The phone went silent for a while.
Lu Zhou was shocked by Director Li's words, and he couldn't process what was going on.
ILHCRC headquarters building …
Unveiling?
Didn't we just finish the meeting? How come the building is finished? Maybe it was prepared … Wait a minute!
Suddenly, Lu Zhou came back to his senses.
He had almost overlooked the most important problem!
"What the hell is a chairman? How come I've never heard of it? "
Isn't he the chief consultant?
How come he's the chairman?
Lu Zhou had a big question mark on his face. He didn't even know what to say.
"You haven't heard of it?" Director Li coughed and said, "Ahem! Um … Blame me for not informing you, and blame you for leaving too early! Anyway — "
"Don't be in a hurry!" Lu Zhou interrupted Director Li and said, "I want to know what's going on?"
When Director Li heard Lu Zhou's unhappy tone, he was a little embarrassed. He softened his tone and tried to reason with Lu Zhou. "This is actually the case, we were forced to do this. The International Lunar Hadron Collider project is a US $20 billion project, and there are so many countries involved. Someone has to take the lead, right? "
"We didn't want to bother you at first. We were going to find a random academician, but the Communist Party of China held a meeting and felt that it would be difficult to convince the public. The Americans suffered a big loss at the budget committee, so it's hard to guarantee that they won't take this opportunity to make things difficult for us. Everyone is worried about this, right? "
Director Li smiled embarrassedly and said, "Just be a little inconvenienced and work for one term first. If you feel too tired in the future, train a successor who can take charge of the overall situation, and then you can come back."
Director Li was actually having a headache when he was trying to persuade Lu Zhou.
If it were someone else, they wouldn't even need to do it. They would be so happy to be entrusted with such a heavy responsibility that they would pack their bags and go to Shanghai.
After all, Shanghai was the headquarters of the International Lunar Hadron Collider!
This was a project that was longer than all of the colliders in CERN's history combined!
It was no exaggeration to say that once the collider on the Moon was built, the Shanghai headquarters would be the holy land of theoretical physics. The chairman of the ILHCRC would be the leader of the physics community.
Being able to serve as the chairman of such a powerful international scientific research organization was more prestigious than a Nobel Prize. Only this guy wasn't tempted by this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity …
In fact, Director Li didn't want to bother Lu Zhou. After all, he couldn't force Lu Zhou to do the job.
However, the problem was that basic science research was a relatively weak area in China's scientific research field. Especially in the field of theoretical physics, where there wasn't much investment. There weren't many scholars who were of the right age and could perform well.
If they really sent a random academician over, they might not be able to control the situation. After all, there were so many Nobel Prize -level scholars participating, and they just sent an unknown scholar to be the academic leader. It was indeed a bit unreasonable.
The most important thing was that if the chairman of the board couldn't control the situation, the ILHCRC would be taken over by foreign scholars.
If that happened, it would be a big loss.
Thinking about it this way, it seemed like Lu Zhou could only be the chairman.
Only when he was in this position could no one question the ability of the chairman.
This was not only a decision made after a meeting in Beijing, but it was also written by Academician Zhang Wenlong, the president of the China Physics Society.
After all, his "electrostrong interaction theory" was one of the most outstanding theoretical physics achievements of the century.
Other than the elderly Mr. Yang, he was the only person in China's physics community who could carry this banner …
After listening to Director Li's words, even though Lu Zhou could feel that he was serious, he still didn't know whether to laugh or cry about this sudden decision.
"That's not good, right? And I have other research projects — "
Director Li, who was holding the phone, glared at Lu Zhou. He didn't give Lu Zhou a chance to speak. He retorted.
"What's not good about it? We're paying 10 billion yuan! Even if we follow the Americans' market rules, we still have the majority of the shares. We can't let the Americans send an academician to Shanghai to be the chairman of the ILHCRC, right? I don't care about anything else, but we have to be the chairman of the ILHCRC for the first three terms! "
Lu Zhou: "…"
Even though he didn't really want to be the chairman of the ILHCRC, Director Li's words struck a chord in his heart.
In any case, China was paying US $10 billion, so they couldn't lose control of the ILHCRC.
Especially the position of chairman, they had to firmly control it for the first few terms. They could let other countries participate in the next few terms, but they had to take the initiative …
…
Even though Lu Zhou was a little reluctant, considering the big picture, he still took over the position of chairman.
After all, he was the one who proposed to build the collider …
After returning home from the Jinling Institute for Advanced Study, Lu Zhou dragged out his suitcase from his storage room and stuffed the clothes he had just put back into his closet.
Xiao Ai, who was controlling the drone, flew next to him.
Xiao Ai: [Master, are you going on a trip? (?????)】
Lu Zhou was packing his luggage. He took some time to look up at the small TV hanging under the drone and replied casually.
"Business trip? Why?"
Xiao Ai: [Um, because I can't use the drone outside, can Xiao Ai use the camera? If I don't see Master for a long time, Xiao Ai will be very lonely … QAQ]
Damn, when did this guy learn to act like a spoiled brat? Didn't he only know how to act dumb before?
Lu Zhou coughed and said, "I'll … think about it."
Xiao Ai: [Yay! Master is the best! (?* `′ *)??]
Lu Zhou: "…"
I haven't even agreed yet.
Isn't it a bit too early to be happy?
Also, his expression is a bit weird …
While he was thinking about this matter, a new message popped up.
Xiao Ai: [Master, Master, you have mail!? (^? ^ *)]
Lu Zhou: "Open it for me."
Xiao Ai: [Got it! (?????)??】
The text on the small TV flashed and quickly switched to the browser page.
Lu Zhou looked at the unread email and paused for a second.
The email was from the editorial department of Annual Mathematics. It was signed by Professor Frakes, the new editor-in-chief of Annual Mathematics.
In the email, the professor wrote in a sincere tone.
[Dear Professor Lu Zhou, we have received your thesis.
[After carefully reading your thesis, I was very surprised by your research results! There is no doubt that this is an outstanding research result. At the same time, I also have an immature suggestion, I hope you can seriously consider it.
[Inference 1 in your thesis, which is the core part of the entire thesis, actually discusses one of the core problems in differential topology that discusses manifold classification. Considering the mathematical significance of this proposition, we hope that you can submit it as a separate paper, rather than just a corollary of the hyperelliptic curve analysis method. This is not only a respect for other scholars in this field, but it also makes it easier for future scholars to search for literature …
[Based on the above reasons, I suggest you change it!]
Lu Zhou: "…?"
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