Reborn and become a Great Scientist

Chapter 118 66 A Bet of Ten Thousand Pounds
1924 5 Month 10 Day.

At noon, the sun shines in the sky.

Ah Jian's rowing performance is not ideal.

After losing to Cambridge University last year, the Oxford rowing team knew their shame and was brave.

Finally, in the race at noon on the [-]th, Oxford's ship led by more than half a ship and passed the finish line first.

The crowd supporting the Oxford side naturally cheered.

While some were happy and some were sad, those who supported Cambridge were downcast one after another.

They so clearly support the rowing teams of the two schools, not to say that these audiences are graduates and alumni of the two schools.

It's just because these onlookers who came to the scene to watch the excitement more or less added a little bit of excitement to this game.

Although gambling is still an industry explicitly banned by the British government, it shouldn't be illegal to place a bet between friends worth a few pennies, a few shillings, or one or two thousand pounds, right?
"Haha, Bod, you're the one who loses this time! Pay your money obediently!"

After the results of the race were settled, the alumnus of Oxford University and Prince Edward, Prince of Wales, who came to watch the race, mercilessly laughed at him and sat next to him brother.

King George V of the United Kingdom, in order to show a friendly gesture of sharing joy with the people, occasionally participates in large-scale events in which a large number of citizens participate.

He had already promised to attend the Cambridge-Oxford rowing race this year, but because of other things, he could not make the appointment, so he had to let his two sons do it for him.

Of course, the two princes also made a bet on this game, supporting their respective schools, and the bet was a Rolls-Royce car.

Unlike his proud brother, Prince Albert, the Duke of York, blushed.

It wasn't because he lost 2000 yuan - a small amount of money, which was nothing to His Royal Highness, but because he felt a little embarrassed about Cambridge's loss to Oxford.

Losing is not losing, and Albert didn't care about his own articulateness, but arguing with his brother excitedly: "David, don't be proud, tomorrow, next year, we will definitely meet Win, win back!"

"Next year, next year, come on Bod, let's get out of here and go to lunch."

Prince Edward got up and was about to leave. The unwilling Prince Albert accidentally saw someone driving a boat on the Thames River and was arranging the next track.

"Then what is that doing?"

Prince Albert pointed to the river and asked the royal servant standing beside him.

"They are marking the track for the upcoming race, Your Highness."

"What competition is there next? Is it a contest between the two universities of Cambridge and Oxford?"

"Yes, Your Highness, after the track is divided, there will be a swimming competition here."

Although Prince Albert has not personally attended a few days of classes at Cambridge University, he still has a sense of Cambridge honor.

And this sense of honor became stronger after Oxford won Cambridge and his brother won the bet.

Prince Albert asked the servant beside him in a low voice. This person had taught him a whole year at Trinity College and knew Cambridge better than himself: "Which of these two schools is better at swimming?" ?”

"Last year it was Oxford that won the championship, Your Highness."

After saying this, the servant did something that might be regarded as disrespectful. He put his head close to the prince's ear and continued in a very soft voice: "However, I heard that Cambridge University seems to have a swimming genius this year. Last year's champion at Oxford was much faster."

The gossip revealed by the servant made Prince Albert regain his confidence.

He turned to his brother with a smile on his face: "David, just let the servants deliver the food. I want to stay and watch the swimming competition later."

"Why, are you unconvinced and want to gamble again?"

"Of course!" Prince Albert heard some contempt in his brother's tone, so he pretended to be more excited and said, "I have a hunch that it won't take next year, as long as this afternoon, Cambridge will be able to swim. In terms of the project, I killed everyone in Oxford without leaving any."

"You really don't give up when you get to the Thames, well, what's the bet?"

"Four thousand pounds. If Cambridge wins, you return me one car. If you lose, I will pay you two more cars besides the one just now!"

……

Chen Muwu followed the people in the swimming club, and under the leadership of Best, he came to London from Cambridge University one day in advance.

They did not have to pay for travel, board and lodging and other expenses for this trip. There are too many alumni of the University of Cambridge who are willing to pay this money.

So much so that they also created a foundation to support the games of the athletes of their alma mater.

Chen Muwu changed into a light-colored Cambridge blue suit. This is what Best said before. As long as he can represent Cambridge University to participate in the competition, he will automatically get the blue honor specially set up for athletes in the school. .

Originally, on Chen Muwu's collar, there should be a badge symbolizing half-Blues.

But Best is even more determined to win the sports meeting than Chen Muwu himself.

This is because during the two days of warming up in Kanghe, Best asked Chen Muwu to test the results several times at a distance of [-] yards.

Having not been in the water for nearly half a year, Chen Muwu was a little uncertain about whether his speed had dropped.

So he used about 57% of his strength in that test match. In the end, he swam within [-] seconds and shocked Best's jaw again.

Why didn't Chen Muwu's speed drop after more than half a year, but instead increased by more than a second?

With this result, it is no problem to win the championship!
In this way, Best did not apply for a badge for Chen Muwu for the time being. He wanted to wait until Chen Muwu successfully won the sports meeting, and then directly applied to the Athletic Club for a blue honor that was higher than half blue.

……

After a good night's sleep, the energetic Chen Muwu followed the swimming team to the lounge specially prepared for the athletes by the Thames River.

It is said to be a lounge, but it is actually just a small temporary shed that will be dismantled after the game is over.

He sat on a stool here, and together with other members of the club, he witnessed the whole process of the loss of the Cambridge University rowing team.

Seeing this result, Best, who had planned a set of encouraging speeches, had to temporarily change into another set.

He advised everyone not to take the loss of the rowing team to heart. Although rowing is a benchmark sport among Cambridge University athletes, their loss does not mean that everyone in the swimming club will also lose.

After Best's bloodbath, who didn't know how effective it was, someone delivered their lunch at noon.

Chen Muwu refused the one offered to him, he took out a few chocolates and candies that he carried with him, and put them in his mouth.

After eating and drinking enough, the athletes who were about to participate in the competition left their seats one after another and started standard warm-up exercises.

This set of warm-up moves was also brought to the swimming team of Cambridge University by Chen Muwu.

Before that, before swimming, everyone just took off their clothes, walked to the Kang River, and then plunged into the water.

From the moment they walked into the lounge, some spectators who were closer to the shed had already seen a black-haired, yellow-skinned, black-eyed athlete wearing a one-piece swimsuit from the University of Cambridge team.

Chen Muwu originally wanted to wear silk swimming shorts, but recently he was either doing experiments or writing a thesis, and he was on a business trip to Belgium with Rutherford. He really didn't have time, so he could only wear them. This is a wool one-piece swimsuit dyed "Cambridge blue" specially prepared by Best for athletes.

The reason why this color swimsuit is specially made is to distinguish it from the athletes of Oxford University in the water.

Corresponding to "Cambridge Blue", Oxford University also has their exclusive color "Oxford Blue". The two are one light and one dark, which is easy to distinguish.

Now, Chen Muwu went straight out of the shed and went to the Thames River to stretch his body, and he could hear the discussions of the audience outside the arena more clearly.

"Tell me, where is that yellow man from? Malaya?"

"Probably not. I heard from my neighbor who used to work in Xingjiapo that the local people's skin is very dark because the place is close to the tropics."

"Then it's Ben?"

"It's not like, I can never be so tall. Their crown prince, who is called Hirohito, I saw it once from a distance when I visited the UK last year.

"Although he was sitting in a carriage at the time, judging from the proportion of his head to body, I can still feel that he is very short. He may not be as tall as an adult English mastiff when he stands up."

……

Hearing these two people talking in a serious tone, asking and answering like a cross talk, Chen Muwu, who was doing sideways exercises, couldn't hold back at all, and burst into a "puchi" laugh.

His smile naturally attracted the attention of the two people who were talking.

As citizens of the Great Empire, they didn't feel that it was a very rude behavior to talk casually about a person's country and nation like just now.

Seeing that the person they were talking about seemed to respond to the conversation, one of the two went further and asked curiously, "Sir, are you a Tatar from Russia or an Indian from America?"

"Excuse me, sir, I am neither a Tartar nor an Indian;

"Neither from Malaya, nor from Ben. Actually, I am a Chinese.

"However, I really like the analogy you just made. Please forgive me. I want to teach you a way to distinguish between Chinese people and myself: that is, the tall ones are Chinese, and as you said, the tall ones are not as tall as a Chinese. The tallest English mastiff must be me."

This is not Chen Muwu's slander against Xiaoben, but there are statistical data behind it.

According to records, the average height of Chinese adult males in the late Qing Dynasty was 1.7 meters in the northern region, and 1.6 meters 1.6 to 1.6 meters [-] in the Jiangnan region, and the height of these southeastern coastal provinces in Guangdong was forced to reach [-] meters [-].

The Qing Dynasty had perished in 1912 at the latest, and nearly 20 years later, in Showa 1930 (40), according to the government statistics, the average height of young men aged 1.6 to [-] in China only reached [-] meters.

In fact, Chen Muwu wanted to add another point later, when he greeted them, he was the one who nodded, bowed, bowed his knees, and flattered them extremely.

But he changed his mind and thought again, the same is true for most of the Chinese who are abroad now.

The spectators who can watch the game at a fairly central location by the Thames River cannot be said to be rich and powerful, but they still have a bit of status.

Hearing this tall and handsome athlete say that he is Chinese, coupled with a Cambridge University background, it is easy to think of...

"Sir, do you know a man named Chen Muwu? I heard that he is also from China and also studied at Cambridge University."

"I know there is such a person, but unfortunately I have never met him."

Although he was a little happy when he heard his name being mentioned, Chen Muwu still tried his best to put on a regretful expression on his face.

What's the use of shaking your prestige in front of these people at this time?

Hidden merit and fame and it's over!
"Chen, it's time for us to go to the competition!"

"...Okay, I'll come right now!"

It's a pity that Best called out and mercilessly untied Chen Muwu's vest, so he had to pretend to be a coward in front of these two British people today.

Even after walking a few steps forward with the team, he could still hear the two "crosstalk actors" commenting on him from behind.

"Did you hear that man calling him just now? Chen! How many Chinese people can there be in Cambridge University? How many Chinese people can there be, and they happen to be named Chen?"

"When you said that, I remembered that when a new planet was discovered at the beginning of this year, I saw a photo of Chen Muwu taken at the Greenwich Observatory in the newspaper. It's just that he was still wearing clothes in that photo , I can’t tell whether the Chen just now is this Chen Muwu.”

……

Soon after.

"Hahahaha, David, you lost this time!"

In the heavily guarded royal arbor, the one who laughed heartily this time was replaced by Prince Albert, who was still depressed just now.

That touch of light blue was so outstanding in the water that it surpassed the crowd behind him by a few figures, which made him a lot of money.

With a bet of [-] pounds, not only did he not have to give his brother another Rolls-Royce that Chen Muwu lost in the bet just now, but he could win one instead.

Prince Edward was depressed and strange.

He read the news in the newspaper last year and knew that there was a New Zealander who swam very fast at Oxford University. Why is he not able to do it this year?
Prince Edward gritted his teeth and said, "Bertie, do you dare to place another bet on the next [-]-yard race?"

"As long as you have no problem, I will be happy to accompany you. How much is the bet?"

"It's still four thousand pounds, how about it? But that guy from Cambridge swims so fast, I want to change the odds. If he wins, I'll give you four thousand pounds. If Oxford wins, you'll give me ten thousand pounds." .”

"Too little David, if Oxford wins, I'll give you £[-]; if Cambridge wins, then you only need to give me £[-]. How about it, dare you?"

"Whoever is afraid of whom, deal!"

　Prince Albert, Duke of York, later King George VI, was a speech impediment.

　　In order to avoid the suspicion of being labeled as the number of water words, after Prince Albert appeared again, if there were no special circumstances, there would not be multiple commas in his words. Please make up your own minds.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)