Reborn and become a Great Scientist

Chapter 168 Wallenberg and Ericsson

There is a world of difference between the privileged class and ordinary people.

Although Sweden has long implemented a constitutional monarchy system in reality, it will take until the 70s for this political system to be specifically written into the law, after the current Swedish crown prince ascends the throne and dies.

In other words, the current King of Sweden, Gustav V, still holds real political power in his hands.

Gustav V used his power to do the most outrageous thing. Perhaps he threatened the then Swedish Prime Minister Per Albin Hansen during World War II.

If Sweden does not open its own country's railways and allow the German army to cross the border to support its ally Finland to attack Sulian, then the 83-year-old king who supported Germany and the mustache will abdicate before the summer of 1941.

If this was in the United Kingdom, which has already implemented a constitutional monarchy system, then the prime minister would certainly not respond to this unreasonable request made by the king.

Prince Albert, the Duke of York, and his elder brother, Prince Edward, Prince of Wales, who is now the Crown Prince of the United Kingdom, had to abdicate to become the Duke of Windsor because he wanted to marry Mrs. Simpson from the United States after becoming the King of England?
But Prime Minister Hansen could only agree to the request of the old king, and there was nothing he could do about it.

As the son of Gustav V, Prince Gustav Adolf, who was facing Chen Muwu, was on the throne a few years later, and he still had his own rights in his hands just like his father.

That's why the Crown Prince of Sweden spoke with confidence in his conversation with Chen Muwu:
He did intend to build such a school, and he did not intend to spend a penny on it.

Because there was no need for him to pay the money himself, someone rushed to pay for the future King of Sweden.

This made Chen Muwu very jealous.

In order to build the ideal school in his mind, Chen Muwu has been asking around recently, just wanting to know how much it costs to build a building now.

He even wrote a letter to France, asking Cai Yuanpei, the former president of Beijing University, how much he spent to build the Beida Red Building on the beach.

Although Cai Yuanpei didn't understand, Chen Muwu, who had never been in touch with him, suddenly wrote a letter to ask what it meant, but he still gave a very detailed answer.

In 1916, Beida took out a loan of 20 silver dollars, and agreed to repay the loan with interest in 20 years, and repay the principal and interest of 2 yuan a year.

After writing this letter, Cai Yuanpei suddenly thought that the Nobel Prize Chen Muwu won was worth nearly 10 yuan.

Could it be that he wants to donate the money to Beijing University to help them build another teaching building?
Naturally, Chen Muwu wouldn't know about Cai Yuanpei's naive idea, if he knew, he would definitely comment, old sir, you have a pretty good idea.

Even if he wanted to donate to domestic universities, he would definitely not choose Bei University, but his alma mater.

Cai Yuanpei said in the letter that Bei Da spent 20 silver dollars in building the Red House, which should be [-] pounds when converted into pounds.

And this is 1916, the data of nearly ten years ago. The purchasing power of the ocean back then was far stronger than it is now.

So even if a building of the same level as the Red House is built in Beijing now, it will cost more than [-] pounds.

After arriving in Denmark, Chen Muwu asked Bohr again how much he spent to build the Institute of Theoretical Physics in Copenhagen.

Bohr proudly said that he didn't spend a penny, and all the money for the building was provided by the Danish Carlsberg Foundation.

The entire building, including the decoration and experimental instruments inside, cost less than 70 Danish kroner.

As a Nordic currency unit, the Krone is priced similarly between the Danish Krone and the Swedish Krona.

The Nobel Prize in Physics that Chen Muwu received was more than 12 Swedish kronor. If he wants to build a building similar to the Institute of Theoretical Physics in Stockholm, he needs to win at least five more Nobel Prizes.

For such a huge sum of money for him, the Swedish crown prince in front of him only needs to show face, and someone will obediently pay the money for him?
Chen Muwu really wanted to know who was the one who was taken advantage of.

Prince Gustav Adolf didn't hide it either: "Dr. Chen, when do you have time recently, let's meet with this little Mr. Marcus Wallenberg from the Wallenberg family.

"Some time ago, I mentioned to the old Mr. Marcus Wallenberg that I wanted to build a school about oriental civilization. The old Mr. Marcus was also very interested in this matter, so he asked Mr. I introduced his youngest son Marcus Jr. He just joined Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken (SEB) this year and has not been assigned a specific job yet.

"So Mr. Marcus Sr. decided to let Marcus Jr. take charge of the establishment of the school, which can be regarded as an inspection of him.

"You two are young people, it should be very convenient to communicate with each other."

The Crown Prince of Sweden referred to Chen Muwu as a young man, not because he was at the university.

It's because there is indeed a 20-year age gap between the two.

Prince Gustav Adolf, born in 1882, is 42 years old this year.

But he still has to wait another 26 years, after the death of his 92-year-old father Gustav V, before he can become king at the age of 68.

If there is anyone who can relate to someone who became king of England at the age of 74, it must be his great-uncle in Sweden.

Chen Muwu felt that the name Wallenberg seemed familiar.

Fuck, why is this Swedish Crown Prince usually not showing off the mountains and leaking water, and introduced himself to a great big man, or a big family with just one mouth.

On the surface, the whole of Sweden belongs to the King of Sweden.

But in fact, it is not an exaggeration to say that the whole of Sweden belongs to the Wallenberg family.

Today's Wallenberg family's sphere of influence has not yet reached its maximum, and it seems that the one who helped the whole family reach the pinnacle is the little Marcus Wallenberg, whom Prince Gustav Adolf is about to introduce to Chen Muwu.

To the present Chen Muwu, this person is simply a pair of white gloves.

Moreover, the Crown Prince of Sweden said that little Marcus had just joined the family work, and Chen Muwu made friends with him at this time, which can also be said to have met at a young age.

If I can help little Marcus defeat his elder brother Jacob Wallenberg in the family power struggle, then I won't say that I can gain the absolute trust of the head of the family, but at least I can be regarded as a Confidential bosom friend.

Although Chen Muwu is not very proficient in business warfare, he doesn't need to help little Marcus defeat his big brother in business.

He felt that he only needed to use the historical trends he had known in advance, and a large number of patented products that had not yet been invented, so that little Marcus could create a steady stream of wealth for himself and the Wallenberg family, which would be enough for him to compete for successors. Stand out in battle.

Chen Muwu suddenly realized that apart from the eldest son in front of him, the other European royal families and nobles he knew were all the second sons in the family.

Prince Albert, Duke of York is the second child, De Broglie is the second child, and this little Marcus is still the second child.

But it remains to be seen whether a good relationship can be established with this little Marcus.

Even if they can't be close friends, then he, Chen Muwu, has to pluck the feathers, at least get a school out of him first.

Chen Muwu planned to prepare a big gift for this little Marcus before the meeting, as a stepping stone for himself.

"His Royal Highness, you can decide the time yourself. After receiving the Nobel Prize, I am still staying in Sweden. In fact, there are only two things to do.

"One is to tell you about the friendship between friends, and the other is to implement the school matter as soon as possible."

In fact, Chen Muwu only had the second thing on his mind. He and the Crown Prince of Sweden had only met briefly after the Paris Olympics. Perhaps His Royal Highness may have regarded him as a friend because of his great achievements in sports and science.

But Chen Muwu knew that the identities of the two were very different, and there was no friendship between them.

"Okay, Dr. Chen, then I will arrange for someone to contact Mr. Marcus Jr. and make an appointment with him as soon as possible."

The Crown Prince of Sweden moved very quickly, and Marcus Jr. responded quickly.

As a young man who has just entered the core of the family, although he has become an assistant director of SEB Bank, he does not have any practical projects in his hands. Helping the Swedish Crown Prince to build a school should be regarded as the first test given to him by the family.

Little Marcus attaches great importance to this matter, especially after hearing that not only the Crown Prince of Sweden, but also Chen Muwu, a new Nobel Prize winner in physics, wants to participate in this school-running plan, he quickly made an agreement with the two Time to meet the distinguished guests.

Prince Gustav Adolf said it right. Little Marcus, born in 1899, like Chen Muwu, was also a vigorous young man in his early 20s.

Marcus Jr. was more interested in sports than science.

He loves to play tennis. He won the men's singles championship in the Swedish tennis competition. In the future, he also participated in the 1936 Berlin Olympics. However, the event at that time was not tennis, but sailing.

So when they first met, the first words that Marcus and Chen Muwu greeted were completely different from what he had heard in Sweden these days.

He did not congratulate Chen Muwu for winning the Nobel Prize, but mentioned that half a year had passed since the Olympic Games.

"Dr. Chen, it's a pleasure to meet you. Your swimming performance in the Olympics really astonished me. If I have the opportunity, I really want to make gestures with you in the water.

"I also congratulate you on winning this year's Nobel Prize in Physics. I heard from His Royal Highness that Dr. Chen also has a plan to run a school in Stockholm?"

"Mr. Wallenberg, it's also a pleasure to meet you." Seeing the enthusiasm of little Marcus, Chen Muwu felt that it was a trick to gain his trust. "It is true that as His Royal Highness said, I also have plans to run a school in Sweden."

After some politeness, the three of them gradually began to get down to business.

Little Marcus originally thought that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince only wanted to build such a school on a whim.

In his imagination, the scale of this school would not be too large, and the teaching was on the literature and history of oriental culture. It is estimated that not to mention Stockholm, even the whole of Sweden would not be able to recruit double-digit students.

Even if the number of students is estimated at 100, the size of the school is no more than a few classrooms, plus a reading room, and a few teachers hired from the Far East.

Little Marcus thinks that it shouldn't cost a lot of money, and he doesn't even need to build a building. Just one of his family's real estate should be enough.

But he didn't expect that Chen Muwu, who was sitting across from him, would open his mouth like a lion. He not only proposed to buy land to build a building, but also specifically proposed the scale of the school.

In addition to the Chinese culture that His Royal Highness is thinking about, Chen Muwu also proposed that the school should establish a physics major at the beginning, and gradually expand it after its establishment to continue to add other subjects such as chemistry, mathematics, and biology.

In addition, Chen Muwu also said that he hopes to establish a technical school to train a group of skilled workers in addition to professional talents.

He also hopes that after these skilled workers complete their studies, they can enter the factory under the Wallenberg family for internship and work, and accumulate corresponding experience.

Little Marcus felt that Chen Muwu's request was too much. If it was as he said, it would not be a school. It would be to establish a new comprehensive university of arts and sciences like Uppsala University in Stockholm.

This must be a huge expense, many times higher than the cost of the small school he imagined to please the crown prince.

"This... Dr. Chen, your idea is indeed very tempting, but is the scale of this school a little bit bigger? And I feel that your school plan seems to be similar to the Swedish Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm. There are some conflicts. I think, if you want to teach science knowledge locally, I can get in touch with the Royal Institute of Technology, and I think they will be willing to grant you such a great scientist, a tenured professorship."

Chen Muwu knew that it was normal for little Marcus not to believe that his big pie hadn't been given yet.

He didn't hold back at the same time, and complained in his heart, he really didn't like the professorship of this college, if he was made the lifelong principal, maybe he could still consider it.

Before Chen Muwu could speak, the Swedish crown prince, who was at the side, had already opened his mouth to smooth things over for him.

"Mr. Wallenberg, if Dr. Chen only wants to be a professor, then I think the best Cambridge University in the world, as well as those nouveau riche Yankees, will offer him a more attractive job than a professor at the Royal Swedish Institute of Technology." Position."

What His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said was indeed true. Before leaving the UK for Denmark, his teacher Rutherford had already taken out the position of Lucas Mathematics Lecturer that Newton had held to lure him to stay in Cambridge.

Prince Gustav Adolf continued: "And Dr. Chen wanted to establish this school not only to train students from China, but our Swedish students can also enter the school to study.

"I hope you can think about this question: Although we in Sweden have the Nobel Prize created by Mr. To begin with, how many awards has our country won in physics and chemistry?
"Let me tell you the answer to this question directly. In the two disciplines, Swedish scientists have only won the prize once, and the one was ten years ago, and the other was even 20 years ago.

"A country is most famous academically not because of their achievements, but because they created an academic award, which is a very sad thing to say.

"Right now, the whole of Sweden cannot choose a candidate whose achievements in physics are higher than Dr. Chen's.

"Perhaps it shouldn't be Sweden. Looking at the whole world, I think only Dr. Einstein can stand shoulder to shoulder with Dr. Chen..."

Hearing this, Chen Muwu hurriedly stopped the Crown Prince of Sweden. He was afraid that if he continued to blow it, he would surpass Newton.

"His Royal Highness, you are too serious. There are many people in this world who have a much higher status in physics than me. I really can't afford your compliment."

"Dr. Chen, you don't need to be humble, that's how you are in my heart." The Crown Prince of Sweden felt that Chen Muwu blocked him only because of the humble character of the Chinese.

He continued to turn to little Marcus and said: "You may not know much about Eastern culture, so let me tell you a traditional Chinese story.

"A long time ago, there was a king in China who liked riding horses very much, so he asked his ministers to go all over the country to find the fastest BMW horse.

"But three years have passed and still no one has brought back a good horse.

"Later, a courtier asked the king for instructions and asked the king to give him a thousand gold to buy a Chollima.

"The king agreed to his request, but he didn't expect that a few months later, the subject only brought back the bones of a dead horse, and told the king that he spent five hundred gold just to buy these bones.

"The king was very angry, and thought the man was a fool, and gave him a great deal of abuse.

"But the courtier explained to the king that a dead horse cost five hundred gold, and now the whole world thinks that you must really want the horse.

"Sure enough, as the courtier said, within a year, the king got many good horses.

"If building just one school in Stockholm can keep Dr Chen in Sweden, I'd rather build ten of these schools than too many.

"This school not only retains Dr. Chen, but also attracts more and more people like Dr. Chen to Sweden.

"Dr. Chen, isn't my allusion good?"

Looking at the Crown Prince of Sweden, who looked like he was showing off his Chinese culture, Chen Muwu knew that what he told little Marcus was the same story that Guo Kai told King Yanzhao back then.

But why compare yourself to a dead horse?

He was a little dumbfounded, but because the Crown Prince of Sweden was standing in the same ditch as himself, Chen Muwu didn't point out that his allusions were not so appropriate.

"His Royal Highness, you really opened my eyes. I didn't know until now that your understanding of Chinese culture has reached such a high level."

The Crown Prince of Sweden who was flattered was very happy, but when he faced little Marcus again, he still had a serious face:
"If the Wallenbergs don't want to help build the school, then I might consider someone else, like Ivar Krüger from the Swedish Match Company.

"His money can be loaned to the governments of other countries, so I think he should be very willing to help me build this school."

"His Royal Highness, it's not that I'm unwilling to pay the money, it's just that I made a little estimate. If Dr. Chen's plan is to build a comprehensive liberal arts school with a technical school attached, it will be very expensive. Not a small expense.

"I may not be able to make this kind of decision by myself. I should discuss it with my family."

The Crown Prince of Sweden has sung bad faces for so long, so now it's Chen Muwu's turn to sing red faces.

"Mr. Wallenberg, there is no reason in this world that I train students for my own country without paying a penny."

Although the Crown Prince of Sweden had told him long ago that someone was willing to pay the money, Chen Muwu always felt that he was taking advantage of others and taking advantage of others.

And his goal is not limited to being the principal of this school, he must also have the actual control of the school.

"I know that the Wallenberg family is very powerful in Sweden, but to be honest, I always feel that I hit it off with you, I just want to cooperate with you, not the family behind you.

"I also know why the family behind you pushed you out to discuss the establishment of a school with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

"If I'm not mistaken, this is just a test of your ability to work.

"The successful establishment of this school in the end shows that Mr. Wallenberg's ability to work will be affirmed by the family.

"But I think that no matter how well this school is run, it will not be such a surprise to the family behind you.

"After all, to run a school, you only need to invest enough money.

"Do you want to have a more dazzling performance in front of your family?

"Let's put the school affairs aside and talk about other things.

"I have been in Sweden for nearly half a month. In addition to preparing for the Nobel Prize award ceremony, I also learned about some recent business news in your country.

"One of them has attracted my attention very much. I think it is a big deal. If it can be done successfully, not to mention the funds for the establishment of a small school, it will even be used for the entire Wallenberg Family, providing a substantial income that will continue for many years to come.

"I wonder if Mr. Wallenberg is interested in you?"

Chen Muwu threw out his own bait, a gift that little Marcus would not refuse.

He knew that little Marcus had just entered the core of his family and urgently needed to do a few things successfully to prove his ability to his family.

Sure enough, the fish bit the hook, and when little Marcus heard the big cake painted by Chen Muwu, his eyes lit up unconsciously, and he couldn't wait to ask: "Dr. Chen, what is this big deal you're talking about? "

Chen Muwu smiled slightly and leaned back on the chair.

He pointed to a phone in the corner of the room: "Ericsson.

"I heard the name of this company in my hometown, Jiahai, when I was still in China before I came to Europe.

"More than half of the telephone system in Jiahai City is related to Ericsson.

"The business level of this company is indeed good, but I heard that when they acquired telecommunications companies in other countries, they took a little bit bigger steps. And rashly entering the US market, it seems that the current situation is not as expected, which has led to the current situation of the entire Ericsson company In terms of finances, some make ends meet.

"If you can suggest to the family behind you, buy the entire company. I believe that Ericsson will continue to create huge wealth in the future.

"And I also read in the newspaper that the Mr. Kruger mentioned by His Royal Highness just now seems to be also very interested in Ericsson."

(End of this chapter)