After returning from London to apply for a visa, Chen Muwu returned to the laboratory and continued to invest in electron diffraction experiments.
Although two photos a day is not very efficient, as the operation becomes more and more proficient, the experiment will gradually get better.
Chen Muwu also followed the teachings of his teacher Rutherford and took the time to write an express report recording the preliminary results of the experiment and sent it to the editorial department of Nature.
In the next ten days, he and de Broglie changed four materials: gold foil, aluminum foil, platinum foil and celluloid sheets, changed the accelerating voltage, and conducted comparative experiments on electrons of different wavelengths.
After sorting and calculating the experimental results, we obtained the relative ratio between the lattice lengths of various diffraction materials and the lengths measured by X-rays. The error between the two is no more than one percent. This result is enough to show that electrons are indeed a Wave.
The experiment came to an end. As usual, after writing the paper, Chen Muwu still sent it to the Journal of Natural Sciences.
De Broglie also took matters into his own hands, wrote a French version of the paper, and submitted it to relevant magazines of the French Academy of Sciences.
During the experiment, de Broglie also received a reply from his teacher Langevin, agreeing to take him with him to attend the Solvay Conference.
Therefore, after the experiment was completed, de Broglie did not immediately leave Cambridge and return to Paris. Instead, he stayed in the UK and planned to go to Belgium with everyone in the Cavendish Laboratory after a while.
As for the vacuum pump that had completed its mission, he also donated it to the Cavendish Laboratory.
Unlike De Broglie, who had nothing to do in the past few days before departure, he went to London to watch Bernard Shaw's new play "Joan of Arc", but here Chen Muwu was able to ignore every obstacle.
Because this experiment was completed by Chen Muwu and de Broglie, he had no reason to only sign his name on the paper. His plan to use it as a graduation thesis was also scrapped, and he had to start over and find a new one. direction.
Fortunately, at this time, Stoner sent a life-saving straw.
After finishing the electron diffraction experiment, Chen Muwu joined Stoner's group next door, thinking about writing a new paper on the exclusion principle as soon as possible, treating this theoretical paper as his graduation thesis.
In addition, several trivial things happened in his life.
First, as the weather got warmer, Best's side of the swimming club began recovery training in the Cam River in order to prepare for this year's Cambridge-Oxford Joint Games.
Chen Muwu also tried the water a few times. Although he had not been in the water all winter, his body functions were still there and his speed was basically the same as last year.
Last year, a fast-swimming New Zealander came out of Oxford University and almost swept the entire swimming competition, causing Cambridge University to lose face.
After working hard for a whole year, and with Chen Muwu as a strong player, Best is determined to win this year, and he must let Oxford University also experience the pain of being dominated.
But now there is an embarrassing thing that makes the club president a little worried, that is, Chen Muwu said that he will go to Belgium to attend a physics conference in late April, and he doesn’t know if he will be able to come back before the sports meeting. , making him feel proud for once.
There is another thing. After holding the manuscript and discussing the plot direction with Chen Muwu several times, Ye Gongchao finally finished writing the book "Murder on the Paris Express".
The plot and psychological description of this edition are very good. After reading it, Chen Muwu felt that this masterpiece, which was published a few years in advance, would definitely be able to crush all the detectives currently on the market, including the Fu Manchu series.
He advised Ye Gongchao to find a publishing house as soon as possible to publish this book and be prepared to make a lot of money.
But a few days later, Ye Gongchao came to see Chen Muwu with the manuscript, but he looked depressed.
When he was studying at Amherst College in Massachusetts, he published a collection of English poems under the guidance of school professor Robert Frost.
Ye Gongchao originally thought that since he had publishing experience and the book was brilliantly written, publishing it in the UK would not be a problem.
So he excitedly went to London with the manuscript and visited every large publishing house. However, due to nationality reasons, basically no one was willing to publish this book for him, and many people did not even read the manuscript.
Even if one or two small publishing houses agree to publish, these unscrupulous businessmen will all reduce the royalties to an extremely low price.
Ye Gongchao, who was running into obstacles everywhere, could not make up his mind. In addition, he was about to graduate and had a lot of things to deal with, so he had to return to Cambridge first and bring the manuscript to Chen Muwu to discuss how to do this.
Chen Muwu remembered that he still had a group of rich and powerful brothers in Cambridge, the same group of people from the Apostolic Society.
So he took the manuscript from Ye Gongchao and took it with him to the regular gathering of members of the Apostolic Society on a Saturday.
When they first heard Chen Muwu say that he had written a detective book, everyone felt incredible and thought that the Chinese genius had made a joke on them.
Isn't he a physicist? Why did he suddenly go to write it?
Chen Muwu didn't waste any time and directly found a club member who liked to write poems and recite in public. He gave him the manuscript and asked him to read the first few paragraphs on his behalf.
At first, everyone didn't take it seriously, but gradually, the venue began to become quiet.
By the time the great poet had read for more than an hour, his mouth was dry, his throat was hoarse, and he was about to take a short rest. Everyone was completely attracted by the story.
"Then what?"
"Don't stop, keep going!"
Some people also began to discuss who was the murderer, and even started a debate in the venue over this topic.
Of course Chen Muwu didn't want them to hear the whole story before discussing publication.
He directly signaled the poet to take a break, and then said to the audience: "Actually, I have my own selfish motives for writing this article, that is, I can't stand Saxon Romer and his Fu Manchu, and I plan to write about it too. A detective, fight with him in the ring.
"You have already heard part of the story just now. I am not bragging. I believe you all already understand the level of this book..."
"Chen, it is indeed a good book! The plot development, conflicts and appeal to readers are all top-notch! As for the Fu Manchu you mentioned, I have also read one before, and whatever is in that book Whether it’s the characterization or the storyline, it’s incomparable to your book!”
The person who said this was George Rylands, a literature student at King's College and a well-known emerging director in the Cambridge University Drama Society.
He knew very well whether a story was good or bad, so after his comments, all the apostles present also nodded in agreement.
"But," Chen Muwu Tu said, "I took this book to several major publishing houses in London, but no matter which one it was, because of my skin color, they didn't even read the content of the manuscript. I was told directly that they had no intention of publishing the book.
"This is why I came to this gathering today with my book manuscript. I want everyone to brainstorm and share their views on this matter and whether there are any good ideas to solve the problem."
He didn't directly ask you who had connections who could help me publish this book, but chose to make indirect suggestions.
After hearing Chen Muwu's request, the apostles began brainstorming.
Some people asked Chen Muwu to give him the manuscript and let him, an Englishman, come forward to talk to the publishers in London.
This should be regarded as a last resort, and Chen Muwu did not express his position.
Some people also say that if their family can establish a relationship with a certain publishing house, they can go home and ask their family members to help publish the book.
Chen Muwu took note of the person who said this and planned to have a private chat with him after the party.
But at this time, someone came up with another opinion.
"Those publishing houses are very aggressive in keeping the price low, and then they set the price of the book very expensively. In addition, due to the content, the story may not be vigorously promoted, so it is not necessarily possible that Chen's book will be sold. Sell a good volume.
"I do have an idea. Why don't we come forward and set up a publishing house ourselves? With Chen and several other writers here providing works, we might be able to become an instant hit!"
Founding a publishing house may sound like a fantasy to others.
But in the eyes of the members of the Apostolic Society present, it seems to be a trivial matter.
And this matter quickly attracted everyone's interest, because these young men in the Apostolic Society have always been labeled as relying on their families. They also want to prove their strength in person, and then this publication The idea of the company was delivered to the door.
After spending time with them for a long time, Chen Muwu also began to have their aristocratic thinking.
He was not thinking about how complicated it was to establish a publishing house, but he had already begun to think about the operating model of the publishing house after its establishment.
Chen Muwu thought of the famous Penguin Publishing House in the future, and naturally he also thought of how this publishing house had gained a foothold in the UK.
That is to publish paperback books that are cheap, of good quality and easy to carry, using a small profit but quick turnover model, so that the price of a book is the same as that of a pack of cigarettes. Naturally, the hardcover books that are still serving the upper class can be In the book market dominated by books, we can grab a piece of meat by opening up the mass reading market.
The business idea he put forward, which was more than ten years ahead of its time, quickly gained support from the apostles.
Everyone is striking while the iron is hot and simply use this opportunity to allocate capital investment and shareholding proportions.
Chen Muwu took out the bonus for discovering the planet, the personal money he had saved from the living expenses that he could never spend, and the two thousand pounds that he had always kept in the bank.
Adding up the money, he paid a total of four thousand pounds and became one of the major shareholders of the publishing house.
The reason why he was so happy to spend money this time, unlike when he was hesitant when he was considering whether to buy the vacuum pump from General Electric, is because Chen Muwu knew that this investment would definitely make money.
As for how to register a company, how to join the British Publishers Association, obtain a publishing license, etc., just relying on the dozens of people in the Apostolic Society is completely insufficient. Naturally, the families behind them will come forward and send special personnel to handle it.
After finding a place for this book, a stone in Chen Muwu's heart finally fell to the ground.
He told Ye Gongchao about this matter, and then plunged into Stoner's laboratory.
(End of chapter)
