The impact of the breakthrough in lithium battery technology on the capital market continued to grow.
The world's largest lithium material manufacturers were SQM in Chile, Arbor in the United States, and Kamitel in Germany. These three companies almost monopolized 80% of the world's production of lithium salt.
On the last trading day before Christmas, the investors of the three lithium mining giants received an amazing Christmas gift.
The shareholders of the three companies were stunned by this sudden surprise. When Nature and Science highlighted the lithium dendrites paper, the market did not move at all. No one expected the MRS conference to have such an amazing effect.
However, the development of lithium battery products in the industry had fulfilled people's expectations. The capital dividends brought by the technological breakthrough also began to come to an end.
After all, when the upstream of the industry chain felt the heat, it undoubtedly meant that the downstream had begun to calm down.
Lu Zhou was not interested in the changes in the Wall Street capital market. He did not pay any attention to these things.
Firstly, he didn't know much about finance. Secondly, he probably wouldn't be interested in money for a while.
Now that he had financial freedom, he could explore more in the field of science. He did not have to worry too much about scientific research funding, market value, and other issues.
Honestly, Lu Zhou now understood how David Shaw felt.
Although Wall Street brought him cars, women, and mansions that Columbia could not give him, it could not give him eternal satisfaction.
Perhaps the tens of millions of yuan game was exciting enough, but this kind of excitement often could not even last for a few years. It would be drowned in the tide-like emptiness. In the end, he would only be left with the numbness of these unaesthetic numbers. It was like a marriage.
Especially for a large-scale parallel computing expert, this kind of boring and monotonous number game could not bring him any joy.
However, science was different.
The joy brought by science was more lasting than money, women, luxury cars, or any other material enjoyment.
Imagine when a research result came out and the entire world changed because of you. Most people could not even feel the rotation of the earth, but you could feel that the entire world was rotating because of you.
Emptiness after a few seconds?
Numbness after getting used to it?
No way.
Because the universe was like the Möbius ring, there was no end.
Science was the same.
…
As Christmas arrived, the entire town of Princeton was filled with a festive atmosphere.
In contrast, the Princeton campus was much quieter.
As early as two weeks before Christmas, the winter vacation had already begun, and it would last until the second week after Christmas.
Except for some international students, most students chose to go on vacation or go home for the "New Year".
Lu Zhou originally planned to have a Christmas party to celebrate his new home, but unfortunately, none of his friends could come.
Senior Brother Luo had returned to China with his new girlfriend. It wasn't the first time that this guy valued his girlfriend over his friends.
David Lawrence went back to his hometown in Boston for the holidays. As soon as Lu Zhou returned from Boston, he got on the plane. Naturally, it was impossible for him to make a special trip back.
As for Chen Yushan in Philadelphia, she was extremely busy with her mentor's project. Even though she really wanted to come, she really couldn't leave.
According to Chen Yushan, her mentor had just received an outsourcing project from a big client. It was an organizational plan for a company with hundreds of millions of assets. The deadline was to complete the project by the end of January.
The menopausal woman gave her a bunch of uncomplicated tasks. The reason was that Chen Yushan wasn't a Christian anyway. Then, she went home to enjoy her vacation.
Chen Yushan couldn't help but roll her eyes when she was on the video call with Lu Zhou.
He sympathized with Chen Yushan's experience, but this kind of management stuff was beyond his capabilities. He couldn't do anything about it.
These three people couldn't come. Lu Zhou suddenly realized that he didn't have anyone else to invite.
Of his friends, these three were the only young men who lived near Princeton.
As for the old professors at the Institute for Advanced Study, even though many of them had a good relationship with him, they were of different ages.
Fortunately, all three of Lu Zhou's students chose to stay at the university, so Lu Zhou didn't have to spend the party alone.
Soon, it was Christmas day.
There was a fire burning in the fireplace, and it was snowing outside the window.
The boss, Lu Zhou, sat at the long banquet table in front of the fireplace. He opened a bottle of champagne and slowly spoke to his three students.
"Next year is a new year."
Hadi raised his hand and said, "Professor, that's bullsh * t."
Lu Zhou: "…"
You talk too much!
Lu Zhou ignored this kid's words and continued to read his Christmas speech. He also expressed his expectations for the new year.
"… Starting next spring, there will be new students. I hope that as Senior Brothers and Senior Sisters, you can take the lead. "
As always, Vera nodded seriously and memorized the professor's words.
Qin Yue was the quiet type, so his expression didn't change.
Hardy was as noisy as usual. He patted his chest and said, "Professor, don't worry. I'll take the lead —"
Lu Zhou said, "Especially Hadi, I hope you can keep up with the progress. Don't be surpassed by your students. Otherwise, when I recruit more students, I might forget your name. "
Qin Yue took a sip of champagne and almost choked. He quickly coughed to hide his laughter.
Hadi frowned and said, "Oh, professor, please, don't be like this!"
The living room was filled with laughter, and the atmosphere gradually became lively.
Lu Zhou looked at his student's funny face and couldn't help but smile. He joked with a smile.
He then joked, "Then you have to work hard."
This was just a joke to liven up the atmosphere. Of course, he wouldn't forget his student's name.
Since they chose to put their future in his hands, as long as they didn't give up, he would be responsible for them.
Unless, of course, one of them had committed academic misconduct, which made Lu Zhou feel disappointed in their character.
Lu Zhou raised his champagne glass and gave his final Christmas message to the fire, snow outside the window, and his students.
"I wish you all a fruitful new year, and I wish our research project a success. Cheers!"
Vera, Qin Yue, and Hadi also raised their glasses and said, "Cheers!!!"
The sound of drinking continued to be heard.
Although the church bell couldn't be heard, the laughter was filled with warmth.
Hardy, who had been bragging about how much he could drink, was defeated by Qin Yue, who didn't look like he could drink very well, in just a few rounds.
However, after a few rounds, Qin Yue was also defeated.
No one expected that in the research group of the hail conjecture, the person who could drink the most was Vera, who looked like the weakest.
The empty bottles on the table were already arranged in a row, but there was only a slight blush on her fair cheeks, making people wonder where all the wine had gone.
Before, Lu Zhou didn't believe in the Slavs' alcohol tolerance. Now that he was a mathematician, he couldn't even remember how many glasses he had drunk.
Lu Zhou stared at the dim fireplace and couldn't help but think.
Will a Santa Claus suddenly crawl out of the crackling fire?
If so, would the fire have roasted the elk pulling his sleigh?
As he thought about it, his consciousness began to drift and was gradually shrouded in a layer of fog.
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