“From light being a particle to time travel, I have heard of Brother Chen’s name for a long time.
“It’s just that I left Cambridge and went to Austria after graduating last year, so I never had the chance to meet Brother Chen.
"In that rural place, I read news about Brother Chen from the newspapers again and again. The most eye-catching thing was the discovery of a new planet in the solar system.
“Until this summer, when I returned to China via France, I happened to be lucky enough to watch Brother Chen’s game at the Paris Olympics.
"After returning to Cambridge, I found out that Brother Chen was also a member of the Apostolic Society, so I immediately felt a sense of closeness in my heart. I have been looking forward to meeting him here, and today I finally got my wish."
"Thank you, Brother Ramsey, you are so enthusiastic."
As expected of a child from a wealthy family, what he said was so impeccable that Chen Muwu felt very comfortable.
But Chen Muwu also knew that the Ramsey in front of him was not a fool who only relied on his father's status to enter Cambridge University.
It may be okay for a second-generation idiot to enter Cambridge University, but if he doesn't show some real talent and learn it, he will never be able to enter this apostolic society that claims that only the smartest people in Cambridge University can enter.
Although Ramsey did not say clearly what he was going to Austria for, when he mentioned Austria and the countryside, Chen Muwu knew that Ramsey must have gone there to find Wittgenstein.
Counting the time, Wittgenstein had already finished writing his "Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus". He thought that the so-called philosophical problems had been solved, so he went to the southern countryside of Austria with aristocratic enthusiasm and became a teacher there. A rural primary school teacher.
Ramsey, like Wittgenstein, was also a philosopher, and in addition to philosophy, he also made considerable achievements in mathematics and economics.
Chen Muwu didn’t have much experience in this area. He only knew that there was Ramsey’s Law named after him.
However, this Ramsey's Law is not about the Arsenal Death God who randomly takes away a celebrity in the world as soon as he scores a goal, but an interesting mathematical problem.
Chen Muwu remembers one of the most famous inferences, that is...
“If you pick six random people from around the world, at least three of them will either know each other or not.
"Everyone, this is a very interesting result that I have recently thought about. The proof process is also very simple. You may wish to give it a try."
Therefore, Chen Muwu did not sit down directly after greeting Ramsey, but naturally raised this interesting mathematical problem in front of everyone.
Sure enough, this question successfully attracted everyone's interest, and everyone began to think about how to prove this seemingly interesting conclusion.
As a result, no one came to Chen Muwu again and repeated to him the words to congratulate him on winning the Olympic Games that he had heard countless times.
Of course, this mathematical problem is not difficult for these smart people here, it can only be regarded as a kind of entertainment.
Everyone quickly found several ways to prove it. The simplest one is to construct six points on a plane where any three points are not collinear. The two points can be connected by solid or dotted lines, and then prove After the connection, there is at least one solid triangle, or at least one dashed triangle.
After such a discussion, some people drew inferences and further discussed how many people were needed to ensure that at least four of them knew each other or did not know each other.
Chen Muwu thought that he was finally no longer the center of attention, so he planned to find a corner to rest. Unexpectedly, someone came to him again.
This time it was the person in charge of Penguin Publishing House who was recognized by everyone. He told Chen Muwu that the sales of "Murder on the Paris Express" were good once it was released. In addition, Chen Muwu said at the press conference after the Paris Olympics , and placed a fierce advertisement for this book, and now publishers from all over the world are coming to visit, hoping to cooperate with Penguin Press or purchase the translation rights of this book.
Chen Muwu doesn't care about other countries. He only cares about sales in the United States.
After all, Amei, you see, we are in the period of Coolidge's prosperity, and every household has a lot of spare money. He told visitors to find a publishing house with strong promotion and distribution capabilities. It doesn't matter how much money you make, the key is to make the old Americans happy. If you can read his book, you will get to know the protagonist, George Chen.
It would be better to wait for the book later. This series will be noticed by Hollywood, and they will pay a high price to buy the adaptation rights and make it into a movie and appear on the screen.
In other words, just wait until you have money, use the George Chen series as a selling point, and invest in a film company?
The visitor's speech interrupted Chen Muwu's random thoughts.
"Brother Chen, this book is so popular now, so should we take advantage of the victory, strike while the iron is hot, and continue to release its sequel?"
Well, after spending a long time drawing the pie, I finally came here to urge the manuscript.
Fortunately, Chen Muwu was prepared. He took out the manuscript of "No Survival" that Ye Gongchao was forced to write during the Olympics and handed it over.
Unexpectedly, the brother refused to leave after receiving the manuscript, but still stood in front of Chen Muwu.
"Do you have anything else to do?"
"That's right. Now that the publishing house has been established, it is definitely not enough to publish only Brother Chen's series of books. We plan to expand the direction of publishing. I wonder if you have any suggestions or opinions?"
Although Chen Muwu is one of the major shareholders of Penguin Publishing, he does not have much time to attend board meetings frequently.
Fortunately, the board of directors are all members of the Apostolic Society, so this weekly gathering has become a daily way for Chen Muwu to communicate with the publishing house.
Chen Muwu held his head with his palms, tapped his temples with his index and middle fingers, and pretended to think for a while before saying: "I do have an idea, that is, while publishing books, we should also publish a magazine. "
"Magazine? But we are just a newly established publishing house. Although we have published a popular book, we still do not have enough reputation. This will not attract enough authors and contributors to contribute to us."
“We can find high-quality sources of manuscripts without the need for writers. When I was preparing for the Olympic Games in Paris, I read a lot of magazines in my spare time. Although there was a lot of interesting information and interesting articles in them, there were more It’s meaningless dross.…”
Chen Muwu started talking nonsense again. He had never read a magazine at all.
It's just that, to Chen Muwu, Paris is like Hawaii to Edogawa Conan. The French capital is like a basket, and everything can be put in it.
"...It's just that a person's energy is always limited. They are unlikely to read all these magazines and can only choose one or a few of them. This results in a large number of gems published in other magazines being dusted. .
“So I thought, we can create such a magazine, select the best articles published in other magazines, and bring them together for regular publication.
"In this way, you no longer need to solicit manuscripts from everywhere. You only need to hire a few discerning review editors and pay a certain copyright fee to the original author."
The magazine Chen Muwu is talking about is based on Reader, which is known as the "Three Big Sisters" along with "Story Club" and "Zhiyin".
Of course, the domestic "Reader" actually has another prototype, which is the "Reader's Digest" published in the basement of an illegal bar in the United States in 1922.
It's just that so far, this magazine is still struggling to survive and has not begun to grow wildly on American soil, so Chen Muwu can plagiarize the magazine's business model without restraint.
"Oh, by the way, there is another point. In addition to allowing readers to order through the post office, this magazine can also be wholesaled to bookstores and newsstands like newspapers. In the early stages of the magazine's release, these magazines can be retailed We only need to subsidize readers and not pursue profits, and even some losses are okay. In the first stage, we only need to seize the market. After accumulating a large number of readers and cultivating their reading inertia, we will usher in the final bumper harvest."
Chen Muwu can only be regarded as a business novice. His superficial business knowledge was obtained from various fragments of reading.
But the method he mentioned completely followed the way "Reader's Digest" made its fortune.
This business model is simply a blast in the current magazine publishing world.
This is also the reason why "Reader's Digest" can break out in the United States.
"In addition, I saw that in American newspapers recently, a game called crossword puzzle has become increasingly popular, which is to draw a large square containing several small squares, each square corresponds to a letter, and through The puzzle is given and people are asked to fill in the corresponding words.
"This kind of word game can inspire readers' sense of accomplishment, so I think we can also print one or two pages of this kind of word game in newly released magazines. I think this should be very helpful in increasing sales. helpful."
Chen Muwu didn't say too much. This method is very helpful in increasing sales. The New York Times relied on this game to directly double its sales.
"Speaking of crossword puzzles, I thought of another thing, that is, when I was in Paris, I was inspired by an ancient Chinese number game and the Swiss mathematician Euler to create a game called the 'magic square' 'The number game, its gameplay is probably like this, that, that...
“I thought that, like the crossword puzzle, it was also a good way to attract readers’ interest and help them kill time, so it should be published in this magazine.
"Also, the name of this digital game is 'Huanfang', not 'Chinese Magic Square'. I just made a slip of the tongue.
“All in all, I think publishing such a magazine will not only completely stabilize Penguin Press, but maybe also establish a foothold in the British publishing industry.
"This is my latest idea. After I go back, you can ask for everyone's opinions."
Publishing detectives can make quick profits in a short period of time, but starting a magazine requires long-term success.
Chen Muwu only came up with the idea of launching a magazine on a whim.
If this magazine can really be launched in the end, it will be equivalent to gaining control of an additional public opinion position.
Of course, it doesn't matter if it can't be done. Anyway, Chen Muwu will definitely not rely solely on this publishing house to make money in the future.
The weekly Apostolic Society meeting finally came to an end.
Before leaving, Ramsey found Chen Muwu again: "Brother Chen, the mathematical problem you just mentioned is very inspiring to me. Chen, are you interested in starting from this problem with me and diverging your thinking? Let’s see if we can summarize a universal rule?”
"Brother Ramsey, you're welcome, I just thought of it accidentally. If you want to continue to develop new theories on it, please just take it, but I am really too busy now to join you. We are currently studying mathematics!”
Chen Muwu pretended to be humble on the surface, but he was secretly happy in his heart. This was originally your thing, and now I just returned it to its original owner!
As for studying mathematics together?
He felt that it would be more suitable for him to achieve more achievements in physics.
Guess why you didn’t sign up for Trinity College’s incredibly difficult math exam when you graduated?
…
Early the next morning, as soon as Chen Muwu turned around from Benedict Street and came to Liberty School Lane, where the Cavendish Laboratory is located, he saw the thin American waiting with some restraint at the entrance of the laboratory.
Oppenheimer's family was very wealthy. His father knew that it only took his son a little more than two and a half years to graduate from Harvard University in the United States. He happily waved his hand and gave him a thirty-year-old boat. A multi-foot sailboat.
However, this young man did not wallow in wealth and indulgence. Instead, he devoted himself to studying. As soon as he received the news that he had been admitted to Cambridge University, he crossed the Atlantic directly to England and entered Christ's College, Cambridge University.
When he first arrived in Cambridgeshire, Oppenheimer wrote a letter to Rutherford with confidence, hoping to enter the holy place among young students, the Cavendish Laboratory, to continue studying.
He thought that as an honorary graduate of Harvard University and with a letter of recommendation from Professor Bridgeman, entering this laboratory should be a sure thing.
As a result, Rutherford rejected him ruthlessly, which greatly affected Oppenheimer's self-confidence.
Without any relatives, he could only write down his thoughts in a letter and send it to his father on the other side of the ocean.
After Oppenheimer Sr. learned that his son's wish to enter the Cavendish Laboratory had failed, he used various connections to contact Thomson Sr., intending to realize his son's wish.
But who knew that at this time, Oppenheimer had begun to resent going to Cambridge University.
Chen Muwu, who had moved, thought that the room he had in Trinity College was much better than the room in Mrs. Brown's house where he had lived the previous year.
But for Oppenheimer, the young man from the United States, although he moved directly into a room at Christ's College, the cramped and narrow space in this centuries-old college building was far less comfortable than the big house he lived in in the United States. .
In addition, this was the first time that Oppenheimer, who had just turned twenty, left the United States for a foreign country. He was a little acclimatized in Cambridge.
Just when Oppenheimer was gradually thinking about quitting, some good news came from the Cavendish Laboratory.
After several efforts, he was finally admitted to the laboratory, and his mentor was none other than Chen Muwu, who is now famous in the world of physics, astronomy and even sports.
Use the photon theory to explain the scattering problem of gamma rays, discover another scattering phenomenon in visible light, discover oxygen isotopes, discover that electrons are wavelike, discover the ninth planet in the solar system, and propose Bohr The fourth quantum number of the atomic model, proposing and confirming that electrons have spin, using a very novel mathematical method to establish a new physical discipline, quantum mechanics, and winning four gold medals in the Olympic swimming competition. …
Any one of the above-mentioned achievements is enough for an ordinary physicist to live a lifetime.
However, these achievements all fell to the same person.
Moreover, it only took a year and a half for this man to finally achieve these achievements.
This is too scary!
And this person is about to become his teacher.
Who knows if this powerful teacher has any quirks and how he will treat or torture his students?
When Oppenheimer was a student at Harvard University, he met a Chinese senior student in the laboratory of his teacher Bridgeman.
The doctoral senior named Ye Qisun was elegant and gentle in dealing with others, which left a good impression on Oppenheimer.
I wonder if Chen Muwu, who is also a Chinese scholar, will be as easy to get along with as Senior Ye?
But when he thought of China, Oppenheimer remembered another thing.
There are rumors that because of the "Chinese Exclusion Act" passed by the US government, his future teacher Chen Muwu hates the United States and Americans.
That’s why he stated in an interview with Time Magazine that he would refuse to go to the United States, refuse a $10,000 scholarship from Harvard University President Abbott Lowell, and refuse the James K. Grant awarded to him by the National Academy of Sciences. Lake Watson Award.
Since Chen Muwu hates the United States so much, why did he name himself as his student?
Will he hate himself?
The invisible pressure made Oppenheimer, who was waiting outside the Cavendish Laboratory, waiting to meet his teacher for the first time, a little restrained and a little nervous.
He didn't know what kind of person his teacher was.
(End of chapter)
