Chapter 1003: Should always come

It's always coming.
The last day of July.
Even with 10,000 reluctances in his heart, Lu Zhou finally stopped the unfinished research, started packing, and went to St. Petersburg to attend the International Mathematical Congress in early August.
As for the 60-minute-minute report, after some internal struggles, Lu Zhou finally chose to be safe and made a job he had done in the field of the Riemann zeta function in the past few years. A brief summary was then uploaded to the website of the International Congress of Mathematicians.
In fact, this is the correct posture for reporting at the International Conference of Mathematicians.
Whether it is a forty-five or sixty-minute report meeting, it is not prepared for the release of a major research result. It is only a platform for scholars who have made outstanding results in various fields. The research results of the year make a summary report.
After all, for many topics of great significance, especially in the field of number theory, it is too difficult to make achievements in a few years.
Even thinking that paying back time and energy will surely pay off is a naive thing in itself.
"Xiao Ai, do you want me to bring a coat over?"
Jinling is still summer in August. It is too hot to wear a short-sleeved outing land boat, but I heard that the weather in Saint Petersburg has begun to cool, and I do n’t know if it will be cold after going there.
Floating slowly beside the land boat, a drone with a small TV hovering at a uniform speed, scrolled through a string of text.
Xiao Ai: [... St. Petersburg is located on the coast of the Baltic Sea in northwestern Russia, with a latitude of 59 to 60 degrees north. It belongs to a temperate continental climate. The temperature range in August is between 13 and 20 degrees. Although the temperature is not high, the host is still recommended to wear a A windbreaker or leather jacket, pay attention to prevent colds. (??????) ??】
"That's it ... then bring this trench coat."
Withdrawing his gaze from the small TV, watching that the suitcase was full, Lu Zhou seriously thought about it for a while, tore out a few short sleeves from it and threw it back to the closet, and replaced it with a black trench coat.
He remembered wearing this dress the last time he went to Berlin to receive his prize.
In a blink of an eye for so many years, I never expected to fit so well on my body.
Thinking of this, Lu Zhou kept sighing in his heart.
It seems that the legend that "who proves Riemann's conjecture will be immortal" is not groundless.
He also proved that a weak form of Riemann's conjecture, the quasi-Riemann's conjecture, has already achieved initial results in terms of eternal youth.
When Lu Zhou was proud of himself, the small TV floating next to him suddenly flashed slightly.
Xiao Ai: [Master, there is a video call request, see if the IP is from North America ~ (?????)]
Xiaotong?
Or Willa?
Without asking who it was, Lu Zhou said directly, "Help me."
Xiao Ai: [Received! (??????) ??】
The screen flashed, and it quickly switched to the video call interface.
Looking back at the man who appeared on the screen, a glimpse of surprise appeared in Lu Zhou's eyes, but he did not expect that the call was from him.
"Wei Wen?"
"……professor."
Lu Zhou smiled and said, "I suddenly thought of calling me?"
"Because of something ..." The expression was a little awkward, but at this moment Wei Wen suddenly noticed that Lu Zhou was packing his luggage, so he asked curiously, "Are you planning to go to IMU in St. Petersburg? ? "
"Well, there's a sixty-minute report over there waiting for me ... Speaking of, how are you doing recently? Listen to Qin Yue saying that you seem to have obtained the lecturer qualification in computational materials from MIT Are you still used to living there? "
When he said this, somehow, Wei Wen's expression on the video suddenly became bitter.
I saw him shake his head and sighed.
"Not so much, don't mention it, I ... are almost unemployed."
unemployment?
The hand tidying up the suitcase stopped, and Lu Zhou, who was squatting beside the suitcase, stood up and cast an unexpected gaze on Wei Wen in the small TV, frowning.
"Unemployed? What happened? Are you ... in trouble?"
In Lu Zhou's impression, Wei Wen's academic ability is good, especially his talent in mathematical modeling is quite brilliant. Since he turned to computational materials research under his own opinion, he has fully exerted his talents in this area. It is said that three articles have been published in the top four journals.
Lu Zhou couldn't think of it. MIT has no reason to reject such an excellent scholar.
Not to mention his apprentice ...
Even if it is against this aura, will it not be so miserable that you will lose your job?
Seeing that Lu Zhou didn't seem to know the situation at all, presumably because of Wei Wen, he smiled bitterly and said, "Have you been closed recently?"
Lu Zhou frowned and asked, "Is it ... does it matter?"
"It doesn't matter, but you haven't heard of it ... a little bit surprised," Sigh sighed, and Wei Wen continued, "It's not just the trouble I'm having alone, now most of the MIT Chinese science scholars, I haven't been very good lately ... "
After spending five minutes, Wei Wen simply told Lu Zhou the story.
It turned out that in early July, the White House suddenly issued a special decree signed by the president, asking the embassy to tighten the issuance of study visas.
On the surface this does not seem to have much to do with the mathematician who is a lecturer at MIT.
But in fact, almost immediately after the signing of this decree, MIT, Stanford, and other major universities of science and technology have suddenly changed their attitudes to Chinese lecturers and professors working overnight, which not only tightened the funding of scientific research, but also normalized Restrictive measures have been adopted for teaching.
Not only their faculty and staff who have not worked for a few years, but even some scholars who have worked in the United States for more than ten years but have not acquired American citizenship have been severely affected.
According to gossip, the reason why this happens is because someone from the FBI has interviewed the board of directors of major universities of science and technology. Although it has not affected the work for the time being, such news has made many post-doctors, lecturers, and professors working at MIT feel shudder ...
"... In fact, as early as two years ago, I saw some signs of it, but I didn't expect that this would happen now."
Lu Zhou said for a while, "What?"
Sighing, Wei Wen continued: "In nominal terms, MIT's global admissions standards are based on the ability to select talents based on the 'academic ability, personality traits, and global vision'. But these two years, an international student from mainland China No, in fact, from then on, such science and technology schools have been unfriendly to us. "
Lu Zhou nodded and said, "This is really a bit unusual."
Although there are no explicit regulations, the admission lists announced by MIT and Stanford in the past two years did not include any students from mainland China. The only Chinese students from high schools in the United States.
But the situation encountered by MIT Chinese scholars is obviously further aggravating on this basis.
"... The academic environment is getting more and more unfriendly now, and it is completely heaven and earth ten years ago. Some time ago, I talked to a professor of Chinese materials science at MIT about this issue. China is in nuclear fusion Achievements in a series of cutting-edge scientific fields such as the Moon Palace and the Moon Palace have stimulated the most sensitive nerves in the United States. "
"Especially when the Ares plan failed last year, you also saw that there was a boo throughout North America, and pessimism is causing McCain / Tinism to regain its head. You even clearly felt it during class, The hostility of some white students is not just a matter of racial discrimination. "
Speaking of which, Wei Wen's tone is also a little unpleasant.
"Now in the entire academic world, Congress will soon introduce tougher restrictive bills, which will frighten people. I don't know how long this job can last ~ EbookFREE.me ~ Maybe tomorrow, maybe the day after tomorrow, maybe It suddenly became unemployed. "
Lu Zhou: "You are studying mathematics, do you have any influence in this regard?"
"After all, my research is not pure mathematics, and I have cooperated with MIT's materials science laboratory, and then some people suspect that I am a spy, and FBI people have come to me," and speaking of this, Wei Wen himself felt He shook his head funnyly, "The spy who helped them process the experimental data, the spy who helped them with scientific research ... Well, if the paper has not been issued, I would like to apply for withdrawal."
Lu Zhou was silent for a while, and said, "... If you can't keep going, come to Jinling. The academic atmosphere here is very good now. What is your annual salary at MIT? I will give you the same at the current exchange rate. of."
Although before making this call, Wei Wen was indeed ready to return to China.
But somehow, after hearing Lu Zhou's invitation, he began to think seriously about this issue, but he finally hesitated.
Silent for about a minute, he gritted his teeth and said.
"Thank you……"
"But I still want to make some results first, at least a thousand people will come back."
Even if he knew that the current environment was being stared at by others like burglars, and it was already difficult for him to achieve something, he was still reluctant to just give up.
After all, he fled without a grade ...
He always felt a little reconciled.
Although he was a little worried about whether his students would encounter any trouble, Lu Zhou expressed his understanding and nodded.
"Then you have to be careful outside, across the Pacific Ocean, even if you are in trouble, I can hardly help you."
Wei Wen nodded, thanking him, "Well, thank you for your concern, I will pay attention!"