About 15 p.m.

For most of China, three o'clock in the afternoon is still far from night. However, for the city of Stockholm in Northern Europe, the long winter nights have already begun.

The snow was like a furnace that engulfed everything in the world, smelting everything into silver in the silver flames that tumbled up and down. Only a few street lamps and windows are left to outline the street.

However, the heavy snow did not cool people's enthusiasm.

On the streets not far from the Blue Palace, people wear thick down jackets and carry handmade lanterns in their hands, as if they are watching the red brick and black tile castle not far away with the faint light.

Against the heavy snow like goose feathers, the reporter lady standing in front of the camera held a microphone with the CTV logo written on it in her hand and said in an excited tone.

"I'm standing on the street I'm standing on Oosterbergs Street, not far from the Blue Palace, and behind me are local Chinese residents, some from the nearby community, some from a city a hundred kilometers away, and the neighborhood is full of hotel bookings...... With paper lanterns in their hands, they spontaneously gathered here. Let's interview them......"

Walking through the snow-covered streets, the reporter came to one of the Chinese people holding a lantern.

"Sir, may I interview you now?"

"Yes, you can! No problem! ”

Looking at the microphone with CTV written on it, the man in a down jacket, about forty years old, looked quite excited, and waved his hand at the camera behind her.

"How are you feeling right now?"

As he spoke, the reporter pointed the microphone in his hand.

Looking at the microphone stretched out, the man in the down jacket, as if he was afraid that his voice would be too small to hear, opened his voice and shouted loudly.

"Excited! Excited! Glad! ”

"May I interview you about what makes you feel so excited, excited, and happy in this cold winter?"

The man said with a laugh.

"For no other reason! Seeing that our scientists are so good, Lao Tzu is happy! ”

Behind the curtain wall composed of wind and snow.

Standing on the edge of the lake, the Blue Palace flickered like a torch in the night, grabbing all the eyes of hope.

The door of the Blue Room has been surrounded by reporters from all over the world, carrying cameras in their hands, like hunters waiting for an opportunity in the night, just waiting for the moment when the door will open an hour later, waiting for the moment when the figure appears in the camera, and then pressing the shutter in their hands to record this historic moment.

At the same time, in the spacious hall, a symphony orchestra of dozens of people played the music that kicked off.

Sitting in the special seat and watching the crowded venue, Lu Bangguo, who was restless, was a little nervous on his face, and couldn't help but whisper to his wife sitting next to him.

"Do you say that our boats are nervous?"

Before Fang Mei could speak, Xiao Tong, who was sitting next to her, heard it and couldn't help but let out a snorting laugh.

"Dad, what are you thinking? The award he won, he can't hang on both walls, right? ”

Fang Mei smiled, patted Xiaotong's little hand lightly, and said.

"Your dad can't change his mentality all the time, don't look at him sitting in the Blue Hall, it's actually no different from sitting in his son's opening ceremony and class assembly."

"What nonsense, I'm just worried about my son, aren't you worried about your son?" The old face turned red, Lu Bangguo glared at Fang Mei, then looked at Xiao Tong again, and said "condescendingly", "You don't understand, you'll know when you have a son!" ”

Xiaotong stuck out his tongue and grimaced.

"Cut! Seeing that my brother was hopeless, you started to squeeze me, right? ”

"What is oppression, is there a problem with your father worrying about your life's affairs? You girl too, you've been out there for so long, and you haven't thought about finding a partner. ”

"I'm not interested, and I'm so busy every day, how can I have time to fall in love."

“…… No, I've heard that the life of an international student should be very colorful, right? ”

Listening to Daddy's speech, Xiao Tong couldn't help but roll his eyes.

"There is a big difference between international students and international students, and not everyone is going to enjoy life. What's more, it's Princeton, a small village far from the big cities, and half the world is full of weirdos, and everyone is doing their own thing...... Forget it, I told you that you don't understand, anyway, you don't really have the idea of this at all. ”

"No wonder ......" Lu Bangguo touched his chin, he didn't know what he was pondering, and said to himself, "No wonder I haven't found a partner for so long, it turns out that I have been affected by the environment." ”

Xiaotong: "...... Well, I think my brother is one of the weirdos too. ”

The sound of the symphony became more and more exciting, and the baton waving in the hands of the conductor became faster and faster, driving the atmosphere of the audience to become more and more high.

"The last person to win both the Nobel Prize in Physics and Chemistry was Marie Curie." Looking at the symphony on the stage, Edward Witten, who was wearing a long trench coat, had a hint of envy in his eyes, and said with emotion, "I didn't expect such a great man to appear next to you and me." ”

For the Nobel Prize in Physics, Witten can be said to have been obsessed for a long time, which is almost an open secret in the physics community. But the Nobel Committee could not have awarded him this prize because of his academic prestige, because neither M theory nor string theory is something unproven.

At least for the Physics Prize, they don't make easy compromises.

"Yes."

Glancing at Professor Deligne standing beside him, Professor Witten joked.

"When your favorite student won this award, is your only emotion 'yes'?"

"I have no study of physics or chemistry, and I have nothing more to say than to tell him," continued Professor Deligne after a moment of silence, "but I confess that when I sent him an offer, I did not expect that his knowledge would make such a big difference in the world." ”

Looking at the eyes on the stage, there was a hint of relief, and the old man without hair suddenly smiled.

"It's also interesting to say that the Bourbaki school has always preached the purity of mathematics, and that mathematics should only serve mathematics. But from him, I see a different change. ”

"Mathematics doesn't just change mathematics, it can even change the world."

"I remember him saying that."

"And it's not just talking."

The symphony is over.

Nobel Foundation Owner. Standing in front of the stage, facing the audience, Xi announced the opening speech of the Nobel Prize ceremony.

Next to the stage was the Nobel Committee on Physics/Simats Larson.

The old man with gold-rimmed glasses gently pushed his glasses, reached out to straighten the microphone, and continued in a steady and solemn voice.

"For a long time, we knew very little about the world in the higher dimensions."

"Until a tiny speck of dust broke into the field of vision of all of us."

There was silence in the room.

Everyone looked at the stage, quietly waiting for the old man to continue.

“…… It's so small that almost all of us, you and me sitting here...... We all missed it. ”

"But thankfully, things have taken a turn for the better."

"The establishment of the Lunar Hadron Collider, the birth of a new physics research system, all because of a great man who did not give up, all of us took a big step forward and reached a field that no one else has ever set foot in."

"And the facts have proved that there are no accidents in nature."

"Behind all seemingly incomprehensible phenomena, there is some inevitable reason."

"Thanks to him for not giving up."

As if telling a distant legend, the old man's voice has a special infectious power, which makes people can't help but be in awe. At this moment, the old man suddenly raised his voice, and there was a hint of solemnity and exaltation in his voice.

"I announce on behalf of the Nobel Prize Selection Committee in Physics."

"The winner of the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics is"

"Lu Zhou!"