Lu Zhou did not expect that not only did he not spend all of the school's funds, but he also brought back US $10,000.
This was something that he had not expected.
Lu Zhou walked against the crowd outside the auditorium and walked onto the podium. He took a certificate and a check from Mr. Francis's hands.
"Congratulations, Lu Zhou from the University of Jin Ling. Your report was impressive. I heard from Deligné, Zellberg, and many other professors that your presentation was highly praised. Even though you made some last-minute changes to the content, I don't think this hinders the content itself from being amazing.
"If you are willing to study at Princeton for a PhD, I believe many professors are willing to write letters of recommendation for you. Of course, that includes myself."
Studying at Princeton for a PhD not only required good academic results, but it also required various academic and extracurricular activities, as well as more than three letters of recommendation from experts in the same field.
"Then I won't waste your time. Enjoy the rest of the academic conference." Mr. Francis patted Lu Zhou's shoulder and slowly walked backstage with his black cane.
Lu Zhou looked at Mr. Francis's back and then looked at the certificate in his hand.
An idea suddenly popped up in Lu Zhou's mind.
Does this count as me actively participating in this academic conference?
Even though it's in a different way.
Whatever, I'll let the system worry about this.
I'll wait until I get back to the hotel that night. Everything will be revealed.
Lu Zhou walked out of the auditorium and saw someone.
It was an old man with a bald head and a trench coat.
When Lu Zhou looked at him, the old man also looked at him.
When Lu Zhou walked over, he spoke.
"Excellent proof."
"Thank you … Are you Professor Deligné?"
"Yes," said Professor Deligné as he nodded.
This old professor was a man of few words, similar to Lu Zhou's friend, Brother Qian.
However, the difference was that even though the old man did not say a word, he could still feel an obvious sense of oppression from his gaze.
It was rumored that this meticulous old man had a habit of preparing three to four possible counterexamples in his head before listening to any lecture. If he was sure that the presenter was wrong, he would mercilessly present the counterexamples in the Q&A session …
Compared to a gentle discussion, this was probably the most embarrassing way to reject a proposal.
Could this be the source of the pressure?
After about half a minute of silence, Professor Deligné spoke again.
"Do you want to publish your thesis in Annual Mathematics?"
Hearing this, Lu Zhou was stunned.
There were many annual mathematics journals, both overseas and domestic. Professor Deligné was obviously not referring to the "Annals-Of-Mathematics" journal published by Princeton, which was one of the four most authoritative mathematics journals.
Lu Zhou immediately asked, "Can I submit multiple manuscripts?"
Professor Deligné shook his head and said, "It's not considered multiple manuscripts. The thesis you submitted to the conference is about the distribution law of Mersenne primes, not the proof of the twin prime conjecture. Although the conference will definitely be happy to accept your supplementary submission, I don't recommend you to publish your research through this method. Not to mention, this mathematics conference is not a top academic conference. "
He paused for a second before he continued, "If you are willing to submit your thesis to Annual Mathematics, please send me a copy of your thesis as soon as possible. I might be busy for a while … but I still have time to review it."
Lu Zhou, "I'll go back to the hotel to prepare it."
"Don't be in such a hurry. Enjoy the party and the beer. I'm not that unreasonable." Professor Deligne showed a rare smile, but it only lasted for a short moment.
He hesitated for a bit before he took out a letter from his pocket and slowly handed it to Lu Zhou.
"This is?"
Lu Zhou looked at the letter in his hand. When he saw the sender, he was stunned.
[Alexander Grothendieck]
The f * ck?!
Professor Deligné looked at Lu Zhou's shocked face and coughed. He then slowly said, "This letter was written in November last year.
"I thought he had left the mathematics world for so many years and was indifferent to the outside world, until he handed me a stack of unopened letters. He asked me to follow the list and hand it to the young talents in the mathematics field at the right time … And this letter belongs to you."
Lu Zhou looked at the letter in his hand and felt its weight. He took a deep breath and said, "Thank you."
"You're welcome, I should be the one thanking you."
Professor Deligné nodded and left.
…
In the end, Lu Zhou chose to miss the party.
He didn't want to experience the enthusiasm of foreigners again.
Also, he had a feeling that he would be forced to drink a lot of alcohol.
At least he was able to keep his moral integrity last time. If he was stimulated by alcohol this time, it would not be as simple as losing his moral integrity …
After he returned to the hotel, Lu Zhou laid on his bed and entered the pure white system space. He came to the semi-transparent holographic screen.
[Congratulations, User, for completing the mission!
[Mission completion details are as follows: Participation in Princeton Mathematics Conference: (Poster exchange + 2 points), (Lecture + 4 points), (Academic dinner + 1 point), (Report + 25 points)]
[Final mission evaluation: S +]
[Mission reward: 42,000 mathematics experience points. One lucky draw ticket (80% garbage, 10% sample, 8% blueprint, 2% unlocked technology branch)]
When Lu Zhou saw the experience points, he was stunned. He wondered if he had misread the number.
When he counted again, he found that he had not seen wrongly.
"The f * ck?! 40,000 mathematics experience points? "
Lu Zhou was ecstatic. Without hesitation, he ordered the system.
"System, open my characteristic panel!"
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Core science:
A. Mathematics and physics students, chemical engineering, materials science, energy science, information science general points: 1975 (one lucky draw ticket)
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Lu Zhou looked at his characteristic panel and clenched his fists in excitement.
LV3！
However, this excitement did not last for two seconds.
When Lu Zhou saw the string of zeros in the experience points limit, his mood suddenly changed.
100,000 experience points.
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