The first Chinese Nobel Prize winner has been born, and it’s time for me to work harder towards the Fields Medal.
She gave him a warm hug as soon as they met. Senior Brother Luo smiled and said, "Why didn't you call me in advance? I'll go directly to the airport to pick you up."
Luo Wenxuan grinned: "Princeton Hotel? You mean the one across from Palmer Square? Compared to that one, the living conditions here are better, but the academic atmosphere is much less."
Lu Zhou smiled and said, "Your car is on the east coast. Instead of taking a taxi with me when you come here, you might as well take a taxi here by yourself."
"OK, OK, I won't talk nonsense everywhere," Senior Brother Luo patted Lu Zhao on the shoulder and said with a smile, "When you get the bonus, just remember to treat me to a drink!"
But it's not happening in mathematics, it's in medicine.
Senior Brother Luo sighed and continued: "Brother, I thought that there was nothing left to teach you, but I didn't expect that it's not that there is nothing to teach you, but that you have to learn it from scratch..."
The end-of-year academic session was finally scheduled for the week before Christmas.
After looking at his watch and seeing that it was getting late, Senior Brother Luo said, "Let's go, I'll take you to where you're staying. This time the organizer has prepared a five-star hotel for us... Although it's claimed to be a five-star hotel , but I feel it’s only about four stars.”
Berkeley is located in the San Francisco Bay Area, the second largest metropolitan area in California after the greater Los Angeles area. Compared to Princeton, which is located in a quiet town, the atmosphere here is undoubtedly much more impetuous.
Also winning are William Campbell and Satoshi Omura, who will share a prize of 8 million Swedish krona (approximately US$920,000).
In the early morning of the 18th, a flight landed at the California airport.
The annual end-of-year academic exchange meeting organized by the Commonwealth Mathematical Society will be held at Berkeley.
"You mean that? I didn't do anything to her."
"Okay, Junior Brother Lu, this year is not over yet, so I want you to show off again before the end of the year."
It's so embarrassing that it's obviously something that I invented, but in the end I have to be controlled by others.
Although due to the reasons of the times, there was no intellectual property system established in China at that time, and publishing the research results in international journals was the only option. Later, the derivative "complex artemether" developed based on artemisinin by the Chinese Academy of Military Medical Sciences, The patent rights are also not in the hands of China, but have been taken by the Swiss company Novartis to establish patent barriers.
Lu Zhou coughed slightly and said in a low voice: "What is not pretentious? Can learning be called pretentious?"
As a result, the first Chinese Nobel Prize winner other than the Peace and Literature Prizes was finally born!
Lu Zhou was speechless when he thought of that.
This shows the importance of intellectual property protection.
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As a member of the Federal Mathematical Society, Edward Witten would not miss such a meeting. Luo Wenxuan studied for a Ph.D. under Witten, so it was reasonable for him to join in the fun. Lu Zhou guessed this without even asking.
Seeing Lu Zhou's reaction, Senior Brother Luo was stunned for a moment: "It's just at CERN... No way, it's not even half a year, so you should just forget about me."
Senior Brother Luo waved his hand and said with a smile: "Don't worry, this is near the university, the nearby bars are very formal, and many professors will come. By the way, have you settled the beauty last time? Are you still in contact now? "
Just three days ago in the afternoon, Professor Tu Youyou delivered a Chinese speech with the theme of "The Discovery of Artemisinin: A Gift from Traditional Chinese Medicine to the World" at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden. During the award ceremony, I received the medal of "Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine"!
Because Lu Zhou had been paying attention to patent matters recently, he happened to see this article on the official website of the State Intellectual Property Office.
What’s even more embarrassing is that although it was Tu Youyou who won the Nobel Prize, this research result has nothing to do with the elderly. Many departments have relevant technical materials, and everyone is rushing to cooperate with foreign businessmen, except hers. thing.
Lu Zhou: "...what's wrong?"
Lu Zhou was stunned for a moment, not understanding what he was talking about: "...what beauty?"
While walking on the road, the two of them talked about what happened some time ago, and Senior Brother Luo couldn't help but feel emotional.
After staring at Lu Zhou for a while, Senior Brother Luo was silent for a while and then suddenly sighed.
Lu Zhou: "Okay... I have indeed received the written notification, but the email also said that it needs to be kept confidential before the official award."
"I don't have any thoughts, I haven't even written my horoscope yet."
Recalling the last unpleasant experience, Lu Zhou quickly said: "It's okay to drink, but this time let's go to a normal bar."
"Okay, your tone is becoming more and more like that of Old Tang," Senior Brother Luo sighed, paused, and continued, "So, as the winner of this year's Cole Prize for Number Theory, would you like to ask Luo, who never pretends to be pretentious? Mr. Zhou, how do you feel now?"
At that time, the Kohl Award will be announced at the opening ceremony.
Lu Zhou: "How does it compare with the Princeton Hotel?"
There are many reasons for this, but in the final analysis it is still the neglect of patent issues.
Lu Zhou looked at him speechlessly: "Instead of covering me with a quilt, I just closed the curtains... Otherwise, what else can we do? Wait for her to wake up?"
Although the awards will be given out in a few days, the email said it should be kept secret, so Lu Zhou felt that he still needed to show off.
Before coming to the United States, he did not notify anyone in advance. He only called Senior Brother Luo after he got off the plane.
"Junior brother..."
In contrast, Satoshi Omura, who won the award in the same year, has accumulated a personal wealth of nearly 30 billion yen by relying on various patent fees in the field of microorganisms. At the age of eighty, he has now achieved both fame and fortune. He no longer even engages in scientific research, but spends his old age peacefully playing with his collection of art.
Lu Zhou: "...?"
For him, this was a wake-up call.
After leaving the airport with his suitcase, Lu Zhou took a taxi and headed to the University of California, Berkeley.
However, Senior Brother Luo saw through it at a glance and didn't believe him at all. He rolled his eyes and said, "Okay, okay, stop pretending. The written notice should have been issued one month in advance. You must have known it."
Senior Brother Luo pinched his eyebrows: "Wait a minute, I don't quite understand what you mean... You mean, you dragged her into the room, covered her with a quilt, and left without doing anything?"
Although he was revealed as the winner two months in advance, and he already knew the news of his win before the official written documents were found, but the excitement of this advance was certainly not as exciting as holding the medal and check in his hands. A moment of intensity.
But what is interesting is that just a few days after the Nobel Prize was awarded, the official website of the State Intellectual Property Office published an article titled "The Revelation of the Artemisinin Patent", telling the story behind the Nobel Prize. .
On December 11, a big event happened in the academic circle.
The highest reward for this hero was a second prize in the 1979 National Invention Award, with a bonus of 5,000 yuan, of which only 200 yuan was given to her.
After getting off the bus at the entrance of Berwick Campus, Lu Zhou met Senior Brother Luo who was waiting for him.
While he was happy for the Chinese academic community, Lu Zhou couldn't help but feel emotional.