Orion Crest, Series_1

Chapter 116: Ceremony

　　25th May, afternoon, Stockholm Airport.

　　A bright silver flight slowly landed on the runway.

　　Shortly after, Orion, dragging his suitcase, walked out of the airport through the crowds of people coming and going.

　　This was his first time in this city, and the most intuitive feeling about this place, apart from the cleanliness, is the rich artistic atmosphere.

　　Orion wasn't much of an artist, and his rational mind made him rarely look at these things from an emotional point of view. But even so, he can still intuitively feel the rich artistic atmosphere from the city's metro stations.

　　It's no exaggeration to say that this is a museum.

　　The 108-kilometre-long metro network houses more than a hundred artists who have created works of art specifically for these stations.

　　Before he came to Stockholm, Edward Witten recommended that he should not take a taxi if he could take the metro, otherwise it would be convenient but a lot less fun.

　　In accordance with the specifications of the Nobel Prize, the winner's accommodation was arranged at the Grand Hotel Stockholm.

　　At the entrance of the hotel, Academician Staffan-Normark, Life Secretary of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, smiled at Orion and opened his arms, giving him a big hug.

　　"Welcome, Professor Orion!"

　　"I hope I haven't kept you waiting too long."

　　Academician Staffan smiled and continued, "Allow me to introduce you to ......"

　　Several of the people standing next to them were academics from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, and Orion shook hands with each of them to say hello.

　　Then they followed his footsteps to the room, and Academician Staffan smiled and said courteously.

　　"If you need anything, please feel free to ask the hotel attendants, and they will convey your needs to us."

　　Orion smiled and said, "You are too kind."

　　"This is the respect due to a scholar, and to be honest, I was surprised when I saw you. I originally thought Terence Tao was already young enough, I didn't expect that in less than four short years, another young mathematician had set that record."

　　Terence won the Crafoord Prize in '12, when he was in his mid-thirties, and it was the same year that he made a breakthrough in the Weak Goldbach Conjecture Problem, which indirectly led to Helfgott's proof of the problem.

　　Now in 2016, it's the same Goldbach Conjecture.

　　It was as if a cycle had been formed.

　　Orion smiled and said modestly, "Maths is an old and dynamic subject, it will get older and older, but those who study it will get younger and younger. Perhaps in the future, someone younger than me will set the record."

　　Academician Staffan laughed and said, "I'm afraid that would be a bit difficult."

　　Not bothering him much here, after informing him of some things to keep in mind, Academician Staffan took his leave.

　　Setting his suitcase down next to the bedside table, Orion didn't go out right away.

　　As much as he was interested in the city, having just crossed the Atlantic and half of Europe, he needed rest more than anything else.