Chapter 726: The award ceremony is about to begin

After dealing with the reporters, everyone had dinner together. Next, Gu Zhizhong, Chu Jiangfeng, and others each attended their own parties, while Xu Qingzhou finally had time to go night-viewing with his family.

Going to the Old Town (Gamla Stan) for a night tour.

The Old Town is located in the center of Stockholm, Sweden, and is one of the largest and best-preserved medieval urban areas in Europe, mainly featuring medieval stone houses and Baroque-style architecture.

The cobblestone streets shone with a moist luster under the warm yellow streetlights, the streetlights along Lake Mälaren reflected on the water, the lights of the Riksbron bridge connecting the Old Town and the City Hall were like chains, and the silhouettes of the spires of the Riddarholmen Church on the opposite bank conveyed an ancient atmosphere.

Song Yao, Song Lulu, Wang Xiaping, and Zhang Junli, the four women, walked in front with high spirits, while Xu Qingzhou and the two men followed behind.

"Tsk tsk, Europe is really blessed by heaven." Xu Shouyun withdrew his gaze from a guy holding a guitar in the distance and clicked his tongue.

"Yes, this is the benefit of having fewer people," Song Shisong sighed from the side: "Coming to Europe, I actually understand a bit why some people don't want to go back after coming here."

In Xia Nation, as long as it's a slightly famous scenic spot, it's crowded with people during holidays.

Those niche tourist spots are either fictionalized by internet celebrities, turning a patch of grass into a prairie, or they become crowded with people just as you discover them and rush over.

"But in the end, it's not as good as one's own country," Xu Shouyun said.

Song Shisong agreed: "Right, surrounded by foreigners, how can it be as comfortable as staying in one's own hometown?"

"Development, after all, always takes time."

Xu Qingzhou said with a smile: "Xia Nation has developed quite well over the years; in another ten or twenty years, maybe it will be foreigners running over to our side."

When he was studying before, he always saw the words "vast land and abundant resources" in textbooks, but as his understanding and horizons broadened, he found it wasn't that optimistic. With a population of 1.4 billion as the denominator, the per capita possession of all resources ranks at the bottom of the world.

This is also why he attaches importance to energy.

For a country with a huge population base, energy is the top priority.

"Hehe, it would be great if you kid could get something like the Nobel Prize."

Xu Shouyun started to fantasize, paused, and said jokingly: "This way, Xia Nation's scientists wouldn't have to take a ten-plus-hour flight to receive big awards."

"If an award comparable to the Nobel Prize were really as easy as you say, that would be great."

Xu Qingzhou laughed dumbly.

The core bottleneck of Nobel-level awards lies in the deficit of public credibility, not funds or technology.

In layman's terms, money can't solve it.

The Nobel Prize has undergone over a hundred years of development to have its current authority. First is international academic credibility, which needs to be recognized; second is the scientific research ecosystem, with top achievements continuously produced and international discourse power improved; finally, there must be capital and operational mechanisms to ensure a long-term pool of funds...

In short, it's quite difficult.

Without a few decades, it's really not easy to achieve.

"What are you three whispering about behind us? Come over and take photos!"

Wang Xiaping shouted from afar.

"Coming, coming."

The family took a group photo and didn't return to the hotel until after 10 o'clock, exhausted.

Xu Qingzhou took a shower and sat at the table, opening his computer.

On the research side, the experimental data for the quantum sensing magnetic field monitoring system hadn't come out yet. It was only 10 PM, so he prepared to look at the supersymmetric Z-function theory again.

December 10th.

The core day of the Nobel Prize award ceremony. ===== CHAPTER 727 =====