"Hello Senior Brother Xiao Ran, my name is Kong Jiyuan, and I am a graduate student under Teacher Tian."

Xiao Ran was accompanied by Director Tian and several professors from the Department of Mathematics, as well as seven or eight graduate students who were taken by their own teachers to see the world.

Among them, Xiao Ran is the youngest, somewhat conspicuous, and the senior sitting next to Xiao Ran is named Kong Jiyuan, and he can't wait to introduce himself as soon as he sits down.

For this legendary Xiao Ran junior, he was obviously a little curious.

"Hello Senior Kong." Xiao Ran did not reject this basic communication, and responded with a smile.

The academic community is not only immersed in research, but also sophisticated, and has a good relationship with these seniors, whether they will be used in the future or not, there will always be multiple friends and multiple paths.

"You must be attending this kind of academic conference for the first time, how does it feel?"

"Excited, and a little nervous."

From the time to the present, he has studied mathematics for a year, and half of it is still the foundation of mathematics in high school.

If it weren't for the various hangings that the system gave him, plus the fact that he had worked hard this year, it would undoubtedly be wishful thinking to participate in an academic conference of this level.

Not to mention being able to give an academic presentation at the International Mathematical Union.

It would be a lie to say that you are not nervous.

After speaking, Xiao Ran slowly exhaled a breath, then smiled a little embarrassedly, and said, "Let Senior Kong smile." ”

"Hahaha, it's normal to be nervous, don't think too much, it's a publicly-funded tour, and you can also increase your knowledge by the way." Kong Jiyuan laughed twice, he was not very old, that is, he was in his early twenty-five or sixteen years.

In front of Director Tian and a group of professors in their fifties and sixties, he was naturally nothing as a small graduate student, but in front of Xiao Ran, he became a senior person, and said with a smile: "Like this kind of international academic conference, Mr. Tian has also taken us to participate in several times, and I remember that at the beginning, I was just like you, both excited and nervous.

"I still remember the first time I went abroad to attend an academic conference, I was nervous at that time, I got off the plane, I didn't know which leg to step first, and I didn't dare to talk to foreigners for fear of showing timidity."

"Hahaha, it's good to get used to it, it's good to get used to it, and now that I think about it, I always feel that I was quite ashamed at that time." Kong Jiyuan is quite talkative, and he is not the slightest embarrassed when he talks about his original troubles.

Of course, he followed Director Tian to participate in this kind of academic conference a few times before, saying that it was to increase his knowledge, but it was really just to increase his knowledge, and he followed Director Tian to listen to various lectures and reports every day, and it was naturally impossible for Xiao Ran to be able to hold a conference report alone.

Kong Jiyuan only regarded Xiao Ran as the same as him, just to be a listener, and didn't know that Xiao Ran still had an academic report waiting for him.

"By the way, do you know the process of the International Mathematical Union?" Kong Jiyuan asked again.

"I don't know much."

"Then I'll tell you, lest you be confused then." Kong Jiyuan was very enthusiastic and immediately explained to Xiao Ran.

"The basic process of the academic conference of the International Mathematical Union is three days, the first day of sign-in, the sign-in time is generally from morning to night, so you don't have to worry about whether you will be delayed if you go late.

Then the next morning starts at 8 or 9 o'clock, first of all, the host opens, some are the chairman of the conference as the moderator, and in the morning it is generally the report of the Keynote Speakers.

We are generally known as big guy speeches, and those who can make reports here are undoubtedly math bulls, if you can make an academic report on it in your lifetime, then this life is worth it! ”

Kong Jiyuan said with a hint of yearning.

Xiao Ran smiled but did not speak.

"Hahaha, it's far away, at this time, you can take notes or something below, maybe you can come up with a paper."

"There will be a tea break in the middle, usually after 3-4 speeches, it will be noon, you can show off the meal, usually a buffet, you can meet some new friends during the meal."

Speaking of this, Kong Jiyuan asked again: "By the way, junior brother Xiao Ran, how is your English level?" ”

"Okay." Xiao Ran smiled modestly.

"That's good, I'll take you to meet some new friends then, you don't have to be afraid of bad spoken English, don't dare to communicate with them, they are all young people, as long as your spoken language is not particularly bad, it's still easy to make new friends."

Saying that, Kong Jiyuan raised his eyebrows, squeezed his eyebrows and said, "Maybe you can have a dewy relationship with a beautiful woman in a foreign country at that time." ”

This guy, no matter how you look at it, these words are talking about yourself.

"In the afternoon, the session is a sub-forum report, which will be divided into several different meetings according to the theme of the conference, and the number of people in each meeting is also different, basically about thirty or forty people, so just go to your own group.

There will generally be a 1-2 hour lunch break at noon, you can go to the hotel to sleep and rest, if you need to make an oral report, you should do the PPT of the report in the early stage and send it to the organizing committee of the conference, of course, we don't have to think about these.

On the day of the conference, there is also a dinner party, which is generally around the table, and the host will also introduce some local tourist attractions while everyone eats, because the third day of the conference is generally free to move, and you can go around to visit. ”

Kong Jiyuan said very carefully, and Xiao Ran listened very carefully.

Time passed quickly, and it was time for lunch immediately.

Lunch was Western, the food was quite pure, with two appetizers, two soups and two main courses to choose from, although the portions were not much, but after the flight attendants spread white tablecloths and handed out shiny metal cutlery, it was also presentable.

After eating, the novelty gradually passed, Kong Jiyuan did not continue to chat, and after putting the chair back, he fell asleep with his eyes closed.

Xiao Ran took out the book and read it for a while, and then rested.

After nearly 13 hours of flight, Xiao Ran and a few people woke up several times in the middle of the flight.

"It's not even here yet, and everyone sitting is sleepy and tired." After another dinner, Xiao Ran fed the small amount of food into his mouth, it was the first time he had sat on a plane for so long.

Kong Jiyuan nodded yes, and said casually: "It is estimated that it is almost there, I don't know where Mr. Tian set the hotel this time, if it is too far, it will be hard." ”

"It's usually in front of the venue." Xiao Ran was talking about the concept of his previous life, and when he followed his mentor to attend some conferences in China, it was natural for him to book a room nearby.

Kong Jiyuan nodded and said: "Princeton is located between New York and Philadelphia, it is a unique rural city, the scenery is very beautiful, but the traffic is extremely inconvenient, and it will take several hours to transfer at that time, which can toss people to death, and it will be miserable if you can't book a similar hotel at that time." ”

"Forget it, it's a public-funded tour anyway." Kong Jiyuan's mentality is very good.

After another few hours, the plane finally landed at Philadelphia's international airport.

(End of chapter)