While ExxonMobil was celebrating their "victory", a celebration party was going on at the Hilton Hotel not far away.
In order to celebrate Anton's great victory in the field of computational chemistry and the completion of the theoretical model of the electrochemical interface structure, David rented a luxurious banquet hall at the Hilton Hotel and held this party.
They had been busy for a month, working overtime every day until late at night. Everyone was like a taut string.
For people in this country, partying was the best way to relax.
What surprised Lu Zhou was that these usually slovenly PhD students took off their white coats and plaid shirts and changed into the most expensive tuxedos in their wardrobe. They were completely different from the stereotypical "science and engineering guy" image.
However, what surprised him the most was the women who attended the party.
Aren't there too many female researchers at the research institute?
He was a visiting scholar at Columbia University for more than a month. During this time, he basically went to the research institute every day. However, the number of female faces he saw could be counted on one hand.
Especially those young and beautiful faces, they didn't seem to match the image of a female PhD student …
It wasn't time for the party yet, but the guests had already arrived.
David, who was wearing a suit, stood in front of the ballroom's dance floor. He poured a glass of champagne into his glass and raised it high with a smile.
"At this celebratory moment, let's toast to our victory, to our Anton, and to our Professor Lu!"
The three toasts were loud and clear, and the atmosphere of the banquet was immediately pushed to the peak.
Driven by the atmosphere, the guests at the banquet also laughed and raised the wine glasses in their hands.
"Cheers!"
The sound of toasting filled the air, and the spilled champagne and bubbles danced in the air.
Amidst the cheers and laughter, the banquet began.
Waiters in uniforms walked into the ballroom with plates and dining carts. The food piled up on the long tables on both sides of the dance floor gradually became richer.
Then, the melodious sound of a saxophone began to play. Young men and women walked onto the dance floor one after another.
Before eating their fill, most people would prefer to dance with the person they admired first, and then plan the next part of the arrangement …
However, Lu Zhou was obviously in the minority.
Compared to dancing, he was more interested in the food at the banquet.
Especially after eating bacon sandwiches for almost a month, the colorful salads, the cakes decorated with cream, the roasted turkey, and the foie gras … All of them were particularly appetizing in Lu Zhou's eyes.
While he was adding food to his plate, the host of the party, David, walked over to him with a glass of champagne.
"How do you feel?" David raised the glass of champagne and clinked glasses with Lu Zhou. He smiled and said, "At least half of this party was prepared for you."
Lu Zhou smiled and said, "It's very New York style."
"How does it compare to Princeton?"
"Princeton parties are usually barbecued on the lawn, which is another kind of enjoyment for me." Lu Zhou paused for a second and said in a relaxed tone, "Speaking of which, I didn't notice that there are so many female PhD students in your research institute."
"Of course it's not just my researchers, there are also girls from the Manhattan Sorority at Columbia University." David looked at Lu Zhou and said in a joking tone, "You know, 90% of the people in my research institute are male, so it's easy for them to have problems. Providing a social environment for them to relax is one of my responsibilities as a 'boss'. "
"Socializing?" Lu Zhou tried to understand it in his own way.
David smiled and said, "Haha, sort of."
On American campuses, various clubs, fraternities, and sororities were a relatively common phenomenon. More than half of the students would participate in them. They were similar to the various clubs in Chinese universities.
Some of them were sports clubs in the form of extracurricular activities such as basketball, soccer, and dance. There were also social clubs that didn't have any special purpose. They just provided a social circle for young people to "integrate themselves into".
However, regardless of the type of club, they all had one thing in common.
And that was, there were endless parties.
In some sense, the Ivy Club (Food Club) that Lu Zhou once participated in was also an elite club. However, he usually used it as a cafeteria and rarely participated in group activities.
As for how David's research institute was connected to the Manhattan Sorority?
Sometimes, there was no special connection.
This was the Hilton Hotel in Manhattan. Even though there were a lot of people who stayed here, there were very few clubs that could host parties here.
Even if Institute D was some little-known football club at Columbia University, and a "celebratory research result" was "runner-up in the college league in New York", as long as the location of the party was here, there would still be a lot of young and beautiful girls who would be willing to put on dresses and show up.
Whether it was "JACS" or "football", they were things from another world. They enjoyed the glamour of the party and the fun of posting photos on Facebook.
"Speaking of which, you're still single, right? Even if you're not, it doesn't matter." David shook the glass in his hand and joked, "You don't have to be reserved here. If you like someone, you can ask them to dance."
Lu Zhou said, "Unfortunately, I don't know how to dance."
"That's fine, no matter how bad your dancing is, I'm sure there are a lot of people who can handle it." David smiled and clinked glasses with Lu Zhou. He then said, "I bet that as long as you want to dance, there will be a lot of girls willing to teach you."
Is he complimenting me for being handsome?
Lu Zhou smiled shyly.
That's embarrassing.
Lu Zhou thought the same thing.
David didn't notice what Lu Zhou was thinking. He opened a new bottle of champagne and filled his glass. "What do you plan on doing next? How about you become a professor at Columbia University? I can help you convince the president to open a computational materials department at Columbia University. "
Lu Zhou looked at the lights of Manhattan outside the window and shook his head. He said, "Columbia University is a beautiful place, and so is Manhattan. But I think Princeton is more suitable for me. "
"Really? Okay then, everyone has their own choices. "David sighed and didn't try to convince Lu Zhou.
He poured the rest of the champagne into Lu Zhou's glass and said, "If you have time, remember to come here often."
"No problem, it's close by anyway." Lu Zhou suddenly remembered something and said, "Oh yeah, before I go back to Princeton, there's one more thing I have to ask you."
David: "What?"
"The theoretical building of the electrochemical interface structure has been completed, but young theories are always ignored. In order to increase its credibility, I plan on using our theoretical tools to try to solve some more specific problems. I need Anton's help for this. "Lu Zhou paused for a second and said," I won't borrow him for too long, just before I go back to Princeton. "
His visit to Columbia University would last until June, which meant that he would be there for about a month.
However, this experiment wouldn't take as long as a month. If everything went well, it might even take half a month.
Also, compared to his previous research project, even though this research project was also in the field of theoretical research, it would play a guiding role in the experiments at the Jinling Institute of Computational Materials.
Therefore, regardless of whether David cared or not, he would insist on paying the rent for the equipment and staff.
David asked with interest, "What kind of more specific problems?"
Lu Zhou smiled mysteriously.
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