Chapter 242 Nobel Prize Ceremony

The winter night in Stockholm comes very quickly.

This is a city close to the Arctic Circle. Before 3 o'clock in the afternoon, the sky has quickly darkened.

However, for those who live in this city, they have long been accustomed to it. The night and the cold wind of the Arctic have not dispelled the enthusiasm of residents and tourists. There are still many people on the streets.

Especially now, the whole city of Stockholm is filled with a "festival" atmosphere. The lights dispel the darkness, and people coming and going wander on the streets, enjoying this special atmosphere.

For a city, or even a country, it is an absolute honor and pride to be able to host the award ceremony with the highest honor in the world.

In the room of the Stockholm Grand Hotel, Xu Chuan took a short nap, recovered his energy, and went out with his parents and sister to go downstairs to the hotel restaurant for dinner.

"Wow, brother, there is fried pork with peppers here!"

"If I had known that there was this in the hotel we stayed in, I wouldn't have to run out to find food."

In the restaurant, Xu Xiao looked at the dishes on the buffet plate and was stunned for a moment, then shouted in surprise.

Xu Chuan smiled and touched the girl's head. The Stockholm Grand Hotel does not provide Chinese cuisine, but as a Nobel Prize winner, it is not a big deal for him to ask the hotel to prepare some Hunan cuisine temporarily.

Maybe the taste is not very authentic, but it is enough to eat hometown food in a foreign country.

On the side, after seeing the familiar dishes, Xu's father looked at his son in front of him with some touch. The child remembered his casual complaint yesterday.

But he didn't say anything, just carried the plate and served the food.

After all, they are a family.

"Long time no see, Professor Xu." In the restaurant, Xu Chuan was carrying the plate and choosing dishes, and a familiar voice came to his ears.

Turning his head, it was his mentors at Princeton, Deligne and Witten, and there was another familiar figure beside them.

"Teacher, senior, when did you arrive?" Xu Chuan asked in surprise, "Didn't you say you would arrive tomorrow?"

Witten smiled and said, "I originally planned to come tomorrow, but when I booked the ticket, I found that it was sold out, so I came a day earlier."

On the side, Deligne looked up and down at his student and said, "It seems that you have a good life after returning to China. It seems that you have gained some weight?"

Xu Chuan scratched his head and smiled, "No? But it is possible. After all, I don't seem to have exercised much during this period."

Hearing this, Witten asked curiously, "What have you been doing since you returned?"

He still knew a little about Xu Chuan. When he was in Princeton, even when he was studying the Hodge conjecture, he would run a few laps on the football field every day regardless of rain or shine. Now that he has returned to China, he doesn't even have time to exercise?

Xu Chuan smiled and said, "I can't tell you this for now, but you should know it after a while."

Deligne was also a little curious about this, but he didn't ask. He smiled and said, "This is a supreme honor. I'm glad you won it, but I hope that this Nobel Prize will bring you encouragement rather than satisfaction."

Xu Chuan's winning of the Nobel Prize is also an honor and glory for Deligne.

After all, bringing out a Nobel Prize winner and a Fields Medal double winner is worthy of praise for anyone.

But he is more worried that Xu Chuan will stop moving forward after winning the Nobel Prize, wasting his talent and time.

In his opinion, this student has enough ability to go further and create greater glory.

Winning the Nobel Prize at the age of 21 is his honor, but it may also become his limitation.

Winning the world's highest honor award at a young age may cause some changes in his mentality and stop moving forward.

The Nobel Prize has always been awarded to older scholars, and it is not without concerns in this regard.

As the highest award in the world, this lifelong honor can easily make a person fall into various states of mind such as satisfaction and complacency, and then lose the motivation to climb to the top.

Many people who have won the Nobel Prize in the past have not made any great achievements in their later careers. Although this is related to their age, the influence of the Nobel Prize is definitely there.

Deligne really doesn't want Xu Chuan to take this path, especially when he is so young.

Hearing Deligne's words, Xu Chuan replied solemnly: "Please rest assured, mentor, I have never given up on scientific research and academics in the past. The Nobel Prize is just a starting point for me."

Deligne nodded slightly and smiled: "That's good, Witten and I will go to eat first."

Deligne and Witten left, leaving behind the senior sister Liu Jiaxin who had been following behind.

"Long time no see, senior sister." Xu Chuan smiled and greeted the senior sister.

Liu Jiaxin looked up and said, "Well, congratulations, you won the Nobel Prize."

Xu Chuan smiled and said, "You have already told me once on the phone, are you getting used to life in Princeton? How do you feel about Professor Mark Braverman?"

Nodding, the senior said seriously, "The professor is very nice and takes good care of me."

"Professor Braverman has deep research in algorithms, complexity theory and artificial intelligence learning. You should be able to learn a lot from him."

When the senior wanted to study with him, he refused.

Unlike Amelia, the field that this senior is studying is basically not in his research scope. He had little contact with algorithms and artificial intelligence in his previous life.

However, there are top professors in these two fields in Princeton, and Professor Mark Braverman he mentioned is a representative.

This professor will receive the highest honor a computer scientist can receive in 2022-the "IMU Abacus Award" awarded at the International Mathematical Congress.

Of course, this award is still called the "Nevalinna Award" now, and it will not be renamed the "IMU Abacus Award" until next year.

To win this award, you can be said to be the top computer science professor. In the mathematics world, it is equivalent to winning the Fields Medal.

Although Princeton's computer science is not as good as some top universities specializing in this field, it can compete with those top computer universities in some subtle branches of computer science, such as artificial intelligence and data analysis.

After all, Princeton is a holy land of mathematics, and the relationship between mathematics and computers needs no further explanation.

The senior student pursed her lips and nodded. She had no regrets about going to Princeton, but she regretted that the person in front of her had returned to China.

The two were reminiscing about the past, when suddenly a crisp voice sounded in their ears.

"Brother! Is this my sister-in-law?!"

Holding a plate of dishes, Xu Xiao jumped over and stood beside Xu Chuan, curiously looking at the senior student opposite, with excitement and a light of eating melon in her eyes.

She actually noticed the movement here a long time ago, but she had been wandering around and didn't come over until she couldn't hold back her curiosity and ran over.

Xu Chuan introduced with a smile: "What the hell? This is the senior student I met when I was studying at Nanjing University. Her name is Liu Jiaxin. She is currently studying for a doctorate at Princeton."

"This is my sister, Xu Xiao, a clever girl, currently studying at Shuimu University, and she is just a freshman this year."

Hearing Xu Chuan's introduction, Liu Jiaxin suddenly became nervous and stammered to greet Xu Xiao.

As for Xu Xiao, she came over with the plate in her hand and praised in a familiar way: "Great, Sister Jiaxin, it's very difficult to get into Princeton, are you studying mathematics?"

"By the way, Sister Jiaxin, how did you meet my brother?"

A series of questions popped out of Xu Xiao's mouth. Speaking of it, it seemed that this was the first time she saw her brother with a female friend.

As a younger sister, she was worried whether her brother's sexual orientation was abnormal. Now it seems that there should still be hope.

The night passed quickly.

At 2 pm on December 10, Swedish time, the entrance of the Stockholm Grand Hotel was crowded with reporters from all over the world.

These reporters, either carrying cameras on their shoulders or holding microphones, looked at the hotel door. They were waiting, waiting for an opportunity, waiting for the Nobel Prize winner to come out of the hotel.

Among them, the CTV media reporter from China had already occupied the front row and was explaining to the camera in an excited tone. Behind the camera, there were tens of millions of people watching.

"Hello everyone, I'm a reporter from CTV. This is the Stockholm Grand Hotel, where all previous Nobel Prize winners temporarily live before receiving their awards. Every year, winners attending the Nobel Prize ceremony will start from here."

"I will broadcast the entire event live and take you to appreciate this year's Nobel Prize ceremony."

"You can see that there are so many people here. In addition to reporters from other media, there are also many overseas Chinese compatriots in Sweden, as well as local citizens in Stockholm. Everyone participated in this grand event together."

In front of the camera, the beautiful reporter wearing a thick down jacket explained passionately, and the camera on the shoulder of the cameraman also rotated. The atmosphere on the scene was hot and crowded.

Compared with the excitement on the scene, there were more people squatting in front of their mobile phones or TVs.

Although Xu Chuan was not the first scientist to win the Nobel Prize in Physics, there were Yang Zhenning and Li Zhengqi before him.

But as the youngest Nobel Prize winner in history, and the first Nobel Prize and Fields Medal double winner in history, he still attracted more people's attention.

Everyone was waiting for that person to appear in front of the screen.

At the same time, the figure that everyone was looking forward to was standing by the window, overlooking the crowd downstairs.

The Nobel Prize award ceremony officially started at 4 pm and was held at the Stockholm Concert Hall.

Of course, these Nobel Prize winners and invited guests must leave some time in advance. Fortunately, the Stockholm Grand Hotel is not far from the Stockholm Concert Hall.

Standing next to Xu Chuan was Xu Chuan's family.

Xu's father and mother wore suits and national costumes for the first time, looking at the crowd below with some nervousness and trepidation. For them, this was the first time facing so many people.

Of course, in addition to nervousness, there was also pride and blush on their faces.

This is the glory brought by their children. Most people in the world have no chance to experience such a scene.

As for Xu Xiao on the side, she was wearing an evening gown. Although her childish face was also a little nervous and trepidatious, she was more excited and expectant.

Although she was younger, she had experienced a lot of training.

After all, with a brother like Xu Chuan, since high school, whether it is Xingcheng No. 1 Middle School or Shuimu University, whenever there is any major event on campus, she will basically be arranged to go on stage to give a representative speech.

After three or four years, she has enough courage to face such a scene.

"Brother, you don't look nervous or excited at all? This is the Nobel Prize?" Standing next to Xu Chuan, Xu Xiao looked at Xu Chuan, who was as calm as ever, and asked curiously.

Xu Chuan turned his head and looked at his sister. Instead of answering this question, he smiled and said, "It seems that you have been trained a lot in school over the years."

Hearing this, Xu Xiao raised his head proudly, and the corners of his mouth curled up: "That's right, I will go up to give a report at the opening speech every year. With so many people, I will sprinkle water."

Xu Chuan smiled and said nothing. This girl is probably just arrogant at this time.

After all, the training in school is different from that in society. She will know when she goes out.

After waiting in the hotel room for a while, it was time to leave.

With his parents and sister, Xu Chuan followed the staff of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and came to the downstairs of the hotel.

In the lobby on the first floor of the hotel, he met another scholar who won the Nobel Prize in Physics this year, Professor Arthur Ashkin.

This scholar who has made great contributions in the field of lasers was accompanied by his family like him, with a bright smile on his face.

Although the two met separately, they still recognized each other. Professor Arthur Ashkin in the hall nodded friendly and greeted the young Nobel Prize winner.

Xu Chuan smiled and nodded in response, then walked out of the hotel with his family. Looking at the hotel door getting closer and closer, his heart, which had always remained calm, gradually became emotional.

Originally thought that having won the Nobel Prize twice in his previous life would allow him to face the arrival of this moment with enough calmness, but when this moment really came, he found that the waves in his heart would still surge.

Because this is the loudest voice he has sent to the world!

And Xu Xiao, who followed behind Xu Chuan, was about to step out of the door, looking at the countless cameras and crowds outside the door, and suddenly pinched the corner of his clothes nervously.

The previous boasting completely disappeared here.

But Xu's father and mother had adjusted their mentality enough before going downstairs, and in turn gently comforted their daughter.

At the entrance of the Stockholm Grand Hotel, bright lights dispel the darkness. The weather is very cold in the cold winter, but the atmosphere is extremely hot.

Seeing Xu Chuan walk out with his family, there was a commotion at the scene. Countless reporters rushed to adjust their cameras, pressed the shutter, and the flash lights were white.

The CTV media reporter, who had already occupied the best position in the front row, stood in front of his companion's camera with a flushed face, wearing a thick down jacket and holding a black microphone, looking at the figure slowly walking out of the hotel door.