"Sir, do you know the Chinese athlete who just passed by?"
Prince Gustave Adolf on the rostrum became more and more curious. He felt De Broglie's warm greeting behind him, so he turned his head and asked in French.
Upon seeing this, Prince Albert looked at De Broglie curiously.
Although he knew that those sitting in the first row of the podium were all princes from various countries, unlike Best, who respected the royal family, De Broglie did not take these people seriously.
After all, France has been a republic for a long time. Even members of foreign royal families have to live with their tail between their legs in Paris.
It angered the people in the old district and let you see how sharp the blade on the guillotine is in a minute.
De Broglie's answer was full of pride: "Of course! That man's name is Chen Muwu, and he is a good friend of mine. Not only can he swim fast in the water, but his brain is so smart that it is better than anyone else in the world today." People are also first-rate..."
Before de Broglie could continue to defend Chen Mu, Prince Albert on the side had already taken over the conversation excitedly: "Chen Muwu? It is indeed him! Is he a student of Cambridge University?"
De Broglie, who was shocked by the sudden change in front of him, nodded subconsciously, and then immediately shook his head: "He used to be a student at Cambridge, but now he has stayed in the Cavendish Laboratory and became a professor at Trinity College researcher."
Next, Prince Albert took over a "big flag" from de Broglie and continued to wave and advocate for Chen Muwu.
He continued to brag in front of his brother, Prince Edward, and their cousin, Prince Gustav Adolf, who would also become their cousin-in-law in the future: "Do you know the basis that was very popular last year? The conclusion of 'time travel' inferred by the theory of relativity? It was discovered by Chen below.
"Do you know that the ninth largest planet in the solar system, Huangdi Star, was discovered at the beginning of this year? That was also discovered by Chen below.
"He is an alumnus of Trinity College, Cambridge University!"
Prince Albert said these last words to his brother, and he was very proud.
Prince Edward, on the other hand, hated the fact that the guy below made him lose more than 10,000 pounds to his younger brother.
After learning that Chen Muwu was also a physicist, the Swedish Crown Prince became even more interested. He continued to ask De Broglie: "Sir, are you saying that this Mr. Chen is going to participate in a swimming competition?"
"Yes, he should have signed up for all events in the freestyle competition, and also signed up for breaststroke."
"Then when will the competition start?"
"Just one week from now, July 13th."
"Okay, thank you."
Prince Gustave Adolf began to calculate his schedule in his mind. Since he had nothing to do, he might as well stay in France for ten more days and a half to see the true level of Chen Muwu, who had been praised to the sky. how?
…
Chen Muwu did not know what happened in the audience, nor did he know that the future King of England had now become his "tap water".
He just heard De Broglie calling his name, and nodded toward the rostrum. Then, following the guidance of the volunteers holding placards in front, he entered the center of the sports ground step by step, waiting for others to announce the opening of the Olympic Games.
Chen Muwu only hopes that the sooner this formalistic matter ends, the sooner he can return to De Broglie's villa for training.
After athletes from 44 countries entered the venue, French President Doumergue delivered an opening speech on the rostrum.
There was also a translator standing next to him, translating French into English sentence by sentence.
Chen Muwu heard the familiar Olympic slogan "Higher, Faster, Stronger", but he did not know that this was the first time this slogan was proposed in history.
After the athletes and referees took the oath, Doumergue announced the opening of the Olympic Games.
Five hundred pigeons were released by the staff at the scene, but these pigeons did not represent peace, but victory.
They were all French heroes who participated in World War I as military pigeons and their descendants. They delivered a lot of useful information to the Allies in a timely manner during the war.
Scientists belonging to the defeated Germany had been excluded from the Solvay Conference for two consecutive years, and the same was true for the Olympic Games.
There were no German athletes in the stadium, and no German representatives were invited to watch the ceremony on the podium.
After the pigeons took off, the five-ringed flag, the French flag and the Dutch flag of the country where Amsterdam, the host city of the next Olympics, were hoisted in sequence, and the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games came to an end.
Chen Muwu always felt that there was something missing compared to what he remembered about the opening ceremony, but he couldn't remember it for a while.
So I could only follow everyone out of the venue in a daze under the command of the volunteers.
At this Olympics, for the first time, a temporary Olympic Village built out of wood for athletes to stay appeared.
There are also cars and carriages for athletes to commute between the Olympic Village and various competition venues.
But Chen Muwu didn't need to go to that simple place. Debroglie and his driver were already waiting at the place they agreed on.
"Chen, where are we going now? Do you plan to go back directly, or stroll around Paris? It's been half a month since you arrived in France, and I see that you have been training in the swimming pool of the manor without even taking a step out of the door. , I really admire you.
"I followed you and stayed in the manor for half a month. If I couldn't play mahjong, I really couldn't stand this ascetic life."
As soon as he saw Chen Muwu coming out of the stadium, De Broglie, who was standing next to the car, complained to him.
Chen Muwu complained in his heart that De Broglie was obviously slandering.
Obviously just a few days ago, didn't you go back to the library of the University of Paris and borrow a bunch of books about matrices?
But when de Broglie said this, Chen Muwu remembered that he really had a place in Paris that he wanted to visit.
"Okay Louis, since you said so, I won't go back to training today. How about we go to Chinatown in Paris for a walk?"
"I know, you want to eat Chinese food, right?" The smart de Broglie thought he had guessed Chen Muwu's thoughts, "Well, let's go to Paris Chinatown."
What Chen Muwu thought was that after finally entering the city, it would be a good idea to visit Zhang Xiuyou, the "Yi Shi Bao" reporter who had helped him a lot.
Zhang Xiuyou is a work-study student in France. When he was a teenager, he studied in Tianyi for several years.
When he was still a middle school student at the time, he had already submitted articles to Tianyi's largest local newspaper, "Yi Shi Bao".
So when Zhang Xiuyou decided to go to France for a work-study program, the editors of Yishibao approached him and hired him to serve as a special correspondent in France while studying abroad.
In the following years, several French newsletters published in Yishibao were all written by Zhang Xiuyou.
In the notebook that Chen Muwu carried with him, Zhang Xiuyou's address in France was recorded.
"Please take me to the Avenue Godefroy, thank you."
He told De Broglie's driver the address above.
Starting from the Colombes Stadium, also located in the northwest suburbs of Paris, crossing the Seine River, as we get closer and closer to the center of Paris, the roads that cars drive gradually become smoother and smoother, and the buildings on both sides of the streets become more and more exquisite. Pedestrians walking on the road are also dressing more and more fashionably.
However, this lively and prosperous urban street scene did not last long. The roads began to become bumpy again, and the scenery outside the car window gradually became desolate.
In fact, the city area of Paris today is far smaller than it would be a hundred years later, and there is no area officially named Chinatown.
It's just that Chinese people like to get together as soon as they go abroad. The place in the center of Paris is too expensive to afford, so they can only choose a desolate place near the suburbs. As time goes by, more and more people gather together.
After the First World War, many Chinese workers stayed in France. In addition, students like Zhang Xiuyou who went to France from China for work-study studies also gathered here, so this place also Gradually, the unofficial name of Chinatown came into being.
On the sidewalks beside the road, East Asians with black hair and yellow skin appeared more and more frequently. Chen Muwu felt that he should be in the right place.
Perhaps it was because the shouting on the rostrum of the stadium was too intense, and De Broglie had fallen asleep leaning against the back of his seat.
The driver turned around and lowered his voice as much as possible in order not to wake up the little Duke: "Mr. Chen, we are here. This is the place you mentioned."
"I'll be back as soon as I go. You let Louis sleep for a while and don't wake him up."
Chen Muwu also whispered, then opened the car door and slipped out quietly.
After knocking on the door with the house number on Zhang Xiuyou's address, footsteps came from inside the door.
"..."
The person inside said something in French with a flavor of Siyi dialect. Although Chen Muwu couldn't understand it, he could guess that he was asking who he was and who he came to see.
So he simply announced his home: "Please tell me that you, Yu Chen Muwu, are here to visit Zhang Xiuyou, a reporter from "Yi Shi Bao"."
Although "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" was serialized in newspapers, one of Jin Yong's early pen names was Yao Fulan (transliteration of "you friend").
However, during the correspondence with Zhang Xiuyou, Chen Muwu always used his real name. Only in this way would the Cambridgeshire postman deliver the letter to him.
So not long after, the people inside the door came back again.
This time he opened the door a small crack and stretched out his head to observe the scene outside the house.
Seeing that only Chen was standing alone outside the door, he opened the door completely and welcomed Chen Muwu in.
"Mr. Chen, please come in quickly."
(End of chapter)
