Three days later in Beijing, it was a sunny day with no clouds in the sky.
For this city, this kind of good weather was quite rare. It was as if the weather was meticulously planned.
Outside the Shangjing Great Hall, there was an endless stream of people coming and going, and it was a scene of endless traffic.
Two concierges in formal suits stood next to the conference hall with a smile on their faces.
However, after smiling for a long time, their expressions would inevitably become stiff. In order to avoid making the foreign guests uncomfortable, they had to move a little to relax their facial muscles.
"… I found out that no matter what conference it is, as long as you put the word 'international' in front of the conference name, it's instantly different." A concierge with short hair looked at the endless stream of people in front of the conference hall and spoke.
Standing next to him, a slightly older concierge asked.
"What do you mean?"
The young concierge continued to speak.
"Think about it, if we changed the name to the China Lunar Hadron Collider Conference, wouldn't that be a big deal?"
The slightly older concierge said softly with a smile, "How is it not cool when you say that? The only difference is the openness of the international community, what does it have to do with being a big deal? "
"What you said seems to make some sense."
"Alright, alright. Don't talk nonsense. Just stand on your post obediently. You should have enough slacking already."
Not far away, at the entrance of the auditorium, a young doctor with neatly combed hair looked at the foreign faces coming and going and couldn't help but speak.
"We can build the Hadron Collider by ourselves, so why do we need the Americans to help us? Can't we play by ourselves? "
The old man standing next to him was probably his supervisor.
The old man in a suit couldn't help but smile and shake his head.
"You can't say that, economic globalization is the general trend, competition is the norm, and win-win cooperation is also the norm. We are temporarily in the lead in the field of space. The best way to expand our advantage is not to close the country, but to cooperate. Even the Americans understand this, why wouldn't we? "
The young scholar scratched the back of his head and asked.
"What do you mean by cooperate?"
The old man coughed softly. "… Actually, I'm not very sure myself. I heard someone bragging about it when I was eating at the hotel buffet yesterday."
Students: "…"
Looking at the speechless students, the old man coughed and continued.
"In short, your way of thinking won't work. If we can host such an international event, we can strengthen our diplomatic relations with other countries, as well as our connections with the academic community. In the past, our research dogs worked for the Western laboratories and produced the theses they needed. Now, it's their turn to work for us and produce the theses we need. "
"This meeting is very important. Don't just sit there and play with your phone. If you have the chance, talk to the people next to you. Maybe the person sitting next to you is the head of a laboratory or the top physicist in the country."
Hearing this, the young student's expression finally became serious. He nodded and turned off his phone in front of the teacher.
"I understand!"
Looking at his student's enlightened expression, the old man nodded with a smile.
This child is worth teaching.
Even though I'm a physics academic leader at a first-class university in China, in a place like this, I'm just a nobody.
Even if it was Lu Zhou himself, it would be beneficial for his academic career if he could make a name for himself at this international physics event.
Speaking of this, I have to thank Academician Lu for creating this opportunity for the Chinese physics community and bringing this event to China.
His only regret was that it would have been great if he had encountered such an opportunity when he was young. Back when he was young, it was extremely rare for those who were engaged in theoretical research to have a conference in China, let alone have a conference in China …
At this thought, the old man couldn't help but look at his silly student with a trace of envy on his face.
Kid, you don't know how lucky you are.
You're living in a good era …
…
The first International Lunar Hadron Collider conference was held as scheduled in the Great Hall of Beijing.
At the entrance of the conference hall, Professor Keriber, who was wearing a big trench coat, opened his arms and walked toward Lu Zhou.
"Haha, my old friend, long time no see!"
"Long time no see." Lu Zhou politely hugged the tall and thin German professor. He smiled and said, "If I remember correctly, this should be the International Lunar Hadron Collider conference. Why are you here?"
Professor Keriber was the director of the Wendelstein 7-X Stellarator Research Institute. He was also one of the core engineers responsible for Europe's controllable fusion research.
When China withdrew from ITER, even though the two were competitors, they still had a good relationship. Later on, they represented their respective countries in academic exchanges.
For example, the predecessor of the Pangu fusion reactor, the STAR-1 experimental reactor, was modified from the Wega stellarator bought from Germany.
In the long run, this deal was certainly worth it. After all, without the success of the Pangu fusion reactor, Europe would have to wait for another 50 years before it could have access to clean and almost unlimited energy. However, now that the controllable fusion negotiations had ended, the East Asia Power's nuclear core could land in Cadarache, France, next year. The next year, Frankfurt, Germany, would also have one …
"You probably forgot that I'm an engineer who studies plasma physics, and I'm one of the top experts in superconducting magnets in the world. I contributed to CERN's underground superconducting magnet, and they invited me here." Professor Keriber smiled and patted Lu Zhou's shoulder. He then said, "It's not just me, your other old friend is here as well."
"Professor Klitzing?" Lu Zhou's eyes lit up when he saw the old man walking over. He smiled and reached out his hand. "I didn't expect you to come."
"How could I miss such an important conference? Whether there are any new discoveries in physics in the next 50 years depends on you guys." Professor Klitzing smiled and shook hands with Lu Zhou. He then said, "Congratulations, being able to host such an important conference will definitely be a great addition to your academic resume … Although I guess you probably don't care about these things anymore."
"Of course not, who would complain about not having enough medals? However, I'm not hosting this conference, I'm only one of the hosts … "Lu Zhou smiled and made an inviting gesture. He then said," Don't stand at the door, come in. "
Suddenly, Professor Keriber raised his right hand.
"Wait a minute, I almost forgot something."
Lu Zhou smiled and said, "What? You didn't leave the invitation at the hotel, right? "
"… An old friend of an old friend from Princeton asked me to bring you a letter. I thought that since I was coming to China, I might be able to see you, so I agreed." He took out a letter from his briefcase and handed it to Lu Zhou. "This is it."
Lu Zhou was about to take the letter, but Wang Peng, who was standing next to him, stepped forward and took it for him.
"Sorry, can I read it first?"
"Uh, no problem. Since I've already delivered it, it probably doesn't matter even if you throw it into the shredder … But by the way, since it can pass the airport security, I don't think there will be any problems, right? Anyway, don't blame me if there's a problem. "Professor Keriber shrugged awkwardly as he looked at Wang Peng's expression.
"This is a very difficult time. To be honest, this is affecting my daily life …" Lu Zhou looked at Professor Klitzing and Professor Keriber helplessly. He then looked at Wang Peng and cleared his throat. "Is it done?"
Wang Peng carefully checked the envelope with a professional tool. After he confirmed that there were no problems, he nodded cautiously.
"It's fine."
He walked to the side and opened the envelope. He then took out the contents.
Inside, there was a letter and an invitation.
Lu Zhou looked at Wang Peng's hand and spoke.
"If it's convenient, can you help me see who sent it? I'm a little curious."
"The sender is Krugman … I think that's how it's spelled." Wang Peng noticed that Lu Zhou was speechless. He paused for a second and asked, "What?"
Lu Zhou: "… Nothing."
MMP！
He still hasn't given up!
He even asked a friend of a friend to send it …
He's like a ghost …
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