Reborn and become a Great Scientist

Chapter 273 12 The Farce on the Soviet-Polish Border

Chen Muwu's silence and the playful look in his eyes were acquiescence to the fact that he was (one of) the authors of the George Chen series.

After confirming that his guess was correct, Oppenheimer showed even more surprise than before.

He is a loyal reader of the George Chen series. He has never thought that the author of this series of books always lives within a few meters of him.

Generally speaking, when meeting an author they like by chance, most people's first reaction is to find various things that can be signed, and then go around to find a pen and ask the author to sign it. You can also brag to others in the future.

Of course, this is not limited to your favorite authors. Most people will do this when they meet all famous or relatively famous people.

Oppenheimer's first reaction was the same.

He was revising and continuing his travel diary along the way, and he lacked neither notebooks nor pens.

Only when he took out the two things he had just put into his bag did Oppenheimer realize that something was wrong.

I am doing research and learning with Dr. Chen. If I want Dr. Chen’s signature, of course I can do it anytime.

Wasn't it a bit of an overreaction to make such a fuss like he just did?

"Robert, it's good that you know, but please don't write this matter in your travel diary. I don't want to expose myself yet. It will be the same after I return to Cambridge. Don't tell anyone about it."

Chen Muwu, who was lying on the bed with his hands as pillow, spoke to the person opposite him calmly.

"Can't Mr. Dirac and Mr. Kapitsa do the same?"

"Yes, neither can Paul and Peter."

Chen Muwu, who trusted Dirac very much, could not believe the Russian's big mouth even though he had been good friends with Kapitsa for more than three years.

Looking at Oppenheimer, who was still in a state of surprise and showed no signs of disappointment, he added lightly: "If, um... when you reach your seventh or eighth decade, you want to write a memoir, you can write this again. If you write everything down, it’s not too late.”

Oppenheimer's extracurricular life was very rich, which was not only reflected in his watching movies and dancing in the United States. When he arrived in the United Kingdom, where there was no prohibition on alcohol, he would go to the bar for a drink every now and then.

In addition, as a 22-year-old young man, he is still considered an artistic youth.

In addition to reading poetry and popular novels, Oppenheimer would occasionally write a few lines of work on a whim.

Although often due to time and patience issues, his manuscripts often only have the beginning and no follow-up content.

But at least Oppenheimer turned his love into action, which is better than Pauli who complained to newspaper reporters in a vindictive manner, saying that he wanted to change his career to writing novels, and deceived Chen Muwu into signing a set of George Chen's signatures but never wrote a word. too much.

This trip to China basically has nothing to do with academic life.

So after traveling, Oppenheimer finally had a lot of time to stick to writing, which finally gave him a good start in his writing journey.

As the train passed through Irkutsk, the chat topics between Chen Muwu and Oppenheimer suddenly became richer.

Generally speaking, Oppenheimer asked Chen Muwu questions about the plots in the previous books.

If he hadn't carried the original book with him, Oppenheimer would have wanted to start from the first letter and go through the plot of the novel and Chen Muwu, one of the creators.

Five days later, the two finally arrived at the terminus of the Trans-Siberian Railway, Mashko.

Oppenheimer was satisfied. He returned to China with Dr. Chen this time and spent more than a month in China. Not only did he deepen his understanding of Dr. Chen, he also saw the ancient and mysterious method that can cultivate talents like Dr. Chen. China, what is even more surprising is that in these last few days, he also gained a deeper understanding of his favorite detective novel series George Chen.

Of course, Chen Muwu did not say so much for nothing.

Although Ye Gongchao does not have a doctorate, his master's degree from Cambridge University is still very popular.

Before returning to China, I had already found a good job with high salary and high status.

He is now living a prosperous life in China. No matter how Chen Muwu persuades him, he has no intention of leaving the country and coming back overseas in a short time.

But the George Ye series had to continue writing. Chen Muwu felt that if he couldn't find anyone to catch him, he planned to write it himself.

Now that Oppenheimer was so interested in this matter, Chen Muwu suddenly felt that he could train new people to see how this young literary man's writing skills were.

He is a native English speaker and has an innate language advantage over Ye Gongchao.

But Oppenheimer should be told to pay attention to one thing when the time comes, and that is to try to change the American habits in his speech, and the words and sentences should also be closer to those commonly used in the UK.

Chen Muwu didn't tell Oppenheimer directly about this matter. Penguin Press didn't press him anyway, so he could just figure it out slowly.

Previously in Lezhigrad, after telling Yoffei that he wanted to take Landau abroad, he got the in-principle agreement from the head of the physics department of the Surian Academy of Sciences.

But one thing that Yofei has always been worried about is that when Soviet people go abroad, especially Soviet students like Landau, they have to take many, many steps before going abroad.

He was afraid that the time it would take to complete these things would prevent Landau from making it to the start of the new school year.

He is not a "genius" like Chen Muwu. If he cannot register in school on time, in the worst case scenario, he will have to wait for a year.

Last time in Osko, during a sudden late-night visit, Chen Muwu inadvertently gave Landau the green light to study abroad.

The efficiency here in Masko is much higher than that at the Surenko Academy of Sciences in Lezhigrad.

While in China, Chen Muwu received news from Lezhigrad that Landau's various overseas documents and approval procedures were quickly passed. Before the start of the autumn semester of Cambridge University, he had already returned to Cavan early. Kapitsa from Dish Laboratory came to England together.

Therefore, Chen Muwu did not have to go to Lezhigrad this time to pick up the disheveled student from Lezhigrad University.

The return route of he and Oppenheimer also changed accordingly. It was no longer a long and circuitous route from Osko through Lezgrad, Sebyezh, Riga, Königsberg to Berlin, but Going directly from Osko to Osko, then passing through Warsaw and finally to Berlin is a shortcut that saves time and effort.

The Trans-Siberian Railway is the longest railway in the world. It is also a relatively quiet railway in the world. On average, there are only one or two trains running on it every week.

Chen Muwu and Oppenheimer were relatively lucky. They only waited in Harbin for one day before boarding the train to Osko.

If someone is unlucky enough to arrive in Harbin just in time for the previous train to leave, he or she will need to stay there for an extra four or five days, waiting for the new train to leave.

Unlike the current situation of the Trans-Siberian Railway, which is vast and sparsely populated, trains heading west from Mask to Europe are very frequent.

Probably, compared to the distant and impoverished East, the Soviet Union also wanted to gain broader and deeper connections with the more advanced West, attract technology and capital, and help build their country.

Chen Muwu and Oppenheimer didn't even have to stay in Osko for one night, they directly bought the night train to Berlin that night.

Before setting off, he also called the Embassy of the Republic of China in Musco and asked them to send someone to the train station to pick up the manuscript of "The Rise of the Great Powers" he had written and help send it back to the Baihai Commercial Press. Zhang Yuanji.It's just that there are no private rooms on the short and medium-distance train from Osko to Berlin, so the two of them had to select a large part of the luggage they carried with them to check it in.

In Chen Muwu’s memory, the border city between Belarus and Poland seemed to be Brest with a famous fortress.

It seems that the news on the TV about the trains bound for Europe will also mention that the train will undergo a second track change at the Brest Railway Station, from the Russian broad gauge to the standard gauge train common in Europe.

But this time they arrived at the checkpoint on the Soviet side of the Soviet-Polish border not long after they left Shusk late at night.

Chen Muwu pushed Oppenheimer to wake up, who was already sleeping. The two of them carried their luggage and followed the passengers on the train out of the car.

With the dim lights on the platform, Chen Muwu saw clearly the name on the station notice board. This small town station called Negoreloye (Негорелое) was already the border station of Sulian.

Passengers line up to go through customs to see if there is anything in their luggage that needs to be taxed.

Then they queued up to pass the border covered with barbed wire, and boarded a new train with standard gauge wheels from the Stopce station in Poland on the other side of the border.

The cold wind of the autumn night woke up Chen Muwu, who had been sleeping not long ago.

He suddenly remembered why he suddenly arrived at the border of Soviet Union only forty or fifty kilometers away from Shusk.

In the early years, the Soviet Army was not always invincible in battles.

Nearly ten years ago, the Soviet Union, which had just been founded, fought a Soviet-Polish War with its neighbor, Poland, which had just been founded after World War I.

The Poles first took advantage of the White Guards' rebellion to provoke a war and once pushed the front to Kiev.

After the Soviet Union army began to counterattack, it pushed the front back to the walls of Warsaw.

Seeing that Poland was about to be subjugated again, they did not expect that they actually won this last-ditch battle.

The result of the war also ended with Poland's substantial victory.

The two sides signed the "Riga Peace Treaty" in Riga, the capital of Latvia. The Soviet Union ceded territory and paid indemnities. The border line between the two countries was retreated from the Curzon Line agreed at the Paris Peace Conference to this point only [-] to [-] kilometers away from Husk. at.

Perhaps what the Poles were thinking about was that they had just become independent and needed to rely on this battle to eliminate the threat of the eastern powers and ensure their country's status.

However, this humiliating Treaty of Riga, which ceded territory and paid indemnities, laid hidden dangers for Poland to collapse again in the future.

In order to regain their lost territory in the future, the Soviets could only "tears" and carve up Poland with Desan.

Compared with the relaxed expressions of the Soviet soldiers, the expressions on the faces of the border guards on the Polish side were highly guarded.

Two years ago, a small group of Soviet soldiers crossed the border not far from these two stations, went to Stolbuchi to rescue a few hostages, and made a scene.

Since then, Poland has been wary of people entering their country from the Soviet side, especially at the Stolbzy station.

On the previous trip from Paris to Lezhigrad, Chen Muwu and Kapitsa also traveled north from Poland to Lithuania.

At that time, he did not realize how difficult the Polish border was and how strict the inspections were.

But this time, Chen Muwu's memory was completely subverted. He always felt that the Polish border inspectors suddenly became serious.

Every piece of luggage must be opened and carefully inspected, and no blind spots can be left.

Others act according to the rules, and everyone is the same, so just do as the Romans do.

When he entered the UK for the first time, his luggage was also tossed around like this.

Later, with the titles of the Royal Astronomical Society and the Royal Society, he was able to obtain special treatment at British customs.

Maybe it was because of the cold weather that the border inspectors were somewhat impatient.

It may also be because Chen Muwu has an oriental yellow face that he only sees once in a while, so their movements are wider.

Chen Muwu felt vaguely unhappy. Before he could have an attack, Oppenheimer beside him suddenly erupted as if a dynamite barrel had been set alight.

He didn't speak Russian or Polish, but he didn't care and continued speaking in the half-baked German he learned from his family.

What Oppenheimer was thinking was that Poland itself borders Germany, so if you speak German, maybe someone can understand it, right?

"Do you know who he is? He is..."

Oppenheimer pointed his finger at Chen Muwu and told the perfunctory border inspector the names of the dishes, taking turns to name Chen Muwu's various titles.

He tried to make the man realize his mistake and realize what a wrong person he had just messed with.

But contrary to expectations, Oppenheimer roared a lot in the immigration inspection room. As a result, the other party not only showed no remorse, but also showed more excitement than him.

Are the Sulian people going to cause trouble at the border again?They didn't even go out on their own this time, but instead invited a German and a Far Easterner?

Although he could not understand Polish, Chen Muwu realized that the trouble seemed to be getting bigger now when he saw the border guards who rushed in with guns and ammunition after hearing the noise in the house.

The few three-legged cat Russian sentences he learned from Kapitsa finally came into use at this time. He pronounced and gestured in succession, trying to make the other party understand what he meant and that it was all a misunderstanding.

But in this chaotic situation, who cares what he said?
Moreover, Chen Muwu still spoke Russian. Although he was not very fluent and didn't quite understand what he meant, it made the Polish side more convinced that Chen Muwu was a saboteur sent by the Soviet Union.

A second ago, Chen Muwu was still full of longing, hoping to explain clearly quickly, clear customs and continue traveling.

The next second, he and Oppenheimer, who was still cursing, were locked in a small dark room.

Of course, the train to Berlin would not be waiting for these two dangerous men on the platform. Anyway, they had switched to a new train, so they were not afraid that these two malicious terrorists who had not yet boarded the train would be in the carriage. Plant the bomb.

It wasn't until dawn the next day that a translator who could speak German arrived at the train station in the Polish border city of Stolbzy, and Chen Muwu and Oppenheimer were finally cleared of their grievances.

The two people did not wait here for the arrival of the next train. Instead, the Polish authorities sent people to take them to the capital Warsaw by car.

Because of a misunderstanding and neglect, a great scientist in the world was offended. The staff of the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs kept apologizing to Chen Muwu along the way.

But "good things don't go out, bad things spread thousands of miles." The news that Chen Muwu was detained at the border inspection station when crossing the border, together with the photo, appeared in the local newspapers in Warsaw the next day.

(End of this chapter)