After the Nobel Prize ceremony.

All the laureates and invited guests will be transported to the Blue Room of Stockholm City Hall for the world-renowned Nobel Dinner.

"Brother, you say this is called the Blue Room? But it's obviously red, so why isn't it called the Red Room? ”

In the blue hall of Stockholm City Hall, Xu Xiao looked at the entire brick-red hall curiously, and asked his brother.

Hearing this question, Xu Chuan evoked a trace of memory, he smiled, and said, "There are actually two theories about why the Blue Hall is red. ”

Xu Xiao was immediately interested and then asked, "Which two?" Say it! ”

On the side, Xu's father and Xu's mother, who were also there, also listened with their ears open with some curiosity.

Xu Chuan continued with a smile: "The first statement is that the Blue Hall was not completed. ”

"It is said that the designer who designed this place originally planned to paint the lake blue in order to set off the lake scenery of Lake Mälaren, but after the construction of the blue hall of the red brick house, everyone felt that it looked more solemn and more in line with the use style, so they did not continue to paint it."

"And what about the other way of saying it?" Xu Xiao asked curiously.

"Another way to put it this is what the designer designed."

"Originally, the Blue Room was designed for the Nobel Prize Gala, and the unfinished Blue Room meant that the academic careers of the laureates had not come to an end, and encouraged the winners of the Nobel Prize Gala here to climb new heights."

Xu Chuan smiled and told the two stories he had heard in his previous life, Xu Xiao wrinkled his nose and said, "Sure enough, the second story is good." ”

Xu Chuan laughed, he felt the same way at the beginning.

For the Blue Room, whether it's really unfinished or deliberately designed to be like this, the Nobel Prize has been held here for more than a century.

As one of the oldest awards in history, the Nobel Prize has lasted for more than 100 years, witnessing the rise and glory of countless scientists and writers.

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Following the etiquette staff, Xu Chuan took his family and other relatives and friends who sent invitations to the table arranged by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

To be honest, although it was not the first time he had come to this meal, he was still amazed by the dense crowd here.

There was a crowd of people between the rows of long tables, even more crowded than the scene where he had given a presentation at the International Congress of Mathematics.

Of course, there shouldn't be so many people here, but the crowding is even more exaggerated.

In the blue hall of only 1,100 square meters, more than 1,300 people are forced to squeeze in, and they all sit together to eat, and they also need to flow out of the aisle to serve food to the waiter, and the space can be imagined.

At this year's Nobel Prize Gala, in addition to the invited personnel, as well as the Swedish royal family and political officials, many of them are actually outsiders drawn by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

In fact, in addition to being invited to attend the award ceremony, you can also write a letter to the Nobel Prize Foundation and the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to apply to participate in the Nobel Prize Gala every year.

After all, this is the Nobel Prize, and it is not only academics who are interested in it, but also people outside of academia.

Of course, the probability of being drawn is quite small.

With this luck, if you go to buy a lottery ticket, the probability of winning is really not low.

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As the guests took their seats, elegant music rang out in the Blue Room.

At the same time, the waiter, who had already prepared, began to serve the first course.

The menu of the Nobel Dinner is known as "the most mysterious menu in the world", and some people even joke that the menu of the dinner is even more mysterious than the announcement of the Nobel laureate, and the guests can only know what to eat at the banquet.

The menu of the annual Nobel Prize dinner has also become the focus of many speculations, and even the chef in charge of the cooking cannot be known in advance.

The chef in charge of the dinner can only get the menu two or three days in advance, and it must be kept absolutely confidential and cannot be disclosed to the public.

If it is revealed, the dish will be changed temporarily.

And unlike our traditional view of a dinner party, the Nobel Dinner is actually only a three-course meal.

Traditionally, the Nobel Prize dinner usually prepares three glasses of wine and three courses (starter, main course and dessert).

Although he has eaten several Nobel Prize dinners, Xu Chuan is still curious about this year's dishes.

I have to say that although the number of dishes at the Nobel Prize dinner is not much, they are all made of the world's top ingredients, coupled with the chef's top craftsmanship, and the taste is not weaker than the state banquet he has eaten before.

Of course, if you want to talk about richness, the richness of the dishes at the state banquet can beat the Nobel Prize dinner for more than eighteen streets.

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Soon, the first course and the first glass of wine were served.

He was accompanied by Professor Anders Inbach, the chairman of the selection committee who announced the winner of the Physics Prize in the Stockholm Concert Hall.

The old man, who had all white hair, wore a well-fitting tuxedo and walked up to Xu Chuan with a bottle of champagne in his hand.

After pouring Xu Chuan a glass of bubbling golden champagne, Professor Anders held his glass and smiled at him.

"Congratulations, Professor Xu Chuan."

Xu Chuan got up with the wine glass and touched the glass with the old man, and after taking a sip, he said, "Thank you." It's the most luscious champagne I've ever drunk. ”

Professor Anders laughed and said, "That's because it has the Nobel Prize victory bonus, which is the most abundant fruit." ”

After a slight pause, he continued, "You know what? For this year's Physics Prize, our committee has been arguing since August, and until now, in fact, there is no unity of opinion within the committee, and there are still almost opposing differences. ”

As he spoke, Anders shrugged his shoulders and continued: "No way, you are too young, twenty-one years old, and this time you will break the record for four years. ”

"But it's also a great way to show the importance of your work, which is the hope for the future for humanity."

Xu Chuan smiled with his wine glass and said, "Actually, even I didn't expect to win the Nobel Prize this year." ”

"Trust me, though, it's the right choice."

"The extended application of the xu-weyl-berry theorem has a deeper level of value, and I have been digging into it, and it brings us much more than the calculation of distant objects."

Hearing this, Anders raised his eyebrows and asked with interest, "Can I ask what it is about?" ”

Xu Chuan smiled mysteriously and said, "I won't reveal it for the time being." ”

Professor Anders smiled and shook his head, "It's really not a good habit to hang people's appetites. ”

As he spoke, he raised his glass and touched Xu Chuan again, and continued, "However, I'm looking forward to it, hoping that I can wait until the day when you dig it out." ”

Xu Chuan nodded seriously: "Of course, this may not take long!" ”

Hearing this, Professor Anders laughed and said, "Maybe you should change the name of the extended application of the xu-weyl-berry theorem." ”

"As a great achievement that won the Nobel Prize in Physics, it fully deserves its own name, doesn't it?"

Hearing this, Xu Chuan smiled a little embarrassedly and said, "I'm really sorry, I was so busy some time ago that I forgot about it." ”

"Rest assured, I'll give it a good idea of its new name when I get back."

Professor Anders smiled: "Then I will wait for your good news, I wish you a happy meal, if there is any shortcoming, you can respond to the Nobel Prize Foundation, they will improve." ”

Xu Chuan smiled and nodded: "Of course." ”

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Red dot baby fish lobster soup, French sauce and mixed apples.

These are the three dishes at this year's Nobel Prize dinner, and the taste is very good, even Xu's father and Xu's mother, who are not very accustomed to eating Western food, praised the taste.

If there's a downside, it's that the portions are too small.

The portion of the three dishes is exquisite, as if it were feeding a cat.

For an adult, thirty more courses may not be stressful, enough to see how much it is.

"Brother, do you still have any dishes?"

After the three dishes were served, Xu Xiao held the knife and fork and asked the old brother sitting next to her, she was not full.

Although the amount of food for girls is generally small, the portion of the Nobel Prize dinner is indeed too small, and people always unconsciously hope to eat more when faced with food.

Xu Chuan shook his head helplessly, indicating that it was over.

In addition to the crowding of the Nobel Prize dinner, the scarcity of dishes is also a huge disadvantage.

This shortcoming has been passed down for decades, and many Nobel laureates have put forward their opinions, but it is useless, and people still go their own way, and even say that they eat too much, which is not conducive to the celebration of the next ball.

Of course, this may also have something to do with the huge cost of money.

After all, every dish is made by a celebrity chef, and every Nobel Prize dinner is basically more than 1,000 people.

For the Nobel Prize, the cost of holding an award ceremony for it has exceeded the amount of money awarded in most years.

For example, in 2015, Professor Tu won the Nobel Prize in Physiology that year, and received a prize of 8 million Swedish kronor.

According to the data released by the Nobel Foundation, the total funding for the Nobel Prize that year was 15 million Swedish kronor (equivalent to about 10 million RMB), which has far exceeded the Nobel Prize prize.

This is only for the laureates and their families and friends, as well as for Nobel Prize invited experts.

As for the other media reporters who applied to attend the dinner and the ordinary people who were lucky enough to be selected to attend the party, they all attended at their own expense, and each person had to pay 4,000 Swedish kronor (about 3,000 RMB) to enter the dinner hall and eat a high-level dinner.

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As the dinner ended, the invited guests came to the Gold Hall next to the Blue Room after a short rest.

Looking at the golden hall and the goddess of Lake Melaren overlooking the dance floor, Xu Chuan showed a smile on his face.

Aside from his previous life, he was here two years ago for the Cratford Award.

Now, I am here again because of the extended application of the Cafford Prize-winning Xu-Weyl-Berry theorem.

It is normal for an academic achievement to bring numerous awards to scholars.

But it is still quite rare to be able to bring two of the world's top awards, the Cafford Prize and the Nobel Prize, to the creator at the same time.

After all, the establishment of the Cafford Prize is to make up for the lack of scientific fields for the Nobel Prize, which also means that the fields in which the two awards are distributed are basically not overlapping.

And it can be said that it is quite rare for an achievement to win the highest award in two non-overlapping fields.

"Dude, do we need to dance too? But what will I do? ”

In the Golden Hall, Xu Xiao, who followed Xu Chuan and ran over curiously, looked at the crowd on the dance floor dumbfounded.

Xu Chuan smiled: "You can also choose not to jump, after all, no one will force it." ”

Hearing this, Xu Xiao breathed a sigh of relief, opened his mouth and just wanted to speak, when a ridiculous voice came from his ears.

"Of course this beautiful lady can, if she can't; But ......"

"You can't do it~"

Xu Chuan and Xu Xiao followed the voice, and it was Professor Staffan Nomark, the secretary general of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, who came over.

The old man saw the two men standing by from a long distance and asked them what help they needed, and happened to hear their conversation.

Xu Chuan shrugged his shoulders and said, "The problem is that I don't know how to dance very well. ”

Staffan smiled and said, "It's okay, there are a lot of ladies who can dance here, and everyone will be happy to teach you." ”

As she spoke, a lady with a dress and skirt happened to come over, looked at Xu Chuan and smiled and invited, "Hi, Professor Xu, can I invite you to dance together?" ”

It was the lady who had invited him to dance at the Cafford Awards last time, and Princess Madeleine Terezer Amali Josephine, the daughter of the King of Sweden.

It's actually interesting.

In a way, the princess is not a member of the Swedish royal family.

Because the Swedish royal family used to reduce the royal population, now, the Swedish royal family currently has only four members.

That is, the current king and queen of Sweden, as well as the crown prince and princess.

As for the other princes and princesses, the royal status has been canceled by the king, and the royal family of only four people can be said to be the smallest royal family in the world.

In comparison, the Saudi Arabian royal family, there are more than 5,000 princes alone, not to mention other members.

But when it comes to the scarcity of royal families, a certain book is actually too.

As of now, there are only nineteen members of the entire royal family, and it is still declining.

There are three generations of the royal family, and until 2006, there was a three-generation male Prince Ding Yuhito.

So the question is, why is it so difficult for the royal family of the book to give birth to a son?

It can only be said that there are many evils.

As for the Swedish royal family, although Madeleine's royal status has been canceled, she is still a princess in the hearts of the Swedish people.

After all, the reduction of the number of members of the royal family means that the royal family spends less, and the people's tax payments can be used elsewhere.

Hearing Princess Madeleine's invitation, Xu Chuan shrugged his shoulders again and said, "It seems that I can't escape today's dance?" ”

Staffan smiled: "Of course, you are the most dazzling protagonist tonight, and everyone is waiting for you." ”

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