Lu Zhou didn't expect that he went to the United States by himself, and not only did he not spend all the funds given by the school, but also brought back 10,000 US dollars.

This was a bit of a surprise to him.

Bucking the crowd that flocked to the outside of the auditorium, Lu Zhou, who walked up to the podium, received a certificate and a check from Mr. Francis.

"Congratulations, Lu Zhou from Jinling University, your report is impressive, and I have heard that many professors, such as Deligne and Zelberg, have given high praise to your presentation. Although you made temporary changes to the content on display, I don't think that prevents the content from being exciting. ”

"If you're willing to study for a Ph.D. at Princeton, I'm sure many professors are willing to write letters of recommendation for you, and that includes me, of course."

Studying for a Ph.D. at Princeton requires not only good paper grades, but also various proofs of academic activities, extracurricular activities, etc., as well as the most important three or more letters of recommendation from experts in the same field of study.

"Then I won't delay your time, go and enjoy the rest of the academic conference." Patting Lu Zhou on the shoulder, Mr. Francis walked slowly behind the scenes with a black cane.

He looked at Mr. Francis's back, and then at the certificate in his hand.

In Lu Zhou's mind, a thought suddenly popped up.

Do you actively participate in this academic conference?

Albeit in an alternative way.

Forget it, leave these things to the system to worry about.

What is the evaluation, wait until the evening back to the hotel, everything can be revealed.

Walking towards the outside of the auditorium, Lu Zhou saw a person.

It was an old man with a bald head and a trench coat.

When Lu Zhou was looking at him, he was also looking at him.

When Lu Zhou approached, he spoke.

"Excellent proof."

"Thank you...... Are you Professor Deligne? ”

"Yes." Professor Deligne nodded.

This old professor has very few words, and he is a bit similar to Lu Zhou's Senior Brother Qian.

But the difference is that even if the old man doesn't say a word, he can feel a clear sense of oppression from his sight.

Rumor has it that this meticulous old man has a habit of preparing about 3 or 4 possible counter-examples in his head before listening to any lecture, and if he is sure that the reporter is wrong, he will mercilessly come up with counter-examples in the questioning session......

Compared with a mild discussion, this is probably the most unruly way to veto.

Could this be the source of this sense of oppression?

After a pause of about half a minute in silence, Professor Deligne spoke again.

"Should you consider publishing that paper in the Annals of Mathematics?"

Hearing this, Lu Zhou was stunned.

There are many mathematical almanacs, both abroad and domestic, and what Professor Deligne is referring to is obviously not from across the Pacific, but Princeton's Annals-of-Mathematics, one of the four most authoritative "comprehensive" mathematics journals in mathematics today.

Lu Zhou immediately asked, "Can I submit more than one manuscript?" ”

Professor Deligne shook his head: "It's not a matter of submitting multiple manuscripts, the paper you submitted to the academic conference is a study of the distribution law of Mersenne primes, not a proof of the twin prime conjecture." Although the conference team will be happy to accept your supplementary submission, I do not recommend you to publish your research results through this supplementary submission, not to mention that this kind of mathematics conference is not a top academic conference. ”

After a pause, he continued, "If you are willing to submit your paper to the Annals of Mathematics, send me a copy of your paper as soon as possible, I may be busy in a while...... However, there is still time to review the manuscript in the near future. ”

Lu Zhou: "I'll prepare when I go back to the hotel." ”

"Don't be in such a hurry, just enjoy the party and the beer today, I'm not going to be so unreasonable," Professor Deligne smiled rarely, but only for a moment.

After hesitating for a moment, he took out a letter from the inner pocket of his windbreaker and slowly handed it to Lu Zhou's hand.

"What is this?"

Looking at the letter in his hand in confusion, Lu Zhou was stunned when he saw the sender.

【Alexander Grothendieck】

Damn?!

Looking at the shocked expression on Lu Zhou's face, Professor Deligne coughed lightly and said slowly, "This letter was written in November last year. ”

"I thought that after so many years, he had been indifferent to what was going on outside after many years of absence from the world of mathematics, until he handed me a stack of unopened letters and asked me to follow the list and at the right time to pass it on to the young talents who were emerging in the field of mathematics...... And this letter belongs to you. ”

Looking at the letter in his hand and feeling its weight, Lu Zhou took a deep breath: "Thank you." ”

"You're welcome, I should thank you."

Nodding slightly, Professor Deligne left such a sentence of unknown meaning and turned to leave.

……

At the evening party, Lu Zhou finally chose to miss it.

The enthusiasm of foreigners, he really didn't want to try again.

Moreover, he already had a premonition that he would probably be poured a lot of wine.

Last time, I managed to keep the festival, but this time if I add the stimulation of alcohol, I'm afraid it won't be as simple as losing the festival......

After decisively leaving the party and returning to the hotel, Lu Zhou lay flat on the bed, and his consciousness entered a pure white system space, and came to the translucent holographic screen.

[Congratulations to the host for completing the task!] 】

[The completion of the task is as follows: Participation in each link of the Princeton Mathematics Academic Conference: (poster communication + 2 points), (lecture listening + 4 points), (academic dinner + 1 point), (report meeting + 25 points)]

[Final Evaluation: S+]

[Reward: 42,000 points of math experience.] 1 chance to win a prize (80% Junk, 10% Sample, 8% Blueprint, 2% Branch Technology Unlocked)]

Seeing the experience value of the task reward, Lu Zhou was stunned for a moment, wondering if he had read a zero wrong.

When he counted it again, he realized that he was not mistaken.

"Hold the grass?! 40,000 math experience? ”

Lu Zhou, who was ecstatic, did not hesitate to give an order to the system.

"System, open the Properties panel!"

【

Trunk Science:

A. Mathematics: LV3 (4000/100000)

B. Physics: LV1 (5100/10000)

C. Biochemistry: LV1 (0/10000)

D. Engineering: LV1 (0/10000)

E. Materials Science: LV1 (3000/10000)

F. Energy: LV1 (0/10000)

G. Informatics: LV1 (2900/10000)

Points: 1975 (1 entry)

】

Looking at the attribute panel, Lu Zhou clenched his fists excitedly.

LV3！

It's just that the excitement didn't last for two seconds.

After seeing the string of zeros in the upper limit of experience, Lu Zhou's mood suddenly became less beautiful.

100,000 experience.

When will this Nima go!