It was a quiet night.
The next day was also the last day of the fall outing.
According to the itinerary, the group of people were supposed to go to the Zhongshan scenic area, visit a Buddhist pagoda, and visit the Sutra Pavilion.
However, none of the Jinling teachers were interested. Lu Zhou had visited the pagoda twice before, so he obviously wasn't interested either. There were only a few new faculty members and some new teaching assistants who had gotten up early to pack their things. They were ready to go, full of energy and vigor.
As for the old professors who didn't plan on going, they played a few card games in the hotel's activity room.
Incidentally, the female counselor who chatted with Lu Zhou yesterday knocked on Lu Zhou's door early in the morning. She came to invite him to go to the pagoda together. However, Lu Zhou wasn't interested at all, so she had to go with her best friend.
Lu Zhou went to the cafeteria to eat breakfast and leisurely walked to the activity room. He saw that Dean Qin and Luo Wenxuan were also there, so he invited them to play a card game.
"Pair ace."
"No, no, I can't afford it!" Luo Wenxuan smiled and waved his hand. He obviously wouldn't accept Dean Qin's card.
Dean Qin smiled and picked up a pair of cards. He looked at Luo Wenxuan and then looked at the landlord, Lu Zhou.
"Then I'll go —"
"Bomb."
Four fours were thrown on the table. Luo Wenxuan, who was ready to win, almost slid off the sofa.
"F * ck! You still have a trick up your sleeve. "
Lu Zhou smiled and didn't say anything. He threw a jack on the table and threw the remaining ten.
Dean Qin looked at the two cards in his hand and frowned. He then sighed and spoke.
"If I didn't leave, I would have won."
"Not necessarily, if you didn't leave, I wouldn't have played like this."
"You know my cards?"
"In the sense of probability, every card in your hand can be calculated," Lu Zhou said with a smile as he shuffled the cards. "In fact, poker itself is a number game. Compared to fighting the landlord, I prefer blackjack."
"I'm not playing with this guy anymore." Luo Wenxuan leaned back in his chair and said, "This guy is a freak. Not many people can beat him in Princeton, let alone here."
After losing twelve rounds in a row, he was on the verge of exploding.
Now he finally understood that playing cards with a Fields Medal winner was purely out of desperation.
Lu Zhou looked at Luo Wenxuan, who had already shuffled the cards, and smiled.
"This is the last round. I'll take this round."
Luo Wenxuan jumped up from the sofa and threw two hundred dollar bills on the table without any hesitation. He rubbed his hands with a heartless smile.
"Alright, let's go big this time."
Lu Zhou: "…"
Dean Qin, "…"
Previously, they had been fighting in groups of two or three. Suddenly, there were more than two hundred of them. Clearly, it was a big one …
…
In the end, Lu Zhou won.
Even though skill was one thing, fighting the landlord still depended on luck.
And when it came to luck, Lu Zhou knew he wouldn't lose.
This was true. He had two big and small cards in his hand. He won three out of four twos. His luck was insane. Not to mention playing openly, even if he closed his eyes, he would still be able to win.
He originally planned on losing one round and giving his winnings back, but Luo Wenxuan was too disappointing.
Lu Zhou waved the bills in his hand and gave his seat to Old Tang. He then smiled and walked away.
Lu Zhou left the activity room and walked outside of the hotel. He was about to walk around when he suddenly heard someone calling him from behind.
"Wait a second, Professor Lu."
Lu Zhou turned around and saw the girl he met yesterday. She was holding a book as she ran out of the hotel entrance.
"Um, sorry about yesterday …" The girl stopped in front of Lu Zhou and lowered her head apologetically.
Lu Zhou looked at the girl and smiled.
"It's fine, I understand the so-called broken window effect."
After all, most of his Weibo fans were ordinary people. It was understandable for them to be jealous of his handsomeness.
Once there were a lot of people who didn't mean what they really thought, the people behind them would follow suit. It didn't represent their true thoughts, so Lu Zhou never took it to heart.
Seeing that Lu Zhou really didn't blame her, the girl sighed in relief. She then took out a mathematics textbook and a pen and handed them to Lu Zhou with a face full of hope.
"Um, I want to get into a key high school … Can you sign this for me?"
"No problem."
Lu Zhou took the book and pen and signed his name on it.
He thought about it and felt like it was too thin, so he wrote a neat line of words on top of the name and gave it back to the girl.
"Pretending to hide the verdant green by the window, I want to play with the strings …"
The girl read the line of words on the title page. She suddenly raised her head and looked at Lu Zhou happily.
"Thank you! Your handwriting is so nice. "
Lu Zhou smiled and said, "Good luck."
"Yeah! I will work hard. "
Lu Zhou watched the little girl skipping back to the hotel. He turned around and walked toward the stone steps around the mountain. He happened to bump into an acquaintance who was waving at him and walking toward him.
"Professor Lu! Haha, what a coincidence to see you here. "
Looking at Liu Wanshan's glowing face, Lu Zhou also had a surprised expression on his face.
"Manager Liu? What a coincidence, you're here too. "
Liu Wanshan smiled and shook Lu Zhou's hand.
"Yeah, what a coincidence, I'm also on vacation in the sanatorium next door. I know a good teahouse nearby, do you want to go there? "
Lu Zhou had nothing to do, so he nodded.
"Okay, you lead the way?"
Liu Wanshan smiled and said, "Haha, of course I'll lead the way. That place isn't easy to find, come with me."
It wasn't as difficult to find as Mr. Liu said. The teahouse was on the side of the stone steps halfway up the mountain. It seemed like a place for tourists to rest. The stone railings on the side faced the two mountains. Looking at the beautiful scenery of Purple Mountain, it was a good place to take photos.
The two went into the teahouse and found a quiet place with a good view. They sat down and asked the waiter to put a pot of tea on the table.
"How's business?"
"Thanks to Professor Lu, it's getting better!"
Liu Wanshan took a sip of Longjing tea and moistened his throat. He smiled and talked to Lu Zhou about Zhongshan New Materials.
Ever since Star Sky Technology invested in Zhongshan New Materials, Zhongshan New Materials received technical support from Star Sky Technology and reduced patent costs. Zhongshan New Materials had grown by leaps and bounds in the Chinese market.
Especially after acquiring two local battery factories and upgrading the production line, Zhongshan New Materials obtained a full set of lithium-sulfur battery production technology. They also received orders from many electric vehicle companies and mobile phone manufacturers.
Due to the positive impact of controllable fusion technology, the entire Chinese battery market was expanding. Zhongshan New Materials had become his most profitable business, with a monthly turnover of hundreds of millions.
There was also the SG-1 superconducting material. Even though it was highly risky due to the impact of the government's policies, the Americans and Europeans were willing to risk their lives to acquire this material, and Lu Zhou still made a lot of money.
"What about you? Are you researching aerospace? "
Lu Zhou took a sip of tea and said, "Sort of."
Liu Wanshan nodded and didn't ask any more questions.
He had been in the business world for so many years, so he knew what he could ask and what he couldn't.
Seeing how Lu Zhou didn't want to talk about this topic, Lu Zhou immediately smiled and changed the topic.
"Oh yeah, speaking of batteries, there's an electric vehicle industry summit in a few days. Apparently, they're going to discuss a unified battery standard at the summit. Even the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology is coming."
Electric vehicle summit?
Lu Zhou remembered something, so he spoke.
"Where is this summit being held?"
"It's in Jinling. Why, are you interested?" Liu Wanshan saw that Lu Zhou seemed to be interested, so he smiled and said, "Sure, if you're interested, I have an invitation letter here. I'll send it to you."
Lu Zhou didn't give a clear answer. He just smiled and spoke.
"I'll have to trouble you then."
"Not at all! This is just a small matter. "
The two of them just sat there, drinking tea and bragging, until it was almost noon.
Lu Zhou looked at his watch and saw that the hotel buffet was about to start, so he said goodbye to Liu Wanshan and left the teahouse.
However, just as he was leisurely strolling towards the hotel halfway up the mountain, he vaguely felt that someone was following him from behind. Lu Zhou frowned and looked back, but he didn't see anything.
"Am I hallucinating?"
Lu Zhou muttered to himself and walked toward the hotel.
When he arrived at the hotel, the buffet had already started.
He bumped into Wang Peng at the buffet, so Lu Zhou sat across from him with his plate.
While they were eating, Lu Zhou suddenly remembered what he felt, so he told him about it.
"You feel like someone is following you?" Wang Peng frowned and said, "Is it the General Staff Department?"
"General Staff Department?"
"Mhmm, your safety is handled by two departments. I'm in charge of the State Security. I'm not sure about the General Staff Department, but I heard they're in charge of the periphery. But you don't have to worry about your safety. The day before you came up the mountain, the area was already under surveillance. If you're still worried, I'll call the General Staff Department later. "
Lu Zhou said, "No way, if I knew it would be so troublesome, I wouldn't have come for this outing."
Wang Peng smiled and said, "How can we do that? We'd rather it be troublesome on our side to ensure that your daily life isn't affected."
Not to mention …
Lu Zhou didn't have many opportunities to go out to begin with. He spent all his time in the laboratory with a group of men. If he didn't participate in any outdoor activities, he would be destined to be alone for the rest of his life.
Other people's life was something that others could only worry about.
But Lu Zhou's life …
That was something that the head elder personally asked about.
Lu Zhou shook his head and didn't say anything else.
He wasn't someone who liked to cause trouble for others. If he could do it himself, he wouldn't give it to someone else to do.
However, even if he told Wang Peng not to go through all this trouble, the General Staff Department and State Security wouldn't agree. After all, his personal safety was no longer just his problem, it was also related to the fate of the country.
Suddenly, Lu Zhou had a strange idea.
Should I get a "Terminator" bodyguard?
With Xiao Ai's level of intelligence and the space shuttle assembly center's processing power, it might be possible.
However, this idea only appeared for a second before he dismissed it.
Xiao Ai was like his child. Who would be willing to send their child to the battlefield?
Not to mention, its "personality" was like a blank piece of paper. Lu Zhou didn't want to write too many dangerous things on it.
Otherwise, it would be hard to say if it was a blessing or a curse …
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