The applause was endless.
Even after Lu Zhou walked off the stage, the applause was still going on. People frantically rushed to the front of the auditorium, trying to get a closer look at the whiteboard. Some even took photos of the whiteboard.
Dean Qin watched this unravel from afar, and he lowered his voice as he spoke to the staff member next to him.
“Don’t erase the whiteboard, I plan on keeping it… It will be a historical relic in a couple of decades!”
The staff member gulped. He was muddled.
“Okay…”
He wasn’t confused.
Instead, he was just in shock. After working at the auditorium for this many years, he had never seen anything like this.
On the other hand, Professor Zhang Shouwu still sat in his seat. He looked at the crazy crowd and the whiteboard. He was totally in awe.
“Unbelievable…
“I can see glimpses of Grothendieck’s style from his work, but it’s also something entirely different.
“Isn’t he supposed to be… not good at algebraic geometry?”
Xu Chengyang, who was sitting next to Professor Zhang, grinned and replied, “Didn’t I tell you, he’s a man who creates miracles.”
On the other side of the venue, Professor Akshay stood up. He didn’t care for the crowd. Instead, he turned his back and was about to leave the venue.
Schultz noticed his movements and smiled.
“My friend, where do you plan on going?”
Akshay adjusted his glasses and said, “The hyperelliptic curve analysis method is a very unique mathematical tool. I think there’s still value in researching epsilon’s value, so I plan on doing some research at the hotel… Are you not interested?”
“It’s not that I’m not interested, but there’s no need to hurry.” Schultz shrugged and said, “I’d be willing to bet the value of epsilon will change within the next ten days.”
Akshay contemplated it for a second and nodded.
“I agree.”
“So my friend, what’s the point of doing that kind of trivial and repetitive work? Just to publish a couple of theses? Forget about it, see what Professor Lu is doing?” Schultz smiled and said, “There is room for development in regard to the epsilon value, but let other people do it. We’ll take over after they’re stuck.”
Akshay paused for a second. He then closed his notebook with a smile.
“You’re right… Should we go and eat something? I don’t really like the hotel buffet.”
Schultz smiled and said, “My physics professor came here for a report, and he said there’s a nice roast duck place nearby, we can try it…”
The back row of the venue.
Wang Zhengfei, who was half asleep, woke up to the thunderous applause. He suddenly looked around and saw the crowd rushing to the front of the podium. He sniffled and asked, “It ended?”
His secretary nodded.
“I think so.”
Wang Zhengfei quickly spoke.
“So?”
The secretary gulped.
“I think, we won?”
The secretary didn’t know why he used the word won.
After all, he had no idea what was going on.
However, he could tell from the applause that Lu Zhou seemed to be the winner.
The countless pairs of ecstatic eyes seemed to tell the same story. Which was that someone had defeated Faltings using logic, thus earning the respect of the mathematicians of the entire world…
From now on, this story would be added into the legends of mathematics, for it to be passed on for generations.
The entire world would remember Lu Zhou.
However, his boss didn’t give him the time to fully appreciate this moment.
When Wang Zhengfei saw that Lu Zhou was walking toward the entrance of the venue, he quickly stood up from his seat.
“Hurry, let’s go!”
The reason why he came to the report was to form a relationship with Lu Zhou.
He finally survived the “boring” report, it would be a shame if he didn’t get a chance to talk to Lu Zhou!
…
The sound of the crowd gradually disappeared.
Lu Zhou slowly walked toward the auditorium resting lounge. He was about to change out of his suit when he heard a familiar voice from behind.
“Teacher!”
He turned around and saw Han Mengqi jogging over with a plastic bag in her hand.
Her ponytail bounced up and down like a little squirrel.
Lu Zhou looked at her and smiled
“What?”
“Nothing… I’m just worried that you’re hungry.” Han Mengqi handed over the plastic bag and said, “Here, I got you some barbecued meat on rice.”
Lu Zhou: “Cumin flavored?”
“Yeah!” The little girl nodded and said, “It’s raining outside, so you probably don’t want to walk all the way to the cafeteria. I thought you would be hungry after the report… So I bought it for you.”
“Thank you.”
Lu Zhou took the plastic bag from her.
“Oh yeah, have you eaten yet?”
Han Mengqi lifted another plastic bag in her hand and smiled.
“Not yet, let’s eat together.”
The two went into the auditorium lounge.
Lu Zhou placed the barbecued meat bowl on the table. He looked at his suit, then looked at Han Mengqi, who was happily opening her disposable chopsticks. He decided to change out of his suit after eating.
This report consumed a lot of his mental and physical stamina, and it was time for him to recharge.
Lu Zhou opened the chopsticks and was about to eat.
Suddenly, the lounge door was opened. An old man in his seventies walked in with two staff members.
Lu Zhou felt like this man looked familiar, but he couldn’t recognize him.
Fortunately, the moment Lu Zhou showed a confused expression, the old man smiled and introduced himself.
“Academician Lu, nice to meet you! I’m the CEO of Huawei, Wang Zhengfei. I’m sorry to disturb you, but the report was just too captivating! I wonder if I can treat you to…”
Wang Zhengfei was about to ask Lu Zhou to grab a bite when he noticed Lu Zhou’s rice bowl.
You’re worth billions, are you really eating rice bowls?
He changed his tone and asked, “That’s what you’re eating?”
“Barbecued meat and rice, I like it,” Lu Zhou replied nonchalantly. He looked at this old man and asked, “CEO Wang, you’ve researched Riemann’s hypothesis before?”
Lu Zhou was definitely above average fitness. Even if he ate junk food all day, he would still be in decent shape.
What Lu Zhou was more interested in was why CEO Wang decided to show up at his report.
Is that what the social elite is doing nowadays? Instead of clubs and concerts, they’re going to boring academic reports?
“I haven’t researched it, but it is my hobby… haha,” Wang Zhengfei said awkwardly with a smile.
He originally planned on pretending to know a little about mathematics, but he remembered that Lu Zhou was a Fields Medal medalist. The vast majority of people would look like complete mathematics fools in front of him…
It was better for him to just admit his inexperience.
Lu Zhou knew what CEO Wang’s ulterior motive was, so he smiled and asked, “So what’s the real reason you’re here then?”
Wang Zhengfei stopped pretending and smiled.
“I guess you saw through me.”
Lu Zhou smiled and sighed.
“I know, there are many other attractive qualities I have, like my handsomeness.”
Wang Zhengfei: “???”
Secretary: “… ???”
Staff member: “???”
Han Mengqi, who was ravaging through her food, suddenly choked on a piece of meat. With tears in her eyes, she began to look for some napkins.
Lu Zhou noticed the reactions, and he coughed and said, “Just kidding.”
Wang Zhengfei smiled awkwardly.
“Academician Lu, you’re quite the comedian.”
F*ck sake!
What kind of joke is that!
Lu Zhou looked around and said, “Okay, this is not the place to talk, let’s arrange an appointment?”
CEO Wang quickly said, “Whatever suits you!”
Lu Zhou thought for a bit.
“We’ll meet in three days then.
“Three days later, at the Purple Mountain Hotel.
“We’ll discuss that thing you’re interested in.”
