News always flies faster than airplanes, not to mention that long before Lu Zhou got on the plane back home, the news was already running abroad.

The first to report was naturally an interview with CTV.

Unlike the previous few times in a group of newsletters that only appeared in the news network/broadcast, this time, CCTV really regarded him as a hot news of current affairs, put it in the feature film of the news network/broadcast, and spent 1 minute to introduce the Goldbach conjecture and the Cafford Award.

Goldbach conjecture is a term, and most people who have heard of Chen Jingrun and "1+2" will not be unfamiliar. However, the Crawford Award is relatively new to most people.

After all, no one in China has ever won this award, and the country will naturally not deliberately do this kind of publicity. Of course, people in the industry understand the gold content of this award, and as for the rest of the people, there is no need to understand things that have nothing to do with them.

But now that someone has won this award, the meaning is naturally different.

Compared with applied science, basic science is a relatively weak field in China, but weakness does not mean giving up. Although the weight of a Cratford Prize is not as important as the real Nobel Prize, it is still quite important in the entire field of natural science.

The emergence of an outstanding scholar, especially a young scholar, is a huge contribution to national self-confidence and to the development of the entire field. This effect will not be immediately reflected on the paper data, but it will be imperceptibly produced and subtly changed......

In the small town of Jiangling, the Lu family sat at the dining table to eat.

On TV, the news was playing.

Moreover, it happened to be an interview with Lu Zhou by a CCTV reporter.

When he heard the familiar voice, Xiao Tong, who was immersed in eating, raised his head and saw the familiar face, and his fawn-like eyes suddenly widened.

"Vozh...... Old, dude?! ”

"Girls, don't swear! I'm going to college soon, be quiet! ”

Fang Mei counted Xiaotong's sentences as usual, but her tone was not strong, because her eyes couldn't take her eyes off the TV.

As for Lao Lu, he was completely stunned, not to mention forgetting to educate Xiaotong, and even the chopsticks on the side of the bowl stopped.

"This kid...... Even won the Nobel Prize? ”

Xiaotong complained next to him: "Dad, you are only fifty years old and dizzy, and people are clearly winning the Cafford Award." ”

"What do you say about your father? This little thing ......" Although Lao Lu reprimanded on his lips, his face was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth.

Seeing the news, he didn't eat anymore, got up and went to find his mobile phone and called his son.

The first time it didn't get through, it sounded busy.

The second time I called, the call was considered to have gone through.

"Hey, you kid can mix outside, why don't you say a word?"

Listening to the familiar voice on the mobile phone, Lu Zhou, who had just stepped off the plane, said with a smile.

"Didn't I want to surprise you?"

It's boring to talk on the phone, and I guess I have to talk to my dad for a long time about the difference between the Nobel Prize and the Craford Prize and the Nobel Prize. Anyway, CTV will also popularize science for itself, and simply wait for the news to popularize science for itself, which will be more surprising.

"I just got off the plane and my phone was turned off...... Someone is calling me, so let's not talk about it, I'll be home in two days anyway. ”

Old Lu was happy, and said with a smile: "You kid is very busy, who called you?" ”

Lu Zhou: "I guess it's the school, let's hang it first." ”

Lu Zhou really didn't guess wrong, this call was really from Jin Dae.

But it didn't matter if he answered it or not, because when he answered the phone, he had already seen Dean Qin who was on the phone, as well as a few students unfurling a banner at the entrance of the airport.

[Congratulations to Zhou Lu, a graduate of our university and a professor of mathematics at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, for overcoming the world's difficult problem Goldbach's conjecture and winning the Cafford Prize in Mathematics.] 】

This time, the banner is a bit long, and it is difficult for Lu Zhou to pretend that he doesn't see it.

And not only Academician Xu Lao, the president of Jinda, and Dean Qin of the Academy of Mathematics were here, Lu Zhou even saw Secretary Liu, the number one leader in Jinling City, and some people who greeted him with a smile in a suit, but he had never met before.

But in fact, it doesn't matter if you don't know each other, if you are a well-known scholar in China, you may need to spend some time dealing with these leaders.

But Lu Zhou's current identity is a Cratford Prize winner, a young scholar pushed by the propaganda machine, even if the distance from the Fields Medal is only the time to wait for an 18-year international mathematician conference.

For such an internationally renowned scholar, many rules that are taken for granted by ordinary people are no longer practical for him.

As soon as they met, Academician Xu warmly shook Lu Zhou's hand and shook it solemnly.

"Professor Lu Zhou, you have brought such a great honor to our Jinling University, our country, and our mathematical cause, and on behalf of all the teachers and students of Jinling University, I would like to thank you!"

Lu Zhou smiled modestly and said, "Headmaster, you are serious, I just did what I should do as a scholar. ”

Academician Xu is a standard scientific research background, although the study is not mathematics but information security, but as a scholar, he knows that Lu Zhou does not like to waste time on red tape, so he does not spend too long at the airport nonsense.

After a few simple greetings, he introduced Secretary Liu and other leaders to Lu Zhou.

In addition to the leaders of the city, there are also two leaders from the province, which shows that the state attaches great importance to him.

Not only that, but the leaders of the province also revealed a piece of news that not only the province, but even the central government attaches great importance to this matter.

As for how much attention is paid to it, the leader from the province only said that it was a good thing, but he didn't mention what it was with a smile.

There was no delay at the airport for too long, and Lu Zhou quickly got on the special car sent by the school to pick him up.

Academician Xu and Dean Qin naturally sat in the same car with Lu Zhou.

After some greetings, Academician Xu stopped talking, and Dean Qin cleared his throat and spoke in an embarrassed tone.

“…… That's the case, after the research and discussion in our school and the academy, I want to award you the title of honorary professor, I wonder if you are interested? ”

Honorary professors are not the same as visiting professors and distinguished professors, the former is only an honorary title, while the latter two have a fixed contract and a work contract for the teaching position.

With the fame and historical background of Jinling University, the title of honorary professor will definitely not insult Lu Zhou's identity, but with the small and transparent status of the Department of Mathematics of Jinling University in China, it is definitely a little bit of Lu Zhou's light.

However, Lu Zhou didn't care, not to mention that Jin Da had helped him a lot, and it was a matter of pride to make his alma mater proud of his name.

Lu Zhou said with a smile: "Of course it's no problem, but the procedures won't be delayed for too long, right?" I'll have to go back to Gangneung in two days. ”

Xiaotong is going to take the college entrance examination soon, and if it takes too long, he prefers to wait until he goes to the United States.

This time, he took more than a month off from Princeton, and some of them had time.

Dean Qin said with a smile: "It won't take long, the relevant procedures have been prepared." We can award you the honorary professor's certificate and degree certificate after your presentation! ”

Hearing this, Lu Zhou smiled and nodded: "Then I'll trouble you." ”