The interview only lasted twenty minutes.
Lu Zhou left the coffee shop and walked to the car parked outside. He opened the passenger door and got in.
Sitting in the driver's seat, Grayer, who was taking a nap with the air conditioner, raised his eyelids and yawned.
"It's over?"
Lu Zhou put on his seatbelt and said, "It's over."
During the interview, Professor Grayer did not stay in the coffee shop. Instead, he went back to his car as soon as the interview began. It was as if he did not want to stay there for even a second longer.
Out of curiosity, Lu Zhou asked, "You and Belinda …"
"We've been together before … Although not for long," said Professor Grayer nonchalantly. He then started the car and said, "My ex-girlfriend."
Lu Zhou looked at him strangely.
F * ck me, I didn't know.
Belinda looks like she's in her twenties.
Although she couldn't rule out the possibility that it was because of her makeup, but this …
Professor Grayer looked at Lu Zhou as if he knew what Lu Zhou was thinking. He then said, "I told you, don't think of me as old. I'm only forty years old. I can even participate in the Fields Awards!"
Lu Zhou, "… But the next award is in 2018. You'll be forty-three years old by then."
"I said it's just a hypothesis. Also, I'm not in mathematics," said Professor Grayer as he coughed and changed the topic. He then said, "Speaking of which, Lu. I heard from your friend that you're twenty years old but still single. When I was your age, I already had two girlfriends. Other than mathematics, is there nothing else that interests you? "
Lu Zhou smiled awkwardly and said, "Of course not."
Professor Grayer smelled the scent of gossip, so he raised his eyebrows and asked with interest, "For example?"
Lu Zhou, "Isn't there physics?"
Grayer: "…"
…
After Lu Zhou returned to his hotel, he began to pack his luggage.
Before he knew it, he had been in Europe for almost three months.
When he came, there were only a few pairs of clothes and pants in the suitcase, but when he went back, it was full. He didn't know if the customs would make things difficult for him.
In any case, the trip to Europe had finally come to an end.
He couldn't wait to fly back to the country and take advantage of this luck to receive the mission reward and start the next mission.
If there were no accidents, he should be able to get an S + rating this time, right?
In that case, the next mission should be a reward mission.
As for the other possibilities, Lu Zhou didn't want to consider them.
If this was not considered "S +", he did not know what "witnessing history" was.
Just as Lu Zhou struggled to stuff the milk powder he bought for Xiaotong into the suitcase, the phone on the bedside table rang.
He picked up the phone and asked casually.
"Hello?"
"It's me."
Hearing the voice on the other end of the phone, Lu Zhou was stunned.
He frowned slightly and asked in confusion.
"You are …?"
There was a violent cough on the other end of the phone, like he was choking.
After a while, the old man seemed to have recovered and continued to speak with a somewhat resentful voice.
"Frank Wilczek! We just met a month ago! "
The f * ck?!
When Lu Zhou heard this name, he was shocked.
It's this guy?
But the conference ended a month ago, why hasn't this guy returned to America yet?
"Sorry, I didn't recognize your name …" Lu Zhou coughed and quickly changed the topic. He asked, "Do you need something?"
Frank didn't mind. He slowly asked, "Are you free right now?"
Lu Zhou: "Of course."
"Then come to my office, I have something to tell you."
The old man didn't explain why he was looking for him over the phone and hung up.
Since the flight was tomorrow night, Lu Zhou was free for the rest of the day. Therefore, he went to the old man's office with a puzzled mood.
After they met, Frank Wilczek gestured for him to sit down. He then asked his assistant to make two cups of coffee.
The old man said slowly as he looked at the steam rising from the coffee cup.
"The 750 GeV particle may indicate a new physics. If it is true, its value is even higher than the Nobel Prize. Any theoretical physicist would be interested in it, and I am no exception. "
Regardless, Lu Zhou knew that this award had nothing to do with him. Therefore, he didn't say anything. Instead, he quietly waited for the old man to continue.
Frank paused for a second before he continued.
"I am very optimistic about your talent in the field of mathematical physics. If you are interested, you can join my research project and help me improve the theory of this' puzzle '."
Over the past month, almost the entire theoretical physics community had been betting on this piece of the puzzle. However, so far, nothing particularly valuable had been discovered.
There was still a lot of content to dig into.
Once CERN's Hadron Collider further revealed the data contained in the 750 GeV signal, there might really be a Nobel Prize.
Although Frank had already won a Nobel Prize, the Nobel Prize did not stipulate that one person could only win it once. It was just that very few people had won it twice in history. After all, it was really difficult to surpass one's peak.
If this discovery was amazing enough, it might really be possible …
This kind of opportunity to leave a name in history was rare, and no one wanted to miss it.
Lu Zhou asked, "Complete the last piece of the puzzle … Are you talking about the theoretical explanation of this unknown particle?"
"Yes," Frank nodded and continued, "In fact, in addition to my status as a CERN distinguished researcher, I mainly work at the Center for Theoretical Physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. By the way, are you interested in studying for a PhD at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology? "
Lu Zhou was slightly stunned. He did not expect this old man to throw an olive branch to him.
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology had quite a high status in the physics community. Not to mention, it was an invitation from a Nobel Prize laureate.
If it were not for the fact that Jin Ling University and Princeton had already developed a talent training plan for him, Lu Zhou might have already nodded.
He had no choice, he had to keep his word.
Some people would be offended if he stood them up, so it was better to take it easy.
Lu Zhou shook his head and said, "Thank you for your invitation, but I'm really sorry … I've already promised Princeton to study for a PhD."
"Princeton … For you mathematicians, Princeton is indeed more attractive than the Massachusetts Institute of Technology," said Frank as he smiled. He continued, "But even if you've already chosen Princeton, my suggestion is still valid. After all, in this day and age, a lot of things can be communicated through the Internet. You don't have to discuss face-to-face. You can consider my invitation again … "
Frank paused for a second before he continued.
"If you're interested in the Nobel Prize."
Lu Zhou: "…?!"
This sentence was quite informative.
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