Life was like a journey that could be taken at will. You had to make choices at countless forks in the road, and finally reach a destination that you didn't even know where you would stop.
Lumiere felt like he was standing at a fork in the road. His future seemed bright, but there were all kinds of risks. Even though he agreed without hesitation, he realized that his decision was a bit too hasty.
However, after three days of hesitation, he finally packed his luggage and embarked on a trip to Shanghai.
Even though Dr. Z's identity was quite suspicious, he didn't want to stay in this research institute for the rest of his life.
His old friend, Professor Sarrot, traveled with him.
Even though a materials science professor and an artificial intelligence summit seemed a bit out of place, the application of carbon materials had become more and more widespread over the years. Especially the carbon-based chip that China made recently, the research of carbon materials and information technology had suddenly become more and more closely related.
Lumiere had expressed his envy more than once.
Both of them started out in the computer science field, and both of them started to dabble in other fields. In the blink of an eye, even artificial intelligence had begun to take advantage of carbon materials. Why was his research direction still half-dead?
Every time he thought about this, he felt angry.
"… This is probably the most boring academic conference I've ever attended."
Obviously, Professor Lumiere had a different opinion. After leaving the report venue, Professor Sarrot, who was strolling on the street with him, said in a slightly bored voice, "A group of people who don't even know what graphene is are expecting it to be a panacea that can solve all problems. This is stupid. Whether it's artificial intelligence or quantum communication, the key isn't the material … Why don't these idiots understand? "
"… Maybe it's because they've tried everything?" Professor Lumiere didn't want to admit that he was an idiot, so he said, "When there is no breakthrough in the current field of knowledge, they can learn from other research directions, isn't this a common research idea?"
"But I still think these unrealistic expectations are stupid … Speaking of which, this is my first time in China." Sarrot looked around and said, "I didn't expect this place to be so developed. Amsterdam is like a countryside compared to this. "
Lumiere said, "It's easy to think like that after watching too much BBC news. But to be honest, I still like Amsterdam better. The buildings there are shorter, but they're more beautiful, like beautiful Dutch girls … "
Sarrot smiled and said, "I feel like you're not interested in the buildings."
Professor Lumiere said, "You must be mistaken … Speaking of which, don't you have an old friend in China? Every time I ask you who he is, you don't want to tell me. Since you're here, don't you want to visit him? "
The moment Sarrot heard this sentence, his expression suddenly became a little subtle.
"I haven't thought about it yet. After all, I haven't been in contact for years. He's doing well, I don't know if he remembers me …"
Ever since that phone call, Lu Zhou closed his Silicon Valley laboratory. After returning to Amsterdam, Sarrot didn't contact Lu Zhou again.
In fact, he was a little scared.
He had often heard rumors that some researchers had close contacts with countries the United States didn't "like", and as a result, they were secretly killed. Wasn't the famous Girard Boer shot in his home in Brussels, Belgium, after receiving an anonymous phone call?
He used his experience to help Lu Zhou establish a series of patent barriers in the field of lithium-sulfur batteries. These patents were now causing trouble for American energy companies. Because of this, ever since he was investigated by the FBI, he had been a little nervous.
He paused for half a second and changed the topic.
"There's a coffee shop over there, I want to drink something. Do you need me to bring you something?"
Professor Lumiere: "A cup of cappuccino is fine."
Sarrot: "Wait for me here."
Professor Lumiere looked at Professor Sarrot walking toward Starbucks. He put his hands in his pockets and paced back and forth.
At this moment, a man in a brown jacket suddenly walked over and asked politely in fluent English.
"Hello, are you Mr. Lumiere?"
He stopped, and Lumiere looked back at him with a puzzled expression.
"Yeah, is there a problem?"
He didn't remember having any friends in this country.
The man said, "Someone is looking for you."
Lumiere immediately thought of the speculation on Facebook that Dr. Z was a Chinese man and immediately asked.
"Is it Dr. Z?"
The man's expression suddenly became somewhat subtle. He looked left and right before saying softly.
"Kind of."
Lumiere ignored his friend and said, "Take me there … Why aren't you leaving?"
"Dr. Z told me to ask you if you've thought about it."
Lumiere froze for a moment and stared at the man with a frown.
"Of course I've thought about it. If I hadn't thought about it, why would I fly thousands of kilometers away to attend an academic conference that I'm not interested in? "
The man seemed to accept Lumiere's explanation, and he nodded.
"Okay then, come with me."
After that, he gestured to Professor Lumiere and walked toward a black Buick parked next to him …
At the same time, Sarrot walked out of Starbucks with two cups of coffee in his hand.
Sarrot returned to the side of the road and looked at the crowd. He paused for a second.
Where is he?
Where did he go?
…
The China Ministry of State Security knew Dr. Z's identity.
Only a few people had access to the Martian bacteria. After the extract was sent to the ground launch site, it didn't even leave the country. It was obvious that Dr. Z was in China.
Regardless of whether they saved the world or not, the unstable Martian bacteria would undoubtedly be quite dangerous if held in the hands of unsafe people.
Almost immediately, the General Staff Department intervened in the investigation. The head of the General Staff Department even called Lu Zhou to understand the situation.
Then …
After that, nothing happened.
After all, this wasn't something worth hiding. Lu Zhou saw that the national security department thought it was a pathogen leak, so he decided to tell them directly.
Of course, only the China Ministry of State Security knew about this. Even Professor Liu Zuobing, who was also involved in the project, didn't know about this.
It wasn't that Lu Zhou wanted to keep Lu Zhou guessing, it was just that it was too troublesome to explain, so it was better to just put on an alias.
He didn't plan on using this alias to do anything bad anyway.
However, Lumiere didn't know, nor did Ben think about it.
He made many guesses on the way here.
He guessed that Dr. Z was actually a military giant like Stark, and that Dr. Z was secretly developing a powerful information technology weapon for China …
He didn't expect it to be this guy …
When Lumiere saw the man sitting behind the desk, he was stunned. He pointed at him and couldn't say a word.
"You, you, you … I know you, you're the —"
"Let me reintroduce myself, Lu Zhou." Lu Zhou smiled and said in a relaxed tone, "Welcome to China, Mr. Lumiere."
Lumiere's brain was still in a state of shutdown, but he suddenly became nervous.
"Is it really okay to tell me who you are?"
Lu Zhou said, "It's not a secret, it's just that I don't want trouble, so I asked the relevant departments to keep it a secret. It's fine to satisfy your curiosity."
Lumiere said in a trembling voice, "I swear, I won't tell anyone."
"Don't be nervous." Lu Zhou joked and said, "This is a civilized country. Even if you tell everyone, I won't make you disappear."
He paused for a second and spoke.
"At most, I'll delete all of your social media accounts and emails … and your hard drive."
Upon hearing this threat, Lumiere's face immediately fell, and he frowned.
"… You'd better just kill me."
In this era.
Losing these things was tantamount to death.
"That's why as long as you keep your mouth shut, nothing bad will happen." Lu Zhou shrugged and said, "I allowed you to participate in my project, not to gossip."
Professor Lumiere nodded and said, "I understand … Speaking of which, I didn't expect Professor Lu to be a computer expert."
Lu Zhou's phone vibrated in his pocket, and he said, "Sort of … I do research other than mathematics in my spare time."
"I understand. Generally, people who are good at mathematics also have a good understanding of computers —"
Lu Zhou coughed and interrupted Lumiere. He then said, "Don't flatter me yet, let me tell you about the work here …"
At this moment, the phone in his pocket suddenly rang.
This time, it wasn't a text message from Xiao Ai, it was a real phone call.
Lu Zhou took out his phone.
"Wait a second, let me take this."
It was a call from Chen Yushan.
Without hesitation, he pressed the button to accept the call.
He was about to ask what was going on when he heard an excited voice on the other end of the phone.
"The subject problem has been solved!"
"When do you need it?"
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