The end of technology.

This sentence made Ning Zi smile very happily, and said: "Haha, Tim, insomnia? It doesn't exist. You must not know how lively the New Year's Eve dinner in China is. Have you heard that song? Friends are here." If you have good wine, my dad specially prepared our national wine to entertain you today. Of course, for the sake of friendship, I can still give you some hints. You see, this is the first time that Ning Yuan holds such a large-scale academic event, just like astronomy Strong correlation, so you can imagine my target, right?"

……

In fact, Ning Zi likes chatting with Tim Cook very much, although the interests of the two have never been the same.

Probably that kind of frankness makes it easy.

The following family banquet also proved that Ning Zi’s prediction was correct. Although Ning Jian and Ning Kang’s English skills were not good enough, Ning Yulin volunteered to act as an interpreter, which was enough for Tim Cook to experience it. How extensive and profound is the toasting culture of the older generation in China.

Especially the happy Ning Yulin, who also likes to be funny. He can always translate what his father said into a mess: "Drinking is not fish farming, Uncle, you should DUNDUNDUN..."

While talking, he would pick up his drink and make gestures...

At first, Old Cook was still very reserved, but after toasting enthusiastically and drinking two glasses of Moutai, which was obviously not to his liking, he was finally left behind.

It wouldn't be so drunk that she lost her mind, but Ning Zi felt that a good night's sleep shouldn't be a big problem.As for how to live the next two days, that's none of Ning Zi's business.

However, the reception work is still well prepared.

For example, the hotel where Tim Cook stayed was originally the designated reception hotel for this forum, and he could stay in the hotel inside Ningyuan on the second day of junior high school, including several former Nobel Prize winners who also arrived in Huaxia on this day, everyone They all live on the same floor, so it won't be sad to chat with anyone casually.

At least Ning Zi thinks so, and it seems to be the case.

In fact, since the first day of junior high school, Ning Zi has been so busy that her feet never touch the ground.

The family members stayed at home to entertain the people who came to pay New Year's greetings, while he entertained the scholars who had come early in Ningyuan.

During the Chinese New Year period of this forum, Ning Yuan did not arrange too many cars to pick up and drop off according to Ning Zi’s instructions. Basically, the invited scholars received a very considerate software from Ning Yuan. After getting off the plane As long as the software is turned on, it can automatically locate and guide these scholars to the subway station or the place where they can take a taxi according to their requirements.

Full intelligent service.

This is also the cheapest way of guidance. For Ning Yuan, developing such a simple route guidance applet hardly costs any money.It was nothing more than saying hello to a well-known map company in Huaxia in advance and borrowing their background data.

And Ning Zi thinks this way of reception is very perfect. Anyway, the safety factor of Huaxia Capital is extremely high, and it can also allow these scholars to see the scenery of Huaxia Capital along the way. The income of online car-hailing drivers is a win-win situation.

Of course, there can be tricks in receiving people, but Ning Zi can't be tricky in the reception work after people arrive.

In particular, many university scholars took the time to participate in this forum because of his face. They also notified their arrival time by email in advance. Say hello and have a brief chat.

Fortunately, the vast majority of them are ordinary people after all. After flying for more than ten hours, they still have jet lag. Basically, they are too tired to take a rest after chatting for 10 minutes.

For Ning Zi, this is not a burdensome matter.It's just that people came here scattered, and Ning Zi could only receive them here and there.The whole day is spent in the office, and it feels more cumbersome than usual work, probably because there are too many pieces of time.

For the first time, Ning Zi felt that arranging the forum in March on the third day of the Lunar New Year was somewhat anti-human.

Originally, he could spend this time getting along with his relatives and friends, which is definitely more pleasant than having a few pleasantries with many strangers in the office.

Fortunately, only this time.

No matter what kind of academic forum is held next time, Ning Zi doesn't plan to have his name on Ning Yuan's invitation letter.The mentality is probably that love comes when it comes, and it doesn't come and pull it down.After all, everything is difficult at the beginning.

Of course, meeting with many top scholars is not all interesting.There were also some brief discussions that inspired Ning Zi a lot.For example, when talking with Colin Drost, a former physics Nobel Prize winner, the two exchanged some knowledge about the universe, which made Ning Zi feel that he had learned a lot.

Especially about the use of Doppler spectrometer technology to measure the tiny wobbles of stars when planets and stars move around the common center of gravity, and the possible blue shift and red shift of the light emitted by these wobbles. For future observation of extraterrestrial information, it is possible to discover The traces of civilization that exist are extremely useful.

Precisely in this direction, Ning Zi believes in his own judgment more, for example, he always believes that there are other civilizations in the universe.It's just limited by too many constraints, and there is no intersection between civilizations.Where are these constraints, and why no other extraterrestrial civilizations have been invented even though they have mastered the medium space crossing technology, the high probability is that the cause of this layer of constraints has not been found yet.

In short, the first two days of junior high school and the second day of junior high school passed by during the meetings with many scholars.

In the evening of the second day of junior high school, the whole building is brightly lit.

This is not just to celebrate the Chinese New Year, there are not many people on duty at the school that was supposed to celebrate the Chinese New Year.The main thing is to arrange tomorrow's forum.

Because the display link is not indoors, but on the playground around Ningyuan.

The Second Stadium next to Ningyuan was completely sealed off in the afternoon of the second day of the junior high school, and a huge shed was erected.

Some scholars who have already lived in Ningyuan saw this scene and wanted to find out, but they were all politely persuaded by the staff to leave.

At around midnight, under the escort of the convoy, a sealed van drove into the stadium, and left quietly after three o'clock in the morning.

Then everything was calm again, the calm before the storm.

……

China time, February 2th, morning.

I have to say that the days chosen in March are actually very good, and the high probability is that the weather has been predicted more accurately.

Early in the morning, it can be seen that today is a rare good weather in early spring in the capital, and the temperature also broke through from below zero to three degrees above zero early.

Ningyuan Restaurant also became lively early in the morning.

According to the arrangement of the meeting, the breakfast time is from 09:30 am to [-]:[-] am, and the formal sign-in starts at [-]:[-] am. The sign-in time lasts until [-]:[-], and then the meeting officially begins.

It's just that it's different from ordinary conferences. After signing in, the visiting scholars didn't directly tell which lecture hall to go to. Instead, after verifying the invitation letter, they were taken to the large lounge on the first floor of Ningyuan to rest first.

When someone inquires, the staff will also inform you intimately that before the official start of the meeting, in order to facilitate this communication, scholars will be shown some of the latest research results of the Fundamental Physics Laboratory of BNU.

Undoubtedly, this answer also piqued the interest of many people.

After all, everyone is willing to attend the meeting this time. In fact, the most important reason is that Ning Zi discovered through mathematical theory that there are multiple star systems in the Galactic Center, which made everyone very interested in Ning Zi's theory.After all, this conclusion is counter-intuitive, but it has been successfully verified, which also makes many astrophysicists very interested in Ning Zi's theory.

However, the paper published by Ning Zi on "Science" did not explain much about the theory itself, which was also the initial motivation for many well-known scholars to decide to be invited to participate in this forum.

It is definitely a surprise to see the latest results displayed.

So the staff responsible for explaining to everyone became the most popular among scholars, and many people guessed that the so-called new results must be related to the enclosed playground.But curiosity still makes them very eager to know some details earlier.

It's a pity that we are doomed to be disappointed, because the staff responsible for explaining really don't know much.

Fortunately, they are all highly educated people, and most of these occasions are gentlemanly. Seeing that the staff could not get the information they wanted, everyone quickly dispersed in twos and threes, and began to chat and discuss with people they knew well.

After all, any high-end academic forum is a good time for communication.

Of course, in addition to these scholars, there are also photojournalists responsible for recording this forum.

Luo Kezhang of the Science and Technology Channel received the task of recording the astronomy forum today years ago. In fact, as the most experienced senior reporter of the Science and Technology Channel, he really didn't want to come to the University to do filming during the Chinese New Year. mission.

Taking over the task meant that his New Year's plan was completely disrupted, and he could only stay in the capital and not return to his hometown.

But the director personally called him over and talked for half an hour to explain the importance of this task, so he could only bite the bullet and take it.After all, if the director talks in person, if he still doesn't agree, then he is really ignorant of current affairs.There is still some disbelief in my heart, who would hold such an important forum on the third day of the Lunar New Year?

What's even more irritating is that even the photographers responsible for recording the whole process, after getting the agenda of the meeting, they don't know what the show will be before the official start of the meeting.

In Locke Zhang's opinion, this is somewhat excessive.

After all, if you don't even know what to record, it will be difficult to do the work, and it may appear that there is no focus.

In the end, when I called back to Taiwan, the answer I received was that if the job was easy to do, I would not hire him, the most experienced photographer, to lead the team. Their shooting team must unconditionally cooperate with all the requirements of the forum organizer.

Well, when it comes to this matter, Luo Kezhang really has nothing to say.

Fortunately, he received the notice soon, and under the leadership of the staff, he entered the playground enclosed by the big shed half an hour earlier to arrange the aircraft seats.

Then I saw a covered black curtain and a young man standing in the middle of the playground chatting with some familiar scientists. After subconsciously taking a few photos, I realized that there is no need for them to enter in advance. reason.

Many internal cameras have been set up with fixed positions, and their job is actually to check for omissions...

But these are not important anymore. The professionalism of the old reporter made him realize immediately after seeing the big shots around Ning Zi that there is a high probability that there will be big news today. After all, everyone there is everyone in their station. It was very difficult to get it, but at this moment, it was surrounded by the young man like stars around the moon.

Oh, big news on the third day of the Lunar New Year.

Sorry!

Chapter 192 The sky will change!

Tim Cook was one of the first to complete the check-in today.

The organizing committee didn't give this big man any unusual treatment, so he could only sign in with the invitation letter and then came to the lounge like other scholars.However, the identity of Apple's CEO still keeps him busy.

After all, many scientific research activities still require money.

Especially for basic physics and astronomy, whether it is various instruments or massive data analysis, financial support is needed.It is the consensus of the whole world that Apple is rich.

In fact, Tim Cook's participation in today's event is also a surprise for many scientists.If there is a big man who can control a huge amount of money who is interested in this direction, maybe he can use the project at hand to attract an investment?

After all, money is the basis of scientific research in this era, and the physical research that can be carried out without too much cost has basically been done by the predecessors.

Popularity is of course a good thing, at least it can make the waiting time less boring.

Especially for those who are aroused by curiosity, the waiting time will become longer and longer.

Time passed quickly in various conversations. Tim Cook politely listened to the introduction of some cutting-edge academic research, and then did not give too many conclusions as before.The time finally came to 09:30 in the morning, and the staff began to inform everyone that they could enter the arranged venue in an orderly manner.

Well, the mystery is about to be revealed, but Tim Cook calmed down physically and mentally.

Now he only hopes that what Ning Zi said may change his perception of the world, and even determine Apple's future development direction, will not disappoint him.At least I don't feel that staying in China for half a month is a waste of time and energy.

During the past two days in the hotel and Ning Yuan, he also met many famous people in the academic circles, and he probably knew that they would come to participate in the astronomy forum convened by Ning Zi, mainly because of Ning Zi’s review in "Science" .

When Tim Cook asked these scholars to speculate if Ning Zi's upcoming theory might have anything to do with Apple, he silenced most of them.

It’s true that Apple is a high-tech company, but Apple’s business development direction is indeed difficult to connect with astronomy.

Even in the field of basic communication, Apple is not strong.

At least for now, Apple's biggest achievement is still that IPHONE has redefined smart phones and made people transition from the Internet to the mobile Internet in a logical way.Even until now, there are traces of the original Apple design on many brands of smartphones.

As for the achievements in astronomy, it is probably zero.Not in one direction at all.

So it is really difficult for these scholars who do not understand business logic to guess how this forum will help Apple's business.

Including Tim Cook himself considered countless possibilities these days, but they were all rejected by himself.Because even if Ning Zi could make some things, he probably wouldn't take care of them.

But fortunately, the mystery can finally be revealed.

……

More than 100 scholars from all over the world, under the leadership of the staff, walked into the playground used to display the latest findings of the laboratory in an orderly manner.To the surprise of many people, they were not taken to sit in the stands, but were taken to the center of the playground, where Ning Zi was.

A small display stand has been set up there, with a large black curtain in the middle, covering a long object about the size of a car in midair.

Obviously, the thing covered by the black curtain is today's protagonist, and many people couldn't help but look at it a few more times.However, this geometric shape is too ordinary, and it is indeed difficult to guess what it is just based on the black curtain.

Tim Cook stood at the front of the crowd so he could see better.This angle is useless, the curtain is tightly covered, judging from the outline... well, it can't be seen.

Anyway, I don't understand why this thing is placed on the high platform built on the football field, and it is so mysterious.

But the answer to the mystery will be revealed soon, and he doesn't want to waste brain cells.It's just that Colin Drost, the former physics Nobel Prize winner beside him, doesn't seem so calm.

"Tim, don't you think it's weird?"

"Huh? What's weird?"

"Look at the way the curtain hangs down, the wrapped thing... seems to be hanging in the air."

Tim Cook took a closer look and found that it was indeed the case, but how to put it, it is a black curtain after all, so he gave a possibility: "Maybe it's just that the shelf is made smaller than the objects placed on it. You can't put a hydrogen-filled cushion there..."

"Maybe, but it's still kind of weird. It shouldn't be that simple."

The two chatted briefly, and the young figure had already appeared on the temporary rostrum.

Well, now that the master is here, there is no need to guess anymore, and the short discussion is over.

……

"Gentlemen and ladies, hello everyone, I am very glad that you are invited to participate in the first Ningyuan World Astronomy High-end Forum. I know that it is not me who can attract you to this forum, but the recent The latest discoveries by Professor Lucius Rudy and his friends are of the superluminous stars in motion near the center of the Milky Way."

After Ning Zi's relaxed opening remarks, there was applause from the audience, and Lucius Rudy, who was also standing in the first row, also took a step forward, then turned around, and waved casually at the colleagues behind him.

Of course, the professor knew that these people didn’t come here because they discovered those stars. Everyone’s purpose was to know in the first place how Ning Zi analyzed by pure mathematics that there would be stars there, not just one giant black hole.

Yes, even if the existence of those stars is discovered now, it does not mean that the theory of black holes in the centers of galaxies has been overturned.Because a lot of evidence proves this, and there is also evidence that these stars are moving much faster than they thought during this period of time, which seems to mean that these stars know that if they run slower, they may be swallowed by black holes.

Of course, this is not to say that these stars have thoughts, it just shows that the universe is so magical.

Of course, none of this prevented Lucius Rudy from getting acquainted with the more than 100 people present at this time.

This is also a sense of ritual.

Ning Zi, who was standing on the stage, smiled and watched Lucius Rudy waving his hand, turned around and returned to the team, and then continued to say: "I know everyone is very interested in the previous theoretical derivation process, But what everyone doesn't know is that all the derivation process at that time was actually based on a conjecture of spatial structure, which I call Ning's spatial conjecture.

In this conjecture, the space we can observe is embedded with another space.On the premise that we assume that the theory of relativity is absolutely correct, there exists a macroscopically circular high-dimensional space. The structure of this space is affected by our observable space and another energy space, so it cannot be a conventional sphere. Its interior may present an irregular and asymmetrical hollow structure.

That's right, the black hole we often say is one of the manifestations of this heterogeneous space. "

After Ning Zi finished speaking, there was a burst of whispering from the audience.

In fact, these words did not reveal too much specific information, but there is one thing Tim Cook can understand, that is, the paper published by Ning Zi on "Science" is based on a hypothesis.

This is somewhat unexpected.

Although in science, especially in the study of the universe, assumptions are essential.It can even be said that most of the current theories about the universe are hypothetical, but whether it is the big bang theory or the white hole theory, they are all based on the observed reality.

It is extremely rare for someone like Ning Zi to imagine a space first, and then make a theoretical deduction based on this assumption.