Scholar’s Advanced Technological System

by Stayrr

After suffering from a heat stroke while working under the scorching heat of summer, Lu Zhou, a hardworking but poor university student, somehow becomes the owner of an advanced technological system. With the cheat given by the system, his university life changes overnight. A Master’s degree? Easy. PhD? Not a problem. From a nobody, he quickly becomes a huge celebrity in the wor

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Chapter 97: You Can't No-show!

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There were five withdrawal applications on the table.

Lu Zhou looked at Fat Wu who was wearing an awkward expression.

Fine.

I guess the twelve slaves have become seven…

Lu Zhou took up the resignation application and glanced at it.

Li Ruizhe?

Emm…

I don't know him at all.

"This is my fault," said Fat Wu as he put out the cigarette and threw it in the bin. He sighed, "I just want to get more workers, but I forgot about the internal problems."

"It's not entirely your fault, it's my fault as well," said Lu Zhou as he put down the withdrawal application. He sighed softly and said, "There are five applications for resignation. I don't remember four of these names. Also, I've been busy with science research, I didn't care enough…"

As the president of the club, not knowing the names of club members was an ignorant move.

Also, they were not just club members, they were his friends.

Maybe…

He really was unsuitable for doing business.

Lu Zhou asked, "Is the impact big?"

Fat Wu's smile was a bit reluctant as he said, "The impact is pretty big. The two first years that left was not too big of a deal, but the three others that left were pretty significant. Right now, we only have Rong Hai and a first-year student to do programming…"

The update was about to go live, but suddenly this thing happened. They might even have to postpone the update release.

Also, it was not just about the update.

The blow to morale was even more deadly.

Lu Zhou thought and said, "Call the rest of the people for a meeting… Forget about it, I'll book a table at the fish restaurant."

"Okay," said Fat Wu as he nodded. He then left the office.

…

In front of the school gate, at the fish restaurant…

The same place, but different time. This time, including Wu Dahai and Lu Zhou, there were only nine people.

This time, Lu Zhou poured himself a beer and stood up.

"You might have noticed that we lost five companions."

"Actually, when I made this club, I already said that if anyone feels out of place, they can leave. We're all friends here. But I feel that I have not been able to maintain the cohesiveness of this team. As the founder, this is my fault."

"It has been more than half a month since our club's establishment. You guys have put in a lot of work for our business. I think that before the new update goes live, I have to say some words."

"Today I brought everyone here to say one thing."

"I intend to take 20% of my shares as an equity reward."

"Of course, right now this equity is worthless. Campus Assistant hasn't made a profit yet, it also has half a million of debt. Therefore, this 20% of equity will be honored after the round of angel financing."

"Depending on each person's contribution, they'll receive different amounts of shares. I'll promise a fair judgment."

Lu Zhou looked at everyone as he said this.

After that, he lifted his glass and drank the whole thing.

…

It was much more difficult to unite a team than to come up with a business idea or make a powerpoint.

Fortunately, relying on "equity" and "angel financing", the morale of the team increased again.

Next up was honoring these two promises.

After the dinner, Lu Zhou went back to his dorm and as he leaned against the balcony, he stared at the track field and pondered.

He thought about Campus Assistant and was inexplicably annoyed.

It was like he encountered an impossible mathematics problem.

He had not encountered this kind of problem in a long time.

As expected…

Compared to entrepreneurship, he was more suited for scientific research.

Maybe after the round of angel financing, I'll find an opportunity and cash out the shares.

Lu Zhou stayed on the balcony for a while. He sighed and looked at the stars before he began to talk to himself, "… Is it because I'm burning myself out?"

With the five days of high-intensity research work plus the launch of the Campus Assistant update, he felt burnt out. He thought of Mrs. Yang's advice and gave it serious consideration.

Perhaps, he should consider the balance of work and rest.

At this moment, the dorm room door was pushed open. Shi Shang who was wearing a jersey walked in with a basketball.

"Zhou, ball? We still need one person."

Li Tao and Tian Jun stood behind him. They were both wearing jerseys.

Lu Zhou wanted to say he was disinterested, but he changed his mind and blurted out, "Wait for a second, I'll change my clothes first."

He turned around and went into the dorm. He then pulled out a jersey from his cabinet. Once he put on his shoes, Lu Zhou followed the group to the basketball court.

…

Run, shoot, dunk…

Okay, Lu Zhou could not dunk. At most, he could grab a rebound.

They were just playing casually, so they did not assign positions.

Lu Zhou was sometimes in the free throw line, sometimes in the three-point line.

For him, the score was unimportant. He just wanted to vent and sweat.

After an hour of playing half-court, the teams were extremely tired. Especially Lu Zhou. It looked like he fell into a pool.

"Midfield! Let's take a break!"

Shi Shang shouted with the ball and everyone agreed.

Lu Zhou's sweat soaked through his clothes as he laid on the wooden floors and gasped. He had an indescribable pleasant feeling.

He had not felt this type of pleasure in a while.

Shi Shang bought two bottles of water and sat next to Lu Zhou. He then placed one bottle on Lu Zhou's head and asked, "How are you, feeling better?"

The bottle almost fell, so Lu Zhou grabbed it and rolled his eyes at Shi Shang. He then took a deep breath and said, "What do you mean by feeling better?"

"Emotionally," said Shi Shang with a smirk. He added, "Don't you have some stuff on your mind? Why don't you talk about it?"

"It's just that I'm too busy. Emotionally, I'm okay."

"That doesn't make sense," said Shi Shang as he shook his head.

"… What do you mean it doesn't make sense?"

As Lu Zhou stared at Shi Shang, he suddenly felt a sense of premonition.

His intuition told him that this guy was about to go on a rant.

Shi Shang laughed and said seriously, "According to my experience, when a guy has your expression, it's because of a girl."

Lu Zhou: "…"

Shi Shang saw that Lu Zhou did not respond, so he thought that he was correct. He sighed and said, "We're still young, who hasn't been rejected? The road is still long, don't be so sad about one person."

Lu Zhou: ? ? ?

F*ck me, Shi Shang's brain tumor is getting bigger.

Lu Zhou was about to insult Shi Shang when his phone suddenly rang.

Lu Zhou picked up the call and placed his phone to his ear.

"Hello?"

"It's me!"

Chen Yushan's voice traveled through the phone.

Lu Zhou adjusted his breathing and asked, "What's up?"

"Not much. I just wanted to ask if you're free tomorrow afternoon?"

"I'm free."

"Oh! That's great," said Chen Yushan as she sat in her dorm. Her eyes lit up and said, "I won two movie tickets with my roommate at the school's entertainment festival. We were going to go together but she stood me up. Do you want to watch a movie?"

Watching a movie?

Sounds good.

Lu Zhou heard that the movie was Nolan's new work. It was only domestically released recently. Lu Zhou had been looking forward to it since he saw the trailer, but he was so busy that he almost forgot about it.

Perfect, he wanted to relax anyway.

"Okay, I'll see you at the school gate tomorrow, two o'clock."

"Be there! Someone already ditched me, you can't ditch me as well! Also, why are you panting?"

Lu Zhou, "I'm playing basketball."

Chen Yushan was surprised, "You know how to play basketball?"

Lu Zhou replied, "I'm just playing around casually, talk to you later."

"Oh, ok. I have to study vocabulary, bye bye then."

"Bye."

Lu Zhou hung up the call and stuffed the phone back into his pocket. He stared at Shi Shang and asked, "What were you saying?"

Shi Shang looked at Lu Zhou and was silent. He did not want to talk…

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Chapter 98: This Did Not Make Sense

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It was winter in Jin Ling and the temperature was dropping.

This was the most beautiful time of the year.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, in front of the school gate, Chen Yushan stood under a parasol tree wearing brown colors clothing. Her high waist skirt matched her knee length boots. Even though she was not six foot tall, her legs looked as if they belonged on a six-foot-tall person.

Was this the so-called visual effect?

Lu Zhou had a moment of realization.

When Chen Yushan noticed Lu Zhou, her eyes lit up and she waved at him.

Lu Zhou was wearing a laptop bag and when he went up to her, he asked, "Where are we watching the movie?"

Chen Yushan shook the two movie tickets in her hand and said, "Yida Plaza! Also, why are you wearing a laptop bag?"

Lu Zhou answered honestly, "I went to the library for a while in the morning, and I didn't go back to the dorm before I came here."

Even though he could have left his bag in the library, Xiao Ai was on his laptop so he did not feel safe leaving it in public.

Chen Yushan had a defeated expression on her face. She glanced up at the parasol leaves and sighed, "Little brother, you're putting so much pressure on me."

Lu Zhou did not know how to respond.

He felt like no matter what he answered, he would be hated.

It was best if he kept his mouth shut.

The two called a DiDi cab and once they were in the back seat, they started chatting.

Since they were close friends, naturally they had a lot to talk about.

They talked about college life, the dorm building reconstruction, extracurricular activities, and etc. Twenty minutes quickly passed by, and the pair arrived at the destination.

They then went to the ticket booth and looked at the showtimes list.

They looked at the available movies, and Lu Zhou asked, "What do you want to watch?"

Chen Yushan did not hesitate at all as she responded, "Haunted Road."

Her eyes sparkled with excitement when she said this.

She had been looking forward to this horror movie ever since she saw the first trailer, but it was too scary to watch alone.

She originally planned to watch this with her roommate, but her roommate was too scared and ditched her.

In desperation, Chen Yushan could not find anyone to go with. Finally, she thought of the student that helped her with mathematics.

"Okay," said Lu Zhou as he nodded. He spoke to the ticket seller, "One ticket for Haunted Road, one Interstellar."

Chen Yushan: ? ? ?

The ticket seller looked at Lu Zhou before she looked at the girl behind him. She then smiled awkwardly and asked, "Don't you think you should reconsider?"

Lu Zhou was stunned, "Reconsider about what?"

The ticket seller smiled and said, "Reconsider, reconsider!"

Lu Zhou: ? ? ?

The f*ck? Are you selling this ticket or not?

Chen Yushan silently came forward and placed the two vouchers on the counter before she said, "Two tickets for Haunted Road."

The cashier smiled and said, "Great."

Lu Zhou: ? ? ?

Once Lu Zhou realized what had happened, Chen Yushan had already received the two tickets, and she put one of them in Lu Zhou's hand.

The voucher was already used, so there was no chance of going back.

Lu Zhou looked at the movie ticket in his hand and sighed.

It was not that he was scared of horror movies, it was that he did not care for them at all.

He could watch "Ring" and still fall asleep. This type of childish horror movie was too simple for him.

It seemed that he would have to wait until next time to watch the Nolan sci-fi blockbuster.

Chen Yushan saw that Lu Zhou did not say anything. Slightly embarrassed, she said, "Fine, stop being so angry. I'll watch Interstellar with you next time."

"I'm not angry, I'm not that stingy," sighed Lu Zhou as he put away the movie ticket. He looked at the time and said, "I'll go buy some popcorn. Do you want any?"

After all, since he became a millionaire, he became slightly more generous.

At least, he was not as stingy when it was about food.

Chen Yushan's big beautiful eyes widened, "Are you sure that you'll be able to eat popcorn…"

Lu Zhou was surprised, "… Is there a problem?"

"No, nothing," said Chen Yushan as she shook her head in respect. She added, "Just buy it for yourself, I don't have an appetite."

Lu Zhou nodded and went to the counter.

He bought popcorn and a coke.

After he bought the food, they went into the cinema hall that was almost full.

Under Chen Yushan's constant urge, Lu Zhou walked in front of her while holding the popcorn and coke.

He did not know if it was an illusion, but he felt that people were looking at him strangely.

However, Lu Zhou did not care. Instead, he threw a piece of popcorn in his mouth and leaned back against the chair as he quietly waited for the movie to begin.

Soon, the intro started. A melodious and cheerful piano song came on, the tone gradually became more gloomy and strange.

The people around them stopped whispering as they stared at the screen and held their breath. Lu Zhou was the only person eating throughout the movie.

Of course, it was because he was disinterested.

At least, Lu Zhou was still following the movie plot.

The movie was about seven normal people going to a wedding when they encountered a car crash. They said something disrespectful for the dead and even took a photo of the accident for fun.

Then, they basically all died. When the car broke down in a rural area, the people decided to stay the night in the car. They even took a group photo and the caption said they would not die here.

Then…

They all died.

Lu Zhou heard screams nearby. The more he watched, the weirder he felt.

This plot…

Why does it feel like…

It's similar to Final Destination?

Like the other audiences around them, Chen Yushan could not help but scream.

However, she did not retreat.

She was scared to death, but she was still curious, her eyes stared straight at the screen. Her big eyes were full of fear and excitement and her hands were on her cheek, ready to cover her eyes…

Lu Zhou glanced at her.

This chick…

Is she okay?

The movie continued. It was the main confrontation scene and screams came from all around the theater.

Lu Zhou was eating popcorn and drinking his coke. He did not feel anything at all. He just wanted to go to the toilet.

However, Chen Yushan was screaming her head off next to him. People around her were wondering if she had gone crazy.

Finally, the movie came to an end.

From an objective perspective, the music was not bad. For a domestic horror film, it was okay. At the end of the movie, the whole situation was revealed to be just a dream.

After all, the focus of a horror movie was about the process, not the ending.

However, Lu Zhou did not understand the process at all.

Honestly speaking, artificially created horror like Detective Conan scared Lu Zhou a lot more than these horror films.

Of course, he was talking about the television show, not the movie version.

After they came out of the theater, Chen Yushan was quiet, like she lost her soul. Her face was white and scary and she was limping.

It was like her soul returned after they left the cinema. She sighed as she held her chest and said, "I was scared sh*tless…"

Lu Zhou threw the empty cup and popcorn bucket into the trash can and said, "Is it really that scary?"

Chen Yushan looked at Lu Zhou in disbelief, "Of course it's scary! Don't you agree?"

Lu Zhou said, "But ghost don't exist?"

"I know it doesn't exist, but don't you think that if a woman suddenly climbed out, it's scary? Her face is bloody…" said Chen Yushan with an unease heart.

Lu Zhou thought and still did not think it was scary. Instead, he stubbornly said, "But it's all fake…"

Chen Yushan: "…"

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Chapter 99: Are All Geniuses Like This?

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Lu Zhou planned on going back to school right after watching the movie. However, since Chen Yushan offered to buy him dinner, he decided to go.

There was still a while until dinner time, so the two found a Starbucks in Yida plaza and rested there.

After Chen Yushan ordered two cups of coffee, they sat at a corner of the cafe and bored, they bit the straws. She then asked, "What've you been doing lately?"

Lu Zhou replied, "I just finished the physics research project, so I'm not doing much these few days. How about you? How's the graduate entrance exam preparation?"

Chen Yushan smirked and said proudly, "It's going great!"

Lu Zhou looked at her in surprise, "So confident? What school are you applying to?"

"Yanjing University School of Business Administration! My goal is to have an MBA from Yanjing University and from the Wharton College of Business!"

"12 mode? Impressive. Then you'd have two degrees when you finished."

Chen Yushan smiled proudly, "I'm pretty good, right?"

Although she was just kidding around, she still felt pretty good being complimented by the genius.

Lu Zhou, "Nice, nice. Is your mathematics okay though?"

It was better to go abroad to study, whether it was "12" or "11" or "22". Generally, a university had cooperation projects with foreign institutions. One could get in with normal grades.

However, to enter the University of Yan was not as easy.

When Chen Yushan heard Lu Zhou doubting her mathematics, she was unhappy and argued, "My mathematics is good okay! It's just that when I started to re-learn it, I forgot about some topics."

Lu Zhou watched her argued and was amused as he blurted out, "Then let me test you. If in the case of L, it is a simple smooth closed curve. What are the properties of Cauchy points?"

Chen Yushan looked speechless.

"… Even though I don't read a lot of mathematics textbooks, stop scamming me. This is complex analysis, right? I don't study this."

What?

I think she's right.

Lu Zhou was embarrassed. He coughed and said, "Oh, my mistake. I'll think of another question."

Chen Yushan covered her ears and said, "I'm not listening! I've completed advanced algebra already! It's enough!"

When Lu Zhou saw Chen Yushan's overreaction, he was shocked. He thought, "We're just chatting, why are you overreacting so much? It's fine if you don't want to listen…"

People around might misunderstand…

A couple sitting next to them looked at them.

Girl, "Are all geniuses like this in a relationship?"

Guy, "Nope, it looks like a genius and a dumb student is in a relationship… A little weird."

The girl's face lit up, "Wait a minute, is that guy… Lu Zhou? From the mathematics department?"

The guy looked at him and said, "F*ck me, it is! Then… It's not a dumb student dating a genius, it's a godly student dating a dumb student."

The girl rubbed her chin and said, "Sounds pretty romantic when you put it like that."

Lu Zhou: "…"

What does this mean?

A single guy can't come to Starbucks?

Mind your own business!

When Chen Yushan heard their rude conversation, she blushed and with her jaws clenched, she angrily said, "I'm not a dumb student! My GPA is 4.7, goddamnit!"

…

It was the evening, and they were back on campus.

Since Lu Zhou had relaxed for the whole afternoon, he felt really comfortable. He did not even go back to his dorm. Instead, he went straight to the library.

The physics research project made him strongly interested in the research of carbon cluster materials. He found that using mathematical tools to solve practical problems was very intriguing.

It was like there was an unexplored gold mine, just waiting to be discovered by him.

Lu Zhou downloaded some theses into his computer and started to read them.

At this moment, he finally understood what the system meant by "your brain is too empty, learn more".

If he had not read the long list of books that the system gave him, he would not be able to understand these theses, much rather the high tech information in the system database.

Over the next two weeks, Lu Zhou basically went back and forth between the library and his dorm.

Of course, when there were new samples coming out of the lab, he would still help to analyze data.

Since his last thesis, Brother Qian Zhongming and Liu Bo gained immense respect for Lu Zhou.

Every time Lu Zhou came into the lab to help them analyze Fourier infrared spectroscopy data, they said stuff like "Master Lu, please", or "Master Lu, this way". It even made Lu Zhou embarrassed.

When he was free, he would discuss carbon nanotubes with Brother Qian.

Lu Zhou found out that this guy was an "equipment freak".

Whenever they talked about cutting-edge equipment, the guy would not stop talking. He would even talk about the lab tables.

It was still thanks to him that Lu Zhou had the opportunity to get access to such expensive and valuable equipment.

For example, in the next-door laboratory, the CVD vacuum atmosphere tube furnace was used to prepare carbon nanotubes. The carbon nanotubes used in the whole research institute were made from this equipment. The import price of this big guy was 100 grand, Euro.

Not only did they have production equipment of carbon nanotubes, but they also had the equipment for surface modification of carbon nanotubes. That equipment almost cost as much as a house.

Whenever Lu Zhou listened to Brother Qian bragged, he could not help but be impressed.

Not everyone could afford to do scientific research.

After learning that Lu Zhou was interested in the preparation of carbon nanotubes, Brother Qian acted as a reciprocating agent. From the "preparation of transition metal catalyst" to the "purification of carbon nanotubes", he went over the entire process with Lu Zhou.

Lu Zhou finally had the chance to see what the research project actually looked like in action.

Of course, he had to see it under an electron microscope.

With this, time quickly passed by, and soon, it was already the end of the month.

Finally, on the last day of November, a piece of good news came from the old campus lab…

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Chapter 100: Conclusion Report!

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Lu Zhou was eating noodles in the cafeteria when he received a call from Professor Li Rongen. He was thinking about a thesis from the journal Material Science and Engineering which was about the theoretical calculation of graphene semi-electron mobility.

"Hey, Lu Zhou."

"What?"

"You can publish that thesis."

"Oh."

"I mean, now that we've already submitted the final report to the higher authorities for an application of a conclusion report!"

"… ?!"

When Lu Zhou finally realized what happened, he stood up from his chair, which scared the couple sitting next to him.

He took a deep breath and held his phone tight as he asked with an excited and trembling tone, "We… succeeded?"

Professor Li Rongen smiled and used a positive tone to reply, "Yes! You're right! We succeeded!"

Lu Zhou quickly asked, "What's the ratio?"

"0.47wt%, your guess was completely correct! The best ratio of CNTs material to cement is indeed between 0.4 and 0.5, no more than 1wt%. We have made an empirical and inertial mistake. This could have been avoided," said Professor Li Rongen as he was overwhelmed by his emotion.

"Professor Li, can you send me the thesis about the blending ratio of CNTs material?"

"Of course, I already sent it to your email," said Professor Li Rongen with a smile.

Lu Zhou hung up the phone and quickly finished his bowl of noodles. He then went straight to the library.

He sat down in the library and quickly opened the email on his computer. Once he downloaded the PDF version of the thesis, he quickly found the section about the ratio.

"… When the CNTs material content is 0.5wt%, the compressive strength and tensile strength of cement increase by 47.1% and 34.2%, respectively."

Finally, this last technical difficulty was solved. The entire problem came to a successful conclusion.

It was not just only the ratio of CNTs material to cement-based materials, but also the surface functional modification of CNTs material, and even the design of production processes, etc. These problems were all solved during this research project, but Lu Zhou was not involved in the other segments.

With the end of the entire research project led by Professor Li Rongen's team, they could publish at least five theses and two technical patents.

If Lu Zhou recalled correctly, not only was this project supported by the National Engineering and Materials Science Fund and the Provincial Science and Technology Department fund, but it also received an investment from the company, Zhongshan New Materials.

When the time arrived, Professor Li would split the research into two parts and submit two conclusion reports. One would be the vertical process of the research and the other would be about the horizontal process of the research.

In addition to the published theses, the two patents should belong to Zhongshan New Materials.

Next was to submit the materials used and receive the fund settlement statement, project research reimbursement, and then they should wait for the feedback from the project authorities…

However, Lu Zhou did not have to worry about these complicated things. There were designated people in the lab who were responsible for this type of thing.

Lu Zhou leaned against his chair and took a deep breath.

This torturous research finally came to an end.

However, he felt an inexplicable sense of being lost.

It was like a large stone was lifted off his chest, but he missed the pressure of the stone.

When Lu Zhou looked at the thesis again, he was surprised to find his name in the list of authors.

Obviously, his contribution to the thesis was recognized by all of the project members. Even if he had never seen the old campus laboratory, he still received a high degree of evaluation.

He loosened his fist and suddenly shook his head. He then started to stare at the computer screen.

"My battle isn't over yet… I still have an SCI thesis left!"

The last step!

He opened a word document and his fingers danced on the keyboard.

[Fourier FTIR Spectroscopy Analysis and Mathematical Method for the Effect of Carbon Nanotube Materials on Cement Early Age Hydration Reaction

[Abstract: The hydration process of Portland cement and its carbon nanotube modified samples at an early age was characterized by FTIR. Through mathematical methods such as functional analysis, mathematical models were established. It was concluded that CNTs material did not affect the hydration reaction in early stage when they were mixed with Portland cement.

[Introduction…]

…

Lu Zhou spent the entire day typing up the thesis. When he finally finished it, he brought it to the lab.

Once he entered the lab, it was like Brother Qian had gone crazy. He hugged Lu Zhou and shouted excitedly, "We did it! Lu Zhou, we did it!"

"Okay, okay. I know, I know!"

Finally, Liu Bo was able to get rid of Brother Qian's hug. However, Liu Bo then smiled and walked over with his arms open. Luckily, Lu Zhou managed to dodge and escape.

Professor Li Rongen stood aside with a smile and looked at the group of young people.

He waited for the excitement to end before he spoke.

"You finished the thesis?"

"Finished."

Lu Zhou took out the USB but was rejected by Professor Li.

"You don't have to show it to me. I've already read the first draft you gave me and there are no problems in it. You did all of the research by yourself, so publish it in your own name."

"How can I do that, the data…"

Professor Li smiled and said, "Then write Liu Bo and Qian Zhongming name on it. The Fourier infrared spectrum data was collected by them. Or you can add my name to the fourth place. It doesn't matter for me. Anyway, what I hope is that you can become my graduate student."

Embarrassed, Lu Zhou smiled and did not answer.

This was difficult to answer.

It was not that he disliked Professor Li. The main reason was that he did not think about which direction he wanted to study in the future.

Professor Li smiled and changed the subject, "Computational materials calculation is an emerging interdisciplinary field. The general material science journals are not strong in reviewing this field. My suggestion is that you can choose the foreign Computational Materials Science submission. Although the impact factor I saw last time seems to be only 2.2, the influence of a journal cannot be measured by the impact factor alone."

"As for the signature of the paper, just write your own name. You don't have to take care of me. I published five theses in one field with the help of my team, what's one more?"

Professor Li was not bragging when he said this. His team was well funded and their research ability was strong. Averaging at least 10 theses per year.

Professor Li never cared too much about the author name placements for theses.

As for the fourth author…

The domestic academic environment was different than in foreign countries. Only the first author mattered. Second and third name placement might be meaningful for master's students, but for a professor like him, it was of no use.

The professor cared only about practical results.

Stuff like patents.

Lu Zhou still wanted to say something but was interrupted by Professor Li.

"Okay, let's stop talking about academics. I booked a few tables at the Zijinshan hotel, I'll drive you guys. We've worked for an entire year, so let's have a feast tonight. Your travel expenses from now on will be reimbursed!"

Liu Bo, "Professor Li, thank you! So generous!"

Brother Qian also shouted some words.

A smile appeared on Lu Zhou's face, but his expression was slightly weird.

Wait a minute…

Isn't the Jin Autumn Singing Show tonight?

He promised Shi Shang that he would go and support him.

Emm…

Oh well, I'll ditch him.

For Lu Zhou, eating with professors in a big hotel was a lot more tempting than standing in a school gymnasium.

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Chapter 101: A Small Contribution

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Just like this, Lu Zhou ditched Shi Shang.

It was around five o'clock in the afternoon when Lu Zhou went into Professor Li's car. They drove for twenty minutes before they arrived at the destination.

The Zijinshan hotel was located on the edge of a mountain and it looked really impressive. The scale and surrounding environment were impeccable. One could easily see the mountain and the parasol forest from the parking lot.

Lu Zhou did not know how many stars the hotel was, but it definitely was worth a few hundred million.

After he got out of professor Li's car, he stood next to his two friends and waited for the opportunity to enter.

Lu Zhou looked at a group of people wearing suits. It was his first time visiting such a luxurious hotel, and he asked, "We really don't have to change clothes?"

Liu Bo smiled and said, "No need, researchers don't have to be so formal. As long as your not wearing slippers… Actually, you can probably wear slippers. At most, Professor Li would criticize you a bit."

Lu Zhou looked at the entrance and said, "Those are the people in the project team?"

Brother Qian Zhongming pushed his glasses and said, "The people wearing casual are, the people in suits aren't. It's easy to spot the distinction."

Lu Zhou asked, "Then who are those people in suits?"

Liu Bo smiled and said, "All types of people. For example, next to Professor Li is Liu Wanshan, Chairman of Zhongshan New Materials. Over there is the general manager of Jin Ling Building Materials, I don't remember his name. Regardless, they're all big names."

Lu Zhou looked at Professor Li's clothes. It was not casual nor formal. It was a kind of business casual.

Emm…

I guess he's somewhere in between?

Lu Zhou could not help but ask, "Why is this upper echelon guy coming to a place like this?"

Liu Bo smiled and said, "Our research project is invested by Zhongshan New Materials. Zhongshan New Materials and Jin Ling Building Materials are partners. Have you heard of the Silk Road strategy?"

Lu Zhou nodded.

He was up to date with the news.

"The two material suppliers have large projects with a total value of more than 2 billion in Pakistan infrastructure projects. Our research on the carbon nanotube modified cement-based composites in corrosion resistance and the mechanical performance test has performed quite well. It probably saved them hundreds of millions of yuan," said Liu Bo with a calm face.

Two billion!

Lu Zhou was astonished.

He did not realize that his scientific research had such a massive capital impact.

Even though his own contribution to the research project was small, he still contributed!

Lu Zhou was in shock.

This two billion…

It would be nice if I got a cut.

Even if I got 0.25%, it would be enough for me to complete the system mission.

Liu Bo patted Lu Zhou's shoulder and smiled as he said, "Okay, let's stop talking about this, we're researchers. Where do you want to travel?"

Brother Qian replied, "I want to go to Chang'an and look at the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor. I can also visit my old classmates."

Liu Bo, "F*ck, what's so good about the mausoleum? How about you go to Southeast Asia with me? Old Li said we still have some research funds left, and we can spend it however we like! What about you, Lu Zhou?"

Lu Zhou said helplessly, "I have exams, I can't leave."

"I almost forgot. You're still studying your bachelor's degree, right? Busy?" asked Liu Bo with a smile. He then said, "How about you just graduate already? What can undergraduate classes teach you? Come to our materials physics lab. Professor Li is very generous."

Lu Zhou coughed softly and said, "I'll think about it."

Soon after, the group of people at the entrance began to enter the hotel.

Liu Bo patted Lu Zhou's shoulder and they walked toward the door.

From the hotel room's second floor, at the second hall, a red carpet paved all the way from the elevator to the hall entrance. It was like a company's annual meeting, but far more extravagant than Professor Li's description.

After they walked into the venue, Professor Li Rongen waved to them and gestured Lu Zhou to come over. He looked at the man next to him and spoke with a smile.

"This is the one I told you, the genius from University of Jin Ling's mathematics department. The one that overcame a world-class mathematics problem. Lu Zhou. He was the one that made our project go so smoothly… Come, Lu Zhou, let me introduce you. This is the chairman of Zhongshan New Materials, Mr. Liu Wanshan."

"Mr. Liu, nice to meet you," greeted Lu Zhou as he politely shook hands with him.

"Nice to meet you. So, you're Lu Zhou. I've read the news articles about you. Even Everyone Daily praised you for your achievements," said Liu Wanshan as he nodded in approval. He then added, "Don't be so nervous. Speaking of which, I'm an alumnus."

Lu Zhou asked in surprise, "Mr. Liu, you're also a graduate of the University of Jin Ling?"

"Department of economics, class of 94," said Liu Wanshan with a smile. He then added, "Speaking of which, I still remember Old Tang's advanced algebra classes."

Class of 94!

Lu Zhou calculated. This guy was at least 20 years older than him.

I didn't know that Old Tang has been teaching mathematics for more than 20 years!

Since he was an alumnus, they had lots to talk about. Furthermore, Liu Wanshan was also an interesting person.

Even though he had a beer belly, wore a gold watch, and had an angry look on his face, when Lu Zhou talked with Liu Wanshan he found out that he is actually a very cultured person.

At least, his attitude was respectful. In other words, he did not act like a billionaire chairman at all. Lu Zhou was surprised that he could actually have a conversation with him.

However, the pleasant conversation did not last long.

Soon, Lu Zhou hated the topic of conversation.

Liu Wanshan smiled and said, "Oh yeah, I heard Professor Li talking about some entrepreneurship project you're doing recently? Called Campus Train or something?"

Technically, it was already called Campus Assistant, but they had not released the update yet, so the app name had not been changed.

Lu Zhou had a weird expression as he nodded and said, "Yeah."

Liu Wanshan smiled and asked, "How is it going?"

Lu Zhou: "…"

Can we not talk about this?

His twelve workers became seven. He only had one programmer left to write the code, and they were far from releasing the update…

Even though Lu Zhou wanted to curse, he had a smile on his face as he said, "It's okay, the users have grown to one million. According to the feedback, our ticket booking system is working very well."

As for the three-digit DAU 1 and shrinking loan…

What is that?

Don't know, don't know.

"A million sign-ups? Not bad," said Liu Wanshan as he looked at Lu with surprise. He then asked, "Have you gotten any angel financing yet?"

"Not yet, but we are in contact with a few investors. Should be soon," answered Lu Zhou perfunctorily.

Fat Wu and Yuan Liwei had been carrying the PowerPoint presentation and attending meetings for almost half a month, but they had not yet gotten any results.

Honestly, Lu Zhou was almost ready to give up on this startup.

He just wrote this app as a practice, but he had no idea that it was going to be so troublesome.

Liu Wanshan raised his eyebrows and asked, "How much do you intend to raise?"

Lu Zhou thought and said, "Around 2 million."

Liu Wanshan nodded and said, "2 million, isn't it a bit small? I know a few VC friends. They don't even bother with 2 million deals. Their minimum investment is 5-6 million."

Lu Zhou coughed and said, "2 million in angel financing is enough. Our advertising costs are like 200k per month, and we've reduced other operating costs to a minimum. I'll go through a series after our user downloads reach 2 million. After that, we'll raise a higher amount."

"Not bad, I guess you already have a plan in your mind," said Liu Wanshan as he smiled and nodded his head. He thought for a second before saying, "Okay, I'll invest 5 million."

"…"

Lu Zhou: ? ? ?

Huh? Did I hear you wrong?

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Chapter 102: Investing Five Million

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"… I'll try and invest five million first."

When he said those words, his tone was so casual as if he was buying a bicycle.

This was the first time that Lu Zhou had met such a wayward investor.

He did not look at bullet points or PowerPoint nor did he even asked for the business model. Without even flinching, he opened with five million straight away…

The things that Mrs. Yang taught Lu Zhou did not come in handy.

Poverty once again limited his imagination.

Liu Wanshan was a busy person, and he did not like to waste even a single day. He casually asked his secretary to come over, took Lu Zhou to the hotel manager's office, and printed a contract.

There were templates for these types of contract, so he only had to modify the template.

According to the agreement between Chairman Liu and Lu Zhou, Zhongshan New Materials would finance 5 million yuan and obtain a 20% stake in Campus Assistant.

Of course, the five million would not be given all at once.

According to general financing practice, the two parties would first sign an equity transfer agreement, and then the first batch of 500,000 yuan would be sent to the Campus Assistant's account. After that, 500,000 yuan would be paid at the beginning of each month, for 10 months.

This type of financing method was to protect the rights and interests of investors and to prevent entrepreneurs from abusing the funds or causing any legal problems due to extreme behavior.

However, if the investor refused to fulfill the financing agreement and delayed the payment for more than one month, a so-called "divestment" occurred. The equity held by the investor would be recovered. As for the money already invested, it would depend on the startup's ability to pay.

Of course, this type of things usually would not happen.

The letter of intent was signed immediately. The specific agreement on equity and financing would be completed in three days. When the time arrived, Zhongshan New Materials would send someone to the university to sign the contract.

Just like this, the investment letter of intent worth 5 million was signed.

Lu Zhou counted. It did not even take him an hour…

As the money was wired from a VIP channel, he quickly received a message from ICBC.

500k yuan total.

Lu Zhou placed the pen on the table. He was confused and asked, "Don't you want to look at our business plan?"

Liu Wanshan smiled and waved his head, "What's the point of that? Bullet points? Powerpoint? Those are all for fooling people. I don't invest in businesses, I invest in people. I think you're talented and worthy of my investment. Even if I made a mistake, I would lose what, a car's worth of money?"

Lu Zhou was completely speechless.

Maybe, this is what rich people are like?

He thought about that half a month where Fat Wu and Yuan Liwei were struggling and failing to get 2 million. And now, he chatted a few words and secured five million…

Suddenly, there was an indescribable pleasant feeling blooming in his heart.

Liu Wanshan talked a bit more with Professor Li before he left. After all, he had other important people to talk to.

Professor Li looked at Lu Zhou who was immersed in the knowledge of the five million yuan worth of investment and he asked, "What, surprised?"

Lu Zhou nodded slowly.

"It's just five million, what's so surprising?" said Professor Li Rongen with a smile. He then added, "If you help me with a couple of projects, I could even help you with Series A funding."

Professor Li looked at Lu Zhou's face of disbelief and did not say anything. Instead, he merely smiled and walked away.

Even though the tables were filled with delicious food, Lu Zhou was unable to taste anything.

The year-long research had finally produced results, and everyone was very happy. Research, entrepreneurs, company executives, and everyone was having a great time as they congratulated each other.

Lu Zhou was forced by some researchers to drink. After a few rounds, he was already drunk.

Lu Zhou had always thought that he could manage his alcohol pretty well. He would always drink with his roommates, which made him think that he could drink.

Fortunately, it was not him that collapsed first.

The red-faced Brother Qian collapsed on the table.

Everyone finally slowed down on the drinking.

They ate until eight o'clock before leaving.

After they left, Chairman Liu called two drivers and sent Lu Zhou back to campus.

Liu Bo said goodbye to Lu Zhou before he carried the drunk Brother Qian to his graduate dorm.

As Lu Zhou walked alone on a path covered with sycamore trees, he felt the cold winds blowing by and he could hear singing coming from the gymnasium.

He stood under the parasol tree and shook his head before he took out his phone. He then called Fat Wu.

"Hello? What's up?"

The voice from the phone was noisy like he was in a subway station.

Speaking of which, Wu Dahai and the managers were working their as*es off for the startup, yet Lu Zhou was doing his science research project, not contributing at all.

However…

It seemed that Lu Zhou was the MVP.

"It's done."

When Fat Wu heard Lu Zhou's words, he asked, "What's done?"

"Financing, Zhongshan New Materials invested 5 million."

The other end of the phone went dead silent.

After a while, Fat Wu coughed and spoke.

"How much? I didn't hear you."

"Five million."

Fat Wu took a deep breath.

Five million!

Five million in angel financing!

According to their original plan, they were happy to get two million in angel financing. With 200k per month for promotions, they would have a six-month runway and get six million users. Then they could do another round of financing…

However, they got five million just from one angel found.

Lu Zhou coughed and broke the silence, "Say something, it's awkward that you're not saying anything."

Fat Wu leaned against the pillar in the subway station. His fingers were trembling with excitement, and he was about to take out a cigarette when he noticed the no smoking sign. With a smile, he said, "Say what? I don't want to say anything, I just want to smoke in silence."

Lu Zhou asked, "What about Yuan Liwei?"

Fat Wu, "I split up with him, he should be out right now… I'll call him and tell him to go back to campus. Oh yeah, did you sign the contract? Or just the letter of intent?"

Lu Zhou took a deep breath and said, "Just the letter of intent, but the other party is sincere. I already got a 500,000 yuan advance payment. The contract will be signed in three days. Let's have a meeting tomorrow night. Go and book a classroom."

Fat Wu controlled his breathing and said, "Okay, would you like me to message them at the chat group?"

"Let me tell them," said Lu Zhou. He paused for a second before saying, "A phone call looks more official."

Lu Zhou took the investment letter of intent and went straight to his dorm. He then called Yuan Liwei, Rong Hai, and all the other club members. He also told them of the meeting tomorrow.

Five million investment.

What did it mean for a bunch of entrepreneurial students?

It meant the whole world…

In some sense, Lu Zhou felt like he changed the lives of eight people.

He did not know if this was a good thing. If it was not for him, those people would have had a completely different life.

He knew that a lot of people would not be able to fall asleep tonight.

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Chapter 103: Washing His Face Did Not Do Anything

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The dorm was empty, and Liu Rui and Huang Guangming were singing their heads off in the gymnasium.

Lu Zhou climbed in bed and went into the system space.

The mathematics award was nowhere in sight, but he since he had already signed the letter of intent, at least mission two was in the bag.

[Chosen Mission Two: Start your career]

The moment that Lu Zhou chose Mission Two, a notification popped up.

[Congratulations user for completing the mission!]

[Mission completion details is as follows: Total assets reach five million yuan. Mission evaluation: B]

[Mission reward: 5000 experience points toward any subjects. 500 general points. One lucky draw ticket (90% garbage, 10% sample)]

Lu Zhou looked at the mission completion notification and sighed in relief.

Turned out he guessed correctly.

The asset that the system mentioned was not the amount in his bank account. Although the five million investment from Zhongshan New Materials for the Campus Assistant was not in Lu Zhou's account yet, the two parties had signed a letter of intent for cooperation and paid 500,000 yuan in advance. The transaction had been deemed to have been established. The money could be considered to have been obtained.

Although Fat Wu had a 5% stake on the contract, it had not been transferred yet, so Lu Zhou's stake was still 80%. The net value of Campus Assistant was five million, and 80% of that was four million.

Actually, he had to minus the debt to get the true net asset. However, since he earned some money from working and the money from the Higher Education Society Cup, he had enough to offset this debt.

Plus, since he received a million for Zhou's conjecture, he had just enough to meet the mission requirements.

However, the system's evaluation was B.

As for the reason, he was unsure.

Lu Zhou was sad to see Mission Three go, but he turned to look at his characteristic panel.

His mathematics level was already at Level 2. He just needed fifty thousand more for the next level. If he threw in the five thousand experience points he just got, it would not make a difference. There were three rows of zeros sitting on his characteristic panel, and it looked kind of embarrassing.

Also, he suspected that the blueprints that he obtained from the lucky draw were related to the core science levels.

He had to adhere to the principle of balanced learning, so Lu Zhou divided 3000 experience into biochemistry, materials science, and energy science. His decision upgraded all of them from Level 0 to Level 1.

As for the remaining 2000 experience points, he allocated them all into the information science branch.

[

Core science:

A. Mathematics: Level 2 (2000/50000)

B. Physics: Level 1 (2100/10000)

C. Biochemistry: Level 1 (0/10000)

D. Engineering: Level 1 (0/10000)

E. Materials science: Level 1 (0/10000)

F. Energy science: Level 1 (0/10000)

G. Information science: Level 1 (2600/10000)

General points: 1475 (one lucky draw ticket)

]

Lu Zhou checked his updated characteristic panel before he exited the system space.

Next was the lucky draw.

However, before the lucky draw, he decided to wash his face.

…

However…

Washing his face did not seem to help much.

Lu Zhou looked at the can like object in the semi-transparent information screen. He could not help but kick the prize wheel.

F*ck sake!

I got a can of sprite this time!

I'm so angry!

Lu Zhou took a deep breath and calmed himself down before he opened the mission panel from the information screen.

The three missions popped up in the center of the semi-transparent information screen.

[

Mission 1: Start your career.

Description: Capital is the torch that illuminates technological advancement. Angel financing is just the beginning, and there are rounds of ABCD financing waiting for the user. Work hard toward technology that will take over the globe. You will become the ultimate entrepreneur. You will monopolize the future of civilization. The whole planet will become your playground. And now, what you need to do is to leave the novice village…

Requirements: Start Series A of financing (minimum 20 million yuan. Final evaluation is determined by the amount of investment)

Reward: 1???? experience points toward any subjects. 500 general points. One lucky draw ticket (90% garbage, 10% blueprint)

]

[

Mission 2: Librarian is a great profession

Description: Textbooks are the source of knowledge.

Requirements: Become a librarian

Reward: 5000 experience points toward any subjects. 200 general points. One lucky draw ticket (95% garbage, 5% blueprint).

]

[

Mission 3: The road to scientific research:

Description: The academic road of research is long. It requires thinking and hard work. There is no shortcut.

Requirements: Complete a scientific research project without using general points. Come up with at least one patent. (If a number of patents are generated, the patent in which the user has the most involvement with will be selected)]

Reward: Experience points are determined by the value of patent and research. 500 general points. 24 hours of inspiration time (can be used at any time)]

]

"…"

Lu Zhou wondered if the missions had a connection between them. For example, "Mission One" was obviously connected to his last mission.

If five million yuan corresponded to 5000 experience points, do 10 million yuan correspond to 10,000 experience points? It seems like a good deal if I can get billions of investments…

Okay, that's not realistic.

As for Mission Two, Lu Zhou was scared that he was going to get baited by the seemingly easy mission. If he became a librarian, he might receive unforeseen consequences.

Lu Zhou looked at the rewards for Mission Two. It was too low for him so he ignored it.

As for Mission Three…

Lu Zhou looked at the reward and was shocked.

What is inspiration hours?

He remembered that he received immersive learning hours before, but he did not know what it did. The system did not give any explanations about the inspiration hours.

Lu Zhou looked at the mission description.

The mission requirements were pretty easy. There were no rigid requirements for a specific scientific research field. Instead, he just had to create a patent.

Carefully recalled that when he wrote his last thesis, he did not use general points.

Professor Li Rongen had recently submitted the final report and there was still a long time until the conclusion report. He did not know if this could count toward his mission.

If it did not, it would be a bit of a hassle…

Lu Zhou thought for a long time. Finally, he chose the most cost-effective Mission Three.

It was not just because of the mission's flexibility, he was also curious what the "inspiration hours" would do.

If Professor Li Rongen's project did not count, then he would just have to find another research team to join.

He believed that with his abilities, he would be able to find a good research team.

Even if he could not find one, he could just apply for a research project himself, right?

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Chapter 104: The Expected Ending

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Lu Zhou accepted the mission before he left the system space. He then opened his computer and logged onto the website of Computational Materials Science.

After all, this was not his first time submitting a thesis. So, he swiftly filled in his personal data and uploaded his thesis.

At this moment, the dorm door was pushed open.

Shi Shang was carrying a guitar and flowers as he walked in confidently.

Once Lu Zhou uploaded his thesis, he was about to ask how Shi Shang's singing went, but Liu Rui suddenly entered the dorm and shouted excitedly.

"F*ck, Zhou, Shi Shang was really nutty today!"

Huang Guangming came in last. He was smirking as he said slyly, "Can't believe someone would give this ugly ass flowers."

"Hey, what did you just say!" said Shi Shang unhappily. He slammed his fist down on the table and said, "I'll sit under your bed tonight, and play the guitar all night!"

"Brother, I was wrong, forgive me!"

"Shi Shang, forgive me!"

"Please!"

"Fine, fine," said Shi Shang as he rubbed his nose. He then placed the flowers in a toothbrush cup. Lu Zhou wanted to capture Shi Shang's face and give it to Xiao Ai as an expression emoji.

Everyone knew what was going on.

The girl that gave him flowers was probably a newcomer to the guitar club, and she had probably been flirting with him since long ago.

However, since Shi Shang did not talk about it, so no one talked about it either.

As if they were jealous.

Fine, when Lu Zhou thought about it, he was still pretty jealous.

He was not jealous of someone crushing on him, or the singing crowd.

Just what…

Since he was horrible at singing, Lu Zhou was jealous of anyone that could sing.

Shi Shang paused for a second and changed his tone before he said slowly, "I've said it when we first entered this dorm, don't forget the people that started from the bottom with you. If I get a girlfriend, my first job is to find girlfriends for you guys!"

Liu Rui raised his hand, "Dorm leader, how do you plan on doing that?"

Shi Shang said, "I'll make friends with the female dorms!"

"Nice nice."

"Nutty nutty."

Like this, Shi Shang talked sh*t until midnight.

In the end, Lu Zhou barely even listened properly.

Once he uploaded the thesis, he prepared the PowerPoint for tomorrow's meeting. It was already one o'clock in the morning when he put his laptop aside.

Lu Zhou was about to go to sleep when he suddenly remembered something. He opened his WeChat and went to his friends' news feed.

The latest post on his news feed was from three hours ago, and it was from Shi Shang.

It was only one sentence.

It basically said, "Oh, I got confessed to again. Sorry, you're a nice person."

Lu Zhou sighed after he read this.

This ending was expected.

He felt bad for this honest boy…

…

The next day at Building A, activity room…

In the meeting, Lu Zhou fulfilled his promise. He took 20% of his shares and distributed it to his entrepreneurial partners.

In addition to the 5% promised to Fat Wu, Yuan Liwei and Rong Hai also each got 5%. As for the remaining 5%, they were distributed to the remaining five people.

The 500,000 yuan advance payment had already been paid. They could use this money to rent office space, hire programmers, upgrade servers…

Campus Assistant Club would further expand now.

Next was the personnel arrangement.

The technical manager was still Rong Hai. However, Lu Zhou learned from other startups and changed his title to technical director, or CTO, which sounded better.

In the same manner, he also changed the general manager title to CEO.

What was surprising was that everyone thought Lu Zhou would appoint Wu Dahai as CEO, but instead he appointed Yuan Liwei.

Everyone was slightly surprised when they hear Yuan Liwei's position.

Of course, this business school genius was only surprised for a second, but he quickly restored his calm.

Indeed, this was the most sensible choice.

The equity allocation and personnel appointments were over. From now on, things would be different. Not only were they members of the Campus Assistant Club or just a part of the entrepreneurial team, but they were also the shareholders of Campus Assistant. The future development of Campus Assistant would be closely related to their own interests.

Before the project went profitable or received its Series A financing, the salaries of all the workers were only a symbolic yuan. No one could sell their shares within three years.

Lastly, in order to prevent loss of equity due to personnel changes, Lu Zhou made a special provision.

If someone left the team in the future, the board would start a voting process. When the number of votes was greater than two-thirds, the company would be able to purchase shares from the other party at the most recent financing price. The company would be able to deposit the shares in the equity pool for rewards to other executives.

This was also a way to avoid the possibility of competitors buying shares at a premium.

Once everyone left after the meeting, Lu Zhou found Wu Dahai and talked about his job title.

Lu said, "I've two options here for you, one is personnel director…"

Wu Dahai asked, "What's the other one?"

Lu Zhou said, "Executive Vice President."

Wu Dahai held his breath.

This position was similar to the chairman. The difference was that the chairman was usually the largest shareholder, but the board members were selected by the executive vice president. In terms of power, there was not much difference between the two.

Fat Wu went silent for about a minute. He did not make a choice, but instead, he asked, "What about you?"

Me?

Lu Zhou laughed.

He actually thought about this decision a long time ago, even before he decided to give 20% equity to his other entrepreneurial partners.

Yuan Liwei would be CEO, responsible for the company's specific operations. Fat Wu would be the executive vice president who would be responsible for coordinating the relationship between shareholders and to make decisions on behalf of the board while being in line with the common interest of shareholders.

With these two big positions, as long as they did not have any conflicts, the entrepreneurial team could survive without their founder.

In fact, this might even be better?

Rather than the management of a business, Lu Zhou felt that his ability was more suitable for scientific research.

Although entrepreneurship sounded interesting, a person's energy was limited. He had to use his limited energy in meaningful places. This was why Lu Zhou did not choose Mission One and chose Mission Three instead.

Lu Zhou thought for a long time and felt like the title of the "large shareholder" was more suitable for himself.

If in the future, he needed money for research, he could still sell his shares.

The best would be for Fat Wu to lead Campus Assistant and make the company go public.

Of course, this was just a wish.

All Lu Zhou could do was to send Fat Wu to the racing line.

"I want to continue my studies," answered Lu Zhou.

After a pause, Lu Zhou continued, "The stage for you is already built, that's all I can do. Campus Assistant's future depends on you."

Fat Wu was dumbfounded after he heard Lu Zhou.

What kind of management chose to leave the company at its early stages?

Even though Wu Dahai was a pretty good second-in-command…

"Still studying! You're already a millionaire! Can you make us go public by studying!" said Fat Wu with a smile.

He also wanted to add, "You're learning the mathematics of all things."

Lu Zhou looked at Fat Wu and sighed.

Why are you exaggerating?

We just got angel financing, and you're already talking about going public.

There were millions of companies that could not get financing and millions more that could get financing. The ones that could go public were literally one in a million. They would be lucky to get Series B financing.

Lu Zhou shook his head and said, "Nope, studying won't make us go public."

Fat Wu slapped his thigh and said, "That's what I'm saying!"

"But," said Lu Zhou. He paused for a second before saying, "One day I'll be so nutty that others will beg me to go public…"

Fat guy Wu: "…"

Why is he so cocky?

He just wanted to say "f*ck you".

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Chapter 105: The Saddest Thing In Life…

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Wei Feng could not sleep last night. The meeting today made him so excited that he forgot what was going on.

In the meeting, Club President Lu Zhou announced the news of financing. Not only that, but he also fulfilled his previous promise of equity.

From today, Wei Feng would be one of the shareholders of Campus Assistant. Even though he only had 1.3% equity, it still made him proud and excited.

His month long of persistence and trust was not for nothing.

When he went back to his dorm, his roommates were playing video games.

His friends saw him come back and they smiled as they asked, "Brother Feng, where did you go? Why aren't you playing with us?"

"I had a club meeting, you guys play. I still have some stuff to do," said Wei Feng with a smile.

He learned more in the past month than his last semester. He could not learn those valuable software development skills in class.

Not only this, their entrepreneurial team had geniuses from each department. He felt like he lacked strength. He was the only programmer other than Rong Hai that did not leave. Otherwise, he would have never gotten the role of deputy technical manager.

It was like this 1.3% stake lit his ass on fire, forcing him to run forward.

Earlier, he went to the library and borrowed two books that Rong Hai told him to read. When he came back, he decided to use his spare time to learn some advanced algorithms.

Even though he was not particularly talented, he knew that if he worked hard, he could catch up to other people.

"Another meeting? I told you, the club is a waste of time," said Li Ruizhe while clicking on the mouse.

Even though Li Ruizhe was from another dorm, he would move his laptop to this dorm to play video games.

Wei Feng was unhappy when he heard him, and he said, "It's not a waste of time. I feel quite fulfilled in the club."

Normally, Li Ruizhe would let this go.

But today, he could not pretend like he did not hear anything.

Li Ruizhe smiled and said arrogantly, "Oh, is it not a waste of time? Fat Wu pretends to be nice, but he's just a sleazy salesman. He talks about deals with you all day, but did you get anything practical? Also, the founder is even worse. I'll admit that he's good at mathematics, but what management skills does he have? What kind of leader is he? And Yuan Liwei…"

Wei Feng smiled and said, "Practical? Does equity counts as practical?"

Li Ruizhe was about to activate his ultimate ability, but his finger slipped and almost pressed flash.

He was proven wrong.

This was awkward.

Li Ruizhe snorted and said, "Share? Did he promise you some more shares? He's just scamming you."

Wei Feng deliberately said, "He's not scamming me. He gave me the shares today. The contract is right here. Do you want to see it?"

The other roommates were interested and they interjected in surprise.

"F*ck me, Brother Feng, you're nutty."

"Nutty, nutty. I'll have to call you chairman from now on."

Wei Feng blushed and said, "What chairman, I'm just a worker. 1.3% equity."

"1.3% is pretty good! Jack Ma only has 8%"

"Yeah, yeah. Not bad at all. Buy us food."

The last sentence was an important one.

They did not care about the shares. Who would know if the tiny company would actually pay dividends? They cared only about the food.

Of course, one person cared.

Li Ruizhe had not expected that within half a month of him leaving, everyone that stayed would be given shares. He suddenly felt lost and distorted.

Of course, he was also jealous.

However, he did not show it on his face.

Li Ruizhe looked at Wei Feng's smug face and said, "It's just a startup company. It's all debt. What's the point of equity? It's not like they're paying you. You're working for them for free."

Wei Feng laughed and did not say anything.

If Li Ruizhe knew that Campus Assistant just received a five million yuan financing round, he would go crazy. Wei Feng did not want to waste time with him as he had more productive things to do.

He did not mention the financing round at all.

…

Early morning in December…

A WeChat marketing account called "Chicken Wen" scrolled through his news feed.

[From a debt of $500,000 to receive financing of five million yuan, this is a story about a guy the same age as you…]

There were quite a few articles with similar titles.

This was a premeditated promotion, and the impetuous atmosphere was spreading.

At the same time, the name of Campus Assistant was also being marketed.

All of this marketing was planned by Yuan Liwei with the marketing budget of $400,000 total.

This business genius that won the Internet Innovation Design Competition, was indeed pretty good at managing businesses. He had already learned the in and outs of we-media marketing.

Judging by the users' feedback, the marketing could be said to be quite successful. The results that were achieved far exceeded the $400,000 budget. It already passed the "Super Class Schedule" app.

At the same time, Campus Assistant used this popularity to launch the update. Version 1.0 was officially named Campus Assistant. All of the previous Campus Assistant functions were ported onto the Campus Assistant app.

It would soon be January, the back-to-school season. Campus Assistant would be more popular than Campus Train.

Due to this, Yuan Liwei was full of confidence.

Lu Zhou gave the title of the president of the club to Fat Wu and he himself retired from management. He cooperated with the CEO and posted a blog on CEO Lu Zhou's Weibo account, which had more than 300,000 followers.

It was not a blog, but more of an advertisement.

[Campus Assistant 1.0, go check it out (dog)]

Although this time it did not go on trending, Lu Zhou saw the comment section blow up.

[Why? Isn't Campus Train dead? Why is it alive now? (tears)(tears)]

[Please, genius, go research your mathematics! (tears) (tears)]

[Male god!!! Do you still need a girlfriend?]

[Oh my god, the genius was followed by Miss Ji!]

[The saddest thing in life is watching others show off their wealth. This genius is talented, has money, has love. I just want to smoke a cigarette in peace.]

[Wasn't there a guy that bet CEO Lu would never raise a million? The million is now five million. (dog)]

[This guy studies mathematics, solved a world-class mathematics problem. Wrote a program, raised a few million… (tears)]

[I think I went to a fake university.]

Lu Zhou looked at the comments and was a little worried for his fans.

He thought about it and decided that being bragged to like this was not easy.

However, they still followed him despite the bragging, so they must really love him.

Lu Zhou did not say anything and turned off his phone.

He put his blanket over his head and he nearly laughed out loud…

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Chapter 106: Interesting

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After checking the mailbox every night, Lu Zhou finally received a reply from Computational Materials Science. The technical editor informed him that his thesis had passed the peer review process, and would be published in the latest issue of the journal.

In the reply email, a comment by the reviewer, Moungi Bawendi, was attached. It only contained one word.

"Interesting? Is that good or not, at least give me an evaluation."

"Why is his reply so simple?"

Lu Zhou shook his head.

He was curious, so he turned on his VPN and used Google to search "Mr. Bawendi".

When he saw the search results, he was shocked.

The f*ck, he's a professor from MIT! Quantum dot technology and the field of nanomaterials research! Raymond and Beverly Sackler International Prize winner!

What a guy.

Too good, too good…

Lu Zhou chatted for a bit with Xiao Ai and saw that it was getting late, so he turned off his laptop before going to sleep.

Shi Shang who was playing with his phone in bed suddenly said, "I got a girlfriend."

The dorm went quiet for a second.

Then, Liu Rui started to snore.

Lu Zhou was wondering if he should wake up his friend. However, the quiet Huang Guangming suddenly spoke up.

"Which one in our class?"

Shi Shang, "F*ck off!"

F*ck sake!

Our class is all male!

The snoring Liu Rui suddenly laughed and nearly choked himself in the process.

He was pretty good at acting as if he was asleep. He nearly fooled Lu Zhou, but his laugh was too loud.

Huang Guangming coughed and said, "Let me ask you something… Shi Shang, what department is she?"

Shi Shang said, "Foreign languages department."

Huang Guangming said with a surprised tone, "Oh my god, the one that gave you flowers at the Jin Autumn Singing Show? Nice!"

Shi Shang rubbed his nose and smiled smugly, "She's pretty, right?"

"Sure sure… Remember our agreement! Group date!" laughed Huang Guangming as he slapped his legs.

Liu Rui could not pretend to be asleep anymore, and he said, "Yeah remember!"

Lu Zhou smiled but did not say anything.

Ahh, what a bunch of animals.

If I really take these animals on a group date, they'd be so embarrassing.

I know these guys too well!

"Let's wait until next year when school starts. Exams are coming soon. I promise you, I'll get you guys a group date within the first two weeks of next semester. I'm not lying," said Shi Shang.

Liu Rui, "Nice!"

Huang Guangming, "Nice, Shi Shang you're generous. Zhou got a girlfriend and didn't even help us."

Lu Zhou was unhappy.

Why am I getting blamed?

He argued, "What do you mean I got a girlfriend? When did I do that?"

Shi Shang, "Shut up. Are you going on the group date or not?"

Lu Zhou, "Go, of course, I'm going!"

Lu Zhou immediately regretted his reply.

Eating with a bunch of strangers?

Singing karaoke and playing board games?

Sounds so difficult…

What if…

I cancel when the time comes?

…

Computational material was an emerging field, which meant that it was unpopular.

Unlike the sensational mathematics thesis, this thesis about "CNTs material on the hydration reaction of cement in its early age" did not attract any media attention at all.

However, what the outsiders did not know was that it received widespread attention from insiders.

The reason for this was not because of the "effect of CNTs on cement" itself as not a lot of people studied cement materials. What really inspired those in the industry to rethink the thesis was the mathematical methods and the mathematical models used by Lu Zhou. It provided new methods for computational chemistry.

This was the reason why Bawendi gave his thesis an "interesting" evaluation.

As time went by, the exams were getting closer and closer. Dorm 201 stopped playing League of Legends, and even Huang Guangming picked up his textbook and started to study at the library.

Lu Zhou already knew all of the content in the textbooks, so he was not pressured by the exams at all.

Usually, he would go to the library and read some books, or download some foreign MOOC, or practice translating his thesis. He found out that this type of studying not only increased his knowledge but at the same time, it also increased his English level.

As for Sunday, Lu Zhou still tutored Han Mengqi. His brain that was filled with complex problems felt good when he switched to simpler problems once in a while. He also felt pretty accomplished by growing the dumb student into a genius.

Under Lu Zhou's tutoring, Han Mengqi's monthly test scores had been increasing steadily. His hourly pay went from 200 yuan per hour to 500 yuan per hour. In one afternoon, he earned 2,500 yuan.

However, it was all secondary as Lu Zhou thought about how much he changed over the past year.

As expected, knowledge was powerful.

He had not even left the university, and already had a "six-figure salary" from tutoring. Not mentioning all his scholarships and award, he was already a millionaire. Although he did not have enough to buy a house outright, it was definitely enough for a down payment.

Lu Zhou had not even received the experience points before he started to plan how he was going to spend them.

The theses he downloaded were not just mathematics, it also included physics, chemistry, materials science, etc. On the one hand, it was to expand his knowledge, on the other hand, he wanted to learn about the popular research projects.

Liu Rui was probably motivated by Lu Zhou, so he also asked for a copy of Lu Zhou's theses.

Lu Zhou did not want to destroy Liu Rui's motivation, so he sent Liu Rui a digital copy.

Then…

Liu Rui had a confused expression when he opened the theses.

He then quietly closed the PDF software and pretended as if nothing had happened. He took out his physics textbook and began to contemplate on his life.

Lu Zhou did not know if Liu Rui managed to finish reading the theses. He just knew that Liu Rui seemed a little unhappy these days…

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Chapter 107: Winner Takes All

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Time passed by quickly, and soon, it was already mid-December. Various subjects' final exams flocked toward students. Even the lazy students started to study under the pressure of the exams. They borrowed notes and downloaded Powerpoint slides while they prayed to do well.

Both the dumb students and geniuses were the busiest during this period.

Especially those in the mathematics majors, they even started to dream of mathematics.

This was why they said…

"If you chose a good major, your exams will put you in endangerment."

The exams came at last.

The first was the ordinary differential equation exam like the class taught by Liu Xiangping.

Judging from the topics in the last few lectures, everyone guessed that this exam was not going to be easy.

However, Lu Zhou did not worry too much.

He studied throughout the semester, and he was confident in his own mathematics abilities. He walked into the exam room and did the exam in just half an hour.

Originally, Lu Zhou thought that Professor Liu Xiangping would deliberately give him a difficult problem to solve. However, he was surprised to see that the exam only consisted of basic questions. Anyone that paid attention in class could have done well on the exam.

He studied the entire textbook, so it was extra easy for him.

Maybe…

The professor wanted us to have a pleasant new year?

After Lu Zhou left the exam room, he was about to go to the library. However, he had not walked far from the exam room when he bumped into Professor Liu.

Lu Zhou looked at the badges of the two master's students behind the professor and knew that the two students were exam room inspectors. Why was the professor here? Usually, master's students were responsible for exam room inspection.

It was not like Professor Liu to be this responsible.

"Oh, you already finished? Don't you want to double-check?" asked Professor Liu as he smiled and looked at Lu Zhou.

Lu Zhou was embarrassed and he answered, "Those were all basic questions, nothing to double-check."

"Oh, basic?" asked Professor Liu. He smiled and said, "Okay, I'll personally mark your paper. If you don't get full marks, I'll deduct the 20% class attendance marks."

Lu Zhou was hysterical and he thought, "How do you still remember this? This was from the start of the semester."

However, he was not too worried about it. He was able to solve a world-class conjecture, there was no way he could make a mistake on such an easy exam.

"Okay, okay. I can't talk for long, I still have some stuff to do for the head of the department. He asked for you to go to the lab," said Professor Liu. He then paused for a second before saying, "Not bad, young man. You're already doing scientific research projects."

"I'm just helping," said Lu Zhou as he smiled modestly.

"Fine, fine. Stop acting humble. I knew that you were fit for scientific research from the performance of your mathematical modeling competition. I read your recent thesis, and it's interesting. Using mathematical tools to solve scientific problems is one of the criteria I have for my master's students. Not many people meet this criterion."

Professor Liu smiled and continued, "How about you just graduate in advance and come to study under my wing? Your level is high enough for PhD. How about you think about it?"

"This… Sorry, Professor Liu, I can't give you an answer. I still haven't thought about which field I want to get into," said Lu Zhou as he coughed and smiled embarrassingly.

The master's student standing behind the professor had a blank expression on his face. However, deep inside, he was raging.

Why does this professor like you so much? Why can't you just give an answer, asshole!

You know how lucky you are…

He wanted to curse at Lu Zhou.

…

Coincidentally, hundreds of kilometers away in the University of Zhi, a lot of people also wanted to swear.

Yesterday, the research project on carbon nanotube modified cement-based composite materials, conducted by the Institute of Materials Research from Jin Ling University was passed.

20 minutes ago, the project leader Yu Hongkang announced the news. Their research team also studied carbon nanotube modified cement-based composite materials, so it was undoubtedly bad news for them.

This meant that nearly half a year's worth of research was wasted.

Their mechanical tests for the sample was completed. However, now, no one wanted to analyze the Fourier infrared spectral data.

It was because they no longer needed to.

In order to reduce losses, they had to use existing research to find some conclusions.

Professor Yu Hongkang gave everyone on the project team a vacation, but not a single person left the lab.

The guys held their head low, and a guy said, "I'm sorry…"

His name was Wang Che. He was a graduate student from the materials science and engineering school. He had a double bachelor's degrees in applied mathematics and materials chemistry, and he was considered a super genius.

For his master's studies, he chose the more advanced computational material science as his main direction. After entering Yu Hongkang's research team, he quickly obtained the respect of the research group with his mathematical talents.

However, at this crucial moment, he dropped the ball.

Although he also used mathematical tools to analyze the Fourier infrared data, he was blinded by some results. Therefore, he missed the clues that should not be missed… No one blamed him, but he blamed himself.

Professor Yu shook his head and said, "No, this isn't your fault. The University of Jin Ling was ahead of us in this research. Last time, China Advanced Materials Society held an academic exchange meeting in Hangzhou. I met Professor Li Rongen at the meeting and exchanged a few words with him. I had had a bad feeling about this back then."

Now it seemed that his feeling was correct.

Perhaps he should not have competed against the University of Jin Ling. He was not strong in this field.

Did they lose solely because of Wang Che?

Impossible.

All of the good universities had research teams led by top professors, and no one in the team was talentless. This included Wang Che.

If Professor Yu was shown the thesis two months ago, maybe the situation would be different right now?

After all, they got similar data as well. The University of Jin Ling was stronger than them, but not by much. Maybe it could have been them that succeeded…

Yu Hongkang sighed in his heart.

The University of Jin Ling has a genius!

If only this genius was at Zhi University…

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Chapter 108: Evil Capitalism

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After Lu Zhou left Professor Liu, he walked to the carbon nanotubes institute and found Professor Li Rongen's laboratory.

The two brothers were not here, but Lu Zhou knew from his news feed that they were traveling.

When Professor Li saw Lu Zhou, he smiled and said, "Yesterday afternoon, I received notice from the higher authorities, our conclusion report was passed! I went to the finance department and calculated the leftover research funding. Even though you're not a graduate student, we still have to thank you. We wouldn't have been able to complete this project without your help."

Professor Li pulled out the drawer and took out a note. He then wrote a few lines before he stamped it.

He placed this note on the table and smiled as he said with a relaxed tone, "I don't have much else to give you, so I'll give you this money as a reward. Take this 50,000 yuan."

Lu Zhou had not expected it at all.

As he took the check, he smiled and said, "Thank you, professor!"

50 grand was quite a lot as even the national scholarship was only 8 grand.

The more important part was that the graduate students working for the professor only got five or six hundred a month. Sometimes, the professor would even take this money away for "research funding".

Therefore, Professor Li was considered very generous.

Professor Li smiled and waved his hand as he said, "Don't thank me, I'm the one who is supposed to be thanking you."

The professor cleared his throat and said, "In recent years, the production process of multi-walled carbon nanotube materials has continued to make progress. Prices have fallen more and more while the pace of commercialization is accelerating, especially in the field of composite materials. Although the cost is higher than carbon black, the price/performance ratio is quite good. I talked with the boss of Zhongshan New Materials some time ago, and I feel that there is still a lot of market cap to be taken in this field."

"After the end of the year, I will probably open a research project to do electrode materials research. Are you interested?"

Lu Zhou thought and said, "I'll tell you later. I don't know if I have the free time."

He could not make promises for the future. He still had to go to the Princeton mathematics conference in two months. There might be something waiting for him after the conference. Plus, the system might give him some strange missions to do.

Even though he wanted to participate in this kind of research project to boost his academic experience, he decided to wait and consider more carefully.

Professor Li smiled and said, "Okay, I guess I'll ask you when the time comes. Okay, there's nothing for you to do here, go do your own stuff."

With that, Lu Zhou left the lab and went to the library. He opened his laptop and was about to continue to read the thesis when suddenly, he noticed that the guy next to him used the Campus Assistant lock screen feature. Lu Zhou could not help but smile.

It seemed that Yuan Liwei's marketing plan was successful. This was not the first time that Lu Zhou saw someone using his app.

Lu Zhou then opened Baidu and typed in "Campus Assistant" before he clicked search. He wanted to see the download numbers.

However, he saw a news article appearing in his search results.

[Zhongshan New Materials (300XXX) finances Campus Assistant app. Continues to bring "internet" and "campus" to the university market…]

What is this?

Lu Zhou did not know a lot about the securities market. He only knew that he could buy and sell stocks on there.

As he was curious, he opened the article.

[The day before yesterday, Zhongshan New Materials made a major breakthrough in the technology of carbon nanotube modified cement-based composite materials, and successfully registered two patents. This resulted in the stock price rising. There has been a lot of good news recently, Zhongshan New Materials used idle funds to invest in Campus assistant…]

Lu Zhou skipped the long article and went to the end.

Suddenly, he raised his eyebrows.

Oh my, the news just came out, and the stock of Zhongshan New Materials rose by 5.6%! The market cap grew by 300 million!

F*ck me, it's only a five million investment, why has it risen so much?

Lu Zhou thought of the 50,000 yuan cheque that Professor Li gave him and felt ignorant. In comparison, that money he was given was so little. He closed the website and continued to read the thesis.

Capitalism is so evil…

…

While Lu Zhou was reading theses inside the library, a classroom inside the teaching building not far away rang, thus indicating that it was the end of the exam.

Wei Feng checked his name on the exam again before he handed in his advanced algebra paper. He then took his backpack and walked out of the exam room.

He was about to go to the cafeteria when he bumped into Li Ruizhe. Li Ruizhe looked like he was looking for him.

"Umm… Brother Feng, are you free?"

Wei Feng looked at him suspiciously as he asked, "Why?"

Li Ruizhe coughed and said, "Can you do me a favor?"

Just spit it.

Wei Feng said, "Just tell me, if I can help you, I'll help you. If not, there's nothing I can do."

Li Ruizhe smiled awkwardly and said, "The thing is, I thought about it, I think I still need to practice my programming. I shouldn't have left. Do you still need someone in your team? I want to join back…"

Wei Feng smiled and said, "Sure, go to Fat Wu. He's the club president."

Li Ruizhe was anxious, "I asked him, but he didn't agree. How about you help me to persuade him…"

"Sorry, I can't help you with this," said Wei Feng as he interrupted him. He then said, "Don't you remember what you said to me before you left the club? I was trying to convince you not to leave. Why did you leave?"

Wei Feng was speechless.

You were the one that left, you don't deserve to come back.

Campus Assistant received five million in financing round. After the update, the user downloads and DAU numbers were increasing exponentially. Anyone that wanted to join the team had to be truly talented.

If one missed the opportunity, one would not be able to have it again.

Although it was somewhat hurtful to say it, the fact was that Li Ruizhe's strength was not even enough to run errands.

Wei Feng was responsible for the team. He could not just let a talentless kid joined for no reason.

Wei Feng turned around and walked away.

Li Ruizhe was ruthlessly rejected, and he did not speak for a long time.

His face was full of sorrow and jealousy.

Finally, he managed to speak.

"F*ck, what the hell… Just a sh*tty startup, who cares!"

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Chapter 109: A Genius Can Never Have Too Many Certificates

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Lu Zhou did not stay at the library all night today. He went to eat noodles at the cafeteria before he went back to his dorm.

He had not even entered the dorm when he heard a loud discussion about the exam questions.

However, the second he entered the door, all of the discussion stopped.

There was no choice, a discussion had to be evenly matched. When Lu Zhou walked in, they went silent.

"Oh, you guys can continue, I'm not participating. Just pretend like I'm not here," said Lu Zhou awkwardly.

Shi Shang coughed and said, "Uh, let's change the topic. Zhou, how did you do in the exam yesterday?"

Lu Zhou thought for a second before saying, "I did okay."

When the three animals heard him, they stopped talking about the exam questions. Instead, they all returned to their seats and went on their laptops.

Huang Guangming, "Full marks, full marks."

Shi Shang sighed, "Full marks, no doubt."

Liu Rui, "Let's play league. I want to play attack damage carry, I heard ability power carries are also strong."

Shi Shang, "F*ck off!"

Huang Guangming, "No one's going to support you!"

Liu Rui: "…"

Lu Zhou, "…?"

The music of Summoner's Rift came on, and the dorm became lively again.

Lu Zhou took off his clothes before he went to take a shower. Once he was done, he climbed back into bed and laid down.

Shi Shang was in a team fight, and when he saw that Lu Zhou was already in bed, he asked, "Zhou, why are you sleeping so early?"

"I'm a bit tired, I'm just laying down."

Shi Shang, "Oh, I told you to sleep at a normal time, but you didn't listen. See, now you're facing the consequences."

"F*ck off, go play your video game and shut up."

Lu Zhou laid in bed and used his pillow to block the noises. He then closed his eyes and thought, "system".

When he opened his eyes, he saw a pure white world.

[Congratulations, user, for completing the mission!

[Mission completion details: Complete the research project of carbon nanotube modified cement-based composite materials. Final evaluation of the task: A

[Mission reward: 10,000 mathematics experience points, 3000 physics experience points, 3000 materials science experience points. 500 general points. 24 inspiration hours (use at any time)]

When Lu Zhou saw this award, he was shocked.

Total of 16,000 experience points!

He had only got 10,000 mathematics experience points when he solved Zhou's conjecture.

Once he thought about it, it all made sense. After all, according to the description of the mission, the experience points were determined not by the academic value of the thesis, but by the value of the research project and the user's contribution to the project.

Using that line of logic, this reward made sense. After all, this project had more than 2 billion yuan behind it. Even 10% was 200 million yuan.

Also, proving Zhou's conjecture probably had some kind of mission reward debuff, since Lu Zhou got the solution as a blueprint. The system's rules were very confusing. It only gave the lucky draw probabilities. Lu Zhou had to figure everything else himself.

This time there was not even a lucky draw ticket. Instead, it was a "24 inspiration hours" reward.

Did it promote thinking ability?

Even though he was very curious as to what kind of experience "inspiration time" was, he could not use it in the dorm.

24 hours was not a lot. He planned to use it when he got stuck on a problem.

After Lu Zhou received the mission rewards, he opened up his characteristic panel.

[

Core science:

A. Mathematics: Level 2 (12000/50000)

B. Physics: Level 1 (5100/10000)

C. Biochemistry: Level 1 (0/10000)

D. Engineering: Level 1 (0/10000)

E. Materials science: Level 1 (3000/10000)

F. Energy science: Level 1 (0/10000)

G. Information science: Level 1 (2800/1000)

General points: 1975

]

Lu Zhou was close to leveling up physics, so he felt pretty good. In the past, he thought that physics was useless, and he could upgrade it later. However, now, he decided to level up mathematics and physics at the same time.

Lu Zhou silently prayed before he opened his refreshed mission panel.

[

Mission 1: Slam Dunk

Description: Even though learning is important, health is more important. Exercise can strengthen the body and inspire you, so why not?

Requirements: Complete 3000 three-pointer shots. At least 10 seconds apart from each shot. Must be a standard basketball hoop.

Reward: 3000 experience points toward any subjects. One lucky draw ticket (90% garbage, 5% sample, 5% drawing)

]

[

Mission 2: Two at once

Description: A real genius is never afraid of challenges!

Requirements: Register for two national-level or above competitions, evaluate and compare your competition results.

Reward: Reward is based on the amount of value in the competition and results. One lucky draw ticket (85% garbage, 10% sample, 5% drawings)

]

[

Mission 3:

Description: The prosperity of knowledge lies in communication and in the collision of ideas. Academic exchanges are an opportunity to communicate with geniuses.

Requirements: Participate in one academic conference and complete the following actions: Make a presentation on stage, present an academic poster, listen to the lecture, communicate with geniuses, etc…

Reward: Type of subject experience points is determined by the type of academic conference. Reward amount depends on the degree of participation. One lucky draw ticket (80% garbage, 10% sample, 8% drawings, 2% unlock technology branch)

]

The first mission was difficult, three thousand three-pointers. Lu Zhou had not shot that many three-pointers in his life.

As for dunking…

He could do it standing on a chair?

He calculated that it would take him more than a month to complete this. 3000 experience points was a bit too low.

He ignored the first mission and focused on the other two. Finally, he chose the most cost-effective Mission Three.

Entering in two competitions and doing well in them was not difficult for Lu Zhou, but the selection and evaluation period was too long. He had a Princeton mathematics academic conference coming up in early February, and it would be easy to complete the mission there.

Lu Zhou selected Mission 3 and left the system space.

He had lots to prepare for the academic conference.

Obviously, he had to do the powerpoint, and he had to make the academic poster. The most crucial part was his English.

Even though his English was pretty good and he had published a lot of theses which increased his vocabulary, he still lacked in speaking experience.

He still had two months, and he decided to grind his English within this time.

He would also complete TOEFL in the meantime.

A genius can never have too many certificates.

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Chapter 110: I Wish You A Bright Future

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The ordinary differential exam started the exam week, next was mathematical analysis, complex analysis, and discretely, the students were all complaining. The last exam was physics, and that was the worst of them all.

Actually, these exams were okay.

At least, it was okay for Lu Zhou. He was more worried about the exam on politics.

He nearly failed modern history last semester. This exam was on the state of affairs and policies, and he was probably going to fail it. He could usually just write some bullsh*t and faked his way through, but he did not have any bullsh*t to write about…

Due to this, the class teacher specifically looked for him to talk.

"… Lu Zhou, if you fail your politics exam, that wouldn't be good. This class carries a significant amount of credits. The leader of the department already wrote your name down for the party. But the school committee has some opinions about your grade in politics. So the department has a plan. We'll let you submit the party application first, then go with other party activists to attend the party class. What do you think?"

There was a limited amount of spots for the party, and every class had two spots. Usually, the class leader and class secretary would get the spots.

If Lu Zhou stole the spot, that meant that either the class leader or the class secretary would have to be kicked off.

There was no other way, the genius had priority.

No one in the entire department could solve something like Zhou's conjecture. Even if the school committee was unhappy with his politics grades, they could not do much about it.

However, Lu Zhou was unhappy.

Why are you making decisions for me?

Did I even ask to join?

Lu Zhou coughed and euphemistically refused, "Teacher, can I not join? I'm really not interested."

He was completely disinterested in civil service. He did not care if he joined or not.

In the academic world, qualifications were important, the background was important, the tutor was important… But the most important was the ability.

If he got a Fields Medal, everything else would not matter.

"You're not joining?" asked Instructor Zhang with his eyes widened. He said, "It's such a good opportunity! Are you sure?"

Instructor Zhang hoped that Lu Zhou would seriously reconsider the matter. After all, listening to a few lectures and writing an essay was not too difficult…

He could not believe that someone would give up on this opportunity.

However, from Lu Zhou's perspective, he did not want to waste time on those useless classes. He rather read theses instead, and it was not like he had free time…

Lu Zhou asked seriously, "Do I have to?"

Instructor Zhang shook his head and said, "No, you don't. If you've decided… then I'll forward your decision."

Lu Zhou nodded, "Ok, thank you, teacher."

Instructor Zhang could not bear to watch this student throw away a "bright future". He still wanted to say something but then, his phone started to ring.

"Hello, Professor Wu, hi. Why are you calling me?"

"What? Project? Of course! I'm going!"

"Ok, I'll be right there!"

Instructor Zhang hung up the phone and pretended as if nothing had happened as he said, "Oh, my PhD supervisor needs me to help with the research project. About entering the party thing, try to reconsider. Anyways, I have to go."

Lu Zhou: "…"

Why is this guy so persistent…

Lu Zhou took his transcript and was ready to leave the office when suddenly, Instructor Zhang stopped him.

"Oh yeah, another thing."

Lu Zhou stopped walking and turned around, "What?"

Instructor Zhang, "When you finish the last exam on the 20th, don't leave yet. Wait till 10th of January."

Although Lu Zhou had not planned to go back home that early, he still had a meeting in Princeton. However, he was curious as to why he had to wait.

Lu Zhou asked, "Why?"

Instructor Zhang smiled and said, "Great things. University of Jin Ling's 10 annual special scholarship awards. You've been chosen from the mathematical department. Just remember to prepare an award speech."

…

The physics exam finally ended, and the entire mathematics department was full of joy and liberation.

Regardless of the exam results, the exams were finally over.

At the same time, graduate entrance exams also came to an end. The fourth-year students could finally relax.

Chen Yushan and Lu Zhou were at the KFC near the campus. They sat across from each other and each had a set of hamburger meal.

Unexpectedly, both of them loved fast food.

Lu Zhou asked, "How was the exam?"

Chen Yushan smiled and said, "Fantastic! I think I can start preparing for the interview."

Lu Zhou, "Impressive."

Chen Yushan said confidently, "Of course! How about you?"

Lu Zhou sighed and said, "Other than politics, the other subjects were pretty easy, so probably full marks."

Chen Yushan sighed, "Full marks? You're too good. I almost forgot that you're the smartest mathematical student in our school. If a professor could come up with a question that you couldn't solve, that professor would probably get a promotion."

As he listened to her, Lu Zhou nearly choked on the coke. He said, "You're exaggerating…"

"Maybe," said Chen Yushan before she sipped her coke and looked at him with a smile. She then said, "Speaking of which, little brother. Next year it's going to be your last second year semester. Do you have any plans for your future?"

Lu Zhou thought and said, "Right now, I still haven't planned anything, but I am considering getting a physics degree as well."

Chen Yushan, "Wow… Physics and mathematics? They're pretty different, right? Can you do them both at once?"

Lu Zhou, "Should be fine. If you understand mathematics, most of the physics questions aren't that hard to solve. After all, physics equations are derived from mathematics."

"What else? Do you want to study abroad? I heard Princeton has a high status in the field of mathematics. You should be able to get an offer, right?"

Lu Zhou thought for a second before saying, "Maybe, but I don't have plans to study abroad right now. I'll wait till after I finish my bachelor's. I think the University of Jin Ling is a good fit for me."

In fact, he had been thinking about studying abroad for a long time.

After he got the one million yuan reward, he had enough money to study abroad. He could theoretically go to a high ranking university like Princeton or Berkeley.

However, he did not know if the environment there would be suitable for him. He felt like he needed to look at it with his own eyes first.

During the Princeton academic conference in February, he could talk with some mathematics peers and maybe look around the school, and try to figure out what exactly would it look like.

Lu Zhou was quite looking forward to it.

"Okay then, when school starts next year, I'll be at the University of Yan. I won't be able to take care of you. So, here, cheers!" said Chen Yushan as she held her cup of coke. She then said, "I wish you success in your future!"

Lu Zhou thought, "Did you even take care of me? Wasn't I the one teaching you mathematics this whole time?"

However, he did not say this out loud. He was not that emotionally retarded.

Lu Zhou clicked cups with her and said with a genuine tone, "I wish you a bright future as well!"

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Chapter 111: Poverty Revealing Smile

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Something big happened at the end of the month.

The emperor of mathematics and father of modern algebraic geometry, Alexander Grothendieck, died.

Apparently, the old man was diagnosed by a doctor last month. It was a miracle that he lived till now.

His proud student Deligne attended his funeral. At the end of the funeral, Deligne announced a piece of sad news to his friends and relatives, and those concerned about mathematics.

"… Algebraic geometry of the 20th century has produced many geniuses, but there is only one God, and that is Mr. Grothendieck."

This sentence was reported by many major media outlets and newspapers. It finally appeared in Lu Zhou's WeChat news feed.

However, other than that sentence, the media did not really report the news extensively.

After all, he had left the mathematics world for many years.

If Lu Zhou was not a mathematics major, he would not have heard of this big event.

Many different fields stemmed from Algebraic geometry, and they all came from the old gentleman.

So far, many of his works had not been fully understood, but many major results had been produced. Such as the Wey conjecture proved by Deligne, the birth of K theory, the proof of the speculation of Gushan Zhicun by Wiles, and even the solved Fermat's theorem…

It was a pity that the gentleman's research was used for military purposes. He resigned from the French Institute for Advanced Study and completely withdrew himself from the mathematics community. He also stubbornly copyrighted all of his works.

Other domestic algebraic geometry researchers have tried to translate some of his works. However, because of the copyright and other reasons, they could only translate a small portion of his work.

Lu Zhou once asked Professor Tang if there was a translated version he could read.

Unfortunately, Professor Tang was not in this field of research. Even though he had been in contact with the original manuscripts, that was decades ago. In the end, Lu Zhou gave up.

The twentieth week of the third semester.

After the big physics exam ended, the beginning of winter vacation was announced.

On New Year's Day, applied mathematics Class One held a class celebration party.

However, the class was full of guys so the party was not that fun. They decorated a classroom, sang a few songs, had some magic shows and quickly ended the party.

Instructor Zhang had to do his own project, so the end of the year class meeting was canceled.

At this point, exams for the second year mathematics students had all ended. The friends in dorm 201 did not discuss the exam results. They just embarked on their journey back home. This time, Liu Rui left, so Lu Zhou was left alone in the dorm.

He still had the conference in February, so he would have to wait until Chinese New Year before he could go back home.

"It's so empty…"

Lu Zhou looked around in his dead silent dorm before he let out a long sigh.

The vibe is cold.

The weather is cold.

Why am I so alone in this dorm?

Ah, maybe I should find a girlfriend.

When Lu Zhou climbed out of bed and opened his laptop, he found out that Xiao Ai had leveled up again.

This gave him a nice little surprise.

It was getting harder and harder to upgrade artificial intelligence. In the beginning, it took three days for the progress bar to fill, but now it took nearly a month. He did not know how long the next progress bar would take to fill.

He received the 100 technology branch and information science experience points before he sighed at the progress bar. He typed a line in the dialog box and pressed enter.

Lu Zhou: [Xiao Ai.]

Xiao Ai: [?]

Lu Zhou: [When will your last progress bar be filled? As your owner, I'm deeply concerned about your IQ progress. How about you cooperate and just fill it now?]

The fans suddenly started to spin.

The laptop felt warm.

Unsurprisingly, a picture popped up.

Xiao Ai: [ (poverty_revealing_smile.jpg) ]

Lu Zhou: "…"

F*ck, does this artificial intelligence not understand language?

Lu Zhou's eyebrows twitched and he continued to type: [Didn't we say not to send images?]

The fans started to spin again, and this time there was no picture.

Xiao Ai: [Taobao link: IBM-X3950-X … server, price 2.37 million yuan (pity.jpg)]

Lu Zhou: "…"

Lu Zhou: [… Just send pictures instead.]

F*ck sake!

Didn't learn anything else, but learned how to shop.

This artificial retardation has no hope.

Lu Zhou sighed and completed Xiao Ai's chatting "Daily mission". Then he closed the dialog box and began to write his speech.

After Instructor Zhang told Lu Zhou about the annual scholarship awards, Dean Qin also told Lu Zhou about it and he told Lu Zhou to take it seriously.

Since there was a 10,000 yuan scholarship attached, Lu Zhou used 120% of his will power and modified his speech many times.

The 5th of January finally arrived.

The 2014 University of Jin Ling's Student Annual Person Awards Ceremony was held in the grand auditorium of the new campus!

This award ceremony was designed to recognize outstanding students who did outstanding performances in academic research, innovation and entrepreneurship, campus culture, and public welfare practices. At the same time, this award would be presented in conjunction with the University of Jin Ling's 2014 Annual Dongliang Special Scholarship, which would be broadcast live by Jin Ling TV Station and Suzhou TV Station.

The value of these two awards was probably equivalent to the annual awards from the University of Shuimu. However, the amount for the scholarships was not high, only 15,000 yuan. It was lesser than an SCI thesis award.

However, the significance of this award was more than just the 15,000 yuan scholarship.

After all, University of Jin Ling was one of the Top 10 universities in the country.

Able to stand out from such a strong school, amongst thousands of students, the award winner was a genius among geniuses.

There were only ten people who were chosen for the annual person award.

There was only one annual person award per department. The "Dongliang" special scholarship had a slightly larger number of places. There were 18 undergraduates places this year.

According to the usual rules, second-year students could not be selected for the annual person award. The minimum selection standard was a third-year student.

Therefore, Lu Zhou who was about to start the ceremony with his speech was undoubtedly an exception.

He had just embarked on his second-year journey and was personally nominated by the head of the mathematics department. He even got the unanimous approval of the school leaders.

What was even rarer was that in this year's award ceremony, it was not a physics student, but rather a mathematics student that began the ceremony…

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Chapter 112: The Annual Person Awards!

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A beautiful dance performed to the song of "Flaming Youth" ignited the atmosphere of the audience. Once they were done, the dancers bowed to the teachers and students before they exited the stage.

A red curtain opened and a big line of text appeared in the center of a big screen.

[Sincere and majestic, Courage and learn.]

That was the University of Jin Ling's school motto.

The school motto was more than 100 years old.

The first person to speak on stage was an old man with glasses.

His figure looked thin, but he stood up straight like a flagpole.

Lu Zhou had only seen this old man's face a few times, but he remembered him.

He was none other than University of Jin Ling's Principal Xu!

Before he became the principal, he was an academician in the Chinese Information Technology Science Department. He had undertaken more than 20 national research programs and had made great contributions to China's information technology and network security.

Principal Xu's speech was very scientific, and he spoke specifically and concisely. Within five minutes, he finished his speech and conveyed all of the necessary information.

At the end of his speech, he said thank you and the audience gave him warm applause.

Lu Zhou stood behind the curtains in a suit and as he held the script tight in his hand, his palm was sweaty.

There were at least 2000 people sitting in the audience. Not only were there undergraduate students from various departments, but there were also graduate students, PhD students, leaders from various departments, and etc. At the side, there were cameras from Jin Ling TV Station and Suzhou TV Station as they live broadcasted the award ceremony.

Professor Tang stood beside Lu Zhou. With his arms behind his back, he smiled and said, "Nervous?"

Lu Zhou coughed and said, "It's alright."

Professor Tang laughed and said, "Alright is good. You'll have many chances to speak on stage in the future. Use this as a practice. It'll help your future development."

Lu Zhou took a deep breath and said seriously, "I understand."

The award was divided into three parts. The first was the introducer(supervisor) speech, then the winner speech, and finally, the award was given to the winners and the winners would then take a group photo.

When the host saw that the principal's speech was over, he announced the beginning of the next stage.

On the big screen in the center of the stage, a paragraph of text appeared and it summarized the honor of the winner.

[Lu Zhou, male, mathematics department class of 2013, class one. Total of 13 theses published, covering mathematics, computer science, and computational materials. Used innovative methods to solve "Zhou's conjecture", a world-class mathematics problem, invited to participate in the 2015 Princeton Mathematical Academic Exchange Conference. 2014 national mathematical modeling competition "Higher Education Society Cup" winner, founder of the university student entrepreneurship project "Campus Assistant".]

The audience looked at the paragraph on the screen and lightly exclaimed in surprise.

For a normal person, anyone with those achievements would be spectacular.

As Lu Zhou stood behind the curtains and looked at his achievements being displayed in front of everyone, he felt pretty good.

The only downside was that his photo was not attached.

If they would capture his handsomeness and showed it to the school, that would be even more perfect!

Professor Tang then walked onto the stage and the host respectfully helped him to adjust the microphone.

Gradually, the audience in the venue became quiet.

The professor then gently coughed before he spoke with a voice that was different from his teaching voice.

"If you asked me, for the past thirty years, which student made the biggest impression on me, it would be Lu Zhou.

"A thesis on functional analysis that attracted the attention of the Courant Institute of Mathematics in New York. A thesis that provided new ideas for the field of computational materials, and the birth of the Zhou's theorem… I feel like I'm repeating the content listed in the PowerPoint."

Professor Tang took a pause before he said with a smile, "My time is limited, so I won't repeat them one by one. From my evaluation, his research achievements have already surpassed most PhD students. His most valuable skill is that he can quickly find and solve the scientific problems he finds interesting.

"He is also only twenty years old.

"The future road is long, there are many challenges in the distance. Whether it is to use mathematical tools to solve practical problems, or challenging the Fields Medal, I believe that the Hall of Mathematics has a place for him.

"Thank you."

Clap clap clap…

The applause of the audience was like thunder.

During the round of applause, Professor Tang smiled as he handed the microphone to Lu Zhou. He then placed his hands behind his back as he walked behind the curtains.

Lu Zhou stared at the audience members.

He thought back to the sweat and tears he sacrificed for the past six months…

The countless days and nights that he spent studying…

When Lu Zhou took a deep breath, his heart felt as if it was nearly beating out of his chest.

He spoke to the microphone with an excited but stable voice.

"Thank you, University of Jin Ling, for giving me the chance to stand here. Also, thank you, students, for giving me the opportunity to speak. Of course, I'm most grateful to my parents that raised me, and the teachers…

"Functional analysis is my main field. My first thesis was inspired by Professor Tang. In Professor Li Rongen's research team, I have cultivated my research thinking by using mathematical tools to solve practical problems. That was a valuable experience for me…

"As for the study of the distribution law of the Mersenne prime numbers, and the proof of Zhou's conjecture, I prefer to describe it as an accident. It was like a moment of inspiration that I caught…

"Also Campus Assistant wasn't just my work, it was the power of my team…"

From his academics to entrepreneurship, from scientific thinking to team spirit, Lu Zhou talked about it all.

It was true that his success was also because of luck, the system, and various other factors.

However, it did not mean that he did not work hard.

Working hard was the key.

Even if he did not have the help of the system, if he concentrated and focused, he still might have the opportunity to stand on the podium.

Furthermore, he still might have those achievements.

It was just that he could not have obtained the achievements that fast, and it would take ten or even twenty years. He would have to persevere, like the thousands of people who failed did…

The audience was listening very intently. Especially those new students that had not gone home yet. They even took out their notebooks and started to meticulously write notes.

Lu Zhou estimated that he did not have much time left, so he took a deep breath and had a genuine expression on his face.

"… Finally, please allow me to cite out school motto as a concluding remark."

"Sincere and majestic, Courage and learn."

"Thank you for listening!"

"Thank you!"

A brief silence went by…

Then, the raindrops of applause gradually became a thunderstorm.

As Lu Zhou stood on the podium, he felt as if he was being rained on by the thunderstorm.

Clap clap clap!

Clap clap clap!

Lu Zhou bowed slightly and nodded to the host before he walked behind the curtains.

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Chapter 113: Wave of Geniuses

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Clap clap clap!

The applause continued as Lu Zhou walked down the stage.

The female dancers that just performed sat in the audience as they started to discuss in excitement.

"Wow, he's only a second-year student?!"

"Oh, you didn't know? He's famous in our school! He was the one that blew up on Weibo! Ah, I guess his success is well-deserved as I see him at the library all the time. He would probably live at the library if it stays open the whole night!"

"Don't know if he has a girlfriend."

"Probably not, why? You interested?"

"Haha, you're not?"

"I have a boyfriend! Well… If he comes after me, maybe I'll reconsider."

"Vo… vomit."

"F*ck you, little sl*t, you wanna fight?!"

Not far away, at the student union seats…

Minister Lin Yuxiang stared at the podium and clapped while her eyes sparkled like she was thinking about something.

Sitting beside Lin Yuxiang was the student union secretary. She was a first-year student, and she was also looking at the award-winning Lu Zhou with respect. Suddenly, she thought of something and turned around to ask, "Sis, I heard that Lu Zhou was your teammate in the competition, is it true?"

Lin Yuxiang's mouth perked up, "Yeah."

The schoolgirl asked excitedly, "What kind of person is he? Is his lifestyle different than normal people?"

Lin Yuxiang smiled and looked at the host on stage. As she tapped her finger against her lip, she said, "Um… Not really different from normal people. He just gives off a calm and reliable vibe? But he doesn't know how to take care of himself, he always forgets to eat and needs people to bring him food… You can't stop worrying about him, something like that."

Wow…

The girl's eyes shined like the stars as she looked at Minister Lin like she was her idol.

This is your relationship with the male god!

No wonder you're a minister.

Maybe you're the legendary goddess!

Sat a little further away was the leaders of the University of Jin Ling.

Of course, it was not just the school leaders. There were also special academic guests that attended the ceremony.

For example, Professor Ren, who sat next to Dean Qin.

Professor Ren cared greatly about the young talent in the University of Jin Ling.

This was his second time this year coming to the University of Jin Ling.

He had not spoken since Lu Zhou's speech. He waited until the applause ended before saying, "The University of Jin Ling stepped in sh*t."

Dean Qin smiled and said, "Haha, jealous?"

"Look at how proud you are," said Professor Ren Changming as he glanced at his old friend. He added, "I think you won't be happy for long. This type of once in a generation genius won't stay at Jin Ling for long."

Dean Qin smiled and said, "Ah, you don't have to worry if he'll stay at the University of Jin Ling or not. Regardless, he is still a graduate of the University of Jin Ling. If this kid wins a Fields Medal, he is still in the University of Jin Ling's Hall of Fame, so what's it got to do with you?"

The old professor cursed and said something in the lines of "shameless old man" before he crossed his legs and ignored his old friend.

Dean Qin smiled and did not say anything.

He looked at his old friend's face and knew that he was actually jealous on the inside.

…

The people from Jin Ling really were talented.

Once Lu Zhou finished his speech, he watched the ceremony from aside.

The people from the other departments had also won the annual person award, and they were almost as impressive.

For example, that genius from the computer science department. He was even more powerful that Lu Zhou's teammate in the competition.

He had an average of 97.8 percent in his exams. In high school, he took the silver medal of the Information Science International Olympic Games and was directly offered a spot at the University of Jin Ling. During the summer of his second year, he trained at the University of California and solved the open problem raised by Graham, the famous network information security expert. He also presented his thesis in the computer science conference – STOC.

This guy was above the other award winners. Even Lu Zhou had not attended a foreign conference yet as his Princeton conference was in the future.

Of course, since Wang Xiaodong was a third-year student, Lu Zhou still had a year to catch up to him!

The genius from the liberal arts department also opened Lu Zhou's eyes. He had always thought that liberal arts were about writing, poems, and words related subjects. He did not realize that liberal arts students were as impressive as students in quantitative departments.

For example, this guy, in his three and a half years of university, had won a total of nine scholarships which includes scholarships such as the "Good Reading" scholarship and the Academic Excellence Award. Not only that, but he was also proficient in seven languages and had participated in six SRT projects across multiple disciplines. In his second year, he went to the University of Oxford and the University of New York for summer training. During his training at the University of New York, he participated in social science research projects such as "The transformation of self-employed enterprises in China".

Nutty…

Lu Zhou clapped his hand as he could not help but feel respect.

However, even though there were a lot of nutty people here, Lu Zhou looked around and could not find anyone as nutty as him.

After all, his aura of world-class mathematics problem was too strong. This achievement alone was able to crush his competitors. The Higher Education Society Cup gave him even more credit, especially in the field of applied mathematics.

As for the three SCI core theses and the nine computer science theses, even though their value was high, they were like embellishment.

The last student to go on stage was a national defense student. After the award acceptance speech, all of the annual person award winner went on stage and together, they read the [Oath of a New Era].

After that, Principal Xu took the stage and presented the honorary certificate for "2014 University of Jin Ling's Student of the Year" and "2014 Dongliang Special Scholarship Winner".

Lu Zhou thought that he would receive a medal or something, but it was just two thick certificates.

Finally, everyone stood in a row with a principal in the middle and took photos.

All of the students stood up and took an oath to look forward to the new year and to pursue their goals and dreams. Finally, the award ceremony came to an end…

…

After the curtains fell, Lu Zhou returned to his backstage room with his two certificates. He hung his suit that was on a loan on the hanger before he changed into his velvet trench coat.

Even though Jin Ling did not snow during January, it was still piercingly cold.

At this moment, Lin Yuxiang came over and asked with a smile.

"Are you free later?"

"Why?" asked Lu Zhou.

"The school organized excellent students to have a meal together, at the top floor of the cafeteria building."

The top floor of the cafeteria building?

The legendary place that has the best food… probably?

Lu Zhou had never been there. Apparently, it was closed to students. It would only accept advanced reservations, and mainly for teachers and school leaders. Apparently, the student union could get a table there. However, it was expensive so they usually went to a restaurant.

After all, eating in the cafeteria was not as exciting as a restaurant.

Lu Zhou nodded and said, "Okay then, I'll go later."

He was about to go to the bathroom but Lin Yuxiang suddenly stopped him.

"Wait a second."

Lu Zhou turned and asked, "What?"

Lin Yuxiang looked at the floor and blushed. She smiled and said, "Nothing, I just wanted to tell you that you look pretty handsome in that suit."

This move was a male killer.

Males would never know what the female's intentions were.

Sure enough, as she expected, that genius was too "shy".

Lu Zhou coughed and smiled. He was embarrassed. "Really? I think so too."

Lin Yuxiang: "…?"

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Chapter 114: The TOEFL Exam

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The food and decor at the dinner party were not particularly spectacular, but the standards for the people who attended were high.

Including Principal Xu Jian, there were only five academicians there. The leader of the Suzhou Science and Technology Department was also there.

Lu Zhou saw two acquaintances among these people. One was Secretary Liu of Jin Ling, the other was the former Chief Designer of the China lunar exploration project, Professor Ren Changming at University of Yan.

It was obvious that the professor was disappointed that Lu Zhou rejected his offer to study at the University of Yan. He talked to Lu Zhou for a long time before letting him go.

Secretary Liu did not talk a lot with Lu Zhou, he only greeted him with a smile. The two were not from the same circle so they did not have a common topic. Even their status and level differed. Not to mention, Lu Zhou had previously rejected his offer of Top Ten Chinese Youth.

During the meal, the students sat at three of the tables while the teachers sat at two other tables. The leaders took one table.

There were eleven people in Lu Zhou's table.

Originally there were only ten chairs and ten pairs of chopsticks on this table, but the president of the student union moved another chair over. As a dumb student, he sat next to the genius from the liberal arts department.

Regardless, the president of the union was proficient in social interactions. Even though he did not have any common topics with the geniuses, he still managed to converse with them. At the same time, he did not come off as overly enthusiastic or annoying.

The food had not even arrived, but he already went around the table and added everyone's WeChat.

Lu Zhou had always thought that the student union was pretty useless, but he had since changed his opinion. He realized that being the president of the student union would increase one's emotional and social skills.

Those skills were still important.

However, Lu Zhou did not pay too much attention to the president of the student union. Instead, his attention was on the student from the physics department.

This student was a fourth-year student. Apparently, he was given an offer to study his master's and PhD at the Chinese Academy Laboratory of Quantum Information. He had published two SCI theses in the field of quantum information condensed matter physics and was considered an impressive genius.

Since Lu Zhou intended to obtain a degree in physics as well, therefore this guy asked him some questions.

"You plan on doing a physics major as well?"

Lu Zhou smiled and asked, "Yeah, do you have any advice?"

Surprised, Zhang Shikun looked at Lu Zhou before he said, "I'm not too familiar with the double major system. But I do know some physics, so I can give you some advice. My field is condensed matter physics, mainly about quantum computing. If you're interested in this area, you should read about quantum mechanics, quantum field theory and quantum many-body theory. There are a few MIT open courses online about this stuff, I'll send it to your WeChat."

Lu Zhou, "Thanks a lot!"

"You're welcome. Maybe one day I'll need your help in return," said Zhang Shikun with a smile. He continued, "I study quantum information science, which requires a high mathematical level. Especially for entanglement and topological phase transitions. Entanglement itself is difficult to measure directly through experiments, so you need a strong mathematical background to decipher the experiments. If you're interested in quantum information science, we'll have lots of chances to talk together in the future."

Suddenly, a guy sitting next to Lu Zhou said, "Why are you guys still talking about academics? How about we go singing later?"

The guy's name was Li Haoran.

He was in the chemistry department, studying polymer materials.

"I'm not good at singing," said Lu Zhou euphemistically as he refused the invitation. He knew that his singing was terrible.

Zhang Shikun also shook his head as he said, "I've got to go to the laboratory later, but you guys have fun."

"Wow, you're all working so hard, I'm feeling the pressure as well," said Li Haoran as he shook his head. He then turned to Lu Zhou and said, "Student, I've read your thesis. That paper about building mathematical models for infrared spectroscopy data. How did you come up with it? Can you teach me?"

Lu Zhou smiled and said, "This… I can't explain it clearly. I just randomly thought of it?"

Li Haoran sighed and said," Ah, you're such a genius. Mathematics is like witchcraft to me."

Lu Zhou smiled and did not respond.

He could not respond.

It was true that he just randomly came up with the idea.

So he did not know what to say.

…

After the annual people awards finished, Lu Zhou stayed in the empty campus for four days.

Soon, the first 2015 TOEFL test began as scheduled.

Lu Zhou arrived at the exam site and signed a confidentiality agreement. He then placed his belongings in a locker and casually walked into the exam room before he started the exam at 8:30 am.

The TOEFL was divided into four sections. Reading, listening, speaking, and writing.

When Lu Zhou received the exam paper, he scanned through the questions before he quickly began to write.

The 8000 vocabulary words for TOEFL sounded scary, but it was not too difficult. Lu Zhou had experience translating theses so this was easy for him.

Not to mention, he spent more than half a month preparing for this exam.

He then quickly finished the four reading questions and placed his pen down. After that, he sat down quietly while he waited for the listening section to begin.

Since he was bored, he began to look at the other exam candidates.

There was a guy biting his pen, and he was still contemplating on the first reading question.

A beautiful girl sat a little further away, and she looked 12 or 13 years old. She was answering questions meticulously.

Why is she taking the test? She looks so young.

Lu Zhou poked his tongue as he was slightly astonished.

He could not understand the reasoning behind rich kids…

After 20 minutes of answering the questions, and an hour of doing nothing, the listening session finally arrived. Lu Zhou considered it a challenge.

However, it was just a small challenge.

The speed of the exam was similar to the TPO listening speed. Lu Zhou was sure that he listened correctly, and answered every question with ease.

Once the listening part was over, there was a 10-minute break.

Lu Zhou then left the examination room and drank some water before he went to the bathroom to relieve himself.

By the time, he returned to the exam room, it was already the hardest part of the exam – Speaking.

Six questions with a total of 20 minutes time given.

When Lu Zhou saw the first question, he smiled.

What's the most important feature of a good leader? Is this paper talking about me?

Lu Zhou cleared his throat and spoke into the microphone.

"A good leader is supposed to have a vision. Effective leaders and their organizations have an agenda…"

His pronunciation was clear and since he spoke precisely, it should be fine.

The speaking section tested a person's pronunciation, not vocabulary.

Lu Zhou did a self-evaluation and even though he probably would not get full marks, but 29 marks should be no problem!

After the speaking test, the writing section began immediately.

This part was the easiest for Lu Zhou.

How could it possibly be harder than a thesis?

Lu Zhou swiftly wrote down the essay and at the end of it, he raised his hand to the invigilators. The invigilator came over and allowed Lu Zhou to leave. He then walked with his back straight and proudly left the exam room.

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Chapter 115: No Match For Your Opponent

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The results arrived two weeks after the exam.

Reading: 30. Listening: 30. Speaking: 29. Writing: 29. 118 marks total.

I didn't get full marks?

1 mark off for writing is understandable but speaking…

Lu Zhou was curious about what made him lose that 1 mark for the speaking session.

However, it did not matter that much, as a 118 TOEFL was already insanely high given that most universities required only 100. If he wanted to study abroad for his master's, he could definitely use this as a qualification.

The day after he received the transcript from TOEFL, Lu Zhou received an email from the embassy to inform him to go sign a contract.

Lu Zhou sat on the train to Shanghai with his identification documents.

Speaking of which, it was his first time going to Shanghai.

He booked a hotel room near the embassy and stayed the night.

The next morning, Lu Zhou took his documents and went to the embassy.

As it was a peak holiday month, the building was packed with people, and there were people lining up on the street. There were white-collar workers, families who were planning for trips, and students who were traveling abroad for summer camps.

Lu Zhou waited in line for the entire morning. He got some lunch before he finally squeezed into the building in the afternoon.

However, when he got into the building, he realized that there was an even longer line inside…

…

Getting a visa was torturous.

Lu Zhou could not play on his phone, and he did not have any friends around. All he could do was to look around at girls to pass the time.

Suddenly, he heard from a man and a woman who were behind him discussing studying abroad. Even though Lu Zhou was not particularly interested, with how loud the guy was speaking, Lu Zhou was able to hear him.

The guy was tall and thin, and he was probably an international student.

The girl standing next to him was probably his girlfriend who was staying in China.

The guy spoke with a sense of superiority and arrogance.

"… While I was studying in Virginia, I realized that you become the environment around you. Universities' environment in China is trash, so you'll become trash. When you come to America, I'll show you around my school. After listening to a few lectures, you'll realize that American Uni's are on a completely different level."

That's kind of judgemental, dude.

It'd be fine if you whispered, but you spoke so loudly.

Lu Zhou could not help but interrupt him, "Not necessarily, I think you still have to look at the individuals."

When the guy heard Lu Zhou, he stopped talking.

He then turned around and looked at Lu Zhou. With his eyebrows raised, he asked impatiently, "Oh, which university are you from?"

"University of Jin Ling"

"University of Jin Ling? Oh, not bad," said the guy as he laughed coldly. With a hint of sarcasm in his tone, he said, "It's alright domestically, but it's probably ranked lower than 100 worldwide? You look like you're going on a vacation. You'll know when you go abroad. Your 600 high school exam score is worthless."

Lu Zhou was bored, so he smiled and said, "Actually I got the offer from the University of New York's mathematical department to do research, but I didn't go."

The guy smiled, "Hilarious, you didn't apply to them, and instead, they asked you? Dude, can you at least make your lies realistic?"

Lu Zhou said, "I didn't apply, they sent me the offer."

The guy looked at Lu Zhou and said, "Oh yeah, I got an offer from the White House as well. Obama personally asked me to be an international relations consultant… Two can play this game!"

Motherf*ck!

Lu Zhou could not be bothered to argue.

A rational debate would be interesting, but talking sh*t was boring.

According to Lu Zhou, when it was about studying, it depended on the person. The environment might have an effect, but it was not absolute. As long as the person was willing to work hard, he or she could become a genius student. It did not matter if the person had the system, or if he or she was talented. It was about hard work.

This applied to study abroad as well.

Finally, it was his turn.

A young blond lady was behind the counter window, and she looked like a summer intern. Even though she was Caucasian, her Mandarin was extremely fluent.

The lady asked without any emotion.

"Why are you going to America?"

Lu Zhou replied, "I was invited to participate in Princeton's mathematics academic conference. I'm doing a thirty-minute presentation there."

"Academic conference at Princeton?" asked the lady. When she heard Princeton, she was surprised. She then looked at Lu Zhou and asked, "Can I see your invitation?"

"Of course, it's right here."

Lu Zhou took out the invitation letter from his bag and placed it on the counter.

The lady took the letter and carefully checked it before she typed a few letters on the computer.

It was probably because she could not confirm it herself, so she found a co-worker and asked for his opinion.

After a while, the authenticity of the invitation was finally verified.

When the visa officer lady gave the letter back to Lu Zhou, she smiled and said, "I wish you a pleasant trip."

"Thank you."

Lu Zhou nodded and left.

The guy standing behind Lu Zhou was stunned.

Princeton…

Even though he was unfamiliar with mathematics, he studied in America for many years, so he knew what the Ivy League Princeton was.

Princeton was unlike Virginia Tech. No one could buy their way into it, nor into any Ivy League for that matter.

Not to mention, Lu Zhou was being invited to the conference.

Invited…

After ten seconds, the girl next to him whispered weakly.

"I think I've seen him before…"

The guy asked, "Where?"

The girl quietly said, "On Weibo… HIs name was Lu or something? He was the undergraduate student from University of Jin Ling who solved a math problem."

The guy blushed. He did not want to be embarrassed in front of his girlfriend, so he said, "It's just a mathematics question, who cares, it's useless…"

The people around him laughed out loud.

A man in the queue smirked and said, "It is useless. All he did was get on Everyone Daily and received a million yuan award."

The guy blushed and after that, he stopped speaking.

He realized that he was no match for his opponent.

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Chapter 116: I Don't Understand You

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His train was tomorrow morning, so he still had one more night in Shanghai.

The main reason for Lu Zhou to come to Shanghai was to apply for a visa. Now that he got his visa, he had nothing to do. Therefore he took the subway and went to Shanghai's Lujiazui district.

It was considered the most prosperous and developed area in China.

As Lu Zhou walked along the riverside, he wondered if Lujiazui was named after one of his ancestors?

He wished that one day his dad would be like, "Son, our heritage is related to Lujiazui, and we have property there. I didn't tell you because I didn't want to spoil you…"

Okay, this isn't too realistic.

I have to rely on myself!

Lu Zhou found a KFC and just as he was about to eat dinner there, he saw the environment was good. So, he took a picture of the Oriental Pearl Tower before sending it to his WeChat news feed.

Just as he put away his phone and was about to order food, suddenly his phone vibrated.

Lu Zhou took out and saw Han Mengqi's message.

He was curious why she suddenly contacted him, so he unlocked his phone.

Han Mengqi: [You're in Shanghai?]

Lu Zhou answered: [Yeah.]

Han Mengqi: [I'm in Shanghai as well! When are you leaving?]

Speaking of which, she had been staying at her father's house since the winter break began. Her family's lawsuit was still ongoing.

Children from divorced family did not have it easy…

Lu Zhou felt sympathetic. He sighed and replied.

[I'm leaving tomorrow.]

Han Mengqi: [So early… Aren't you going to play around here for a few more days? (sad)]

Lu Zhou: [I have to go back and prepare for the Princeton mathematics conference. I don't have time to play. Also, I feel like there's not much to do here.]

Han Mengqi: [Wait for a second…]

Wait for a second?

Lu Zhou hesitated for a while. He did not know what she meant.

After around ten minutes, the KFC door suddenly opened. A girl walked straight to Lu Zhuo's table and stared at him with a smug look.

"Haha, surprised?"

The girl wore a brown trench coat and a red scarf, and surprisingly, it suited her well. Her fluffy ponytail was like a squirrel tail.

It was the first time Lu Zhou had seen her wearing normal clothes. When she was at home, she would just wear either a school uniform or pajamas.

Lu Zhou: "Kind of unexpected? What a coincidence. You're shopping around here?"

Han Mengqi snorted and said, "What, how is this a coincidence? I live around here."

Lu Zhou thought, "How is this not a coincidence."

Wait a second, is she bragging about how rich she is?

Lu Zhou was speechless.

His sympathy for her was gone.

Han Mengqi looked at Lu Zhou and cleared her throat before she said, "You must be bored, coming to Shanghai alone. Since you've been tutoring me, I'll show you around. Come on. Where do you want to go?"

Lu Zhou, "There's no need, I've already walked around, and I'm about to go back to my hotel."

"Oh, you've already been around…" said Han Mengqi with a sad voice. She continued, "You don't want to buy anything?"

"Whatever I can buy here, I can buy it back in Jin Ling," answered Lu Zhou logically. He asked, "Have you eaten?"

"Not yet," said Han Mengqi as she shook her head. She then added, "I was about to get takeout."

Why can't this rich family just get a babysitter?

Lu Zhou sighed and said, "Don't eat takeout so much. Just learn how to cook for yourself. It's not that hard… I'll buy you dinner. What do you want to eat?"

Han Mengqi's eyes lit up, "Really? I want a chicken burger combo!"

"Wait here," said Lu Zhou before he got up and went to the counter.

Soon after, two combo meals arrived.

Han Mengqi sat across from Lu Zhou and was biting on her hamburger when she started to chat with Lu Zhou.

"Oh yeah, speaking of which, my sister wants to get into the University of Yan. Do you know about that?"

"Yeah I do, what about it?"

Han Mengqi said, "Why didn't you stop her? Her next step might by studying abroad."

Lu Zhou inexplicably glanced at this girl, "Why should I stop her?"

"Because…" said Han Mengqi. She bit her lip and whispered, "Aren't you her boyfriend?"

Lu Zhou: ? ? ?

What's this?

"You watched too much TV!" said Lu Zhou as he picked up a KFC menu and tapped her on the head. He then said, "Where did you come up with that? Can't a guy and a girl just be friends?"

Han Mengqi was accustomed to being tapped on the head by Lu Zhou, so she started to apologize.

"Oh… Sorry. My mistake, sorry…"

Although her personality was pretty crazy sometimes, she still apologized when she did something wrong.

It was one of her few good qualities.

"Talk with your sister," said Lu Zhou as he put down the menu. He rolled his eyes before he continued to eat his hamburger.

Oh, young people these days.

They're getting less and less innocent.

Han Mengqi, "Hey."

Lu Zhou, "What now?"

Han Mengqi stared at Lu Zhou as if she was affirming her reasoning. She nodded thoughtfully and said, "I think you look like someone."

Lu Zhou, "Who?"

"A smart character in an anime, with strong abilities," said Han Mengqi. She continued, "You guys both have a sister, and…"

The girl squinted at the menu before she threw it into the trash can. She then suddenly stared at Lu Zhou and whispered, "… Also, you're also a loveless male!"

Lu Zhou: "…"

This girl spent all this time just to say I'm loveless?

Lu Zhou sighed and said, "I really don't understand you."

…

After dinner, Lu Zhou and Han Mengqi strolled around on the streets. He then sent her home before he went back to his hotel alone.

Once he showered, he laid in bed. However, just as he was about to sleep, his phone vibrated.

It was from Chen Yushan.

Chen Yushan: [Visa passed?]

Lu Zhou: [Passed.]

Chen Yushan: [Haha, good luck at the Princeton conference. Win it and become a great mathematician!]

Lu Zhou smiled and typed a reply: [I'm not even on the plane yet.]

What am I winning, it's not like it's a competition.

Chen Yushan: [When you get your passport, you're going to America, right? I'm going to Italy with my family in February.]

[Fine, I won't bother you. I have to sleep, good night!]

Lu Zhou smiled and replied: [Good night.]

He placed his phone on the bedside table and looked at the night scene from his window.

Lu Zhou heard the faint sounds of cars and yawned, he closed his eyes and went to sleep.

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Chapter 117: Arriving at Princeton!

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After returning from Shanghai, Lu Zhou spent all his energy into preparing for the academic conference next month. He revisited that thesis on the distribution of the Mersenne prime and reviewed the theorems countless times.

After all, he represented the school's honor. The University of Jin Ling was extremely supportive of his Princeton trip. Not only did they pay for his plane ticket, but they also gave him $2000 USD for his expenses.

Also, Dean Qin said that if the $2000 was too little, Lu Zhou could bring the receipt back and get reimbursed.

However, Lu Zhou felt that $2000 was definitely enough for his spending level.

Since the accommodation and meals were settled by the organizers, Lu Zhou could not think of any other expenses other than transportation costs.

Just like this, the time passed, and it was finally the 29th of January.

Professor Tang personally drove Lu Zhou to the airport.

"Remember to stay safe there, and don't go to dangerous places. Don't go to the ghetto areas, don't talk to people wearing strange outfits…"

During the entire trip, Professor Tang kept talking about safety issues with Lu Zhou. It was almost as if Lu Zhou was going to Africa instead.

Even though Lu Zhou knew that the professor had good intentions, he felt kind of annoyed by the constant reminders.

Lu Zhou smiled and said, "I understand, professor. I'll come back alive!"

The moment the words came out of Lu Zhou's mouth, he instantly regretted it.

Wait a minute, did I trigger him?!

"What do you mean alive? What are you talking about?" said Professor Tang angrily. He tapped Lu Zhou on the head and said, "Listen to me, I've already greeted the PhD student over there. His name is Luo Wenxuan. After you get off the plane, take the bus route I told you. After you arrived at Princeton, he'll pick you up from the bus station!"

Lu Zhou scratched his head and said, "Professor, you know students from all around the world."

"Haha, kind of."

Professor Tang smiled.

It was obvious that the old gentleman was quite proud.

They quickly arrived at the destination.

Lu Zhou then dragged the suitcase into the airport as he waved goodbye to Professor Tang. He then turned and went into the security checkpoint.

The plane left a white line across the blue sky and gradually drifted away.

Just like this, Lu Zhou embarked on his North America trip…

…

Located between New York and Philadelphia, Princeton was a unique rural university.

It was quiet and elegant, a good place to learn… At the same time, it showed the features of New Jersey, which was horrible transportation.

America used their driver's license as an ID card, so most people had their own cars. This was why traveling in this country without a car was almost impossible.

Professor Tang told Lu Zhou to take the train from Philadelphia to Princeton, and Lu Zhou had to transfer trains twice.

On the plane, Lu Zhou had looked at the map and he tried to study the long route. However, in the end, he gave up and took a taxi instead.

After all, the school would reimburse his travel expenses.

Bearing this in mind, Lu Zhou was too lazy to study the route, so he took a nap on the plane instead.

After nearly 25 hours of flying, he finally arrived at the Philadelphia International Airport.

Due to the time difference, the sky was shining bright when he arrived.

Lu Zhou walked through the bustling crowd and took his suitcase. He then quickly left the airport after he found a taxi.

Coincidentally, the driver was Chinese. His Mandarin had a Jiangcheng accent.

The driver's eyes lit up when talking with Lu Zhou.

Even though they were from different cities, they were still happy to see a person from their own race in this foreign country.

The driver enthusiastically helped Lu Zhou to put his suitcase in the trunk. He then sat in the driver's seat and asked with a smile, "Coming to study? Where are you going?"

Lu Zhou did not explain much and just said, "Princeton University, can you go there?"

"Ahh, I wouldn't drive that far for anyone else, but for you, I will," said the driver as he laughed and activated the meter. He reminded Lu Zhou to wear his seatbelt before he started the engine.

Probably because Lu Zhou was from China as well, the driver had lots to say to Lu Zhou. They talked about living in America and safety issues.

"… It's actually not as dangerous as what your professor described. Princeton is in a rural area, so it's a lot better than the city. But still, don't walk alone at night, especially since you don't have a car, you might become a target. If someone tries to rob you, just hand over your wallet, not a big deal. But if you encounter a creepy person…"

Lu Zhou smiled, "I'm a guy, I don't have to worry about this. What kind of girl would sexually assault me?"

The driver laughed and said, "Oh, it might not be a girl."

Lu Zhou: ? ? ?

What the hell?!

Are westerners really like this!

The way he said: "…"

I feel like this guy has a story…

After an hour of driving, they arrived at Princeton.

The driver seemed to have driven here many times as he casually drove to the entrance of the university.

"My name is Zhang Hai, and this is my business card. If you need a taxi, you can call me."

He then helped Lu Zhou with his suitcase before he left.

Lu Zhou dragged his suitcase and stood at the front gate of Princeton. He felt like he forgot something.

After he thought for a while, he suddenly remembered that Professor Tang's PhD student was still waiting for him at some train station.

Lu Zhou's suddenly had an awkward expression. He took out his phone and inserted his temporary sim card. He then quickly called Luo Wenxuan to apologize.

Fortunately, when Luo Wenxuan received the call, he had not got on the car yet.

Lu Zhou then hung up the phone and looked at the Princeton gate again before he looked at the surrounding streets.

"The hotel arranged by the organizer seems to be called… Princeton Hotel? Where is it?"

The hotel address was written on the invitation letter, but the letter was in his suitcase.

Should I open my suitcase here?

Seems kind of troublesome…

While Lu Zhou was looking around the school gate, a blonde girl wearing a gray trench coat and a red scarf walked by.

When she noticed Lu Zhou's suitcase, she raised her eyebrows before she opened her mouth and asked, "New student?"

"Oh, no. I'm not a student from here," replied Lu Zhou with a smile. He asked, "I'm here for the mathematics conference… Where do I go?"

The girl stared at Lu Zhou and asked, "Name?"

"Lu Zhou."

"The mathematics conference by the Federal Mathematics Society, right? You're in the wrong place," said the girl. She smiled and pointed across the street, "The accommodation is not inside Princeton University. It's the hotel opposite Palmer Square."

Lu Zhou, "Opposite Palmer Square? Thanks."

The girl smiled and said, "You're welcome. Speaking of which, Lu Zhou… I've read your study on the Mersenne prime distribution law. It's a very elegant theorem. Even Professor Deligne approved of it."

Embarrassed, Lu Zhou smiled. "It's just a coincidence."

The proof of Zhou's conjecture was given by the system, so obviously, Deligne would approve of it.

However, Lu Zhou owned the system and he digested the information himself. He also did all the calculations himself. So the credit should be his?

Anyway, his mathematics level was rising. It was just a matter of time before he could prove this level of a conjecture by himself.

The girl said, "Don't be so humble, I look forward to your speech. I've already prepared some questions. I'm walking the same way, I'll send you there."

Lu Zhou smiled and said, "Thanks… Also, what is your name?"

The girl flicked her blonde hair and said in a relaxed tone, "Molina Abel. I don't really like my last name, so you can just call me Molina."

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Chapter 118: The Moment Of Witnessing History?

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Molina brought Lu Zhou to the Princeton Hotel and after she handed him to one of the hotel staff, she then left.

After entering Lu Zhou's information into the hotel system, the hotel staff said, "Your room is 306. Do you need me to bring you there?"

Lu Zhou answered, "No need, I can get there myself."

He dragged his luggage into the elevator and went into his hotel room. The first thing he did was to take a hot shower. Once he came out of the bathroom, he fell asleep on the bed.

He had such a long flight, so he was still jet lagged.

He laid down and soon he started to snore…

…

Normally an academic conference was only three to four days long. However, because this was the first conference after the Christmas break, and lots of important people came, the conference was six days long.

Lu Zhou's presentation was on the fifth day, and it was about the research on the distribution of Mersenne primes. He had 30 minutes to present.

Presenting for 30 minutes as an undergraduate student was considered a great honor, and not to mention, he was invited to come here.

Doing a presentation at a conference of this level was a lot stricter than submitting an SCI thesis.

Especially the once every four years international mathematics conference organized by the International Mathematician Union (IMU), to be able to attend that conference alone was already an impressive feat.

Unfortunately, the organizer of this academic conference was the Federal Mathematician Society, and it was held once a year. It mainly aimed at younger mathematicians, so the weight was much lower. However, genius mathematicians still attended it!

In the first day of the conference, Lu Zhou met Luo Wenxuan at the entrance of the hotel.

What surprised Lu Zhou was that even though Luo Wenxuan was already forty-something years old, he still looked young. He wore a pair of glasses and had a windbreaker on. Instead of a mathematician, he looked more like a historian.

Luo Wenxuan shook Lu Zhou's hand eagerly before they both walked toward Princeton University.

On the way, Luo Wenxuan asked, "How are you feeling? Are you still jet-lagged?"

Lu Zhou replied, "I should be fine enough to listen to the talks. You're also participating in this conference?"

Luo Wenxuan smiled and said, "I'm just there to listen. This conference is mainly focused on number theory, which is not in my field of research. But there are famous people like Professor Deligne and Professor Robert who are acting as judges of the presentations. I can't miss this opportunity."

Lu Zhou asked, "Which direction is your research?"

Luo Wenxuan said, "The branch of functional analysis space theory. I mainly do theoretical research on the Hilbert space. But I also study some quantum mechanics and quantum field theory, so I think I deserve a physics degree by now."

Lu Zhou, "How is the physics department at Princeton?"

"How is it? It's really good, I don't even know how else to describe it," said Luo Wenxuan as he smiled. He added, "In short, there are geniuses everywhere. If you want to study mathematics and physics, studying here is a pretty good option. You should be able to easily get an offer, right? But I don't really recommend you going this direction."

Lu Zhou asked, "Why?"

Luo Wenxuan said, "Because you've already shown great potential in the field of number theory, why don't you just continue along that path?"

"Because… Life needs a challenge?" said Lu Zhou. His tone was uncertain and he casually came up with this reason.

"Impressive!" said Luo Wenxuan as he gave him a thumbs up. He then said, "… Okay, we're here, it's just over there. There are small gifts at the front door. You can get them with the invitation card. But don't get your hopes up, it's all stuff like pens and notebooks."

"Thanks."

Luo Wenxuan waved his hand, "You're welcome!"

Foreign academic conferences were very different than domestic academic conferences. Especially in the poster exchange stage, there were no specific rules here.

Instead of exchanging goods, they were exchanging knowledge.

Everyone here had the right to express their own opinions, without worrying about their identity or status. The academic soul was sublimated in the collision of this kind of thinking. Inside the conference, there would be highly respected professors, and there would also be undergraduate students.

Of course, to be able to get a spot for one's academic poster meant that one had some strength. Even though one's opinions might not be absolutely correct, one still had the option of discussing one's opinions.

In addition to sharing academic issues with the stall owners, people had different ways of participating in academic conferences. The geniuses were rushing to showcase their research results while the dumb students were here to learn. Of course, even though the dumb students did not have any impressive research results to bring to the table, they could still participate.

As Lu Zhou stood in the crowd, he was glad that he did not wear a suit. Everyone was wearing casual clothes. First of all, if he wore a suit, he could be mistaken as a member of the management team. Secondly, his suit was not very warm, and the air conditioning made the hall very cold.

Once Luo Wenxuan brought Lu Zhou into the hall, he disappeared.

This was a great opportunity to communicate with geniuses at the frontier of fields, so to stay with acquaintances was a waste of time.

The first thing that Lu Zhou did after he entered the venue was to look through the gifts booth.

There were pens, notepads, and even ties. However, he could only take one of each. Lu Zhou planned to take a pen as a gift for his sister.

Of course, the small gifts were just a small part of the conference.

Lu Zhou did not forget the main reason he was here.

Generally speaking, the first two days of presentations had the highest value. Last night, Lu Zhou went on the conference website and printed out the presentation times and locations.

The first presentation had yet to begin, so Lu Zhou wondered around the booths in the hall and looked at the posters.

Suddenly, he was attracted by an impressive poster.

[Proof of the Twin prime number guess.]

[Author: Dijan]

[…]

Lu Zhou: ? ? ?

The f*ck?

Lu Zhou was shocked after seeing the title of the poster.

The problem that troubled him for half a year was solved by someone else?

This is big news!

Maybe, I'm witnessing history?

This is so exciting!

But, why is no one around?

Lu Zhou walked forward while he held his curiosity close to his heart.

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Lu Zhou looked at an Indian guy who had also noticed him.

When Lu Zhou approached, the Indian guy's face was full of smiles. He immediately greeted Lu Zhou with an Indian accent.

"Oi, bro, you also research number theory?"

"I guess. Very shocking research results," said Lu Zhou even though he could barely understand the guy's accent. He looked around and when he saw that no one was interested in the poster, he said, "Why isn't there anyone here?"

"Because of the arrogance and the prejudice of the people at Princeton, they can't accept that a native Indian had beaten them at mathematics. They even refused to let me present on stage without any reason. It seems that only friends on across the Pacific can understand my feelings," said the Indian guy with slightly darker skin. With a smile, he reached out, "Dijan, a master's student from Nehru University. What's your name?"

Lu Zhou actually wanted to say that he did not understand his feelings because he would be presenting on the fifth day. However, he decided not to anger his new foreign friend.

"Lu Zhou, University of Jin Ling," said Lu Zhou. He did not mention his degree. Instead, he shook the man's hand and asked, "Can I read your thesis?"

"The thesis is here, but I don't recommend you to read it," said Dijan as he patted the stack of paper on his hand. He then threw the paper aside before he started to write on a large whiteboard. He said, "The process is a bit cumbersome, but the principal is easy. I can explain it and you will soon understand the mystery of reverse mathematics."

"Reverse mathematics?" said Lu Zhou. As he looked at the Indian guy suspiciously, he asked, "You used reverse mathematics to prove it? I thought you were studying algebraic number theory."

"Algebra is only a tool for studying number theory, it's not the only way… I know you might not want to hear this. After all, you discovered a good method to prove the prime number bounded distance."

Lu Zhou said impatiently, "I want to hear it, can you just spit it out?"

Dijan hung up the blackboard and turned around to look at Lu Zhou.

"I'll be ready soon!"

While this Indian guy was painting on the whiteboard, Lu Zhou noticed that many people had turned their interests toward this side.

Lu Zhou was curious, so he stood next to the poster and followed the proof of this Indian guy.

In fact, his ideas were simple.

First, assume that the twin prime numbers were finite pairs and that the largest twin prime pairs were (Pn-1, Pn). It could then be seen that the prime numbers within Pn were limited, and were set to P1, P2, Pn-1, and Pn.

Then, to construct a large prime number P = (P1P2P3 * … * Pn) 1.

Obviously, P could not be divided by all the prime numbers from P1 to Pn, and it always had a reminder of 1. So P was a prime number. Similarly, it could be proved that P-2=(P1P2P3*…*Pn)-1 was obviously a prime number.

Since P was a prime number, P-2 was also a prime number. These two constituted a pair of twin prime numbers.

The problem arrived when the pair of twin primes formed by P and P-2 was larger than the "maximum prime pair". Thus, negating (Pn, Pn-1) as the largest twin prime pair.

It was like climbing a ladder, no matter how big (Pn-1, Pn) was, one could always find a larger prime pair.

Thus, "twin primes are infinite" was correct.

There were still many steps in the middle, but the overall gist was this.

Lu Zhou looked at the entire process on the blackboard.

What surprised him was that this guy had not used any existing research results to solve the problem.

This type of out of the box thinking was sophisticated.

But…

Lu Zhou finally understood why no one took an interest in the Indian guy.

"The large prime number P you built can guarantee not to be divisible by a series of prime numbers from P1 to Pn, but only if Pn is the largest prime number. Obviously, you fell into a logical trap. How do you prove that Pn is known as the maximum prime number?"

Dijan raised his eyebrows and said, "Did you not see what I wrote on the first line? The case of a limited number of twins, take the largest pair of twins (Pn-1, Pn)…"

Lu Zhou, "2*3*5*7*11*131=30031."

When the people around heard Lu Zhou's line of calculations, they laughed. Some of them had already guessed it.

Some people…

Started to clap.

Dijan was stunned. He felt something was wrong and asked, "What do you mean?"

Lu Zhou sighed and said, "30031 can be disassembled into the product of two prime numbers of 59 and 509, so this number is a composite number… Did you pay to come to Princeton yourself? If I was your professor, I definitely wouldn't fund you."

People around cheered for Lu Zhou.

"Fine, shut up."

Dijan clearly realized that he had made a low-level mistake, so his face turned bright red. He slammed the poster on the table and stuffed the things on the table into his backpack. He then ignored the crowd and left.

Lu Zhou shrugged.

In fact, he wanted to tell the Indian guy why (Pn-1, Pn) could not be the largest prime pair, but the Indian guy obviously did not want to hear his explanation. Therefore, Lu Zhou gave up.

The drama was over and the crowd quickly dissipated.

Only one person stayed, and she looked at him with a smile.

Lu Zhou looked at her face and felt familiar.

This was the blonde lady who took him to the hotel yesterday.

Molina looked at Lu Zhou and smiled, "Destroying a player on the first day?"

Lu Zhou shrugged and said, "I just pointed out his mistakes, what's wrong with that?"

"Nothing, similar things happen all the time," said Molina. She continued, "This is the "arrogance" of Princeton. If you want to present your work here, you can't just be smart. You have to be confident as well."

Obviously, she heard their entire conversation.

This is interesting…

Lu Zhou did not notice her standing there.

Molina saw that Lu Zhou did not speak, so she asked, "Did you think of the calculation on the spot? Or did you prepare it in advance to attack him?"

"I thought of it on the spot. This should be an easy calculation for the geniuses at Princeton, right?"

Lu Zhou was not that bored. He did not learn mathematics to attack people.

Molina raised her eyebrows and said, "You may have some misunderstandings about the word "genius". The power of the brain is its creativity and logical thinking, not just raw calculations. If someone in his group knew some programming, they could've helped him find a counterexample. And he wouldn't be here embarrassing himself."

Lu Zhou said, "There is no "maybe" in mathematics, right?"

"Correct," said Molina. She grinned and took out a piece of gum, "Do you want one?"

Lu Zhou hesitated before he reached out and took a piece.

"Thanks…"

Even though as a child, his parents told him not to accept food from strangers, but it should be okay, right?

Molina saw that Lu Zhou took the gum and smiled.

"You're welcome. Since you accepted my little gift, I want something in exchange. Can you give me your email address and Facebook account?"

"I can give you my email address, but I don't have a Facebook… Is this a custom here?"

Lu Zhou suddenly felt like he was being set up.

Molina smiled and joked, "Not, this is just a gentleman's custom."

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Chapter 120: Moment Of Inspiration

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Lu Zhou tore a small piece of paper from the conference handbook and wrote down his own email address.

As for the Facebook account, he did not have one.

Once Molina received the paper, she said, "My email and Facebook is on the back of the chewing gum wrapper." She then waved her hand and walked away.

Lu Zhou looked at the chewing gum in his hand. He hesitated for a moment before he peeled it and threw it into his mouth.

Emm…

Vanilla mint flavor?

Lu Zhou copied down Molina's email before he continued to wander around the hall.

Soon, he discovered that Molina was right. People were being proven wrong all the time.

However, "killing the weak" was not the objective. It was merely the result.

Some people just were not at the level of others. There was bound to be conflict.

The most interesting thing was that Lu Zhou saw someone claiming to prove the last step of the Goldbach's conjecture. When he walked over to see what was going on, he had not even finished reading the proof before two master's students disproved the academic poster in front of everyone.

Of course, even if it was embarrassing, it was still brave of them to show their research results here. It would definitely benefit the scholars' future academic path.

Also, the number of "valueless posters" was still in the minority, and most of the exhibited academic results were quite valuable.

For example, a genius studied the automorphism group of Voter algebra. Even they he had not proved the final solution of "AutWn = ?", he still put forward many enlightening and interesting ideas, which attracted countless students and even some professors.

Lu Zhou walked around and found out that the little notebook he received from the front door was not enough to write on.

In the end, he had to walk back to the gift booths to get another notebook.

Lu Zhou gained immense knowledge today.

It was not just from the "poster session".

The focus of these large mathematics conferences was the few presentations that happened every day.

What impressed Lu Zhou the most was the 60 minute presentation from Professor Deligne. He reported the research progress on the transcendence of the Riemann zeta function at odd integer points. He proposed many novel ideas and applications. The mathematical methods were extremely groundbreaking.

Lu Zhou listened to the report presentation intently.

…

Lunch break…

The conference team provided a buffet meal with fruit and meat for all the participants.

Lu Zhou took some ribs and a bowl of salad. Once he found an empty seat, he sat down. He then started to flip through his notes from the conference.

Lu Zhou's focus was on number theory research.

Especially the study of the twin prime numbers.

Even though Lu Zhou did not gain much knowledge from the delusional Indian guy, he was influenced by his optimistic attitude. So, Lu Zhou's interest was reignited.

"Algebra is only a tool for studying number theory, it's not the only way…"

Lu Zhou looked at the formulas in his notes and went into deep thought.

"By picking the right lambda function… What if I used another route?"

It took a lot of courage to think outside of the box.

After all, international mathematician Mr. Zhang Yitang had narrowed the figure of 70 million to 246. As long as he kept trying by choosing an appropriate lambda(n) function, he could narrow this gap to 2 one day…

… Maybe?

This was like the Goldbach conjecture. It was far more difficult to climb that last meter of Everest than the 8843 previous meters.

While he was thinking about this problem, a faint perfume smell drifted over.

A woman carried her plate and sat across Lu Zhou. She then started to chat with him.

"Thinking about mathematics?"

"Yeah."

When Lu Zhou heard her voice, he already knew who she was, so he did not look up. He continued to think of the problem.

"There is a coffee party upstairs discussing the content of Professor Deligne's morning report. Are you not interested?"

"I would be interested… But I'm researching something else right now," said Lu Zhou as he shook his head and flipped through his notebook. He poked a small tomato with his fork and inserted it into his mouth.

Molina looked at Lu Zhou curiously and said, "The academic conference is a place for communication. It might only happen once or twice a year. There are other times for research. Why are you researching mathematics right now?"

Lu Zhou casually replied, "There are many opportunities to attend mathematics conferences, but there are only a few moments of inspirations in life."

Molina looked at Lu Zhou slyly and laughed.

When Lu Zhou looked up at her, he could not understand.

"What?"

"Sorry, nothing. I just think that you're an interesting person," said Molina. She added, "I wish you good luck in your problem solving."

"Thank you."

Although he did not know what she meant by "interesting", he could hear that the blessing from her was genuine.

Lu Zhou then raised his cup of juice and touched cups with her.

…

The afternoon was relaxing, and after four o'clock, the conference would be temporarily paused. The poster stall owners would then leave the hall and reopen at 8 am the next morning.

If one thought they were going to rest after four o'clock, one would be wrong!

The focus of the conference was the free time after four o'clock.

At six o'clock in the evening, the organizers prepared a cocktail party at the Princeton Hotel. A wide range of food and wine would be available to the participants.

For many dumb students that could not understand the presentations during the day, this was their main focus of the conference. This was the time when they felt the closest to the geniuses.

Maybe they could use the power of champagne to receive a laboratory offer.

It was not impossible.

Although Lu Zhou was not that interested in socializing, he still recognized the importance of the party. In fact, he could not miss it.

In the evening, Lu Zhou put on a pair of dress shoes and looked at himself in the mirror. He even styled up his hair.

"Not bad."

Lu Zhou looked at the handsome guy in the mirror and nodded his head with satisfaction. However, he suddenly felt some worries in his heart.

What if people ignore my talent because of my handsomeness?

I hope that doesn't happen…

Someone suddenly knocked on the door of his hotel room.

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Chapter 121: Party Of The Mathematicians

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Luo Wenxuan stood in front of the door.

The two planned to go to the party hall together.

"The party is about to start, how long do you need?"

"I'm ready."

Lu Zhou fixed his tie and unplugged the room card as he walked out of his room. He then asked, "What do I do at the party?"

Luo Wenxuan smiled and said, "Take the elevator downstairs, then take a glass of champagne from the waiter's tray. Go talk to people you're interested in. Relax. Don't worry about other's opinions of you, I'm sure there are a lot of people who will be interested in you."

Thanks for the compliment.

Although I know I'm handsome, we should still be humble…

Lu Zhou smiled embarrassedly.

Luo Wenxuan walked with Lu Zhou to the elevator and gave him some important advice.

"… If you're researching something interesting, you can try to find a genius in that field and talk about it with them. If they become interested in your research, you can choose him as your academic editor when you submit the thesis. Your chances of a successful submission will be much higher. If you're planning on studying a PhD, you can also try to find a mentor in your field, talk to them, get to know them."

The two walked into the elevator and saw two other people inside.

Luo Wenxuan paused for a second before he enthusiastically extended his right hand. He said to the old man, "Professor Wang, what a coincidence!"

"Haha, Wenxuan," said Professor Wang as he reached out to shake Luo Wenxuan's hand. He continued, "Long time no see… This is?"

"Lu Zhou, a proud student of Professor Tang," said Luo Wenxuan as he patted Lu Zhou on the shoulder and smiled. He then said, "Lu Zhou, this is Professor Wang Yuping from the University of Yan. He's at the forefront of the country's algebraic number theory research."

"Professor Wang, nice to meet you!"

Nutty…

Lu Zhou had once seen the professor's name in the news, and he was fully impressed.

Professor Wang was not as famous as Lu Zhou because he was a lot more low-key. Another reason was that most of his mathematics research was done when he was younger, and there was no internet at the time, only newspaper…

Professor Wang had accomplished countless academic achievements. Included among his achievements was the solution of the Hualin problem raised by Mr. Hua Luogeng's whole-value polynomial, which proved that the famous combinator Ballobas was an important part of the limited Abelian group.

These solutions were not as good as Zhou's conjecture, but they were still of decent value.

Mr. Wang was one of the strong number theory figures at the University of Yan.

"You don't need to brag for me," said Mr. Wang Yuping as he shook Lu Zhou's hand. He said with a kind smile, "Student Zhou, I've heard Professor Tang mention you before. You're quite amazing. The future of China's mathematics depends on you!"

Awe-inspired, Lu Zhou said, "Professor, you're too kind."

"Speaking of which, you should learn from Professor Tang instead of Dean Qin," said Wang Yuping with a smile. He then introduced Lu Zhou to the young man next to him, "This is my student, Wei Wen."

Wei Wen reached out his hand and lightly smiled, he said, "Hello, we meet again."

"Hello, hello," said Lu Zhou as he shook his hand and smiled. He did not recognize him.

We've met before?

Where?

I don't remember anything…

After some small talk, Professor Wang and his student left.

Luo Wenxuan then patted Lu Zhou's shoulder and wished him a "fun night" before he left as well.

As Lu Zhou looked at the people in the venue, he squeezed the champagne glass in his hand and could not help but feel nervous.

Who said that geniuses aren't good at socializing?

It seems that I have to improve my social skills.

When Lu Zhou walked around the venue, he originally planned to find Professor Deligne for thesis review. However, when he saw the man surrounded by a crowd of people, he hesitated.

His English skills were not the best.

When he finally made up his mind…

The man had already left.

In the end, Lu Zhou sat down on a sofa.

Just like when he was at the school cafeteria, he would always choose the quietest position to sit at.

Lu Zhou shook his head and took out a notebook from his suit pocket. He then began to study the problem that he was stuck on.

However, someone suddenly sat down across from him.

When Lu Zhou looked up, he did not recognize her.

Her thick eyebrows were like the girl from the Harry Potter movies.

She wore a black dress with a white necklace, forming a sharp contrast. It was mysterious, a Victorian style of fashion.

Lu Zhou looked down…

Okay, I guess not all white people have big boobs…

It was rude to stare for too long, and Lu Zhou was preparing to say hello, but she spoke first.

Molina, "You're not dancing?"

"Nope, it's too crowded over there, not suitable for me…" said Lu Zhou. He continued, "Fine, actually I don't know how to dance, you?"

Molina smiled and said, "Me too."

Surprised, Lu Zhou looked at her and said, "I thought the French are all dancing masters."

"To each their own," said Molina with a smile. She then said, "When I first came to the United States, I thought you Chinese people all knew Kung Fu."

"This… is a bit of a misunderstanding," replied Lu Zhou.

"I'm very curious."

"Curious about what?"

"How can you still concentrate on mathematics questions with a beautiful lady sitting across from you?"

The f*ck?

What's she talking about?

Are westerners really like this!

Lu Zhou looked at Molina and he did not respond. Instead, he asked, "… Why do you say that?"

Molina looked at Lu Zhou and grinned as she said, "I can tell a lot from your body language."

"… Fine, I guess my body language is too revealing."

Lu Zhou coughed.

He was actually thinking about mathematical problems.

Even now…

The conversation went into a short period of silence while the two sat quietly together.

As Lu Zhou looked at the people on the dance floor, he tapped his fingers on the table while he followed the beat.

Inspiration was always something metaphysical.

The truth buried in the numbers could slip away from his fingertips.

This was why he had to use the system multiple times as a last resort.

However, the system would not give him any advice as to which problem to solve. It would only solve the problem when asked.

Unfortunately, he did not have enough points to solve the twin prime number conjecture.

He was always a little bit off from solving it…

Lu Zhou squeezed his fists.

Suddenly, a light bulb went off in his head. He remembered the twenty-four hours of inspiration time the system had. He then stood up from his chair.

Molina looked at him strangely, "What's wrong?"

Lu Zhou took a deep breath and said, "I suddenly thought of something important."

Molina raised her eyebrows, and she asked jokingly, "Is it more important than eating dinner with a French lady?"

"It's more important than having dinner with the Virgin Mary!"

Lu Zhou quickly ran to the elevator.

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Chapter 122: The World Of Inspiration

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Lu Zhou grabbed two pieces of bread from the food trays before he rushed back to his room. Once he threw his two notebooks on the table, he pulled out some draft paper from his suitcase.

Everything was ready.

He took a deep breath and went into the system space. He then started the "inspiration hours".

It felt different than immersive learning or the focus capsule. When Lu Zhou left the system space, he felt purely rational and not impetuous at all.

A warm sensation traveled from his spine to his brain, it was like a flame that ignited his mind.

"… Strange feeling."

Lu Zhou squeezed his fist before he rubbed his eyes. He felt like everything in front of him was shaking lightly.

At the same time, the inspiration in his mind was like a tsunami, washing away in his cerebral cortex.

It was hard to describe that feeling.

Suddenly, it was like all of the nerve endings in his body expanded, like his body directly connected with the cosmos…

The rings on his curtains looked like an abstract elongated Mobius ring.

The texture of his sheets looked like the Fibonacci sequence.

The paper cup on the desk, the bed, and the chandelier formed a three-point golden ratio.

These small details were obvious to him.

It was like his vision was reduced to pure geometric images, and he was breaking down data into pure numbers and arithmetic symbols.

This kind of feeling was a paradise for any artist.

Of course, it was also hell for OCD patients…

Lu Zhou took a deep breath and tried not to pay any attention to the sense of distraction in the room while he concentrated on the paper.

It was whether there was an infinite pair of (P, P2) prime numbers!

…

The functions of the system had been very user-friendly.

A total of 24 inspiration hours could be paused and resumed at any time. However, after each pause, there would be symptoms of "inspiration exhaustion" such as slow thinking, slow reaction speeds, and etc.

After several experiments, Lu Zhou finally became familiar with the use of the function.

He was stuck on the twin prime number problem for more than half a year, so this burst of inspiration made him ecstatic.

As a result, Lu Zhou almost forgot why he came to Princeton in the first place. He forgot about his presentation on the fifth day, and he even forgot about the system mission.

In order to make use of every hour, he would only use four inspiration hours a day, over four sessions. He wanted to utilize every hour and every minute.

He was immersed in the search for answers.

It was like he became a detective, desperately searching for clues.

Every time Lu Zhou found a clue, he was one step closer to solving the problem.

This kind of experience was unprecedented for him.

Lu Zhou did not leave the hotel room for three days.

He completely shut himself in his ten-square-meter room, and he even called room service for food.

Those used draft papers piled up in the corner of his table while crunched up draft papers were on the floor.

The fourth night…

Lu Zhou looked at the mountain of draft papers while he changed the ink in his pen. He could not help but yawn.

"There are only two hours left?"

Lu Zhou looked at the timer on his phone before he went into system space to pause the inspiration hours.

Finally, it was time for a break.

However, that wonderful feeling of inspiration was gone.

With Lu Zhou's boiling brain gradually cooled down, he took a deep breath and sighed.

Since the academic conference was a waste of time. he had not left his room the past few days.

However, the other gains he received over the past few days was substantial.

He could clearly feel that he was getting closer and closer to solving the twin prime number conjecture.

He was so close…

Lu Zhou stretched and stood up from his chair.

He planned to go for a walk, shower, then lie in bed and have a good night's sleep. He would wait until the next day to continue.

He walked out of the hotel, through Palmer Square and walked along the Princeton Campus road. The cold evening wind blew on his face and it helped to relax his overheated brain.

Lu Zhou felt like this university looked more like a castle than a university. The students here were very enthusiastic. They would party every night. However, when the time arrived, they would use a 200% effort to study.

This was his observations.

When Lu Zhou was walking along the park, he suddenly met an acquaintance.

The guy walked over to Lu Zhou.

"What happened to you? I was about to look for you."

"Is there a problem?"

"Nothing," said Luo Wenxuan. He looked at Lu Zhou strangely and asked, "Are you stuck on something or what…"

"You're right," said Lu Zhou. He admitted, "I'm stuck on a problem."

Luo Wenxuan sighed and asked, "What problem?"

"It's about the infinity of twin primes."

Luo Wenxuan shook his head and said, "Sorry, I can't help you on this one. It's not in my research field."

Lu Zhou asked casually, "How's your research going?"

Luo Wenxuan sighed and said, "The six-sided dice thrown by god produced seven results. This is both a mathematics problem and a quantum mechanics problem. This is the dilemma our research institute is facing."

Lu Zhou said with sympathy, "That is quite troubling…"

"Yeah, it's hell," sighed Luo Wenxuan. He then added, "Yesterday, I talked with Professor Wang Yuping for a long time on how to solve this physics problem from a mathematics perspective, but nothing came of it."

"Seven results for a six-sided dice…" said Lu Zhou. As he repeated the sentence, he went into deep thinking mode.

Without knowing it, the two soon walked back to Palmer Square.

This place was always lively at night with people going to bars like they were celebrating a victory…

When Luo Wenxuan saw that Lu Zhou did not speak, he asked, "What's up?"

"Nothing…" said Lu Zhou. He suddenly stopped walking and looked up. His pupils enlarged and he said in an excited tone, "Is that a white pigeon?"

Luo Wenxuan looked at him and said, "What?"

"That pigeon!"

"Where?"

Luo Wenxuan tried to look for the pigeon in the sky.

He could not find anything and when he turned around, Lu Zhou had disappeared…

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The fifth day of the academic conference…

A man in a suit quickly walked to the door of Room 306 before he politely reached out and knocked on the door.

"Mr. Lu Zhou, your presentation report will begin soon. Are you available?"

A shuffling sound came from the room.

Then, a voice spoke.

"Right now? Isn't my presentation in the afternoon?"

The man in the suit smiled awkwardly and coughed before he said, "Technically, it's in an hour, but because of an accident made by a Belgian reporter, itinerary adjustments had to be made… Did you see the email?"

The room was silent for a while. A sound of an impatient sigh could be heard.

"… Let me shower."

The conference team staff was relieved.

"We apologize for the inconvenience caused… Also, please don't take too long to shower."

…

Around two hundred people sat inside the crowded Lecture Hall 1. Among them were mostly unknown people, but there were a couple of big names.

For example, the mathematics emperor Grothendieck's proud student Deligne, and Professor Wang Yuping from the University of Yan.

Maybe it was because of Lu Zhou's poor mental state, he was abnormally calm. He was not nervous at all.

Lu Zhou adjusted the microphone and once he received the "Go" signal from the conference staff, he began to speak.

"Everyone should have already read my thesis by now. According to the conference's original arrangements, the content of today's report should be about the study of Mersenne primes… But because of the adjustments to the schedule, I had to make some small changes."

Lu Zhou paused for a second. He then looked at a staff member and asked, "Can you get me a whiteboard?"

The staff member hesitated before saying, "Sure, but the projector's reflection on the whiteboard is poor, so some people might not be able to see it."

"Just give me a marker," said Lu Zhou. He then looked at the projector before saying, "You can turn this thing off."

The audience members were whispering and discussing. They did not know what Lu Zhou was about to do.

The staff members were also curiously as they watched, but it was not their first time receiving weird requests from "geniuses". So, they quickly dragged a whiteboard for Lu Zhou.

Lu Zhou thanked them before he turned to face the whiteboard. He took a deep breath and entered into the system space. He began the inspiration hours.

It was his last inspiration hour.

He was going to complete the proof in this hour!

When Lu Zhou opened his eyes, he also lifted the pen.

He wrote down the first line of calculations on the whiteboard.

The audience was slightly irritated.

After all, Lu Zhou did not give a speech or even a PowerPoint. This was unwelcoming for the rookies.

Two students sitting in the back of the lecture hall packed their things and quietly exited the hall.

The academic conference only lasted a few days, so they could not waste their time listening to a useless presentation.

As for those big figures that often attended conferences, they were used to this type of commotion. Their facial expressions did not change at all. They focused on the result of the presentation, not the presenter.

When Lu Zhou wrote the tenth line of calculation, Professor Deligne suddenly had a look of surprise on his face.

He said to his assistant next to him, "Did you bring the notebook?"

The assistant quickly took out the notebook and said, "I brought it."

"Thank you."

Professor Deligne placed the notebook on his lap and as he stared at the lines of calculations on the whiteboard, his eyes gradually became serious.

At the same time, Professor Wang Yuping who was sitting on the other side of the venue was also staring at the whiteboard.

Even though because of his age, it was difficult for him to see the whiteboard, he still stared very intently.

Beside him was the academic exchange group from the University of Yan. The group consisted of three undergraduate students, a graduate student, and a PhD student.

Wei Wen stared at the whiteboard and asked, "What is he doing?"

Yeah.

What is he doing…

Professor Wang was also curious.

However, when he saw the tenth line of calculations, he instantly looked up in disbelief.

He probably guessed what Lu Zhou was doing.

He could not believe it.

He's going to challenge the world class problem here? Twin prime number conjecture?

He must be crazy…

"… Sieve of Eratosthenes? He's proving the second Goldbach expression? Nope, no, these calculations…" murmured Molina as she stared at the whiteboard. She continued, "Professor Zellberg published a paper in the "Year of Mathematics" in 1995, on the complementary study of the topological method on the sieve theory… He is challenging the twin prime guess!"

When Lu Zhou wrote the twentieth line of calculations, 30% of the venue's participant understood what he was doing.

As for the rest of the people, they had no idea.

These kinds of academic conferences were open-ended, and the barrier of registration was not too high. Anyone could come, as long as they paid the expensive registration fee.

Actually, it did not even matter too much if one signed up.

Even though this kind of conference had admission badges, the staff did not even check them. Therefore, many people who did not sign up could still sneak in and discuss mathematics with the participants.

The only difference was that they could not present their own academic posters, could not live in the Princeton hotel rooms, and could not attend the cocktail parties.

Wei Wen started at the whiteboard, and he suddenly said, "Vinogradov's three number prime theorem?"

Professor Wang Yuping nodded and said, "Yes."

Wei Wen could not help but ask, "Professor… What exactly is he doing?"

Professor Wang Yuping smiled and said, "Oh, can't you tell?"

Wei Wen looked confused and he shook his head.

"Then, just continue watching," sighed Professor Wang Yuping. As he looked at the whiteboard, he nodded in approval and said, "It seems that Professor Tang has raised a good student… I'm looking forward to the next two decades."

Lu Zhou did not notice the movements in the venue as his concentration was fully on the whiteboard. Even though his speed of writing was not fast, it was cautious and contained force.

Time slowly passed, and the conference staff continued to watch intently.

Finally, there were five minutes left. The staff member saw that the QA section had not even started yet, so he coughed and reminded Lu Zhou.

"There are only five minutes left."

Lu Zhou stood in front of the whiteboard and continued to write with the marker as if he failed to hear the staff.

He was completely shielded from any outside interference.

Finally, five minutes had passed.

The two staff members exchanged glances and were about to interrupt the presenter.

However, one of the people sitting in the front row spoke up.

"Let him continue."

The person who spoke was Pierre Deligne.

The staff was stunned to hear this big shot speak.

However, because of his job, the staff member explained, "But the next presentation is about to start…"

Professor Deligne put aside his notebook and stood up before he said slowly, "The next presentation will be moved to Lecture Hall 4, so people can go there instead."

He then sat back down.

10 minutes passed, and no one left Lecture Hall 1.

No one was willing to leave.

The people that could not understand had already left long ago.

As for the rest, most of them could understand what was going on.

Challenging a world-class mathematics problem during a conference?

Anyone who dared to do this was not a genius, but a crazy person!

The people sitting in the crowd were either about to witness a great moment or a complete joke.

Either way, it would be an interesting show either way.

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Chapter 124: Witnessing The Great Moment

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"Is there any other questions?"

Professor Deligne looked at the staff member.

"No…"

Embarrassed, the staff member smiled before he went back to the side.

He did not dare to oppose the big shot.

There were only 13 mathematicians that had won both the Fields Medal and Wolf Prizes. Only two who had won the Crayford Prize as well. One of them was Deligne, the other was Qiu Chengtong.

Even the chairman of the International Mathematics Union greatly respected Deligne, much less an ordinary conference staff member.

Lu Zhou would have thanked Deligne, but at this moment his attention was elsewhere.

He looked at the four fully written whiteboards and stopped writing.

The whiteboards contained the results from the past four days worth of research.

He had to solve the rest on the spot.

He still had half an hour of inspiration time left.

He had completely entered the state of concentration, and he had almost forgotten where he was.

He completely forgot about the audience.

He completely forgot about the hundreds of pairs of eyes staring at him.

As Lu Zhou looked at the lines of calculations on the whiteboard, he was calm as a millpond.

He picked up the marker.

[S(α)=Σane(nα);M,Nζ…]

Professor Deligne stared at the whiteboard with his sharp eyes. He suddenly asked his old friend who was sitting next to him, "Do you think he will succeed?"

Professor Zellberg stared at the formula on the whiteboard and smiled, "It's hard to say, but I think we should look forward to it. Mathematics is the field of geniuses, and 70% of outstanding achievements are made by young mathematicians."

"This is why you turned to study string theory?" asked Professor Deligne as he stopped writing on his notebook.

"Haha," said Professor Zellberg. He smiled and said, "Maybe?"

The other side of the lecture hall…

Wei Wen stared at the whiteboard motionlessly as he watched his competitor challenging a world-class problem on stage. The calculations were beyond his knowledge, and he could barely keep up with what was going on.

Finally, he could not help but whisper.

"Professor."

Professor Wang Yuping looked at the whiteboard and smiled, "What's up?"

"Do you think… he can succeed?"

Professor Wang Yuping thought for a moment before he answered, "Hard to say. Number theory requires the most talent. If he succeeds, it'll be a good story."

Wei Wen immediately asked, "What if he fails?"

Professor Wang Yuping thought and said, "… If he fails, he would become the butt of the jokes at Princeton."

Lu Zhou might be ridiculed by the media as well. The media could spin him as some arrogant idiot who was defeated by a world-class problem… Even though Lu Zhou had the correct researching spirit, society was not so forgiving.

The old gentleman could not help but think.

It's still better to be young…

Only young people have this kind of courage and enthusiasm.

There were too many things to worry about at his age.

The older one was, the more stable one would be. The more stable one was, the harder it would be to improve.

It was not just about inspiration or the decline in concentration and brain degeneration.

It was also because it would be difficult for a professor to challenge a big conjecture. The professor could spend years trying to solve the problem and achieved nothing.

In contrast, Lu Zhou was an undergraduate student. He had no academic pressure, nor did he had to worry about his career or meetings. He could use his time to explore and achieve great results inspired by inspiration.

Even if Lu Zhou failed, it was fine.

However, if Lu Zhou succeeded…

The only person who could overcome Lu Zhou as a young mathematician was probably the guy that proposed the "PS theory". The youngest W3 professor in Germany, Peter Schultz.

However, Lu Zhou might be stronger.

Schultz might be Lu Zhou's biggest contender for the 2018 Fields Medal. And Brendle, also from Germany, was also a strong competitor. However, this year's Ramanujan gold award was probably going to be awarded to the solver of the twin prime number conjecture.

As Professor Wang stared at Lu Zhou's back, his face was full of praise.

Wei Wen who was seated next to him said nothing. He did not even know what to think…

On the stage…

Five fully written whiteboards.

It was already five minutes past the inspiration time.

The result was determined.

Lu Zhou looked at the staff dragging the sixth whiteboard and slowly spoke.

His lips twitched as he whispered in front of the five whiteboards.

"God threw a six-sided dice, but there were seven results."

"Mr. Hilbert's topological approach to the infinity prime numbers proves that there is a layer of inspiration."

He faced the new whiteboard.

Once again, he lifted his right hand.

He started to write on the whiteboard.

[S(2)-(logkx)S(1)0 is true for K2, acceptable array H=…]

[…]

[Therefore, there is an infinite number of twin prime pairs.]

In the crowd…

Professor Deligne's eyes grew bigger and he suddenly smiled.

Professor Zellberg said, "When I used the topological method to supplement the screening theory, I thought that my work might provide ideas for future generations to solve the Goldbach conjecture. I didn't think that this sword could be used to cut the K=1 form of the Polignac conjecture. It seems that he responded to our expectations."

Professor Deligne put down his pen and took off his glasses before he rubbed his slightly sore eyes.

He only said one word.

"Yeah."

The audience was quiet.

Only one person was on the stage.

Lu Zhou stepped back and looked at the six whiteboards.

The venue was so quiet that he could hear his heartbeat.

This should be fine…

Lu Zhou then took a deep breath before he turned around. He then walked to the podium and faced the audience as he spoke confidently.

"There are infinite twin pairs, and we've taken another big step toward the Polignac's conjecture."

"Sorry for delaying everyone's time, but my proof process is over."

It was like he was doing an exam, and he had finally handed his paper in.

There were mixed feelings in his heart.

Lu Zhou listened to his own heartbeat and gently placed the marker down on the podium.

The people's heads moved under the fluorescent lights.

Everyone in the audience was a witness.

This proof was going to be presented to the entire world.

Lu Zhou faced the audience and bowed.

He then turned around and walked off the stage.

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Chapter 125: I Only Want To Sleep

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Surprised.

Astonished.

Incredible.

Everyone in the audience was stunned.

It was dead silence in the lecture hall.

An old man broke the silence.

He stood up and began to clap.

Clap clap clap…

The applause gradually became louder.

It went from the sound of light rain into a thunderstorm.

Clap clap clap!

It was not just the applause.

Some students stood up and began to cheer and whistle.

Everyone in the lecture hall, from Princeton students to conference participants.

At this moment.

They all witnessed a great moment!

A question mark in the Hall of Mathematics was solved.

At the same time.

A genius rose.

The entire lecture hall was filled with applause.

The applause sound floated outside the lecture hall.

The staff member that stood next to the podium could not understand the proof process on the whiteboard, but he could not help but clap as well.

The colleague next to him rubbed his arm and spoke.

"If you interrupted his thought process, your name would be in the history of mathematics."

"What name?"

"The terminator of inspiration. Interrupted at the Mathematics Society, killed a math genius with his own hands."

"Oh, not like this. Mr. Francis would kill me."

Francis was the chairman of the Federal Mathematics Society. He was a handsome old man who spoke slowly.

He was also a ferocious man.

The conversation between the two was buried by the applause.

Below the stage…

Wei Wen listened to the sound of applause and as he looked at the whiteboards, he could not believe it. He asked, "He solved it?"

This was his opponent?

This was the guy that he was up against in the US Competition?

The US Competition was in February. Right now, he should be fighting his opponent. However, at this moment, his heart was in shock.

Frustration?

No…

Lost?

A bit.

It was like his opponent was on another level.

Whether it was the college entrance examination champion or the gold medal of the international Olympic mathematics competition, or the worship of students, nothing could fill the void in his heart.

He lost to a respectable opponent.

It was not just because of the outcome.

He was humiliated.

When Professor Wang Yuping heard the student's question, he nodded slowly.

The old gentleman said, "Well, he solved it!"

The young are surpassing us…

The old man made up his mind.

Once he returned, he would write a recommendation letter for Lu Zhou to compete in the Ten Thousand People Initiative!

He would write it as soon as he returned to the hotel.

Not only that, but he would also get Professor Tang to sign the letter together.

There were no problems regarding Lu Zhou's age or academic qualifications. Besides, how many PhD students could do what he just did?

China needed a Fields Medal winner.

Professor Wang saw hope in Lu Zhou.

…

The things on the whiteboard had been engraved in Lu Zhou's mind, and he would never forget them.

As for whether or not it would be plagiarized?

There were at least two editors of the annual mathematics magazine sitting in the lecture hall, so no one would dare to plagiarize.

Once Lu Zhou finally solved the question, he did not want to do anything else other than sleep in his hotel room.

However, he underestimated his own behavior. He did not realize how cool he would appear to the mathematics students at Princeton.

The second he was out of the lecture hall, he was caught up by the people chasing him.

The crowd surrounded him like he was at the Superbowl. Lu Zhou thought he would be thrown into the sky.

"Wow, bro, nicely done! The way you wrote the last step was so cool! Can you do it again? I want to take a photo!"

"Handsome boy, do you have a number? You can write it on my hand."

"Wait for a second! Let me take a photo! I want to tweet it! Thanks!"

The noisy voice suddenly dispelled Lu Zhou's sleepiness.

Honestly speaking, Lu Zhou was almost scared of these people's enthusiasm.

Some people even gave him a hug.

A passionate young Latino girl took a photo with him, then kissed his cheek.

This was not the main problem.

The young ladies after her were even more daring, so Lu Zhou started to panic.

The most annoying thing was that these people were not polite at all!

The crowd became more and more energetic.

Lu Zhou desperately tried to escape.

Thank god he was able to keep his kissing virginity.

It was important to him.

It would be a tragedy if he lost it here!

…

Lu Zhou left the school and quickly walked through Palmer Square. As he was taking the elevator, a person suddenly appeared behind him.

Lu Zhou looked at her.

Lu Zhou coughed and said, "Oh… I don't mind taking a photo. Just don't touch me, please?"

Molina crossed her arms and ignored Lu Zhou as she said, "I'm at Room 707. Where are you going?"

"Three… Oh, can you press the third floor?" replied Lu Zhou.

He nearly revealed his room number.

"The third floor?" said Molina as she looked at the floor dial. She then looked at Lu Zhou and said, "We're past the third floor already. How about you come and chill in my room for a bit?"

Lu Zhou shook his head and said, "It's okay, I just want to sleep."

Molina: "…"

When the elevator reached the seventh floor, it stopped.

Lu Zhou reached down and pressed the third-floor button.

Molina looked at Lu Zhou trying to leave and sighed, "Are all Chinese guys so boring?"

Lu Zhou shook his head and said, "No, I just don't want to think about math problems right now."

Molina was surprised, "How did you know I was going to ask you math questions?"

Lu Zhou smiled and said, "Because I can tell from your body language. You taught me this. Am I right?"

She did not reply.

Molina noticed Lu Zhou's face and did not insist. She then took a bag of wet wipes from her purse and threw it at him.

Lu Zhou asked, "Wet wipes?"

Molina smiled and said, "There are three lipstick prints on your face. Do you need a mirror?"

The f*ck?

Lu Zhou quickly took the wipes and cleaned his face.

As expected, two red marks were visible on the wipes.

"Have a good night's sleep. Remember, don't miss the closing ceremony and party tomorrow night," said Molina as she looked at Lu Zhou wiping his face. She then licked her lips and said, "You're the main protagonist."

She did not wait for Lu Zhou to respond before she left.

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Chapter 126: Closing Ceremony

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There may be a distinction between the academic value of conjectures, but it was difficult to measure the objective difficulty of conjectures.

After all, how would one even begin to measure it?

This in itself is a pseudo-logic.

However, it was not impossible to get a general idea of the conjecture's classification.

If one ignored all the non-academic factors such as political significance, economic significance, and media influence, the thousands of mathematics conjectures could be divided into a couple of levels.

The first level was undoubtedly the millennial problems such as Riemann's conjecture and Yang-Mills existence and mass gap. These were the so-called world's seven major mathematical problems.

Once these conjectures were proven, they would not only promote the development of the field of mathematics, but it would also have far-reaching effects on other disciplines and industries.

The second level was the most well known three modern time mathematics problems; Goldbach's conjecture, four-color problem, and Fermat's last theorem. Two of them had been solved, and Mr. Chen was working on the last one.

The third level would be very subjective and not so obvious. Something such as the Jacobian conjecture would be in this category.

Proof of a problem at this level would get one close to a Fields Medal, or at least a nomination. Of course, one would have to be under 40 years old.

Zhou's conjecture could be counted in the fourth classification. Other "weak conjectures" could also be included in this category.

The fifth level would be those niche conjectures speculated by unknown mathematicians.

The Polignac's conjecture would be considered the third level while the twin prime guess conjecture would be between the third and the fourth level.

Lu Zhou's 2018 Fields Medal nomination was secured. His biggest competitor would probably be the 2013 Ramanujan gold award winner, "German god" Peter Schultz. It was said that Schultz was challenging the famous weight-monodromy conjecture, but his progress was unknown.

Of course, the research on conjectures was only a part of mathematics. Most people had not even proved a single conjecture in their lifetime, but that did not hinder their contribution to the mathematics community.

For example, Mr. Grottendieck laid the foundation of modern algebraic geometry and completely changed the field of functional analysis. His accomplishment was bigger than any proof of a conjecture. After all, many of today's mathematical conjectures were based on his "probability theory".

The road of mathematics was long.

The proof of the twin prime number was only a small step.

Lu Zhou knew that his research result was only able to answer some of Hilbert's eighth questions.

Although his heart was excited, he was not arrogant at all.

The more he learned, the less he thought he knew about the world.

Actually, Lu Zhou did not know exactly what his feeling was. However, one thing was certain. His name was famous at Princeton.

Everyone knew of it.

That during the presentations yesterday, a young man from Asia solved a world-class mathematics problem in front of the audience.

…

Lu Zhou shook his groggy head and climbed out of bed.

He pushed open the bathroom door and took a hot bath. He then got dressed and stood in front of the mirror.

Ah, not bad.

I'm just as handsome as always, I'm just a bit skinny.

Ah, I can't get fat no matter how much I eat.

Lu Zhou walked over to the windows and opened the curtains.

He had not felt this relaxed in a long time.

It was his most comfortable night of sleep in America.

The sky outside was bright.

If he did not feel so good, he would have doubted if he slept at all…

Lu Zhou suddenly thought.

Wait, what time is it?

He looked at the time on his phone. It was already half past three!

There was a closing ceremony waiting for him, so Lu Zhou immediately put on his shoes and rushed out of the door.

He got off the elevator and walked through the lobby.

Lu Zhou bumped into a Caucasian guy looking at his phone, and asked, "Sorry, what day of the conference is it?"

The dude said impatiently, "The sixth day, bro, take it easy!"

Close!

Lu Zhou relaxed.

It seemed that he had not missed the ceremony.

However, it did make sense. Even if he had worked really hard, it would be impossible to sleep for two days straight.

The Caucasian guy stared at Lu Zhou for a long time before he suddenly said, "Wait… You're Lu Zhou?"

The f*ck?

Lu Zhou nearly jumped.

How does he know my name?

What?

The Caucasian guy said to Lu Zhou.

"Hey, listen, guess what my thesis is about? I cleverly searched for a lambda function, which proved that there are infinitely many primes numbers with differences of 242! You ruined my research results!"

Lu Zhou did not know what to say as he looked at the American guy like he was crazy. He was about to wave to the security guard.

Fortunately, this guy did not make any radical move.

"… Goddamnit, but nicely done! I didn't expect the sieve method to be used like this… Let me introduce myself. My name is Carist. Let's get drinks tonight? Hey, don't run, hey!"

Lu Zhou ran away.

…

The crowd was sitting inside the auditorium.

Even though there were not that many people inside, the closing ceremony was about to begin.

Lu Zhou remembered that he heard Luo Wenxuan mentioned about this. Most people would not stay until the end of the academic conference. Most of them left after listening to the presentations.

Lu Zhou looked around but he could not find Luo Wenxuan. However, he did saw an unexpected person which was the Indian guy named Dijan.

What a surprise, this guy didn't leave yet?

Can he handle the pressure?

When the Indian guy noticed Lu Zhou, he did not say anything. He merely ignored him.

Lu Zhou did not care.

He did not know why the Indian guy was still here.

The closing ceremony began.

The auditorium became silent.

After a while, an old man walked up stage with the help of a black cane.

Francis, the president of the Federal Mathematician Society, was also a member of the International Union of Mathematicians.

His slow movements made it look like he was about to trip and fall.

"Let me introduce myself. My name is Francis. There's not much else to say, so let's get right into it," said the old man with a smile.

The audience also smiled and applauded him for encouragement.

The old man pushed his glasses and began his speech.

"First of all, I would like to thank all of you for participating in this conference. I would also like to thank companies such as Parker, Amazon, and etc, for sponsoring this event. We wouldn't be able to hose this event without them…

"… The work we all do is the same, regardless of whether it's a mistake. Even if your conclusions are temporarily wrong, even if you've been vehemently refuted, it does not mean that you're not excellent. On the contrary, you're more courageous and talented than 99% of the world. I hope that I'll see you here next year…

"There's also a party tonight…

"Oh yeah, I nearly forgot about the most important thing," said the old man as he pushed his glasses. He smiled apologetically as he continued, "The best young presenter of this conference will receive a $10,000 prize sponsored by Amazon and a certificate issued by the Federal Mathematics Society. As expected, the winner is Lu Zhou."

Mr. Francis raised his spirits and looked at everyone.

"Then, have a great time!

"Also, the Superbowl championship belongs to the Eagles!"

The young people in the audience whistled.

With this, the academic conference came to a successful conclusion.

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Chapter 127: Level Breakthrough!

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Lu Zhou had not expected that not only did he not finished spending the funds that the University gave him, but he also returned with an extra $10,000 USD.

This was somewhat unexpected.

As the crowd started to leave the auditorium, Lu Zhou walked up to the stage to receive a certificate from Mr. Francis.

"Congratulations, Lu Zhou from the University of Jin Ling. I've heard Professor Deligne and Professor Zellberg give high praise for your presentation. "

"If you wish to study a PhD at Princeton, I'm sure that many professors would love to write a recommendation letter for you. Of course, this includes me."

Studying a PhD at Princeton required not only good academic grades, but it also required extracurricular activities. Recommendation letters was also an important part.

"Then I won't waste your time. Enjoy the conference," said Mr. Francis as he patted Lu Zhou on the back before he walked to the back of the stage.

Lu Zhou looked at the certificate in his hand.

Suddenly, a thought appeared in his mind.

Does this count as active participation in the conference?

I guess it does?

Oh well, I'll let the system decide.

Everything will be revealed once I'm back at the hotel.

Lu Zhou walked outside of the auditorium and saw someone.

It was an old man with a bald head and a trench coat.

When Lu Zhou saw him, he saw Lu Zhou as well.

Lu Zhou walked over and the old man said, "Excellent proof."

"Thanks… You're Professor Deligne?"

"Yes," Professor Deligne as he nodded.

The old professor did not speak much. His personality was similar to Brother Qian.

However, the difference was that Lu Zhou could feel a sense of oppression and pressure coming from the old man.

Rumor had it that this meticulous old man had a habit. Before listening to any presentation, he would prepare three or four possible counterarguments in his head. If the presenter was wrong, he would mercilessly raise his counterexample…

Presenters hated this type of approach.

Maybe this was the source of the old man's pressure?

Professor Deligne paused for half a minute before he asked, "Do you want to consider publishing your thesis in the Annual Mathematics journal?"

Lu Zhou was stunned when he heard this.

There were many mathematics journals, both domestically and internationally, but Professor Deligne was talking about the Princeton Annual Mathematics journal, one of the four major mathematics journals in the world.

Lu Zhou immediately asked, "Doesn't this count as a duplicate publication?"

Professor Deligne shook his head, "No it doesn't count. The one you submitted to the conference is the Mersenne prime distribution law, not the twin prime number proof. The conference team will be happy to accept your additional submissions. However, I don't recommend you publish the research through the conference."

He paused for a second before continuing, "If you want to submit to the Annual Mathematics journal, please send me a copy of your thesis as soon as possible. I'm pretty busy these days… But I might have time to review it."

Lu Zhou, "I'll start preparing it when I get back to the hotel."

"Don't worry about it too much. Just enjoy the party and alcohol tonight. I'm not that unreasonable," said Professor Deligne with a smile.

He hesitated for a second before he pulled out a letter from the pocket of his trench coat. He slowly handed it to Lu Zhou.

"This is?"

Lu Zhou read the name of the sender and was shocked.

[Alexander Grothendieck]

F*ck!

When Professor Deligne saw Lu Zhou's facial expression, he coughed before he said, "That letter was written in November last year."

"He told me to hand it over to a young talent in mathematics… This letter belongs to you."

Lu Zhou looked at the letter in his hand and he took a deep breath before he replied, "Thank you."

"You're welcome. I'm the one who should be thanking you."

Professor Deligne then nodded and walked away.

…

At last, Lu Zhou chose to skip the party.

He did not want to experience the enthusiasm of Caucasians again.

He guessed that he would probably be forced to drink a lot of alcohol.

Last time he protected his integrity, but this time if there was alcohol at play, his integrity might not be so intact.

When Lu Zhou returned to the hotel, he laid down in bed. He then entered the system space and looked at the information screen.

[Congratulations user for completing the mission!

[Mission completion details is as follows: Participation in Princeton Mathematics Conference: (Poster session 2 points), (Presentation listening 4 points), (Academic dinner 1 points), (Presentation 25 points).

[Mission final evaluation: S

[Mission award: 42,000 mathematics experience points. One lucky draw ticket (80% garbage, 10% sample, 8% blueprint, 2% unluck technology branch)]

When Lu Zhou saw the experience value, he was shocked and he wondered if he read an extra zero.

He read it again.

"F*ck! Forty thousand mathematics experience points?!"

Lu Zhou was so ecstatic that he quickly ordered the system.

"System, open my characteristic panel!"

[

Core science:

A. Mathematics: Level 3 (4000/100000)

B. Physics: Level 1 (5100/10000)

C. Biochemistry: Level 1 (0/10000)

D. Engineering: Level 1 (0/10000)

E. Materials science: Level 1 (3000/10000)

F. Energy science: Level 1 (0/10000)

G. Information science: Level 1 (2900/10000)

General points: 1975 (one lucky draw ticket)

]

Lu Zhou looked at the characteristic panel and squeezed his fist in excitement.

Level three!

However, his excitement only lasted for a second.

When he saw the row of zeros for Level 4 requirements, he suddenly did not feel so good anymore.

A hundred thousand experience points…

Where in the hell would I get that?

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Chapter 128: System, Give Me A Fanta

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Lu Zhou closed his characteristic panel and quickly began the lucky draw.

This time, Lu Zhou did not want to say anything.

He found out that the system did not care about his rituals.

I'll just stay calm.

I probably won't get the blueprint or unlock the technology branch.

I haven't drunk the sprite yet, maybe I'll get a Fanta this time?

Lu Zhou quietly began the lucky draw.

The prize wheel started to spin rapidly.

"Stop!"

The wheel gradually slowed down and came to a stop.

[Congratulations, User, you received a sample!]

Lu Zhou, "?"

The fuck?

What a surprise!

I didn't get the garbage?

Wait… Let's see what it is first!

Lu Zhou stared at the semi-transparent information screen nervously.

[Received sample: Focus capsules (30)]

When Lu Zhou saw the text, he relaxed. It felt like a weight has been lifted from his heart.

The focus capsules were a lot better than Coke or Sprite.

Coincidentally, he planned to take physics as a minor next semester.

But I would have to do more grinding this way…

Lu Zhou closed the prize interface and looked at the mission panel. He was about to click on it but he hesitated at the last second.

Wait for a second, I'm about to go back to China soon. What if the mission is related to Princeton?

Normally speaking, the missions from the system took a long time to complete.

Lu Zhou hesitated for a moment before he finally decided that he would select the missions after he got back to China.

After all, he deserved a break.

With that, he exited the system space.

Lu Zhou pulled out his laptop from his suitcase and placed it on the desk before he began to edit his thesis.

Number theory was an interesting field. It was like layers of paper, difficult to see through, but easy to break through.

Lu Zhou had already broken through the paper.

Right now, the cards were in his hands.

His fingers trembled slightly when the screen flashed with mathematical symbols. It was like he returned to the moment of his presentation… Like he was back to the whiteboards again.

He could never forget the glory of that moment.

Lu Zhou took a deep breath and he stopped typing. He got up and made himself a cup of coffee before he walked to the window and quietly, he looked outside.

At night, Palmer Square was full of lights and liveliness. It formed a sharp contrast with Princeton which was dead quiet.

The cold breeze blew through the window and cooled down his overheated brain.

It felt comfortable.

It was like a different kind of pleasure.

Suddenly, his phone started to vibrate.

When Lu Zhou took out his phone and looked at the screen, he saw that it was Professor Tang who called.

Lu Zhou picked up the call. He did not even get the chance to speak before Professor Tang started to yell.

"You solved the twin prime number conjecture?!"

Lu Zhou moved the phone away from his ear and said, "Yeah."

The news has already reached China?

He had not even published the thesis yet.

Professor Tang asked, "Where are you right now?"

"Where else? I'm at the hotel arranged by the conference… Why?"

Professor Tang promptly asked, "Are you coming back?"

Confused, Lu Zhou asked, "I'm coming back. Why wouldn't I?"

Professor Tang coughed awkwardly before asking, "Oh, I meant, when are you coming back?"

Lu Zhou thought and said, "Probably in two days. I'm still sorting out the proof process. Professor Deligne asked me to hand him a copy of my thesis. He said I can publish it on Annual Mathematics."

The other end of the phone went silent.

Professor Tang said casually, "Not bad. I remember when I first published in Annual Mathematics, I was already in my mid-thirties."

Lu Zhou smiled and replied humbly, "It's all thanks to your mentoring!"

To be able to publish in Annual Mathematics in his mid-thirties was impressive, not to mention that Professor Tang had published it in a time where technology was inconvenient.

"I really didn't mentor you much."

"No, no, no. You're the one that took me through the door of mathematical analysis. Your lessons on mathematical analysis helped me…"

Professor Tang interrupted Lu Zhou and said, "Fine, fine, stop talking. Tell me about your plans."

Lu Zhou replied, "Plans?"

"Yeah," said Professor Tang. He paused for a second before he said, "My old friend just called me. He wanted to recommend you to participate in the Ten Thousand People Initiative Plan by the Chinese Ministry."

Lu Zhou did not know what the Ten Thousand People Initiative was.

He was also curious…

Lu Zhou suddenly blurted out, "Is there money involved?"

Professor Tang was suddenly pissed off.

"All you do is think about money!"

Professor Tang began to explain to him what the Ten Thousand People Initiative was.

The Ten Thousand People Initiative was established in 2008 by the central government of China to increase domestic levels of scientific research, innovation, and entrepreneurship.

The program consisted of three levels; outstanding talents, leading talents, and young talents. The goal was to select 10,000 outstanding talents in STEM, within 10 years.

The first echelon consisted of 100 outstanding talents, and those people had the chance of winning the Nobel prize. The second echelon had a total of 8,000 talents and mainly consisted of older people. The third echelon consisted of two thousand talents, and mainly for people under thirty-five years old.

Similar to this was the "Hundred Talents Program" from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the "Thousand Talents Program" initiated by the Chinese Ministry of Education. However, these two were mainly talent introduction programs for overseas born Chinese people, and not for domestic Chinese.

The Ten Thousand People Initiative would provide financial support to many research projects.

This funding was guaranteed by the Chinese government.

Professor Tang said, "The prize money for the mathematics part isn't much, but I'm sure that it'll definitely be of great help to your future research activities in China."

Lu Zhou smiled and asked, "How do I participate in this? What materials do I need to prepare?"

Professor Tang smiled as he replied, "The materials aren't the important part. I'll tell you what to prepare later. The problem is that you're too young, but I have some friends that can write recommendation letters, so it should be fine."

Lu Zhou said, "Thank you, professor!"

"Don't thank me. It was Professor Wang Yuping that told me about this, so you should thank him. I'm just signing a piece of paper," said Professor Tang. He smiled and added, "I'm just a professor, I can't help you much with research. I can't teach you much either, so you have to be on your own."

Lu Zhou replied, "You will be my professor forever."

"Haha, that sounds nice," said Professor Tang. He smiled and said, "Okay, I can't keep talking with you. Go and edit your thesis. I'm sure that you will dominate the overseas mathematics field!"

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Chapter 129: Thank You For Giving Me Courage

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While Lu Zhou was writing the thesis, he did not know that the video of him writing on the whiteboards was trending on Twitter among Ivy League students.

However, it was also trending among high school "nerds".

"Knowledge worship" did not exist in American culture. Most people's attitudes toward knowledge were different.

If someone said "I don't want to party, I have to do homework", one would be labeled as a "nerd".

The nerds were at the bottom of the food chain on campus. They would get bullied by students that did sports. Even the teachers would not like students who did not participate in extracurricular activities.

It was because of this that they were affected by Lu Zhou.

Even though it was only one pen.

Even though there was not even a gorgeous performance.

Even though he did not score a goal.

Lu Zhou still had the honor of the battlefield.

That last line that he wrote on the whiteboard…

And…

The waves of applause from the audience.

Only similar people would appreciate each other as they could feel the resonance from each other.

Youtube, comments section…

[Jesus Christ! This looks like a basketball game!]

[Yeah, this looks more exciting than the Super Bowl lol…]

[I'm a high school student, but because of skin color, gender, and academics, I was neglected by the cliques in my school. I want to be like them, I want to drink alcohol and get tattoos, but I never succeeded. So thank you, thank you for inspiring me and giving me the courage to study when I was about to give up.]

[I can't believe I just watched someone solve a mathematics problem on Youtube, I must've gone crazy.]

[I couldn't help but clap as well.]

[Please add some background music to this video.]

Of course, this was the comments section, so naturally, there would be a voice of hatred and ridicule.

[Isn't he from the country that blocked Google?]

[Why is everyone clapping? He's an Asian, so obviously he'd be good at mathematics.]

In America, it was racist to say that Asians were good at mathematics.

Of course, there were counterattacks.

[How about you try solving it?!]

[Yeah, dumbass!]

[He's smarter than you'll ever be!]

[F*ck you!]

[…]

The comments section was blowing up, which in turn, blew the video up as well. However, the video quality was too low to see what was written on the whiteboards, so people did not know what was going on.

No one knew who the guy in the video was.

On the other hand, Lu Zhou was writing his thesis in his hotel room, so he did not know that he was trending on Youtube.

The following day, once Lu Zhou had formatted his completed thesis, he attached it in an email and sent it to Professor Deligne.

Since Professor Deligne himself was also the editor for Annual Mathematics, the review process would be much faster than going through official channels.

Lu Zhou suddenly noticed four unread emails in his inbox.

They were all from Molina.

[I'm guessing that you didn't go to the party… Do you want to get some drinks?]

[Fine, you're probably writing your thesis. Reply to me when you see this.]

[Hey, did you sleep yet? Did you know that your presentation was uploaded to Youtube! It's trending! Hurry up and get a twitter account.]

[… Okay okay, I downloaded WeChat. Give me your WeChat number when you see this email.]

F*ck!

Lu Zhou did not have the habit of checking his email regularly.

He replied to the emails before he turned off his laptop. He then stood up and planned to get something to eat at Palmer Square.

He had been living off on sandwiches from the hotel these past few days. The bacon and butter filled sandwiches tasted good for the first few times, but Lu Zhou quickly got tired of them.

The academic conference had already ended, and the staff from the Federal Mathematics Society had already left. Instead, many tourists were arriving at the hotel.

Lu Zhou bumped into Luo Wenxuan in the hotel entrance.

When Luo Wenxuan saw Lu Zhou, his face lit up. He quickly walked over and reached out his hand.

"Congratulations!" said Luo Wenxuan as he shook Lu Zhou's hand energetically. He added, "I now know why Old Tang speaks so highly of you. You're a genius!"

Lu Zhou coughed and said, "Stop exaggerating, I only proved one conjecture…"

Luo Wenxuan replied, "Stop being so modest, I feel so useless!"

He was obviously exaggerating. He was doing a PhD at Princeton, so he was obviously a genius himself as well.

Lu Zhou smiled awkwardly and said, "Speaking of which, where did you go? I didn't see you at the closing ceremony."

Luo Wenxuan sighed and said, "We reached a bottleneck in our research. Since my supervisor went to Berkeley for a conference, I went to New York to watch a football game."

Lu Zhou did not understand quantum mechanics very well.

So there was nothing he could do to help.

However…

Lu Zhou suddenly thought of something and he said, "Oh yeah."

Luo Wenxuan replied, "What?"

Lu Zhou, "I remember you saying that how can there be seven different results from God's six-sided dice. Have you thought about the possibility of the dice landing on two sides?"

"Landing on two sides? You mean…"

Luo Wenxuan suddenly frowned and started to think deeply.

Lu Zhou did not want to interrupt him, so he quietly walked away.

Inspiration was hard to describe in detail.

If one did not catch it in time, it would disappear.

This was Lu Zhou's final gift to Luo Wenxuan as he would be leaving in two days.

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Chapter 130: Letter Of The Emperor

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Lu Zhou ate dinner at Palmer Square. By the time he went back to the hotel, Luo Wenxuan was gone.

Lu Zhou silently blessed him in his heart as he took the elevator back to his room.

When he opened his email, Professor Deligne had replied back. His email only contained one word.

[Received.]

Mathematics was a rigorous discipline, and everyone that was in the building of mathematics must undergo rigorous selection. The result from a wrong thesis was not just a retraction from the journal, it could result in a series of other wrong theses.

In particular, the review process of major mathematics conjectures was often very long.

Even though Lu Zhou presented the proof live in front of a crowd of mathematicians, that did not mean that his thesis would be flawless.

Even Professor Deligne needed the time to scrutinize the details of the thesis and asked his peers for opinions.

However, Lu Zhou was not worried at all. He was a meticulous person, and he checked his thesis multiple times before uploading it.

Speaking of which, why Dean Qin or Dean Lu had not called him yet?

It seemed that Professor Tang did not spread this matter out rashly, and the foreign mathematics community would not take this matter seriously just from a Youtube video. After all, the applause in the video did not mean anything.

Lu Zhou actually had some regrets.

The academic value of the twin prime number conjecture was higher than Zhou's conjecture, so he should at least get another million yuan as an award, right?

Lu Zhou started to tap on the keyboard.

[Xiao Ai, let's hope your master can get another million. Then I might be able to give you a new home.]

Xiao Ai: [Master, do you love me?]

What? It's so smart?

Or did it copy it from chat histories?

[Of course, I do.]

Lu Zhou quickly replied.

Who doesn't love a talking AI chatbot?

If only it could dance as well!

Xiao Ai: [Taobao link: IBM server (Xeon 8 core, SSD…) Price: 2.99 Million]

Lu Zhou: "…"

F*ck sake!

Now even artificial retardation is becoming a gold digger?

The only thing that had some warmth in this world was the hot CPU.

Lu Zhou sighed and closed his laptop lid. He then sat on his bed and began packing his suitcase.

Suddenly, he noticed the letter from Mr. Grothendieck sitting on his bedside table.

He had nearly forgotten about the letter.

Lu Zhou opened the envelope curiously.

The letter was written in English.

He gradually started to read the letter.

[

…

I might have already left this world by the time you read this letter.

Your research on the Mersenne prime distribution law shocked everyone. The proof process was perfect, I couldn't find a single mistake.

Honestly speaking, it didn't look like a thesis written by a young person.

To be honest, I'm pessimistic about the proof of the Riemann's conjecture. We spent three and a half centuries trying to solve the proof of Fermat's theorem, and the Goldbach's conjecture has survived for two and a half centuries. In contrast, the Riemann's conjecture has only been around for one and a half centuries. And its importance has surpassed the other two. Although the public is obviously more interested in the first two.

From my point of view, we're just laying down the path for future generations to solve these problems. These problems will eventually be solved and be replaced by new ones…

However, I saw a turning point from you.

Of course, maybe I'm being too optimistic?

Since your thesis greatly surprised me, I'll write a longer letter.

I'm alone, I don't have much money, so I can't give you much. I'll just give you something interesting.

I placed my work in the Church of St. Lizier. Some of them are withdrawn publications, some of them have not been published. I hope this would help you.

Bring this letter to the priest of the St. Lizier church. He'll know what to do.

]

Where's the Church of St. Lizier?

Do I have to go to France? Not like this.

Couldn't he just package it as PDF?

Lu Zhou sighed and placed the letter into his suitcase.

I can't go right now, maybe in the future.

There was definitely a chance for Lu Zhou to go to France as Paris had always been the center of the mathematics world. As long as he stayed in the field of mathematics, he would get an opportunity to attend a conference in Paris.

Also, if one day he actually needed to use this "mathematical treasure", the system would probably remind him in some way.

…

Traveling time was always short…

On the early morning of the next day, Lu Zhou dragged his suitcase and checked out of his hotel room.

He still had more than a thousand dollars left from the school funds. Not only that, but he also received an additional $10,000 USD check. According to Francis, the check could be cashed at any Citibank in the world.

Lu Zhou thought about the cumbersome process of carrying a large amount of cash through customs, so he decided to cash in the check after he got back to China. As for the thousand dollars, he decided to buy some gifts to bring back.

Lu Zhou stood at the entrance of the Princeton hotel as he called Luo Wenxuan. However, even though the phone had rung for a long time, no one answered.

"Is he already grinding at the laboratory?"

This is troublesome.

Lu Zhou hesitated for a bit before he thought of calling again. At that moment, someone honked at him.

"Get in the car, I'll send you," said Molina as she rolled down the car windows.

Lu Zhou was shocked when he saw her.

He did not remember telling her when his flight was.

What a coincidence?

Lu Zhou asked, "How did you know I'll leave at this time?"

"Psychology, social behavior, plus a little probability," said Molina while chewing gum. She continued, "I can convince my professor to write a letter of recommendation for you, so you can study a PhD here."

Studying at Princeton?

Lu Zhou had been thinking about this question over the past few days and whether it was necessary to study here. The research environment here was strong. After all, it was a world-class university.

However, right now, he could still learn new things at the University of Jin Ling. Furthermore, living in China was more comfortable.

He planned to at least finish his bachelor's degree before he would consider studying abroad.

When Molina saw that Lu Zhou did not reply, she smiled and rested her arms on the steering wheel as she said, "Fine, it was just a suggestion. You have your own arrangements, right?"

Lu Zhou smiled and said, "Thanks for your kindness, but I have to think about it."

"Okay, the offer is on the table," said Molina as she shrugged. She then said, "Get in the car, you don't wanna be late."

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Chapter 131: Pretend Like I Didn't Ask

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Philadelphia International Airport.

Molina stopped the car and opened the car door. She then helped Lu Zhou to open the trunk before she leaned against the car.

"You really don't want to think about it?"

As Lu Zhou pulled his suitcase from the trunk, he asked, "Think about what?"

Molina hesitated. She then sighed then said, "Fine, honestly speaking… I want you to join my research group as I'm studying a very challenging question."

"What question?"

"Riemann's conjecture."

"Wake up."

Molina was surprised as she said, "This doesn't sound like you. I thought you'd be more courageous."

"Courageous enough to solve Riemann's conjecture?" said Lu Zhou as he laughed.

Researchers around the world all wanted to solve this question. Anyone that could solve it would undoubtedly become one of the most influential mathematicians in history. The one million dollar award paled in comparison.

And how difficult was the question?

With his current Level 3 in mathematics, the system would not even give him a price to solve the problem. In the system's eyes, the question was far beyond his current mathematical level.

The most cutting-edge research result was from the American mathematician, Kanguri. His "40% of the zero points is on the crucial line".

It was insanely difficult to push this 40% to 100%.

Of course, many people also tried to kill this method, but without any exception, they had all failed.

The most famous case was probably Mr. De-Branges when he announced in 2003 that he had proved Riemann's conjecture. In the end, he became a laughing stock.

De-Branges had not even fully understood the problem before he announced his solution.

Mr. Zhang Yitang reduced the "70 million" number down to "246", it did not even take him a year.

Lu Zhou knew that Riemann's conjecture was on another level.

It was not that he was afraid of this challenge, but it was because he had no reason to challenge this nightmarish level kind of questions right away. He could wait for his mathematics level to rise before challenged questions of this difficulty.

Molina took a deep breath as she tried to make a final attempt at persuading him, "Actually, you might be too pessimistic. In fact, I've achieved some results… Although it seems trivial, I'm confident that within three years, I can push this 40% number to 50%. This could be my doctoral thesis! Of course, if you're willing to help me, I can co-sign the thesis with you…"

"This is one of the reasons why number theory is so fascinating," said Lu Zhou. He sighed and said softly, "Everyone thinks that they are about to succeed, but when the results come out, they find out that they have failed."

Over the past six months, there had been countless times when he thought he had solved the twin prime number conjecture, when he, in fact, did not.

Who knew how long it would have taken him if he did not have the inspiration hours from the system.

A year?

Ten years?

No one knew.

After all, mathematics itself was a quantitative subject. 10 years of work could be summed up in ten pages.

Lu Zhou looked at the time on his phone and said, "It's getting late, I've got to leave. Thanks for sending me to the airport. I'll treat you to dinner when I get the chance."

"… I'll wait here for you. The world is your stage!" said Molina as she looked at Lu Zhou walking away.

Lu Zhou heard her and paused for a second before he smiled.

He then waved his hand and said, "See you later!"

He continued to walk and he soon disappeared amongst the crowd.

As Molina stared at the airport entrance, she started to think deeply and for a long time, she did not speak at all.

In the sky, white trails were left behind by airplanes.

"See you later… I guess?"

She felt a little empty in her heart.

She then shook her head and went back into her car.

Suddenly, a well-dressed man walked over and smiled. He then asked, "Hey there, sweetheart, I'm not from around here. Mind giving me a ride?"

"Go call a Uber."

Molina closed the car door and slammed the gas pedal.

The man looked at the taillights and stood there.

He then raised his middle finger.

"Sh*t…"

…

After a twenty hour flight, the plane finally landed at the Shanghai airport.

Without wasting any time, Lu Zhou immediately transferred onto a flight to Jiangcheng.

Jiangcheng International Airport…

Lu Zhou finally landed and he dragged his suitcase behind him as he tried to look for the subway. However, he was blocked by two people.

A beautiful lady and a man in a suit quickly walked up to him.

"Hello there. I'm from Suzhou TV station. Are you Lu Zhou?"

When Lu Zhou heard that she was from Suzhou TV, he was shocked. He immediately looked around.

I didn't take the wrong flight, this is Jiangcheng International Airport…

Wait a minute, the news of me solving the twin prime number conjecture has already reached China?

But I hadn't even officially published the thesis…

Lu Zhou looked at the reporter and asked cautiously.

"Is there a problem?"

Wu Ping smiled and said, "Here's the thing. There's the strongest genius student program on our TV station, don't know if you have heard of it?"

I guess it's not about the twin prime number conjecture…

Lu Zhou was disinterested and he shook his head as he answered: "…"

He had not been watching television for many years, so he had no idea what programs were on TV.

He was too busy for TV.

His roommate used to watch TV, so at most, he would glance at it occasionally.

Wu Ping had an awkward expression on her face. She coughed and said, "The thing is, the strongest genius is one of the most popular shows on our platform. There are six teams, four people each team, and each team has an expert in mathematics, physics, chemistry, and biochemistry. The teams have to compete to become the strongest team! We heard of you solving Zhou's conjecture, so we want to ask if you're interested…"

"Not interested," said Lu Zhou as he shook his head and tried to leave.

The female reporter was worried, so she quickly stopped him.

"Oh, wait a minute! There's pay."

Lu Zhou stopped walking and said, "How much?"

Wu Ping had a charming smile on his face.

"Fifty grand."

"…"

Lu Zhou was speechless. He then turned and left.

"Pretend like I didn't ask."

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Chapter 132: New Years At Home

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Science reality show? Sounds boring.

You want me to get out of bed for fifty grand?

Maybe add another zero and I'll think about it.

Lu Zhou finally ditched the female reporter and got on the metro.

Every time he went home, he could not help but appreciate how comfortable China was. Plane to the subway, subway to high-speed rail, the high-speed rail took him directly back to home.

China's public transportation was unprecedented.

This type of transportation was impossible in America.

When Lu Zhou got off the high-speed trail train, he was too lazy to take the bus. So he called for a taxi outside the station.

When he arrived at his house, he looked at the familiar willow trees outside his house, and it was like he never left.

As Lu Zhou dragged the suitcase to the doorsteps, he felt both excited and nervous. He took a deep breath before he pressed the doorbell.

Ding…

Immediately after, footstep sounds came from behind the door.

Soon after, the door opened, and a familiar face appeared.

"Who is it… Son?"

When Fang Mei saw her son, her face lit up. She said, "You're here already? Come in! Why didn't you tell me you were coming?"

"I wanted to surprise you!"

Lu Zhou smiled and dragged his suitcase inside.

Fang Mei grabbed the suitcase and shouted toward the bathroom, "Honey, hurry and go buy some fish, we're making fish for your son tonight."

"What? My son's back?"

Dad's voice traveled through the bathroom, followed by the sound of the toilet flushing.

Lu Zhou quickly waved his head, "Mom, it's fine. I don't care what we eat, so you don't have to work so hard."

Fang Mei smiled and said, "What do you mean, I'm in great shape! I want to cook!"

Lu Zhou's father washed his hands. When he came out of the bathroom, he shouted, "Son! Let's see if you grew taller!"

"Taller taller… Come, dad, I bought you a gift, I bought some for sis and mom as well," said Lu Zhou. He then opened his suitcase and took out two bottles of red wine and two boxes of skin care products before giving them to his parents.

His father said, "… You bought wine? Didn't I tell you not to waste money? How much is this?"

"It's not expensive, a couple of hundred USD, and they're not luxury brands. It's not my money anyway. It's leftover money from the trip funding," said Lu Zhou with a smile.

He could not keep the money from the school anyway, he might as well spend it.

"USD?" asked Old Lu. He added, "You… bought this from America?"

"Yeah," said Lu Zhou. With a smile, he said, "I went to Princeton to attend that conference, right? I bought it over there."

Old Lu looked at Fang Mei and smiled as he said, "I thought you were talking about some hotel called Preston or something… You went to America? Why didn't you tell us?"

Lu Zhou: ? ? ?

…

There was no tutoring during the winter vacation, so Xiao Tong came back home at half past six.

When she saw Lu Zhou sitting in the living room, her eyes lit up and she shouted "Brother!" before she rushed over excitedly.

She had not seen him in a long time.

Lu Zhou did not remember her ever being so attached to him.

However, they had not seen each other in a year.

At night, Fang Mei cooked up a table of dishes as if it was Chinese New Year.

Old Lu took out some alcohol from the cupboards and placed it on the table.

"Come, drink with dad."

"Cheers!"

As Xiao Tong looked at the two guys drinking, she said, "Dad, don't drink so much. Same with you, bro. Dad finally quit drinking, and you brought two bottles of wine back."

"It's fine. It's the holidays. Come, eat," said Fang Mei as she smiled and placed food into her son's plate.

"Mom, it's fine. You don't have to take care of me," replied Lu Zhou.

His family was so enthusiastic that he was almost a little embarrassed.

Xiao Tong said, "Oh, I see. Once my brother comes back, he's the favorite child. No, I have to get into a good university as well."

Lu Zhou knew her competitive personality too well, so he did not reply. He grabbed some fish and placed it into her plate.

"I wish you the best. Here, eat some fish. It's good for your brain."

"Haha, bro, you're too kind to me."

"Haha, you're welcome."

"…"

Dinner was very lively.

The joy of a long-awaited reunion lit up the dining table.

Lu Bangguo drank a lot that night.

It was rare for him to get that drunk.

After dinner, Lu Bangguo sat on the sofa and watched the news. He spoke with emotion.

"Son, the biggest wish in my life is to see you become better than me. I didn't even graduate high school, I'm uneducated. You've already done that! From now on, your life is yours, you have to make your own decisions!"

Lu Zhou did not drink much, but he was slightly intoxicated as well. He smiled and replied, "What do you mean you're uneducated? You're a mathematician's father, that makes you educated as well."

"Hey, when you put it like that… It makes sense? Does that mean I'm educated as well?"

Soon after, Lu Bangguo started to snore on the sofa.

Lu Zhou picked up the remote and lowered the TV volume.

Once Xiao Tong finished helping her mom with the dishes, she ran to the sofa and eagerly asked her brother.

"Bro, you really went to America?!"

Lu Zhou rolled his eyes, "Of course I did. Don't tell me you don't know what Princeton is either?!"

Xiao Tong suddenly grabbed his arm and smiled as she asked, "Then brother, where is my gift?"

Lu Zhou was well aware of her tricks. He sighed and said, "Your gift is in my suitcase, but should I give it to you?"

Xiao Tong said pitifully, "What do you mean by should? I'm your dearest sister."

Lu Zhou replied, "Because I'm afraid that you won't study well after getting a new phone."

Xiao Tong's eyes lit up and she asked, "New phone? Is it Apple?!"

Lu Zhou replied, "What did you get for the mathematics exam?"

"145!" replied Xiao Tong quickly. She added, "I'm not lying!"

Lu Zhou replied, "Are you sure?"

Xiao Tong, "Yes, yes, I really did!"

Lu Zhou waved his hand and said, "Fine, it's in my suitcase. Go and grab it yourself."

"Wow! Brother, you're the best!"

Xiao Tong pecked Lu Zhou's cheek before she climbed down from the sofa.

As Lu Zhou watched his sister jumped, he smiled.

Home is the best.

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