Reborn and become a Great Scientist

231 Chapter 179

"Brother Montague, hello hello!"

Chen Muwu greeted perfunctorily, thinking in his heart, besides being smart, most of the British natives who can enter Cambridge University come from rich or noble families, and this random one is the son of a baron.

Gonghou Bozi male, the British aristocracy is divided into five grades, which happens to be the same number as the traditional Chinese aristocracy, so it is translated so down-to-earth.

Compared with the kind of knight who is honored as sir, which translates as jazz, the above five nobles can be called lords, and their status is also more noble.

The honorary title of "Jazz" can be owned by the recipient for life, but it will not be passed on to the next generation after his death.

But Lords are different. They basically have real or symbolic fiefs, and the titles and fiefs can be passed on to future generations until the end.

In the past few years when Chen Muwu came to England, he also met many nobles, but most of them were barons, that is, the lowest rank among nobles.

Kelvin, Rayleigh III, and later Rutherford were canonized as Lords, they are all the lowest barons.

Of course, Baron Nash in Summoner's Canyon is also the lowest nobleman. Because the baron's English is Baron, the Taiwan server will transliterate Dalong as Baron.

On the contrary, the current Chancellor of Cambridge University, probably because he was the prime minister, was made an earl.

As a digression, Rayleigh III married Belfort's second sister, and the nobles with English are also well-matched and pay attention to marriage.

Of course, the Duke of England, Chen Muwu, has also seen one, and that is one of his benefactors, the second son of King George V of England today, Prince Albert, Duke of York.

According to Chen Muwu's observation, in the twentieth century, that is, those who were canonized as nobles before 1900 were basically called by their titles.

Lord Kelvin, whose original name was William Thomson.

His surname Thomson, and the surname Thomson of J. J. Thomson, the current dean of Trinity College, are also Thomson.

But it may be because of the Chinese literary circles, in order to distinguish the Thomson/Sun in the UK, they translated their surnames into different Chinese characters.

After all, these two people are very famous physicists, and they have made countless contributions to physics. It is easy to be confused if they are not distinguished.

For example, the well-known Joule-Thomson effect in thermodynamics, and the Thomson scattering of electrons, and so on.

Thomson was created Lord Kelvin in 1892, referring to the River Kelvin in Scotland near the University of Glasgow, where Kelvin worked.

The third Baron Rayleigh, whose real name was John William Strutter, also had nothing to do with Rayleigh.

Riley is actually the name of a town under the jurisdiction of the Essex County where the Strutt family was originally from. Since his grandmother was canonized as the first baroness, she chose the title of Riley.

This was passed down to him from generation to generation, and he was called to Lord Rayleigh.

But when it came to Belfort, it was different. He was canonized in 1922 after his retirement. Although there was also a fief named Whittingham in Scotland, people would only call him Lord Belfort.

The same is true for Rutherford. After he is enshrined in the future, his title will only change from Sir Rutherford to Lord Rutherford. He will not be called by fief like Kelvin and Rayleigh. .

So when he heard Ramsey's introduction that this Montague was the son of the second Baron Swaythling, Chen Muwu knew that the noble title of this Baron Swaythling should have been conferred before the twentieth century.

wait a minute, who?
The second Lord Swaythling?

Swaythling?

Chen Muwu was not familiar with the surname Montagu, but the word Swaythling touched a nerve deep in his memory.

China's national game is table tennis.

One of the most authoritative international table tennis events is the World Table Tennis Championships.

There are various competitions in the World Table Tennis Championships, and each competition corresponds to a trophy.

The trophy that the champion country of the men's team of the World Table Tennis Championships can get is called the Swaythling Cup.

Isn't this a coincidence?

The Montagu's father in front of him is the second Baron Swaythling.

According to previous speculation, the noble title of their family must have been conferred by the British royal family before the [-]th century.

If nothing else happened, Swaythling should be a place name in the UK just like Kelvin and Rayleigh.

A piece of land cannot be divided between two families, otherwise there will be fights between them.

In this way, they should be the only family named Swaythling in England.

And the trophy for the men's team at the World Table Tennis Championships is also called Swaythling.

There must be some relationship between their family and the trophy, right?

However, according to Ramsey, this person is the third child in their family, and in Britain, which also emphasizes the primogeniture system, he should have nothing to do with inheriting the title of nobility.

Could it be that his family likes to play table tennis?

"By the way, Brother Montagu, can you play ping-pong?"

After the two greeted each other, before Montagu, who came to say hello, continued, Chen Muwu first raised a question that seemed to be relevant to the current topic, but was actually raised after careful consideration.

Surprisingly, Montagu didn't feel that Chen Muwu was being rude in asking this question, but a look of surprise appeared on his face: "Brother Chen, I really like playing table tennis, but how did you know about it?" ?”

You see, it really does matter, right?
As expected of a man who can write George Chen, his ability to see the details is superb!

Chen Muwu bragged about his reasoning ability in his heart, he made a gesture and invited Montagu to talk in detail.

As a result, Ramsai got up early in the morning to catch the evening episode. Obviously he walked to Chen Muwu first, but because he spoke a few seconds late, he was left there.

"Brother Montagu, I seem to have seen someone playing table tennis at the Eagles Club. When I met you today, I suddenly felt that you resembled that person, so I thought about asking, no Think it's really you."

Chen Muwu made up a nonsense excuse. He was in Cambridge University and was so busy every day that he didn't have time to watch other people play table tennis.

"Brother Chen, I know you are a master of sports. You have won the gold medal in swimming in the Olympic Games. I didn't expect you to know about table tennis, which is a very small sport. May I ask, do you know how to play?"

Chen Muwu nodded: "I did fight a few times, but not at Cambridge University, but in Denmark."

In the Institute of Theoretical Physics where Bohr was in charge, the sports activities of the students in their spare time were to put together the tables in the reading room and play table tennis.

Chen Muwu also played with them once in Copenhagen before being permanently excluded from the sport.

It may be because the good students are not good at sports, or it may be that various technologies are not perfect in this era.

Anyway, Chen Muwu, a useless player who can be beaten helplessly in front of the elders in the community, can actually dominate the table tennis circle of the Institute of Theoretical Physics.

"That's great!" The expression on Montagu's face became more and more surprised, "I am the president of the ITTF, Brother Chen, are you interested in representing your country, China, and joining the ITTF ?”

What the hell!
Why is Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon in the small Cambridge University, and Montagu can say such shocking words in a calm and breezy manner as soon as he opens his mouth?
ITTF, president?
Although Chen Muwu was shocked, he still tried to keep his face calm and asked, "What kind of organization is the ITTF...?"

"It is table tennis enthusiasts from all over the world. In order to promote this still somewhat niche sport, a federation-like international organization was spontaneously formed. It was established in Berlin, Germany at the beginning of this year. At that time, it also organized a International friendly match.

"We plan to hold the first World Table Tennis Championships in London at the end of this year. Brother Chen, if you can also play table tennis, why don't you come and participate in this competition at the end of the year, how about it?"

Montagu sent an invitation to Chen Muwu to participate.

Chen Muwu's brain was running fast, and several questions appeared in it.

Join the ITTF?
You can join, according to what Montagu said, as long as you join, you can make China one of the member states.

This kind of cheapness is not taken for nothing.

Although not as many founding members, this joining time should be considered early enough.

Unexpectedly, I got involved with the national football by accident.

Maybe in the future when the Republic writes the history of table tennis, his name may be written in the first few chapters.

However, participating in the World Table Tennis Championships...

Chen Muwu was very uncertain.

Although the skills he practiced with the uncles on the community table are many years ahead of the present.

But if he really wants to compete with professional athletes, he himself is not sure.

"Brother Montagu, I have a question. Do you have to participate in the competition before you can join the ITTF?"

"That's not enough, Brother Chen, to be honest, we hope you can join in. You are so famous all over the world now, if you join the ITTF again, it will definitely be of great help to the promotion of table tennis. help."

"Then let me ask a few more questions, will you participate in this World Table Tennis Championships?"

"Of course," Montagu replied with some pride, "I am one of the main members of the British delegation."

"Then look for a chance, let's play a few rounds first and try it out. If my level is too low, I won't sign up for the competition, and I'll be ashamed of myself!"

"No problem, brother Chen, when do you have time? I'll accompany you anytime!"

Montaguba had no choice but to set a time to play table tennis with Chen Muwu immediately, and after thinking for a while, he continued: "Otherwise, what about summer?
"The civil war between the two of us is not very interesting, just at the Cambridge-Oxford Games, we also invited people from Oxford University to hold a table tennis match together.

"Brother Chen, you might as well join the Cambridge team and give the Oxford people a little shock."

Ah, the Combined Games.

Chen Muwu participated in the swimming competition in the summer of 1924 two years ago.

The gears of fate also began to turn from that time on, allowing him to win the championship in a daze, and then came back with a few gold medals in the Olympics.

Now I want to play table tennis again, which is really a kind of fate.

However, it is impossible to play table tennis in the Olympics. It was not until the 80s that table tennis officially entered the competition.

Chen Muwu was about to agree to this matter immediately, but changed his words immediately: "When is this year's sports meeting?"

"In June, before the summer vacation, many people haven't returned home yet."

"I'm afraid that won't work, Brother Montague. I'm sorry, but I already have plans for this summer. Let's try to play a few times between the two of us when we get a chance."

Irena and Yolio are growing up very quickly, and they will get married this summer.

For this important event, Chen Muwu, the prospective son-in-law of Mrs. Curie's family, must be present.

Even if the champion is given to him, he will never participate in the table tennis competition.

"By the way, Brother Montagu, if you join the ITTF, do you have to pay membership fees? Otherwise, what will your organization rely on to maintain its operation?"

"At present, there is no need to pay membership fees. The expenses required for the operation of the ITTF are all voluntarily donated by members.

"My mother donated a thousand pounds for this. At least if the first World Table Tennis Championships are held, the expenses should be enough."

Well, no wonder Montagu was elected as the first president of the ITTF at such a young age. He turned out to be the big sponsor.

Montague's mother, Baroness Swaythling.

Since she has donated a thousand pounds, it is not surprising that the men's team trophy is called the Swaythling Cup.

Now Chen Muwu's mind was opened again. If he is not good enough and would be ashamed not to participate in the first World Table Tennis Championships, then he can donate a trophy!

Chen Muwu didn't think about calling this trophy Chen Cup by his name. He remembered that among the many trophies in the World Table Tennis Championships, there were two Iranian Cups and Egyptian Cups named after countries. You can donate a "China Cup" in advance.

When the time comes, all the Chinese will hold the China Cup every year, and the scene is really picturesque.

Since the Swaythling Cup is the champion of the men's team, then the China Cup should be placed on the men's singles champion. It just so happens that this is the first champion a Chinese won at the World Table Tennis Championships.

But this matter is not in a hurry, and I will talk to Montagu before the first World Table Tennis Championships.

The two of them roughly agreed on the time for the table tennis match, and Montagu left happily. He never thought that he could get such a surprise just by acquainting and saying hello to Chen Muwu.

Ramsey returned to Chen Muwu's side again, he was a little emotional, Dr. Chen's popularity is very good, and he can get on fire with anyone.

Even if Montagu had been a Jew, he could have talked for so long.

"Brother Ramsey, what do you want to ask me today? I think you seemed to have something to say to me just now, but unfortunately, you were interrupted by this Montague brother."

"It's like this, brother Chen, do you still remember that at a previous party, you once raised the question of shaking hands?

"I think that question is very interesting, and it can be promoted on this basis. I plan to write a paper to discuss this matter. Are you interested?"

"Okay, of course no problem! Thank you for inviting me, then I will do my best!"

Chen Muwu readily agreed.

"The wool grows on the sheep", the handshake problem that Ramsey said was called Ramsey's law in the original time and space.

Now, it is estimated that one more Chen Zi will be added.

(End of this chapter)