Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
Since it was CCTV, Lu Zhou had to take his speech seriously.
After Dean Qin and Principal Xu left, Lu Zhou sighed and took out his phone. He prepared to get outside help.
But who should he ask?
Maybe post on Weibo?
But he felt like he would be attacked by his fans for “bragging”.
Suddenly, Lu Zhou had an idea.
After Xiao Ai went from Level 1 to Level 2, he had yet to test what it could do. He could use this opportunity to see how smart this thing was.
[Xiao Ai, help write a 500-word reward speech!]
A short ti passed by.
Xiao Ai: [∠(ᐛ”∠)_? ? ? ]
Lu Zhou: “...”
Motherf*cker!
I was too naive to count on this thing.
Lu Zhou sighed and stuffed his phone back into his pocket.
I guess I have to rely on myself.
...
The reward ceremony started.
The finale of this ceremony was the graduate student Annual Person Award, so Lu Zhou’s speech was last.
The first person to speak on stage was the undergraduate Annual Person.
Lu Zhou admired them from backstage.
The student’s achievents were stellar and comparable to last year.
The genius student from the computer science departnt won the award. He ca first in his school three years in a row.
Maybe because of last year, this year’s award ceremony was not as exciting. Lu Zhou’s achievents overshadowed everyone else.
However, the physics departnt had a big player. A nutty fourth-year student went on stage.
Soon, the undergraduate awards ended and it was ti for master’s students. The powerful physics departnt competed against the engineering departnt.
Unsurprisingly, Brother Qian also stood on this podium.
As a crucial mber of Professor Li Rongen’s research team, his knowledge of carbon nanomaterials surpassed many PhD students. His SCI thesis impact factor was 9, and he had published at least three theses during his degree.
He deserved the honor of this year’s special scholarship!
Soon, it was Lu Zhou’s turn.
They even changed the background music when he stood on stage.
A big projector behind him showed his achievents.
[2015 Shiing-Shen Chern Mathematics Award winner, winner of international number theory award, Cole Prize. Proved Zhou’s theorem, twin pri theorem, and Polignac theorem...]
Ordinary people would be happy with just one of those achievents.
When he stood on stage, the honor of the previous winners was overshadowed by him.
Lu Zhou took the microphone and looked at the audience.
Whether it was his ntality or the ntality of the audience, it was different than from a year ago.
He could feel it.
Actually, while he was talking to Shi Shang on WeChat, he was inford that the na “God Lu” was spreading around campus.
Completed his undergrad in two years, master’s in one year and got an offer from Princeton while most people his age were still in their third year...
The students almost started to treat him as an actual god and pray to him before exams...
Maybe so people did actually prayed to him?
Lu Zhou smiled and spoke in a relaxed tone, “Thanks, professors and teachers, that have helped . Thank you, University of Jin Ling, for giving this honor, and thanks to the leadership team and the audience that ca...”
“... I’m honored to stand on this podium again!”
“I can talk a lot about mathematics, just like I have at countless conferences. However, I don’t want to talk about mathematics now. I want to talk about our university...”
“... Many of you only recently stepped into university and you’re still carrying the curiosity and excitent from high school, and you’re wondering what you should do before the enthusiasm disappears.”
“... Or second and third years, you guys probably want to go ho, but were forced to co here by the student union...”
The crowd laughed. They had not expected Lu Zhou to be so down to earth.
Lu Zhou smiled as well.
Dean Qin kept trying to remind Lu Zhou that this was live on CCTV, so Lu Zhou should not ss around.
Lu Zhou cleared his throat and continued, “There are also people like , about to leave campus.”
The crowd went silent.
Dead silent.
Unprecedented silence.
Lu Zhou grinned and spoke with emotion, “In the sumr of 2014, I was in the school’s computer room, pulling an all-nighter. I then handed the baton to my teammate, who didn’t let down.”
“In October, the sa year, I went to Beijing and won the Higher Education Society Cup. This was my first contact with scientific research...”
Lu Zhou talked about his Zhou’s conjecture discovery, his entrepreneurship, carbon nanomaterials, and his conference at Princeton.
He spoke for a long ti, and he was soon out of ti.
However, no one reminded him as they were all imrsed in his speech.
Hundreds of pairs of eyes in the crowd stared at him, waiting for him to continue speaking and to continue talking about life experiences that they had never even heard of.
Finally, he made a conclusion of what happened over the past 6 months.
“Sumr of 2015, I was at CERN headquarters with Professor Lu and Student Yan, representing the LHCb China Cooperation Group.”
“Sa year October to December, I won the Shiing-Shen Chern Mathematics Award and Cole Prize in Number Theory.”
Lu Zhou paused for a mont. He then smiled and continued, “I don’t have much to say about my learning experience. The librarian knows more about that than , but I hope my personal experience can give you a little insight.”
“Always welco life and be interested in your surroundings.”
“Go discover your passion, go discover your talents. Monetize your talents and infuse your enthusiasm.”
“You don’t have to be a researcher like . The university doesn’t exist only for academics. University exists as a way to find yourself, to find a platform for your life.”
“Whether you are studying in the library or socializing with the student union, they are all parts of soul searching.”
Lu Zhou made a final conclusion and blessing for his schoolmates.
“I wish you to have a worthwhile four years at university.”
“Thank you!”
Lu Zhou bowed.
The venue was silent for half a second.
Then, everyone applauded.
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