Got …
Got a prize?!
Lu Zhou looked at the spittle flying in front of him. He was muddled.
It wasn't because of excitement.
It was just …
It was because he didn't expect it.
He didn't expect it to happen at this time, and he didn't expect it to happen so suddenly.
Some things might sound pretentious, but that was the truth. In Lu Zhou's opinion, the Nobel Prize in Physics was a done deal for him, but it was too early to award it to him.
After all …
It had only been five years since he had last won this award …
Luo Wenxuan held Lu Zhou's shoulders tightly with both hands and was so excited that he was incoherent.
"Can I interview you? What are you feeling right now? "
Lu Zhou looked at Luo Wenxuan and spoke.
"Actually, it's normal."
Luo Wenxuan paused for a second.
"Normal?"
"Yeah." Lu Zhou raised his head and thought for a bit. He then said nonchalantly, "I thought I would be excited, or at least …"
After all, he had already received two medals from an alien civilization.
Not long ago, he even received a national medal of honor.
If he took out all of the honors he had received, he wouldn't even be able to hang them on his chest. He would have to take out an entire wall.
Luo Wenxuan looked dumbfounded at Lu Zhou. He spoke after a while.
After a while, he said, "Not bad … I'm convinced."
The Nobel Prize in Physics was his lifelong dream.
No, it's not just him.
In fact, this was the lifelong pursuit of most ordinary people who regarded physics as a career.
Winning this award meant that he had gained the recognition of the entire physics community. It meant that he would no longer have to worry about research funding and complicated interpersonal relationships. From then on, he would be able to jump out of the three realms and become a scholar who could say things like "I've never touched money" and "money doesn't mean anything to me" without shame.
In fact, the Nobel Prize was the reason why Lu Zhou was able to rise to such a high position as soon as he returned to China. Lu Zhou easily became the leader of a huge national project like controllable fusion.
After all, this involved a very real problem.
Ability alone was useless. In addition to knowing your own ability, you had to convince others that you had the ability. Only then would the decision-makers hand over money and power to you.
Lu Zhou looked at Luo Wenxuan, who had finally calmed down.
"Who won the award with me?"
"No one. You're the only winner this year … because of the discovery of the Z particle. Damn it, I've published a few papers in this field. Why do they treat me like I don't exist? "
Lu Zhou looked at Luo Wenxuan and didn't say anything. He just nodded thoughtfully.
Sure enough.
It seemed like in the eyes of the Nobel Committee, the Z particle was more worthy of the Nobel Prize than the "electrostrong interaction theory", which needed time to be tested.
However, when he thought about it, it made sense. The Higgs particle was discovered in the same way.
It was discovered one year ago, and then it was awarded the next year.
The Nobel Prize Committee was becoming more and more cautious when it came to the awarding of the Nobel Prizes.
Especially in the field of particle physics, they wouldn't do anything until they saw the rabbit. Hawking died of old age, but his black hole radiation theory wasn't recognized by the Nobel Prize. Even in the eyes of many colleagues, this theory was definitely worthy of the Nobel Prize …
At least, it looked much more reliable than string theory and Witten's M theory.
But then again, it was precisely because of this rigor that the Physics Prize became the most credible and authoritative award among all the Nobel Prize awards.
As for the Peace Prize and Literature Prize …
The former had become a joke. Not only did the latter have frequent scandals, but the candidate list was leaked every year. There were even websites that used it to place bets.
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences had already given up on these two strange relatives.
"Can you take me with you to Stockholm?"
"You're not going if I don't take you?"
Luo Wenxuan smiled awkwardly.
Of course, he couldn't not go.
It would be difficult for him to stand on the podium, but it wouldn't be a problem for him to go to the Nobel Prize dinner and dance party with the big shots.
"Speaking of which, do you want to report this news to the higher-ups? Now, when you go abroad, it's a foreign affairs visit, right? "
"No need." Lu Zhou glanced at his watch and said, "Even you found this place. Believe it or not, in half an hour, an old man surnamed Li will come to find me."
…
The press conference announcing the Nobel Prize and the phone call notifying the winner were carried out at the same time.
When Luo Wenxuan informed him of the news, it had already been an hour since the Nobel Committee announced the identity of the winner.
Within an hour of this news being announced, almost everyone in Beijing knew that Academician Lu had won the Nobel Prize.
Luo Wenxuan also took advantage of the maglev train.
Before the Jinjing line was put into operation at the end of the year, the speed from Shanghai to Jinling was much faster than from Beijing to Jinling. It was even faster than taking the subway to the city center.
Lu Zhou didn't even have half an hour left. He invited Luo Wenxuan to the living room and had a cup of coffee when the doorbell rang again.
As Lu Zhou expected, Director Li appeared behind the door.
After the door opened, he didn't even have time to say hello. The first thing he said was …
"You won a prize?!"
"Sort of." Lu Zhou looked at Director Li, who was so excited that his beard was trembling. He smiled and said, "Look at how excited you are."
"Of course I'm excited! It's a Nobel Prize! "
"Come in and sit down."
Lu Zhou turned around and walked into the house. He took out a pair of slippers from the shoe cabinet and handed them to Director Li.
He put on the slippers and followed Lu Zhou to the living room. Director Li saw an older man sitting on the sofa, smiling and greeting him.
"Hello, Director Li!"
"Hello, hello …"
Director Li didn't even remember who this person was. His attention only lingered on Luo Wenxuan for less than half a second. He sat down on the sofa and didn't even bother with small talk. He looked at Lu Zhou and spoke.
"Are you going to receive the award this time?"
Lu Zhou: "Do you even have to ask?"
Director Li paused for a second. He smiled embarrassedly and spoke.
"You're right."
This kind of international award symbolized the scientific research strength of a country to a certain extent.
Even though China's scientific research strength didn't need to be proven by the number of Nobel Prizes, it was always a good thing to be recognized by the international community. After all, scientific research was a collaborative work. If people had the same talent, it would be better for them to get along well than those who didn't.
Even if it wasn't for himself, Lu Zhou would still receive this award.
"Then the itinerary … We'll arrange it for you."
Lu Zhou: "Don't say that, I'm the one who has to trouble you."
Director Li quickly waved his hand and said with a smile, "No trouble, this is the highlight of our physics community in the world! You don't know how many people are looking forward to you bringing this medal back from Stockholm. "
At this moment, the phone in his pocket suddenly rang.
Lu Zhou got up from the sofa and walked to the stairs leading to the second floor.
When he pressed the answer button and brought the phone to his ear, a joyful voice immediately came from the other end of the receiver.
He didn't even need to guess to know that it was his senior sister.
"You won an award?!"
"You're the third person to say this to me today."
"I see … Wait, who are the other two?"
Lu Zhou was slightly stunned when he heard the sudden alert voice. He then spoke with a strange expression.
"Luo Wenxuan and Director Li … What's wrong?"
"Oh, it's nothing ~"
He didn't know if it was an illusion, but he felt like there was a sigh of relief on the other end of the phone.
He was about to ask Chen Yushan what was going on when the other end of the phone took the initiative to speak.
"Um …"
Lu Zhou noticed a hint of hesitation in the voice.
"What?"
There was an inexplicable silence on the other end of the phone.
This time, the silence was a little longer.
Just when Lu Zhou began to wonder if there was a problem with the signal, the unfinished dialogue finally floated over from the other end of the phone.
"Can you take me with you?"
(Thank you to the leaders of "Cool Ze the First" and "Agents Who Don't Eat Coriander" ~ ~ ~)
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