942 The Most Creative Poster (2/4)

Chapter 942 The Most Creative Poster (24)

After throwing the afternoon press conference to Senior Brother Luo, Lu Zhou found that his time was surprisingly free.

Just as he was sitting in the hotel, thinking about where to go to pass the time, he suddenly remembered that he still had an invitation letter.

Recalling what Professor Kruberg said in the letter, Lu Zhou hesitated for a while, and finally couldn't hold back the curiosity in his heart, and said with a sigh.

"Forget it, if you're idle, you're idle, just go for a stroll."

It happened that he was also very curious, whether his Lu-Bewley model was really as awesome as that guy boasted.

Moreover, the venue of the meeting seemed to be a five-star hotel, and the invitation letter came with meal coupons for dinner and lunch. Even if you are not very interested in economics reports, it seems good to have a meal?

Thinking of this, Lu Zhou no longer hesitated, stood up and changed into casual clothes, and called Wang Peng by the way, asking him to drive the car from the garage to the hotel entrance and wait for him before going out to take the elevator went downstairs.

"Xinrui Hotel... seems to be a newly built five-star hotel, located a little closer to the suburbs."

After sitting in the back row of the car, Lu Zhou took a look at the invitation letter and reported the address to Wang Peng.

Reaching out his hand to set the navigation on the car touch screen, Wang Peng looked at the distance displayed on the map.

"Is it Xinrui Hotel? It doesn't seem too far away. If there is no traffic jam, you can get there within 30 minutes."

Lu Zhou had already started to close his eyes and meditate, and said casually, "Don't worry, just drive slowly."

"Are you going to a meeting this time?"

"That's right, but the main thing is to grab a meal."

"All right……"

...

Just as Wang Peng estimated, the 30-minute drive was no more and no less, and it happened to stop at the entrance of Xinrui Hotel.

After seeing the car parked at the entrance of the hotel, the waiter waiting in front of the door immediately stepped forward. After seeing the invitation letter in Lu Zhou's hand, he quickly led the two into the hotel.

When passing through the hotel lobby, Lu Zhou looked around at the decoration and the people passing through the lobby.

When he found that there were no tourists here, he couldn't help but feel emotional.

As expected of studying how to spend money, these economists always talk about ostentation in a meeting.

Not only did the conference be held in a five-star hotel, it was even booked.

It’s not like their mathematicians have meetings. For small meetings, two-story conference rooms are rented, and meal coupons are issued separately for lunch and dinner. Such a grand thing like booking a room is usually only done at top conferences such as the IMO conference, and the site selection is generally I will not pick such a prosperous place.

Lu Zhou still remembered the hotel he chose for the last International Mathematicians Conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Although the environment is not bad, it is still incomparable to the environment of a five-star hotel compared to ordinary resort hotels.

And it's in the suburbs.

No wonder these "big dogs" are not welcomed in Princeton, and they have made so much money with the mathematical tools they researched, so it is strange to be welcomed!

But then again, although these economists don't look like they are short of money, Lu Zhou speculates that the place where the meeting can be held in such a grand style is more or less linked to the organizer of the meeting. Dan University is somewhat related to the names of several well-known domestic universities such as Shanghai University of Finance and Economics.

Local governments and universities are willing to bear part of the expenses if they can attract such an internationally renowned academic conference to their own place.

After all, isn't there a saying that says so?

Things that can be solved with money are nothing.

In the past, no one would want to come here after spending money.

But now, the whole environment is completely different from before.

With the rise of Huaguo's economy, more and more scholars and economic experts have become interested in Huaguo's model, and are willing to study the existing or possible problems in Huaguo's economy with an academic perspective, as well as the rising What impact the behemoth of the world might have on the world economy...

From an objective point of view, it is of course a good change to attract international scholars to contribute their brain cells to the country's economy.

After entering the venue, Lu Zhou didn't care about anything else. First, he went around the booth where the souvenirs were distributed, and happily collected the manuscripts provided by several well-known investment banks, as well as some wealthy banks and well-known pen dealers. Produced meeting exclusively for fountain pens.

These pens are generally not available in the market, and few people will buy them. Although it is not sure whether they can appreciate in value, they still have great collection significance.

In the past, Lu Zhou had the habit of collecting small gifts from academic conferences. For him, this is another form of academic resume besides the conjectures he proved.

It's just that he has attended a little less academic conferences in the past two years, so this hobby has not been able to continue.

Revisiting this feeling now, looking at the pen in his hand, Lu Zhou also misses it quite a lot.

Next to the table where small gifts are distributed is the poster exchange area.

It is not much different from academic conferences in the mathematics world. No matter what high-end topics are about to be discussed in the conference hall, such conferences usually give young scholars who are not qualified to apply for "talk" a chance to showcase their academic achievements.

That is the so-called "poster".

Compared with "talk", the threshold for posters is much lower, like a street food market next to a high-end shopping mall, where most of the exchanges and discussions are those who are studying for a doctorate or master's degree, and even post-docs are rarely seen. Because the threshold is not high, the form of communication here is also quite casual, just prepare an eye-catching poster and a loud enough voice.

Although for academic experts, poster communication is relatively low-grade compared to other communication methods, it is still a very useful communication method.

After strolling around the dazzling array of poster booths, Lu Zhou found that most of the posters here are no different from the number of days to him. Although he can recognize every word and word, he doesn’t know what it means when they are connected together. up.

Just when he started to feel his head growing, he suddenly noticed a few words written on one of the posters that seemed a little... familiar?

"...Lu-Bewley model?"

Although the poster is quite frustrating and the title is not clear, but these few words are written upside down very seriously.

Hearing the muttering in Lu Zhou's mouth, the tall and thin man standing in front of the poster pushed down his glasses, raised his eyebrows, and said with interest.

"You also study in this direction?"

Hearing what the young man said to him, Lu Zhou froze for a moment, then smiled and said.

"That's right."

"That's a coincidence, it seems that we are in the same industry." Stretching out his right hand, the young man who didn't look very old grinned and said, "Wesell, Princeton is studying for a Ph.D., and his research is in the direction of macroeconomics... …To be more specific, it is to figure out how to use mathematical methods to establish an economic model that can be presented with intuitive numbers, and the Lu-Bewley model is a topic I am currently researching!"

Since the morning, his poster has been standing here, and no one has been interested in his poster.

Now it’s hard to meet someone who seems to be interested in his poster, and he is also a young scholar who also studies the Lu-Bewley model. Of course, he is not willing to let this person go easily.

However, Lu Zhou had no intention of leaving.

He came to this academic conference because he was curious about whether the Lu-Bewley model was as exaggerated as Professor Krugman described it.

"Is the Lu-Bewley model important?"

Although it might be narcissistic to ask so straightforwardly, Lu Zhou still couldn't help asking.

However, Mr. Wiesel seemed to have misunderstood the meaning. He mistook the embarrassment in Lu Zhou's tone and heard it as a suspicious tone, so he immediately raised his eyebrows, raised his volume, and assumed a posture of debating.

"Of course! Undoubtedly, it is the most important economic model in the past few years! Since you are studying this direction, you should know the Bewley model! The Lu-Bewley model is equivalent to its enhanced version... Speaking of it, you really Are you studying this direction? Why do I feel like you are a layman."

Seeing Weisser's gradually suspicious eyes, Lu Zhou said something half-truth and half-false without hesitation.

"Of course, are you doubting me?"

"No, no," Wiesel quickly waved his hand, "In fact, it doesn't matter if you don't understand it at all. This is a relatively cutting-edge research direction. But my suggestion is that if you plan to understand the Lu-Bewley model, I recommend Go to Lecture Hall No. 1 and have a look."

Lu Zhou: "Lecture Hall No. 1?"

"Yes, Professor Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel laureate. Even if you don't know the Lu-Bewley model at all, you should have heard of his Dixit-Stiglitz model. He is not He is a leader in the theoretical research field of symmetric information economics, and is also a rare economics expert who also has profound insights into mathematical theory."

For some reason, Wessel's tone suddenly became a little envious. He didn't know who he was envious of and said, "To be honest, if there is no poster exchange to do, I really shouldn't miss his lecture."

"Since you want to go, you can just go." Hearing the regret in his tone, Lu Zhou glanced at the empty poster booth, and said a little incomprehensibly, "Anyway, no one seems to come. You here."

"How can that be done!" Seemingly dissatisfied with Lu Zhou's statement, Wiesel immediately retorted, "If no one is watching here for a long time, my poster will be taken away, which is equivalent to automatically giving up the Best Poster Creativity Award Qualifications for the award!"

"With all due respect... you expect to use this poster to win the Best Poster Creativity Award?" Lu Zhou opened his mouth a little dumbfounded looking at the poster that was painted like a child's graffiti.

Said that this stuff is abstract art, he believed it.

But saying this thing is an academic poster...

To be honest, he might as well just take a blank piece of paper and write down the things he wants to discuss line by line.

However, Mr. Wiesel didn't seem to take his sarcasm seriously, and still said stubbornly.

"What if? If you don't try, how will you know if you can win the prize?"

Lu Zhou shook his head while holding his forehead.

"Come on then... I'll go to Lecture Hall No. 1 for a walk."

"Go, go, if you don't go, I'm afraid you'll have to sit in the corridor... By the way, wait a minute, I haven't asked your name yet?" Wiesel planned to stop Lu Zhou who was leaving, but was caught by the poster. A long table next to it blocked the way.

Hearing Mr. Wissel calling him from behind, Lu Zhou didn't look back, but just dropped a sentence with a smile.

"Lu Zhou."

Wessel: "...???"