Great Country Academician

After tidying up the manuscript paper on the table, Xu Chuan stretched his waist and looked at the wall calendar beside him.

The above time and date are up to December 1st.

In another nine days, the Nobel Prize award ceremony will be held in Stockholm, Sweden, and it is time for him to leave.

In fact, Zheng Hai had already told him about it yesterday.

Last time he went to the capital, he had a discussion with Qin Anguo from the Science and Technology Information Center. This time he went to Sweden to receive the award, instead of taking the plane, he went by BJ-Cosmo train.

After arriving in Cosmo by train, transfer to Tallinn, and then ferry to Stockholm on the 'Baltic Sea'. The entire journey takes up to eight days.

Compared with flying in the past, the time spent has doubled several times, but in terms of safety, it has improved countless times.

"To receive an award and spend a week on the road, I'm probably the only one."

Sitting on the train, Xu Chuan stared at the scenery outside the window and thought quietly.

Most of the others went there by plane, but he probably took the train to ship. If it wasn't for the experience in his previous life, he would probably have chosen to go by plane as well.

But relatively speaking, it is worthwhile to spend some time in exchange for your own safety.

A 21-year-old winner of both the Nobel Prize and the Fields Medal, if this Nobel Prize medal is not very important to him and China, I am afraid that he would not be arranged to go abroad.

If the awarding ceremony of the Nobel Prize is not in Sweden, it is impossible for him to come out to accept the award in the United States.

After receiving the award this time, he will basically never go abroad for a long time in the future.

If the theoretical achievements are not enough for the United States to pay too much attention to, then next year's application results, whether it is the reuse of nuclear waste or the artificial SEI film to solve lithium dendrites, are enough to set off shocking waves in the field of nuclear energy and electric energy.

Theory and application are two completely different fields.

Apps can really promote the development of a country.

In particular, scientists who can quickly transform theoretical results into applied results are extremely important to the development of science and technology.

In today's scientific world, there is no shortage of top theorists, nor of those cutting-edge theories.

It can even be said that many of the theories in today's scientific community are still studying theories from a hundred years ago. For example, the achievements left by Einstein, such as the manuscripts left by Grothendieck, have not been thoroughly studied so far.

But scholars who can transform theory into application are rare treasures no matter where they are placed.

And energy has always been the most sensitive field in the world.

The United States can wage wars all over the world for oil. If the pollution of nuclear waste is solved and can be reused, the importance of oil will undoubtedly be greatly reduced.

And the United States, which is built on the oil-dollar system, how could it be possible to watch others destroy this system.

When this result comes out, there will be a bloodbath.

Accompanied by the sound of jingling, Xu Chuan has spent five days on the K3 train.

Starting from the capital, across Northern Mongolia, and then to Tsarist Russia.

I have to say that the scenery along the way is intoxicating.

Even if it is not the best tourist season, it is still beautiful.

The endless grassland is covered with snow, white to the eye, and frozen for thousands of miles; the emerald and blue Lake Baikal, with criss-cross ice cracks on the lake, looks like a galaxy that is close at hand.

At different altitudes and climate zones, the scenery will show different colors, such as green, yellow, red, white, etc., just like oil paintings.

This is a journey that can cleanse the soul, even if he didn't want to enjoy the scenery much at the beginning, he was addicted to it in the end.

Crossing the Baltic Sea, Xu Chuan finally arrived in Stockholm at noon on December 9th.

At the port of Stockholm, under the reception of the port staff, Xu Chuan met Professor Staffan Normark, the permanent secretary of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, who came to greet him.

"Welcome, Professor Xu."

This old man dressed in formal attire and full of aristocratic atmosphere greeted him, first hugged him, and then warmly held his hands.

Xu Chuan smiled and said, "Long time no see, Professor Staffan."

Staffan Normark looked Xu Chuan up and down, and then said with a smile: "Over two years have passed, and you seem to have hardly changed."

After a pause, he continued: "However, the brilliance you have created in the past two years has broken various historical records time and time again, causing major changes in history."

"The youngest Crawford Prize winner in history, the youngest Fields Medal winner in history, and tomorrow you will break the record for the youngest Nobel Prize winner in history."

"It's incredible, how did you do it?"

Xu Chuan laughed and said, "Maybe it's my luck?"

Staffan smiled and shook his head: "Luck may explain one of them, but so many brilliant achievements can only be explained by strength."

Shaking his head, he didn't continue on this topic, but instead smiled and said, "Maybe geniuses don't take the usual path, such as this year's Nobel Prize, and everyone else basically came here by plane, only you are Came by train ferry."

Xu Chuan pursed his lips and said with a smile: "Although flying can save time, trains and ships can give you a completely different view."

Hearing that," Staffan asked curiously, "maybe this is the secret of your success? You can always see things that others don't. "

Xu Chuan smiled and said, "Maybe."

In the ferry hall, after the two exchanged pleasantries, Academician Staffan led Xu Chuan out.

Outside, the welcome vehicle of the Swedish Royal Guard is already waiting there.

Speaking of the Swedish royal family, the most famous point is not luxury and wealth, but 'poor'!

Members of the Swedish royal family are even so 'poor' that they can't afford to hire the royal guard for their travel.

It's just unbelievable.

After all, when it comes to the royal family, many people will immediately think of the wealthy Saudi royal family, the luxurious Thai royal family, the aristocratic royal family on which the sun never sets, and so on.

In the minds of most people, the royal family has always been rich and luxurious, with countless gold, silver and jewelry, and even limited luxury cars in the world are filled with garages.

But the Swedish royal family is not among them. It can be described as "even" poor. The total assets of the Swedish royal family are less than one percent of the Saudi royal family, and they are known as the "poorest" royal family in the world.

But in fact, Sweden can be said to be a highly developed capitalist country, and its per capita GDP was as high as 54,000 meters in 2015.

In the list released by Forbes in 2015, the Swedish king's personal assets were only 16.3142 million gold.

This number is a lot for ordinary people, but compared to the other royal families mentioned above, it is not a drop in the bucket.

The local tyrants in Saudi Arabia spend tens of billions to hundreds of billions to build the tallest building in the world, build the world island and so on. If this is to be placed in Sweden, it is impossible without the royal family's financial expenditure for hundreds of years.

Even many private properties in Sweden are more than the king's.

Although Xu Chuan didn't quite understand how the Swedish royal family got mixed up like this, but the royal family, which couldn't even afford the royal guards, was really shabby.

But in other words, Sweden is one of the countries with the smallest gap between rich and poor in the world, and it is also a country with a bursting happiness index.

A country where the royal family is poor but the people are rich; or a country where the royal family is rich but the people can’t afford to eat. I believe most people have the answer.

After getting in the car, the group went straight to the Stockholm Grand Hotel.

Xu Chuan stayed here when he came to Stockholm to attend the Crafford Award Ceremony two years ago, and he still lives in this hotel this time.

And it's not just the hotel, even the rooms are still the same as before.

"Brother!"

In the Stockholm Hotel, as soon as Xu Chuan arrived, he was seen by Xu Xiao who had just come out of the elevator and was about to go out to play.

Compared with Xu Chuanyouyou's arrival, other people who received his invitation to share had already arrived.

For the award ceremony and evening of the Nobel Prize, in addition to the winner himself, up to 14 relatives and friends can be brought with him.

Fourteen places are not too many for Xu Chuan, but they are enough.

There are three parents and sisters, Old Tang from Star City No. 1 Middle School, Chen Zhengping, a tutor from Nantah University, Liu Jiaxin, a senior sister, Professor Deligne, Professor Wei Teng, Emilia, Gu Bing, etc. who are tutors from Princeton.

These relatives and friends who are close to each other are divided into one point, which is almost the same.

"How are you doing here these days?"

Xu Chuan touched her head and asked with a smile.

Compared with him, his family came earlier and arrived a few days ago.

After a lifetime of hard work in the countryside, Xu's father and Xu's mother are also preparing to travel in Europe to relax while their son is receiving the award.

Of course, this is inseparable from Xu Xiao's teasing and flickering, this girl likes traveling the most.

"Of course, we have been to many places, the Aegean Sea, the Louvre, the Eiffel Tower"

Xu Xiao counted with her fingers, her face was full of excitement. She had been longing to travel to and from Europe for a long time, but she couldn't find a suitable opportunity once. This time, it can be said that she visited all over.

"It's good that you are happy, where are your parents?" Xu Chuan smiled dumbly, his younger sister might have gone crazy in the past two days.

"It's resting in the room." Xu Xiao replied, "By the way, Teacher Tang and Teacher Chen are also there."

Xu Chuan smiled and said, "So you slipped out?"

Xu Xiao playfully made a face at her elder brother, who wants to stay in the room and listen to their chatter when they can come out to play.

The room of Xu's father and Xu's mother was arranged on the same floor as Xu Chuan's. After finding the room, Xu Chuan knocked on the door and walked in.

In the room, not only his own parents, but also Chen Zhengping, a mentor from Nantah University, and Old Tang from Xingcheng No. 1 Middle School, the four of them were communicating.

"Dad, Mom, tutor, teacher." Walking into the room, Xu Chuan greeted each other with a bright smile on his face.

"Chuan'er, are you here? When did you arrive?"

Seeing Xu Chuan, all four of them stood up in surprise.

"Just arrived, how are you doing here?" Xu Chuan asked with a smile.

"It's pretty good, the scenery is not bad, but the food is a bit out of taste." Father Xu replied with a smile, he is indeed not very used to the food in Europe.

It may be novel at first, but if you eat those things every day, you can't stand it.

Xu Chuan laughed and said, "Then I'll say hello to the hotel and ask them to prepare domestic food at night."

As a Nobel Prize winner, this power is still there.

Father Xu shook his head with a smile and said, "Don't bother, it's traveling, that's it. Besides, after you receive the award, we'll be going back. It's only two days away."

On the side, Tang Gaoyuan walked up with a smile, and after taking a serious look at Xu Chuan, he reached out and patted him on the shoulder, sighing:

"Unexpectedly, you actually won the Nobel Prize."

Xu Chuan replied with a smile: "It's all because of your good teaching, teacher."

Tang Gaoyuan snorted disdainfully: "If I had taught you well, you wouldn't have gone to study mathematics in the first place."

Hearing this, both Xu Chuan and Xu Xiao in the room smiled embarrassedly, both of them were brought out by Old Tang.

On the other side, Chen Zhengping continued: "Just now I had a chat with your high school teacher, and we agreed that with your talent, as long as you work hard, you will definitely win the Nobel Prize in the future. However, I didn't expect it to come so early. "

After a pause, he said with emotion: "At the age of 21, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences really broke the rules of the past. But this also shows how excellent your research results are."

Xu Chuan said with a smile: "Actually, I was also very surprised. According to common sense, this year's Physics Prize should be awarded to the laser field."

"In addition to Professor Arthur Ashkin, the results of Professor Gérard Mourou and Canadian scholar Donna Strickland are also very good."

He was talking about the other two Nobel Prize winners in the 18 years of the original historical track.

Chen Zhengping shook his head, and said: "From the perspective of value, the results of these two are still quite inferior. Not to mention the two of them, even Professor Arthur Ashkin's results are not as good as yours. To be inferior."

"We are just surprised that the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences will award the Nobel Prize to you at such a young age. After all, the average age of Nobel Prize winners is over 60 years old."

On the side, Tang Gaoyuan also felt a little emotional: "I have been a teacher for so many years, but I never thought that there would be a Fields Medal or a Nobel Prize among the students I have taught. You are really one of the students I have taught. , the one I am most proud of.”

"I don't even dare to think about being a double winner of the Nobel Prize and the Fields Medal, but you actually got it."

"When I go out in the future, I can also say that I am the teacher of a Nobel Prize winner and a Fields Medal winner. No one can believe it when it comes to bragging."

Hearing this, several people in the room laughed.

After exchanging pleasantries for a while, Xu Chuan said goodbye to his parents and two mentors and returned to his room.

After sitting on trains and ships for so long, it would be a lie to say that I am not tired.

He is also ready to take a good rest to face the upcoming awards ceremony.