Not long after, another person who he had met before came to Li Yu: Katz from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
"It's great that you are in Germany, otherwise I would have to go to Beijing to find you." Katz said.
"Why are you so anxious to find me?" Li Yu asked. Katz said: "There is good news for Mr. Academician! After internal discussions and the king's proposal, the Academy of Sciences has decided to nominate you as a candidate for the next Nobel Prize in Physics."
"Aren't you not responsible for East Asia's affairs?" Li Yu asked.
"The person who was originally responsible for East Asian affairs was also part-time. Because, ahem, there really aren't many scientific developments worthy of attention in East Asia," Katz immediately continued,
"But academician you are different. With your achievements, the Academy of Sciences has decided to nominate!" Li Yu knew in his heart that there was widespread arrogance in Europe at this time, especially in science and technology. No one was convinced, not even the United States. In eyes.
Of course, the United States at the beginning of the twentieth century was indeed not very strong. Li Yu asked again: "What is the reason for the nomination?" Katz said: "It is because of your brilliant achievements in thermodynamics, your pioneering development of the law of entropy increase in the second law of thermodynamics, and the more critical proposal of the third law of thermodynamics. ." Li Yu could roughly guess that it was because of this, but it was indeed worthy of the Nobel Prize.
As for the blackbody radiation formula, there is still some controversy after all. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences may not have fully understood it yet, so naturally it will not nominate quantum mechanics.
Although the Literature Prize and the Peace Prize have been highly controversial many times in history, these two are not administered by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
The Academy of Sciences is quite cautious when it comes to physics and chemistry, which are its main fields. Awards are given in areas where they are relatively confident.
For a long time after that, there was no award for the theory of relativity that everyone is familiar with. When Einstein won the Nobel Prize for the photoelectric effect, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences even emphatically stated: the reason for awarding the award was not because of the theory of relativity!
Because the theory of relativity did not have enough experimental support at that time, and Einstein gave too many conclusions, it was impossible to award the entire special theory of relativity or general relativity.
When Wien won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1911, the Nobel Prize jury stated that he proposed Wien's formula because of his contribution to thermodynamics.
Even if it was wrong... that is to say, up until that time, the Nobel Prize Committee was still somewhat unable to accept quantum mechanics.
Fortunately, Li Yu has finally given the correct derivation of Planck's formula, and he must be able to do so a little earlier.
But in any case, we have to wait for the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to completely figure it out. At this time, Li Yu because
"Classical Physics" has been nominated for the Nobel Prize, which is of course a good thing. Being too advanced will always be too unrealistic.
And with his status in the world of classical physics, there will be many invisible benefits for him to continue to develop quantum mechanics in the future.
Katz took out a letter from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and handed it to Li Yu: "This is an official letter." Li Yu took it: "Thank you." Katz smiled and said: "If Mr. Academician can win the Nobel Prize in Physics, Then he is really an authority in mathematics and physics!" Li Yu said: "Now it is just a nomination." Katz said: "Mr. Academician has great hopes. We discussed internally whether to nominate you earlier because of your nomination. It's almost certain." Li Yu understood that it was because he was Chinese and came from the backward Qing Dynasty that the jury had concerns.
In the current eyes of most people, people with such high scientific achievements should have received many years of education in Europe, and will also become nationals of a European country.
——But Li Yu obviously had no such idea. This made the jury hesitate for a while. It's just that Li Yu's name is too big now. If Li Yu is not nominated, the Nobel Prize jury feels that it will lose its authority.
Katz sighed with emotion: "I'm really envious, you are so young!" Li Yu said: "There is still a long way to go in the future." Katz asked: "Will academicians have more scientific achievements in the future?" Li Yu laughed. He said: "We'll wait and see." The nomination brought this time is for next year's Nobel Prize, which means that the award will not be awarded for at least another year.
But many institutions already want to award Li Yu a separate award. But what Li Yu least expected was that the first thing that came to him was the literary award... The French Academy wanted to award Li Yu a literary medal for the "Star Wars" series.
After learning the inside information, Hachette Publishing House, France's largest publishing group, immediately sent people to find Li Yu.
Hachette Press has a huge influence on the French publishing industry and has very strong publishing capabilities. They have long recognized the best-selling power of the Star Wars series, and do not want American publishing houses to interfere too much with their business in Europe. They must at least compete with them.
It happened that Li Yu himself arrived in Europe, and he immediately sent the company's representative, Xiao Louis, to come to Li Yu for negotiation. The founder of Hachette Publishing House was Louis Hachette, and this little Louis was the second generation head of the publishing house, which is enough to show the importance he attached to Li Yu.
Little Louis is a businessman with very good ears and eyes. He quickly found Li Yu's residence in Berlin. After introducing each other, little Louis said: "Mr.'s "Star Wars" has won the medal of the French Academy of Letters. I will use this to promote Li Yu's work in France." And the distribution in Europe will be smoother. Moreover, we have local conveniences that American publishing houses do not have, and the future operations will be better." Li Yu had just learned about winning the literary award, which was more important to him than winning the Nobel Prize. But there were more surprises. He asked in surprise: "Why haven't I heard?" Little Louis smiled and said: "The letter from the French Academy of Literature is on the way. You should receive it tomorrow or the day after tomorrow." Li Yu said: "Then you are in advance Do you know?" Little Louis was quite honest and said: "When doing business, it is always beneficial to know some information in advance." Li Yu asked again: "Then what convenience do you mean?" When it came to his professional field, Little Louis immediately talked about the problem: "If it is printed in the United States, there will be no price advantage, and secondly, it will not be able to better design covers and illustrations that attract Europeans. More importantly, they are far away in America and are not very timely. . And we have the largest printing plant in France, which can guarantee that the market will not be out of stock. And you have to believe that our translation ability is better than that of Americans. They don’t understand what literature is!” The French are still quite good in these aspects. Conceited.
Li Yu said: "There is already a translation in French, right?" Yudeling had already given the French version. Little Louis said: "We want to add more illustrations, because Mr.'s works involve a lot of novel science fiction content. If you want a larger group to easily understand it, it is necessary to include pictures and texts, which requires some adjustments. And we have a lot of new ideas about Spain." His translation skills in English, Russian, German and Italian are equally outstanding, far superior to those of Americans." Li Yu felt happy because the little Louis in front of him really didn't take the United States seriously.
However, it is indeed beneficial to let Europe's own publishing house publish it, so Li Yu said: "Okay, I accept your proposal." Little Louis said: "You will definitely be satisfied with our operation! A good cover and more illustrations can Let the sales of science fiction works increase by more than one level, and the profits will also be greater." Let them handle such professional matters. Li Yu said: "Let's sign the contract." Little Louis quickly took out the prepared Contract: "I have already written it, please sign it." Li Yu picked up the pen and suddenly thought: "Is the medal of the Academy of Arts awarded to me alone or does it include Miss Bicheng?"
"Oh?" Little Louis said in surprise,
"I always thought that Bicheng was also a male. So, 'Lv Bicheng' is the name of a Chinese female author?" Li Yu said: "That's right, and the Star Wars series would not be so vivid in terms of language without her polish." Little Louis said excitedly: "Great! It can definitely be used as a big selling point! I have already thought of a better cover design in my mind, which must highlight the mysterious oriental woman behind the great scientist and science fiction writer. Oh my god, it is so eye-catching! "Li Yu said: "Anything is possible in business, where is the medal?" Little Louis said: "Actually, according to the information I got, Ms. Bicheng is a medalist, but if the Academy of Literature knows that she is a woman, I am afraid that It will only be awarded to you." Li Yu said: "If this is the case, I cannot accept this medal." Little Louis was embarrassed: "I can't influence the decision of the French Academy of Literature, and it's not a big deal, as long as you..." Li Yu said: "It's not a trivial matter. I emphasize once again that if it is only awarded to me, I will definitely not accept it!" Little Louis spread his hands: "I can't do anything about this. You can only discuss it with the School of Literature in person, but I think it's better not to disobey. It's their decision." Li Yu knew that there was no need to continue discussing the liberal arts college with him, so he signed the business contract first.
Lu Bicheng heard their conversation. After little Louis left, he came over with a cup of black tea and said to Li Yu: "If you can't win the award because of me, I will feel uneasy." Li Yu smiled and said: "A medal from the Academy of Literature That's it, it's nothing. But if they give up the award because of you, I will definitely not accept such an insult." Lu Bicheng asked: "At most, it is an insult to me, what are you so worried about?" Li Yu said: "Definitely not, because... ...Because..." Lu Bicheng blinked and asked: "Because of what?" Li Yu immediately replied: "Because you are very important!" Lu Bicheng's ears turned red: "Why am I important? You...you drink this first A cup of tea." Li Yu said: "Of course you are important. Without you, this science fiction would never be completed." Lu Bicheng's hand shook and she almost dropped the teacup she was holding, but the hot water still spilled on her hand, which hurt her.
"Hey, you" said. Li Yu quickly took the tea cup and asked with concern: "Are you okay?" Lu Bicheng waved his hand: "It's not important!" After that, he went back to the room alone.
Li Yu froze on the spot, took a sip of tea, and murmured: "Tsk, tsk, women are so fickle and unpredictable."
"Ah, it's a bit hot!"
