The entrance of Jinling University.

Standing on the side of the road with a black suitcase in tow, Professor Faltins looked at the stone tablet with the inscription not far away, and suddenly spoke.

"I never wanted to come to this country ten years ago, but I didn't expect that I had been here so many times in just a few years."

"I've been here about twice," Schultz said with a smile as he dragged a suitcase, "and each time it made me feel different." ”

"It's my first time," said an old man who looked to be in his fifties and sixties standing next to the two of them, looking up at the crowd of people coming and going at the entrance of the campus, "I've only seen it in movies before." ”

Faltins: "Oh? So how do you feel right now? ”

The old man smiled and said, "Sure enough, the movies are all lies." ”

The old man standing next to the two was none other than Professor Holden.

As the secretary general of the International Union of Mathematicians, he came to Jinling mainly to negotiate with the Chinese Mathematicians Association and the local government of Jinling City, and to discuss the next International Congress of Mathematicians.

Of course, the reason why I was with Professor Faltins was also to visit Lu Zhou.

Schultz smiled and said: "If you go to their library, you will be more surprised, I have been to many universities, but I rarely see a university library that is as full as they are, and you even need to book in advance to find a seat." ”

"Really?" Professor Holden's face showed an interested expression, "Then I need to take a visit...... Speaking of which, how do we find Professor Lu? Do you know where his office is? ”

Faltins and Schultz glanced at each other, exchanged glances, and a strange expression appeared on their faces.

"You know what?"

"No...... I thought you knew. ”

"That's unfortunate, I seem to have been to the campus in the center of the city several times when I came to Jinling."

The expression on Professor Holden's face couldn't help but be a little embarrassed, and he coughed dryly.

“…… Or I'm going to say hello. ”

As he spoke, he dragged his suitcase and took the lead to the guard room at the gate, asking with the help of the translation software on his mobile phone.

"Hello, how do I find Lu Zhou's office?"

Glancing at the three gringos standing outside the doorman, the doorman, who was obviously experienced in this area, took out three English forms directly from the drawer and handed them to the windowsill with the pen.

"Looking for Academician Lu? Fill in the form to register. ”

Looking at the doorman who had gone to make the call, Professor Holden turned around and exchanged glances with Faltins and Schultz, making a helpless expression.

“…… Anyway, let's register first. ”

……

At the same time, in the conference room of Jinling University, an ideological work conference is being held.

Because of what happened in the last meeting, President Xu criticized the director of the International Department, Director Chen, by name, and the bureaucratic phenomenon that is spreading among the management as Kim University's status in the domestic academic community has risen.

At the same time, he repeatedly emphasized at the meeting how to be a truly international university, how to face up to its own influence, and how not to take a bad lead on issues of principle.

For Kim University, President Xu can be said to be very emotional.

Although it is not his alma mater, it is where he has worked for more than ten years.

At his current age, it is difficult to make any great achievements in academics, and the only hope is in education, to cultivate more useful talents for this university, for the country, and for the society.

Fortunately, there is a Professor Lu at Kim University, and under his influence, everything is developing in a good direction.

However, on the contrary, as Jinda's strength continues to grow, the hidden dangers hidden behind this prosperity are also breeding.

The situation now is, if nothing else, he can stay in office for a maximum of five years. In these five years, of course, it will be okay to have him, but after five years, he should retire no matter what, and I don't know who will come up to sit in this position.

In order to give the university a brighter future, he plans to accomplish something in the next five years.

I don't want to restore the glory of the former national university, but I want to be able to dedicate the rest of his life to Kim Dae, who has dedicated the rest of his life for more than ten years, and is ready to embrace the world.

Instead of letting those who only think about the black gauze hat on their heads, turn this train that carries the dreams of countless young people into the ditch.

Unscrewed the thermos cup, took a sip of hot water to moisten his throat, and just as Principal Xu was about to continue to say something, there was a knock on the door outside the conference room, and his secretary walked in from outside.

"Headmaster."

After temporarily stopping his speech, Principal Xu looked at him and asked.

"Something."

"Just now, the security department called and said that Professor Faltings, an internationally renowned scholar and director of the Max Planck Institute of Mathematics, Professor Schultz of the Department of Mathematics of the University of Bonn, and Professor Holden, secretary general of the International Union of Mathematicians, wanted to visit Academician Lu."

Whispers rang out in the conference room.

There was obvious surprise and exclamation in the noisy discussion.

Principal Xu was also stunned for a moment, and subconsciously asked.

"Why did you call from the Security Division?"

The secretary said with a smile on his face.

"Because the man has already come to the door."

Principal Xu, who opened his mouth and came back to his senses, immediately looked back at the other participants in the conference room.

"What I just said, you have to figure out for yourself, what is an international university, what kind of international status is what we really need. Meeting! ”

With that, he dropped the microphone and hurried out the door.

……

If Perelman's surprise visit a few days ago was like the sun coming out of the west for Lu Zhou.

At this moment, seeing Professor Faltins and others standing at the door of his office, he even began to wonder if he was secretly wearing a helmet by the naughty Xiao Ai, and he was actually in a dream built by the virtual reality system.

Well, of course it's impossible.

He clearly remembered what the xiaolongbao tasted like in the morning.

It's just that Lu Zhou still didn't expect that just because of his paper, not only Perelman, who had already "withdrawn from the rivers and lakes", came to him, but even Schultz and Mr. Faltins came over.

"I'll get straight to the point, are you still short of people here?"

Hearing Professor Faltings' words, Lu Zhou, who came back to his senses, said with a strange expression.

"You're also for that ......"

Faltins didn't speak, just glanced to the side.

Looking at the old gentleman, Schultz made a helpless expression and nodded.

"I'm coming...... Professor Faltings only came with me. ”

Lu Zhou looked at Professor Faltins with an expression on his face that he didn't know how to complain.

It seemed that he was a little embarrassed to be seen, and the old gentleman coughed lightly and said expressionlessly.

"As you should have known, Professor Schultz's research focuses on the field of geometry with a complete form, and the central problem in this field is the unity of algebra and geometry. After reading your paper, we agree that the route you are currently working on is the most promising way to accomplish this historic work. Then he offered to come over for a year, and as for me, ......"

After a pause, Professor Faltings continued with a dry cough.

"As for me, just come and have a casual look, maybe stay for a while. Of course, if there's anything you need my help with, you can let me know...... If you don't have a shortage of people, just tell me directly, and don't be embarrassed about this kind of thing. ”

“…… How so? I think there should be no one who would refuse such a good thing," Lu Zhou smiled and stretched out his right hand, "Welcome, friends from afar, welcome to join me in my project." ”

Professor Faltins opened his mouth, as if to correct Lu Zhou's statement about "you", but after thinking about it, he still held his right hand without saying anything.

If there is a reporter nearby, you will definitely not miss the opportunity to take pictures.

This handshake is absolutely historic on this particular occasion and occasion.

On the one hand, he was the strongest of the young mathematicians of the new era, and on the other hand, Professor Faltins, one of the surviving spiritual leaders of the Bourbaki school and known as the first person under Grothendieck among the scholars of the old era.

There is no doubt that this is a handshake between two giants!

"With so many masters here, it seems that there is no suspense in solving the grand unified theory of mathematics," Schultz, who was standing on the sidelines, smiled cheerfully and said in a joking tone, "Do you want to open a bottle of champagne first?" I can go buy it now. ”

"Let's save it until our problem is solved," Professor Faltins said with a serious expression as he pushed his glasses on the bridge of his nose with trembling fingers, after letting go of his hand, "Although we have achieved a lot of results so far, there are still many problems to be solved, and the situation is far from optimistic. Maybe we'll have to solve the standard conjecture left by Grothendieck before we can really get to the heart of the puzzle. ”

Of course, if the situation is optimistic, it may not need to be so troublesome.

Even the Grand Unified Theory itself can be used to facilitate the solution of a series of mathematical propositions related to the theory of cohomology, including the standard conjecture.

But that's where the real trouble comes with a mathematical proposition—that is, the unknown of the trouble itself.

However, compared to the solemnity on Professor Faltins's face, Lu Zhou's expression was more optimistic, even relaxed.

Looking at his old friends who came from afar, Lu Zhou said in a happy tone.

"Anyway, you have come from afar, and according to the etiquette of our Chinese people, I should have invited you to a meal before talking about other things. What do you want to eat? ”

"Jinling roast duck is good...... Professor Holden, who had been standing next to him and had not spoken, suddenly raised his hand, and said with a smile, "I've wanted to come and eat it for a long time." ”

Lu Zhou said with a smile.

"No problem, I promise you'll eat until you can eat it."