The 12th National Conference of the China Mathematics Society had come to an end, and it was time for Lu Zhou to say goodbye to this city.
This time, he was going back to Jinling alone.
As for Professor Lu Shenjian, he was going to the University of Brussels in Belgium to attend a high energy physics summit in mid-November. Therefore, he stayed at the BES Research Institute in Beijing to do some research.
Originally, Professor Lu Shenjian wanted to bring Lu Zhou there. However, they might be staying there for a long time. They might even have to go to CERN. Lu Zhou also had to go to California in December to attend the Federal Mathematics Society's conference. Therefore, he regrettably missed this summit.
Yan Xinjue naturally went with Professor Lu Shenjian.
At the Beijing airport, Yan Xinjue drove Lu Zhou to the gate.
After Yan Xinjue got out of the car, he helped Lu Zhou take out his suitcase and patted him on the shoulder.
"Brother, take care!"
"Take care … I'm just going back to Jinling, it's not like I'm going anywhere far," said Lu Zhou. He felt that Yan Xinjue was a bit weird.
Yan Xinjue, "You're going to California in December, right?"
Lu Zhou nodded, "Yeah."
Yan Xinjue sighed and said, "Zhang Yitang is the first Chinese winner of the Cole Prize in Number Theory. Unfortunately, there hasn't been a Chinese mathematician who has won this award. Junior Brother, you'll be able to fill the gap in this award for our country. I probably won't be back in China in December, so I'll wait for your good news in Belgium! "
Lu Zhou smiled and said, "Thanks."
The two men did not waste any more time. After saying goodbye, Yan Xinjue got into the car. Lu Zhou dragged his suitcase and walked to the departure lounge.
After a two-hour flight, the plane landed on the runway.
After leaving the departure lounge, Lu Zhou was about to take a taxi outside. However, before he walked out of the departure lounge, he was shocked by the scene outside.
Two students who looked like freshmen were holding a small banner with a "shy" expression.
[Congratulations to Master's student Lu Zhou for winning the 15th Shiing-Shen Chern Mathematics Award!]
Holy sh * t, why are they making such a big fuss?
By the looks of it, it's not like you two don't know how shameful this thing is!
The passersby cast curious glances at him from time to time. There seemed to be reporters from Jin Ling Daily lying in ambush, waiting for him to appear and take pictures.
Lu Zhou's expression changed subtly. He dragged his suitcase and walked to the side. As a result, before he could take two steps out of the terminal, he was recognized by a sharp-eyed girl.
"Senior Lu!"
Lin Yuxiang's eyes lit up. She stood on her tiptoes and excitedly waved at Lu Zhou. She then jogged over.
Now that he had been discovered, Lu Zhou was too embarrassed to slip away. He could only stop, turn around, and force a smile to deal with the camera.
"Lin Bu … President, hello."
This year, he was going to be the student union president. Lu Zhou could not remember who told him about this.
There was only one thing he wanted to complain about.
It's already late autumn, aren't you cold in this dress …
Lin Yuxiang smiled and gently brushed the hair by her ear with her index finger. She said, "What president? Senior, you can just call me Yuxiang or my name."
How could this fellow call him 'senior' so easily and naturally?
Lu Zhou could not help but feel emotional when he thought about how Chen Yushan wanted to use her status to suppress him.
Scary …
"Senior, let me help you with your suitcase!"
"No, no, no, it's fine!"
Just as he was about to decline, he heard a familiar and loud voice.
"Lu Zhou, congratulations!"
Lu Zhou looked up and was surprised.
"Dean Lu?"
He saw Dean Lu and a teacher in charge of the student union standing together. They smiled and walked toward him.
Lu Fangping shook Lu Zhou's hand and smiled. He then said, "Dean Qin is in a meeting outside. He specifically told me to pick you up!"
Seeing how serious the old professor was, Lu Zhou did not know whether to laugh or cry. He said, "Thank you … You're making me feel bad. It's not that far, I'll call a taxi."
"Haha, of course not! You're a role model for thousands of students in our school, you can't be neglected. Also, forget about being a role model for students, there are countless professors who are jealous of you. "Dean Lu smiled and said," The taxi is at the airport entrance, let's get in. "
Lu Zhou couldn't agree more with the last sentence.
There were more and more people watching. Some people even took out their phones to secretly take videos.
Regardless of whether or not this old man cared, he could not stay here anymore.
Lu Zhou sat in the car and chatted with Dean Lu and another young professor who was in charge of student affairs while he thought to himself. The Shiing-Shen Chern Mathematics Award is already this big. If I win the Cole Prize in Number Theory, what will happen?
He made up his mind.
Lu Zhou decided that when he returned to China, he would not land in Jinling. He would go back to his hometown for Chinese New Year.
Soon, he returned to school.
When Lu Zhou arrived at the school gate, he realized that the small "Welcome to the Airport" banner was gone. The design was a bit tattered.
A longer, bigger, and more exaggerated banner was hanging on the school gate.
If nothing unexpected happened, this banner would have to be hung for another week or so.
Thinking about it, it made sense. Any professor who won a national award in the university would make a big fuss. Not to mention the Shiing-Shen Chern Mathematics Award, which was one of the top domestic awards. Not to mention that Lu Zhou was still a master's student.
Of course, in addition to publicity, if one were to think deeper into it, the school might have the intention of using honor to tie people up.
After all, Lu Zhou was about to go to Princeton. He was young and promising, and he did not even have a girlfriend. After seeing the outside world, there were very few people who were willing to return to China to study.
After staying outside for a long time, it would be good for them to miss their hometown.
After Lu Zhou got out of the car, he did not even touch his suitcase. Two enthusiastic students from the student union volunteered to send him to Dorm 201.
As for Lu Zhou, he was warmly received by the principal, Academician Xu.
This old academician who came from a scientific research background had the characteristics of a scientific researcher. His speech was concise and comprehensive, and he didn't torture him with a long speech. Although he was in the information technology field, he still attached great importance to the school's mathematics discipline.
After all, Jin Ling University's strength was in physics, and physics was inseparable from mathematics.
…
At night, in the cafeteria's top floor.
Lu Zhou thought that the welcoming party was grand enough. He did not expect the school to give him a "celebration party".
Well, to be precise, it was organized by the department because the people who came were all professors from the mathematics department.
Lu Zhou was quite popular at the school. He had a good relationship with a few old professors, and everyone gave him face.
During dinner, Professor Tang and Lu Zhou drank a glass of wine.
Professor Tang sighed and said, "A major research project like Polignac's conjecture usually takes five to ten years to see results. It's really admirable that you can solve it in one year! The only time I misjudged you was when I didn't expect you to be so talented in number theory. As expected, I'm getting old! "
Lu Zhou smiled and said humbly, "Professor, you're exaggerating. It was just a coincidence."
"Just be humble with Principal Xu. There's no need to be humble with us," said Dean Lu. He had already treated Lu Zhou as one of his own. He then said, "Oh yeah, prepare your final report. See if you can finish it before the annual review in December. While you're still at Jin Ling University, report your research results to the higher-ups. We can even give you a hundred thousand yuan bonus. "
Although the school gave him a million yuan for proving Zhou's conjecture and twin prime conjecture, they would not give him that much this time.
The reason was simple. The first time, they used the name of bringing in overseas talents. The state and the school each gave 500,000 yuan. Based on the standard for overseas PhD students, they gave him one million yuan. This was also what Jin Ling University did to Student Liu. As for the second time, it was not the school that paid for it. It was the university's research fund.
It was not that the school did not have the money, it was just that they did not have the right to give it. At most, they could give some compensation in other areas, such as waiving the management fee of the research fund.
However, Lu Zhou knew that he could not expect the school to pay for his research results for the rest of his life. Not to mention, he was about to graduate.
However, when Dean Lu mentioned this, he suddenly remembered.
When he applied for the Polignac's conjecture, he seemed to have applied for the research project.
Since the proof results were published, it was time to write the final report and submit it.
However, there was a problem.
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