The International Lunar Hadron Collider Conference was going to be held in three days. Because he arrived in Beijing early, Lu Zhou had three days of free time.
However, because he traveled from Jiangling to Jiangcheng, and then from Jiangcheng to Beijing, Lu Zhou was a little tired.
After he left his luggage in the hotel, he took a shower and sat by the floor-to-ceiling windows of the hotel. He quietly looked at his notebook and compared Vera's thesis. He read until it was time for dinner.
Lu Zhou called the hotel waiter to send him a simple meal. He quickly finished his meal and looked at the conference documents. He then took a shower and went to bed. This was the end of his busy day.
The next morning, Lu Zhou woke up early and called Wang Peng to send him to the Old Summer Palace.
Lu Zhou was about to go straight to Yanjing University, but he happened to walk toward the north gate of Shuimu University.
After the security guard looked at his ID card, he politely let him in.
Lu Zhou walked along the tree-lined path of Shuimu University. He enjoyed the scenery on both sides and the rich academic atmosphere of Shuimu University. He walked toward the west gate.
However, when he walked to the lakeside, he happened to see two acquaintances.
These two people weren't small fries.
One was a big name in Chinese mathematics, and the other was a leader in Chinese physics.
These two were none other than Mr. Qiu, the founder of geometric analysis, and Mr. Yang, the top physicist in the world of physics.
Lu Zhou was about to greet them, but he heard the two old men arguing about something. He slowed down and listened.
"… Old Yang, I don't agree with you. What do you mean by wasting money and resources? It doesn't matter where money is spent. In my opinion, as long as money is spent where it should be spent, that's the right thing to do. "
"Hmph, what do you mean the right thing to do? Have you asked the opinions of the people in the country? "
Just as he was talking excitedly, he suddenly noticed Lu Zhou walking over. Grandfather Yang frowned and stared at Lu Zhou for a while. He finally recognized this young face.
"Academician Lu?"
When Qiu Chengtong heard Academician Lu, he immediately turned his head and looked at Lu Zhou, who was walking toward him. He smiled and greeted him.
"Yo, it's really Academician Lu! What a coincidence! How come you have the time to come to Shuimu University? Why didn't you tell me in advance? "
Lu Zhou smiled and said, "I happened to be in Shangjing for a meeting. I just came over to take a look and didn't want to disturb you."
"International Lunar Hadron Collider Conference?" Old Qiu's eyes lit up, and he said, "What a coincidence! I was arguing with Old Yang about this, and he was unconvinced. How about Chief Designer Lu from the Lunar Orbit Committee come and judge for us?"
What do you mean judge for us?
Also, what's the point?
Seeing how Old Qiu was trying to drag him into the argument, Lu Zhou didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
At the same time, after hearing what Qiu Chengtong said, Yang Zhenning immediately looked at him unhappily.
"What do you mean you're unconvinced? You're the one showing off, I'm just trying to reason with you. Plus, I'm not wrong! "
"Our country is still at the initial stage. We've barely reached the intermediate stage. We still have to work harder to cross this threshold. It's not the time to be blindly optimistic and rejoice."
Qiu Chengtong said with dissatisfaction, "Old Yang, I don't agree with you. We're not the same as before. US $20 billion is a lot of money, but we don't have to pay for it all. Also, we can attract at least 5,000 outstanding international researchers to work in our country, bringing our culture to the international academic community. This is something that money can't buy! Just because we're not in charge of the physics community today, we have to give it to someone else tomorrow? "
"I really recommend you to go to the conference. Don't you want the center of physics to move from Switzerland to China?"
"Oh, you're in mathematics, but you're worried about us physics people." Yang Zhenning smiled and didn't say anything. He just looked at Lu Zhou.
"Chief Designer Lu, do you think so too?"
"Designer is just a title, it sounds too distant. Just call me Professor Lu." Lu Zhou coughed and said, "As for my opinion … Old Qiu already said that now is not the time to save money. Also, money is just a number. If you don't want to spend money, you'll never make money. "
Old Yang looked at Lu Zhou and looked at the lake. He paused for a while before speaking.
"I published an article more than a decade ago. I still remember the title. It was' China Should Not Build a Super Large Collider '. Even though it's been more than a decade, my opinion hasn't changed. However, the steering wheel is in your hands, so it doesn't matter what I say. "
Lu Zhou opened his mouth and was about to say something, but Old Yang suddenly changed the topic.
"I don't want to criticize your decision. To be able to find a general solution to the Yang-Mills equations and connect the strong interaction force and the electromagnetic force, you're already at the top of theoretical physics. Unless someone can uncover the mystery of gravity … I think it's impossible to do this in this century."
Old Yang looked at Lu Zhou and spoke.
"I'm almost a hundred years old, so not all of my decisions are wise. Some time ago, I was rejected by PRL. After thinking about it, maybe I'm really getting old. But this isn't necessarily a bad thing, not to mention I have such an excellent successor.
"Since you know where the right direction is, I'll leave everything to you."
Elder Yang looked at the 40 years old woman next to him and nodded to her. Then, he slowly walked in another direction with the help of the woman.
"This old guy … is really fast." Old Qiu smiled and shook his head. He then said, "Normally, he would argue with me for at least an hour or two."
Even though the media often hyped up the debate between two top Chinese scholars about whether or not to build a collider, in fact, the friendship between the two was actually quite good. Especially since Old Qiu's research on the Calabi-Qiu space itself was a very important theoretical tool in modern mathematical physics. The two often communicated academically.
Otherwise, Qiu Chengtong's mathematics research institute wouldn't have been built on the campus of Shuimu University.
Lu Zhou: "Old Yang also cares about the future of the nation, so his concerns are reasonable."
"Yeah. Otherwise, I wouldn't have wasted so much time talking to him. "Qiu Chengtong looked at Mr. Yang's back and nodded. He suddenly turned to look at Lu Zhou and said with a smile," Speaking of which, US $20 billion is not a small number. Can you handle such a heavy burden? "
After hearing these words, Lu Zhou was slightly stunned. He then smiled and spoke.
"Mr. Qiu, you're kidding."
"It's only US $20 billion."
"This is about three and a half years for me."
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