Chapter 77 Chapter 77 Exclusive
Lin Yimu had a piece of bread in his mouth. He put the rest in his hand on a chair beside him and walked quickly to Professor Wan and his group. Because he had something in his mouth, he could only look at them with some confusion.
Professor Wan looked at Lin Yimu and didn't care. He said with a smile, "It seems that you are very hungry this time. Let's go to the teachers' cafeteria and have a good meal after we finish talking."
After that, he turned his gaze to the old professors who had been standing by and had not spoken, and introduced them to Lin Yimu: "These are professors from the School of Mathematics of Yan University and Peking University. You have met Professor Jiang. These are Professor Wang Xuyao, Professor Zhao Hongjing, Professor Zhou Limin and Professor Zheng Hanrun. They are not only professors of the School of Mathematics of Peking University, but also academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Especially Professor Zheng, he is not only a professor of the School of Mathematics, but also a professor of the School of Physics."
Professor Wan introduced the old professors around him to Lin Yi Mu one by one. Lin Yi Mu also politely went forward to greet them one by one. His polite and well-behaved behavior made the old professors with gray hair like Lin Yi Mu very much, and the smiles on their faces became even kinder and gentler.
"Mr. Wan, actually we know this young student even without you introducing him. I was the one who awarded him the gold medal." After Professor Wan finished the introduction, Professor Zheng couldn't help but speak as he looked at the well-behaved and polite junior in front of him.
Professor Jiang also looked at Lin Yimu with satisfaction and said, "It's not that troublesome. Just like what Lao Wan said, when Lin goes to study at Peking University, he will know all of our teachers. I heard that Lin is also very interested in physics. I wonder if Lin has decided on a major?"
After hearing what Professor Jiang said, several professors except Professor Wan looked at Lin Yimu in surprise, and then they all became restless. After all, such a good mathematics talent like Lin Yimu cannot be ruined because of indecision, so they all spoke up to bring Lin Yimu to the School of Mathematics.
Professor Zheng had already expressed his admiration for Lin Yimu and Huang Minglei during the last award ceremony. After today's seminar, he was even more eager to see Lin Yimu's talent. He was very surprised to hear what Professor Jiang said, but when he thought about the fact that he was also proficient in both mathematics and physics, he was not so surprised.
But this also made him want to take Lin Yi Mu as his student, but before that he planned to test Lin Yi Mu's knowledge of physics first.
Thinking of this, Professor Zheng asked, "How much do you know about turbulence?"
When Lin Yimu heard Professor Zheng's question, he looked at him in surprise. Although he didn't know why he asked him this question, he still replied obediently: "Turbulence is a fluid state that is common in nature. It only occurs when the fluid flows at a high speed... It is mostly used in the field of internal combustion engines."
Professor Zheng listened to Lin Yimu's answer with a satisfied look on his face. After Lin Yimu finished answering and stopped, he nodded and said, "Not bad, not bad. It seems that you have a wealth of knowledge in physics. You even know about turbulence. Are you interested in studying fluid mechanics? How about you do a direct doctorate under my name?"
When Lin Yimu heard Professor Zheng's question, he was actually a little excited, because he had actually guessed what Professor Zheng meant when he answered the question. Just now, when Professor Wan introduced him, he said that Professor Zheng was also a professor at the School of Physics and even an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. When the other party raised the issue of turbulence, Lin Yimu immediately thought of the aerospace projects that the country was vigorously developing.
Considering that Professor Zheng was asking him about studying fluid mechanics, Lin Yimu felt even more certain and couldn't stop feeling happy. Just as he was about to agree, Professor Jiang, who had been standing next to him, hurriedly took over the conversation.
"Old Zheng, you can't say that. Even though Lin Yimu is good at physics, he is even more talented in mathematics. At his age, he has already solved a mathematical conjecture. His future achievements in mathematics will be limitless. If he studies physics now, it will be a loss to the mathematics community in our country Z! So I think it would be better for Lin to specialize in mathematics!"
The other professors from the School of Mathematics of Peking University who came with them also echoed the sentiment, and were determined to bring Lin Yimu to study in the School of Mathematics. The professors from other countries sitting nearby had just finished organizing their notes from this exchange, and after hearing the conversation between the professors from Country Z, they also began to get excited.
If they could recruit this rising star from Country Z to their own country, then perhaps their country's strength could be taken to a higher level?
In fact, there are quite a few people who think so. Although those who came today are scholars and professors who are engaged in research, as the saying goes, science has no borders, but scientists do have borders. Therefore, everyone has more or less private messages, especially those professors who hold scientific research positions in their own country or even have cooperative projects with the country. Even if it is just for the sake of having a good helper, they also want to poach Lin Yimu to work for them.
The two people sent by Country M who asked the questions at the beginning had an even stronger desire for this. They looked at Lin Yimu with such eager eyes as if they saw glittering gold.
So when the professors at Lin Yimu's side finished their conversation, the foreigner who had been standing next to the middle-aged man without making any noise came over and introduced himself in English before everyone else: "Hello professors, hello Lin Yimu, I'm Martin Houston, I wonder if I can talk to you?"
Lin Yimu looked at the foreign man in front of him with high eyebrows, deep eyes and blond hair, blinked, not knowing whether he should agree to the other party. After all, there was some unpleasantness between them just now, and he didn't know what the other party's intention was.
Thinking of this, Lin Yi Mu looked at Professor Wan, and out of the corner of his eye he caught a glimpse of Zhang Hechang who suddenly appeared not far behind him. Lin Yi Mu's heart skipped a beat and he suddenly became nervous.
Because he suddenly remembered that no matter where he went before, Zhang Hechang had never appeared by his side, and they had always contacted each other through phone calls. Now he suddenly appeared here, and he didn't know if there was anything wrong. This made Lin Yimu a little worried.
In just a moment, Lin Yi Mu's mind was in a thousand thoughts, but he did not forget to answer the other party, "Mr. Houston, what do you want to talk to me about?" Lin Yi Mu still had a well-behaved smile on his face, and no one could see the nervousness and worry in his heart.
Martin Houston looked at the well-behaved boy in front of him and could not connect him with the man who had just answered everyone's tricky questions on the stage.
But it was this little boy in front of him who actually answered the questions raised by all the professors present. This made Martin believe that he was the one who had truly solved the mathematical conjecture. Also, because of Lin Yimu's youth, Martin was more eager to recruit Lin Yimu to his country.
However, looking at the old professors from Country Z standing in front of him, Martin knew that he could not poach talents in front of them, so he said hesitantly: "Should we talk somewhere else? It's not very convenient here." Then he looked around at the people around him.
When Lin Yimu heard that the other party wanted to talk to him alone, he hesitated and didn't know whether he should agree. After all, the other party was just a stranger to him, a stranger who had just tested him.
While Lin Yimu was hesitating, his eyes couldn't help but drift to an inconspicuous corner behind him, where several students were standing who had not left yet, and Zhang Hechang was right behind them.
Although Zhang Hechang couldn't hear their conversation, he knew from Lin Yimu's actions that he was hesitating, so he nodded at him to comfort him and told him not to worry.
Lin Yimu received a signal from Zhang Hechang, and his hesitant expression eased.
However, several old professors standing next to him were a little worried that this foreigner had bad intentions. After all, the people they invited to this seminar were all professors and scholars in the field of mathematics. Even if they were not so famous, they knew their names more or less. However, they had never heard of the man in front of them.
Moreover, from his temperament and behavior, it can be seen that he is not the same kind of person as them. He does not look like a scholar doing research, but more like a successful businessman, so they are a little worried about Lin Yimu.
"Mr. Martin Houston, this seminar has been going on for a whole day, and no one has had a good meal. Why don't you go eat something first and then talk to Xiaomu? What do you think?"
In the end, it was Professor Wan, who was more familiar with Lin Yimu, who stepped forward and smoothed things over between the two parties.
Upon hearing this, Martin glanced at Lin Yimu, who was a little hesitant, and did not speak again. Instead, he nodded and decided to find a suitable opportunity after dinner to talk about it. If there was really no opportunity, he could only return to the country and report the matter to his superiors.
Because there were two foreigners with them, the group originally planned to find a restaurant outside to eat, but in the end, considering that the professors all had other things to do, they ended up going to the classroom cafeteria of Yan University to eat.
Not to mention, it was Lin Yimu's first time to come to the teachers' cafeteria of Yan University. Meals were served 24 hours a day, and the taste was no worse than that of restaurants outside and was even cheaper.
After dinner, Martin Houston asked Lin Yimu again about his opinion.
Lin Yimu finally decided to have a talk with the other party. No matter what the other party's intention was, Lin Yimu didn't think that the other party would do anything to him in Country Z, and he also had Zhang Hechang by his side.
Finally, Lin Yimu smiled and persuaded several professors to leave. After repeatedly assuring Professor Wan that he would call home to report safety, he took Martin to a quiet coffee shop.
"Mr. Martin, do you have something to talk to me about? Can you tell me now?" Lin Yimu asked directly as soon as he sat down.
Martin Houston looked at the calm boy in front of him and was a little curious why he followed him out. Wasn't he afraid of what he might do to him?
With such doubts in mind, Martin also asked curiously.
Lin Yi Mu glanced at the other person in surprise, and said with a smile: "Mr. Martin, there are cameras here, and I am more or less a celebrity." As he said that, he glanced at the girls in the cafe who kept peeking at him after he came in. When the girls saw that they were discovered by Lin Yi Mu, they quickly looked away embarrassedly.
Martin also followed Lin Yimu's gaze and saw a few girls. He smiled and stopped talking about the topic. Instead, he mentioned the purpose of his trip.
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