Chapter 281: Christmas Eve

The breakthrough of lithium battery technology continues to ferment the impact on the capital market.
The world's largest lithium material producers are Chile SQM, United States Albemarle, and Germany's Kemtel. These three companies almost monopolize the production of 80% of the brine lithium salts in the world.
The last trading day before Christmas was almost just opened, and investors of the three lithium ore giants received an amazing Christmas gift.
Perhaps the shareholders of the three companies themselves were smashed by this sudden surprise. When "Nature" and "Science" highlighted the lithium dendrite thesis, there was no market movement, and no one thought of a The M conference brought such amazing results.
However, as the industry's development of lithium battery products has fulfilled people's expectations, the capital dividends brought about by technological breakthroughs have also come to an end.
After all, when the upstream of the industry chain feels the heat, there is no doubt that the downstream has begun to return to calm.
How the capital market on Wall Street changes, Lu Zhou is temporarily not interested in these things, and has not paid any attention to it.
On the one hand, there is no research on financial matters. On the other hand, he may have been interested in money for a while.
After financial freedom, he can explore more purely in the field of science without paying too much attention to scientific research funding, market value, and life issues.
To be honest, Lu Zhou probably now feels David Xiao's feelings.
Although Wall Street brought him the beauty and luxury villas that Columbia University couldn't give him, it could not give him eternal satisfaction.
Perhaps the tens of millions of capital games that are fluctuating are indeed exciting enough, but this kind of stimulation often cannot persist in the first few years, and it will be drowned in the emptiness swept by the tide, and in the end, there are only those numbers that have no aesthetic sense Numbness is like a marriage made up.
Especially for a massively parallel computing expert, this kind of boring and monotonous digital game, he can no longer get any pleasure from it.
But science is different.
The pleasure brought by science is more enduring than any money, beauty, luxury car or even all material enjoyment.
Imagine when a research result comes out that the whole world is changing because of you. Most people don't even feel the rotation of the earth, but you can feel that the whole world is turning because of you.
Emptiness after a few seconds?
Numbness after getting used to it?
nonexistent.
Because the universe, like the Mobius ring, never ends.
The same is true of science.
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With the advent of Christmas, a festive atmosphere pervades the entire town of Princeton.
In contrast, Princeton's campus is much deserted.
As early as two weeks before Christmas, the winter holiday has begun here, and it will continue until the second week after Christmas.
With the exception of some international students, almost all of them choose to go on vacation at this time, or go home to celebrate the New Year.
Lu Zhou originally planned to have a Christmas party to celebrate the housewarming, but unfortunately, none of his friends could come.
Brother Luo and his new girlfriend returned to China, and this guy is not one or two.
David Lawrence returned to his hometown in Boston as soon as he was on vacation. Almost as soon as Lu Zhou returned from Boston, he got on the plane, and naturally he couldn't make a special trip back.
As for the school sister in Philadelphia, because the tutor's project is too busy, even if I really want to come, I really can't get away.
According to her, her mentor had just received an outsourcing project from a major client and planned the organizational structure of a company with hundreds of millions of assets. The deadline set by the other party was to be completed by the end of January.
The menopausal woman lost a lot of uncomplicated but unusually tedious tasks to her, on the grounds that you are not a Christian anyway, and then went home to enjoy the holidays.
Although this kind of statement seems to be fine, she still couldn't help rolling her eyes during a video call with Lu Zhou.
Expressing sympathy for Chen Xue's encounter, but this management aspect is beyond his ability, and he can only help.
The three could not come, and Lu Zhou suddenly found that he seemed to have no one to invite.
Among his friends, these were the three young men near Princeton.
As for the old professors of the Advanced Institute, although many people have a good relationship with him, they obviously can't play together with different ages.
Fortunately, Lu Zhou's three students chose to stay in school, so this party will not end up alone.
It's Christmas Day soon.
There was a blazing flame in the fireplace, and snow was falling from the window.
Sitting at the long banquet table in front of the fireplace, Lu Zhou, the boss, opened the champagne and spoke slowly to the three students sitting around the table.
"Next year is the new year."
Hardy raised his hand: "Professor, this is nonsense."
Lu Zhou: "..."
It ’s as much as you say!
Ignoring the boy's speech, Lu Zhou continued to read his Christmas message and expressed his outlook for the new year.
"... beginning next spring, new students will be enrolled in school. I hope that you, brothers and sisters, will take the lead."
Vera nodded as seriously as ever, remembering the professor's words.
Qin Yue belongs to the type that is more muna, with no change in expression.
Hardy whispered as usual, patting his chest and said, "Professor, rest assured, I will take the lead"
Lu Zhou said politely: "Especially Hardy, I hope you can keep up with your progress, especially not to be surpassed by your schoolmates. Otherwise, when I recruit more students, I will probably get your name. forget."
Qin Yue, who took a sip of champagne, almost didn't get caught, quickly covered herself with a cough and smiled.
Hardy frowned, "Oh, professor, please, please don't do that!"
A cheerful laughter sounded in the living room, and the atmosphere gradually became active.
Looking at his student's weird appearance, Lu Zhou couldn't help but smile at it and laughed.
"Then you have to cheer."
This was just a joke in a lively atmosphere, and of course he couldn't forget his student's name.
Now that they have chosen to give his future to his hands, as long as they don't give up themselves, he will be responsible to the end.
Unless, some of them did academic misconduct, which made Lu Zhou disappointed with his character.
Raising a glass full of champagne, Lu Zhou sent the final Christmas message to the blazing fire, the snow outside the window, and his students.
"I wish you a lot in the new year, and also wish our project a complete success, toast!"
Willa, Qin Yue, and Hardy also raised their glasses together: "Cheers !!!"
The staggering sounds continue to sound.
Although the church bells could not be heard here, the laughter was filled with warmth.
At the dinner table, Hadi boasted how much he could drink, but Qin Yue, who didn't seem to be able to drink it, fell down for a few rounds.
However, a few rounds ~ EbookFREE.me ~ Qin Yue also got down.
No one could have guessed that, in the subject of the hail conjecture, the most drunk was Vera, who looked the weakest.
The empty bottles on the table had been laid out in a row, but the white cheeks were just hung with a little red glow, making people wonder where those wines were packed.
In the past, Lu Zhou did not believe in Slavs' drinking. Until he was a mathematician, he had started to remember some of the first glasses.
Wei Yan's gaze was staring at the dimly-lit fireplace, and the land boat who barely poured a glass could not help thinking.
Will there be a Santa Claus in the crackling fire?
If so, would the fire roast the elk in his sleigh?
Thinking for a while, his consciousness suddenly flickered, and gradually became covered with mist.
In this festival in a foreign country, Lu Zhou, who has not been drunk for a long time, is once again drunk ...