Reborn and become a Great Scientist

Chapter 54 03 Headache Papers

The news of Eddington's beating was undoubtedly in the news of the "Daily Telegraph" the next day, and the group of people in Fleet Street were really well-informed.

Of course, it is very likely that the editor who was beaten was a reporter who was hired by himself. He was punched and felt that his only five pounds was too little.

The editor also knew that he was wrong, not to mention that Eddington was still a respected fellow of the Royal Society of Science, so even if he called the police, he would not have an advantage.

So he chose the method of killing two birds with one stone. He could not only get a news fee from reporters, but also use the knives and pens in the hands of these uncrowned kings to tarnish Eddington's reputation.

The vulgar editor and the unscrupulous reporter hit it off. They not only publicized Eddington's arrogance and unreasonableness, but also investigated the reasons behind Eddington's beating.

From the Huns who were defeated by the Han Dynasty to the Turks who were defeated by the Tang Dynasty, these barbarians always went to Europe to find a place for themselves every time they lost a battle with the Chinese.

Coupled with the Mongolian cavalry that pushed across the Danube all the way, the fear of the East in the hearts of Europeans has been passed down from generation to generation.

At the end of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth century, the mighty Boxer Movement was set off on the land of China. The last two words in their slogan "help the Qing Dynasty and destroy the foreign countries" once again awakened the blood of the white people from generation to generation. horror memories.

In 1913, the British writer Saxon Black Dog threw himself into the embrace of mystery novels.

He is very in line with the times, and he named the villain in the work, who is also the biggest highlight in the whole series, Fu Manchu.

Of course, ten years later, the stories in this book will not be so well-known in the UK and in Europe and the United States, and the stories in this book will be known to all women and children, and we will have to wait until the film made by Paramount is released.

The attitude of the general public in the UK towards the Chinese is one of disgust and fear, plus a little curiosity.

Therefore, the reporter made a big fuss about Chen Muwu's Chinese identity, and even wrote a special book about the ins and outs of Chen Muwu's submission of a paper to the "Philosophical Journal".

In fact, the petty bourgeoisie all over the world are the same. No one cares whether light is a wave or a particle. They watch this kind of lace news just to chase a sense of curiosity.

Now, fueled by newspapers and spread by word of mouth, there are urban legends circulating in the streets and alleys of London and even the whole of the UK that a Chinese person disturbed the entire physics world with a single paper.

Before the two dark clouds over the Physics Building had completely dissipated, a new yellow cloud floated in.

Of course, there are also people who can see the essence through the phenomenon, and extract useful information from this lace news.

Zhu Zhaoxin, first secretary and charge d'affaires of the Republic of China Legation in the UK, was sent a copy of the "Daily Telegraph" by the staff of the embassy, ​​which was marked in red pen in the news office where Eddington beat people. a circle.

During the period of the Beiyang government, the officials of the embassies and consulates abroad basically continued the policy of "closing the country" that lasted for hundreds of years in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. There were no major foreign affairs activities to participate in, and they never took a step out of the embassy. They hid in the small building of the embassy and became unified. , regardless of the winter, summer and spring and autumn outside.

They did this because the government of the Republic of China adopted the form of a contract for the funds of these embassies abroad.

After a sum of money is sent at the beginning of the year, it is ignored. After the end of each year, whether there is a surplus or a loss depends entirely on the ability of the minister.

Therefore, everyone in the embassy thinks about how to get more oil and water from the country and students who study abroad and come to the embassy to report every day.

As for visiting public opinion and public opinion abroad, is there any further intelligence work?
They don't even bother to go out to the embassy, ​​so how can they do such thankless work?
Therefore, neither the Wei Chen group, the minister in Germany, nor Zhu Zhaoxin, the charge d'affaires ad hoc of the embassy in the UK, had ever noticed that Chinese papers had been published in the top physics journals of these two countries until they listened to the recent lectures by foreign students at the New Year's dinner. Anecdotes, or lace news in the newspapers, they learned about it belatedly.

When I read in the newspaper that an Englishman had fought another Englishman for the sake of a Chinese, Zhu Zhaoxin was immediately frightened.

He hurriedly asked the staff who brought him the newspaper: "Who is this Chinese? Where is he? How can he provoke two British people to fight? Will it cause surprise to the friendly countries? The British What should I do if I initiate a diplomatic summons on this?"

The staff was full of helplessness, and he regretted sending this newspaper to Charge d'affaires Zhu.

It is obviously a matter of striving for the nation, why did the first thing that came to his mind was the opinion of foreigners?

Although he was very angry, he still replied with a smile on his face: "Sir, please read this news first, basically all problems can be solved."

"Oh... oh... I see..."

Zhu Zhaoxin read the news and made comments at the same time.

After watching the news, he asked again: "Where is this... Chen Muwu?"

"My subordinates are not too clear about this issue. But after seeing the news, my subordinates went to the School of Political Science and Economics on Houghton Street, found an international student Jin Longsun, and asked him about the specific situation.

"He said that there is indeed such a Mr. Chen who published a paper in a top physics journal in the UK, and a laboratory at the University of Cambridge also conducted experiments based on his paper, and the experimental results supported his paper.

"After that, he wanted to drag his subordinates to talk about philosophical issues, and the subordinates quickly slipped back when they found an opportunity."

"So amazing! Hey, I've been in China for so long, and I didn't know there was such a talent in China. Tell me, should we write a telegram to inform the relevant parties about the situation here?"

Zhu Zhaoxin couldn't make up his mind, so he continued to ask the staff for advice.

"The subordinates feel that there is no need to send a separate telegram to the country for this matter. It is only the beginning of the year, and our embassy's funds should be saved. It is better to write it into the weekly report materials and wait until next Monday. Just send it back to the country. In it, please indicate that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs should transfer it to the Ministry of Education and ask them what is going on."

"Okay, do as you say."

Leaving aside the fact that after reading the news in the newspaper, Zhu Zhaoxin sent an official telegram of reports and inquiries to the country.

On the second day after the beating, Eddington, the instigator, was also very distressed.

It wasn't because he worried that the news in the papers would affect his reputation.

There are not so many tabloid reporters and unscrupulous paparazzi these days, and many secrets inside the walls of Buckingham Palace will not be made public, so the royal family is still a high and mysterious existence, and King George V still occupies a lot in the hearts of the British. Big portions.

Correspondingly, as the Royal Society established by the king, its status has also risen.

Coupled with the public's natural admiration for great scientists with rich knowledge, Eddington, a member of the Royal Society, doesn't care what a small report will have on him.

What really gave him a headache was Chen Muwu's second paper on the theory of relativity, which he demanded from the editorial office of the "Philosophical Journal" yesterday.

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