Volume 1: Student Life Chapter 464 The Final Plan

Friedman also returned to MIT on the morning of the 6th.

He had originally planned to find Chen Zhou as soon as he returned and discuss Chen Zhou's paper on the rubber ball topic face to face.

Unexpectedly, before he even looked for Chen Zhou, someone called him first.

The source of this call was Professor Cross, who said he would come to see Chen Zhou the next day but never came.

The reason why he went to Friedman first was because of the things he had been delayed for these days.

When Cross learned that Friedman was also at MIT, he was stunned for a moment, but quickly reacted, left a sentence "I'll come to you right away", and hung up the phone.

For Cross, Friedman's return to MIT will save him a lot of time.

Moreover, Cross roughly guessed why Friedman was at MIT.

Although the two have not yet communicated after receiving Chen Zhou's paper.

But this is the only thing that could make this big guy go back to school on his own initiative.

This is just the right time to report on what I have been doing these days together with Chen Zhou's paper.

Friedman's office.

Because it was still holiday time, the old man with completely white hair was the only one in the office.

Friedman shook his head slightly after looking at the paper , which he had typed and annotated himself, making it look a bit sloppy.

Originally, he thought it would take him about two days to review Chen Zhou's paper.

It ended up taking four full days!

Only then did I finish reviewing the first draft of Chen Zhou's paper.

It’s not that the content inside is very profound.

After all, for Friedman, there was nothing too profound about the jellyball experiment.

It’s just that there are too many innovative contents in this paper.

Whether in theory or experiment, it is absolutely innovative.

It can be said that Chen Zhou has comprehensively innovated the colloid ball experiment topic.

Friedman therefore seemed somewhat unsure of the necessity of these innovations.

To put it bluntly, where did the content in Chen Zhou's paper come from? Is it right or wrong?

So it took him two more days to review the paper.

For those things that he was unsure about, he needed to verify them himself.

Of course, during the verification process, Friedman also sorted out Chen Zhou's ideas.

I was also amazed by Chen Zhou's brilliant idea.

There was no way, Friedman had to admire it.

During the review process of the entire paper, Friedman discovered a problem.

If Chen Zhou made any directional mistake, he would basically be on a path of no return.

However, this young man actually keenly grasped the entire research idea.

It was as if his physical sense of smell had already discovered where the end point was.

From the very beginning, go straight to the final desired result.

Friedman felt that Chen Zhou had a keen intuition to become a great physicist!

Recovering his thoughts, Friedman slowly stood up and went to make two cups of coffee.

When Cross comes over, they will be able to properly interrogate him, oh no, have a proper communication with this genius physicist.

Not long after, there was a knock on the office door.

"Come in!"

Following Friedman's voice, Cross opened the door and walked in.

Friedman put down the freshly brewed coffee and said with a smile, "It seems that the time I calculated is still very accurate?"

Seeing the sincere smile on this old man's face, who was not his mentor but was better than his mentor.

Cross knew in his heart that the old man in front of him was happy about Chen Zhou's paper.

"Professor, I haven't had your coffee for at least two years." Cross also smiled briefly, walked to the table, and picked up the coffee that Friedman had brewed himself.

Friedman motioned to him, "Don't blame me if you're not used to it."

"No." Cross knew that Friedman was complaining about the time he almost vomited the coffee he made for the first time.

That was many years ago. Friedman loved bitter coffee, the bitterer the better.

It happened that Cross went to consult him about something and had the good fortune to taste the exquisite bitter coffee.

Putting away his memories, Cross took a sip of coffee and was surprised to find that this time the coffee was not bitter, but rather a little sweet.

Friedman noticed Cross's expression and explained with a smile, "Alissa didn't like bitter coffee, but I didn't change until I was older."

Cross heard this and immediately understood.

Unexpectedly, Friedman, who is as stubborn as an old scholar, would change his coffee drinking habit for his wife.

Although this only changed in old age.

"You came to me about Chen Zhou's paper, right?" Friedman asked directly, pointing at the coffee cup in his hand.

Cross nodded, then shook his head: "Not all..."

Friedman was stunned for a moment, but before Cross could speak, he had already guessed the reason.

"Is it from SLAC?"

Cross looked at Friedman in surprise, then said angrily, "Yes, I had planned to come here on the 4th and had already booked a flight ticket, but before I left, they stopped me..."

Looking at Cross's expression, Friedman slowly asked, "Are they planning to terminate this project?"

Cross nodded hesitantly. "They told me that they couldn't contact you these days, so they were ready to make a unilateral decision. They found me because they wanted to get my support, and they wanted to convince you through me..."

Friedman asked quietly, "How did you answer?"

Cross immediately responded : "Of course I rejected their request!"

Friedman shook his head: "You shouldn't reject them. There's nothing wrong with their ideas and actions..."

Cross opened his mouth in surprise. He didn't expect Friedman to say such a thing.

Isn’t SLAC his brainchild?

Isn’t the accelerator there his beloved treasure?

Why would he say such things now that someone was trying to take away his most beloved treasure?

As if knowing what Cross was thinking, Friedman explained: "The current SLAC is no longer the original SLAC. With the development of the world and the United States, it is impossible for SLAC to build the next generation of linear collider in the San Francisco Bay Area..."

After hearing Friedman's words, Cross wanted to say something but was stopped.

Friedman continued: "No matter how glorious SLAC was in the past, the world's center for high-energy particle research is now in Europe, at CERN."

"They have the world's largest hadron collider and a future that is much better than SLAC. The only way for SLAC to survive is to transform..."

Although what Friedman said is a fact that is generally accepted in the world and in the high-energy physics community.

But, Cross heard it.

He just felt that at this moment, it was as if the sky was falling.

Friedman's significance to SLAC is like the history of SLAC.

He was one of the first researchers at SLAC and one of the founders of SLAC.

It is also because of the presence of Friedman and others that SLAC has achieved its previous glory.

But now, this pioneer has actually accepted the fact that SLAC needs to transform.

Who would believe SLAC then?

Cross didn't know. He was a little confused and angry at the moment.

The anger is not directed at Friedman, but at the US Department of Energy.

Why has SLAC, which has created such brilliant achievements, continued to decline?

Cross feels that a big reason lies with these departments in the United States.

However, after the anger, all that was left for Cross was confusion.

Originally, he was extremely delighted when he saw Chen Zhou's paper.

Although he was somewhat unhappy that Chen Zhou had left him aside and independently produced such outstanding results.

However, the possibility that the rubber ball would be found soon aroused his expectations.

That's why he couldn't wait to find Chen Zhou, to increase his expectations...

But now, people from the Ministry of Energy have already informed him.

The colloid experiment project that Friedman was in charge of has been planned to be terminated.

They will no longer have the opportunity to discover the rubber ball "with their own eyes" and witness history.

Even though he argued and boldly guaranteed the success of the next experiment.

But the guys from the Ministry of Energy told him very impatiently.

They just informed, not discussed...

Thinking of this, Cross suddenly felt powerless.

Without Friedman by their side, they were like lambs to be slaughtered by the guys in the Department of Energy.

"How long?"

Friedman's voice brought Cross back to his senses, who was in extremely mixed emotions.

Cross said in a disappointed tone: "At the end of March..."

"At the end of March..." Friedman repeated, pondering, "Then let's say goodbye properly and make a final plan for it."

Cross was slightly stunned, but soon understood what Friedman meant.

However, before he had time to be happy, he realized that the electron-positron collider had not had enough time to "rest".

Moreover, Friedman's next experiment was not scheduled until April...

Thinking of this, Cross said in a low voice: "Professor, but PEP will not be able to start the next experiment until at least April..."

Friedman shook his head and explained softly: "In theory, it is April, but that is just theory. In fact, in late March, it is enough to start the next experiment!"

Hearing Friedman's words, Cross's originally dim eyes suddenly brightened up.

In this case, they at least have one last chance.

Moreover, once they discover glue balls, this Nobel Prize-winning discovery may save SLAC's colliders.

Cross said a little excitedly: "Professor, how sure are you?"

Friedman picked up the coffee, took a sip, and then said, "Are you talking about the collider experiment, or the possibility of discovering glue balls? If it's the latter, I suggest you go ask Chen Zhou."

Although Friedman did not answer the question, he also teased Cross.

But Cross's heart was settled because of Friedman's words.

Cross finished the coffee in the cup in one gulp and hurriedly urged: "Let's go, Professor, let's go find Chen Zhou."

Friedman looked at Cross, smiled and said, "Okay, let's go."

So Friedman took the bound but somewhat sloppy typed manuscript.

Taking Cross with him, he went to find Chen Zhou.

Although the conversation in the office delayed lunch.

However, the two of them did not think about solving the problem of filling their stomachs first.

However, when the two were about to reach the dormitory area.

Friedman then remembered that he had no idea where Chen Zhou's dormitory was.

Cross couldn't help but look sideways as he watched Friedman making a phone call to a student.

Chen Zhou, who was in the dormitory, had no idea that Friedman had brought Cross to find him for their final plan.

At this moment, Chen Zhou was excited about solving the problem of "Linear representation of Artin's L-function on Galois group".

What often makes you happy is the unexpected surprise that you solved problems that you were not prepared to solve.

This is what Chen Zhou is like now.

I had not originally planned to solve this problem before returning home for the New Year.

But in the end, I managed it accidentally.

Chen Zhou even felt a little proud of his mathematical intelligence.

Seeing Chen Zhou's excitement, Yang Yiyi asked curiously, "What's wrong? Why are you so happy?"

Chen Zhou picked up the draft paper on the table, shook it at Yang Yiyi, and said, "I solved that algebraic geometry problem!"

"Really?" Yang Yiyi was also a little surprised.

As for the idea that Chen Zhou could get inspiration for the rubber ball experiment from her own words, she felt that it was somewhat similar.

But she didn't believe at all that Chen Zhou could find inspiration for algebraic geometry from her.

But she couldn't understand how Chen Zhou could solve such a difficult problem as the rubber ball experiment and then solve another difficult algebraic geometry problem.

Are these problems all fake?

However, Yang Yiyi was still happy for Chen Zhou's achievements from the bottom of her heart.

"Of course. When has my brother ever lied to you?" Chen Zhou replied proudly.

Yang Yiyi smiled and wrinkled her nose at Chen Zhou: "Humph, you are awesome, isn't that enough?"

"Hey, that's a must!"

Chen Zhou didn't care whether Yang Yiyi was really praising him or just pretending.

Anyway, he will accept the praise.

While the two were flirting, there was a knock on the dormitory door.

Chen Zhou was stunned for a moment. Who would come to see him at this time?

Seniors Coyle and Matheson should be at home on vacation.

Liu Maosheng and Zeng Zigu also returned to China two days ago.

Confused, Chen Zhou opened the door of the dormitory.