When Tian Lu saw Cao Dashan, it was already nearly twelve o'clock.

After making two phone calls to his home and school, under the persuasion of Professor Bruce, the scientific researchers who were waiting for Tian Lu regretfully but understandingly dispersed, allowing Tian Lu to avoid a trouble, but he could not avoid the reporters who had been waiting outside the auditorium, and reluctantly accepted a brief interview for half an hour.

The interview ended at Tian Lu's insistence, and it was only then that he met Cao Dashan, who had been there for a while.

Somewhat unexpectedly, Cao Dashan's voice on the phone was low and hoarse, which made Tian Lu feel that he was a short and strong man, but now it seems that the other party is only in his early forties, tall and thin, and his appearance is quite delicate, and the voice is completely different.

"Hello Professor Tian, I am Cao Dashan, Consul General of the Consulate General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Los Angeles, and I am very honored to meet you. At the same time, I would like to congratulate you on winning this year's Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine, and thank you for winning the honor for your country! ”

After seeing Tian Lu, Cao Dashan immediately stretched out his right hand and sighed very enthusiastically.

Without too much hesitation, Tian Lu also directly stretched out his right hand, and said with a slightly apologetic smile: "Mr. Cao, I'm really sorry, and I want you to run here from Los Angeles on purpose." I've actually talked to the Scripps Institute about it, and I'll be up and heading to Los Angeles in the afternoon, so ...... You've come so far for nothing! ”

Regarding Tian Lu's apology, Cao Dashan just smiled and shook his head: "How can this be running away in vain?" It should be said that it is such a coincidence that I am here, and it is also a great honor for me to accompany you back to Los Angeles! Other than that. If this is the case, our Consulate General is planning to prepare a cocktail party for you to celebrate the Nobel Prize, and our Ambassador to the United States, Mr. Wu Chaoyun, will also arrive in Los Angeles in the evening. ”

Maybe he has been in Europe and the United States for a long time, Tian Lu felt that this consul general spoke a little strangely, with the politeness of a Westerner, but he still nodded and smiled: "Actually, you don't have to be so troublesome......"

"Hehe, no trouble, no trouble, this is what we should do."

Before Tian Lu finished speaking, Cao Dashan had already waved his hand and said with a smile: "Professor Tian has brought back great honor for the motherland and the people. We're just organizing a little cocktail party. Where can it be considered trouble? ”

Seeing that Cao Dashan's attitude was quite sincere, Tian Lu didn't say anything more, thought for a while, nodded and continued: "That's good, but now I'm afraid I have to visit several laboratories in the Scripps Research Institute." Can you please ask Mr. Cao to wait for me for two hours? We set off at two o'clock. May I? ”。

"This ......"

Cao Dashan immediately hesitated. It's just that after seeing Tian Lu's expression, he immediately understood one thing, Tian Lu seemed to be asking for his opinion, but in fact, it was just to inform him. , so it seems that after calculating the time, he agreed very happily.

After the two chatted briefly, Tian Lu followed Professor Bruce to visit the laboratory, while Cao Dashan immediately took out his mobile phone and began to contact others frequently......

Although I really want to visit the newly built high-level laboratories of the Department of Neurobiology in my heart and learn about the future purchase of complete sets of equipment in advance, but through the phone call with Cao Qiong, Nakata Lu also knows that as long as it is two more hours, that is, after dawn in Kyoto, I am afraid that he will only be busy answering the phone, and the tension of the time behind does not allow him to dare to go to Los Angeles tomorrow morning as originally planned, so he can only communicate with Professor Bruce. The plan for the visit was brought forward, and the schedule was greatly reduced.

Lunch can only be eaten in the car.

Accompanied by Professor Bruce and Cao Dashan, Tian Lu visited the three newly built laboratories of the Scripps Research Institute, and learned in detail about the xing energy and function of the new equipment, but the time was too short, he didn't have time to see the complete actual work, and at two o'clock, he had to take the consulate business car of Cao Dashan with regret and helplessness, and began to gallop all the way to the first city that Tian Lu arrived in the United States, Los Angeles, the City of Angels.

San Diego is about 200 kilometers from Los Angeles, and the traffic conditions are excellent, and it only takes a little more than two hours to drive.

Tian Lu knew that there was a coastal road between the two, and the scenery was extremely beautiful, but it was obvious that Cao Dashan did not have this leisure, so he asked the driver to directly choose the nearest and fastest plan, and drove all the way to the City of Angels.

Although Cao Qiong specially explained Tian Lu and asked him to pay attention to the important phone calls from China, but after meeting Cao Dashan, the other party said indifferently that Tian Lu can of course answer the domestic congratulatory calls along the way, but some of the most important calls will definitely come after arriving at the Consulate General!

After receiving calls from several friends and partners on the road, Tian Lu sent a text message to Ye Lan, and then simply turned off the phone again.

At half past four o'clock in the afternoon, the car drove into the gate of the Los Angeles Consulate General.

Cao Dashan seemed to be a little anxious, and after pulling a subordinate to ask a few words, he didn't wait for Tian Lu and the consulate staff who had long been looking at Yu to say anything, so he pulled him quickly to his office, and then the door slammed down, and in addition to him, only Tian Lu and another middle-aged man in his early fifties were left in the room.

"Professor Tian, this is Comrade Wu Chaoyun, our country's ambassador to the United States!"

Without any pause, Cao Dashan directly introduced this middle-aged man with an elegant temperament to Tian Lu, and then said with a smile: "This is my country's first Nobel Prize winner in science and technology, Professor Tian Lu of Beijing Normal University!" ”

"Hello Professor Tian, I am Wu Chaoyun, first of all, I would like to congratulate you on winning this year's Nobel Prize, and also thank you for winning the highest scientific and technological honor for the motherland!"

Wu Chaoyun's first sentence was similar to what Cao Dashan said at noon. It's just that because the status is higher, the momentum is also more sufficient.

"Thank you, it's a pleasure to meet you, Ambassador Wu!"

Tian Lu naturally smiled enthusiastically and shook hands tightly with the other party.

I thought that the three of them should sit down and chat, but what Tian Lu didn't expect was that after introducing the two parties, Cao Dashan nodded slightly at Tian Lu, and actually opened the door and went out! Wu Chaoyun, on the other hand, waited for his subordinates to close the door and immediately smiled: "Professor Tian, sit down and wait for a while." I'll make a call! ”

This is a surprising situation. Let Tian Lu be stunned for a moment.

Wu Chaoyun's call was not carried by Tian Lu, and he did not deliberately lower his voice, so he could easily hear the topic on the phone, which was nothing more than to report to his superiors that Tian Lu had arrived at the Consulate General. And now I'm sitting in my office.

After the debriefing. Wu Chaoyun listened patiently to the phone. As if receiving some instructions, he hung up the phone after a few moments.

"Ambassador Wu, is there anything important that you brought me here?"

Hear what the other party said on the phone. Tian Lu also realized something in his heart, and immediately got up and asked.

"Yes."

Wu Chaoyun nodded without hesitation and said with a smile: "Professor Tian, there will be a very important call from China soon, it is from a leader you have met!" And this phone call will definitely be recorded and broadcast on our national TV program, so I will tell you about the relevant precautions in advance, and don't talk nonsense later! ”

One of the leaders I've met?

Tian Lu's heart was shocked, and after thinking for a while, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he said in surprise: "Ambassador Wu, what you are talking about is not the ...... I met two years ago."

"Yes, it's the Prime Minister!"

Obviously, Wu Chaoyun also knew that the prime minister had met Tian Lu, so he took a deep breath at this time, nodded and smiled: "Professor Tian, the importance that our country's leaders now attach to the progress of science and technology is far beyond your imagination!" You'll learn about this later. ”

"Jingle Bell ......"

After roughly telling Tian Lu about the precautions for answering the phone, that is, after ten minutes, the phone on the table rang.

Wu Chaoyun grabbed the phone for the first time, and nodded after a few seconds: "Yes, I'm Wu Chaoyun, and Professor Tian is next to me now!" ”……

"Okay, wait a minute!"

Taking the phone off his ear, Wu Chaoyun smiled and nodded at Okita Lu, motioning for him to answer the call.

Tian Lu immediately took the phone and put it to his ear, smiled and said, "Hello, I am Tian Lu from the School of Medicine of Beijing Normal University!" ”

"Hello Professor Tian, the following is the Prime Minister on the phone with you!"

Although the other party's voice was very polite, Tian Lu could easily hear a trace of indifference from it, as if Tian Lu, the new Nobel Prize winner, was not a great figure. But of course Tian Lu won't think much about it, because the person who is going to talk to him next is the real big man!

In a moment's trance, the voice that although I had only met it once, it still remembered deeply: "Hello Professor Tian, I am ............

The Consulate General of the People's Republic of China in Los Angeles was brightly lit and guests gathered that night.

The welcome dinner that was originally planned for Tian Lu by the UCLA School of Medicine and Ronald Reagan Medical Center was canceled after Tian Lu coordinated with the other party, and the guests rushed to the Consulate General this evening to attend the banquet.

In addition to the staff of the Consulate General and these guests, including the ambassador to the United States Wu Chaoyun, some local Chinese representatives in Los Angeles, a total of more than 200 people attended, and the lobby was not too big!

At eight o'clock in the evening, the banquet officially began.

"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the reception hosted by the Consulate General of the People's Republic of China in Los Angeles in the United States for Professor Tian Lu! As you all know, in the early hours of this morning, US time, the 2021 Nobel Prize announced the first award, that is, the list of winners of the Physiology and Medicine Prize......"

When Wu Chaoyun, the ambassador to the United States, began to deliver a welcome speech, Tian Lu was of course listening carefully, but under that serious expression, he was still pondering the phone call just now.

In fact, the phone call didn't say much, because it needed to be filmed and recorded as news material, and the communication between the two certainly couldn't be as casual as two years ago, and it seemed a lot more formulaic, but Tian Lu still felt the joy and excitement of the prime minister from it!

“…… Just now, Mr. Prime Minister of our country called Professor Tian Lu to congratulate him on winning this year's Nobel Prize and spoke highly of Professor Tian's great achievements......"

When Tian Lu was pondering, Wu Chaoyun on the stage quickly mentioned the phone call just now, which made him suddenly come out of his thoughts.

It's just that although he is no longer meditating, Tian Lu's mind is not on the stage. Although it is inconvenient to look back because he is standing at the front, Tian Lu has already learned in advance that in addition to Professor Carter and Professor Francis in Los Angeles, senior brother Lei Kang and senior sister Fang Hua who came from other places are here, these faces are really long gone!

Tian Lu was thinking in his heart, but Wu Chaoyun's brief speech on the stage had come to an end, and finally he said very enthusiastically and loudly: "Next, let us invite the Nobel Prize winner in physiology and medicine, Professor Tian Lu from our Huaguo Jingshi University, to speak on stage!" ”

"Whoa......

In the applause that sounded like a thunderous storm, Tian Lu took a deep breath, a faint smile appeared on his face, and then raised his feet and took a few steps forward, and stood beside Wu Chaoyun......

When I was writing these chapters, I kept thinking, when will we win the Nobel Prize in science in reality? After winning the award, will the country attach so much importance to it?

I think so. (To be continued......)