Chapter 449

Xu Qingzhou's requirement here was very simple: he needed autonomy to decide whether to take on students.

The college agreed immediately.

No choice, the Fields Medal was almost linked to Xu Qingzhou's name.

One could even say that Xu Qingzhou didn't need the Fields Medal, but the Fields Medal definitely needed Xu Qingzhou to prove its authority.

After Xu Qingzhou confirmed the process with Professor Roberts, he hung up the phone. He just needed to prepare for the report; the college would be responsible for handling invitations and such.

Next, the two continued to stroll around, enjoying the rare leisure time, eating, drinking, and taking beautiful photos.

Xu Qingzhou and Song Yao stayed in Plymouth for one night. Early the next morning, the two drove back to Boston, and on the way, they conveniently picked up Er Miao, who had been boarded at a pet shop.

"Finally back."

Returning to a familiar environment, the two couldn't help but relax and lie on the bed to rest. They were really happy when they went out to play, but now that they were lying down, they were really tired.

Er Miao was different; it was full of energy, patrolling its territory with its head held high.

Xu Qingzhou could rest, but Song Yao was busy. Not long after sitting down, she received a call from Professor Morton to discuss work issues.

Xu Qingzhou took on the role of a nanny. By noon, he got up and cooked a meal. These foreign foods, seafood, steak, were edible, but in comparison, they still preferred Chinese food.

"Alright, I'll first compare the financial income between Facebook, Twitter, Google, Baidu, and Weibo according to the penetration analysis method..."

School Beauty Song was discussing the next work with Professor Morton.

Xu Qingzhou took on the task of washing dishes again.

After he finished cleaning, Song Yao also finished her call and was looking at the materials sent by Professor Morton on her tablet.

"The situation has changed; I have to go to school this afternoon." Song Yao said.

"Oh, okay."

Xu Qingzhou nodded. Just as he sat down, School Beauty Song stuck her leg over and said: "Original flavor, reward."

It was supposed to be her turn to wash the dishes, but Professor Morton called suddenly.

This was considered the reward for this guy doing housework.

"..."

Xu Qingzhou was speechless and could only sigh: "You're so perverted."

"So what."

Song Yao looked up at her boyfriend, who was pinching her calf.

"So I'll cooperate with you."

Song Yao hummed, her fingers tapping on the tablet to flip through materials, and said without looking up: "I already washed my feet just now."

"I don't believe it, unless you let me smell it..."

So she had secretly washed them; no wonder they were a bit moist.

"Pervert!"

Song Yao really wanted to kick this person away directly. She originally wanted to tease Xu Qingzhou, but found that she still couldn't keep up with her boyfriend's perverted thinking.

Jokes aside, Xu Qingzhou didn't have those strange hobbies.

He lowered his head and looked at her fair, tender feet.

Slurp... pfft, his thoughts almost went off track.

Xu Qingzhou hurriedly suppressed his evil thoughts and took out his phone to check messages.

Because of the Riemann Hypothesis, there were a dozen emails in his inbox every day.

Some were invitations to give academic lectures, and some were invitations to be honorary professors.

Various news online was also quite hot. In this instant, he had really become a figure of the moment.

This was also very normal.

After all, it was the Riemann Hypothesis.

He shook his head, put down his phone, sat back, and leaned on the sofa to think about the next research direction.

The general direction had been determined to be condensed matter physics; next was the specific field.

Traditional research directions included condensed matter theory, magnetic materials and spintronics, superconducting physics, semiconductor and optoelectronic materials, etc. The lithium-ion battery research he helped Professor Zhao Shengwen and the others with before belonged to this category.

Emerging and interdisciplinary research directions, such as low-dimensional and nanomaterials and topological physics, or quantum technology, information devices, etc., were fields where quantum mechanics and condensed matter intersected.

The rest also went toward application-oriented research directions.

He was still struggling, after all, he was only staying here for one year, and it was in a foreign country. Those large-scale experiments were not that convenient, and it was hard to let go and work on them.

The next day at 10 AM,

Xu Qingzhou and Song Yao went to find Professor Roberts together and got his degree certificate.

Office.

The four sat around the sofa drinking coffee.

Song Yao was always very cold in front of outsiders. After politely greeting Professor Roberts and Horn, she sat quietly in front of Xu Qingzhou drinking coffee.

"Hi, congratulations. It won't be long before you become the youngest professor at MIT." Horn said with a smile. If he remembered correctly, Xu Qingzhou wasn't even 22 yet.

Terrifying.

When he was 22...

Well, his focus at the time was still on how to trick women into sleeping.

"Keep up the good work." Xu Qingzhou remained humble.

Professor Roberts asked: "Have you thought about your next research direction?"

Horn said: "Xu, I strongly invite you to join our project team. If you're here, we'll definitely be invincible."

On the side, hearing Horn's strange accent, Song Yao couldn't help but turn her head to look at her boyfriend.

He was indeed quite "weak" at times, especially after the two of them "finished fighting."

Well, the reason might be that she was the one enjoying it?

"No specific ideas yet."

Xu Qingzhou said: "Maybe... physics direction, to be precise, I want to do some research in the condensed matter direction."

Both Professor Roberts and Horn showed surprised expressions on their faces.

"Have you thought it through?" Professor Roberts reminded: "With your current energy, if you apply for a project in mathematics, you will definitely get strong support, whether it's funding or other aspects."

Xu Qingzhou nodded: "Yes, compared to mathematics, I want to try physics more now."

Horn said: "You are a mathematical genius. Do you know what everyone calls you? The God of Mathematics... How can you abandon mathematics to study physics?"

"Actually, I'm still quite good at physics."

Xu Qingzhou shrugged.

Professor Roberts and Horn looked at each other, seemingly speechless. What he said seemed to be the truth.

After the two finished their coffee, they stood up to say goodbye, preparing to go take photos.

Just before leaving, Professor Roberts suddenly said: "Xu, an old friend of mine asked me to convey an invitation to you. If you are willing, can this side help you solve the visa and housing problems? Of course, if you have other needs, you can also mention them."

"Sorry, I don't have any thoughts of immigrating." Xu Qingzhou shook his head and refused.

Professor Roberts nodded. It was an expected matter, just entrusted by the higher-ups. Such a genius scholar was a treasure in any country.

After getting the degree certificate and graduation certificate, Xu Qingzhou didn't stay long and said goodbye to Song Yao. The process was no different from that at Jingda, wearing a doctoral gown to check in on the MIT campus.

However, he didn't post anything on Weibo this time.

How should I put it? He had just finished showing off, and he was a bit tired of it.

(End of chapter)