Volume 1: Student Life Chapter 497: This person is waiting for me to come back?
"Finally I can take a good vacation and rest..."
"Yes, we have been busy with the rubber ball experiment for such a long time. Now that it is finally completed perfectly, it is time for us to take a break."
"Coyle, after we go back and pack up, can we go out?"
"Still going to the old place?"
"What else?"
"Okay, okay, then do you want to call for..."
Listening to the conversation between Matheson and Coyle, Chen Zhou just smiled softly.
These young students are really good, they are carefree, and after finishing a task, they immediately think about how to have a good time.
Friedman, who was sitting next to Chen Zhou, saw the expression on Chen Zhou's face and asked, "Are you not going with them?"
Chen Zhou shook his head gently: "Forget it."
Friedman looked at Chen Zhou and suddenly smiled: "Doing research also requires relaxation. Combining work and rest may lead to higher efficiency."
Hearing Friedman's voice, Matheson and Coyle also leaned over from the back row.
Matheson invited enthusiastically: "Chen Zhou, Coyle and I are planning to hold a party, do you want to come?"
Just as Chen Zhou was about to refuse, he heard Coyle say, "Come on, Chen Zhou? If you stay in the dormitory all the time, you will lose your social skills. Although academic research is also an interesting thing, there are more interesting things than just academic research."
After Coyle finished speaking, he even winked at Chen Zhou.
Chen Zhou smiled softly and said, "Thank you for your kindness, senior brothers. I have already given myself a holiday during the Physicists' Conference. So, you guys go, I won't go."
Hearing this, Coyle asked curiously, "During the Physicists' Conference, didn't you have a report meeting and a lecture? When did you take a break?"
Chen Zhou explained: "During the days of the physicists' conference, except for the day of the lecture, I just followed my interests and listened to a few lectures. I completely put my research aside. In my opinion, it was just like a holiday."
After a pause, Chen Zhou looked at Matheson and Coyle again, and added lightly: "Besides, I didn't spend these few days alone, so how can it not be considered a holiday?"
Matheson and Coyle were both stunned for a moment, then slowly retracted their heads.
The two sighed silently in their hearts, and even their mood for talking about the party was greatly affected.
Friedman, who was watching this scene nearby, smiled and shook his head.
In fact, even he was very surprised how Chen Zhou found a girlfriend.
How could a person like this, who stays in his room all day and devotes himself to academic research, have a girlfriend?
After a while, Friedman asked again: "Have you thought about it?"
"That's my plan for now." Chen Zhou nodded gently. "If I can graduate successfully according to the plan, I hope you can help me arrange it, Professor."
Friedman said, "Don't worry about this. Even if you don't tell me, I have plans for academic exchanges. I can't just leave myself at home after this retreat, right?"
"You are a rising star in the physics community. Whether it's CERN or other laboratories, they all hope to have further contact and communication with you. You can definitely participate in academic exchange activities, so why do you still want to join me?"
After hearing Friedman's words, Chen Zhou did not explain directly, but smiled mischievously: "Teacher, I want to stay with you more and learn more from you. You can't leave me alone..."
Friedman raised his finger and pointed at Chen Zhou: "You kid, speak properly!"
Chen Zhou: "Then thank you, teacher!"
Friedman glanced at Chen Zhou, chuckled and shook his head. He wanted to say something but didn't say it.
Regarding academic exchanges with Friedman, Chen Zhou had discussed this with Friedman before the end of the physicists' conference.
After completing his master's and doctoral studies, Chen Zhou plans to go on a "study tour" with Friedman.
At present, the laboratories that Chen Zhou has been in contact with, even if the semiconductor laboratory of the 43rd Institute is included, there are only three laboratories in total.
In terms of experience and knowledge alone, this is far from enough, and even extremely scarce.
Although literal information in this regard can be obtained from literature and some disclosed information.
But there is definitely a certain difference between experiencing it yourself and seeing it with your own eyes.
As the saying goes, reading ten thousand books is like traveling ten thousand miles.
Chen Zhou felt that he needed to get in touch with more people.
Therefore, Chen Zhou came up with the idea of traveling to study.
He hopes to increase his experience in this way and prepare for the future.
In fact, as Friedman said, after this conference of physicists, Chen Zhou has become a shining star in the physics community.
It can even be said that Chen Zhou is now a quasi-Nobel Prize winner, just like Yang Yiyi's mentor Professor Weiss.
He can completely conduct academic exchanges unilaterally on his own and does not need to follow Friedman at all.
However, Chen Zhou has his own ideas, which is to reduce unnecessary trouble.
After all, SLAC's closure of its collider laboratory is no longer new news.
There are definitely quite a few labs right now that are keeping an eye on the researchers in SLAC's final glueball experiment.
Especially Chen Zhou.
He has experience in leading jellyball experiments, has an excellent talent for physics, and has an almost acquaintance-like physics intuition.
All these made Chen Zhou a popular figure in many physics laboratories.
What will the introduction of Chen Zhou mean? This is a question that every laboratory is thinking about.
Therefore, if Chen Zhou conducts academic exchanges unilaterally, he will inevitably face these laboratories head-on.
In order to reduce unnecessary trouble, Chen Zhou chose to follow Friedman.
In this way, by hiding behind the big mentor, Chen Zhou can cleverly avoid these troubles.
Another reason is as Chen Zhou himself said.
He hopes to learn more from Friedman.
No matter what, such a physics expert with rich theoretical and experimental experience should not be wasted...
Of course, there is only one premise for all of this.
That is, Chen Zhou can graduate smoothly according to his own ideas.
To put it more bluntly, Chen Zhou can solve the Goldbach conjecture in the remaining two months!
Chen Zhou, who knew this well, stopped thinking about it and turned to think about the Goldbach conjecture, which he had put aside for a long time and had only studied intermittently.
Friedman, who was sitting on the side, looked at Chen Zhou who was lost in thought, then closed his eyes and rested.
Only Matheson and Coyle in the back row seemed to have calmed down and started discussing the party again.
In fact, for both of them, it was good enough that Chen Zhou didn't go.
Otherwise, wouldn't the spotlight of the protagonist be snatched away by Chen Zhou?
As the plane landed smoothly, Chen Zhou and his team arrived in Boston safely.
A few people who were originally planning to take a taxi back to school unexpectedly found that someone was holding a sign to pick them up.
When he got closer, Chen Zhou realized that they were Liu Maosheng and Zeng Zigu.
After a little thought, Chen Zhou reacted.
He was wondering why the two men left early without waiting for the physicists' conference to end.
Now, I understand everything.
I guess it was arranged by President Yang of Yanda and others.
I know it, but I don’t point it out.
Chen Zhou deliberately said: "Senior Brother Liu, Senior Brother Zeng, you specially came to pick us up, how embarrassing!"
Liu Maosheng and Zeng Zigu smiled and were about to speak when they heard Chen Zhou continue, "Then let's go quickly. We are really tired after flying all the way..."
After saying that, Chen Zhou turned around and explained to Friedman and the other two.
Friedman raised his head slightly, looked at Liu Maosheng and Zeng Zigu, and thought that the classmate next door was really enthusiastic.
Then, several people came to the parking lot together.
The car driven by Liu Maosheng and Zeng Zigu was a 7-seater MPV.
Chen Zhou once asked them curiously why they bought such a big car which was inconvenient to drive.
Unexpectedly, Liu Maosheng and Zeng Zigu both smiled mysteriously at the same time: "It will be more convenient if it is bigger!"
After returning to MIT, Friedman, Matheson and Coyle separated from Chen Zhou.
Liu Maosheng and Zeng Zigu, who had been holding back for the whole time, finally asked, "Brother Junior, what do you think? What exactly is going on when you communicate with Dean Yang and the others?"
Because Friedman and others were present, Liu Maosheng and Zeng Zigu did not mention anything about Yanjing University along the way.
Chen Zhou looked at the two seniors he had met the earliest, and did not hide the truth from them: "We haven't communicated any specific results yet. I'll talk about it after I finish my graduation thesis and graduate successfully."
Hearing Chen Zhou's words, Liu Maosheng couldn't help but complain: "No, if you want to graduate, isn't it just a matter of minutes? It's not like we will be stuck with our graduation thesis..."
Chen Zhou shook his head: "I have a graduation thesis for the Department of Physics, but there has been no progress on the graduation thesis for the Department of Mathematics."
Zeng Zigu asked curiously, "Didn't you publish a math paper in the Annals of Mathematics a while ago? A paper published in the Annals of Mathematics must be no worse than a doctoral dissertation, right?"
Chen Zhou smiled softly: "It's not bad at all. My thesis is never bad. It's just that I want to make it more perfect and use the question I guessed as my graduation thesis."
Liu Maosheng: “…”
Zeng Zigu: "..."
Chen Zhou's words made Liu Maosheng and Zeng Zigu silent.
Isn’t this too pretentious?
The key point is that this person also happens to have a very strong capital for pretending, which is very uncomfortable...
Seeing that the two were silent, Chen Zhou thought for a moment and asked, "Senior Brother Liu, you said that your graduation thesis was blocked? What's going on?"
"Ahem..." Liu Maosheng coughed twice and said, "Nothing...nothing...they are just minor problems..."
Chen Zhou then said, "What's the problem? Can you tell me? Can I help you?"
Liu Maosheng stammered and was unable to speak.
He really regretted it, why did he mention this sentence?
His graduation thesis was not due to any other reason.
It was only because his supervisor required that the paper must be published in a first-tier mathematics journal.
In other words, the research results of the graduation thesis must be important enough.
How can Chen Zhou help?
Should Chen Zhou be asked to say hello to the editor of "Annals of Mathematics"?
How is this possible...
Moreover, this problem, which is difficult for me, may never be a problem for Chen Zhou.
If I say this out loud, will I still have face?
Seeing his good brother's dilemma, Zeng Zigu quickly interrupted and said, "Junior brother, how is your research on the Goldbach conjecture going?"
Chen Zhou shook his head slightly: "As you know, when I first came to MIT, I applied for Gecai's research topic through the 'Ten Thousand Talents Program', but after such a long time, there has not been much substantive progress."
Looking at Chen Zhou, Zeng Zigu smiled and said, "Don't worry, I believe that you, my junior brother, will definitely be able to solve this conjecture! After all, your pace of solving mathematical conjectures has never stopped! And during this period of time, because of the rubber ball experiment project, you must not have studied it carefully. Now that you have freed up your hands, it will be a matter of minutes..."
Chen Zhou smiled faintly and said softly: "I hope it's the same as you said..."
From Zeng Zigu's words, we can see what attitude people outside have towards Chen Zhou and how much confidence they have in Chen Zhou.
However, when it comes to actual research topics, it has nothing to do with the opinions of outsiders.
Just as Zeng Zigu said, they all thought that Chen Zhou had no time to study the Goldbach conjecture because of the glueball experiment.
But in fact, it is not simply because there is no time to study.
Only Chen Zhou himself knows the difficulties involved.
At this time, Liu Maosheng suddenly said, "By the way, Junior Brother, isn't the mathematics paper you published some time ago about the linear representation of Artin's L-function of the Galois group?"
Chen Zhou nodded: "Yes, what's wrong?"
Liu Maosheng said with a strange expression: "There is someone who has been saying that you stole her research topic. Now students from MIT and Harvard all know about it..."
Chen Zhou was stunned for a moment, but quickly reacted and said with a smile: "This senior sister is too unreasonable, isn't she?"
Liu Maosheng was surprised and asked, "Do you know who it is?"
Chen Zhou replied calmly: "Yeah."
After a pause, Chen Zhou continued, "In fact, I didn't plan to study this topic directly. I just wanted to improve the distribution deconstruction method."
"But Professor Ating suddenly said he would give me a sub-project and also sent me Professor Ating's manuscript, so I did some research..."
"As a result, I accidentally solved this problem..."
Liu Maosheng and Zeng Zigu looked at each other, both showing helpless expressions.
When will I be able to solve a difficult problem accidentally?
It has to be published in a journal of the same level as the Annals of Mathematics. Otherwise, it can’t be called smooth sailing…
"Uh... Actually, this person has been waiting for you to come back..."
Liu Maosheng looked at Chen Zhou and said softly.
"What? This person is waiting for me to come back?"
Chen Zhou was really surprised this time.
