Reborn and become a Great Scientist

Chapter 396 135 Letter from Cantin

Originally waiting at home for the British factory to complete the parts for their customized accelerator, for Chen Muwu, it was like giving himself a long vacation at the beginning of 1928.

As a result, I never expected that it was Conan Doyle who first associated himself with the new religion of spiritism.

After he made the clarification, it caused even greater trouble.

The pen name that he had hidden well before was now completely exposed.

Now, the whole world knows who Chandler York is, who is the author behind the George Chen series of detective novels that have been very popular in the UK and even Europe and the United States in recent years.

Not long after the courtyard of Chen Muwu's house was clean, reporters came to visit again.

And the number of people who came this time was even greater than the one a few days ago.

If you want to say that the British respect writers of popular novels, that's not necessarily true.

It's just that because the George Chen series has sold so many books, its influence in the UK is much greater than that of Conan Doyle's insistence on necromancy.

As long as it is influential, there will be newspaper sales. This is why British journalists come back again and again.

Not only did they go to Chen Muwu's home, but even Penguin Publishing, the publishing agency of the George Chen series, was not spared.

What they are most concerned about are two issues:

One is whether Chandler York is actually Chen Muwu, as Conan Doyle said at the press conference.

Second, the George Chen series has been suspended for some time. When will a new book be published for this series?

The troubles encountered by Penguin Publishing House are even more difficult than those encountered by Chen Muwu.

Because they didn't communicate with each other in advance, I don't know if Chen Muwu's pseudonym should be exposed.

They had no choice but to call Chen Muwu's home to discuss with the author himself how to deal with this unexpected situation.

Chen Muwu felt that it was meaningless to admit or deny it now, because everyone only wanted to believe what they believed.

He feels that even if he admits it, the situation will not ease after the admission. It is estimated that it may reach a new peak. More and more reporters will make various suggestions regarding the series of books he wrote. All kinds of new problems, by that time, he may encounter no less trouble than now.

So the best way is to deal with it coldly, neither admitting nor denying it, and let reporters who have nothing to do every day just to find hot news and readers of George Chen's series make random guesses.

Moreover, the less revealing the identity, the more heated the discussion about the pseudonym Chandler York will be.

Based on the experience he learned from later generations, people are always curious about the true identities of Tanigawa Ryu, who wrote novels, and Sorachi Hideaki, who drew comics and never showed his true identity.

After exchanging ideas with Penguin Publishing on the phone, the other party had no objections to Chen Muwu’s proposal.

——After all, Chen Muwu was also one of the major shareholders of this publishing house during its founding period.

They just put forward a suggestion very tactfully, that is, asking Chen Muwu if he could write a new book for the George Chen series.

Although Penguin Publishing has gradually got on the right track now, George Chen is no longer needed to build prestige for this emerging publishing house.

But in the past few years, the image of the smart Chinese student in the book has gained a large number of fans in the UK.

Basically every day, the publishing house receives letters from readers, asking, urging, or condemning when a new book in the George Chen series will be released.

Penguin Press feels that taking this opportunity, if it can launch a new book, it can continue to increase the popularity of George Chen's discussion, and to a certain extent, it can also slightly cover up the issue of whether Chandler York is Chen Muwu.

So Chen Muwu's long vacation came to an end.

He had to stay at home while dealing with a steady stream of reporters and real and fake guests visiting his home. At the same time, he took out his typewriter after a long absence and began to "write" the first English novel in his life.

Chen Muwu started writing "ABC Murder" this time, and he was still gathering wool from the same sheep.

He stayed at home until March, either eating, sleeping, drinking tea, reading newspapers, or tapping away at his typewriter every day.

Occasionally, I write a few replies to letters from friends and physicists to exchange feelings or discuss physics issues.

The old lady doesn't know anything about physics. She can only see her children busy with their careers every day.

The machine spit out pieces of paper one after another, and the ghostly letters written on them should be the result of the younger son's thinking.

But Chen Muqiao knew the specific situation of his third brother, and he felt that it was not an option to keep him at home.

More than a month has passed since the incident, and there are always new hot topics happening in the world. The two questions about whether Chen Muwu supports spiritualism and whether he is Chandler York, the author of George Chen, are no longer a matter of concern in the UK. Newspapers and readers are paying close attention to it.

Chen Muqiao advised Chen Muwu to take this opportunity to go out for a walk and relax. Staying at home every day made him feel bad.

He also thoughtfully prepared clothes for his third brother to wear makeup and travel, so as to prevent him from being recognized by reporters who might have hidden in front of his house as soon as he went out.

Chen Muwu was helpless. He could only accept his elder brother's kindness with a smile.

He put on a windbreaker with a standing collar, and pushed the brim of the hat down tightly on his head. He walked out of his house like a shady private detective.

In London at the end of March, the most lively place was undoubtedly the Thames River.

Athletes from the University of Cambridge and the University of Oxford hold a rowing race on the river every year. This year, 1928, is already the th time.

I have to say that the outfit Chen Muqiao prepared for him was really good. Just looking at this outfit, Chen Muwu went out from his home, took various public transportations, and walked to the bank of the Thames River without anyone noticing him.

After arriving at the Thames River, Chen Muwu did not squeeze in the audience like ordinary people, in order to fight for a good seat to watch the rowing race.

He walked all the way to where the members of the Cambridge University Eagle Club were - this was where the other athletes who did not participate in the rowing competition were watching - and Chen Muwu squeezed in amid the surprised eyes of everyone. At this time, he calmly took off his hat and straightened the collar of his windbreaker that had been standing up all the way.

"List!"

"Dr. Chen!"

After he revealed his true appearance, all the athletes from Cambridge University present cheered.

Lawrence Best, an old acquaintance of Chen Muwu and the president of the Cambridge University Swimming and Water Polo Club, walked up to him directly and said, "Dr. Chen, long time no see."

"Lawrence, long time no see."

Chen Muwu's sudden appearance even made the people around him almost forget to watch the game taking place in the Thames River, and instead kept secretly sizing him up, directly or indirectly.

It wasn't until the cheers from other spectators grew louder that everyone realized that this year's rowing race was about to produce a champion.

When they turned back to look at the Thames, Oxford's rowing boat was already more than half a length longer than Cambridge's.

And it's about to reach the finish line. Cambridge University seems to be unable to recover this year.

The final result was just as they saw it. In the end, the rowing team of Oxford University won the championship of the 80th Cambridge-Oxford Intercollegiate Rowing Competition.

Generally speaking, rowing competitions in previous years are held in the summer.

But this year, the time has been moved forward to March to prepare for the Olympic Games to be held in Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands, in the summer.

Basically, whichever team can win today's game, most of the players will be candidates to represent Britain in the Olympics.

Among the defeated Cambridge rowing team, only the most important athletes can hope to join the British rowing team and fight for the country on behalf of Britain.

Cambridge's defeat gave the Eagle Club athletes around Chen Muwu a look of visible disappointment on their faces.

If one's skills are inferior to those of others, one's skills are inferior to those of others. The auditorium is thousands of miles away from the Thames River. It cannot be said that Chen Muwu's sudden appearance has affected the competitive state of the athletes, right?

Best also sighed beside Chen Muwu: "Well, it seems that this year's rowing Olympic champion has little to do with our Cambridge University."

But when he talked about the Olympics, he was standing next to the champion of the previous Olympics. He couldn't help but ask Chen Muwu: "Dr. Chen, seeing that the Olympics are coming soon, how many gold medals are you planning to win this time?"

Best didn't even ask Chen Muwu whether he would participate in this year's Olympics again, because in his mind, Chen Muwu would definitely go.

If you can just get a few gold medals casually, no one would be a fool not to do it.

But his thoughts were exactly the opposite of what was in Chen Muwu's mind.

For the 1924 Paris Olympics, Chen Muwu trained for a long time in the Cam River in Cambridgeshire and at De Broglie's home in Paris.

But now four years have passed, and his swimming time during these four years is not only compared with that of professional athletes who train every day, but also compared with that of Ramsey, an amateur swimmer from Cambridge University. , Chen Muwu’s total swimming time is not necessarily longer than the latter.

In his current competitive state, it should be said that he will not be able to participate in this year's Olympic Games at all.

Let alone a gold medal, there is little hope of winning a medal or reaching the finals.

But it doesn't matter whether you get results or not. There is another point that troubles Chen Muwu.

Even if he is busy with his marriage and work at Prince's College in Stockholm at that time, and he really has time to go to the Netherlands to participate in the Olympic Games, what kind of flag should he hold when he enters the venue?

The Beiyang government represented by the five-color flag was in danger, and another government represented by the other flag. Chen Muwu was ashamed to associate with them, let alone raise their flag that had changed its taste.

I don’t know if the current Olympic Games can allow athletes to not register as a country, but to participate as free athletes. Just like in the later Olympic Games, there will be a team holding the Olympic five-ring flag every three to five, which does not represent any country. A team of athletes.

After thinking about the question in his mind, Chen Muwu answered Best's slightly flattering question: "Besides, Lawrence, I'm getting married this year, and I have a lot of work to do, so I probably won't have much time. I am preparing to swim, so there is a high probability that I will not participate in the Olympics."

Best, who had already been disappointed once because the Cambridge University rowing team lost this year's rowing competition, experienced his second disappointment today after hearing Chen Muwu's answer.

"Dr. Chen, if you don't participate in the Olympics this year, we at Cambridge University will lose a few more gold medals."

Since Chen Muwu won four gold medals at the last Paris Olympics, the Cambridge University Swimming and Water Polo Club's status in the school has also grown.

The number of people signing up for the swimming club is also increasing, and swimming has become the second most popular sport on the Cambridge University campus after rowing.

Chen Muwu didn't care whether the Cambridge rowing team lost or won the rowing competition, so his mood was not affected by Cambridge's loss.

In short, after following the advice of his elder brother Chen Muqiao, taking a walk outside and returning home, Chen Muwu was indeed in a good mood.

April 1st is April Fool's Day, but it is not a legal holiday in the UK. The British government will still go to work on this day.

The "Film Act", a law approved by the British royal family last year, came into effect on this day, stipulating that cinemas in the UK must play a certain number of British domestic films to cope with the impact of the maturing Hollywood film industry on the British local film industry and avoid the British The film industry declined.

This operation was very familiar to Chen Muwu. In the future, China also launched a domestic film protection week, but with little effect.

He also thought, if he set up a film company in the UK, would it also be regarded as a domestic film in the UK and enjoy policy support?

It doesn't matter if the British don't like to watch the George Chen series, he can still shoot 007! As long as the villain is set to Germany, the cost is set, and a black-hearted Jew like Charlotte is set, and the upright character is the British gentleman James Bond, there is no need to worry that the movie will not be a hit in the UK.

On the same day, French Prime Minister Poincaré expressed to the U.S. government that he hoped they could repeal Prohibition so that high-quality French wine could open up the U.S. market.

Also on the same day, Chen Muwu received a letter from Ottawa forwarded from Cambridge University.

(End of this chapter)