue, he deliberately chose the side door of the banquet hall, but after entering the banquet hall, the people who talked to him were one after another, so he hardly had time to relax.

As for his little apprentice, he followed behind him step by step, looking around nervously, as if he was not good at such occasions.

Even though Lu Zhou suggested to her many times that this kind of banquet is a good opportunity to expand her network, she should communicate more with people instead of following her, because almost no one will notice her existence when she is next to her.

However, the little girl did not listen to his words.

In the end, Lu Zhou had to give up his persuasion and let her go.

To be honest, he had never seen such a timid and shy boy.

It seems that there is still a long way to go before she can be trained as an outstanding scholar.

Halfway through the banquet, elegant music sounded on the dance floor.

As the music sounded, the population density in the banquet hall finally began to shift to the dance floor, and Lu Zhou was finally freed from the continuous greetings.

Taking a bottle of champagne from the long table, Lu Zhou walked to the rest area on the edge of the banquet hall and sat down.

Just when he was about to listen to music and enjoy his short leisure time, a tall American girl with natural wavy curly hair came over and summoned up the courage to strike up a conversation with him.

"Hello, Professor Lu, my name is Hannah, nice to meet you."

Lu Zhou said kindly, "Hi, Miss Hannah, what can I do?"

Hannah: "It's not too difficult for you... May I sit across from you?"

"Of course." Lu Zhou looked at her suspiciously, not understanding what she wanted to do.

"It's like this, I'm very interested in mathematical physics, and I plan to apply for the Mathematical Physics major at Stanford University next year." Looking at Lu Zhou with some embarrassment, Hannah blushed and said, "I have always admired your story, no Thinking of meeting you at this party...can you please write a letter of recommendation for me?"

That's all.

For overseas professors, writing recommendation letters is really not a difficult task. Many professors have to write dozens of letters at the end of each term. Although not everyone will give what they want, but generally they will basically give what they ask in person.

"Of course you can, but it's not that easy to get my recommendation letter. I can give you a chance, but whether you can take it or not depends on yourself," Lu Zhou smiled, responding to her anxious gaze, using He said in a relaxed tone, "So, are you mentally prepared?"

I don't know if it was because of the context, or some deviations in his English words, which made Miss Hannah who was sitting opposite him have some strange ideas. So much so that after hearing his words, her brain froze for a few seconds.

"Eh? Eh?!" Hannah was stunned for a while, and when she came back to her senses, an inexplicable red cloud suddenly appeared on her cheeks, her eyes dodged left and right in a panic, "But, I... I, okay."

Taking a deep breath, she calmed down.

Looking down at the table, Miss Hannah bit her lower lip lightly and whispered.

"I'm... ready."

Although he is a professor, he is about the same age as her, so he doesn't have much psychological burden. What's more, this kind of man who seems harmless to humans and animals, but is actually full of aggression is quite to her liking.

However, this is too straightforward.

Although she doesn't dislike this kind of straight ball...

"OK, it seems that you are ready," nodded with satisfaction, Lu Zhou looked at Vera who was sitting next to him, who was also stunned there, and said, "Vera, make a comeback for me. Test her on the function questions. Don’t make it too difficult to remember, probably undergraduate-level questions are enough.”

Vera: ...?

Hannah:? ? ?

...

Complex variable functions and partial differential equations are the basis of mathematical physics, but the latter is still too difficult for undergraduates who have not yet started their master's studies. It is relatively reasonable to choose complex variable topics for investigation.

Although the attitude of overseas professors towards recommendation letters is "as long as you ask for it sincerely, I will basically give it to you", but Lu Zhou feels that as a master in the field of number theory, he should have something of his own. feature.

It's not that easy to get a letter of recommendation from him.

If you are not familiar with it, then do the questions!

Although she looked confused, it was the instructor's order after all, and Vera obeyed obediently.

Since there was no pen and paper in the banquet hall, she took Miss Hannah, who was still in a daze, to the lobby of the hotel.

Finally, there was no one around, and Lu Zhou leaned comfortably on the chair.

However, it seems that God does not intend to let him relax. As soon as the two girls left here, Mr. Francis, the president of the American Mathematical Society, came over with a man in a suit.

"Hi, Professor Lu, we meet again." Mr. Francis with a gray beard came over and looked at Lu Zhou with a friendly smile.

At the first Princeton report meeting, he presented Lu Zhou with the Best Young Speaker Award and a prize of 10,000 US dollars. Although there are not many exchanges between the two academically, the relationship in private is still good.

Lu Zhou got up and shook hands with him, then looked at the ordinary-looking man next to him.

I always feel that this person looks familiar, but I can't recognize who it is.

"Long time no see... who is this?"

Mr. Francis smiled and said, "Please allow me to introduce you, this gentleman is Elon Musk."

Elon Musk?

This time Lu Zhou was really surprised.

It's not that I was surprised by the name of this big guy, but I couldn't figure out why he appeared here.

"Nice to meet you, Professor Lu." Looking at Lu Zhou, Musk said with a smile, "Although we are meeting for the first time, I have admired your name for a long time."

Lu Zhou glanced at him in surprise and shook hands with him.

"Hi, nice to meet you too."

Speaking of Elon Musk, he is also a great man.

After receiving a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Pennsylvania, it took him less than a year to obtain a bachelor's degree in physics across fields.

In 1995, out of love for science, he went on to Stanford University to pursue a Ph.D. in Materials Science and Applied Physics.

However, perhaps because his status as a top student could no longer satisfy him, he only stayed at Stanford University for two days before choosing to leave the campus and go to Silicon Valley.

As for what happened later, many people probably know about it. In less than ten years, as the founder of SpaceX, Tesla and PayPal, he has achieved a legend in Silicon Valley with his own name.

Whether it is online payment technology, new energy vehicles, or the ambitious "Falcon 9 rocket" and "Mars colonization plan", he has explained to the world with his actions what is a real technology company and what is technology change the world.

Of course, the technology here mainly refers to the technical aspects.

In this regard, he and Lu Zhou are probably two completely different types of people. Putting aside the identity of the company president and academic master, he is more like an engineer, while Lu Zhou is a scholar.

To make an inappropriate metaphor, the difference between the two is probably similar to "Iron Man" and "Mr. Fantastic" in Marvel.

It is precisely because of this that Lu Zhou was a little confused as to why he appeared here.

He had never heard this name in the mathematics world.

As if seeing Lu Zhou's confusion, Mr. Francis said with a smile: "Mr. Musk is the sponsor of this academic conference. He heard that you are here, but he came here from Palo Alto."

Lu Zhou glanced at him, and asked with some surprise: "Mr. Musk is also interested in mathematics?"

"Of course, science is inseparable from mathematics. Although my study of mathematics is not as deep as that of physics, I admire mathematicians. Because when I was studying physics in Pennsylvania, the most troublesome thing was not physics, but mathematics. question."

Looking at Lu Zhou, Musk smiled and said something that surprised him.

"However, I'm more interested in you than mathematics."

Lu Zhou: ...? -

(There was something at home yesterday, so I only coded out one chapter, and I have to go out in a while, so I only have one chapter today. For the sake of my stable performance, let me take a leave of absence today QAQ)