Reborn and become a Great Scientist

Chapter 353 92 Peter’s Wedding Gift

In 1927, British house prices preceded the impending Great Depression and entered a ten-year long bear market.

Buying a house in Kapitsa during this time is a wise move.

It seems that he plans to settle his family in Cambridgeshire. After all, after having a wife, it will be very inconvenient for him to live with his family in the dormitory of Trinity College.

Due to limited money, the building area of ​​Kapitsa's new house is not large, but fortunately it is located in a faculty residential area of ​​Cambridge University, not far from Trinity College and Cavendish Laboratory. too far.

So it was good news for Chen Muwu who came to help with the move. Dirac drove back and forth several times and moved all Kapitsa's luggage and belongings.

Chen Muwu has no intention of buying a house in the UK. Even if the value of the house here will increase after the war, he must first ensure that the house can survive safely until the war, right?

Kapitsa set the wedding date for late September, and Chadwick had already rushed back to Cambridge University from his father-in-law's home in Liverpool.

Taking advantage of the fact that there were still a few days left before the good times, Chen Muwu, who had been doing experiments in the Cavendish Laboratory for almost a whole summer, briefly handed over the work to Chadwick and took the time to return to his home in London.

The old lady of the Chen family is very open-minded about working overtime and not being home. Not only does she not complain that Chen Muwu has hardly been home during the entire summer vacation, she also thinks that he has done a good job in this matter.

Chinese people have never been very averse to taking papers. As long as they keep taking papers, sooner or later they will be promoted and paid more.

——How did she know that even if her youngest son achieved extraordinary results, the channels and ways for him to continue to advance in the white society of Britain were very limited.

Not only is this true now, but it will also be true 100 years from now.

Across the Atlantic in America, the status of dark-skinned people has suddenly risen.

On this side of the Atlantic, in the English Islands, Indians with the same dark skin began to resurrect themselves and dominate the world.

Yellow-skinned East Asians are still not welcome wherever they go.

That is to say, most people in the University of Cambridge only look at other people's academic achievements, and this is especially true for the teachers and students in the Cavendish Laboratory, plus old Thomson and Rutherford. Only with the care of all the teachers can Chen Muwu have a smooth life in his study abroad career.

However, there is also some credit to him, because the literary image of George Chen was very successful and spread widely in the English world. It severely hit the Fu Manchu who slandered the Chinese, so that the latter could not form a The climate has, to a certain extent, suppressed the spread of the Yellow Peril theory.

Old Mrs. Chen was living in her apartment overseas leisurely, but Chen Muqiao could understand what was written in the newspaper.

"Brother, not long ago, the newspaper said that the sun was going to explode. I see you have responded to this matter recently. What is going on? Are you sure about this matter?"

"Of course!"

Chen Muwu did not expect that his eldest brother would also be one of the victims of this rumor.

"The views put forward by the American astronomer have no evidence at all, and are just talking nonsense.

“And we have just conducted a relatively critical experiment in the laboratory, which is a big blow to that absurd view.

"Our ancestors have long advised the Qi people that the sky will not fall. Then the sun will naturally not explode.

"Brother, I advise you to read less British newspapers and tabloids if you have nothing to do. The level of shamelessness of their media is much higher than that in our country."

"Well, it all depends on what you said."

Chen Muwu himself is an expert in physics and astronomy. Chen Muqiao has no reason not to trust his own brother but to trust a foreigner he has never met.

"Let's not talk about this anymore. I have another thing to ask you about. Not long ago, I received a telegram from Tongjing in China. The education system wants you to return to China to serve. It seems that it is a person named A unit of Academia Sinica.

"The telegram said that you had rejected the previous invitation, and they asked me to persuade you again. Brother, I don't know what your specific intention is?"

Chen Muwu didn't expect that those people in China were really energetic and could actually send a telegram inviting him to return to his eldest brother.

He shook his head: "I received a handwritten letter before, inviting me to come back and serve as the dean, but I did reject him at the time.

“I don’t want to go back, let alone get involved in their so-called politics.

"Especially the southern government that may come to power in the next few years. They always say they want to inherit the legacy of the former prime minister, but before they can fully succeed, internal strife breaks out internally, killing their own people more than their enemies. All cruel.

"How can we do good politics with such insects?"

"They asked you to go back to study academics and didn't let you participate in politics. Why did you react so excitedly all of a sudden?"

Chen Muqiao asked with some confusion.

“Wherever there is a crowd, there is left, center and right.”

After saying the words, Chen Muwu realized that he seemed to have said it too early.

"Especially his institute, which is nominally a place for scientific research, but the intrigues in the academic circle are no worse than those in the political circle. I don't want to get involved in them and become a victim of the struggle.

“I can’t see that within two years, their research institution will fall apart due to various reasons.

"What's more, the research conditions in the UK are much better than those in China. Even if the talents taught in China return to China, they will have to study abroad to be more valuable.

“Then I might as well stay in the UK and invite talents abroad like now, wouldn’t it?
"Do you still remember the two Mr. Zhao and Mr. Shi who helped buy the ferry tickets and board the ship from the Sihai Sea to the UK two years ago?
"Both of them have completed all their courses this year and both received their Ph.D. degrees!"

Chen Muwu solemnly expressed his "judgment" of the future situation.

"Of course I know! Those were the students sent by Mr. Ye from National Southeast University. I didn't expect that time would pass so quickly. In the blink of an eye, they both also graduated with Ph.D.'s.

"Brother, since you have already made your own decision, I won't persuade you any more.

"This is also because friends in China are finding me one after another, so I have to ask you.

"How long do you plan to stay in London this time? When does school start?"

"School only starts in October, but I will go back in a few days. Someone at the school is getting married. You should also know him. He is the Russian named Kapitsa. "Then I will leave for the UK again at the end of September. Going to Brussels, the capital of Belgium in Europe, there is an academic conference on physics to be held there. "

"You are really busy. When I was the provost of Nanyang University, I was not as busy as you are now. This foreign university is indeed completely different from the domestic one."

Chen Muwu could hear a hint of envy in his elder brother's words.

A person who has been busy at Nanyang University for more than ten years suddenly moves his family abroad to take some time off. There must be an adaptation process.

"Brother, if you really have nothing to do in the UK, would you consider teaching in a school?"

Letting Chen Muchiao teach in the UK was a brilliant idea.

If Chen Muwu plans to stay at Cambridge University for a long time, he will definitely introduce his eldest brother to become a teacher in the Department of Sinology.

But he didn't know when he would go to Stockholm. His eldest brother, who had rich experience in school management, was the provost of the school in Sweden appointed by Chen Muwu. This meant that Chen Muqiao's teaching time in the UK would not last long.

In addition, the old lady still lives in London. At her age, she can't even take care of herself when she has to travel back and forth, let alone keep her older brother busy.

So Chen Muwu planned to introduce his eldest brother to become a teacher at the Oriental College of the University of London, where Lao She now teaches.

It just so happened that he had personal relationships with many people at the University of London. This matter probably wouldn't be a problem for people like Old Bragg or Huxley who also worked at the University of London.

"Me? Forget it. I haven't taught for a long time when I was in China. When I go abroad, I can't do such things that are misleading my children. You can work hard at Cambridge University and everything at home will be taken care of. Give it to me, you don’t need to worry about it anymore.

"Are you ready for Mr. Kapitsa's wedding gift? Do you need me to take care of it for you?"

"Brother, don't worry, you don't need to worry about this little thing."

When Chen Muwu returned to London, besides taking a vacation, this was all he had to do.

One morning, he got up early, walked out of his house with a checkbook that he rarely used.

He has made an appointment with Montague, a wealthy man, in advance and is going to a car broker to look at the car today.

When he first invented the car seat belt ratchet, Chen Muwu was confident that he could sell the patent to Rolls-Royce, so he boasted about it and promised to give Kapitsa, who loved racing, a new car in the future.

Unexpectedly, the other party did not take his invention seriously at all. Chen Muwu's patent failed to earn any money, let alone Kapitsa's new car.

Xiao Chen's character is not to say that he is vengeful, but he also holds grudges to a certain extent. He will definitely not stick to Rolls-Royce's cold butt again. The car Montagu showed him today is another British national brand, Austin. That is the company that will donate hundreds of thousands of pounds to the Cavendish Laboratory to build a cyclotron in the future.

Through various patented technologies and novel copyrights, Chen Muwu has actually made a lot of money in the past few years since he came to the UK, but he usually doesn't have much money to spend. Today he finally spent his first large amount of money, with nine hundred For the price of pounds, I bought an Austin Twelve-Four Clifton station wagon in full.

Although the price is half cheaper than the average price of Rolls-Royce, it is already the most expensive of all models in Austin.

The Austin Twelve is the best-selling car in the UK this year. From the beginning of this year to September, more than 1 units have been sold in the UK.

Especially last year, the power system of this car was newly upgraded. The engine was increased from 1661cc to 1861cc. The space of the station wagon is large enough, which is enough for daily use after Kapica's marriage. Even if he has two more children, it will not be necessary at all. question.

Chen Muwu's gift was really thoughtfully chosen.

After seeing the signature on the check, the salesperson from Austin Cars took the initiative to suggest that the price was still negotiable, even if it was directly reduced by [-] pounds.

But there is no such thing as a free lunch. The other party's request was to publish a photo of Chen Muwu and their Austin car in a newspaper for publicity.

Chen Muwu declined the "kind offer" of this car salesman who knew how to do business. He was not willing to be an advertising model for Austin cars in the newspaper for a hundred pounds discount.

Giving away a car for free is more like it, but the other party doesn't seem to have this intention.

After handing over the money and delivering the goods, Montagu also asked Chen Muwu if he needed to send someone to transport the car back to Cambridge University, because in his impression, he had never seen Dr. Chen drive a car all day long. On the school campus, you either walk or ride the same bicycle as Mr. Eddington.

Therefore, it is normal for Montagu to think that Chen Muwu cannot drive.

"Ivo, thank you for your kindness. I drove a car when I was in China, but I haven't taken the British driver's license yet. Except that this car is right-hand drive, it should be no different from the car I drove in China. There’s a difference.”

Chen Muwu did not lie. He just said that he could drive when he was in China, and did not say when he was in China.

Because he had a driver's license, he spent a lot of his personal time running errands for his tutor.

Chen Muwu just doesn't know how the cars of the 20s are different from the cars of the future. He needs to make some efforts to become familiar with them.

It just so happened that he had to stay in London for a few days, so he could take advantage of this time to be a road killer on the road a few times.

Of course, Chen Muwu's main purpose was not to cause traffic chaos in London, but to stay here and wait for someone.

By the way, during this period, through Montagu's connections, he jumped in line to pass the theory and driving tests, and received his driver's license at the speed of light.

Then he waited until he finally returned to England from the United States, disembarked in Southampton and headed north via Cockcroft in London.

After he bought a ticket to return home in New York, he immediately sent a telegram to the Cavendish Laboratory.

Chen Muwu heard that Cockcroft disembarked in Southampton in the south instead of Liverpool in the west, so he called back and said that the two of them were meeting in London, just in time to pick him up and go back to Cambridge together, and chat about him on the way in the United States. Various things that happen when particle accelerators are installed in various schools.

At the first glance, Cockcroft saw the new car next to Chen Muwu.

"Dr. Chen, have you finally bought a car?"

"No, no, no, isn't Peter getting married soon? This is my wedding gift to him."

Chen Muwu's answer shocked Cockcroft. He didn't think about it in the wrong direction, but he just felt that Dr. Chen was really generous.

It was a wise decision for him to switch from Kapitsa to Dr. Chen. He became more determined to continue working with Dr. Chen.

——Not for the Austin car, but to be able to make more achievements!
(End of this chapter)