Shulman frowned and asked Hu Shi his question: "Professor Hu, I want to invite this Chen Muwu to study in the United States. What do you think?"
After seeing the communiqué sent by Ke Yinhan and the praise of Einstein reported in the Haihai Times, Shulman had already developed a love for Chen Muwu.
Today, when I heard Hu Shi say that this person was a graduate of Wuhan University, Schulman had another wave of favorable impressions of him in his heart.
From Rou Keyi, Ming Enpu to Shulman, these Americans, under the policy of "open door and equal interests", accelerated their plunder of China's wealth and resources, but they also did not forget to adhere to their consistent plan of cultural colonization.
That’s why the Boxer Indemnity Study Abroad Program and the Tsinghua Academy will collect batch after batch of outstanding young people and send them to study in the United States. They hope to brainwash them with American values through education, and they will always be able to In the future, we will cultivate several outstanding agents for our country, and Dr. Hu should be considered one of the representatives.
Of course, all those who passed the exam were grateful, and no one could realize the wolfish ambitions of the United States.
Whether as an American diplomat or as the former president of Cornell University, Shulman had the intention to recruit Chen Muwu to Cornell.
Firstly, I want to bring "all the heroes in the world into my care". Secondly, I also consider that if Chen Muwu can really make a breakthrough in the physics world in the future, it will be a big deal for Cornell and even the American physics community. A pleasant thing to do to boost your reputation.
"Mr. Minister, didn't your country return part of the Boxer Indemnity as a fund for my students to study abroad? It was because of this money that I was able to get a PhD. I think I can send him a letter to invite him Come to Beijing to take the study abroad exam in the summer."
"Those who know me say that I am worried, and those who don't know me say that what do I want?" Apparently Hu Shi also regarded being able to take the Boxer Indemnity Examination as a kind of American grace, and did not understand at all the feelings of his old principal. What exactly is thought.
"Will he really come to take this exam? Since Mao Zedong, there have been several places for graduates of Lushan Industrial Vocational School to enter Cornell every year. Talents like Chen, if they really think about Cornell If Chen continues his studies, there should be no reason and there is no reason why he would not be able to get this place. So why did Chen choose to work instead of studying abroad? Does he look down on Cornell University? Or does he look down on American education?"
From Planck to Rutherford to today's Schulmann, it has been proven over and over again that self-diversion is the most deadly.
Why did Chen Muwu not go to Cornell? How could there be so many twists and turns?
It's just because Mother Chen misses her son so much and doesn't want her beloved son to travel so far across mountains and rivers.
The worried Schulman continued to seek Hu Shi's opinion: "How about I write an invitation letter, or simply go to Sihai in person?"
Hu Shi was barely a bystander. He noticed that his old principal was concerned and confused, so he tried to persuade him: "Mr. Minister, are you going too far? Besides, we only read about it in the newspaper. News, I don’t know whether this Chen Muwu has any real talent or knowledge, and we have no way of knowing what he and Einstein talked about.”
"How about this," Hu Shi proposed a solution. "I will first invite Chen Muwu to give a lecture in the name of Beida University. If he is really talented and knowledgeable, it will not be too late for you, Mr. Minister, to come forward at that time. "
"Is this possible?" Schulman was doubtful.
"I don't think there is any problem. The theory of relativity is very popular in Beida University now. It is a pity for professors and classmates that Einstein does not come to give lectures. President Cai needs such a person to stand up and boost morale the most."
"Well, let's try your method. Our embassy can provide the payment for the lectures and the necessary funds. What do you think of the price of one thousand silver dollars for two weeks?"
Hu Shi did not expect that Shulman would be so generous. You should know that the price was the same as what the frugal Beida paid Einstein for the first time.
How can a young Chinese guy have the nerve to be on an equal footing with great foreign scientists?
Hu Shi made his own decision and directly lowered Chen Muwu's worth: "Mr. Minister, I don't think he can use so much money. After all, he is just a college student who has just graduated. I think even if it is reduced by half, it is still a large amount of money, which is very important to him." It’s attractive.”
"Well, everything is up to you. I'm going to trouble you a lot this time, Professor Hu."
"It takes a little effort, but it doesn't matter."
Hu Shi, who felt that he had saved the Americans a lot of money, respectfully left the embassy in Dongjiaominxiang.
After returning to Beida, as Hu Shi expected, Cai Yuanpei readily agreed to his proposal.
The invitation started two years ago, and the preparations were done for half a year, but Einstein inexplicably let him go. Now Cai Yuanpei is very angry.
It would be a big mistake to infer that Cai Yuanpei is a gentle and modest gentleman based on the photos taken when he was the president of Bei University wearing a robe and mandarin jacket and small round glasses.
Cai Yuanpei was a radical and passionate young man when he was young. As a Hanlin in the former Qing Dynasty, he actually personally planned the feat of making a bomb to assassinate the Empress Dowager Cixi.
Although twenty or thirty years have passed in a flash, he is still there in iron armor, and the young man's blood has not yet run cold.
After hearing Hu Shi say that there was a Chinese in Sihai who could talk to Einstein and was praised by him for his level of relativity, Cai Yuanpei's spirit, which had been sluggish for a few days, suddenly perked up.
Yesterday, he also wrote in the school newspaper, "I hope that within one or two years, the contribution of Chinese scholars to this important theory will attract the attention of world-famous scholars." Such pessimistic remarks did not expect that today his dream would come true. ?
Instead of steaming steamed buns, Cai Yuanpei felt that he must invite this gentleman named Chen Muwu to give a lecture at Bei University, so that everyone can see that we Chinese can also understand the principles of relativity!
According to Cai Yuanpei's wishes, he wanted to send a telegram in the name of Bei University to invite Chen Muwu to go north.
But Hu Shi said that in order to show his sincerity, he planned to write a personal letter to invite.
Cai Yuanpei was also happy to see that Hu Shi was so concerned about this matter, because in addition to Einstein's refusal to give lectures, he was also recently under the pressure of the "Luo Wen case" and was in the middle of a bitter war with Education Director Peng Yunyi. It's really hard to do anything.
So Cai Yuanpei entrusted Hu Shi with full responsibility for inviting Chen Muwu, which led to the scene where Chen Muwu received Hu Shi's personal letter.
Chen Muwu didn't know the ins and outs behind it. When he saw Hu Shi's name at the end of the letter, he was really a monk who was only two feet tall, and he couldn't figure it out.
Now the pressure is on his side.
Going to school in the north, should you go or not?
