Reborn and become a Great Scientist

Chapter 432 171 Shi Ruwei was rejected

Mrs. Xu, who was all limp and lazy from smoking X-rays, was overwhelmed with energy. After her excitement calmed down, Lu Xiaoman finally did not get up from the cigarette couch and packed Xu Zhimo's luggage.

She yawned, heated the pipe in her hand on the lamp, then turned over and continued to be drunk.

However, Xu Zhimo was very active and sent Shi Ruwei away. He immediately returned to his study from the living room and wrote a reply to Chen Muwu.

The content of the letter was simply to thank Chen Muwu for the invitation. When he went to Stockholm in the future, he would do his best and teach well.

After writing it, he deleted, deleted, and revised it, and finally translated the letter into Latin letters. Then he ran to the Great Northern Telegraph Office and sent a telegram to Chen Muwu in England.

Although this kind of telegraph spanning two continents was very expensive, almost every five letters were worth an ocean.

But for those who have lived in Jihai for a long time and traveled between Beijing and Beijing at the same time, they also serve as professors at many domestic universities such as Guanghua University, Soochow University, Daxia University, and Beijing Zhongyang University, and often publish articles and articles in newspapers and magazines. For Xu Zhimo, who has a large amount of royalties for poetry, the money for an occasional telegram should not be a problem.

But he still struggled a lot, fearing that the letter he wrote might not be delivered to Chen Muwu because of the war on the postal road, so he finally decided to send such a telegram.

In fact, it's because the wife I married spends money too lavishly and never knows how to exercise restraint.

The money for daily X-rays is only a small part of the total daily expenses. The real money is spent on personal relationships, attending various high-end salons in high society, and buying clothes specially for attending parties. Traveling expenses.

Mrs. Xu either smokes X-rays at home or goes out to parties and receptions every day. She only spends money but never makes money, so the burden of supporting the family rests entirely on Xu Zhimo.

Later, the part-time professor in Wuhai could no longer meet Xu Zhimo's daily expenses, so he had to go to Beijing, which offered a higher price. Then he caught up with the one that took a plane from Jingjing to Beijing and hit the mountain in Jilun. thing.

The reason why Xu Zhimo agreed to teach at the Prince's College in Stockholm was not, as he had just said to his wife, that being able to get in touch with the European royal family would make their circle more upscale.

In fact, in the handwritten letter he asked Shi Ruwei to send, Chen Muwu offered a price that was much higher than the salary of domestic university professors and even university presidents. This was the most exciting thing for Xu Zhimo.

Xu Zhimo also thought about another thing, that is, when Lu Xiaoman goes to Europe with him, will he be able to stay away from the vanity-loving "high-end circle" of Bitan Beach, spend money without spending too much, and live a comfortable life? Are you stretched too thin?

What he just said to his wife about being able to contact the European royal family and nobles were completely deceptive words that Xu Zhimo thought of.

Only the noble-sounding excuse of nobility and royal family can attract the social-loving Lu Xiaoman to leave the city that never sleeps in Bihai.

Maybe in foreign countries, poisonous and harmful things like X-ray films are not so easy to buy, and it can also help her get rid of her drug addiction, killing two birds with one stone.

Xu Zhimo felt that Chen Muwu's invitation to teach might be able to help him solve a huge problem, so he suddenly felt a little more grateful to Brother Hanchen, who was younger than himself.

After sending the telegram to Chen Muwu, Xu Zhimo's daily activities included two more activities in addition to teaching at several universities in Jihai and Tingjing.

First, after teaching in each school, I always go to their library to borrow some books about traditional Chinese culture.

Whether it was Shi Ruwei's oral report or Chen Muwu's handwritten letter, they only invited him to teach in Sweden, but did not specify what he would teach.

"Eating a person's salary is a matter of loyalty." Xu Zhimo felt that since Chen Muwu had so carefully invited him to teach abroad, he must not be perfunctory.

After arriving abroad, it is not very convenient to look up some Chinese information.

Therefore, you must make full preparations while you are still in the country.

In addition to consulting relevant information in the library, Xu Zhimo also gave lectures about Stockholm Prince's College in every university where he worked, including the university middle school in Sihai where he did not hold a teaching position. .

Combining the advertisements placed by Shi Ruwei and the Swedish Embassy in China in major newspapers, as well as the news he received from Chen Muwu's handwritten letters, he talked about the benefits of Prince's College for those who wanted to continue their studies after graduation but were unable to Poor students who are short of money and cannot afford to study abroad have pointed out a good way out.

With these actions, he seems to be the image spokesperson of Prince's College in China.

Chen Muwu, who was far away in Europe, never dreamed that his own handwritten letter could have such a big effect.

After finishing his classes at school and taking notes on the borrowed materials, Xu Zhimo returned home to enjoy his free time. Unexpectedly, Xu Zhimo started taking his wife, Lu Xiaoman, out to participate in social activities.

You must know that he has always been disgusted with Lu Xiaoman's frequent participation in some parties and salons, thinking that it is a completely useless activity that is a waste of money and time.

What Xu Zhimo took Lu Xiaoman to was not a top hotel in Shanghai, nor was it a private residence of a powerful family.

He became a frequent visitor to the Swedish Embassy in China in Wuhai. Since Chen Muwu gave himself more than a year to prepare, Xu Zhimo felt that it was necessary to learn some Swedish in advance while preparing the teaching content in advance.

Although Xu Zhimo himself can speak English, there is no guarantee that after arriving in Stockholm, the group of people listening to his lectures will understand English.

To be on the safe side, learn Swedish well in advance so that you can at least be prepared.

Thinking that the places he would visit in the future would be the Swedish Royal Palace or the Swedish Crown Prince's official residence, Lu Xiaoman, who was originally not interested in this kind of study that required energy and participation, actually followed her husband and learned a foreign language in a decent manner. .

After Xu Zhimo's telegram from Sihai arrived in Cambridge, Chen Muwu had left the UK for Stockholm.

After he read the telegram forwarded from Cambridge and saw that Xu Zhimo readily agreed to his invitation, Chen Muwu was confident in hiring Sinology teachers from China.

But little did they know that he and Shi Ruwei only tasted the sweetness from Xu Zhimo.

Shi Ruwei felt that since Xu Zhimo, a well-known poet in China, agreed so readily to Chen Muwu's invitation, then the others should be similar.

But in the next few visits, Shi Ruwei was rejected.

After leaving Xu Zhimo's home, he went to No. 49 Jisi Feier Road in the west of Shanghai.

Also living here was Hu Shizhi, a colleague of Xu Zhimo who was a professor at Guanghua University and worked in the editorial department of the "Crescent" poetry magazine. When Chen Mu finished his lectures at Beijing University in 1923 and left China for England, both Xu Zhimo and Hu Shi were still professors at Beijing University.

Unexpectedly, five years have passed, and they have already left Beijing, the most beautiful place, and all reunited in Baihai.

The reason why a large number of professors from Beijing University have left is because, on the one hand, the Ministry of Education of the Beiyang government cannot provide funding for running the school, and on the other hand, it is also because of the Beiyang government’s perverse behavior towards the academic community in the last few years.

The most famous one is the "March 18th" massacre, which not only killed many students in Beijing universities, but also issued wanted orders for more teachers who supported the students.

Jiang Menglin, the president of Beijing University, hid in the Liuguo Hotel in the embassy district for a long time. Lu Xun even left Beijing directly and went to Xiamen University.

After these events, both Xu Zhimo and Hu Shi left Beijing and came to Jihai one after another.

Although when he was at Beijing University, Hu Shi co-founded the "Chinese Studies Quarterly" with others, and going to Stockholm to teach Chinese studies could be considered a part of Chinese studies.

But after listening to Shi Ruwei's description, Hu Shi's attitude was completely different from that of Xu Zhimo who had just been in Siming Village. He was not interested in leaving China for Sweden at all.

After becoming the 1923th among the "Twelve Great Figures in China" selected by Miller's Review at the beginning of , Hu Shi did well in both politics and science.

Especially in 1926, he went abroad again, first to the United Kingdom to discuss matters related to the British Boxer Indemnity, and then to the United States. First, he went to Columbia University to complete the final procedures for his doctorate in philosophy. After returning to China, he was elected to govern the United States. Director of the China Foundation who returned the Geng Geng money.

Hu Shi thought to himself that he would soon be a real doctor from Columbia University, and he was quite prosperous in China.

If he wants to go abroad to teach, he must at least be like Zhao Yuanren and teach at a well-known university in the United States. What kind of backwater is Sweden?

Even though Hu Sheng was very optimistic about Chen Muwu at first, now he is very unfavorable about the university established by the latter in Stockholm.

Therefore, Dr. Hu politely told Shi Ruwei that he would think about it again, and then politely sent the visitor out of his house.

In fact, this is a manifestation of rejecting Chen Muwu's invitation.

Shi Ruwei was also a little confused. When Chen Muwu was mentioned, Hu Shi and Xu Zhimo had smiles in their eyes. Why was the invitation rejected?

Could it be that without Chen Muwu's personal letter, the result would have been different?

Soon, the next person to visit will tell Shi Ruwei that his guess is incorrect.

Even with Chen Muwu's handwritten letter, the person who should refuse will still refuse.

After leaving Hu Shi's home, the next place Shi Ruwei wanted to visit was Jingyunli, Lane 35, Hengbang Road, Baihai.

Here lived Lu Xun, who had just given up his teaching position, left Guangzhou and moved to Wuhai.

Lu Xun agreed very much with Chen Muwu's move to imitate the work-study program in France ten years ago and set up a school in Stockholm to teach Chinese students advanced scientific knowledge.

But for Chen Muwu's invitation to become a teacher in Sweden, Lu Xun just smiled and said sorry to Shi Ruwei.

"I'm going to write a letter to Dr. Chen right now to say sorry for his warm invitation. I really can't leave in Sihai right now. Besides, I'm not a master of Sinology, and I don't have the ability to go abroad to teach foreigners."

Lu Xun was in favor of Chen Muwu teaching science to Chinese students abroad in Stockholm, but that did not mean that he fully agreed with Prince's College.

He was somewhat disgusted with teaching Chinese studies to foreigners.

Fortunately, the Chen family had a good relationship with their Zhou family, and Chen Muwu was sincerely interested in China's education. In addition, Lu Xun was busy with Liang Shiqiu in a newspaper war against the "third type of people" at this time. , that's why he didn't express any unhappiness towards Chen Muwu in his heart to Shi Ruwei.

Also, Lu Xun, who had arrived in Wuhai, had just started living with Xu Guangping.

And even if Xu Guangping hadn't been there, Chen Muwu estimated that he would not have left the country all the way to Stockholm, and that was not the purpose of writing a personal letter to Lu Xun.

In his letter, Chen Muwu focused on the development of Stockholm Prince's College and his prospects for the future.

He also deliberately left a way out in his mind, saying that if Lu Xun met a good Sinology teacher candidate in the future, he could introduce him to Sweden.

These people only need to take Lu Xun's autographed letter to the Swedish Consulate General in China, and there will naturally be people there to arrange matters related to their trip to Stockholm.

Chen Muwu left these words in the letter not out of politeness, but in the hope that this message would have a big effect in the future.

Even though the country has now changed its dynasty and overthrew the reactionary and backward Beiyang government, the Tengjing government that replaced it is still a reactionary and backward regime.

In the future, many of Lu Xun's friends and classmates, including Lu Xun himself, were wanted by the Nationalist government, and even worse, died tragically at the hands of the reactionaries.

Rather than letting these people hide in Tibet and die heroically after being captured, it is better to "keep the green hills there and not be afraid of running out of firewood." It would be best to hide in Stockholm for two years. If not, you can also enter the Swedish Embassy in China. , so that the Nationalist Government cannot rush in to arrest people, otherwise it is very likely to turn into a diplomatic incident if not careful.

Chen Muwu only hoped that Lu Xun could understand his good intentions in writing these words in the letter, and also hoped that these words would be of great use in the future.

Of course, he hoped that these words would be useless, but now it seems that this situation seems unlikely.

Shi Ruwei visited many people on Chen Muwu's list in Wuhai, but in the end, few agreed and many did not.

Disgraced, he had no choice but to leave Jihai and embark on a journey north to Lunjing, Tianyi, Beijing, Fengtian and other places.

(End of this chapter)