Reborn and become a Great Scientist

Chapter 271 10 Can’t read even half of the words

Chen Muwu's domestic trip, which lasted for more than a month, basically did everything he had planned for so many years.

After Zhang Yuanji agreed to let him use microfilm to back up all the books in the Oriental Library, Chen Muwu asked Oppenheimer to send a telegram to the United States, and through his family's connections in the United States, he contacted the man. Bankers, buy equipment capable of taking microfilm.

Of course, he could also contact the two engineers in Belgium through his own channels, design a set of microphotography equipment on his own in principle, and then shoot directly, which should cost a lot less than buying the finished product directly.

But this method was too time-consuming. Chen Muwu could not stay in Jihai for long. He had to ask someone from the Commercial Press to handle even the photography of the collection of books.

——Chen Muwu paid for the labor costs himself, but he still had to do it in the name of the Crown Prince of Sweden.He was still thankless.

The matter of asking Oppenheimer to help purchase the machine had an unexpected development in the United States on the other side of the Pacific.

Oppenheimer's father, a wealthy businessman who made his fortune in the textile industry, didn't know why his proud son would allow himself to buy two pieces of equipment that he had never heard of before and look to China.

But he was very keenly aware of the future prospects of this microfilming technology in the banking industry, so the elder Oppenheimer not only got the two machines and a sufficient amount of film needed for his son, he even paid for it I purchased the patent for this microphotographic check recorder directly from the banker whose hobby was inventing.

Historically, it was not until a few years later that Kodak realized how promising the patent was and contacted bankers to purchase it.

Without knowing it, Chen Muwu actually helped the Oppenheimer family make a huge profit.

I just hope that old Oppenheimer will not use the money he earned to invest in the stock market, otherwise he will probably lose everything in the end.

During the days when Chen Muwu was busy at home, Oppenheimer, who followed him back to China, was basically in a state of "freezing".

Anyway, there is only such a big area in Ganhai, and the concession is full of foreigners and compradors who speak pidgin English.

In addition, Oppenheimer has been learning Chinese, so this is a good opportunity to test his learning results.

As long as he doesn't run around and returns to Lao Chen's house for dinner on time, nothing will happen.

Only occasionally when taking a rickshaw, Oppenheimer, a foreigner, would be charged several times more than the market price by shrewd rickshaw drivers.

But this doesn't matter to him who is rich.

Oppenheimer even felt that the physical labor that others put in, dragging him around on the road in the hot summer, was worth the price.

This ten-mile foreign land in the Far East is worthy of being called an "adventurer's paradise."

Oppenheimer, who was full of adventurous spirit, was at home in the sea. In this month, he basically visited all the places inside and outside the concession, greatly enriching the content of his diary travel diary.

He even tasted all the restaurants in Qianhai City and made his own version based on the Michelin Guide.

Apart from matters at the Commercial Press and his own family affairs, the only thing left for Chen Muwu in Baihai was the selection examination.

But this most important matter did not require him to travel here and there in person, but was completed by the staff of the Swedish embassy in Baihai.

Unlike other countries' embassies in China, which are all located in Minxiang, the eastern suburb of Beijing, the capital of China, the only foreign affairs agencies in Beihai are consulates or consulates general. For some unknown reason, the Swedish embassy in China has never been located in China. From the beginning to the end, I am in Jihai.

Because China is a weak country, basically the diplomatic relations of all countries in the world and the Republic of China are now at the ministerial level rather than the ambassadorial level. The embassy is the highest foreign office in China. Compared with the consulate and the consulate general, the diplomatic level is higher. high.

Therefore, it is relatively convenient for the Swedish Embassy to get things done.

Before coming to China, the Crown Prince of Sweden sent various details of the selection examination to the embassy in Sihai through the domestic Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Although I don’t know why His Royal Highness the Crown Prince suddenly wants to open a school in China, and why he selects talents in China and Sihai.

But since the order came from the top, they, the lower-level errand runners, must strictly follow the order.

It is necessary to handle all aspects of this matter before the Crown Prince of Sweden, who is here to take part in the official announcement of the selection examination, arrives in Sihai.

This inadvertently gave Chen Muwu a break, otherwise it would be unknown when he would be able to implement this matter if he was just running around alone.

After Chen Muwu finished his work at the Commercial Press, he visited the Forbidden City and the exquisite collections that had been kept secret from the public. He also went to the home of a famous Peking Opera master to listen to a few pieces of Peking Opera singing with no idea of ​​what the content was. The Crown Prince of Sweden and his party, who had gone to Xiangshan after the Great Wall, did not choose to follow the original historical trajectory and visit the archaeological sites in Xianxi Province. Instead, they went directly south along the Jinpu Railway from Beijing to Sihai.

Perhaps in order not to cause surprise to friendly countries, or perhaps because the diplomats of the Swedish Embassy had made adequate preparations for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's visit to China, the North and the South, which were already at war at this time, had a tacit understanding not to visit Jinpu. Fighting and friction broke out near the railway, which allowed the Swedish delegation to reach the sea smoothly.

The Crown Prince of Sweden, who had already been warmly welcomed twice in Fengtian and Beijing, came to Sihai and received his third warm welcome since arriving in China.

Celebrities from all walks of life in Wuhan, officials from various embassies and consulates stationed in Wuhai, directors of the Ministry of Industry and Public Affairs Bureaus of the two concessions, and prominent figures in Wuhai, etc., all hosted banquets for the Crown Prince of Sweden and his entourage.

After the first few days of very warm hospitality, everyone finally got down to business.

The Crown Prince of Sweden booked a restaurant at the end of Fourth Avenue and returned the invitation to everyone who had come before.

He made a high-profile announcement at the dinner that in order to promote cultural exchanges and development between Sweden and China, he had opened a school in the Swedish capital to promote Chinese culture. At the same time, he would also accept a certain number of international students to study in Sweden every year.

As the most famous Chinese person in the world, Chen Muwu will not only serve as the school’s publicity ambassador, but will also offer courses in the school.

Although he had revealed the purpose of his trip to many people along the way, the school and the selection exam were finally made public at the dinner that day.

The preliminary examination date was set at the end of 1926. Since the examination was only held once a year, in terms of location selection, Sweden did not purchase land inside or outside the concession to build a new school. Instead, it had already negotiated cooperation with Nanyang University of the Ministry of Transport. During the annual exam days, the school classroom is used as the exam room.

The help from Nanyang University is Chen Muqiao helping behind the scenes.

As the provost, the second most powerful person under the school principal, he is a very upright person and was originally unwilling to use the power in his hands to seek personal gain for his family or friends.

But in Chen Muqiao's eyes, this exam for selecting international students to be sent to Sweden was a good thing that would benefit the country and the people, so he made an exception for the first time and opened a convenient door for others.

This may also be the last time he uses his power, because Chen Muqiao will soon resign and go to Europe with his family again.

But there is no need to worry. After Chen Muqiao steps down as the Provost of Nanyang University, the cooperation between the Swedish Embassy and Nanyang University will cease.

This project has the existence of Chen Muwu as a living advertisement, and its influence in China will definitely not be small.And even without Chen Muwu, studying abroad is still very influential for domestic students.

Whether it is to please Chen Muwu or to serve as the home court so that more students in the school can pass exams, Nanyang University will not terminate this cooperation.

At this point, the preliminary preparations for the selection of international students are all over. As for the subsequent operation, it depends on the results of the first selection examination held at the end of that year.

If we talk about being invited to dinner by Xu Zhimo and visiting Zhang Yuanji's house late at night to discuss publishing a book, Chen Muwu only showed up in a small way.

After the Swedish Crown Prince's return banquet that day, in front of celebrities from all walks of life in Shanghai, and after being reported by several major newspapers in Shanghai, he officially appeared in everyone's sight.

The Chen family, which had just calmed down for a few days, became lively again after that dinner.

Moreover, the number of people visiting has increased greatly compared to before.

Some of them are old acquaintances of Chen Muwu, but most of them are celebrities in Shanghai who have only heard of his name but have never met him, and want to get acquainted with Chen Muwu, a rising star.

Due to limited time, Chen Muwu only selected some people from his old acquaintances and invited them to his home for a brief meeting.

Among them were several work-study students he met while attending the Olympic Games in Paris.

They are all currently in Jihai and have directed several large-scale strike movements.

It seems that they are still confident about the future and believe that they are on a bright and smooth road.

Chen Muwu couldn't hold back and could only remind him in a roundabout way that the principal they had worked with in Guidong was not reliable. If something unexpected happened, he hoped that everyone could act cheaply.

If that doesn't work, go to the Swedish embassy and mention Chen Muwu's name.

Although their relationship with the United Kingdom was good, Chen Muwu did not recommend that they go to the British Consulate General to avoid the limelight.

The British mainly focus on a few young people. The more you trust them, the more they can help you make a big news behind your back.

They always go to great lengths to mess things up.

Among the remaining old acquaintances, there are many that Chen Muwu has not been able to meet.

Just like when he was an engineer at the Qianhai Railway Bureau, there was the British chief engineer from the railway bureau who often helped him ask for leave, and there was also the one who taught at Lushan Jiaotong University and was the host of Einstein's lectures. Chatterley, engineer of the Ministry of Industry, and so on.

They all wanted to take advantage of the great scientist's return home to renew their relationship with Chen Muwu.

However, Chen Muwu's time was limited, so he rejected these requests to meet.

If nothing else happens, they may never see each other again in this life.

I couldn't even meet people I knew before, let alone people I didn't know before.

There was only one exception among these unknown people. Chen Muwu was immersed in writing his "The Rise of the Great Powers" in his study that day. An uncle at home informed him that there was a young man dressed as a student outside, his name was Wang Jinchang.

Chen Muwu couldn't make up his mind when he heard this name.

It wasn't until his uncle handed him another letter, saying that the student had given it to him for him to deliver. When he saw Ye Qisun's words in the letter, Chen Muwu realized that this was because his uncle couldn't read fully and could only read half of the words. , so I pronounced Gan as gold.

Seeing the name on the letter, Chen Muwu was so shocked that he stood up from his chair.

This Ye Qisun really sends all the good students to him. He introduced Zhao Zhongyao and Shi Ruwei to study in Cambridge before, and this time he sent Wang Ganchang.

Chen Muwu and Wang Ganchang talked for a long time at their home that day. Before leaving, they wrote another letter and asked him to take the letter to Nankai University in Tianyi and find two other people, Wu Dayou and Chen Shengshen, to go to England together.

He also prepared additional travel expenses for Wang Ganchang before sending this former senior and now young student out the door.

Chen Muwu's fellow villager Jiang, the principal who lives not far from Qiyu and will get married again at the end of next year, also sent someone to deliver a message to the Chen family.

Such a heavyweight thinks that giving Chen Muwu a famous assassination is a way of giving him face. It may not take long for Chen Muwu to come to visit him obediently.

Chen Muwu couldn't bear the price of such a meeting, so he found an excuse to return to his hometown to worship his ancestors. He took his own car from Sihai and quietly ran to his hometown of Siyu along the Shanghai-Hangzhou and Hangshao highways.

In the Chen Family Ancestral Hall, Chen Muwu finally saw with his own eyes the "Ph.D." plaque that the old lady had someone make after he graduated with a Ph.D.

Just when he couldn't laugh or cry, he heard the sound of the old lady discussing with his elder brother. They were discussing whether they should hang another Olympic gold medal plaque and a Nobel Prize in Physics.

Chen Muwu went home to worship his ancestors that time, partly to give himself a break, but also because of the old lady's request.

She did not want to show off the plaque she had hung for her son, but she thought that her family was about to have a new child and she had to inform her ancestors first.

After Chen Muwu persuaded her with various reasons, the old lady finally nodded and planned to go to Europe at the end of this year to attend her youngest son's wedding.

After returning to his hometown in Qiyu to worship his ancestors, Chen Muwu did not follow his family's car back to Qihai, but got off the car in Qianzhou halfway.

He went to the pier on the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal outside Wulin Gate and bought a ticket to Suzhou.

The reason why I chose to take such a shortcut instead of going back to Wuhai was because after returning home on Seymour Road, I would definitely have to face countless greetings and invitations every day.

When it was time to return, Chen Muwu decided to wait in advance and let Oppenheimer set off alone with his luggage. The two met in Suzhou, then continued to take the train north and continued their return along the way they came.

The reason why he did not go with the Swedish Crown Prince and his entourage when he returned, but continued to travel alone with Oppenheimer, was because His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had a whim after arriving in East Asia and thought that since he had already arrived in China, he might as well go east again. Ben, finally crossed the Pacific to the United States, and then returned to China for a global trip.

This is why I did not continue to cause trouble for Chen Muwu and invite him to give lectures here, as I said before in Lezhigrad.

There is a bigger fish like the Crown Prince of Sweden going to Japan, so there is no need for them to keep an eye on Chen Muwu, a little shrimp.

(End of this chapter)