Chapter 244 The Most Mysterious Menu in the World (2 310 Extra Chapters for the Leader Gao Sanliu Shui)

After the Nobel Prize ceremony.

All winners and guests invited to the ceremony will move to the Blue Hall of Stockholm City Hall to attend the world-renowned Nobel dinner.

"Brother, you call this the Blue Hall? But it is obviously red, why not the Red Hall?"

In the Blue Hall of Stockholm City Hall, Xu Xiao looked at the entire brick-red hall curiously and asked his brother.

Hearing this question, Xu Chuan recalled a memory. He smiled and said, "There are actually two theories about why the Blue Hall is red."

Xu Xiao immediately asked with interest, "Which two? Tell me!"

On the side, Xu's father and mother, who were also present, also listened with some curiosity.

Xu Chuan continued with a smile: "The first theory is that the Blue Hall was not completed."

"It is said that the designer who designed this place originally planned to paint it blue in order to set off the lake view of Lake Mälaren. As a result, after the red brick and tile Blue Hall was built, everyone felt that it looked more solemn and more in line with the style of use, so they did not continue to paint it."

"What about the other theory?" Xu Xiao asked curiously.

"Another theory is that the designer deliberately designed it like this."

"At the beginning, the Blue Hall was designed for the Nobel Prize Gala. The unfinished Blue Hall means that the academic careers of the winners have not come to an end, and then encourages the winners of the Nobel Prize Gala held here to climb new peaks."

Xu Chuan smiled and told the two stories he had heard in his previous life. Xu Xiao wrinkled his nose and said: "Sure enough, the second story is better."

Xu Chuan laughed, he felt the same way at the beginning.

For the Blue Hall, whether it is really unfinished or deliberately designed like this, the Nobel Prize has been held here for more than a century.

As one of the oldest awards in history, the Nobel Prize has lasted for more than a hundred years, witnessing the rise and glory of countless scientists and writers.

Following the etiquette staff, Xu Chuan brought his family and other relatives and friends who had sent invitations to the table arranged by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

To be honest, although it was not the first time he had come to this dinner, he was still amazed by the dense crowd here.

The rows of long tables were crowded with people, even more crowded than the scene where he gave a report at the International Mathematical Congress.

Of course, there should not be so many people here, but the degree of crowding is even more exaggerated.

In the Blue Hall of only 1,100 square meters, more than 1,300 people squeezed in, and all sat together to eat, and they needed to leave the aisle for the waiters to serve the dishes. The space can be imagined.

In addition to the invited personnel, the Swedish royal family and government officials, many of this year's Nobel Prize Gala were actually outsiders selected by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

In fact, in addition to being invited to attend the award ceremony every year, Nobel Prize winners can also write to the Nobel Prize Foundation and the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to apply to attend the Nobel Prize Gala on their own.

After all, this is the Nobel Prize. People who are interested in it are not only academics, but also people outside the academic world.

Of course, the probability of being drawn is very, very small.

With this luck, if you buy lottery tickets, the probability of winning is really not low.

As the guests took their seats, elegant music sounded in the Blue Hall.

At the same time, the waiter who had been prepared for a long time began to serve the first dish.

The menu of the Nobel dinner is known as the "most mysterious menu in the world". Some people even joked that the menu of the dinner is more mysterious than the announcement of the Nobel Prize winners. Guests can only know what to eat at the banquet.

The menu of the Nobel Prize dinner every year has also become the focus of many people's speculation, and even the chef in charge cannot know it in advance.

The chef in charge of the dinner can only get the menu two or three days in advance, and it must be kept absolutely confidential and cannot be disclosed to the outside.

If it is disclosed, the dishes will be temporarily changed.

And unlike the dinner in our traditional concept, the Nobel dinner actually has only three dishes.

According to convention, the Nobel Prize dinner usually prepares three glasses of wine and three dishes (appetizer, main course and dessert) for guests.

Although he had eaten the Nobel Prize dinner several times, Xu Chuan was still curious about this year's dishes.

It must be said that although the number of dishes at the Nobel Prize dinner was not large, they all used the world's top ingredients, coupled with the chef's top craftsmanship, the taste was not inferior to the state banquet he had eaten before.

Of course, in terms of richness, the richness of the dishes at the state banquet was more than 18 streets ahead of the Nobel Prize dinner.

Soon, the first dish and the first glass of wine came up.

Along with him came Professor Anders Ilbak, the chairman of the selection committee who announced the winner of the Physics Prize in the Stockholm Concert Hall.

The old man, whose hair was already completely white, wore a well-fitting tuxedo and walked to Xu Chuan with a bottle of champagne in his hand.

After personally pouring Xu Chuan a glass of light golden champagne with fine bubbles, Professor Anders raised his glass and clinked glasses with him with a smile.

"Congratulations, Professor Xu Chuan."

Xu Chuan stood up with his glass and clinked glasses with the old man. After taking a sip, he said, "Thank you. This is the most delicious champagne I have ever tasted."

Professor Anders laughed and said, "That's because it has the bonus of winning the Nobel Prize. This is the most abundant fruit."

After a slight pause, he continued: "Do you know? Our committee has been arguing about this year's physics prize since August. Until now, there is actually no consensus within the committee, and there are still almost opposing differences."

Anders shrugged and continued: "There is no way, you are too young, 21 years old, this has broken the record for four years."

"But this also shows the importance of your achievements. For mankind, it is the hope of the future."

Xu Chuan smiled while holding the wine glass and said: "In fact, even I didn't expect to win the Nobel Prize this year."

"But believe me, this is the right choice."

"The extended application of the Xu-Weyl-Berry theorem has a deeper value. I have been exploring it. It brings us far more than the calculation of distant celestial bodies."

Hearing this, Anders raised his eyebrows and asked with interest: "Can I ask what aspect it is about?"

Xu Chuan smiled mysteriously and said: "I won't reveal it for the time being."

Professor Anders He smiled and shook his head, saying, "It's not a good habit to keep people on suspense."

He raised his glass and clinked it with Xu Chuan again, then said, "But I'm looking forward to it. I hope I can wait until the day you dig it out."

Xu Chuan nodded seriously, "Of course, it may not take long!"

Hearing this, Professor Anders laughed and said, "Maybe you should change the name of the extended application of the Xu-Weyl-Berry theorem."

"As a great achievement that won the Nobel Prize in Physics, it is fully qualified to have its own name, isn't it?"

Hearing this, Xu Chuan smiled a little embarrassedly and said, "I'm so sorry, I was so busy some time ago that I forgot about it."

"Please rest assured, I will think about its new name after I go back."

Professor Anders smiled and said, "Then I'll wait for your good news. I wish you a happy meal. If there is anything wrong, you can report it to the Nobel Prize Foundation and they will improve it."

Xu Chuan smiled and nodded, "Of course."

Lobster soup with red salmon, French sauce and mixed apples

These are the three dishes at this year's Nobel Prize dinner. They tasted very good. Even Xu's father and mother, who were not used to eating Western food, praised the taste.

If there is any disadvantage, it is that the portion is too small.

The portion of the three dishes is so exquisite that it can be described as feeding a cat.

For an adult, there may be no pressure to have another thirty dishes, which is enough to show how big the portion is.

"Brother, are there any more dishes?"

After the three dishes were served, Xu Xiao held the knife and fork and asked the brother sitting next to her. She was not full either.

Although girls generally have a smaller appetite, the portion of the Nobel Prize dinner is indeed too small, and when people face delicious food, they always unconsciously hope to eat more.

Xu Chuan shook his head helplessly, indicating that it was over.

In addition to the crowded people, the scarcity of dishes is also a huge disadvantage of the Nobel Prize dinner.

This shortcoming has been passed down for decades. Many Nobel Prize winners have raised opinions, but it is useless. They still do their own thing, and even say that eating too much is not conducive to the subsequent dance celebration.

Of course, this may also be related to the huge cost.

After all, every dish is made by a famous chef, and there are basically more than a thousand people at each Nobel Prize dinner.

For the Nobel Prize, the cost of holding an award ceremony for it exceeds the bonus it issues in most years.

For example, in 2015, Professor Tu won the Nobel Prize in Physiology that year and received a bonus of 8 million Swedish kronor.

According to the data released by the Nobel Foundation, the total activity funding of the Nobel Prize that year was 15 million Swedish kronor (equivalent to about 10 million RMB), which is far more than the Nobel Prize bonus.

This is only for the winners and their family and friends, as well as the Nobel Prize invited experts.

As for other media reporters who applied to attend the dinner and ordinary people who were lucky enough to attend the dinner, they all attended at their own expense. Each person had to pay 4,000 Swedish kronor (about 3,000 RMB) to enter the dinner venue and have a high-standard dinner.

As the dinner ended, the invited guests came to the Golden Hall next to the Blue Hall after a short rest.

Looking at the magnificent hall and the goddess of Lake Mälaren overlooking the dance floor, Xu Chuan smiled.

Putting aside his previous life, he came here two years ago because of the Crafoord Prize.

Now, he came here again because of the extended application of the Xu-Weyl-Berry theorem that won the Crafoord Prize.

It is normal for an academic achievement to bring many awards to scholars.

But it is still a rare thing to bring the two world-class awards, the Crafoord Prize and the Nobel Prize, to the creator at the same time.

After all, the establishment of the Crafoord Prize is to make up for the lack of scientific fields in the Nobel Prize, which also means that the fields of distribution of these two awards are basically non-overlapping.

It is quite rare for a work to win the highest awards in two non-overlapping fields.

"Brother, do we need to dance too? But what if I don't know how to dance?"

In the Golden Hall, Xu Xiao, who followed Xu Chuan curiously, looked at the crowd on the dance floor and was dumbfounded.

Xu Chuan smiled and said, "You can also choose not to dance. After all, no one will force you."

Hearing this, Xu Xiao breathed a sigh of relief. He opened his mouth and was about to speak when a teasing voice came to his ear.

"If this beautiful lady doesn't know how to dance, of course it's okay; but..."

"You can't do it~"

Xu Chuan and Xu Xiao looked in the direction of the voice. The person who came over was Professor Staffan Normark, Secretary General of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

The old man saw the two people standing still from a distance, so he walked over to ask them if they needed any help, and happened to hear the conversation between the two.

Xu Chuan shrugged and said, "The problem is that I don't know how to dance."

Staffan smiled and said, "It doesn't matter. There are many ladies who can dance here. Everyone will be happy to teach you."

As he was talking, a lady holding the skirt of her dress happened to come over, looked at Xu Chuan and smiled and invited: "Hi, Professor Xu, can I invite you to dance with me?"

The lady who came over was the lady who invited him to dance at the Crafford Award Gala last time, and the daughter of the King of Sweden, Princess Madeleine Therese Amalie Josephine.

Actually, it's interesting.

To some extent, this princess is not actually a member of the Swedish royal family.

Because the Swedish royal family once streamlined the royal population, and now there are only four members of the Swedish royal family.

That is, the current king and queen of Sweden, as well as the crown prince and princess.

As for the royal status of other princes and princesses, they have all been cancelled by the king. The royal family with only four people can be said to be the smallest royal family in the world.

In comparison, the Saudi Arabian royal family has more than 5,000 princes alone, not to mention other members.

However, when it comes to the sparseness of the royal family, this is also true for a certain book.

Up to now, there are only 19 members of the entire royal family, and it is still decreasing.

The royal family has three generations, and it was not until 2006 that there was a third-generation male child, Prince Hisahito.

So the question is, why is it so difficult for the royal family of this book to have a son?

It can only be said that there are more sins.

As for the Swedish royal family, although Madeleine's royal status has been cancelled, she is still a princess in the hearts of the Swedish people.

After all, the reduction of royal family members means that the royal family's expenses will be reduced, and the people's tax revenue can be used in other places.

Hearing Princess Madeleine's invitation, Xu Chuan shrugged again and said, "It seems that I can't escape this dance today?"

Staffan smiled and said, "Of course, you are the most dazzling protagonist tonight, and everyone is waiting for you."