Scholar’s Advanced Technological System

As Brother Luo said, this is an invitation.

To be precise, this invitation was not addressed to him personally, but was sent to the IMCRC under the signature of CERN.

In its letter of invitation, CERN launched the initiative of the World Summit of Physicists on the theme of "Centennial Physics”, hoping that the IMCRC would act as the main organizer of the conference, bringing together other leading global institutes of high-energy physics and leading scholars to explore the future of physics for the next century.

In fact, after listening to Brother Luo's explanation, the ark was very unexpected.

With the major global Institute of High-Energy Physics discussing the way forward in physics over the next hundred years, such a heavyweight conference, I had no idea that CERN would choose to give way and give the opportunity to the IMCRC to host.

But when you think about it, he figured out the way through.

CERN gave up this opportunity to pretend, not because they didn't want to, but because reality doesn't allow them to do it anymore.

This is due in part to the fact that the World Centre for Physics has gradually moved to East Asia as the lunar Hadron Collider has replaced the LHC and assumed the burden of high-energy physical exploration.

On the other hand, it is a very real problem.

Then there's no money...

Yes, it is.

There's no money left.

Since the completion of the Lunar Hadron Collider, CERN has gradually lost the pretext to solicit funds from EU countries.

Instead of CERNs that have a bigger appetite than black holes, and ever underfed scientific research projects, countries around the world are also more inclined to choose IMCRC that can satisfy their physicists with less money, and that can produce a lot of outstanding results.

In particular, French leaders have said more than once publicly that the historic mission of the LHC has been accomplished, rather than terrorizing the inhabitants of Seth and Geneva, by placing the experimental site on the moon from the French and Swiss borders.

The views of the United States are largely the same.

Although dissatisfied with the fact that IMCRC is dominated by China, physics is not as sensitive as military, aerospace and semiconductors, and all research findings are publicly accessible.

For Washington, which is in a recessionary cycle, it would certainly be great if the Chinese were willing to shoulder this heavy burden on their behalf.

Perhaps that was a self-comforting statement, but at least it would save the White House hundreds of millions of dollars a year.

In this context, CERN has gradually receded from its former World Centre for Physics into a regional centre for physics research.

While he still has a large and excellent team of researchers, it is difficult to attract researchers from other countries to contribute cheap and high-quality labor without being able to restart experiments.

Even local administrators are considering the need to convert abandoned large colliders into science museums or amusement facilities, etc., while retaining small positive and negative electronic colliders.

To date, however, the proposal has remained only at the stage of the proposal, with no stable passenger flow guarantees and border control problems, and it is difficult to imagine which multinational playground group would consider a takeover.

The letter stuck in the invitation was pulled out, and the ark unfolded it and started reading it carefully along the first line.

In addition to some of the guest statements, the above is somewhat concise and mainly related to the meeting process.

This includes parts of most academic conferences, such as briefings for all physicists, colloquiums, poster presentations, etc. Also included was a closed-door session on “Centennial Physics”, the highlight of the conference.

Based on CERN recommendations, the conference will be led by one hundred of the world's top physicists.

As top experts in a research branch, invited participants will represent their research direction, articulate their direction and its importance to other scholars in the field of high-energy physics research, and conclude with one of the most important propositions to be addressed in that direction.

It was like the Millennium Mathematics Congress, Hilbert's twenty-three questions.

But the physical dilemmas that will be decided at this meeting are not 7, not 23, but 100.

As for other scholars who did not receive an invitation to the Centennial Physics Closed Meeting, the progress of the meeting and the outcome of the discussion could be seen through live broadcasts, video of the meeting released after the meeting and verbatim records.

At the same time, in response to the 100 world-class challenges raised at the Conference, the conference organizers will also create corresponding awards and bonuses for them.

When he saw this place, the ark couldn't help laughing and joking.

“Do you have to donate some money to attend this meeting? ”

It seemed unexpected that the ark would ask such a question, and Luo Wenxuan was slightly stunned and smiled and received.

“That's not true, but if we're going to be the main contractor, we're going to have to be big. ”

“How much would it cost? ”

“What we are currently considering is the creation of a bonus pool to add value to the bonus pool, including through bond equity investments, where the first person to solve one of the difficulties will prioritize one percent of the bonus pool and the rest until all the bonuses are divided. ”

Ark raised his eyebrows with interest: "Sounds interesting, so the later you solve the problem, the higher the bonus you get? ”

“Not necessarily, after all, there are risks to investing… but we will hire the best brokers to handle the money through the most robust investment strategies.” After a pause, Rowenxuan continued, "And, from a practical point of view, the later the problem is solved, doesn't that mean that the problem deserves more reward? ”

Ark: “How do we raise the prize pool? ”

“Our idea at the moment is to donate, and it is said that a number of generous millionaires are interested in winning these mysterious awards. At present, ten millionaires on the Forbes Fortune List have indicated their willingness to donate topics of interest to them and have named them after themselves or their families. If we don't have enough money, the rest of us can also try to raise the prize money by auctioning the title. ”

“That's a good idea, and I, the chairman of the board of directors of the IMCRC, will donate a little. ”

Without specifying exactly how much this "point” is, the Ark took this invitation into its arms. When he heard the words of the Ark, Luo Wenxuan stunned for a moment and immediately opened his mouth with excitement.

“What do you mean, this meeting we're next? ”

The Ark laughed and said, "Why not? It is both the world's recognition of us and our responsibility to the world to host such a conference. Besides, we still have plenty of money. It's just a meeting. It's more than enough. Speaking of which, did CERN offer to hold this meeting at any time? ”

“Their proposal is No. 12, and the venue has not yet been determined. ”

“Number 12?” The ark frowned and mumbled, "Is Valentine's Day the 14th? ”

If he remembers correctly, it seems like this is the time.

Luo Wenxuan: “…? ”

After noticing the strange look on Brother Luo's face, the Ark instantly realized that he seemed to have read out his inner monologue, so he hurried to cough slightly and changed his voice.

“I mean, February 12th seems to be the 3rd of the year, and most people are still having Spring Festival, right? Physicists are also human beings, they can't always set aside time for family reunions, and catching up with Spring Transport is a big problem. In this way, the timing will be pushed backwards, at least after New Year's Eve. As for the venue, it should be in Shanghai. ”

“After New Year's Eve? Then maybe March, the venue is fine in Shanghai, although I would recommend choosing some fun cities..."

Pause for a moment and Rowenxuan gave a helpless look.

“However, you are the chairman of the board, and it is up to you. ”