Winter nights in Stockholm come fast.

This is a city close to the Arctic Circle, and before three o'clock in the afternoon, the sky is already rapidly darkening.

However, for those who live in this city, they have long been accustomed to it, and the dark night and the cold wind of the Arctic have not dissipated the enthusiasm of residents and tourists, and there are still many people moving on the streets.

Especially now, the whole city of Stockholm is filled with a 'festive' atmosphere, with lights dispelling the darkness and crowds roaming the streets to enjoy the special atmosphere.

For a city or even a country, it is an absolute honor and pride to be able to host an award ceremony with the highest honor in the world.

In the room of the Stockholm Hotel, Xu Chuan took a nap, recovered his energy, and then went out to take his parents and sister downstairs to the hotel's restaurant for dinner.

"Wow, brother, there's actually chili fried meat here!"

"If we knew we had this in the hotel we were staying in, we wouldn't have had to run out to find something to eat."

In the restaurant, Xu Xiao looked at the dishes on the buffet plate and was stunned for a moment, and then shouted in surprise.

Xu Chuan smiled and touched the girl's head. The Stockholm Grand Hotel doesn't serve Chinese cuisine, but as a Nobel laureate, it's not a problem for him to have the hotel prepare some Hunan cuisine on the spot.

Maybe the taste is not very authentic, but in a foreign country, it is enough to be able to eat hometown food.

On the side, after Father Xu saw the familiar dishes, he looked at his son in front of him with some touch, and his casual complaint yesterday kept this child in mind.

But he didn't say anything, just took the meal with a plate.

After all, they are family.

"Long time no see, Professor Xu." In the restaurant, Xu Chuan was picking out dishes with a plate, and a familiar voice came from his ears.

Turning his head, he saw that it was his mentors at Princeton, Deligne and Witten, followed by another familiar figure.

"Mentor, senior sister, when did you arrive?" Xu Chuan asked in surprise: "Doesn't it mean that the genius has arrived?" ”

Witten smiled and said, "I originally planned to come over tomorrow, but when I booked the ticket, I found that the ticket was gone, so I moved it forward by a day." ”

On the side, Deligne looked his student up and down, and said, "It seems that you have a good life after returning to China, and you seem to have gained some weight?" ”

Xu Chuan scratched his head and smiled, "No, right?" But it's also possible, after all, I don't seem to have exercised much during this time. ”

Hearing this, Witten asked with some curiosity, "What have you been doing since you went back?" ”

He still knows a little about Xu Chuan, when he was in Princeton, even when he was studying Hodge's conjecture, he would run a few laps on the football field every day, rain or shine, and he didn't even have time to exercise after returning to China?

Xu Chuan smiled and said, "I can't say this for the time being, but you should know it after a while." ”

Deligne was also a little curious about this, but he didn't ask, and said with a smile: "This is a supreme honor, and I am glad that you can get it, but I hope that this Nobel Prize will bring you encouragement, not satisfaction." ”

Xu Chuan won the Nobel Prize, which is also an honor and honor for Deligne.

After all, bringing out a Nobel Prize winner and a Fields Medal double award winner is commendable to anyone.

However, he was more worried that Xu Chuan would stop after winning the Nobel Prize, wasting his talent and time.

In his opinion, this student has enough ability to go further and create greater brilliance.

Winning the Nobel Prize at the age of 21 is an honor for him, but it may also become a limitation for him.

Achieving the world's highest honor at such a young age may cause some changes in his mentality to stall.

Historically, the Nobel Prize has been awarded to older scholars, and it is not without this concern.

As the highest award in the world, this kind of lifetime honor can easily make a person fall into various states of mind such as satisfaction and self-satisfaction, and then lose the motivation to climb the peak forever.

Many of the previous Nobel Prize winners have not made any great achievements in their later careers, although this has a certain relationship with their age, but the impact of the Nobel Prize is also certain.

Deligne really didn't want Xu Chuan to embark on this path, especially since he was still so young.

Hearing Deligne's words, Xu Chuan replied with a solemn face: "Please rest assured, mentor, I have never given up my past scientific research and scholarship, and the Nobel Prize is just the beginning for me." ”

Deligne nodded slightly and said with a smile: "That's good, Witten and I will go to dinner first." ”

Deligne and Witten left, leaving behind the senior sister Liu Jiaxin, who had been following behind.

"Long time no see, senior sister." Xu Chuan greeted his senior sister with a smile.

Liu Jiaxin looked up and said, "Well, congratulations, you won the Nobel Prize." ”

Xu Chuan said with a smile: "You already said it once on the phone, can you still adapt to living in Princeton?" How do you feel about Professor Mark Braverman? ”

Nodding, the senior sister said seriously: "Teaching others is very good, and they take care of me." ”

"Professor Braverman has a lot of research in algorithms, complexity theory, and AI learning, and you should learn a lot from him."

When the senior sister wanted to learn from him, he refused.

Unlike Amelia, the field of study of this senior sister can be said to be basically not in his research scope, algorithms and artificial intelligence, which he has not had much contact with in his previous life.

But in Princeton, there are top professors in these two fields, and Professor Mark Braverman is the representative of it.

In 2022, the professor will receive the highest honor a computer scientist can receive, the 'IMU Abacus Award' at the International Mathematical Congress.

Of course, the award is still called the 'Nevanlinna Prize', and it will not be until next year that it will be renamed the 'IMU Abacus Award'.

To win this award can be said to be the top computer science professor, and in the field of mathematics, it is equivalent to winning the Fields Medal.

Although Princeton's computer science discipline is not as good as some of the top universities that specialize in this field, it can compete with those top computer science universities in some subtle branches of computer science, such as artificial intelligence and data analysis.

After all, Princeton is the mecca of mathematics, and the relationship between mathematics and computers goes without saying.

The senior sister pursed her lips and nodded, she had no regrets about going to Princeton, but it was a pity that the person in front of her had returned to China.

The two were talking about the old days, and suddenly, a crisp voice sounded in their ears.

"Dude! Who is she? ”

Holding the plate of prepared dishes, Xu Xiao jumped over, stood beside Xu Chuan and looked curiously at the senior sister opposite, with excitement and the light of eating melons in his eyes.

She actually noticed the movement here a long time ago, but she didn't come over until Xu Chuan communicated with a girl alone, and she couldn't hold back the curiosity in her heart and ran over.

Xu Chuan introduced with a smile: "This is the senior sister I met when I was studying at NTU, named Liu Jiaxin, who is currently studying for a doctorate in Princeton. ”

"This is my sister, Xu Xiao, a ghost girl, who is currently studying at Mizuki University, and has just been a freshman this year."

On the other side, hearing Xu Chuan's introduction, the senior sister suddenly became nervous, and stammered and greeted Xu Xiao.

As for Xu Xiao, he leaned over with the plate in his hand: "Amazing, Sister Jiaxin, Princeton is very difficult to get into, are you majoring in mathematics?" ”

"By the way, Sister Jiaxin, how did you and my brother meet?"

A series of questions popped out of Xu Xiao's mouth, she was interested in this sister now, and it seemed that it was the first time she had seen a female friend appear around him.

The time of the night passed quickly.

At two o'clock in the afternoon on December 10, Swedish time, the door of the Stockholm Grand Hotel was crowded with journalists from all over the world.

The reporters, with cameras on their shoulders or microphones in hand, looked at the hotel door, waiting, waiting for a moment, waiting for the Nobel laureate to come out of the hotel.

Among them, CTV media reporters from China have already occupied the front row, explaining to the camera in an impassioned tone, behind the camera, tens of millions of people watching.

"Hello everyone, I'm a reporter from CTV, this is the scene of the Stockholm Grand Hotel, which is the temporary residence of the previous Nobel laureates before receiving the award. Every year, the Nobel laureates at the ceremony depart from here. ”

"I will broadcast the whole process live and take you to the award ceremony of this year's Nobel Prize."

"It can be seen that there are too many people here, in addition to reporters from other media, there are many overseas Chinese compatriots in Sweden, as well as local citizens of Stockholm, everyone participated in this grand event."

In front of the camera, a beautiful reporter wearing a thick down jacket explained passionately, and the camera on the shoulder of the camera brother also rotated, and the atmosphere was hot and crowded.

Compared with the excitement of the scene, there are more people squatting in front of mobile phones or televisions.

Although Xu Chuan is not the first scientist to win the Nobel Prize in Physics, there are also Yang Zhenhuan and Li Zhengwei before that.

But as the youngest Nobel laureate in history, and the first Nobel Prize and Fields Medal winner in history, he still attracts more people's attention.

Everyone was waiting in front of the screen for that person to appear.

At the same time, the figure of everyone's expectation was standing by the window, overlooking the crowd downstairs.

The Nobel Prize ceremony officially starts at 4 p.m. at the Stockholm Concert Hall.

Of course, the Nobel laureates and invited guests must leave some time in advance, but fortunately, the Stockholm Grand Hotel is not far from the Stockholm Concert Hall.

Standing beside Xu Chuan is Xu Chuan's family.

Father and Mother Xu wore suits and national costumes for the first time, and looked at the crowd below with some nervousness and apprehension, for them, this was the first time they had faced so many people.

Of course, in addition to the nervousness, there is also pride and flushing on the face.

It's the glory of their children, and the vast majority of people around the world don't have the opportunity to experience it.

As for Xu Xiao on the side, he was wearing a night dress, and although his immature face was also a little nervous and apprehensive, it was more excited and expectant.

Although she is younger, she has experienced a lot of exercise.

After all, there is an older brother like Xu Chuan, since high school, whether it is Xingcheng No. 1 Middle School or Shuimu University, whenever there is a major event on campus, she will basically be arranged to give a speech on behalf of the university.

After three or four years, she has enough courage to face such a scene.

"Dude, you don't look nervous or excited at all? Is this the Nobel Prize? Standing beside Xu Chuan, Xu Xiao looked at Xu Chuan, who was as calm as ever, and asked curiously.

Xu Chuan turned his head to look at his younger sister, and did not answer this question, but said with a smile: "It seems that you have received a lot of exercise in school over the years." ”

Hearing this, Xu Xiao raised his head proudly, and the corners of his mouth curled: "That is, every year at the opening speech, I will come up to make a report, and this number of people will be sprinkled with water." ”

Xu Chuan smiled and didn't speak again, this girl will probably be arrogant.

After all, the exercise in school is still different from society, and she will know when she goes out.

After waiting in the hotel room for a while, the time for departure arrived.

With his parents and sister, Xu Chuan followed the staff of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to the downstairs of the hotel.

In the lobby on the first floor of the hotel, he met Professor Arthur Ashkin, another scholar who won the Nobel Prize in physics this year.

This scholar, who has made great contributions to the field of lasers, is accompanied by his family and has a bright smile on his face.

Although the two had met each other, they still recognized each other, and Professor Arthur Ashkin in the hall nodded in a friendly way and greeted the young Nobel laureate.

Xu Chuan smiled and nodded in response, and then walked towards the outside of the hotel with his family, looking at the hotel door that was getting closer and closer, his heart, which had always remained calm, gradually stirred up emotions.

originally thought that winning the Nobel Prize twice in his previous life would allow him to face this moment calmly enough, but when this moment really came, he found that the waves in his heart would still surge.

Because, this is the loudest voice he has made to the whole world!

And Xu Xiao, who followed behind Xu Chuan, was about to step out of the door, looking at the countless cameras and crowds outside the door, and suddenly nervously pinched the corners of his clothes.

The previous boast will disappear completely.

However, Xu's father and Xu's mother had already adjusted their mentality before going downstairs, and in turn comforted their daughter softly.

At the entrance of the Grand Hotel in Stockholm, bright lights dispel the darkness. The weather is cold in the cold winter, but the atmosphere is extremely hot.

Seeing Xu Chuan walking out with his family, there was a commotion at the scene. Countless reporters scrambled to adjust the cameras in their hands, pressed the shutter, and the flash was white.

The media reporter of CTV, who had already occupied the best position in the front row, wore a thick down jacket and held a black microphone in his hand, standing in front of his companion's camera with a flushed face, looking at the figure who slowly walked out of the hotel door.