Xiao Tong wasn't the only one who didn't expect the Econometrica thesis to be so popular. Even Lu Zhou didn't expect it to be so popular. He had just returned home and was about to cut off all contact with the outside world. He was going to focus on researching the Riemann conjecture while taking a vacation at the end of the year. However, his mailbox was flooded with emails.
Some of the emails were from his old friends at Princeton. There were also some that he didn't recognize. However, judging from their self-introductions, they seemed to be scholars in the fields of macroeconomics and computational economics. Many of them were quite famous.
From these emails, Lu Zhou learned that his mathematical model was extremely popular in the economics community. There were several economics seminars on this mathematical model held in New York, Boston, London, and other places.
The economists that contacted him were basically the same as Professor Krugman. They all hoped that he could continue to research the Lu Bewley model and bring macroeconomics and computational economics to new heights.
However, unfortunately, Lu Zhou wasn't very interested.
At first, he seriously replied to a few emails and expressed a euphemistic rejection. However, as the number of emails increased, he decided to just let Xiao Ai reply.
Lu Zhou suddenly felt a lot more peaceful. He finally had time to calm down and continue to research the "hyperelliptic curve analysis" mathematical tool that he created a while ago.
The third day before Chinese New Year, it was just past noon in London.
Xiao Tong, who was packing her luggage, opened a WeChat video call. While she was harassing her brother, she also told Lu Zhou that she was invited by Professor Krugman to study at Princeton.
After listening to Xiao Tong's excited chatter, Lu Zhou thought for a moment and suddenly interrupted her.
"Xiao Tong."
"Yeah?"
Xiao Tong, who was stuffing her dress into her suitcase, didn't turn around when her name was suddenly called. She nodded to show that she heard.
Lu Zhou paused for a second and spoke.
"In theory, can a model designed based on economics … predict the future?"
These days, he almost forgot what Professor Krugman said to him. However, when Xiao Tong suddenly mentioned that he was accepted by the Nobel Prize winner, Lu Zhou remembered.
Predicting the future …
Predicting the future social environment and even the political structure through macroeconomic changes …
Could this really be done?
Xiao Tong heard this strange question and stopped packing her suitcase. She tilted her head and thought for a moment before answering seriously.
"I can't say no … But the purpose of economics is not to predict the future."
Lu Zhou: "Then why?"
"For the efficient allocation of social resources … Or in other words, for the future to develop in a better direction?"
When saying this, Xiaotong's tone was not particularly certain. After all, she was only a master's student who had just graduated less than a month ago. For her, there was still a long way to go on the academic road.
"Is that so …"
Lu Zhou nodded thoughtfully and did not say anything.
Xiao Tong asked curiously as she looked at her brother who seemed to be deep in thought on the computer screen.
"Bro, aren't you researching the Riemann conjecture? Why are you suddenly asking this? "
Suddenly, her heart moved, and she spoke with joy.
"Maybe … You're suddenly interested in economics?"
"You're thinking too much, it's just that someone suddenly mentioned this interesting problem to me." Lu Zhou did not tell her that this person was her future supervisor. He smiled and said, "Speaking of which, when are you coming back this year?"
Even though this was an interesting topic, it wasn't interesting enough for Lu Zhou to be fascinated.
After all, the so-called prediction of the future was just a conjecture. When Professor Krugman mentioned this concept to him, he did not even use a very confident tone.
Of course, if it was really possible, he didn't mind taking some time to study it and use a quantum computer to observe what interesting things would happen in the future.
Of course, it wasn't because he wanted to make a profit from this technology. It was purely from a scholar's point of view, and he was curious about the unknown …
Xiao Tong happily said, "Tomorrow's flight! I'll land in Shanghai first, play there for two days, then take the high-speed train back ~ "
Lu Zhou nodded.
"Then let's talk when you come back … Oh yeah, do you have enough living expenses?"
"Hmph, I don't need your money. The outsourcing work I took from HSBC isn't low, it's much higher than when you were working … Speaking of which, bro, you're home already?"
Although Xiao Tong was a bit naughty, she didn't want to bother others. Xiao Tong was the same as Lu Zhou. Lu Zhou was the same back then. He didn't want a single cent from his family.
When Lu Zhou heard the first half of Xiao Tong's sentence, he couldn't help but smile and nod.
"Yeah, I got home yesterday."
"Ah, I envy you … I'm going to eat lunch, bye."
"Okay, come back soon."
After hanging up the video call, Lu Zhou looked at his watch. In ten minutes, his mom would probably knock on his door and ask him to come over for dinner.
However, when he was about to get up and walk around, a text bubble popped up on the lower right corner of his computer screen.
Xiao Ai: [Master, Xiao Ai received a special email, do you need me to reply to it?? (^? ^ *)]
When Lu Zhou saw this message, he hesitated for a second.
"What do you mean by special?"
Xiao Ai: [It's from a woman named Vera. (?? ▽?)]
Vera?
When Lu Zhou heard this unexpected name, he was slightly stunned. He then calmed himself down and spoke.
"… I'll reply to it myself."
[Okay ~ (clever.jpg)]
Even though Lu Zhou was curious about how Xiao Ai knew which emails he wanted him to reply to, he guessed that the last upgrade probably increased the intelligence of this artificially retarded student.
However, when Lu Zhou was about to open the email, he suddenly heard a knock on the door.
"Zhou, someone is looking for you."
His mother's voice came from the other side of the door.
Lu Zhou paused for a second and thought about it carefully. He didn't have an appointment, so he asked for confirmation.
"Looking for me?"
"Yeah! They say they're from Jianghe University, they're all teachers! I heard one of them is an academician! They're so polite, they're all waiting at the door. They told me to ask you first. "
His mother's voice seemed to be full of joy, so much so that her voice was even trembling.
Not only did her son make great achievements, but the people he interacted with were also "great scholars". Not only did she become an academician, but even academicians would come to visit her during Chinese New Year. How could she not be happy when she was a mother?
Not to mention that Jianghe University was quite famous in Jiangling!
However, when Lu Zhou heard the keywords "Jianghe University", "teachers", and "academicians", he had a bad feeling in his heart. He even had a slight headache.
He suddenly realized how unrealistic it was to think that going back to his hometown would be able to avoid these people.
"The tree wants peace, but the wind doesn't stop blowing …"
Xiao Ai: [(° ー °??)]
Fang Mei: "Zhou?"
"Nothing, I'm coming."
Lu Zhou pushed away his chair and stood up. He walked toward the door with his head full of questions.
I feel like …
It's too naive to think that I can relax during the New Year …
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