Chapter 104 Heading to Princeton
In the teaching building, Tang Gaoyuan's office, a group of people were chatting.
What Xu Chuan didn't expect was that even the city leaders of Star City came to the school today.
Although it was not as grand as the one at Jinling, it still expressed concern for him and where he would go in the future.
After all, these are talents who have come from southern Hunan, and as Star City is the provincial capital of southern Hunan, they naturally have to fight for it.
After Xu Chuan dealt with it, everyone dispersed, leaving only two or three familiar teachers from the school chatting in the office.
"It's quite late today, do you still have to rush back? How about sleeping here at school for one night and leaving tomorrow?"
After taking a sip of tea, Old Tang said that it was almost five o'clock in the evening, and the car from Xingcheng back to Yuexian County should be gone.
Xu Chuan smiled and said: "Don't bother teacher, I have already booked a hotel."
"That's up to you. Although there is a guest house in the school, sleeping is definitely not as comfortable as a hotel. Anyway, you are not short of money now, so you might as well just buy a house in Star City."
Xu Chuan scratched his head: "Let's talk about buying a house for now. It's a bit too early for me, and I'm still a little short of genius."
Old Tang smiled and then said: "That's right. Are you planning to delve deeper into mathematics next?"
Xu Chuan nodded and said: "I can definitely walk, but I don't know how far I can go."
"What about physics, are you ready to give up?" Old Tang asked.
Shaking his head, Xu Chuan said: "No, I have never given up on physics, and I will never give up. The purpose of learning mathematics is to help me go further in physics. After all, mathematics and physics do not separate families. In the future, I will go deep into physics." Research is definitely inseparable from the support of mathematics.”
"That's true, but this time you proved the mathematical conjecture. You should be preparing to graduate and study abroad. Where are you going?" Old Tang raised his head slightly and looked at Xu Chuan.
"Princeton, after all, is the holy land of mathematics and physics, and I have to go there first after the Chinese New Year, so I can experience it first."
"Huh? You exchanged it so early? You haven't graduated from undergraduate degree yet?" Old Tang asked doubtfully.
Xu Chuan smiled shyly and said: "It's not an exchange, there is a mathematical society exchange meeting over there in February, and I was invited to give an academic report on the proof of the weak Weyl_Berry conjecture."
Old Tang choked for a while and then said: "That's amazing!"
After returning from Star City, Xu Chuan didn't go out anymore. He occasionally chatted with his parents and spent the rest of the time reading.
He brought back half a box of math books from school, which was enough for him to read through this year.
In a few days, Xu Xiao also went on winter vacation. With this little girl at home, it was quite lively.
"Brother, I'm back!"
Before entering, Xu Xiao's voice came from outside the building.
Hearing the sound, Xu Chuan put down the math book in his hand with a smile and went downstairs to greet her. If he didn't go downstairs, this little girl would bother him for days.
After rubbing Xiaoxiao's head, Xu Chuan asked with a smile: "How does it feel to study in the provincial capital?"
"It's very good. The only drawback is that your legend is everywhere. The teacher uses you to educate us in class and makes it sound like we are not as good as you."
Xu Xiao wrinkled her little nose and said with disdain, but her tone was full of joy.
"Then you have to work harder."
Xu Chuan smiled and said that his achievements in Star City No. 1 Middle School would be difficult for newcomers to break.
On the surface, it is two major competition gold medals + full marks in the college entrance examination, but in fact there are two papers that ordinary students do not know. The former is easier to say and it is possible to do, but the latter is very difficult. In high school, Generally speaking, you don’t have such a large knowledge base to write a paper.
"You underestimate me, brother, let me break your record! I want to get full marks in both physical and numerical competitions! Hum╭(╯^╰)╮!"
Xiaoxiao snorted and entered the room with a ponytail.
Behind him, Xu Chuan smiled and shook his head.
As the days passed, the flavor of the New Year gradually became stronger. After the New Year, Xu Chuan’s birthday also arrived.
It was his eighteenth birthday, which was when he came of age. To celebrate, Xu Xiao took out the "private money" extorted from Xu Chuan and ran to town to buy a cake.
"Brother, make a wish! Make a wish quickly!"
In the small living room, Xu Xiao shouted excitedly, the flickering candlelight reflected on everyone's face, and happy and bright smiles piled up, warm but short-lived.
Xu Chuan smiled and closed his eyes, silently making a wish in his heart.
"Brother, what wish did you make?"
On the side, Xu Xiao came over and asked strangely.
"My wish won't work if I say it." Xu Chuan said with a smile.
"(ˉ▽￣～)Cut~~, boring, let’s divide the cake. Let’s divide the cake."
Xu Xiao cut it, turned around and picked up the plastic knife and fork with disdain, and said while cutting: "Brother, I will take one piece, Mom will take one piece, and Dad will take one piece. Okay, there is only one last piece left." Chuan didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and patted the little girl's head.
"Where did you learn this method of dividing cakes?"
Xu Xiao said confidently: "We have children at home!"
Leisure time is always short. This year’s New Year is not much different from usual. New Year’s Eve dinner, visiting relatives, paying New Year greetings to the elderly in the village, and giving out candies and red envelopes to children.
The process of Ling Ling Zong Zong has not changed much, but it is much more lively than last year.
A home where the top scorer in the college entrance examination is worthy of the villagers bringing their children over to pick them up and educate their children.
Even some people from other villages who are closer to the Xu family will come to visit with their children.
This put a proud smile on the faces of Xu's father and Xu's mother.
After visiting relatives, Xu Chuan also started to pack his luggage.
Today, the 6th, I happened to take the bus to Star City.
Although his reserved flight ticket is for the 8th, there is a folk custom in his hometown of "If you don't leave after seven, you won't return after eight".
This means that you generally don’t go out on the seventh day of the month and don’t go home on the eighth day of the month.
Xu Chuan didn't have any taboos about this, but it didn't matter if his parents asked him to. It just so happened that he could visit his high school teacher in Star City on the seventh day of the new year.
"Chuan'er, you must pay attention to safety when you go abroad. Remember to call back when you arrive. I heard that overseas is very chaotic. Everyone there has a gun. Don't quarrel with other people. Don't go there if you have nothing to do. Provoking people"
"Yeah, I know."
In the room, Xu's mother was tidying up Xu Chuan's clothes and explaining in a nagging manner. On the other side, Xu's father was also watching with some worry, but said nothing.
But Xu Xiao, the girl, jumped up and down on the bed excitedly, saying as she jumped: "Brother, I heard that there are a lot of cheap and easy-to-use cosmetics, lipsticks, etc. in the United States. Remember to bring some back to me."< br>
However, she didn't jump around for long before Xu's mother suppressed her and was driven back to her room to do her homework.
"Remember to make two more phone calls."
Before leaving, Xu's mother confessed again.
Xu Chuan nodded vigorously and got on the bus to Star City.
After visiting the high school teacher and paying homage to his old age, Tang Gaoyuan drove Xu Chuan to the airport himself.
"When you get to the United States, pay attention to safety. Don't go out at night or attend parties, especially those with black people. If you encounter black people on the road, stay away from them."
In the car, Old Tang Zai gave careful instructions all the way. Although he was a little 'missing' about this most proud student who went to study mathematics, he was still very concerned.
In the co-pilot, Xu Chuan didn't refute anything and listened quietly.
This is the care from the elders, although sometimes too much of this care can cause great pressure.
Especially him, for him, life is sometimes unpredictable, and no one knows what will happen in the future.
When approaching the airport, Xu Chuan smiled and said: "Don't worry, teacher, I will buy a body armor and wear it as soon as I get off the plane."
Hearing this, Old Tang glanced sideways at Xu Chuan and was left speechless by his unexpected opening.
However, with this interruption, the heavy atmosphere of separation has been reduced a lot.
After bidding farewell to Teacher Tang, Xu Chuan stepped onto the plane alone, sitting quietly at a familiar position by the window, staring at the scenery outside.
It was very troublesome to travel to Princeton from China. He needed to transfer from Star City to Magic City, then fly from Magic City to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and then from Philadelphia to Princeton.
The flight journey totaled more than sixteen hours, and the time spent on the road exceeded twenty-four hours.
In this case, sleeping as soon as you get on the plane is not a wise choice.
However, Xu Chuan had experience in dealing with this kind of thing, so he was not panicked or excited. In addition, because he was invited by Princeton University to give an academic report, he flew in first class, which was not crowded and was quite comfortable along the way. Easy.
But talking about this, Xu Chuan remembered another thing.
His good friend in his previous life was a mathematics professor at Princeton, because he studied algebraic geometry, and in algebraic geometry, there is a method of studying geometric structures, which can be called geometric blasting, which is to extend a certain plane or space in all directions. This method is a bit like zooming in, zooming in, zooming in, and then zooming in again.
Then that day when he was calculating geometric equations on the plane, he was too focused and a little slovenly. Then the lady sitting next to him saw the word "blowingup" written on the manuscript paper and suspected him of being a terrorist, thinking that he was calculating and researching some kind of explosive. Then Reported to air marshal.
Immediately after the plane returned, he was taken away for investigation. He returned to the plane and took off two hours later
Later, when he and Xu Chuan were chatting about this incident, he sighed a little, saying that if you don't have a lot of money abroad, you should try to fly first class, eat and stay in a higher-end place.
Because the weighting of money will naturally filter out the lowlifes around you and avoid unnecessary trouble.
There is no doubt that the current polarization in the United States has become so serious that it can be said to be two completely different countries.
The people at the bottom rely on calculators to calculate two-digit addition, subtraction and multipliers, while the top mathematical circles account for more than half of the world's mathematical elites.
(End of chapter)