Reborn and become a Great Scientist

Chapter 125 Chapter 73 Third Class Baoguang Jiahe Chapter

With the support of the U.S. ambassador to China, Schulman, and the U.S. government behind him, after driving away Li Yuanhong, the Zhili warlord Cao Kun was successfully "elected" by relying on the votes bought at the price of five taels of gold for each voting member. The third official president of the Republic of China.

Only now, the leadership within the Zhili Clan has changed from the Baoding faction headed by Cao Kun to the newly emerging Luoyang faction.

Wu Peifu, the leader of the Luoyang faction, is now the biggest talker in the direct lineage.

And Cao Kun, who had ascended to the position of President, lost power and became a puppet mascot directly on the table.

So he has plenty of time to do some idle things, such as discussing with his staff, what level of medal should be awarded to the young student Chen Muwu who discovered the ninth planet in the solar system far away in the UK and "raised our country's prestige" most suitable.

Discussions continued for several months. It was not until Zhu Zhaoxin's telegram expressing his merits was sent to the presidential palace that Cao Kun and the others remembered that there was such a thing.

Now that Chen Muwu has already been named and praised by the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, as his motherland, the Republic of China must not sit idly by those who have made meritorious deeds.

After discussing for a few more days, President Cao Kun finally made a decision to award Chen Muwu the third-class Baoguang Jiahe Medal and the Three-Dimension Medal.

For the senior officials of the Beiyang government, these two medals are not so high-end and elegant.

On the third-class collar ribbon Baoguang Jiahe Medal, there are three levels: second-class no ribbon, second-class great ribbon, and first-class great ribbon.

On the three honor medals, there are also three honor medals, the second honor medal, the first honor medal, and the grand medal.

However, Cao Kun and his staff felt that these two medals should be an honorable enough matter for Chen Muwu, a commoner.

According to the corresponding rules and regulations, the third-class Baoguang Jiahe Medal and the Medal of Honor, as a relatively low-level type of high-level medals in the Republic of China, should be awarded by the President himself.

But because Chen Muwu was abroad, they wrote the news of the award as a telegram and sent it to the Republic of China Embassy in the UK again.

The inquiry will be issued by the President himself after Chen Muwu returns to China.

It is still better to mail the medal to the UK and ask Chargé d'Affaires Zhu Zhaoxin to award it to Chen Muwu.

That's why Zhu Zhaoxin asked Chen Muwu if he would return to China after graduation, and if he didn't, he would send both the medal and the list to China.

Hearing that he had won such a big reward for discovering the Yellow Emperor Star, Chen Muwu felt a little amused.

Is this the good news that Zhu Zhaoxin said?
He thought he wasn't named Bo, and he didn't have any obsession with collecting medals.

What's the use of getting so many medals?Could it be bulletproof?

It would be better to give money like Trinity College and the Royal Astronomical Society.

In fact, according to the regulations of the honor, after Chen Muwu received the honor, he could theoretically receive an annuity provided by the Beiyang government every year.

But this only exists in theory, the Zhili warlords’ military expenditures are not enough, and the teachers’ salaries in Bei University cannot be paid, so how can they have the money to give annuities to the nobles who are not short of money?

But the Beiyang government will not exist for a few years. Once the second Northern Expedition succeeds, the new group of people will not recognize the medals issued by the Beiyang government.

But if these medals are sent home, it should make the old lady and elder brother happy.

Chen Muwu told Zhu Zhaoxin that there is no need to waste national wealth and send the medal all the way to England, but only need to send it to his family in Ghaihai.

Chen Muwu took the opportunity to ask Zhu Zhaoxin another matter.

"Mr. Ding, I still have something to ask. I don't know if there is a direct communication channel between the legation in the UK and the nearby Chinese embassy in France? I took a photo of the embassy in France a few days ago. A telegram, but until now it has gone nowhere with no reply at all."

It turned out that when Best said that Chen Muwu's performance could go to the Olympics and he had a great chance of winning a gold medal, Chen Muwu was immediately moved.

On the second day after the graduation party, he went to the telegraph office in Cambridgeshire and sent telegrams to four people or institutions.

At first he thought of writing a letter, but then he thought that it would take another three or five days to write the letter to France.

And sending a telegram to Paris is not as expensive as going from Haihai to England, so I chose this more convenient way.

Three of these four telegrams crossed the sea to France via submarine cables, and were respectively handed over to Zhang Xiuyou, a special correspondent in France for Yi Shi Bao, Chen Muwu's friend De Broglie, and the Embassy of the Republic of China in France. personnel hands.

The remaining one was sent to the French embassy in London.

Without exception, the contents of the telegrams were all about asking the other party how to sign up for this Olympic Games.

As a result, after the four telegrams were sent out, only Zhang Xiuyou, a reporter stationed in France, wrote a reply letter to Chen Muwu.

Zhang Xiuyou said in the letter that he was going to find out where the organizing committee of this World Games is, and then go to the organizing committee to find out what requirements are needed if he signs up.

But at the same time, he also urged a draft in the letter. After all, the manuscript of "Shooting the Condors" was sent by Chen Muwu as early as the end of last year. Although the serialization has not been finished yet, "Yi Shi Bao" still has cooperation. mean.

De Broglie didn't reply to him, Chen Muwu thought, since the two parted at the Solvay meeting, the playboy hasn't written him a letter, maybe he didn't go home after leaving Berlin, Instead, he ran to another place to continue to be chic.

However, De Broglie, who has been studying for a Ph.D. for five years, hasn't graduated this summer and is about to usher in the sixth year of his Ph.D. in his life?
The French embassy in the UK also did not reply to Chen Muwu, which was what he expected.

After all, they are just a state agency serving French expatriates staying in the UK. How can they bother with a foreigner whose surname looks East Asian?

This is also Chen Muwu's fault. First, to save money, and second, to avoid revealing his identity, he did not write his full name on the signature of the telegram, but only wrote Chen.

If the full name is Chen Mu Wu, I don't know if the French will pay more attention to it because of his fame of discovering the Yellow Emperor star.

However, Chen Muwu didn't understand that the French embassy in Britain just ignored him. Why didn't even the embassy of the Republic of China in France reply to himself, who was also a member of the Republic of China?

That's why he took the opportunity of going through the graduation procedures to raise this question to Zhu Zhaoxin in the office today.

Seeing this colleague in the Paris legation treat the stepping stone in front of him so frivolously, Zhu Zhaoxin was really anxious and angry.

However, when Chen Muwu asked him about the news of the French legation, Zhu Zhaoxin thought of another possible situation.

He suddenly raised his voice and asked, "Hanchen, what do you need from the French embassy? Can our embassy in the UK handle it for you? Or do you plan to leave the UK and go to France to continue your studies like Gongchao?"

Seeing the expression on Zhu Zhaoxin's face, and hearing what he said, Chen Muwu already figured out why the charge d'affaires ad interim was so anxious.

So he told Zhu Zhaoxin to rest assured that he had already obtained a teaching position at Cambridge University, and he had no plans to leave the UK to develop in other countries for the time being.

He sent a telegram to the embassy in France, just to ask them to inquire on their behalf how to sign up for the upcoming World Games.

Chen Muwu's words gave Zhu Zhaoxin a reassurance.

Zhu Zhaoxin didn't care what the Raoshizi Games that Chen Muwu wanted to participate in, as long as he could stay in the UK and continue to engage in his science, then Zhu Zhaoxin would continue to get the capital to get promoted and make a fortune.

"This matter is very easy. You write down all the things you want to ask on paper, and I will send someone to use a special line to get in touch with Paris. As soon as there is a result, I will forward it to you immediately.

"However, Hanchen, you can not only study in the highest universities in the world, but also obtain a doctorate degree in just one year, and you can also stay as a professor at Cambridge University. This is really a role model for Chinese students Don't worry, I will write another telegram to send this news back to China, and it will be another reward!"

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Before leaving the legation, Chen Muwu asked Zhu Zhaoxin for help and gave him a "new passport" named Chen Hanchen.

After all, this Olympic Games is Coubertin's last before stepping down as President of the International Olympic Committee.

In addition, France also wants to use this Olympic Games to highlight its national image.

So if he used his real name to sign up for the competition, Chen Muwu was very afraid that the French media would take the opportunity to hype it up and publicize it in newspapers before he arrived in Paris.

It's fine if you win the championship. If you can't win the championship, wouldn't it be shameful?
Now he has finally realized the benefits of Chinese people having both first and last names, that is, it is convenient for him to open his own vest.

Zhu Zhaoxin didn't ask the reason at all for Chen Muwu's request, nor did he refuse it.

Anyway, reissuing the passport was within the scope of his charge d'affaires' duties. It was convenient for others and for himself, so he had no reason to make things difficult for Chen Muwu.

Chen Muwu took Ye Gongchao to Chinatown not far from the legation, and pulled a few feet of fine silk.

Now that he has decided to participate in the Olympics, in order to further improve his performance, he must not let go of every detail.

In the joint sports meeting, he wore a one-piece swimsuit made of wool. The resistance in the water was too great, so Chen Muwu planned to "develop" boxer trunks first.

Now there are no synthetic composite materials, and after much deliberation, only smooth silk is the most suitable.

Ye Gongchao took Chen Muwu to find the best tailor in Chinatown. After measuring the size, he tried to make two pairs, and then put on a strong elastic cowhide band in the hole reserved at the waist. The simple version of modern swimming trunks is fine. Production is complete.

When the old tailor made this swimming trunks, he still looked impatient.

In his view, it is indecent to ask someone to measure a pair of obscene trousers in public.

And using good silk to make this kind of thing is really wasteful.

They have different ways and don't conspire with each other, but Chen Muwu doesn't care what the old tailor is thinking.

He thought about going back to Cambridge to try it out first, and if the effect was good, he would send a message to the old tailor, asking him to make a few more according to the original size, as a spare.

He hates it, but he doesn't want to be a bastard if he has money. As long as he has enough money, won't the old tailor obediently measure him?
After returning to Cambridge, Chen Muwu received a second message from Zhang Xiuyou in Paris.

He did not write any more letters this time, but chose to send a telegram directly.

The telegram said that he had already inquired about the registration process for this Olympic Games and asked Chen Muwu to inform him of the applicant's name and competition events as soon as possible, so that Zhang Xiuyou could register on his behalf.

Chen Muwu didn't dare to be negligent, and hastily wrote his name and the projects he signed up for in a telegram and sent it to Zhang Xiuyou.

The reporter from "Yi Shi Bao" really helped me a lot. After arriving in France, if we can meet each other, I must thank him very much.

　There is no wife from China!No!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)