Early in the morning of the academic conference, Woolf called.
"According to your request, the headhunting company we hired has found a suitable candidate for the manager position. He has been working as the head of the intellectual property department of Verizon Telecom for five years, and there is no stain on his professional resume. When do you have time to meet with him?"
Lu Zhou was sitting in the hotel lobby enjoying his breakfast. He thought for a second and said, "In a couple of days, I plan on finishing this by the end of January. I'm at a hotel near Berkeley. Tell him to come to San Francisco, the company will reimburse him for the round-trip ticket. "
"Okay, professor," Woolf said respectfully. He said, "He's in California right now, I'll ask him to contact you as soon as possible."
The sooner AM completed the contract, the sooner Lu Zhou would receive the final payment, and the sooner Woolf would receive his commission.
In a sense, AM and Woolf were more enthusiastic than Lu Zhou in taking care of these matters.
Not long after Woolf hung up the phone, Lu Zhou received a call from the former Verizon executive. The meeting time and place was set for two o 'clock in the afternoon at a coffee shop near Berkeley …
…
[White Sheridan, 35 years old, male, PhD in management from the University of Pennsylvania. Previously worked as the head of the intellectual property department at Verizon, five years of work experience …]
Lu Zhou put down the resume and looked at the man sitting across from him.
"Your resume is very good, but what I don't understand is that Verizon offered you a US $200,000 annual salary, but you still chose to resign."
"Being the head of Verizon's intellectual property department is a good position, but it doesn't give me any sense of accomplishment. I won't have any career advancement within the next five years. Compared to being the head of a department, I'm more like a lawyer, "White said with a shrug.
Lu Zhou: "What about now? Star Sky Technology's main business is patent management, so your job is probably the same as before. "
White didn't hide his thoughts. He smiled and said, "You're right, but Star Sky Technology can give me a US $300,000 annual salary and a manager position. Verizon can't give me that."
An annual salary of 300,000 USD was definitely considered a high salary in the United States. Even without Glassdoor's data, Microsoft's Chief Development Manager only earns 294,000 USD a year.
Of course, statistics are only statistics, and annual salary is not the full benefits of Microsoft employees. But let's not talk about this now.
In short, an annual salary of 300,000 USD was an offer that White Sheridan could not refuse.
Dreams are important in this country, but dollars are more important.
Lu Zhou was very satisfied with this honest employee.
Although it was easier to gain the boss's favor by talking about the company's future development and corporate culture, White didn't do so. Most importantly, his resume was impeccable, and he had rich experience in patent management.
Lu Zhou nodded with a smile and extended his right hand.
"Congratulations, I hope to see a better Star Sky Technology under your management."
White smiled and shook Lu Zhou's hand.
"I promise you, you will."
…
Lu Zhou's plan for Star Sky Technology was to build it into a company similar to Qualcomm, focusing on research and development, becoming the father of the industry, and all of the profits would be invested in scientific research.
Lu Zhou briefly explained Star Sky Technology's development strategy to White, as well as the task of contacting Professor Sarrot and Professor Parsi. After that, the meeting ended.
The two sides could continue to communicate through email.
After arranging the matters at Star Sky Technology, Lu Zhou placed his attention back on the ongoing academic conference.
Perhaps because one of the two mountains of additive number theory was solved, Goldbach's conjecture, research results in the field of additive number theory had sprung up like mushrooms after a spring rain.
Based on the Group Structure Method that he proposed, many scholars had achieved many outstanding results in their research on the Waring Problem.
For example, a mathematics PhD from Columbia University used the Group Structure Method to discuss the value range of g (6).
Although the value range he gave was far from the final value, it was still an inspiring research result, and it won applause from the audience.
Lu Zhou was very pleased with this phenomenon.
If it was just solving Goldbach's conjecture, it would not have much practical significance.
However, if the mathematical method that he invented when he solved Goldbach's conjecture could be understood by more people and used to solve more mathematical problems, then his thesis in Annual Mathematics would be the real treasure of the century.
A week had passed by, and the academic conference came to an end.
Mr. Francis stood on the podium in the Berkeley Auditorium. As usual, he used his gentle and steady voice to introduce himself to the young scholars in the auditorium. At the same time, he read the opening remarks.
"… Thank you all very much for participating in this mathematics conference. I would also like to thank Parker, Tesla … and other companies for sponsoring this conference," said Mr. Francis. He adjusted his glasses and smiled at the young scholars and Berkeley students. He then said, "Next is the Best Young Speaker Award. I'm old and forgetful, so I'll talk about it now. "
Hearing Mr. Francis's self-mockery, the audience laughed and applauded.
In this relaxed atmosphere, Mr. Francis cleared his throat and announced, "The best speaker of this academic conference is …
"Vera Pulyuy from Princeton!"
The audience burst into applause.
Vera, who was standing next to Lu Zhou, suddenly blushed.
The surprise was so unexpected that she wasn't prepared at all. It wasn't until Lu Zhou patted her on the shoulder that she snapped back to reality.
"Go." Lu Zhou gave her an encouraging look. He smiled and said, "This is your honor."
"… Yeah!"
Vera responded to Lu Zhou's encouragement with a grateful look. She nodded and trotted through the crowd to the podium.
Lu Zhou looked at the petite figure disappearing into the crowd. He couldn't help but feel gratified.
It's good to be young …
Lu Zhou vaguely remembered that when he won this award, he was so excited that he didn't sleep well for a few days. Jin Ling University sent him a congratulatory message, and Yan University also extended an olive branch to him.
In addition to these honors, the winner also received a US $10,000 prize.
For him at the time, a US $10,000 prize was a huge sum of money.
However, Lu Zhou didn't realize that for the scholars present, he was the one who was young …
Vera stood on the podium and looked a little nervous. However, compared to the first time she stood on the podium, she had obviously improved a lot.
The award presenter was University of California mathematics professor, Crafoord Prize and Fields Prize winner, Tao Zhexuan. When he was teaching at Berkeley, he taught Vera partial differential equations class.
Tao Zhexuan handed the certificate to Vera and said, "Congratulations, Miss Vera."
Vera nodded and said, "Thank you."
Tao Zhexuan nodded.
However, he suddenly remembered something. After thinking for a bit, he spoke.
"I remember a year ago, you told me that you admired Professor Lu's knowledge, and you wanted me to write a recommendation letter for you. At the time, I thought I did the right thing, and I still think so. However, I hope you won't make me regret my decision. "
Vera was stunned, and she looked confused.
"Professor? I don't know what you're talking about. "
Tao Zhexuan shook his head and said, "Nothing, I just hope that you only admire his knowledge. In fact, I also admire him. His talent in pure and applied mathematics is the most outstanding scholar I've ever seen. The most commendable thing is that he's still very young.
"His name will probably be remembered in history, just like the scholars of that era.
"And your recklessness might lead to some bad results."
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