Chapter 206: Champagne at Half Time?

Wiles' car was parked in front of Merton College, Oxford.

The side door opened, and Li Mu walked out of it.

"Crackle!"

"Bang!"

With the sound of bursting flowers, streamers fell from the sky and finally landed on him.

Then there was applause.

Many Merton students stood at the door of the college, warmly welcoming him back.

"Lee! The God of Mathematics! The god of physics! ”

"Welcome back the only recipient of the Dirac Medal!"

"The Great Pope of Mathematics and Physics has returned to his faithful Merton Academy!"

……

Looking at the large number of people who greeted him, as well as the words they shouted, Li Mu's face showed helplessness.

Although it is not as low as the Ten Thousand Souls Academy, which has less than 100 members, there are not many people in Merton College, after all, Merton College still has quite high requirements for students.

But looking at it now, I'm afraid that a quarter of the people in the academy have come to greet him, right?

There were even people holding banners with the Burger King icon, but the word "hamburger" was crossed out and replaced with "math" and "physics".

Li Mu had an urge to support his forehead.

And at this time, an old man stepped forward and said to him with a smile: "Li, you are welcome back, how do you feel?" ”

Li Mu saw that this old man was the dean of their Merton College, Martin Taylor.

He smiled wryly and said, "Dean Taylor...... That's a bit too passionate, isn't it? ”

Martin Taylor immediately burst out laughing: "Isn't it good to be enthusiastic? An old guy like me is still enthusiastic, and even more so should a young man like you! ”

"yes." At this time, another person came next to him, it was Lucas Licht, and he smiled and said, "Think about it, you have proved all the Goldbach conjectures." ”

"I almost stayed up all night in order to read Ling's two papers that night, what a surprise, this conjecture was solved by you."

李牧哭笑不得:“还差一点呢。 ”

"It's not too close." At this time, the old dean Martin Taylor took Li Mu's arm: "Okay, okay, let's enter the academy, the party is ready, you are the protagonist tonight." ”

Li Mu turned his head as if asking for help and looked at Wiles, who was standing next to the car behind him.

As a result, Wiles just smiled and gave him a thumbs up.

Didn't want to help him at all.

Helplessly, Li Mu was dragged into the academy like this.

It's even different within the academy, where the lawn that only professors can tread on is already full of students.

I don't know when I moved the table on the grass, and it was filled with various snacks and drinks.

年轻的学生们尽情的庆祝着,尽管他们并不是主角,不过也并不影响他们享受派对的欢乐。

And when Li Mu was dragged in by Dean Taylor, these students who were having fun saw it, and then they all cheered and applauded him.

Until the end, Li Mu was taken to the podium that had been set up temporarily.

马丁·泰勒今年已经69岁了,但在这种派对上倒仍然特别的有激情,用十分激昂的声音,对着话筒喊道:“让我们欢迎,孪生素数猜想、冰雹猜想的证明者,即将终结哥德巴赫猜想的大数学家,维度力的发现者,为物理学大一统理论奏响前奏的敲钟人,墨顿大学有史以来最出色的年轻人之一,李牧! Back to our Merton! ”

"Oh, oh, oh!"

On the grass, all the young people cheered in unison, and some put one hand in their mouths and whistled sharply.

"Next, let me give the microphone to our pride, what our protagonist says today, let's do it! Got it? ”

In the shout of "yes", Martin Taylor turned his head to look at Li Mu next to him, and said with a smile: "Come on, I'll leave it to you, just say a few words." ”

Li Mu spread his hands, what else can he say?

As the saying goes, if life rapes you, enjoy it.

Then he let go completely, walked to the microphone, looked at the people below, and then announced in a loud voice: "Since Dean Taylor has said so, then I will only say two words: First, thank you!" Number two – enjoy the party to the fullest! ”

The entire academy was stunned for a moment, and then burst into cheers again.

Martin Taylor next to him probably didn't expect that Li Mu really only said two simple words, but then he smiled and patted Li Mu on the shoulder: "It seems that you have mastered the essence of the party." ”

"Of course, there is a very necessary step that must not be forgotten."

Martin Taylor turned around and fetched two bottles of champagne.

“第一瓶香槟,是为了庆祝你拿到了迪拉克奖和拉马努金奖。 ”

"The second bottle of champagne, also for celebration, you proved the Goldbach conjecture."

"Come on!"

As he spoke, he handed two bottles of champagne to Li Mu.

But Li Mu only took the first bottle, and then said to Martin Taylor: "Dean Taylor, I heard that you are very keen to watch football games, and you are still a big fan of Liverpool, you should have heard the story of opening champagne at half time, right?" ”

Martin Taylor was stunned for a moment, and then said very excitedly: "Of course I know this!" I watched the game that year! ”

In 2005, in the Champions League final, Liverpool played against AC Milan, in the first half AC Milan with a huge advantage of 3:0, almost sealed the victory, so at halftime, the AC Milan players opened champagne in the dressing room to celebrate in advance.

The result was a shocking comeback in the second half, with Liverpool scoring three more goals in a row to equalise and finally win the penalty shoot-out.

As a big Liverpool fan, Martin Taylor remembers it all too well.

"So, this second bottle of champagne, let's leave it behind." Li Mu smiled: "I am already planning to hold a report on Goldbach's conjecture in a month, and when the report is over, let me open it." ”

Martin Taylor was stunned for a moment, then deeply agreed: "Yes! You're right, yes, we can't learn from that Italian team. ”

"In that case, well, I'll keep this champagne for you until a month later."

"Well, let's start with this first champagne."

Martin Taylor said.

"Thank you."

Li Mu smiled and nodded, then took the first champagne, tore the tin foil on it, then removed the wine ring, pressed the cork with his thumb, and then shook it vigorously until finally-

At this moment, the entire college lawn was quiet, both professors and students were staring at the champagne in Li Mu's hand, and finally, with a burst of air pressure explosion of "poof", the champagne gushed out, followed by the shouts of the audience.

This party prepared for Li Mu has officially begun!

……

Time passed quietly.

At the end of the night, the whole Merton College was filled with joy.

But happy times always pass quickly.

After the day passed, the party was over, the students and professors returned to their normal routines, classes were due, projects were continued, and the lawn in the college was once again an area that only professors could tread on - of course, in fact, professors did not usually step on it, only when there was an event, people would step on that lawn.

On the other hand, the news that Li Mu announced that he was going to hold a report meeting on Goldbach's conjecture also spread quickly.

For a time, the entire mathematical community was surging again.

The eyes of countless mathematicians have been cast on Li Mu.

Mathematicians are already looking forward to the report on Goldbach's conjecture.

For Oxford University, it is of course a very meaningful thing for Li Mu to hold a report on Goldbach's conjecture here.

Goldbach studied at Oxford University, where he began his systematic study of mathematics, so he was able to leave Goldbach's conjecture such a famous question for hundreds of years.

And now, this problem will also be solved here for them!

Immediately, the University of Oxford announced that it would host the report at the Oxford Convention Centre.

And the time of the event is on September 13th!

With this date set, flights to Oxford were sold for some time up to 13 September.

Obviously, there were a lot of mathematicians who came to this presentation.

This is the attraction of Goldbach's conjecture!

……

Time passed quietly.

A month flew by.

In the past month, the mathematical community has been looking forward to Li Mu's report, and of course, various mathematicians have never stopped verifying Li Mu's papers.

The two papers add up to more than 150 pages, and if you really want to look closely, it will take a long time, and of course, a month is enough for those top scholars to read it seriously.

However, no scholar has ever questioned Li Mu's proof process.

This also gave the mathematical community more and more confidence in his proofs.

And Li Mu's report has become even more important.

Perhaps, this report will put a final conclusion on this conjecture!

September 13th, quietly came.

……

(End of chapter)