Chapter 447: It's Just a Matter of Eating...

Although the research work is very busy, this topic is not Goldbach's conjecture or the NS equation, which requires him to go all out to solve the troubles that have a chance of winning, and it will not make him so busy that he can't even spare time for a meal. come out.

Especially on weekends.

However, when Lu Zhou drove to the student dormitory at the University of Pennsylvania and waited for a while beside the asphalt road, what he saw was not just the seniors.

There is also a middle-aged and elderly man who looks very imposing and looks about the same age as his father...

"Hello, Professor Lu, I'm Chen Yushan's father. I'm sorry to disturb your work in my busy schedule." With a standard smile on his face, Chen Baohua stretched out his right hand.

Lu Zhou held the hand extended by the man with a dazed expression.

"...Hello, Uncle Chen."

Chen Baohua nodded, secretly satisfied in his heart.

Yes, this young man is quite polite.

But soon, he realized that he was here to talk about business, so he coughed lightly and got straight to the point.

"Shanshan should have told you the specific situation."

Lu Zhou: ...?

what's going on?

However, just when Lu Zhou was about to ask this question, he saw Chen Yushan's pitiful and begging eyes.

After hesitating for a while, he finally changed his mind.

"Well, I said it..."

A smile appeared on Chen Baohua's face.

"All right, I reserved a table at a nearby Chinese restaurant, and we'll eat and chat at the table...Do you want to use your car or Shanshan's?"

Lu Zhou: "...drive mine."

The female driver had never driven an SUV. Although Uncle Chen could drive, he didn't have an American driver's license. Naturally, Lu Zhou drove the car himself.

After getting into the car, Chen Baohua glanced at the driver's seat.

"It's a nice car, do you like SUVs?"

Turning on the car navigator, Lu Zhou smiled: "It's okay, it feels safer to drive...then where is the Chinese restaurant?"

After watching Uncle Chen set the destination on the navigator, Lu Zhou started the car and drove on the road.

Through the interior rearview mirror, Lu Zhou immediately exchanged glances with Chen Yushan.

Lu Zhou: What's the situation? ? ?

Chen Yushan: Sorry sorry! I'll explain it to you in a moment!

Lu Zhou: ...?

Because the amount of information contained in that look was too large and too complicated, Lu Zhou didn't read anything.

He is still dazed.

It was clearly agreed to have a meal together, so why did it turn into meeting the parents?

The eye contact between Lu Zhou and Chen Yushan naturally did not escape Chen Baohua's sight.

Seeing this brat and his daughter flirting with each other in front of him, Chen Baohua's expression was a bit complicated.

These two...

really nothing?

Thinking that his daughter had begun to consciously hide it from him, Chen Baohua's mood was as complicated as the expression on his face.

If he didn't carry a mission with him, he would definitely not give this kid a good face.

...

Not long after, the car arrived at its destination.

Before entering the box, Chen Yushan found an opportunity to secretly pull Lu Zhou aside.

"I'm sorry!" Chen Yushan clasped her hands together, closed her eyes and bowed her head, sincerely apologizing, "I didn't explain it to you, but it was my dad who wanted to see you! But I didn't know how to tell you on the phone, so..."

Lu Zhou: "Uncle Chen, does he do mathematics?"

Chen Yushan whispered, "...That's not true, he's from the Organization Department."

Organization Department?

Although it was unexpected, after understanding this, Lu Zhou nodded thoughtfully.

In my impression, the Thousand Talents Program seems to be under the management of the Organization Department.

In this way, this Uncle Chen is probably engaged in talent introduction?

Lu Zhou didn't know much about things within the system, nor was he particularly interested.

After probably guessing what Uncle Chen wanted to talk to him about, Lu Zhou had an idea in his mind.

After entering the box, Chen Yushan sat next to her father, and Lu Zhou sat opposite to the father and daughter.

Chen Baohua coughed lightly, looked at his daughter, and said majestically, "Shanshan, you go to the bathroom, I'll talk to Professor Lu about something serious."

"Oh."

Chen Yushan obediently pulled out her chair and was about to get up.

It can be seen that she should belong to the type of good girl at home...

emmm...

I can't imagine it at all!

Putting aside those strange thoughts in his heart, Lu Zhou coughed lightly.

"If Uncle Chen is going to talk about something secret with me?"

Chen Baohua was slightly taken aback, then said with a smile.

"That's not true, it's mainly because I'm concerned about your side..."

"Then let Chen Xue... Yushan stay here, I don't have any secrets here." Lu Zhou smiled and shook his head.

I always feel that it is pitiful to let her stay outside alone.

Looking at Lu Zhou gratefully, Chen Yushan happily sat back.

It's clear she doesn't want to be left out either.

Glancing at his daughter, Chen Baohua said nothing, cleared his throat, and spoke.

"Since you have said so, then I will say it directly."

Knowing that it is useless to do ideological work on intellectuals, such people have read a lot of books, and most of them have their own opinions and thoughts, so Chen Baohua didn't go around in circles, and went directly to the topic.

"The motherland appreciates and needs your talent very much. We are also eagerly looking forward to your return to China to engage in research work."

"To show how much we value you, we can pay you three times your salary at Princeton, in the form of a tax-free special allowance."

"And we can guarantee that your scientific research funding will be more than three times your current one, and it will be distributed by the central government in the form of special funds. Whichever university or research institution you work in, the policy will follow. I can On behalf of the Organization Department, I assure you that all your research work will be given the utmost attention."

Finally, Chen Baohua said sincerely: "If you have other needs, you can tell me, and I will convey your request to the senior management!"

triple salary...

The expression on Lu Zhou's face was slightly surprised.

His current annual salary is $400,000, three times that is $1.2 million.

If it is converted into RMB, it would be more than 8 million, and it is still paid in the form of special allowances.

Even for Philippine award-level scholars, this treatment is too exaggerated.

As for research funding, he had not applied for much at Princeton. However, the fact that it is distributed by finance is still very attractive to most researchers, which means that it saves him a lot of complicated approval procedures.

After pausing for a moment, Lu Zhou smiled and said.

"I have no problem with the treatment. As for other things, just give me an academic environment that is not disturbed by politics..."

Chen Baohua nodded seriously, and wrote down this sentence, but just as he was about to speak, the phone in Lu Zhou's pocket suddenly rang.

He took out his mobile phone and turned off the ringtone. Seeing that it was an unfamiliar call, Lu Zhou, who was talking about business, didn't want to be interrupted, so he pressed the button to hang up.

However, within two seconds, before he put the phone back into his pocket, the phone vibrated again.

Are you so persistent?

His brows twitched, and just as Lu Zhou was about to turn off the phone, Chen Baohua coughed lightly, "Professor Lu should answer the phone first, in case there is something urgent, don't delay it because of me."

Hearing this sentence, Lu Zhou smiled and shook his head: "If it's a serious business, the call should be made to my office, not here."

There is always someone on duty in his office, and if there is anything important, Vera will tell him as soon as possible.

According to his experience, such calls from strangers are either fraudulent calls or sales promotion of some strange products.

But after Chen Baohua said that, Lu Zhou casually pressed the connect button and brought the phone to his ear.

"Hey?"

After the "Hello", a full two minutes passed.

Listening to the voice on the other end of the phone, Lu Zhou's expression gradually became weird.

Not long after, the phone call ended.

After hanging up the phone, Lu Zhou looked at the phone screen and was silent for a while.

Although Chen Baohua wanted to ask what happened, but he didn't know whether he should inquire, so he could only sit there in silence with him, with a serious face.

Chen Yushan didn't have such delicate thoughts. Seeing the weird expression on Lu Zhou's face, she probably felt that it was not a bad thing, so she asked in a low voice, "You...what's wrong?"

After being silent for a while, Lu Zhou looked up at the two of them and hesitated.

"I……"

"Probably won the lottery."