White room, in an office.

The immigrant ju's long juju was facing a certain president with a cool hairstyle.

"If we want to take any measures, now should be the best opportunity. According to our intelligence, Professor Xu should choose the same route as when he came, from ferrying across the Baltic Sea to Tsarist Russia, and then taking a train back to China.

"

"This is a talent that may be comparable to that person in the last century. Moreover, he is older. If he can also show terrifying talents in the application field, we may miss a good opportunity."

In the office, the middle-aged director Ju was expressing his opinions.

Opposite him, the president with a cool hairstyle didn't even raise his eyelids as he flipped through the information in his hand.

After a while, he raised his head: "This is not a very good idea. Today's China is no longer the China it was twenty years ago."

"If the other party is in the United States, it doesn't matter if we make small moves. But if we take action internationally, it will break the unspoken rules and prompt the other party to retaliate. Especially if the other party is capable."

"And now the situation is more complicated. He went back through Tsarist Russia. In that country, it is even more difficult for us to take action. Once those two countries are united, it will not be easy for us."

"What's more, attacking an internationally renowned scholar is not a good thing for either the scientific community or the political world. If the other party has the ability and is worthy of our attack, it doesn't matter. But at the moment

He didn't manifest."

"Increase the price and see if you can win over the other party."

"Didn't he just win the Nobel Prize? Invite the other party to come here to give a lecture or give a speech or something. If he comes, then we have the final say."

"By the way, doesn't the Paley Institute have some rewards for the seven major problems? He seemed to have solved one before? Just use that as a reason to invite him over."

Opposite me, the head of the immigration department nodded. Although he had some different views, since the boss had already made a decision, let's implement it like this first.

I just hope there is no problem with this decision~

...

Sweden, Stockholm Ferry Port, Xu Chuan got on the ship again.

The coastline gradually receded, and the cold sea breeze blew on his face. He glanced at the bustling city behind him and felt a little emotional in his heart.

If nothing unexpected happens, he probably won't come back again for a long, long time.

The cruise ship was sailing in the Baltic Sea, looking at the blue ocean, Xu Chuan looked up at the sky.

Only civilizations that yearn for the sky have sufficient development potential. This was his speech at the Nobel Lecture. It not only reminded governments of all countries to set their sights on the universe and the sky, but also served as a warning to himself.

Looking at the sky, an idea suddenly appeared in Xu Chuan's mind.

"What is the future of mathematics, physics, or science, and mankind?"

For most people, this is probably an unfounded worry about whether the sun will go out tomorrow or whether the earth will stop rotating.

But for people like Xu Chuan who are already at the top of the pyramid of science, this problem is within reach.

As the saying goes, if you are in your position, seek your job.

No matter where a person stands, he will naturally think about the corresponding things.

Looking forward to the past, looking at the hundreds of years of modern scientific development, it is actually only a very small group of people who really drive scientific development and promote scientific progress.

In the field of physics such as Newton, Einstein, Maxwell, Planck, Bohr...

Mathematics fields such as Archimedes, Euler, Gauss, Newton, Riemann, Galois...

It can be said that in every field, it is almost a small group of people who promote its rapid development.

The vast majority of ordinary scientists can at most do some tinkering with corners, and some don't even have the ability to tinker with corners.

This is a very cruel fact.

In fact, it’s not just science, it’s like this in most fields.

Just like the top Paris Fashion Week, it almost determines the popular colors every year. Red is popular this year, yellow is popular next year, gray is popular the year after that...

The aesthetics of the general public have always been controlled by people.

However, in the scientific field, this problem is more serious.

This is a field that relies on ‘wisdom’ and ‘knowledge’.

For scholars like him, who have already stood at the pinnacle of civilized minds, sometimes a thought may bring civilization a big step forward, but it may also drag civilization into an abyss.

For example, the mass-energy equation, although its original purpose was to explain the mass loss in nuclear reactions and to calculate the energy of particles in high-energy physics; it also prompted the emergence of nuclear weapons, a major weapon that destroys civilization.

With the number of nuclear weapons in the hands of various countries today, if a third war does occur, it is undoubtedly unknown whether civilization can still exist.

Xu Chuan had hardly thought about this issue before. In his previous life, he was even more obsessed with making breakthroughs in certain extreme fields than he is now.

After returning to the top of his life, he seems to have a more delicate mind than before.

Of course, he had a strong desire to take a look at the starry sea in the distant universe.

Especially after this year's International Mathematics Conference, he saw a glimmer of hope after further exploring the expanded applications of Xu-Weyl-Berry's theorem.

...

"This doesn't seem to be going to the Tallinn port where we came from?"

On the ship, Xu Chuan looked at the different scenery along the coast and asked Zheng Hai beside him with some curiosity.

Zheng Hai nodded and said: "Yes, because we received some news, the route back has been adjusted. Instead of going to Tallinn, we will go to St. Petersburg and go back directly through Tsarist Russia without passing through Estonia. This is safer.

.”

According to the information they received, the country on the west coast seemed to be discussing taking action against them. Although it was ultimately vetoed by the president with cool hair, for the sake of safety, the travel protection team chose to modify the escort route.

Although the motherland and Estonia maintain relatively friendly and stable relations, to be honest, Estonia is too weak and is a member of NATO, so it has little resistance to the demands of the United States.

It is relatively safe within Tsarist Russia.

There are no permanent allies, only permanent interests. Compared with Estonia, its northern neighbors need China's help and support more.

As long as the interest relationship is not broken, they are still willing to help out a little.

More importantly, this neighboring country has sufficient military strength.

These days, nothing is worse than having thousands of orphaned mushroom eggs in the arsenal.

.....

Hearing Zheng Hai's answer, Xu Chuan nodded and did not ask any more questions.

It's enough to go back smoothly. Anyway, it's impossible for these people hidden among tourists to escort him to harm him.

In this regard, he has enough confidence.

After sailing in the Baltic Sea for several days, Xu Chuan was almost tired of being idle, and St. Petersburg finally appeared in front of him.

All that's left is to return to the motherland via a familiar train.

The clanging sound lasted for several days. When the K3 train crossed the border and entered Inner Mongolia, when the monument boundary appeared in front of us, whether it was Xu Chuan, Zheng Hai, or other people in the carriage,

, they all breathed a sigh of relief and felt relieved.

That small stele seems to have a reassuring magic power.

...

After returning to his motherland, Xu Chuan originally wanted to go back to Nanjing University directly.

However, when he got out of the station, he was stopped by Qin Anguo who came to greet him. He thought that the minister of the Ministry of Science and Technology had something to do with him. He didn't react until the other person said a few words.

"National Science and Technology Awards Conference!"

After hearing these words, Xu Chuan suddenly understood what they were.

After returning from Sweden, it is already mid-December. According to tradition, the National Science and Technology Awards Conference is held in December or January every year.

If the Nobel Prize is the highest honor in the world, then the various science awards awarded at the National Science and Technology Awards Conference are the highest honor a scientific researcher or scholar can receive in China.

To win this crown, one needs to go through a lot of screening.

Including the candidates, they did not apply for it themselves, but were recommended by others, just like the Nobel Prize.

And in order to ensure the fairness of this award, the National High-tech Award Review Committee implements a registered voting method, and each review member must be responsible for his or her own vote.

For the evaluation of a certain award, it needs to be approved by a majority of more than two-thirds of the committee members to be valid.

Xu Chuan knew about this award, but he had never received it.

When he was eligible to enter the selection in his previous life, he was already locked in the United States.

As for this life, he really hadn't thought about this before.

On the one hand, he doesn't really care much about awards and honors in all aspects. After all, he basically got everything he should have received in his previous life.

On the other hand, several awards at the National Science and Technology Awards Conference are like the Nobel Prize, with the nature of a lifetime honor.

Just like the Nobel Prize, although the age of the winner is not specified, it tends to favor older winners.

After all, if this kind of honor is awarded to a young scholar, if he achieves greater achievements in the future, there will be no prize to be awarded.

Of course, the Nobel Prize can be awarded again, but the National Science and Technology Award can only be awarded once.

This is a very embarrassing thing.
To be continued...