Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun didn't know much about the Humboldt Research Award in the country they won, so they asked Artificial Intelligence to check it and found out that the Humboldt Research Award is also a nearly fifty-year-old award in the international scientific research community.

It was established by the Alexander Humboldt Foundation in Germany and is open to outstanding scientific researchers and scientists from around the world outside Germany. The award is based on outstanding achievements in basic research, theoretical innovation, and discipline leadership.

The Humboldt Research Prize is selected once a year, and the number of places for each award is not fixed. There can be up to 100 people. However, in the same selection, only one person from each country will be selected, and the bonus is 60,000 euros per person.

The winners also need to agree to a clause, that is, within the next five years, they must cooperate with research institutions or scientists and researchers in the country to complete a scientific research result.

The objects and topics of this cooperation are determined by the winners, and there are no mandatory requirements.

This clause is set up mainly to promote scientific research cooperation and exchanges between countries.

It can be said that this award is not as pure as the Cole Award and the Mathematics Breakthrough Award. It has certain restrictions. The main purpose is not to commend the outstanding academic achievements of scientific researchers, but to promote the country's science and technology with the help of world-class scholars.

develop.

Therefore, the Humboldt Research Prize has received a particularly large number of recipients in its history, with the total number reaching more than 14,000. Eight scholars of Xia nationality alone have received it.

Whether measured from the perspective of scarcity or the purity of the selection, the reputation and international prestige of the Humboldt Research Prize is far inferior to that of the Kohl Prize and the Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics.

Of course, the Alexander Humboldt Foundation also has the Sofia Kovalevskaya Award, which is the real top academic award in the country. There is only one place every year, and the prize is as high as 1.65 million euros. It has an international reputation.

The status is almost comparable to the Kohl Prize, the Mathematics Breakthrough Prize, and the Crafford Prize. However, although this award does not require nationality, it does require that candidates must have stayed in Germany and engaged in cutting-edge scientific research for more than five years, or promised to stay in Germany after receiving the award.

Only those who have been engaged in cutting-edge scientific research in the country for more than five years can participate in the final selection. Qin Ke has no chance to win.

For Qin Ke, winning the Humboldt Research Award does not have much effect. It will not be counted towards the requirements of the system task "Please continue to win more mathematics awards." It is equivalent to or higher than the "Kehl Award for Number Theory".

Winning an international mathematics award can only be regarded as the icing on the cake.

The bonus of only 60,000 euros is even more drizzle to Qin Ke now, not worth mentioning.

However, Qin Ke was somewhat interested in the terms of academic cooperation with scientists from Germany.

According to the literal meaning of the invitation letter, I have to go to Bad Godesberg in Bonn, Germany to receive the Humboldt Research Award. However, the academic cooperation does not have to stay in Germany. I only need to make regular contact through the Internet and finally hand it over.

Results are enough, and international academic cooperation in this way can make up for Qin Ke's shortcomings of being unable to study abroad for a long time and conduct scientific research and academic exchanges and cooperation.

Considering that the Alexander Humboldt Foundation's work style is rather rigid and rigid, such an award notice was actually sent in paper form across the ocean and nearly 10,000 kilometers away, unlike other awards nowadays.

After such phone calls and e-mail notifications, Qin Ke asked Ning Qingyun to contact Vice Principal Gu Bojun again just in case. He asked for the contact information printed on the award notification letter and made a call.

After communication, as Qin Ke guessed, the academic and scientific research cooperation between the two parties does not need to be carried out in Germany. Exchanges and cooperation can be carried out through the Internet.

The man on the other end of the phone said in less than standard English: "Dear Mr. Qin Ke, you are very close to our country's great mathematician Bornhard Riemann. Your three sets of expressions have been internationally recognized as cracks." We welcome you to settle in our country, teach or engage in scientific research. We are willing to provide you with all the funds and life benefits you need, including a professorship in mathematics at the Technical University of Munich, and even in the future It is not impossible to become a foreign academician of the National Academy of Sciences of my country."

After studying foreign language electives in his freshman and sophomore years, and accumulating experience in English exams, Qin Ke’s foreign language points have exceeded the 600-point upgrade threshold, and his branch language German has been promoted to the intermediate level. Daily conversation has long been no problem. Qin Ke listens to each other.

It was a bit difficult to speak English, so he took the initiative to switch to German and said:

"Thank you Mr. Shore for your kindness, but I am still an undergraduate student now and I still have a lot to learn in our country. I have no plans to study or work abroad for the time being."

The other party also immediately switched back to German, with a tone of surprise that could not be concealed: "It turns out that Mr. Qin Ke is also so fluent in German, which is really surprising and unexpected. Although I regret that I cannot invite you to settle down and teach in Germany, this time on March 5

Please make sure you take the time to attend the award ceremony on the same day.”

"No problem. Thank you very much for your foundation's recognition of my academic achievements."

After seeing the announcement, Ning Qingyun helped hang up the phone. She thought for a while and asked: "Qin Xiaoke, Mr. Faltings is from China. Do you want him to recommend candidates for cooperation in scientific research and academic projects?"

?”

"This is a good idea. Anyway, as long as you are a scholar from Germany, the conditions are very relaxed. By the way, you can also travel with me to Bonn, Germany. Anyway, after the trip to Sweden, I asked the principal

Just go through the application process together.”

"Well, okay, I can take pictures for you!" Ning Qingyun didn't care at all that she didn't win the Humboldt Research Award. In fact, she was very surprised and satisfied to win the Crafford Award.

She knew that in mathematics, she was taught by Professor Qin Ke, Professor Tian Jianlan and Academician Wang Heng, who were relatively powerful in terms of number theory. In terms of overall level, she was still lagging behind many senior mathematicians in the country. She should not be too ambitious.

Think too highly of yourself.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! And from the bottom of her heart, she is more happy that her boyfriend won the grand prize than she herself did. She is the one who knows best in the world that her boyfriend is good at mathematics.

What a great person there is.

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The brief interlude of winning the award did not excite the two of them too much, especially after knowing that the weight of the Humboldt Research Award was quite different from that of the Crafford Award. They both quickly corrected their mentality and did not take it too seriously.

The truth is, it is just used as a bridge and opportunity for academic exchanges and cooperation with scholars from Germany.

After returning home to Yuanzhou, Ning Qingyun finally changed into an ordinary white down suit with a pair of loose jeans at Qin Ke's suggestion, and tied her hair back into the usual single ponytail, so she returned to her usual self.

The slightly cold girl with a single ponytail is still beautiful and pure, but she has lost that stunning and radiant publicity.

Qin Ke also returned to Lucuiyingju and changed into a simple set of clothes, a windbreaker and sweatpants, looking smart and refreshing.

The only thing they have in common is that they are both wearing pure white couple scarves.

The cat ring on the ring finger of Ning Qingyun's left hand and the ancient jade pendant hanging on her neck were not removed.

After everything was settled, Qin Ke drove and took Ning Qingyun to the KTV agreed for her junior high school class reunion.

It was already the beginning of the lights, and the traffic in Yuanzhou City was really smooth. Many migrant workers had returned to their hometowns, and the roads that used to be often traffic jams were not blocked. The shops along the street were still full of decorations to celebrate the Spring Festival.

The festive atmosphere is strong, and you can see many couples or families out for a walk.

Ning Qingyun looked at the familiar scenery outside the car window. In the past, she felt that the winter in Yuanzhou was a bit difficult. After experiencing the severe cold weather in the capital, she felt much more comfortable. A faint smile appeared at the corner of her mouth: "Qin Xiaoke

, do you think people are particularly attached to their hometown? I didn’t feel that way before, but after leaving for less than two years, when I came back, I felt that every plant and tree here has a familiar atmosphere. If possible in the future, I would still prefer to come back here.

settle down."

"This is a good idea. I don't want to be away from my family for a long time." Qin Ke said with a smile: "The saying of fallen leaves returning to their roots is very reasonable. If nothing else, your parents have such high academic achievements and have never settled in the capital.

, but returned to Yuanzhou? This should be considered a hometown complex, right?"

"That's right, it's mainly because my grandparents are in poor health and the climate in Beijing is not suitable for them to recuperate, so they came back to Yuanzhou. Naturally, my parents came back with them." The girl's voice echoed in the car, with a gentle softness.

Nuo, it sounds extremely comfortable.

"Then I have to thank my grandparents. Otherwise, if you were in the capital, I wouldn't have met you, and I wouldn't have had the chance to sit at the same table with you. Haha, this is probably fate."

Just at the traffic light, Qin Ke stopped the car, turned around and smiled at Ning Qingyun. Ning Qingyun also happened to look over. Their eyes met, and they both felt a sense of destined happiness in their hearts.

At this time, Ning Qingyun's phone vibrated one after another, but it was from the junior high school class group on WeChat that female classmates or former class cadres @ her from time to time, asking when she would arrive.

Ning Qingyun simply replied a few words and then put down her phone. Seeing Qin Ke's relaxed expression, she couldn't help but ask: "Qin Xiaoke, it will be my junior high school classmates' reunion soon, why are you not nervous at all?

"

"Nervous? Why should you be nervous?"

Ning Qingyun didn't know how to answer for a while. During the day, she attended Qin Ke's elementary school and junior high school class reunions as Qin Ke's girlfriend. They were all strangers. She was still wary of Qin Ke's female classmates. She was actually quite worried.

Somewhat nervous and uncomfortable.

Even though she was going to attend her junior high school classmates' reunion this time, she still felt nervous in her heart. After all, to her, most of these junior high school classmates had become strangers, or were only slightly better than strangers and considered acquaintances.

That’s all.

Qin Ke glanced at the girl with a single ponytail and said with a smile: "Actually, class reunions are just that, especially large-scale class reunions where we don't have much contact but only get together during the Spring Festival holiday. Boys.

They want to see if their former female classmates have become more beautiful and whether they have a chance. The girls want to see if the boys have become better and whether they have potential. There are very few who actually go to parties for the sake of classmate friendship.

.If we have a good relationship in normal times, we will keep in touch in private, and have appointments to get together, there is no need to wait until the whole class gets together like this to meet again."

Ning Qingyun thought that this was indeed the case. At least Li Lin and several other female classmates in the dormitory in high school had asked her out several times. However, she returned to Yuanzhou too late and had to accompany Qin Ke to visit relatives during the Spring Festival.

Just make time.

"Besides, now your junior high school classmates are basically all sophomores. The main thing that boys compare with each other is how good they are in college, such as whether their grades are good, whether they are class cadres, and whether they serve in the student union.

Ah and so on, the girls also secretly compete with each other, who is better at dressing up, and who can find a better boyfriend. Of course, they will also pay attention to the development of male classmates. Girls mature relatively earlier. If there is anyone in your class who has a good relationship at home.

Girls in large companies or with boys with strong backgrounds will definitely have more active contact with these boys. And your class teacher is more concerned about the achievements of students."

"Like me." Qin Ke pointed at himself and said with a smile: "To put it more arrogantly, a high-quality stock who is handsome, famous, has dazzling grades, and has unlimited future appears in your class party.

, is naturally the focus of attention from boys, girls and even the head teacher. Only others please me and get close to me, but I don’t have to look at other people’s faces. What do you think I should be nervous about? "

Ning Qingyun gave him a nice eye roll and snorted softly: "Arrogant and arrogant." However, she agreed with Qin Ke's words in her heart. A "high-end existence" like Qin Ke would definitely attract the attention of the whole audience.

Focus, even if the ktv boss knows that Qin Ke is there, he might come to toast, take a group photo or something.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Qin Ketang reached out and gently pinched her pink face: "Actually, it's the same for you. Your classmates are trying every possible means to get you to attend the party. They just want to re-establish the relationship.

Do you have a relationship with your classmates? Just relax and get along normally, there is no need for psychological pressure. Rely on your husband at home and rely on your friends when you go out. It doesn't hurt to have more friends. I just hope your world can be broader."

"Yes." Ning Qingyun felt the rough touch of Qin Ke's fingers, savoring his pampering and care for her, with a touch of happiness in her eyes.

But what she was thinking was different from what Qin Ke was thinking.

Her world doesn't need to be big, a few best friends, parents, relatives, and Qin Ke are enough.

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Ning Qingyun's junior high school classmates' reunion was just as Qin Ke expected. It became heated when the two showed up, especially Qin Ke's appearance, which gave them a huge surprise. Of course, it might be a shock to the boys.

When they saw Ning Qingyun holding Qin Ke's arm, the boys' expressions were a little complicated and regretful.

For the goddess in my dreams in the past, now she has become someone else's girlfriend, and the boy is so good that I can't compete at all. You can imagine the frustration and bitterness in my heart.

The girls were obviously more lively and proactive. While reminiscing with Ning Qingyun affectionately, they also asked Qin Ke various questions in various ways. Even the head teacher was no exception. He almost sat next to Qin Ke and spoke in a gentle voice.
To be continued...