943 Only Took Me an Hour
Lu Zhou didn’t really understand Professor Joseph’s explanation.
However, he was vaguely familiar with the equations on the whiteboard.
Even though it only took him an hour to complete this model, that didn’t mean the model was worthless.
“… I’m not denying your argument, every discipline should have its own research habits, and mathematics is not the king of research.” Lu Zhou coughed and pointed at the whiteboard. He said, “But in regard to the formula on line 3… That’s not how you use it.”
The venue became more and more lively!
A lot of people looked at the back row, wondering who the arrogant person was.
“Someone is questioning Professor Joseph’s mathematics ability?!”
“Even Professor Krugman didn’t say anything…”
“Who is this guy, he looks quite young, probably a student?”
“Wait a second, I feel like… This person looks familiar.”
“…”
“Please tell me what the problem is. Otherwise, don’t waste my time,” Professor Joseph said. He realized the person who asked the question was the person playing on his phone just a while ago. He said, “Or do you think you know the Lu Bewley model better than I do?”
Lu Zhou nodded and said, “Yeah, in terms of the mathematics part.”
The audience was in an uproar.
Professor Joseph frowned and spoke.
“Oh? Enlighten me then, who are you? What university are you from?”
Faced with this irrelevant question, Lu Zhou couldn’t help but frown.
Do you really not recognize me?
This is the second time today someone has asked me this question.
We’re from different races, but my handsomeness is universal, right?
He sighed and spoke.
“Lu Zhou, Jin Ling University.
“Or you can call me Professor Lu.”
The lecture hall suddenly went quiet.
Lu-Lu Zhou?!
Joseph and all of the other scholars in the lecture hall were stunned.
The economists looked at the young scholar standing up.
A lot of people thought they recognized Lu Zhou, but they weren’t sure.
After all, no one would have expected Lu Zhou to appear in a macroeconomics conference.
No one had ever seen Lu Zhou at an economics conference before.
No wonder no one was able to recognize him!
On the other side of the venue, a girl in her twenties had her eyes wide open.
Brother?!
When Xiao Tong heard the familiar voice coming from the back row, her eyes nearly popped out of her socket!
Professor Krugman was sitting next to her, and he was even more excited.
“He came! I knew it!”
He immediately looked at Professor Angus, who was sitting next to him.
Professor Angus coughed and got out of his seat.
“I’m going to the men’s room…”
Professor Krugman smiled.
“That’s fine, but don’t forget about our bet!”
Professor Angus angrily said, “I know, you selfish man… It’s just some gold coins, you’re going to get cavities if you eat too much chocolate.”
“Haha, I’m just honoring the bet… Are you really going to the toilet?” Professor Krugman looked at the whiteboard and said, “I think… the show is about to begin.”
Professor Angus hesitated for a second and sat back down.
“I guess I can hold it for a while…
“Let’s see what happens.”
…
Lu Zhou didn’t expect to get himself into this situation.
After he pointed out the calculation problem on the whiteboard, Professor Joseph still didn’t give up. Joseph even invited Lu Zhou to walk on stage and point out the problem.
Lu Zhou didn’t want to go on stage.
However, as a scholar, when he found out that someone else had used his theory incorrectly, it was his responsibility to point out the error and correct it.
After all, there was no one else in this world that understood the Lu Bewley model better than him.
I want to be humble, but I can’t…
Lu Zhou sighed and picked up the marker. He then cleared his throat and spoke.
“I’m only going to write this once, so pay attention.”
Professor Joseph was expressionless as he stared at the whiteboard.
However, Lu Zhou didn’t feel pressured by his gaze at all.
After thinking for five seconds, the marker in his hand began to dance on the whiteboard. Soon after, lines of calculations appeared on the whiteboard.
As Professor Joseph looked at the calculations on the whiteboard, his pupils contracted and expanded. He was in disbelief.
He wasn’t surprised at Lu Zhou’s calculations.
Although, the calculations were impressive.
What surprised him was that Lu Zhou didn’t pause for a second while writing down the equations! Lu Zhou didn’t stop and think at all!
That’s right, he didn’t stop for even half a second.
It was almost like the entire model was in Lu Zhou’s mind, like Lu Zhou had a blueprint of each piece of the puzzle in his head.
A drop of sweat slipped down Joseph’s forehead.
Joseph, who was so confident just a second ago, began doubting himself…
When Lu Zhou wrote down the last line of the equation on the whiteboard, the venue was completely silent.
Not only did he conquer Professor Joseph, but he also completely conquered all of the economists sitting here.
Compared to Professor Joseph’s writing, every step of Lu Zhou’s calculation was written meticulously. Lu Zhou even circled the problems in Professor Joseph’s calculations.
Professor Joseph’s shoulders trembled as he looked at the whiteboard.
“I can’t believe this…
“These calculations should have taken hours…
“How did you do it?!”
Lu Zhou smiled and put down the marker.
“Am I correct?”
Even though Joseph didn’t want to admit defeat, the result was obvious.
Professor Joseph went silent and reluctantly nodded.
“I admit… I made a mistake in the Lu Bewley model, so you’re correct.”
There was a commotion in the lecture hall.
Professor Joseph admitted he was wrong?!
Most people couldn’t believe what was happening.
After seeing Lu Zhou appear in the lecture hall, most people thought that Professor Joseph might lose. After all, Joseph wasn’t nearly as strong as economist Professor Nash. Joseph was a long way from being a Fields Medalist.
However, they didn’t expect Joseph to give up without even debating…
“Do you know which part you were wrong?”
“I do…”
Joseph felt a little humiliated.
However, realizing one’s mistake…
There was nothing shameful about that.
Lu Zhou looked at Professor Joseph and nodded.
Not bad, at least he can admit he’s wrong.
He thought that perhaps the old gentleman would try to steer the argument and try to argue from the perspective of an economist.
However, it seemed like Joseph wasn’t that kind of person.
Seeking the truth was a valuable trait.
Especially for a scholar.
“Then I’ll leave it to you to correct the mistakes. I don’t really know much about this stuff.” Lu Zhou turned around and began to walk off stage.
Professor Joseph stepped forward and stopped him.
“Wait a second, you still haven’t told me how you did this in such a short amount of time—”
“Oh… Because this isn’t that difficult at all.”
Lu Zhou turned around and spoke.
“I only spent an hour creating the Lu Bewley model.
“So fixing a mistake shouldn’t take that long.”