Reborn and become a Great Scientist

Chapter 398 137 Chen Muwu comes to Cambridge again

Liang Sicheng and Lin Huiyin boarded the cruise ship "Dutch Land" from the pier in New York on April 4, and arrived in the British port city of Southampton on April 5.

After seven days of wandering at sea, the two people did not choose to rest in Southampton for a night before setting off. Instead, they took a night train directly on the night they arrived in the UK from Southampton in the southwest of the UK. The political, economic and cultural center of the UK, London.

Chen Muwu, who only knew the approximate date when Liang Sicheng and Lin Huiyin arrived in the UK and did not know which train they would take, did not choose to greet them at the train station. Instead, he sat at home and waited for the distinguished guests to come.

After arriving in London, the newlyweds took the subway several times and finally found Chen Muwu's home according to the address he had sent on the telegram.

Liang Sicheng and Lin Huiyin, although one was born in Xinhui, Guangdong, and the other was born in Ganzhou, they both moved to Beijing with their parents when they were very young.

Therefore, each of them can speak fluent northern Mandarin, and Chen Muwu can talk to them smoothly without being affected by any accent problems.

"Mr. Liang, Miss Lin, I wish you both a happy wedding."

As soon as the two guests sat down on Chen Muwuzhong's sofa and received tea and water from the Chen family's servants, Chen Muwu extended his wedding blessings to them.

"I really don't know what gift I can give you two, so I have prepared a complete set of books that I will publish here after I come to the UK. They will all be considered as wedding gifts for you two. Please don't be offended, and don't dislike these two people." This book is shabby.”

Chen Muwu pointed to a stack of books already tied with ribbons on the coffee table and said.

Neither of them, like traditional Chinese people, first made some remarks of refusal according to the rules, and then after some refusal and courtesy, they finally "had no choice but to" accept the gifts given to them by others.

Liang Sicheng directly expressed his gratitude to Chen Muwu: "Dr. Chen, as a couple, we have already troubled you a lot by being able to visit your house today, and we dare not ask for anything else.

"I didn't expect that you would be so considerate in preparing a gift for us. I am really grateful."

While her husband was being polite, Lin Huiyin looked at the top book in the pile of books curiously. She saw the name "George Chen" on the cover and recognized this series of books. George Chen, a well-known figure in European and American popular novels, is known as "the most famous detective image after Sherlock Holmes." She even thinks that some of the stories in the book are more exciting than Sherlock Holmes.

Lin Huiyin thought of the newspaper he had read recently. It said that Sir Conan Doyle, who wrote Sherlock Holmes, and the author George Chen had turned against each other because of the spiritualism. At the press conference, he revealed that the author of George Chen, Qian The true face of Dele York.

It is rumored that the true identity hidden behind this author who has never seen the dragon before its end is Chen Muwu, the most famous Chinese in the history of Cambridge University and the most successful physicist trained by Cambridge University in recent years.

However, in newspapers, because Chen Muwu said nothing about Conan Doyle's revelations, there was no response, and the same was true for Penguin Publishing.

Therefore, the newspaper only said that there was a high probability of confirming that Chandler York was Chen Muwu, but it could not say that it was 100%.

In order to verify whether this matter is true, some American reporters even went to Chicago, Illinois, on the shores of Lake Michigan, and asked Ou, who once did research with Chen Muwu at the Cavendish Laboratory in the United Kingdom and is now a professor in the Department of Physics at the University of Chicago. Are Benheimer and Chen Muwu really the Chandler York as speculated on the market?

Regarding this issue, Professor Oppenheimer flatly denied: “You have asked me to verify this issue, and I cannot say that I have no comment, because they are simply nonsense.

"You have all seen that Teacher Chen has made so many achievements in physics in just a few years.

"When I was studying and working with him at Cambridge University, I saw that his daily life was either studying or working. Apart from these two, except for doing some necessary sports, I never saw Teacher Chen doing anything. Any spare time can be used to write popular novels like this one after another."

Because Oppenheimer once signed several papers with Chen Muwu, and after returning to the United States, he always regarded himself as Chen Muwu's chief disciple.

Therefore, American reporters think that what he said seems to be somewhat credible. Of course, it cannot be ruled out that Oppenheimer deliberately helped his teacher Chen Muwu to cover up the true situation of the matter.

When she was in the United States and Canada, Lin Huiyin was very interested in the news in the newspapers. She was also very curious about Chen Muwu, who was well-known even though she had never met him, and was called his "most interesting good friend" by Zhimo. What kind of person is he really like?

She and her husband Liang Sicheng had planned long ago to get their doctorate, get married in North America, honeymoon in Europe, and then continue east to return to China.

Going to London to visit Chen Muwu was an itinerary specially proposed by Lin Huiyin after he remembered Xu Zhimo's praise of Chen Muwu and others.

Liang Sicheng had no objection to this, because after all, Chen Muwu was the most famous Chinese in London and the UK, and among their group of Chinese young people born after 1900, he was also the most famous in the world.

Because he had to prepare for marriage-related matters, Lin Huiyin basically forgot about Chen Muwu and Chen George.

She thought about it again today when she saw the wedding gifts prepared by Chen Muwu on the coffee table next to the sofa in Chen Muwu's house.

"Dr. Chen, so you are really the author of this George Chen series, and is Chandler York your pen name?"

"Well, that's right," Chen Muwu nodded, "I haven't signed this set of books yet. I don't know whether I should sign my real name or my pen name, which makes me a little confused."

This is the first time that Chen Muwu has disclosed his pseudonym to other than a few close friends.

He thought that George Chen would publish more books anyway in the future, and he would also open a film company to adapt the text into movies and put them on the screen. Sooner or later, this matter would be exposed.

Although it was an accident for Chen Muwu to be exposed by Conan Doyle in advance, he felt that it was not a big deal.

Chen Muwu's affirmation made Lin Huiyin, who was a few years younger than him, a little excited. She said a lot of polite words such as "I like your works very much" and "Thank you for giving us the complete set of books you wrote."

In addition to a series of detective novels by George Chen, Chen Muwu actually participated in the writing of several physics books, the most famous of which is the "Lectures on Quantum Mechanics" written by several smart minds.

But Chen Muwu was not stupid enough to stuff these physics books into wedding gifts for others.

"Have you written a new George Chen recently? We readers are all eagerly awaiting the new stories of this smart and astute George Chen." Chen Muwu nodded again: "Yes, the manuscript has been sent. When we get to the publishing house, if nothing happens, it may be published in another half month. If you are still in the UK at that time, I will ask them to give you two a copy. If not, please leave a copy in the country. address, I will send the book back after it is published."

While waiting at home for the British factory to send him a telegram to pick up the order, Chen Muwu spent more than a month writing the "ABC Murders" and submitted it to Penguin Publishing.

He also specifically told the other party this time that there was no need to sign the fake name of Chandler York, just write his real name Chen Muwu openly. It was also a practical action to express his gratitude to someone who had been silent before. kind of response.

"Thank you, thank you so much, Dr. Chen."

In addition to chatting about this book, the three of them gradually turned to the comparison between the United States and the United Kingdom, and then talked about the domestic situation.

This time it was her husband Liang Sicheng who asked the question: "Dr. Chen, when do you plan to return to China?"

"It may take some time," Chen Muwu said without hesitation about his desire to stay in Europe. "You know, I don't study architecture like the two of you. I want to return to China to inspect the treasures in the history of ancient Chinese architecture.

“China is currently not suitable for building a world-class laboratory, both economically and environmentally, and it is not convenient to communicate with physicists from other places.

“I think it’s better to stay in Europe to study physics better.”

Liang Sicheng echoed: "Yes, the domestic situation is indeed a bit turbulent now. But after the new government in the south completely eliminates these conservative old warlords in the north, China should be able to become strong again. Then we Just take the first step, and when the time comes, I can help you Chen Muwu in China."

Chen Muwu did not continue to follow Liang Sicheng's somewhat naive idea.

If he had confidence in the new government in the south, he would have accepted the invitation sent by Cai in a handwritten letter earlier and returned to China to serve as the director of the Laoshi Zizhong Research Institute.

It's just that his words can't be said in detail yet. Although not good things happened in April and July last year, in the eyes of most people now, the southern government is still on the Chinese soil that has been rotten for nearly a hundred years. The most promising session.

Chen Muwu changed the topic: "How long do you two plan to stay in the UK? How long do you plan to stay in Europe, and what is your next trip?"

"Our initial plan is to stay in Europe for three or two months. Although it cannot be said to be meticulous, it cannot be superficial. We want to have an in-depth understanding of each European country."

"Then I think it's better than this. You don't have to spend money to stay in a hotel these days. You can just stay in my house and have a good time in London and surrounding areas.

"In two days, I will go back to Cambridge University to attend the doctoral thesis defense meeting of two students.

"If you two are interested, how about you come with me and visit Cambridge University by the way?"

"Of course it's what I asked for, Dr. Chen. I really appreciate your help this time."

The couple said almost in unison.

Because Liang Sicheng and Lin Huiyin, like Ye Gongchao, studied abroad at a young age, they were already accustomed to eating foreign food.

Chen Muwu estimated that both of them were young ladies from wealthy families, and they might not be able to match Ye Gongchao in terms of cooking ability.

So that night at home, Chen Muwu did not arrange for them to eat authentic British food—although such a thing probably did not exist—but instead prepared a sumptuous Chinese meal.

At the dinner table, both of them unknowingly ate a few more bowls of rice because they hadn't eaten such authentic Chinese food for a long time.

The old lady of the Chen family was also happy from ear to ear because of the arrival of these two guests.

What made her happy was not that her son had a relationship with the child of Mr. Liang Ren.

She felt that Chen Muwu was getting married soon, and it was a pleasure to be able to take advantage of the newlyweds' happiness in advance.

But people are always partial. The old lady felt that Mr. Liang's new wife, Miss Lin, was also very gentle in appearance and had some beauty unique to Chinese women.

But after all, she is not as good as her unmarried daughter-in-law, who has big eyes and a high nose. It is really a blessing for her younger son to marry such a beauty in the future, and it is not in vain that he has returned to the ancestral hall in his hometown in recent years. I begged several times.

Chen Muwu can be regarded as a very competent host, although he cannot stay with the newlyweds all day long and take them around London to eat dog food.

But he took out his Leica camera and taught Liang Sicheng how to use it.

We also prepared a sufficient amount of film for them to spend a few days in London and take more photos as souvenirs.

So these days, Liang Sicheng and Lin Huiyin went out early and came back late. They visited various scenic spots in London every day. After returning, they began to habitually discuss the architectural styles of those buildings.

Although Chen Muwu couldn't intervene in these professional questions, he still put forward his own suggestions, saying that he had been to Paris many times and felt that the architectural shape of Notre Dame Cathedral written by Hugo was very strange and beautiful, which made them If you go to France, be sure to take more photos.

When the couple was about touring London, Chen Muwu also received a telegram from Cambridge University, informing him that the specific time for Zhao Zhongyao and Cockcroft's doctoral thesis defense had been determined.

So Liang Sicheng and Lin Huiyin temporarily stored their luggage at Chen Muwu's home, and followed the latter on the train to Cambridgeshire.

(End of this chapter)