Reborn and become a Great Scientist

Chapter 428 167 Gift from the Crown Prince of Sweden

The first time Chen Muwu met this royal servant who had been following Prince Albert, Duke of York, was in the summer of 1924, after participating in the Olympic Games in Paris and completing the last swimming competition.

At that time, after he held a press conference in a certain room beside the stadium, he met the British royal servant when he went out and invited him to attend a meeting hosted by the British Prince York at the British Embassy in France on a certain day of the month. Dinner hosted by the Duke.

After returning to the UK, every time the Duke of York invited Chen Muwu to his home in London, or came to Cambridge University to find Chen Muwu about something, this royal servant would basically notify him.

So after seeing this royal servant in his home today, Chen Muwu was not surprised at all.

He had already had his own opinion on this. Perhaps it was because the Duke of York knew that he was about to get married, so he sent this royal servant to his home to express his congratulations.

As soon as they met, the other party wished him a happy wedding, which further confirmed Chen Muwu's suspicion.

But seeing that the royal servant was empty-handed, could it be that he made a special trip from the Duke of York's side to his own home just to say "Happy Wedding" to himself?

Chen Muwu was more or less disappointed.

The royal servant continued to ask: "Dr. Chen, with all due respect, where do you plan to hold this wedding?"

Chen Muwu named the hotel where the wedding guests were staying, and he had already made an appointment to use the hall on the wedding day.

There happened to be an open space there where a wedding could be held, and the guests all lived there, so everything was very convenient.

"If it's not too much trouble, can you take me there to take a look?"

After Chen Muwu answered, the royal servant made a new request of his.

"No problem at all."

After receiving the call, Chen Muwu, who had just run home from the hotel, took the royal servant back to the hotel where the guests were staying.

The other party followed Chen Muwu, looking around and observing the situation on the street from the moment he entered the hotel door.

After entering the hotel, the royal servant's eyes were still not idle. He looked here and there, unwilling to let go of any corner he could see.

After finishing all these inexplicable tasks, the royal servant turned to Chen Muwu and smiled at him very embarrassedly: "Before I came, His Royal Highness the Duke of York had asked me to bring you a message. He also wants to come to your party. wedding.

"I came here this time not only to inform you about this matter, Dr. Chen, but also to visit the wedding venue.

"You have to know that every time the royal family travels, it is troublesome and security must be done well.

"Dr. Chen, you are very discerning, and the wedding location you chose is also very good. But there is one thing, that is, it is not convenient to do security work.

"Fortunately, His Highness the Duke asked me to bring him another message, Dr. Chen, His Highness asked you if you would like to hold a wedding at Royal Richmond Park.

"His Royal Highness also asked me to tell you that if you are willing to go to Richmond Park for a wedding, all expenses for the wedding venue will be borne by His Royal Highness the Duke of York."

Chen Muwu did have this location in Richmond Park in his memory. The first dinner he attended after returning to the UK was hosted by the Duke of York, and it was in the White Room in Richmond Park.

As mentioned before, Richmond Park, which was named "Royal" at the beginning, is a royal garden of the British royal family in London. It can basically be compared to the Old Summer Palace on the outskirts of Beijing during the Qing Dynasty.

I remember that when the Duke of York got married, it was in the White House in Richmond Park. For a long time, he regarded it as his official residence in London.

Richmond Park has an elegant environment and pleasant scenery. The key is that it has a well-kept open-air lawn, which is very suitable as a wedding venue.

Even if the items related to the British royal family cannot be said to be the best in the UK, they will definitely be among the top ones.

And it stands to reason that this is still private territory. Unless you have a certain social status and identity, you cannot enter or exit casually.

Chen Muwu didn't expect that the Duke of York would actually invite him to hold a wedding there. It was such a good thing that the world suddenly fell. Of course...

"Don't take advantage of me, bastard".

So he politely thanked the royal servant: "Thank you very much for your kindness, Your Highness, and thank you for taking the trouble to come home to inform me. Then I would rather obey your order and accept His Highness the Duke's invitation to come to Richmond." Let’s hold a wedding in the park.”

Seeing Chen Muwu agreeing easily and happily, the royal servants also smiled and nodded: "Dr. Chen, that's the best. You can have a more spacious wedding venue, and we can also provide security for His Highness." Take it easy. Do you think you could send someone to Richmond Park to instruct the staff there and tell them what the wedding venue should look like?"

For Chen Muwu, getting married is also "the first time a big girl gets on a sedan chair."

He only roughly knew what a Chinese wedding was, but Chen Muwu had no idea what the wedding would look like.

Chen Muwu could only leave the hotel with the royal servants again, return to his home again, and explain the matter to his elder brother.

When Chen Muqiao heard that the Duke of York in England was going to invite his younger brother to hold a wedding at his private residence, he felt both surprised and a little scared.

He has been in the UK for a long time and has learned a lot about the local customs and customs of the UK.

Chen Muqiao knew that the Duke of York was the second prince of the current British Emperor, and had been awarded the title of Duke. He was no longer an ordinary babe. In the Qing Dynasty, he was at least a prince who could take care of the emperor's worries and handle errands. .

Prince Yue took the initiative to provide a venue for his third brother's wedding, which was a good thing that night.

He was afraid that the British royal family had too many etiquette, and since he was a foreigner and didn't understand anything, he might break the other party's rules.

However, the old lady of the Chen family was not as hesitant and hesitant as Chen Muqiao, so she finally made a decision and agreed to the Duke of York's invitation.

Chen Muqiao left Chen's house with the royal servant who came to visit his home today and went to Richmond Park to arrange the wedding scene for Chen Muwu. But the old lady of the Chen family also made a mistake that she took for granted, because when Chen Muqiao explained it to her, she compared the Duke of York to a prince of the Qing Dynasty.

Therefore, the old lady of the Chen family naturally imagined that the royal servant who came to deliver the message today was the eunuch beside the prince, and she insisted on giving him something as a reward before leaving.

Fortunately, there was a language barrier between the two parties. One spoke Chinese and the other spoke English, so neither of them knew what the other was saying.

Of course, Chen Muwu did not translate these sentences. He was afraid that this misunderstanding might cause some trouble.

As the wedding date gets closer, the number of guests coming to London to attend Chen Muwu's wedding is also increasing.

Kapitsa, Blackett, Dirac, and their families came to London early, instead of joining the Cavendish Laboratory team, in order to come and help Chen Muwu before he got married.

Following the three of them to London was Rutherford, the director of the laboratory.

Rutherford didn't know how to help with chores. He came here because he had promised Chen Muwu a long time ago that he would be a witness when he got married, so he came to London in advance and went through the process according to the arrangements of the Chen family.

Seeing the old man Chen Muwu again, I felt infinite emotion in my heart: "Dr. Chen, my brain still remembers what you were like when you first arrived at Cambridge University.

"Although your current appearance has not changed in any way, it is still the same as that time. But no one could have imagined that five years have passed by in a flash, and in these almost two thousand days, you have made great achievements in physics, astronomy, What remarkable achievements have been made in sports, mathematics and chemistry.

"Besides the fact that my beard is getting grayer, I seem to be the one who has accomplished nothing. In other words, my only achievement in the past five years is that I invited you to come to the Cavendish Laboratory.

"Alas, it's just that now, it seems that my only achievement is about to leave me."

At the end of his words, Rutherford played the emotional card in a subtle way. He still wanted to fight for it at the end to see if he could keep Chen Muwu.

"Teacher, please rest assured, no matter where I go in the future, you will always be my teacher."

Chen Muwu could only pretend to be confused, and as usual, he confused the meaning of Rutherford's words.

Another group of people came across the ocean from the United States to the UK, this time United Artists staff carrying various video equipment.

Because Chen Muwu provided the script and served as a plot consultant for the film in his own name, the film about aliens directed by Fairbanks became a great success in the United States.

Therefore, United Artists Pictures kept its original promise and sent a film crew to follow Chen Muwu's request to record and film all the major events before and after his wedding.

Little Marcus also came to the UK from Sweden. The gift he brought to Chen Muwu was not sure if it was the most expensive gift among all the guests, but it must have taken up the most space.

Because according to Chen Muwu's previous request, Marcus asked the Volvo car factory to produce a batch of right-hand drive cars that complied with British road driving rules, and then contacted the routes and ships to arrange for the cars to enter the UK. As promised, these right-hand drive Volvo cars were sent to London before Chen Muwu's wedding to serve as wedding cars for Chen Muwu's wedding.

After coming to London in person, he saw someone carrying a video camera to record everyone's busy schedule before the wedding, and found out that they were actually a film crew who came all the way from Hollywood, USA. Only then did Marcus learn about Chen Muwu's move. How wonderful is chess.

With the high influence that his wedding brought in London, England, Volvo, which was just established and has little competitiveness in the European car market, may suddenly enter people's attention.

Also, if this documentary shot by United Artists Pictures is released in the United States in the future, it will also open up the market in the North American continent.

Little Marcus didn't expect that Chen Muwu, the most important event in his life, would be able to help advertise their car.

Marcus, who came to London this time, came not only as a friend of Chen Muwu, but also on his own behalf. Not only did he represent the Wallenberg family behind him, he also represented the Crown Prince of Sweden, Prince Gustaf.

The Crown Prince of Sweden is the heir to the Swedish royal family, and his actions in Sweden are not subject to any restrictions.

But once he left the country and went to other places, it suddenly turned into a diplomatic visit. He represented not only Prince Gustav himself, but also his father, King Gustav of Sweden. Your Majesty the Fifth.

Just for the Duke of York to attend Chen Muwu's wedding in London, security had to be increased and the venue had to be changed. There were so many things to do.

If the Crown Prince of Sweden also comes to the UK to attend the wedding, he will encounter only a few more restrictions than the Duke of York.

Prince Gustav was unwilling to cause trouble to others or himself, so he could only regret missing Chen Muwu's wedding and appointed little Marcus to express his blessings.

As a China expert who has personally visited China, the Crown Prince of Sweden knows a little bit about the etiquette of Chinese weddings.

He knows that if he goes to a Chinese wedding, he must not go empty-handed, and rather than bringing all kinds of flashy gifts, giving money directly is the best option.

The Crown Prince of Sweden asked Marcus Jr. to bring him the wedding gift for Chen Muwu, but he never thought that doing so would also bring some trouble to Marcus.

Because the Swedish Crown Prince asked him to send money, little Marcus also knew about the gift money, which is very important to the Chinese.

So should I give it away too? If so, how much should I give?

It is not appropriate to give too little, and it is not appropriate to give too much.

So after thinking about it, Marcus Jr. decided that his gift was equal to that of the Crown Prince of Sweden, and the two of them each sent Chen Muwu 10,000 Swedish kronor.

This amount of money is equivalent to 2,500 pounds, which can even buy the most expensive Rolls-Royce in the UK.

The two gifts from the Swedish Crown Prince and little Marcus would be worth at least six to seven thousand yuan if placed in China.

For Chen Muwu five years ago, this huge sum of money would definitely make him excited.

But for Chen Muwu, who now has a prosperous family, he just politely expressed his gratitude to Marcus Jr. and promised that he would donate their gift money to the account of Stockholm Prince's College for future funding of the school.

More and more guests are coming to London, and Chen Muwu's wedding is finally about to begin.

(End of this chapter)