Jinling Institute for Advanced Study.

Somewhere in the office of the Institute of Mathematics.

Enduring the smell of chalk all over the room, Lu Zhou, who walked to open the window as soon as he entered the door, first stuck his head out of the window and took a breath, and then looked back at Professor Chen Yang, who was standing next to the blackboard with a confused face.

"That question you asked me the day before yesterday was kind of interesting."

Coughing slightly, Lu Zhou shook the stack of paper papers in his hand.

"I went back and looked into it, and that's the rough result...... Oh yes, by the way, your reasoning is correct, and it seems that your mathematical instincts are quite sharp. If this thing were a little harder, it could be hung out as a mathematical conjecture. ”

Looking back at the things on his blackboard, and then at the stack of A4 papers in Lu Zhou's hand, Chen Yang, who was standing in front of the blackboard, was obviously stunned, and even the tone that was always not much undulating was a little surprised in disbelief.

"You...... Already worked it out? ”

"It took a little time, but it didn't take long, for me it was just a matter of minutes, I definitely didn't think about it all night......"

Pinching his eyebrows, Lu Zhou waved his right hand holding the stack of A4 papers, and then slapped them all on the table, "Speaking of which, do you have coffee here?" If you don't bother, get me a drink. ”

Chen Yang nodded his head.

"Okay."

Soon, coffee was served.

However, looking at the few chalk handprints on the side of the cup, Lu Zhou's eyebrows suddenly couldn't help twitching.

"Can't you just try to keep up with the times? Even if you're not used to something like a whiteboard, it's always fine to write on scratch paper. ”

Chen Yang shook his head: "The equation written with that kind of thing has no soul. ”

Lu Zhou: "......"

Not noticing the speechless expression on Lu Zhou's face, Chen Yang couldn't wait to say, "Paper, can you show me?" ”

“…… Of course," Lu Zhou, who came back to his senses, shrugged his shoulders, and finally overcame his cleanliness habit by being sleepy, picked up the cup of coffee with chalk handprints and took a sip, "You are free, I was originally here to communicate with you about this thing." ”

"Thank you!"

After saying thank you, Chen Yang put all his attention on the paper and put Lu Zhou aside.

While Professor Chen was looking at his paper, Lu Zhou also took the time to look at the rows of blackboards standing next to the office wall.

The equations on the blackboard were clearly his attempt to prove the proposition he had put forward the day before yesterday.

However, it is a pity that during this day, he only touched the edge of the door, and even said that he was still spinning around the door of the labyrinth.

Thinking of this, Lu Zhou couldn't help but sigh faintly in his heart.

He's a master.

It's just a pity that it's still far from him.

I knew that this topic was so difficult for him, so I didn't rush to get this paper out overnight, and now I am sleepy to death.

Hey, it's so lonely as snow......

At this moment, Chen Yang, who was looking at the paper, suddenly raised his head with bright eyes, and suddenly popped out two words.

"Awesome!"

It is worthy of Academician Lu!

The places he couldn't figure out all day, and even the places he hadn't thought of yet, were actually solved by him so lightly!

Thinking of this, Chen Yang's eyes even brought a rare worship.

Awesome!

I don't know if it's because of my lack of vocabulary or because I don't know how to speak, this guy seems to have so many words to praise people.

Hearing his words, Lu Zhou smiled and asked, "Do you understand?" ”

Chen Yang nodded: "Understood...... Three-quarters, there are still some things that I don't quite understand, can you explain them to me? ”

Putting down the coffee cup, Lu Zhou said in a relaxed tone.

"No problem."

Answering Chen Yang's confusion did not take Lu Zhou a lot of effort.

Although this guy looks a little silly, his instincts and reactions are surprisingly sharp when it comes to math problems. It may not be possible to draw inferences, but basically the places where he has problems can be easily dialed by Lu Zhou, and many things that he couldn't figure out immediately will be figured out.

This reminded Lu Zhou of a student he had taken with him in Princeton before, that student's name was Qin Yue, and he was also a type of taciturn and good at independent thinking, the only difference was that he was not so wooden as he was.

To be honest, Lu Zhou was a little curious about how he had come over in the past twenty or thirty years.

Emotional intelligence is so low, won't you be beaten?

After answering all of Chen Yang's questions, Lu Zhou was basically sure that there were probably no technical omissions in his paper.

Looking at Chen Yang, who was looking back at the blackboard and pondering, he suddenly remembered something, so he spoke.

"By the way, the problem discussed in this paper is a bit interesting, and after I sorted it out, I easily incorporated it into the theory of the superelliptic curve analysis method...... Like you said, this makes this math tool compatible with more problems. ”

"I submitted the paper to the Annals of Mathematics, do you have any comments?"

Confused by Lu Zhou's words, Chen Yang looked back at Lu Zhou and asked, "This...... Does it matter? ”

Seeing that he didn't care, Lu Zhou was a little embarrassed, and coughed lightly.

"One section doesn't work much for me, but it still works a little bit for you...... But after all, I made it.,So you're the second work.,You're okay with it, right? ”

Chen Yang nodded.

"Oh."

Lu Zhou: "......"

This guy ......

How did you survive in academia until now?

The atmosphere in the office fell silent.

Just when Lu Zhou couldn't figure out this problem, the mobile phone in his pocket suddenly rang.

"I'll go out and answer a call."

"Okay." Chen Yang nodded expressionlessly, and then continued to look at the blackboard.

Leaving the paper with him for the time being, and walking out of the office full of chalk dust, Lu Zhou felt a burst of fresh air, took out his mobile phone and pressed the button to connect.

"Hello?"

There was not a second of pause, and Director Li's voice soon came from the other end of the phone.

"It's me!"

Director Lee?

Lu Zhou thought that the report on the carbon-based chip had not been written yet, and this guy should not be looking for himself for the chip, so he asked.

"What's wrong?"

Director Li smiled a little embarrassedly and said, "That, Academician Lu, have you had time lately?" ”

As soon as he heard the old guy's embarrassed and somewhat flattering tone, a kind of intuition that was mostly waiting for him with very troublesome things, he instantly climbed into Lu Zhou's heart.

He's so familiar with it!

Coughing lightly, Lu Zhou opened his mouth and said, "...... It depends on what happens. ”

Director Li: "No trouble! If you have time, try to go to Shanghai! ”

Lu Zhou was slightly stunned: "What are you doing in Shanghai?" ”

What do you go to Shanghai inexplicably?

Director Li smiled and said, "Isn't it the end of the month?" The headquarters of the IMCRC is about to be unveiled, and you are also the first chairman, why don't you take two steps? ”

Lu Zhou: "......??? ”