Win a prize?
When Chen Baohua heard Lu Zhou's words, he paused for a second and asked, "What prize?"
Lu Zhou answered truthfully without hiding anything.
"Nobel Prize …"
The room was quiet for half a minute.
Although Lu Zhou didn't look at his watch, he estimated that it would take a long time.
Chen Baohua finally came back to his senses. He stared at Lu Zhou with his eyes wide open and spoke incoherently.
"Noel … Bell? The Nobel Prize? "
"Yeah," Lu Zhou nodded again.
Honestly speaking, when he received the call, he was quite surprised.
Although Professor Ertl promised him that he would nominate his name to the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, he never thought that this day would come so soon.
He was not mentally prepared at all.
Excited?
That was for sure.
The Nobel Prize was the highest honor in academia. Anyone who said that they were not interested in the Nobel Prize was either being pretentious or being sour grapes …
But at this moment, his heart was probably still filled with confusion.
When Lu Zhou thought about how he almost hung up on the Nobel Prize call twice, he had a strange expression on his face. It seems like I can't just hang up on strange calls in the future. I have to at least listen to what they say …
Chen Yushan, who had been in a state of confusion, also came back to her senses. She whispered, "Is there a Nobel Prize in mathematics?"
"No." Lu Zhou shook his head and said, "It's a Nobel Prize in chemistry."
"Oh, the Nobel Prize in chemistry."
When Chen Yushan heard that it was a Nobel Prize in chemistry, she breathed a sigh of relief.
However, before she could vent her anger, she instantly reacted.
Oh my god!
No matter what award it is, it's still a Nobel Prize!
Although she knew that Lu Zhou was strong in mathematics, she didn't expect him to be strong in chemistry as well.
For a moment, Chen Yushan didn't even realize that the way she looked at him was different.
"You're amazing, Lu Zhou …"
He wasn't very good at responding to people praising him.
Lu Zhou smiled embarrassedly and said, "It's okay."
Chen Baohua: "…"
…
At the same time that Lu Zhou received the call, far away in an inconspicuous factory compound in a small city in Jiangling, China.
Ever since he retired from the frontline post to the logistics post, Old Lu had been bored out of his mind. All day long, he was either fishing with his fishing friends or sitting in his office, drinking tea and reading newspapers.
It was the National Day holiday, and the weather was good. Lu Bangguo caught two ridiculously fat Crucian Carps. He was overjoyed, so he took his friend who went fishing with him to his house.
He asked Fang Mei to help him cook the fish and stir-fry two dishes to go with the wine. Old Lu then took out two ounces of wine from his collection and placed it on a small table in the living room.
Zhou Ping, who was sitting opposite Old Lu, sighed as he took a sip of the aged wine.
"You're living a comfortable life, going out to catch some game every few days and having a few glasses of wine at home. If it were me, I wouldn't trade the life of an immortal for it."
"Comfortable my ass, I'm getting fatter every day. I'll retire in a few years, I have more time. I'd rather the factory give me some work. "Although he sounded like he was complaining, Old Lu's face was full of smiles.
Zhou Ping picked up a piece of fish with his chopsticks and placed it in his bowl. He smiled and said, "Come on, stop tormenting Secretary Wu. If you were the secretary of this factory, would you dare to place the leaders of the city and province on the frontline? "
Old Lu shook his head and didn't say anything.
He had never done anything earth-shattering in his life, and he didn't know how to talk. He had worked hard in the factory for his entire life, and his greatest honor was being awarded an advanced worker in the factory. Not only that, he was awarded the year before he retired from his frontline position.
There was no need to greet an old comrade like this.
Even though no one had told him, he knew that he was benefiting from his son.
Zhou Ping poured himself another glass of wine and said, "Speaking of which, it's National Day, your mathematician isn't coming back, and your daughter isn't coming back either?"
Old Lu smiled and said, "They have their own things to do, I don't need to worry about them. If they have time, they'll come back for Chinese New Year. If they don't have time, they'll just call home. "
"How can I do that? She always forgets about home. "Old Zhou couldn't help but show off his daughter. He said," Look at my daughter, this is the only good thing about her. She doesn't want to leave home. It doesn't matter if it's a long vacation or a short one, she'll always come home. "
Old Lu glanced at Old Zhou and said, "Your daughter is studying in Jiangcheng. Taking the high-speed train back here is faster than taking the subway to the suburbs. How can this be compared?"
Old Zhou smiled and waved his hand as he said, "The place isn't important, the important thing is that her heart is here."
Old Lu pouted and said, "Ah, wait until she has a boyfriend before you brag to me."
Old Zhou's eyes were wide open as he said, "Let's see who dares!"
While the two old men were bragging, the TV nearby was also playing a news broadcast.
Just as they finished broadcasting a piece of news, the host received a piece of paper from the side.
After quickly reading the content on the paper, a look of surprise flashed across the host's face.
However, she quickly recovered from her surprise.
"Next is a piece of breaking news.
"On October 4th, about 15 minutes ago, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced the 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry …"
When he said this, the host paused for a second.
It was as if she was trying to suppress the excitement in her heart.
It was as if she was trying to maintain her composure as a journalist.
She spoke in a steady voice as she continued to read the news release in her hand.
"Professor Lu Zhou, who graduated from the University of Jin Ling and now teaches at Princeton University, will be the only winner of the 'Theoretical Model of Electrochemical Interface Structure'. He will receive the entire 9 million kronor prize!
"He will also become the first scholar in the world to win both the Nobel Prize and the Fields Prize!"
The news broadcast continued to play, but the living room was quiet.
Even though they had never heard of the Hoffman Medal or the Fields Prize, the Nobel Prize was a deified award. Even Old Lu, who rarely left Jiangling, knew about it.
The silence lasted for about a minute.
The first to break the silence was Lu Bangguo's fishing friend.
Zhou Ping: "Old Lu …"
Lu Bangguo: "What?"
Zhou Ping: "I heard your son isn't married yet?"
Lu Bangguo: "Yeah."
Zhou Ping: "Not thinking about … finding a partner?"
Lu Bangguo looked at him and said, "What do you mean?"
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