Early in the morning of the second day of the conference, Woolf called.

"According to your requirements, the executive search company we commissioned has found a suitable manager, who has been working as the head of the intellectual property department of Verizon Telecom for five years, and there is no stain on his professional resume, when do you have time to meet him?"

Sitting in the lobby of the hotel enjoying breakfast, Lu Zhou, who was holding his mobile phone, thought for a moment and replied, "Just these two days, I plan to deal with this matter before the end of January." I'm in a hotel near Berkeley right now, and you asked him to come to San Francisco and get reimbursed by the company for the round-trip airfare. ”

"Yes professor," Woolf said respectfully on the other end of the line, "he's in California at the moment, and I'll get him in touch with you as soon as possible." ”

The sooner the business is completed, the AM firm will be able to get the final payment from Lu Zhou one day earlier, and Woolf will be able to get her own commission sooner.

In a sense, AM and Woolf were more enthusiastic about getting these things done earlier than Lu Zhou.

Shortly after Woolf's phone ended, Lu Zhou received a call from the former Verizon executive and agreed to meet at 2 p.m. at a coffee shop near Berkeley......

……

[White Sheridan, 35, male, Ph.D. in management from the University of Pennsylvania.] Worked as the head of the intellectual property department at Verizon Telecom for five years ......]

Putting down the resume in his hand, Lu Zhou looked at the man sitting opposite.

"Your resume can be said to be very beautiful, but what I don't understand is that Verizon offered you an annual salary of $200,000, but you still chose to leave."

"Verizon's Head of Intellectual Property is a great position, but he doesn't give me any sense of professional fulfillment, and I won't be able to move forward in my career for five years. And I'm more like a lawyer than a department head. White shrugged his shoulders and said.

Lu Zhou: "And now?" The main business of Star Technology is patent management, and your job is probably the same as before, and nothing has changed. ”

Without hiding his thoughts, White smiled and said, "You're right, but Star Technology can give me an annual salary of $300,000 and a position as a manager, which Verizon can't give me." ”

An annual salary of $300,000 is definitely a high salary in the United States. Based on Glassdoor's data, Microsoft's chief development manager only earns $294,000 a year.

Of course, data is data, and annual salary is not all about Microsoft employee benefits, but this is not mentioned for the time being.

In short, an annual salary of $300,000 is definitely an offer that cannot be refused for White Sheridan.

Dreams are important in this country, but the dollar is even more important.

For this honest employee, Lu Zhou is also very satisfied.

While it's easier to get the boss's favor by talking more about the company's expectations for the future and corporate culture, White doesn't do that. And, most importantly, he has an impeccable resume and extensive experience in patent management.

Smiling and nodding, Lu Zhou stretched out his right hand.

"Congratulations on your entry, I hope that under your management, I can see a better Star Technology."

Hearing this, White also had a smile on his face and shook Lu Zhou's hand.

"I promise you, you'll see it."

……

For the positioning of Star Technology, Lu Zhou's idea is to build it into a company similar to Qualcomm, focusing on research and development, becoming the father of the industry, and as for the income generated, it is also all invested in scientific research.

After briefly explaining to White the development strategy of Star Technology and the tasks of contacting Professor Sarot and Professor Parcy respectively, Lu Zhou ended the meeting.

For more things, both parties can continue to communicate on the work email.

After arranging the affairs on the Star Technology side, Lu Zhou returned his attention to the ongoing academic conference.

Perhaps because the Goldbach conjecture, one of the two mountains above the head of additive number theory, has been solved, and recent research results in the field of additive number theory have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain.

Based on the theory of group structure proposed by him, many scholars have achieved many outstanding results in the study of the Hualin problem.

For example, a Ph.D. in mathematics from Columbia University discussed the value interval of g(6) through the theory of group structure based on his research.

Although the value interval he gave is still far from the final value of the solution, it is still an enlightening research result and won the applause of the audience.

Lu Zhou is very pleased with this phenomenon.

If it is only to solve the Goldbach conjecture, it will not have much practical significance except for excitement.

But if the mathematical methods he invented in solving Goldbach's conjecture can be understood by more people and used to solve more mathematical problems, then his paper published in the Annals of Mathematics can be regarded as truly excavating all the treasures left by the conjectures of this century.

In the blink of an eye, a week passed, and the academic conference came to a successful conclusion.

Standing on the podium in the auditorium of the University of Berkeley, the aged Mr. Francis, as usual, introduced himself to the young scholars in the auditorium in his gentle and steady voice, and at the same time read out the opening remarks.

“…… Thank you very much for joining us for this math conference, and thank you to Parker and Tesla...... After reading a long list of names, Mr. Francis pushed his glasses, smiled at the young scholars and students at the University of Berkeley, and continued, "Next is the award of the Best Young Speaker Award for this academic conference. It's easy to forget things when you're old, so I'll leave it for fear of forgetting in the end. ”

Mr. Francis's self-deprecation erupted in good-natured laughter and encouraging applause.

In this relaxed atmosphere, Mr. Francis cleared his throat and announced in a subdued voice, "The best speaker for this academic conference is—"

"Vera Puyuy from Princeton!"

The audience erupted in warm applause.

Standing next to Lu Zhou, Vera's fair and pretty face suddenly turned red.

The surprise was so unexpected that she wasn't prepared at all, and it wasn't until Lu Zhou tapped her on the shoulder that she came back to her senses from the shocking reality.

"Go ahead," giving her an encouraging look, Lu Zhou smiled and nodded, "This is your glory." ”

“…… Well! ”

Responding to Lu Zhou's encouragement with a grateful gaze, Vera nodded vigorously and trotted through the crowd and onto the podium.

Looking at the petite back that disappeared into the crowd, Lu Zhou couldn't help but sigh with relief in his heart.

It's better to be young......

Lu Zhou vaguely remembered that when he won this award himself, he was so excited that he didn't sleep well for several days. Jinling University sent him a congratulatory telegram, and Yanda also threw an olive branch to him.

And in addition to these honors, the winner has a prize of $10,000.

For him at the time, that $10,000 prize money was a huge amount of money.

However, Lu Zhou, who was old-fashioned in his heart, did not realize that for the scholars present, he himself was the young one......

Standing on the podium, Vera's expression was a little cramped, but it was obviously a lot better than when she first stood on the podium.

The award was presented to the University of California, professor of mathematics and winner of the Cafford Prize and Fields Medal. While teaching at Berkeley, he took a course on Vera's partial differential equations.

Solemnly handing the certificate in his hand to Vera, Tao Zhexuan said, "Congratulations, Miss Vera. ”

Vera nodded nervously and thanked, "Thank you." ”

Tao Zhexuan nodded.

But at this moment, he suddenly thought of something, and after thinking for a moment, he continued to speak.

"I remember a year ago, you told me that you admired Professor Lu's knowledge and hoped that I could help you write a letter of recommendation. At the time I thought I had done the right thing, and even now I think so, but I hope you don't make me regret my decision. ”

Vera was slightly stunned, her expression a little confused.

"Professor? I don't understand what you're talking about? ”

Tao Zhexuan shook his head: "It's nothing, I just hope that what you admire is only his knowledge." In fact, I admired him for his talent in pure and applied mathematics as the most outstanding scholar I have ever met, and the most remarkable thing is that he was still very young. ”

"His name will probably be remembered by history, just like the scholars of that era."

"And your recklessness can lead to some bad results."

"Hopefully I misunderstood, but if not, I hope whatever you think of him, it's best to wait until after graduation to think about it."