Volume 1: Student Life Chapter 493 This is called setting a flag
"I didn't expect this kid to be so awesome..."
Below the stage, among the physics academic team sent by Yenching University, Dean Yang’s face was full of emotion.
But at the same time, there is more relief, surprise and excitement.
A year ago, no one could have imagined that the discovery of the rubber ball and the solution to would be due to a Chinese?
Moreover, he is a Chinese student who just graduated from undergraduate program and is currently studying for a master's degree!
The feeling that the whole incident gives people can be summed up in two words: shocking!
Apart from this, there are no other ideas.
Although Dean Yang discovered Chen Zhou earlier, he must have a very high talent for physics.
But he never imagined that in less than a year, Chen Zhou would make such a big fuss?
This is a quasi-Nobel Prize-level research result!
In terms of academic achievements alone, Chen Zhou has surpassed most physicists in China.
It can even be said that from now on, Chen Zhou is the pride of China's physics community and the pride of China!
Chen Zhou's name will most likely spread quickly in the physics community, just as it did in the mathematics community.
It is no exaggeration to say that Chen Zhou’s name will definitely be on the front page of tomorrow’s news!
And it was the front-page headline of newspapers in many countries!
Moreover, in China, Chen Zhou will definitely appear on the news broadcast again!
Peng Jia, who was standing next to Dean Yang, heard his leader's voice and said in the same voice: "His progress is really too fast, his talent is really too terrifying, and his ability to fulfill the future is also shocking..."
Peng Jia was excited and shocked at the same time.
So much so that the words spoken are a bit confusing.
Peng Jia still remembers that when Chen Zhou and Yang Yiyi first came to the laboratory, it was she who introduced the laboratory to them.
At that time, although Chen Zhou was better than his peers, he knew a lot.
But at best, I am just a novice in physics.
However, as the experiment progressed and the research deepened, Chen Zhou fully demonstrated what it means to be gifted.
She was shocked by his keen grasp of data, precise grasp of the experimental direction, and confident judgment of the experimental results.
Moreover, Chen Zhou is not the kind of person who is too ambitious and would be complacent with a little achievement.
The Chen Zhou she knew was a person who was diligent and studious, had an infinite desire for knowledge, and had endless ideas about problems.
Perhaps, only this kind of person can achieve such results today?
Peng Jia's eyes moved over Chen Zhou.
She was originally a little annoyed because she had to find time to join this academic team despite the heavy research workload in the laboratory.
But now, she felt that it was a good thing that she came.
Otherwise, this historic moment might be missed.
In Yanda’s physics academic team, there are many people who, like Dean Yang and Peng Jia, are excited and full of emotion.
Because, the focus of everyone's attention at this moment is a Chinese!
“Friedman, congratulations on finding such an outstanding student!”
At the same time, Wilczek spoke to Friedman, who was not far away, with some envy.
Friedman nodded slightly to Wilczek and chuckled, "It's my pleasure."
After hearing Friedman's words, not only Wilczek was stunned, but even Gross next to Wilczek was also stunned.
None of them expected Friedman to say this.
But if they think about it carefully, they can roughly guess some reasons.
If Chen Zhou had not appeared, SLAC would probably have closed all its collider laboratories in a desolate way.
Even if there were some innovative research results, it would never be the discovery of glue balls and the solution to the "color confinement" problem, which would have shocked the entire physics community.
Therefore, because of the appearance of Chen Zhou, the collider laboratory to which Friedman devoted his life had a perfect ending.
In fact, both Wilczek and Gross forgot one thing, which was what Chen Zhou said at the beginning of the lecture and Friedman's speech at the opening ceremony of the conference.
This is why Friedman said this.
On stage.
Chen Zhou, who had seen many big scenes, was still a little excited when he was surrounded by thunderous applause.
He originally thought that the moment when the research results came out would be his most exciting moment.
Any glory and applause after that are just added value and there is nothing to get excited about.
I didn't expect that when I really faced the flowers and applause, I felt quite relaxed and happy.
After calming down a bit, Chen Zhou nodded slightly to the audience to express his gratitude for the applause.
Then, Chen Zhou adjusted the topic on the stage.
The content of the previous report has been completed. There is a more important part coming up, which is also the finale after the report.
Even if his paper is excellent enough, even if his report is detailed enough, and even if he has convinced many people, he cannot guarantee that everyone has no doubts.
In the following question-and-answer session, Chen Zhou will answer all questions from his colleagues.
The reason why this link is critical is that a successful answer will make his paper recognized by the entire academic community.
Chen Zhou originally planned to compress the question-and-answer session into a one-hour report meeting.
Generally speaking, this should be the case.
However, his report contained so much content that there was no room for compression...
But luckily no one minded.
Everyone was shocked and very satisfied with the content of this report.
When Chen Zhou announced the start of the question-and-answer session, questions immediately came one after another.
"Dr. Chen Zhou, regarding the C-C model in your paper, there is a problem in equation 10-9..."
What no one expected was that the first person to ask the question was not someone else.
It was Professor Friedman, Chen Zhou’s graduate supervisor.
And this first question is about the C-C model innovated by Chen Zhou.
This is the most amazing content in the entire paper!
It is also the place that gives people the most doubts.
It seems like the master is setting an example by himself, showing that his students are not afraid of any questions.
After taking a look at his instructor, Chen Zhou switched the PPT to the corresponding position.
Then I had a quick chat with the staff.
For questions like this, just as he thought about it when preparing.
If you can write, try not to move your mouth...
Soon, the staff brought up a whiteboard.
Chen Zhou took the marker and began to explain the problem while writing quickly on the whiteboard.
After Friedman, there are Gross, Wilczek, Sheldon Glashow, Witten...
There is also Yang Yiyi’s mentor, Professor Weiss, who discovered gravitational waves.
Almost half of the big names in the physics community, especially those in high-energy physics, took the lead in asking questions to Chen Zhou during the question-and-answer session.
Chen Zhou naturally answered these questions one by one in detail.
Of course, Chen Zhou’s attitude is that once he starts writing, he will never talk nonsense.
The half-hour question-and-answer session that Chen Zhou had originally planned was dragged to 12:30.
If we take a general view, his one-hour presentation has been dragged down to a two-hour presentation...
It can even be said that this has become a special report meeting...
This was much longer than he had expected.
Moreover, even at half past twelve, the person asking the question did not seem to have lost interest at all.
Questions one after another kept being thrown at Chen Zhou.
There was no other way. Faced with everyone's high enthusiasm, Chen Zhou had to look at Friedman in the audience for help.
Friedman naturally understood that if this situation continued, he might not be able to hold out for the entire afternoon.
Because now there is a trend of "everyone" asking questions...
Friedman turned around and whispered a few words to Cross beside him, explaining the follow-up arrangements.
Cross nodded in understanding and then stood up to make arrangements.
Finally, after nearly 15 minutes, the SLAC organizer came out and stopped the question-and-answer session.
However, due to the enthusiasm of the participants, the question-and-answer session will continue at 2:30 p.m.
In response to this, Chen Zhou breathed a sigh of relief.
It’s better to take a break than to be exhausted to death, right?
He really didn't expect that people would still ask so many questions about the content he had already explained in such detail.
However, there were some issues that made him neither willing to write nor speak.
Chen Zhou, who was finally able to take a break, walked down from the stage and headed out of the lecture hall.
But he didn't expect that he had just taken one step forward and hadn't even lifted the other foot.
He was surrounded by the crowd waiting outside.
There were reporters with cameras and guns, Stanford students taking photos with him on their phones, and young scholars seeking knowledge and communication...
There are even some pure admirers of Chen Zhou...
"Hello, Dr. Chen. I am a reporter from the Washington Post. May I ask how you got from the light of mathematics to physics?"
"Dr. Chen, I'm a student in the Department of Physics at Stanford University. Can you take a photo with me?"
"Dr. Chen, what exactly is the C-C model? How closely is it related to gauge field theory?"
"Dr. Chen, you looked so handsome on the stage just now. I'm looking forward to the moment when you win the Nobel Prize in Physics..."
"Dr. Chen, I would like to have a deeper discussion with you. I have many math and physics questions that I would like to ask you..."
Chen Zhou was startled by the barrage of questions.
Subconsciously, I wanted to step back, but found that the people behind me were also rushing forward.
Chen Zhou was in a situation where he could neither advance nor retreat.
I can only helplessly be enveloped by the enthusiasm of the crowd.
However, Chen Zhou, who has experienced this kind of "suffering" many times, really doesn't want to experience it again.
Chen Zhou muttered to himself: "There are too many people here, right? Who will take me away? I still need to find..."
Before Chen Zhou could finish muttering, he noticed something strange.
It turned out that as soon as Cross noticed the situation here, he immediately worked with the staff to help Chen Zhou out of the situation.
Moreover, at the right time, a hand grabbed Chen Zhou and led him away from this "suffering".
Arriving at the lounge, Chen Zhou looked at the girl in front of him and thanked her repeatedly: "Yiyi, thanks to you for pulling me out..."
Yang Yiyi smiled softly and said, "You are the protagonist today. Everyone's enthusiasm is directed towards you..."
Chen Zhou shook his head and smiled bitterly. He still didn't like such a lively scene.
As for reporters, the most he could accept was an interview like Yao Tongtong's.
As for the rest, forget it...
Yang Yiyi kept looking at Chen Zhou with a smile. Chen Zhou on the stage today was so handsome!
The explanation of the paper, the explanation of the research ideas, the answers to the questions, every move was so cool!
Rao is Yang Yiyi, the person who knows Chen Zhou best.
After listening to the entire report, I was deeply shocked, just like everyone else present!
How to put it, just like the previous Chen Zhou, he still has a growth trajectory, and she can feel it somewhat.
But now, she felt that Chen Zhou seemed to have no limits, and there were infinite possibilities in him!
"Yiyi, how was today's report meeting?"
Chen Zhou's voice interrupted Yang Yiyi's thoughts.
Yang Yiyi thought for a moment and offered her congratulations: "I'm happy. Your presentation today was so wonderful! And you look so handsome today~"
Chen Zhou was immediately satisfied.
This physicists' conference hosted by SLAC will last for five days.
It seems that in order to make the closing of the collider laboratory more perfect, SLAC has invested a lot of budget in this conference.
SLAC will be responsible for providing food and accommodation for all invited participants.
Just as Chen Zhou and Yang Yiyi were in the lounge, enjoying the lunch brought by the staff.
Matheson and Coyle, as well as Liu Maosheng and Zeng Zigu, came over.
"Chen Zhou, your presentation just now was so cool!"
Coyle put the lunch box on the table and spoke excitedly.
He had never seen so many physics giants sitting in a row listening to a lecture and standing up together to applaud the presenters.
Not to mention the question-and-answer session afterwards, where all these bigwigs checked in at Chen Zhou one by one...
Ma Xisen, who was holding the lunch box, was also excited: "Chen Zhou, you are amazing! You have conquered the entire rubber ball laboratory staff and everyone at the seminar!"
Compared to Chen Zhou's two senior brothers, Liu Maosheng was much more direct: "Brother Junior, I just want to say that you are awesome!"
Zeng Zigu also said: "Brother Junior, you have once again refreshed the word awesome!"
Chen Zhou smiled and shook his head: "It's okay, there are still a lot of questions, and the question session hasn't even ended yet..."
The four of them looked at each other immediately, and all had the urge to hit each other.
But if they beat Chen Zhou now, they probably wouldn't be able to escape.
The four of them opened their lunch boxes, sat down and started eating their lunch.
Coyle suddenly remembered something, so he said with some emotion: "Chen Zhou, at first, Matheson and I were discussing whether the rubber ball experiment would be solved because of your arrival. But I didn't expect that what we both thought was impossible at the time actually happened..."
Matheson also recalled the conversation between Chen Zhou and Coyle when Chen Zhou first arrived at MIT, and said with a smile: "Chen Zhou, this is probably what you call a prophecy coming true, right?"
Chen Zhou nodded gently and was about to speak, but Liu Maosheng spoke first: "Two senior brothers, this is not called a prophecy coming true, this is called setting a flag..."
Chen Zhou: “…”
While being speechless, Chen Zhou also thought of someone.
It seems that just because of setting a flag, he became his own full-time driver...
So what?
Should I thank Cross and the two people in front of me for discovering the rubber ball?
Chen Zhou thought about it and looked at Matheson and Coyle...
At the same time, Yang Yiyi also looked at Liu Maosheng and Zeng Zigu.
What she was thinking was, why are you two from the mathematics department attending a physics conference?
