The First in History

"The winner of this year's Nobel Prize in Economics is Mr. David Sugarman." Dean Stenngrossen announced the Economics Prize first.

"In recent decades, the Nobel Prize in Economics has been almost entirely won by Americans or scholars working in the United States," Shen Qi commented on the newly announced Economics Prize.

"You still have the mind to comment on others?" Ou Ye seemed more nervous than Shen Qi.

"Actually, the results for the six categories of Nobel Prizes have already been announced, and I am calmer than ever before." Shen Qi picked up his teacup, took a sip of water, and then fed Ou Ye a sip.

"Mr. Sugarman is a mathematics professor at Northwestern University. He has made outstanding contributions to macroeconomics, and his main achievements are..." Dean Stenngrossen took a few minutes to state the reasons for Sugarman's award. This year, only Sugarman was selected for the Economics Prize.

Sugarman himself was not present at the Stockholm press conference, and none of the Nobel Prize candidates were there.

The list of Nobel laureates was announced today, and a grand award ceremony will be held in Sweden on December 10, where the King of Sweden will present the Nobel Prize medals to the laureates.

Following this, Dean Stenngrossen announced the winner of the Literature Prize: Canadian author Margaret Atwood, best known for her works such as * the Handmaid's Tale *, * the Blind Assassin *, and * the Year of the Flood *.

Like Haruki Murakami, Margaret Atwood is a perennial favorite for the Nobel Prize in Literature, yet she never wins it.

Margaret, who is over eighty years old this year, has finally won the award; she must be very happy.

The third award announced was the Physiology and Medicine Prize.

Shen Qi is quite interested in this award.

This year's Physiology and Medicine Prize was jointly awarded to two American scientists for their significant contributions to the study of innate immune mechanisms.

The two Nobel laureates in medicine are from Harvard University and the Scripps Research Institute in California, respectively.

So you're an expert on immune mechanisms? I'll pay you a visit another day... Shen Qi secretly noted down the names and institutions of the two medical award winners.

"Three awards, four people, three Americans, and an elderly Canadian lady. It's another victory for North America this year," Shen Qi said to Ou Ye.

"It seems easier to win awards when working in the US." After all, Ou Ye had worked in the US before, and she knew that the US had the world's best scientific research resources, as well as very good institutional support and a relaxed research environment. It was indeed easier to win awards when working in the US.

Shen Qi's Nobel Prize competitors include many Americans, as well as foreign scholars working in the United States.

If he had stayed at Princeton, his chances of winning the award would probably have been greater... Ou Ye held Shen Qi 'Shen Qi hand tightly, conveying the power of love to him.

Shen Qi didn't respond. On the live broadcast, Dean Stenngrossen was about to announce the name of the Chemistry Prize winner.

Dean Stenngrossen said, "This year's Nobel Chemistry Prize laureates are Mr. Exa Lister and Mr. Matt Fils, who have made outstanding achievements in biomolecular research..."

"It's the Americans again. The people of Europe, Asia, and Africa have such a weak presence..." Shen Qi appeared calm on the surface, but his heart began to ache.

The United States was very dominant in this year's Nobel Prize race.

Both Chemistry Prize laureates are from Stanford University in the United States. They are biologists; one is American, and the other is New Zealand working in the United States.

The Nobel Chemistry Prize is sometimes awarded to physicists and sometimes to biologists.

Biology and chemistry are closely intertwined; the two newly awarded Chemistry Prize laureates are actually biochemists.

Finally, the most agonizing moment is about to arrive.

The last award announced by Sweden was the Physics Prize.

There were rumors that Shen Qi might win the Nobel Chemistry Prize.

"What a joke! I'm not even eligible for the Chemistry Prize..." Shen Qi's only hope was the Physics Prize, and he really wanted to win it first—it was a task set by the system.

At this moment, Shen Qi noticed that the previously noisy downstairs had become unusually quiet. He quickly walked to the window, listening to the Swedish dean's voice on the computer while looking downstairs.

The crowd downstairs was in all sorts of positions—standing, squatting, sitting—everyone holding a phone, not saying a word, just intently staring at their screens.

After winning the Nobel Prize, Shen Qi could walk out of the building in high spirits and deliver his acceptance speech to a group of media friends.

Not winning the Nobel Prize isn't a big deal; Fields Medal Medalist is still Fields Medal Medalist, and no one will blame Shen Qi.

"This year's Nobel Prize in Physics laureate is..." Stenngrossen's Nordic heavy metal-style English came through the computer speakers. This Swedish old man seemed more like a big shot today, with the whole world watching his live stream.

Shen Qi stopped watching the live stream and focused solely on the audio.

Dean Stenngrossen announced the answer, "They are Mr. Yanni-Stedgar, Mr. Ronald Brom, and Mr. Shen Qi."

"Me?" Shen Qi quickly turned around and rushed to the computer.

"It's you, Qi, it's you!" Ou Ye hugged Shen Qi and kissed him passionately, leaving lip prints on Shen Qi's cheeks, chin, and earlobes.

"Whoosh!"

Wow!

"Is that you, Shen Qi? Is that you?"

"It's him! It's Academician Shen!"

"We won an award! The Nobel Prize!"

Congratulations, Academician Shen!

"First the Fields Medal, then the Nobel Prize—the first person in history to achieve this. Academician Shen is truly the best!"

The crowd downstairs erupted in cheers; the silence that followed was deafening.

It was too noisy outside; Shen Qi couldn't hear what the Swedish old man was saying.

Shen Qi closed the window tightly, but it was still noisy.

So Shen Qi plugged the headphones into the computer case, put the R earbud in his own ear, and gave the L earbud to Ou Ye.

The couple snuggled together, happy, blissful, and excited.

Dean Stenngrossen continued, stating the reasons for the award. "Mr. Janne Stergar and Mr. Ronald Brom from the Cambridge University have made significant achievements in astrophysics, with their main contribution being the study of millisecond magnetars as central engines of gamma-ray bursts..."

Two astrophysicists from Cambridge University, one French and the other Belgium, jointly won the Nobel Prize in Physics for a research project, finally bringing an award to Europe.

Finally, Dean Stenngrossen said, "Mr. Shen Qi from Yanjing University has made pioneering contributions to Condensed Matter Physics."

He proposed a universal law: the complexity in Condensed Matter Physics follows the classification of defects in ordered media established in order parameter space in topology.

"He established the order-disorder phase transition rules for complex oxides and derived the related fundamental Mathematical Physics equations, namely the Shen Qi Phase Transition Rule and Shen Qi Equation, which are recognized by the international Physics Community."

"He proved the inhomogeneity of amorphous structures at the nanometer and micrometer scales."

"After verification by the international Physics Community and the review committee of the Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences, we believe that Mr. Shen Qi's innovative theoretical principles have broad and important practical applications."

Hearing this, Ou Ye touched her heart. "It's stable, it's stable."

Shen Qi touched Ou Ye's heart area. "If my wife is stable, then I am stable."

"Huh? Our American friend, Professor Clark, our partner at Princeton, didn't win the award?" Shen Qi gradually calmed down from his excitement. Clark was actually a good person, a pretty good American scientist.

Princeton is really supportive of Shen Qi winning the award, and Professor Haldane's team is cheering for Shen Qi, while their own top contender, Clark, won nothing.

Dean Stenngrossen concluded by saying, "Congratulations to the winners! We look forward to seeing you at the awards ceremony in Stockholm on December 10th. Thank you. This concludes today's press conference."

Knock knock knock!

Someone knocked on Shen Qi's office door.

"Who is it?" Shen Qi shouted.

"Boss Shen, congratulations on winning the Nobel Prize! Come out and show off!" The person outside the door was Xiao Junlong.

"Wait a moment." Shen Qi straightened his clothes, Ou Ye helped him as well.

"Wife, I'm very happy today," Shen Qi said to Ou Ye.

"Aren't you super happy?" Ou Ye smiled through her tears—tears of joy.

"I'm so happy today, just as happy as the day I won the Fields Medal. In my life, Fields Medal Day and Nobel Prize Day are tied for the second happiest day, and number one is our wedding day." Shen Qi fixed his hair, took Ou Ye's hand, and walked towards the door.

(10,000 words delivered for the fourth update, where are the votes?!)