In the evening, as is customary, after the first day of academic conferences, the American Mathematical Society hosted a dinner at the hotel next to the University of Berkeley.

For the mathematics community, academic conferences and banquets after award ceremonies are almost the main ways for this group of scholars to contact and communicate with their peers.

However, this kind of academic conference for young scholars, unless they see a paper that is of particular interest, or many bigwigs will not make a special trip here. If it weren't for the stopover, Lu Zhou would probably not have come here to show his face.

It is precisely because of this that the only few bigwigs are more "sought-after".

Although Lu Zhou was very low-key when he entered, and deliberately chose the side door of the banquet hall, after entering the banquet hall, the people who talked to him were one after another, so that he was almost never idle.

As for his little apprentice, he followed him step by step, looking nervously from side to side, as if he was not good at such occasions.

Even if Lu Zhou advised her many times, this kind of banquet was a good opportunity to expand her network, and she should communicate with others more than follow her, because staying next to her would hardly anyone notice her existence.

However, the little girl did not listen to him.

In the end, Lu Zhou had to give up persuasion and go with her.

To be honest, he had never seen such a timid and afraid hair.

It seems that there is still a long way to go to train her into a great scholar.

Halfway through the banquet, elegant music played on the dance floor.

As the music played, the population density in the banquet hall finally began to shift to the dance floor, and Lu Zhou was finally relieved from the continuous greetings.

Having taken a bottle of champagne from the long table, Lu Zhou walked to the lounge area at the edge of the banquet hall and sat down.

Just as he was about to listen to music and enjoy this short leisure time, a tall American girl with long natural wavy hair came up to him and plucked up the courage to strike up a conversation with him.

"Hello, Professor Lu, my name is Hannah, it's a pleasure to meet you."

Lu Zhou said with a pleasant face: "Hello, Miss Hannah, is there something wrong?" ”

Hannah: "It's not particularly hard for you...... Can I sit across from you? ”

"Absolutely." Lu Zhou glanced at her with some confusion, not understanding what she wanted to do.

"That's right, I'm very interested in mathematical physics, and I plan to apply for the mathematical physics major at Stanford University next year," Hannah said with a red face after looking at Lu Zhou with some embarrassment, "I've always admired your story, but I didn't expect to have the opportunity to meet you at this party...... Can you please help me write a letter of recommendation? ”

That's it.

It is indeed not difficult for overseas professors to write letters of recommendation, and many professors have to write dozens of letters at the end of each year. Although not everyone will give it if they want it, they will basically give it in person.

"Of course, but it's not that easy to get my letter of recommendation. I can give you a chance, but it's up to you whether you can grasp it," Lu Zhou smiled, responding to her apprehensive gaze, and said in a relaxed tone, "So, are you mentally prepared?" ”

I don't know if it's because of the context, or if he has some deviations in the use of English words, which makes Miss Hannah, who is sitting across from him, have some strange brain holes. So much so that after hearing his words, her brain instantly crashed for a few seconds.

"Huh? Huh?! Hannah was stunned for a while, and when she came back to her senses, an inexplicable red cloud suddenly appeared on her cheeks, and her eyes dodged left and right in a panic, "But, I ...... Me, okay. ”

Taking a deep breath, she calmed down.

Looking down at the table, Miss Hannah bit her lower lip lightly and whispered.

"I ...... Get ready. ”

Although she is a professor, she is about the same age as her, so she doesn't have much of a burden psychologically. And it's better to say that this kind of seemingly harmless man and animal, but in fact full of aggression, is quite appetizing to her.

But that's too straightforward.

Although she is not averse to this straight ball......

"OK, it seems that you are ready," nodded with satisfaction, Lu Zhou looked at Vera, who was sitting next to him and was also stunned there, and said, "Vera, test her for my debut complex variable function question." Don't forget not to be too difficult, probably undergraduate level questions are enough. ”

Vera: ......?

Hannah:???

……

Complex variable functions and partial differential equations are the basis of mathematical physics, but the latter is still too difficult for undergraduates who have not yet started their master's studies, and it is relatively reasonable to choose the topic of complex variables for investigation.

Although the attitude of overseas professors towards recommendation letters is "as long as you ask for it sincerely, I will basically give it", Lu Zhou feels that as a master in the field of number theory, he must have his own characteristics.

It's not that easy to get a letter of recommendation from him.

If you're not familiar with it, then do it!

Although she looked confused, after all, it was the tutor's order, and Vera still did it obediently.

Since there was no pen and paper in the banquet hall, she took Miss Hannah, who was still confused, to the lobby of the hotel.

There was finally no one around, and Lu Zhou leaned back comfortably in his chair.

However, God seemed destined not to let him be idle, and as soon as the two girls left here, Mr. Francis, the president of the American Mathematical Society, came over with a man in a suit.

"Hello Professor Lu, we're meeting again." The gray-bearded Mr. Francis walked over and smiled kindly at Lu Zhou.

The first Princeton conference was the Best Young Speaker Award he presented to Lu Zhou, as well as a prize of $10,000. Although there is not much communication between the two academically, the relationship is still good in private.

Lu Zhou got up and shook his hand, then looked at the unremarkable-looking man next to him.

I always feel that this person is a little familiar, but I can't recognize who it is.

"Long time no see...... Who is this? ”

Mr. Francis smiled and said, "Allow me to introduce you to this gentleman Elon Musk. ”

Elon Musk?

This time Lu Zhou was really surprised.

It's not that I'm surprised by the big guy's name, but I can't figure out why he's here.

"Nice to meet you, Professor Lu." Looking at Lu Zhou, Musk said with a smile, "Although it is the first time we have met, I have admired your name for a long time." ”

Lu Zhou glanced at him with some surprise and shook his hand.

"Hello, I'm glad to meet you too."

Speaking of Elon Musk, he is also a great man.

After receiving a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Pennsylvania, it took him less than a year to earn a bachelor's degree in physics.

Fast forward '95, and out of his love for science, he went on to pursue a Ph.D. in materials science and applied physics at Stanford University.

However, perhaps because his status as a top student could no longer satisfy him, he only spent two days at Stanford University before choosing to leave the campus and go to Silicon Valley.

As for what happened later, many people probably know. In less than a decade, as the founder of SpaceX, Tesla and PayPal, he has made a legend in Silicon Valley with his own name.

Whether it is online payment technology, new energy vehicles, or the ambitious "Falcon 9 rocket" and "Mars colonization plan", he has used his actions to explain to the world what is a real technology company and what is called technology to change the world.

Of course, technology here mainly refers to the technical aspect.

In this regard, he and Lu Zhou are probably two completely different types of people. Aside from his identity as a corporate president and a scholar, he is more like an engineer, while Lu Zhou is a scholar.

To make an inappropriate analogy, the difference between the two is probably similar to "Iron Man" and "Mister Fantastic" in Marvel.

It is precisely because of this that Lu Zhou is a little puzzled as to why he is here.

He had never heard of him in mathematics.

As if seeing Lu Zhou's confusion, Mr. Francis said with a smile: "Mr. Musk is the patron of this academic conference, I heard that you are here, but he made a special trip from Palo Alto to come here. ”

Lu Zhou glanced at him and asked with some surprise: "Mr. Musk is also interested in mathematics?" ”

"Of course, science is inseparable from mathematics, and although I don't study mathematics as deeply as I do physics, I admire mathematicians. Because when I was studying physics at Pennsylvania, the biggest headache was not physics problems, but math problems. ”

Looking at Lu Zhou, Musk smiled and said something that surprised him.

"I'm more interested in you than math, though."

Lu Zhou: ......?

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(Yesterday there was something going on at home, and only one chapter came out, and I had to go out in a while, so there was only one chapter today.) For the sake of the stability I've been playing, just when I took a leave of absence today, QAQ)

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