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Stanley's visit to China, which had been delayed for more than a month, was finally belated.

The outside world has given strong expectations to Stanley's visit to China, hoping that China and the United States can abandon the conflicts planted by the previous US administration and work together to manage the international environment that has become fragmented after the outbreak of the PRP-C brain tissue virus.

Seeking great peace after a catastrophe is the aspiration of people all over the world.

Stanley was a little depressed in his heart, because of the interference of the epidemic, the "conflict between the two countries" originally formulated by him and Tang Ansong seemed to have been affected by a relatively serious external environment.

How to continue, it seems that we can only discuss in detail after meeting with Tang Ansong.

It was on this day that Zhou Chen, accompanied by Cen Xian'an, head of the Department of Physics, left China on an international flight.

Their destination was Trieste, Italy, because of the impact of the raging epidemic, the Dirac Medal awarding ceremony originally scheduled for February 7 in Trieste was postponed to March 7.

When Zhou Chen and Cen Xian'an came out of Trieste Airport, the personnel sent by the Trieste government had been waiting there for a long time, and when they saw Zhou Chen and them coming out, they greeted them with a smile.

"These two are Mr. Zhou Chen and Professor Cen Xian'an of Beijing Normal University in China, right?" The greeting officer was dressed in a crisp suit, carrying a briefcase, looking elegant and formal, and accompanied by a person who looked like a driver.

"Yes, we are." Zhou Chen and Cen Xian'an nodded at him.

"Great, we've been waiting here for a long time, let me introduce myself, I'm Casapa, the deputy secretary general of the Trieste provincial government, this is the driver Wilmi, and we are here to wait for the arrival of the two. Come with me, you two, the hotel is ready......" Kasapa said with a warm face.

The local government of Trieste attaches great importance to the annual awarding of the Dirac Medal, and every Dirac Medal recipient is greeted by them when they arrive at the airport.

The pick-up vehicle was an official car of the provincial capital of Trieste, and Zhou Chen and Cen Xian'an got into the official car and then drove along the highway towards Trieste Province.

Italy's administrative division is a bit strange, the entire country of 300,000 square kilometers of land is divided into 20 regions, each region has several provinces, Zhou Chen they just got off the plane Trieste airport is actually not in the province of Trieste, but in the "Friuli Venezia Giulia region", this region is under the jurisdiction of the province of Gorizia, Portnone, Trieste and Udine, the capital of the region is the city of Trieste, and the city of Trieste is also the capital of the province of Trieste.

Roughly speaking, the Italian region is equivalent to the provincial administrative division of our country, and the actual size may be equivalent to the prefecture-level cities on our side, and their provinces are equivalent to the prefecture-level cities on our side, but the actual size is a little smaller than the counties on our side, and the cities below the provinces are similar to our towns, or this "city" is reflected in the "market" and "market" is more appropriate, and there are 39 towns under the city of Trieste, which can basically only be regarded as a larger residential community in the city.

In fact, not only Italy, but almost all European countries are fragmented in administrative divisions, such as France, less than 700,000 square kilometers of land is divided into 22 regions, 100 provinces, and more than 30,000 municipalities, and the implementation of fine management. However, it is precisely because it is too fragmented and cooperates with the electoral system that inevitably weakens the sense of group and strengthens the existence of individuals, resulting in the phenomenon of big gangs occupying "local power".

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It didn't take too long to get from Trieste Airport to Trieste City, Zhou Chen and Cen Xian'an came to the hotel where they stayed, put their luggage away, and then went out for a walk under the recommendation of Kasappa.

Trieste is a city of mixed cultures, close to the water city of Venice, and its unique port advantages make it economically developed. With temperatures around 15 degrees Celsius all year round, the city's port, castles, estates and other pristine features attract thousands of visitors every year.

On this day, Zhou Chen basically spent time shopping, there was no way, it was rare to go abroad, and if he didn't buy some gifts to go back, Zhou Luo and Yang Xi at home couldn't explain. Although Zhou Chen felt that if he bought ordinary things, he was very likely to buy goods made in China, but if he bought local "local products", it would not still be made in China, right?

So Zhou Chen specially picked out some handicrafts and local specialties, and he didn't buy the rest such as clothing, accessories, and various bags.

The next day, in the hall of the International Center for Theoretical Physics, the ceremony of awarding the Dirac Medal was held here, and several approved media reporters set up professional equipment in the hall early in the hall and waited for the official start of the award.

As soon as Zhou Chen and Cen Xian'an entered the hall, they were warmly welcomed by Professor Saraverton, a theoretical physicist from the University of Gothenburg, who was the moderator of the day and one of the members of the jury.

The conference soon began, with a few minutes of silence for the death of American theoretical physicist Professor Salad, and then Professor Saraverton announced the official opening of the annual Dirac Medal ceremony into the microphone.

"Ladies and gentlemen, friends from all over the world, I am glad that we are here today, because in the past year, there have been many shocking but gratifying events in the field of theoretical physics, and new theories have been put forward in this year, and of course some old theories have been eliminated or replaced by new theories, all of which are in line with the laws of history."

"Today, allow me to introduce three papers of great significance, namely "On the Thermodynamic Laws of Black Holes", "The Theory of Relativity Simultaneous Transitivity", and "The Equation of State of Radiative Propagation of Celestial Bodies".

"Yes, these three papers are undoubtedly the best in the theoretical physics community this year." Next, Professor Saraverton introduced the sensational effect of these three papers in their respective academic fields, and then stopped selling them and announced directly:

In recognition of his outstanding contributions to theoretical physics, the Dirac Medal will be awarded to ...... from Beijing Normal University in China Mr. Zhou Chenzhou. ”

Subsequently, Professor Saraverton awarded Zhou Chen Dirac the Gold Medal on behalf of the award committee!

Zhou Chen smiled and took the stage and accepted the medal, at this moment the magnesium lights flashed continuously, and the freeze-frame pictures remembered the historical moment, if there is no accident, these photos will occupy the front page headlines of tomorrow's major science and technology magazines.

Zhou Chen keenly noticed that among the media reporters who were allowed to enter the hall, there were also several journalists from China, which was specially arranged in consideration of his nationality.

The award of the medal did not have much of a burden, and the whole process lasted only half an hour before it was over.

Then there will be a two-day symposium on "Prospects for Particle Physics" to be held in Trieste, but these have nothing to do with Zhou Chen, and after the award, Zhou Chen was quickly surrounded by reporters, and after accepting a few less sensitive interviews, he was out of breath and squeezed out of the encirclement.

"How's it going, do you feel the glory of being a celebrity?" Cen Xian'an came out of nowhere and asked with a smile on his face.

"The glory is felt, but as a celebrity, I am afraid you must have a good physique!" Zhou Chen said helplessly.

Cen Xian'an smiled: "You are the youngest recipient of the Dirac Medal since its establishment, and you are also the first recipient in our country. ”

"By the way, Director Cen, are you going back in the afternoon?"

Zhou Chen suddenly asked.

"yes, the ticket has already been bought. What about you, did you buy a ticket to the United States? ”

"Bought it, tonight's plane!" Zhou Chen nodded, this time he participated in the awarding of the Dirac Medal, and then went to the United States to attend a seminar on "General Relativity, Curved Space-Time Quantum Field Theory".

This is an academic symposium jointly sponsored by experts and scholars who are keen on constructing the "Great Unification Theory" in the world, aiming to summarize the progress of the research of the "Great Unification Theory" in the past year and exchange experiences with each other.

Generally speaking, it is more common for teachers to be invited and bring students to participate together, but it is relatively rare for teachers and students to be invited at the same time like Zhou Chen.

"Okay, then you can rest well in the afternoon, and you don't have to come to the airport to see me off." Director Cen smiled and said peacefully.

At this time, he was about to change his attitude, and he knew that the young man in front of him was no longer an associate professor at Beijing Normal University, but a rising star who enjoyed a certain reputation in the world.

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On the afternoon of March 7, 2017, Director Cen took a flight back to China, and that night, Zhou Chen also took a flight to New York, USA, transiting through Rome and arriving at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York on the evening of March 8, local time.

At this time, New York has just experienced the ravages of the virus, and the whole city has not yet recovered.

This is in stark contrast to the image of a confident and open American.

"It seems that the impact of this epidemic on the United States is indeed too great, and it can be seen from the obvious mental outlook." Zhou Chen walked around the neighborhood and found that this young and ancient city had lost its former vigor, and the air was filled with a very deep twilight.

When the United States will be able to return to its peak, Zhou Chen does not know, but he knows that the United States has definitely been hit hard by this epidemic.

The United States is a country with the financial industry as an important support, 88% of the country's national economy is a virtual economy, and it is mainly concentrated in the streets of Manhattan (Wall Street) in New York, and the remaining 12% is the real economy, of which agriculture accounts for 1% and manufacturing accounts for 11%.

When the United States is the world's leader, confidence is strong and the economy is prosperous, but once it encounters setbacks one after another, even economists dare not think about it, and it is difficult to imagine what it would be like if Wall Street was completely avalanche.

During the economic crisis in '08, the U.S. government invested almost all of the $4 trillion in bailouts on Wall Street, for the simple reason that when its national economy had problems, did it have a significant effect of investing money in the virtual economy, which accounted for 88%, or in the real economy, which accounted for 12%, and the effect was more obvious? Not surprisingly, their government chose the former, perhaps because they had no other choice.

Sooner or later, the over-blown balloon will explode, and this sudden epidemic seems to be the last blow that will break the backbone of the US economy, leaving it in a very delicate state of breaking and not breaking, just waiting for the last straw to crush it.

Of course, whether this straw will appear or not, it is estimated that only God knows.