The banquet was very high-class. It was not because of the food and decorations, but because of the people attending the banquet.
Including Principal Xu Jian, there were five academicians standing there. There was also the head of the Jiangsu Department of Science and Technology.
Among these people, Lu Zhou saw two familiar faces. One was Secretary Liu, the head of the Jin Ling City. The other was the former chief designer of the China Moon Exploration Project, Professor Ren Changming of Yanjing University.
Lu Zhou could tell that the old man still felt bad for rejecting Lu Zhou's invitation to study at Yan University. He used this opportunity to talk to Lu Zhou for a long time before letting Lu Zhou go.
As for Secretary Liu, he did not talk much with Lu Zhou. He only smiled and greeted him. After all, the two were not in the same circle. They did not have anything in common. Their status and level were not the same. Not to mention, speaking of which, Lu Zhou rejected his offer of an olive branch.
During dinner, the students sat at three tables, the teachers sat at two tables, and the leaders sat at one table.
The table that Lu Zhou sat at had a total of eleven people.
Originally, this table only had ten chairs and ten pairs of chopsticks. However, the student union president moved a chair over and sat next to the genius-looking genius from the liberal arts department. He had forcefully squeezed into the circle of the top students with the identity of a poor student.
Lu Zhou had to admit that this person had good taste and social skills. Even though they did not have anything in common, he was able to quietly get closer to you. At the same time, he was able to avoid being overly enthusiastic.
Before the food was served, he calmly greeted everyone and exchanged WeChat ID.
In the past, Lu Zhou always thought that the student union was useless. However, now, he slightly changed his previous prejudice. If the previous student union presidents of Jin Ling University had this level of communication, at least this place could train people's emotional intelligence.
It was not very useful, but it was still useful.
Lu Zhou's attention was not on the student council president, but on the physics student next to him.
This senior was in his fourth year this year. Apparently, he had already been sent to the Key Laboratory of Quantum Information of the Chinese Academy of Sciences for his master's and PhD studies. He had already published two SCI theses in the field of quantum information in condensed matter physics. He was also a genius.
Since Lu Zhou planned to get a degree in physics, he asked him about his experience.
"Are you planning to get another degree in physics?"
Lu Zhou smiled and asked, "Yes, do you have any good suggestions?"
Zhang Shikun looked at Lu Zhou in surprise. After thinking for a moment, he said, "I don't know much about double majors. Is it a minor at the undergraduate level? But for physics, I can give you some advice. My own direction is condensed matter physics, and my main direction is quantum computing. If you're interested in this area, you'd better focus on reading books on quantum mechanics, quantum field theory, and quantum many-body theory. There are a few interesting public lectures at MIT. I'll send them to you on WeChat later. "
Lu Zhou: "Thanks a lot!"
"You're welcome, we should help each other out. Maybe I'll need your help in the future," said Zhang Shikun with a smile. He then said, "We're researching quantum information science, so we have high requirements for mathematics. Especially when it comes to the relationship between entanglement and topological phase transitions. Entanglement itself is difficult to directly measure through experiments, so it's hard to pass the mathematics test. If you're interested in quantum information science, maybe we'll have a lot of opportunities to talk in the future. "
Suddenly, the boy sitting next to Lu Zhou interrupted the conversation and said, "The big bosses are still talking about academic problems. Do you want to go karaoke later?"
This guy's name was Li Haoran, and his name was similar to a famous poet.
However, he wasn't a literary major. He was a chemistry major, and he studied polymer materials.
"I'll pass, I'm tone deaf," said Lu Zhou as he politely rejected the invitation. He thought to himself, I'm not going to torture your ears anymore.
Zhang Shikun shook his head and said, "I have to go to the laboratory later, you guys have fun."
"Sigh, the big bosses are working so hard, I'm under a lot of pressure," said Li Haoran as he shook his head and sighed. He then looked at Lu Zhou and said, "Big boss, I read your thesis. You were able to build a mathematical model with just a few Fourier infrared spectroscopy data. How did you come up with it? Teach me. "
Lu Zhou said, "This … How can I explain it clearly? I looked at a few pieces of draft paper and thought about it, and I came up with it?"
Li Haoran sighed and said, "Sigh, as expected of a big boss. For me, mathematics is like metaphysics."
Lu Zhou smiled and did not respond.
I don't know how to respond.
Honestly, that's exactly what I came up with.
I didn't even use hacks.
…
After the Annual Person Award, Lu Zhou stayed on campus for four days.
Soon after, the first TOEFL test of 2015 began.
Lu Zhou arrived at the test venue and signed a confidentiality agreement. He then put his belongings into a locker and locked it. He then walked into the exam room and started answering questions at 8: 30 am sharp.
The TOEFL test was divided into four modules: reading, listening, speaking, and writing.
Lu Zhou received the test paper and quickly looked at the questions. He then began to answer them.
Although a TOEFL vocabulary of more than 8,000 sounded scary, it was not that big of a deal. Lu Zhou could already translate his thesis into English and submit his thesis on a foreign journal website. If he could not even answer this level of reading questions correctly, he should just go home and sleep.
Not to mention, he had been preparing for this test for half a month.
Lu Zhou quickly answered the four reading questions and put his pen aside. He then sat in his seat and quietly waited for the listening test to begin.
Since he was bored waiting, he began to observe the other students in the exam room.
The guy sitting next to him was still biting the cap of his pen and thinking hard about the first reading question.
The little loli sitting a little further away had a pretty face and looked like she was only twelve or thirteen years old. She was meticulously answering the questions.
[Even studying abroad is starting from when you're a kid?]
Lu Zhou clicked his tongue and was secretly surprised.
[I don't understand the thoughts of rich people …]
Twenty minutes to answer the questions and one hour to read.
Lu Zhou finally felt a bit of a challenge when he waited for the listening test.
However, it was only a challenge.
The speed of the live test was similar to the TPO listening test. Lu Zhou was sure that he did not hear anything wrong as he calmly completed each question.
After the listening test, there was a ten minute break.
Lu Zhou got up and left the exam room. He opened his locker and drank some water before going to the bathroom to relieve himself.
After he returned to the exam room, it was the most difficult part, speaking.
There were six questions in total and it took a total of twenty minutes.
After the voice test, Lu Zhou saw the first question and was delighted.
"What's the most important characteristic of a good leader? Isn't this referring to me? "
Lu Zhou cleared his throat and adjusted the microphone before he began to answer the questions.
His words were clear and logical, so there should not be any problems.
The focus of speaking was on clarity and not on vocabulary.
Lu Zhou evaluated himself. It was not easy to get full marks, but 29 was more than enough!
The writing test began one minute after the speaking test.
This part was probably the easiest part for Lu Zhou.
No matter how difficult it was, it was harder than a few thousand words thesis.
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