Reborn and become a Great Scientist

Chapter 183 Chapter 131

Zhu Zhaoxin is not interested in any parallel universes or cats mentioned by Chen Muwu in the newspaper.

I am dignified in the Republic of China, and I don't even care about the life and death of people, so what's the fuss about the life and death of a cat!

Didn't it say in the Analects that even after Confucius retired from court, he only asked "Does it hurt people?", not horses.

Chargé d'Affaires is more interested in Chen Muwu's new title.

Gu Weijun, the nominal envoy to the UK, only came to London in a hurry to take office for a few days a few years ago, and then returned to China to participate in politics.

Since then, Zhu Zhaoxin has always been the one with the highest official position in the legation, welcoming and sending batch after batch of international students.

Among these students, although most of them are sensual playboys, there are also those who study hard and study hard.

They have studied in England for several years, and if they can add the title of Docto in front of their surnames, they are already Kuixing's best.

The last time Zhu Zhaoxin met Chen Muwu was when he came to London to apply for a visa before going to Denmark. At that time, he had just been in the UK for a year, and he was already Dao Ketuochen.

The speed at which this study is completed has already surprised the charge d'affaires.

Unexpectedly, less than half a year later, I met Chen Muwu again. He not only won a gold medal of the Nobel Prize in Physics, but also entered the British Royal Society as a fellow.

Now not only can you add Docto in front of your surname, but you can also add FRS.

What a formidable young man!

When Chen Muwu left Marcus the same night and returned to the legation, Zhu Zhaoxin had already prepared a dinner for him.

"Mr. Ding, this junior is really ashamed to receive such a sumptuous meal."

Chen Muwu felt that this time was more luxurious than the previous few times when he came to the embassy to enjoy the autumn breeze.

It seems that Zhu Zhaoxin should have asked the cook at the legation to bring out the best ingredients and the craftsmanship at the bottom of the box.

"Hanchen, you are the pillar of the country, how dare I neglect you!"

After a few polite words at the dinner table, the two of them were basically talking about domestic messes.

The little emperor of the former Qing Dynasty was blasted out of the Forbidden City by the cannon on Jingshan, and Mr. Sun came from the northeast of Guangdong to participate in the aftermath meeting held by Duan Qirui in Beijing.

It is as if the war is over and there is hope for peace.

Chen Muwu smiled, but said nothing.

He could hear Zhu Zhaoxin's implication. It seemed that the charge d'affaires felt that the domestic situation would stabilize soon, so he was thinking of going up a promotion.

He has been acting as Chargé d'Affaires in the UK for more than three years, so it's time for him to give up this unpleasant title and go a step further like Chen Muwu, and wear the hat of a minister, right?
Zhu Zhaoxin's big banquet today probably wants to give himself a few good words to the domestic side, and use it as a bargaining chip for his promotion.

Chen Muwu felt that there should be no problem in doing this favor.

Compared with Chen Lu, the French envoy who was arrogant but respectful, Chen Muwu and Zhu Zhaoxin got along more harmoniously, and he did help him a lot.

It would be a good thing if he could be promoted to minister this time, and he would be able to do his best for the requests he made in the future.

Chen Muwu was afraid that Zhu Zhaoxin would be transferred to other countries after he was promoted to minister.

So he praised Zhu Zhaoxin together in the commendation letter he "spontaneously" wrote to the domestic Ministry of Foreign Affairs at the dinner table that night, saying that Zhu Zhaoxin took good care of himself and Chinese students in the UK, and got along well with the British upper class. Harmony, I hope he can continue to stay here to serve his compatriots.

I don't know what effect my letter will have after I send it out. Anyway, Charge d'affaires Zhu smiled at him, thank you very much.

After the dinner, the staff of the legation sent Chen Muwu another invitation letter from Doyle.

It said that Chen Muwu was invited to attend the meeting of the Ghost Club two days later, and a vehicle would pick him up in front of the embassy in advance.

Even the location was not written on the invitation letter, and he was picked up in this ancient form. This club is really as mysterious as its name.

Sitting in the carriage, Chen Muwu thought to himself.

He was bored now, and sitting opposite him was an expressionless Englishman who looked like a well-trained butler under the command of some great nobleman.

Chen Muwu had no desire to talk to him, so he could only close his eyes and listen to the sound of horseshoes coming from under the car.

I don't know how long it took before the carriage finally stopped.

There is an old and magnificent building beside the road. Judging from the intensity of the lights, this place should be a suburb of London, but I don't know the exact location.

The butler opened the car door and guided Chen Muwu out of the car and into the building.

The magnificent hall was brightly lit, with a long strip table in the center, and the guests sat on both sides.

Chen Muwu thought that the lecture Doyle was talking about would be held in a classroom or lecture hall with a podium and a blackboard, but he didn't expect that the location would be this kind of restaurant.

He now felt that it was inappropriate for him to appear on this occasion in a suit that he thought was formal enough, because everyone present except him was wearing a tuxedo that was more formal than a suit.

He only wore the tuxedo once, and it was the time when he received the Nobel Prize in Stockholm last winter.

That dress was made in Denmark by the best local tailor in Copenhagen under the leadership of Bohr.

Then Chen Muwu was ridiculed by De Broglie from France.

On the surface, he laughed at the poor craftsmanship of the Nordic tailors, but in fact he satirized Bohr, who was also a Dane, because the Viking blood flowing from his body was not enough for Europa orthodoxy.

However, as a guest invited by a lot of money today, Chen Muwu was not ridiculed or despised by the ghost club members present.

After all, they are used to American upstarts like him who don't know much about etiquette. Although he is rich, he is always less authentic than the old London at the foot of the emperor.

"Dr. Chen, you are finally here."

Doyle, who had invited Chen Muwu to the party before, stood up to say hello, and warmly introduced to everyone present: "I have always believed that China is a country rich in geniuses. When I was studying at the University of Edinburgh, there were There is a genius named Gu..."

The genius with the surname Gu in Doyle's mouth should be Gu Hongming, who just followed Cai Yuanpei's resignation before Chen Muwu went to Bei University to give lectures the year before last. He is also a graduate of the University of Edinburgh.

He didn't expect that there was such a connection between the two people who were not related to each other.

Doyle continued: "Recently, I have met a new Chinese genius, Dr. Chen from the University of Cambridge. He is the proposer of the parallel universe theory I introduced not long ago, and he is also the Nobel Prize in Physics that you have long known. Award winner, an Olympic champion swimmer, a Fellow of the Royal Society, an accomplished astronomer..."

Doyle's sudden praise made Chen Muwu, who was getting thicker and thicker, couldn't help but feel a little shy.

But what he said was all the truth, and the titles he gave himself were considered genuine. At least what he said would allow an old man in the wilderness to open the door for him for a night, and he would not be like the "host, writer" , folk singers, bartenders, oil painters, cobblers, silversmiths, tambourine artists, old backpackers, investment consultants, French knights, and Zen disciples" were also rejected.

After the introduction, Doyle did not intend to let Chen Muwu take a seat, but introduced to him one by one the other people who attended the party today.

He first introduced an old man with white hair: "This is William Butler Yeats, he is the other Nobel Prize winner besides you..."

If you have never eaten pork, you have always seen pigs run away, and if you have never read "When You Are Old", you have always heard Shuimunianhua's "I Have You in My Life".

What's more, Chen Muwu really read the song "When You Are Old" during the years when he was a literary youth.

Unexpectedly, he was also a member of the ghost club.

"Mr. Yeats, hello, it's an honor to meet you..."

Chen Muwu hurriedly shook hands with this great poet, planning in his mind that after the end of the night, Gao and Low would also take a photo with him and get some autographs.

Doyle introduced another middle-aged man to Chen Muwu: "This is a professor of zoology at King's College London, Julian Huxley..."

"Dr. Chen, hello, I heard His Royal Highness the Duke of York mention your name. Every time in private gatherings, he always shows off to us Oxford graduates. all-rounder."

Just as he didn't know that Doyle and Gu Hongming had an intersection, he also didn't know that the second prince had a relationship with Huxley.

And it sounds like, if you can often attend private parties, then the relationship is not bad, right?

After more than ten years, at least he can be a dragon.

But Huxley?

This surname sounds familiar.

It seems that the original author of Yan Fu's original translation of "Tianyanlun" also had the surname Huxley?
"Hello, Professor Huxley, I don't know what is the relationship between you and another Mr. Huxley?"

"Dr. Chen, he is my grandfather."

"I am very honored to be acquainted with Huxley's descendants. Lingzu's book on evolution was once all the rage in our country and promoted the development of a reform movement."

What Chen Muwu didn't know was that the Julian Huxley in front of him had a younger brother, Aldous Huxley.

In foreign countries, Julian may be more famous, but in China, the most famous of the two brothers is undoubtedly the younger brother, Aldous, who wrote "Brave New World".

If Chen Muwu knew that he still had such a younger brother who was a writer, then he would make Aldous sign a contract with Penguin Publishing House and become one of its cash cows.

"This is Sir Hugh Caswall Dowding. He is a Brigadier General of the Royal Air Force and is now the Chief of Staff of the Inland Headquarters."

All right, all the soldiers are here.

The brigadier general of the Royal Air Force also came to engage in feudal superstition. Shouldn't he be taught what boxing and red light are called?
If the British soldiers also learned how to draw amulets and chant spells, please go to God and teach their allies the French.

Lord Protector Cromwell, who descended to earth, and French Emperor Napoleon, who descended to earth together, led the army to fight together. Would there be no Dunkirk retreat?
Just thinking about that picture is Coke!

"Hello," when the two shook hands, Dowding said a very bad Cantonese, "Dr. Chen, when I first joined the army 20 years ago, I served in the Royal Artillery Corps in Hong Kong. Transferred to the Air Force much later."

When Chen Muwu saw a car of this era for the first time, he was taken aback.

In his stereotype, the cars of the Republic of China should all be like Steepunk in "Latent".

Unexpectedly, most of the cars running on the street are open tops, and the few closed cars are also boxy.

It was 1924, and Kapitsa still bought a convertible.

Even cars don't understand, and Chen Muwu doesn't even know what airplanes look like in this day and age.

Before De Broglie asked him to fly back to London from Paris, he was rejected by Chen Muwu. He was afraid that the plane would malfunction and crash, and he would fall into the English Channel and be buried in the belly of a fish.

An old French comedy movie "The King of Kings" in my memory, in which there was an air battle during World War II.

Back then, they were all open-top biplanes, and they were flying around at low altitudes.

An open-top airplane is much more exciting than an open-top car. Wearing a windbreaker and goggles, listening to the wind whistling past his ears at an altitude of hundreds of kilometers, he dared not take the risk.

I don't know how the aircraft has developed in the years since the end of World War I. Is it still open or has the cockpit closed?

Speaking of the closed cockpit, Chen Muwu was suddenly curious, wondering if the Air Force Brigadier General in front of him could talk to the aircraft manufacturer and the Air Force procurement department.

He thought of a very suitable arms business. If he could successfully match the bridge, the shortfall of 1 pounds for building the school would not be a problem.

Before the lecture started, Chen Muwu was already talking about business.

"General Dowding, it's an honor to meet you too."

The word honor, he didn't know how many times he said it tonight.

Chen Muwu also didn't expect that the ghost club that Doyle brought him was either rich or expensive, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.

"I don't know if you can introduce me to the procurement department of the military. I have a new type of material. Maybe they should be very interested."

"Dr. Chen, can you tell me specifically what your material is?"

"This is a material similar to glass, its transparency is comparable to glass, and it is also colorless and odorless.

"However, compared with glass, this new material has strong impact resistance, and even if it is subjected to extreme impact, it will not break, only cracks will appear.

"I think if there were such materials, maybe the first shot in the European war a few years ago would not have been fired from the Balkans.

"This material also has good weather resistance, even if it is exposed to sunlight and climate change for a long time, it will basically not fade and age.

"Plus, it's only about half as dense as glass, so it's lighter.

"And the key is that it is easy to process, as long as it is heated to a certain temperature, it can easily make various shapes.

"If this material is used in an aircraft to replace those thick and fragile glass, it may be easy to seal the driver's cockpit."

(End of this chapter)