The opening ceremony was over.
Unsurprisingly, the moment he opened the door, Luo Wenxuan was surrounded by a swarm of reporters.
"Hello, Secretary-General Luo, may I ask where Academician Lu is?"
"I also want to know where he is, but I'm sorry, he's probably the only one who knows."
"Hello, Mr. Secretary-General! According to our reporter's statistics, the ILHCRC promised a total of 320 million yuan in bonuses today, with an average bonus of 3.2 million yuan! Is this true? "
"This is an addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division problem that anyone can solve. As long as you don't get it wrong, then yes."
"Who will bear this cost? Can the ILHCRC afford it? "
"40% of the scientific research funding allocated by various countries, and the remaining 60% comes from donations from all walks of life. As for whether or not they can afford it, I'll take it as a joke. "
"Hello, Secretary-General Luo, what if these problems can't be solved in the end, or part of them can't be completed, resulting in no one receiving these bonuses?"
"Impossible! The ILHCRC will set up a foundation to operate this bonus independently and achieve stable asset growth through a sound investment strategy. Even if the ILHCRC no longer exists one day, this bonus will always exist until someone takes it away!
"Also, even though this is a question of the century in the 21st century, if no one can solve it in this century, you can answer it in the 22nd century or even the 23rd century. If you can't do it, someone else can do it for you … Okay, please excuse me, I need to go to the bathroom now. You can ask other questions at the press conference tomorrow! Thank you. "
Luo Wenxuan's scalp went numb from these countless questions. At this moment, he did not want to say anything other than "MMP" in his heart. When he finally got rid of the pestering reporters, it was already an hour later.
At night.
As usual, the conference organizers organized an academic exchange dinner.
Obviously, there was no way to arrange for so many people to stay in one hotel.
In order to entertain as many scholars as possible, the ILHCRC not only arranged for the dinner to be held in five star hotels, but they also transformed the entire first floor of the International Convention and Exhibition Center into a dining area. They provided free meals to the participants who came to attend the conference.
As for the scholars participating in the Questions of the Century conference in the No.1 and No.2 conference halls, they were arranged to enjoy dinner at the nearby Yihao Hotel.
Although he didn't have much interest in the banquet, as the chairman of the ILHCRC and one of the protagonists of the Century of Physics conference, Lu Zhou naturally couldn't be absent.
It could even be said that many people didn't come for the banquet itself, but for him.
At the banquet at the Yihao Hotel, Ms. Belinda, who had the honor of interviewing Lu Zhou during her internship at CERN, was lucky enough to get a ticket to the banquet and was fortunate enough to interview Lu Zhou.
About nine years ago, she was just an ordinary editor at Nature Weekly. Now, she was the editor-in-chief of Nature.
At the same time, after so many years, she had changed from a mature woman who still retained her charm to a mother of three children.
When Lu Zhou learned that her husband was Professor Grayer, who had helped him at CERN, he suddenly showed a surprised expression on his face.
At that time, he felt that there might be a story between the two, but he didn't ask much. He didn't expect that after so many years, the two had gone from ordinary friends to marriage.
After understanding this, Lu Zhou couldn't help but feel emotional.
Time flies so f * cking fast …
"I'm so envious, you look almost the same as nine years ago." Ms. Belinda smiled and joked with Lu Zhou, "I heard that there is a mysterious power in the East that can stay young forever, is that true?"
Lu Zhou smiled embarrassedly.
Of course, he wouldn't say that it was because of a prize from an advanced civilization.
"Maybe it's because I don't look old … Of course, you look the same."
"Thank you, although it doesn't sound convincing, I'm obviously not young anymore." Belinda teased herself and said, "This is a rare opportunity, can I ask you a few questions?"
Lu Zhou said, "No problem, go ahead."
Belinda smiled and said, "Then the first question may sound a little boring, but many people are very curious … why would you offer a hundred million yuan as a reward for the Grand Unified Theory?"
Lu Zhou thought for a moment and said, "Two reasons. One reason is because I think it's important enough, and the other reason is because … I think there is hope that it can be solved in this century."
Actually, there was another reason, and that was because he didn't lack money.
However, it would be too pretentious if he said that. He wasn't a person who liked to show off, so he didn't say it out loud.
"The physics community thinks that you are the most promising person to solve this problem."
Lu Zhou smiled and said, "Really? Maybe, but unfortunately … I may not focus on physics in the future, especially theoretical physics research. "
The electrostrong interaction theory opened the door to the Grand Unified Theory, the Void theory broadened the horizons of human civilization to an extra dimension beyond time, and the hyperspace theory gave wings to the ideal of cross-galaxy expeditions.
Lu Zhou felt that as a physicist, he would be proud of himself for the rest of his life. He could even be proud of himself for the rest of his life.
If he wanted to break through, he would have to build a warp drive or stick his head into the Void to see what was in there that even the Observer civilization was afraid of.
As for other research …
It wasn't that he wasn't interested, but Lu Zhou still hoped that these opportunities would be left to other scholars with potential.
Belinda suddenly opened her mouth in surprise and hurriedly asked, "Wait a minute, what do you mean?
"Wait a minute, what do you mean by that? Are you … planning to retire? "
If this is true …
This piece of news was too explosive.
"No." Lu Zhou shook his head and denied her statement. He continued, "It's just that when you can't achieve greater achievements in this field, you have to consider giving others a chance.
"No discipline can rely on the strength of one person to achieve true prosperity. Rather than creating more results in this field, I hope that my research can affect some people and let them create more miracles. "
He was shocked by the thought that was revealed in this sentence.
Belinda stared at Lu Zhou for a while and suddenly sighed.
"Is this the reason why you left the mathematics world?"
"Left the mathematics world? No, I've never left the mathematics world. "Lu Zhou shook his head and said," It's just that compared to studying mathematics itself, I'm more focused on how to strengthen the connection between mathematics and other disciplines. I'm more focused on how to use mathematics to solve more problems. This is something that most mathematicians like me don't want to do.
Lu Zhou paused for a moment, smiled, and spoke.
"I think, my attitude toward physics."
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