Chapter 240: That year I put my hands in my pockets(1/4)
"What a stupid organizer to treat Chinese people like this? Have their minds been squeezed through the door?"
"Shit Thompson, mathematics in the British Isles was destroyed by you arrogant and shameless people."
"Faque, if the Chinese don't participate in the exchange meeting, then I will also be prepared to withdraw."
Zhou Jimin's words caused a commotion at the scene, and everyone became more and more angry.
Thompson had sensed this atmosphere, and his face was livid. At this time, he had already arrived at the podium, and wanted to take away Zhou Jimin's microphone and stereo, and forbid the latter to speak.
But Zhou Jimin was very crisp and clear. After he finished speaking, he took his things and left from the other side.
Don't give the other party a chance to snatch things at all.
This speaker is not an ordinary speaker. It is not a product of this era.
Even the microphones are wireless. As you can imagine, there is no such advanced technology in this era.
Speaking of infinite microphones, they actually began to appear in 1958.
But this kind of wireless microphone is not completely wireless, but requires a pocket wireless transmitter.
It's completely different from Zhou Jimin's high-tech technology that connects signal transmitters and microphones.
However, this group of mathematicians didn’t pay much attention to this, so they simply ignored it.
Just as Zhou Jimin left quickly, he was blocked by Klaus Ross, Michael Atiyah, Roger Penrose and others from the organizer who hurriedly arrived.
"I'm really sorry, Mr. Zhou, please wait a moment. I apologize to you on behalf of the Royal Mathematical Society of Great Britain..."
Michael Atiyah is an expert scholar in algebraic geometry and a well-known mathematician in the foggy city.
In Great Britain in the 1960s, there were few outstanding mathematicians, and most of them were average talents.
The great mathematicians of this period were basically from Chou Country or Lao Maozi, such as Gelfand, Lars Alfors and others.
Grothendieck, a rising star in mathematics who studies topological vector spaces, has just become famous at this time. Although he is stateless, he is currently in the country of Ugly.
Therefore, in Great Britain at this time, the only mathematicians who could do well were Klaus Ross, Michael Atiyah, Roger Penrose and others.
For example, Littlewood, who has made significant contributions to the theory of prime number distribution, Waring's problem, Riemann functions, Fourier series and power series, and Bertrand Russell, the Nobel Prize winner in literature, have all achieved success.
As an old man in his 80s and 90s, he would naturally not participate in such an exchange meeting.
Seeing the faces of Klaus and others sincerely apologizing, Zhou Jimin looked solemn:
"I can accept your apology, but please make sure it is as pure as mathematics."
"I won't stay here any longer. We'll come back tomorrow."
After all, he really left this time.
The two leaders arrived late, and Hua Lao and others also came to persuade them, but Zhou Jimin remained unmoved.
He also said that these people just need to clean up. After they clean up their homes, we can go as guests.
Otherwise, you are asking for trouble.
Unfortunately, these mathematicians said that Zhou Jimin had completely wronged them, but that was not necessarily the case.
Because this was due to their dereliction of duty, it was not because Zhou Jimin was rude.
As the organizer, although this is only a small-scale exchange meeting, not as good as an international conference of mathematicians attended by thousands of people, there are still hundreds of people.
Moreover, almost all of them are young mathematicians from Wudu, Chou Country, Luji Country and other countries. It is purely academic exchange.
Therefore, as the organizer, you should really do a good job in reception in this area, rather than just perfunctory.
Besides, Zhou Jimin and the others were invited here, instead of licking their faces and coming here on their own initiative.
If there is no such gesture and such a matter cannot be solved, then who will dare to participate in the future?
People who engage in mathematical research are almost all very pure people, without so many twists and turns.
Hua Lao and others had no choice but to leave with him and return to the tenement building.
The clerks Xiao Lin and Xiao Li came back and said they found a very good farm in the suburbs with a lot of forest vegetation nearby.
In the suburbs of the foggy city, there are actually many areas with lush vegetation, such as the banks of the Thames River in the southwest suburbs.
There are many rural areas here, and there is a huge park nearby. The vegetation inside actually preserves towering trees that have survived for hundreds of years.
Zhou Jimin, who did not participate in the exchange meeting, followed the two leaders and clerks to the outskirts of the country to visit the farm, and immediately said with joy that he would move here next.
However, the clerk hesitated and said:
"Director Zhou, I'm sorry, I didn't make it clear in advance that we are not looking for this farm, but the other side..."
"No, didn't the owner of this farm say he wanted to sell it? We can just buy it directly."
Zhou Jimin interrupted the clerk Xiao Lin and said happily.
Although he won't stay in the foggy city for a long time, he just bought a farm and it didn't cost much.
The two big leaders persuaded:
"Director Zhou, our current relationship with Great Britain is not very good. Isn't it inappropriate to buy a house here?"
Under the complicated international background, what should I do if someone takes back the property I purchased in the foggy city?
Isn’t it just a waste of money?
Regarding their objections, Zhou Jimin shook his head and said:
"Leader, this farm is actually quite good. If you buy it, you can treat it as an investment or live in it. In any case, you won't lose money."
"As for being taken away? The Fog City government doesn't dare to do that. Otherwise, will the international reputation be lost?"
In later generations, when Lao Maozi and Lao Wu fought, this is what the Five Eyes Alliance did.
He directly froze all Lao Maozi's overseas assets, and finally used them all for his own use.
This knife hurts both others and themselves. I really don’t know if they feel any pain, but outsiders see it as quite painful.
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After all, due to the war, Great Britain and other major countries all regretted it.
But because they boarded the pirate ship, they could only break their silver teeth in response to the rebellion of their eldest brother Chou, and only they themselves knew the pain.
The frozen assets of those old men can only vent their anger a little. How can these assets make up for the real money lost?
However, that is all for future generations. In this era, Lao Maozi and Chou Guo are fighting fiercely.
As the rabbit who knows how to use force, how could he be afraid of this?
If you are not even afraid of Lao Maozi and Chou Country, do you need to be afraid of Great Britain?
The Empire on which the Sun Never Sets was already a thing of the last century. In the twentieth century, there were only three islands left in Great Britain.
After being persuaded by Zhou Jimin, the two leaders said nothing.
While chatting with the farmer, Zhou Jimin took the opportunity to cut some meat, and the price was already very low.
There was no way, the economy in Fog City was not very good, and after being persuaded by Zhou Jimin, the farmer was even more eager to sell the farm and go to Chou Country to enjoy life.
So, that evening, Zhou Jimin and the others moved into the farm.
The farm is not very big, but it has about three acres of fields, plus a villa-style wooden house, so the overall situation is quite good.
After moving in, you can clearly feel that the air quality here is very different from the previous tenement building.
"It's so comfortable. The air here is so much better."
"It's cool. You don't have to wear a mask. This feeling is the taste of freedom."
"The foggy city is not completely polluted by heavy metals. It seems that the nearby area is an area that is required to prohibit the burning of heavy smoke."
After everyone moved in, they were surprised.
Although they have only been wearing masks for a few days, they are really not used to it.
Because once you wear a mask, you really don’t get used to it.
Mr. Lian Hua, a smart elder, once had a meal, so he forgot to take off his mask because he was in his own room, and just put the food on the mask.
He is not the only one, many elders have had this experience.
That is, Zhou Jimin will get used to the existence of masks.
After all, in later generations, he has been wearing masks for several years and is already used to it.
After checking into the farmhouse, everyone was in a much better mood than when they were in the tenement house, and everyone's sleep quality improved significantly that night.
At night, Zhou Jimin still went out to find the castle.
There are two castles within a few dozen kilometers nearby, and the one he is going to tonight is Arundel Castle.
This castle is an hour and a half train ride away from the foggy city area, which is very close.
Moreover, the castle is located on the boundary of a park and a protected area. It can be said that the natural environment here is much better than that at the farm.
In fact, the three British islands are not very big, and their total area is equivalent to the area of Western Province among the three provinces in South China.
Zhou Jimin drove to the vicinity of Arundel Castle, looked around, and slowly began to sneak inside.
To be continued...