At 7 a.m. on February 28, 2011, the 83rd Academy Awards was held at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles.

This year's Oscars won four awards for Best Director, Best Picture, Best Actor, and Best Original Screenplay by "The King's Speech", becoming the biggest winner of this year's Oscars.

However, Xiao Lizi once again missed the Oscar statuette, although "Inception" starring him sparked a hot topic around the world and collected more than $800 million at the box office, it only won four technical awards for best cinematography, best sound editing, best sound mixing and best visual effects, missing out on Best Picture.

This once again proves that compared with technology and acting, who is more important.

Of course, Liu Feng is not interested in the Oscars, but he is still very interested in sci-fi movies like "Inception".

"Inception" is about a thief who can sneak into people's dreams and steal valuable secrets in the subconscious, but unlike in the past, the protagonist's mission this time is not to steal ideas, but to implant them.

Although stealing ideas and implanting ideas is just the imagination of the family, in Liu Feng's view, this is not without scientific basis, and it involves the category of human brain neuroscience and quantum chromodynamics......

What is the human mind, from the perspective of physics, it is the information formed by the combination of segments of quanta, theoretically speaking, if you can intercept or add a certain fragment to these quanta, Inception is no longer an unattainable science fiction problem.

Of course, at the current level of physics, this is basically an impossible task, even if Liu Feng has figured out the theory of great unification......

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), referred to as Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is located in the Greater Boston area of Cambridge, Massachusetts, and is a world-renowned private research university, and is even known as "the world's largest polytechnic university".

On the afternoon of March 4, a flight landed at the airport in Cambridge.

Leaving the airport with suitcases, Liu Feng and a group of four people boarded a taxi and headed for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

The International Conference on High Energy Physics, co-sponsored by Professor Ding and MIT, will be held here.

At that time, there will be countless internationally renowned physicists here, although not as good as the talent gathering at CERN, but in terms of high-end talents, especially dynamite award winners, they will be even stronger.

In addition to Prof. Ding Zhaozhong and Prof. David Gross, internationally renowned dynamite laureates such as David Politzer and Frank Wilczek were invited to attend.

In addition, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology itself has several dynamite award winners, although it is not physics, but for a while, it can be said that it is a group of talents, and the young man is salty.

After getting off the bus at the gate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Academician Wang looked up at the gate of the college and couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion.

It's been almost 10 years since he graduated here, and he thinks back to the days when he studied here, and now, things are no longer ...... How could Academician Wang, who once again stepped into the gate of his alma mater, not be full of emotion?

Glancing at his watch, seeing that the time was not early, Academician Wang said, "Let's go, I'll take you to the place where you live." Although Massachusetts is a world-famous university, there are not many star-rated hotels around, and at this point in time, I am afraid that they are all full. ”

Senior Brother Guo: "Boss, where do we live?"

Wen Yanyi: "Yes, boss, there is no star hotel, we can't sleep!"

Liu Feng grinned: "Haha, anyway, here in Massachusetts, arrange a 5-star hotel for us, if you don't dislike it, you two come over and squeeze it?"

Senior Brother Wen and the others rolled their eyes, but they were helpless against Liu Feng.

After all, who is the authentic invitee?

Those of them who came to see the excitement had to find a place to live by themselves.

Academician Wang shook his head: "Although it is known as a 5-star hotel, it is only 4-star at most. Let's go, I'll take you to a private hotel, not far from the neighborhood, although not a star, but compared to a 5-star hotel, it is not bad at all. Moreover, the owner of that hotel is a friend of mine, and the room has been reserved for us a long time ago. ”

Yes, it is worthy of being the head snake here, and the 'market' is really deep!

So, under the leadership of Lao Wang, several people walked through the streets and alleys, walked less than 1 kilometer, and finally came to their destination.

- An apartment building that looks like it's a bit old.

"Welcome, my friend. Hearty laughter, a middle-aged man had been waiting at the door for a long time, and as soon as he saw Academician Wang, he hurriedly stepped forward and hugged him, "It's been a long time, but it's okay all these years?"

"Long time no see, Charles. Academician Wang also hurriedly greeted, "Thanks to you, I can still get by all these years." ”

"Really? That's good. Charles smiled, then turned to look at the people next to him, "These are your students?"

"That's right, Guo Shengfei, Wen Yanyi, Liu Feng. Academician Wang pointed to a few people around him and introduced, "The three of you, this is Professor David Charles, who is currently the associate dean of the MIT Business School. ”

"Hello, Professor Charles. ”

The three of them stood up one after another and shook hands with Professor Charles.

A happy atmosphere for guests and hosts.

Professor Charles then led several people into the room.

Liu Feng took a look, and sure enough, the decoration inside is indeed comparable to a 5-star hotel, but he didn't expect that the apartment building with its unsightly appearance has such a luxurious decoration inside, and, it seems, the business is quite good?

At least, Liu Feng had already seen a number of people coming in and out of here.

"Most of the people who live here are MIT professors and their friends, and they are all in the academic community, so both security and privacy are guaranteed, and the academic atmosphere here is much better than in other places. ”

Academician Wang gave the three of them a detailed introduction to the situation here.

"Have you packed up? I'll take you to afternoon tea. ”

It's not dinner time, but it's just right for afternoon tea, and many scholars have the habit of exchanging academic issues during afternoon tea, especially at academic conferences, people who don't drink afternoon tea will also habitually go to the restaurant at this point in time.

So, Academician Wang took Liu Feng and a few people to a table in a corner of the café.

At that table, a fair-skinned, tall, thin foreigner was sitting, looking at an open laptop, studying something.

Obviously, Academician Wang knew this person, walked over to say hello to him, and introduced Liu Feng and the others with a smile: "This is my senior brother, that is, your uncle, Professor Wendell!"

Seeing Academician Wang, Professor Wendell's eyes lit up, and he stood up with a smile: "Wang, I haven't seen you for a long time, you guy, you are finally willing to go back to country M? These should be your students! Hello, I'm Wendell." ”

"Hello, Professor Wendell!"

Liu Feng and the three hurriedly stepped forward to shake hands with Wendell.

"By the way, among the three of you, who is named Liu Feng?"

"Hello, professor, I am Liu Feng. ”

Taking the initiative to stand up and introduce himself, Liu Feng shook Professor Wendell's hand again, and said with a smile, "Do you also study particle physics?"

"Pretty much, except that my main research area is nuclear physics. Professor Wendell replied with a smile, "I've heard your name from Professor Ding for a long time, young man, you're very good. ”

"Where," Liu Feng responded modestly, "it's just a new discovery, even without me, Professor Ding and they can figure it out." ”

Professor Wendell smiled and said, "I know, this is just a humble word for you Chinese. Seriously, how many people have been able to discover two new particles for decades? And with the news coming out of CERN, young man, you don't know how famous you are now! Will you come up to the stage to give a presentation at this academic conference?"

Liu Feng continued to say modestly: "It should be, the organizer does have an arrangement." ”

Professor Wendell nodded, "Yes, young man, don't forget to leave me a place to sit in on the auditors!"

"Ahem!" Seeing that the two of them kept chatting like this, but his old friend was forgiven, Academician Wang interrupted awkwardly, "Wendell, what do you think of my apprentice?"

"Of course, Wang, I have to say that some people are born geniuses, and no matter how hard others try, they are far from being able to catch up! For example, you, who are a teacher, are far behind. ”

Wendell is serious.

Academician Wang: "......"

Is there such a thing as hurtful as you?

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A few people talked and laughed, and just like that, a day passed.

For the next day, Liu Feng and the others didn't go anywhere else, and wandered around the campus of MIT all day long.

In the afternoon, they are usually in the apartment's dining room.

Although Liu Feng rarely takes the initiative to participate in discussions with others, he can learn a lot from other people's discussions.

In addition to physics, the most people in the apartment are professors who study economics and management, and listening to their discussions, Liu Feng himself has gained a lot.

There are indeed many people attending MIT academic conferences, even more than CERN's restart experiment conference.

The exchanges and discussions between the bigwigs and the bigwigs are like the high-energy particles in a super collider, the sparks that collide are not as strong as they are ordinary; many problems are thrown out and then solved; and many new ideas are put forward, although they are not necessarily correct......

However, for Liu Feng and others, even if they sit here and drink a glass of boiled water, the harvest they get is comparable to working behind closed doors for several months.