When Chen Muwu bought the first mobile phone, the brand was "Sony Ericsson".
"Suo" refers to Japan's Sony, and "love" naturally refers to Sweden's Ericsson.
Even if a person doesn’t understand history, when he travels back to 1924 and sees a company that still exists in the 21st century a hundred years later, he can still understand that this company must have made money and survived. of means.
Historically, Ericsson did eventually become one of the companies controlled by the Wallenberg family, but that would have to wait until the 1930s.
Ericsson, which is currently struggling to make ends meet, is about to have its new owner, the Krueger mentioned by both the Crown Prince of Sweden and Chen Muwu.
Kruger is a very complicated person who cannot be evaluated in just a few words.
At its peak, the Swedish Match Trust owned by Kruger accounted for more than 75% of the world's match production. One-third of the world's population used matches produced by Kruger. .
And matches were not his main business. Krueger made his name in the world by issuing bonds based on the credibility of the Swedish Match Company, which sold products all over the world, and then provided loans of nearly US$400 million to fifteen countries. .
Converted to the twenty-first century, this amount would be equivalent to more than 10 billion U.S. dollars.
In fact, these bonds and loans of his are nothing more than a worldwide "Ponzi scheme" of demolishing the east to pay for the west.
The worldwide economic crisis of the 1920s and 1930s completely destroyed Kruger's dream.
Swedish Match's stock price continued to fall, doubts arose about the bonds he issued, and Germany and Eastern European countries appeared unable to repay Kruger's loans.
The last few hundred straws that broke the camel's back came together.
In 1932, match king Kruger committed suicide by drinking a bomb in Paris, France, and his match empire collapsed.
After that, the Wallenberg family took over the Swedish telecommunications company from Kruger, the short-lived head of Ericsson, and persisted until the 21st century a hundred years later.
Therefore, Chen Muwu's advice to young Marcus basically followed the trajectory of historical development.
If successful, it would just allow Ericsson to skip the Kruger stage and directly enter the Wallenberg era.
Marcus was not too surprised when Chen Muwu mentioned Ericsson.
"Dr. Chen, the Ericsson company you are talking about has been discussed in the family before.
“But unlike the opinions you gave, several directors agreed that Ericsson is not a company worth acquiring.
“Now the telecommunications market in Sweden, and even in Northern Europe, has basically reached saturation.
“The family once sent people to investigate Ericsson’s business map and found that their current focus is in places such as Brazil in South America.
“That place is too far away from Sweden, and it is within the sphere of influence of the United States. The family believes that it should not take this risk to open up the South American market, so it believes that acquiring Ericsson is not a wise choice.
"Dr. Chen, do you have any other opinions on this matter?"
this……
Chen Muwu actually just wanted to brag. He happened to know about Ericsson, and he happened to read in the newspaper that this company was unable to make ends meet, and he also knew that someone was about to acquire it, so he thought of giving little Marcus a favor.
But you have to ask him, how to run a communications equipment company well? This is really not what Chen Muwu is good at.
Chen Muwu felt that his proposal might be self-defeating. His brain was spinning rapidly, trying to find any reason to get rid of this matter.
Then, Chen Muwu suddenly remembered someone.
This time, along with Kapitsa, Zhao Zhongyao and Shi Ruwei, there was a reporter from the Manchester Guardian named James Crowther who came to Stockholm, Sweden from Cambridge, England.
Although Crowther was also an alumnus of Trinity College, Cambridge University, Chen Muwu did not know him before meeting him in Stockholm.
He didn't know why the media in Manchester wanted to interview him. Is it because his teacher Rutherford once held a teaching position at Victoria University in Manchester?
After the award ceremony was over, Chen Muwu and the reporter Crowther met in Stockholm.
After meeting, Chen Muwu learned the real purpose of Kapitsa introducing Crowther to him.
In addition to being an alumnus of Trinity College and a reporter from the Manchester Guardian, this gentleman has another level of identity, that is, he is a member of the CPGB.
The reason why this organization suddenly contacted Chen Muwu was because they found out that during the British King's birthday holiday last summer, when Chen Muwu, Kapitsa and Ye Gongchao visited Blackett's house, Chen Muwu had visited Blackett's house not far from Blackett's house. A donation of ten pounds was made towards the upkeep of Highgate Cemetery, the resting place of one of the men.
This made the CPGB regard Chen Muwu as one of its own, thinking that he might be a branch of the Umm International or a member of a fraternal political party.
That's why they sent Crowther and Kapitsa from Sulian to Stockholm to visit Chen Muwu. Apparently they were here to interview this new Nobel Prize winner in physics who was trained by the University of Cambridge in the UK, but in fact they also wanted to talk to Chen Muwu. He got in touch.
After learning the true purpose of this reporter's visit, Chen Muwu felt dumbfounded.
The money he donated at Highgate Cemetery was actually just out of admiration for a great man, and he had no intention of getting in touch with the British side.
Crowther attempted to develop Chen Muwu to become a member of the Umm International, but Chen Muwu ultimately rejected his invitation.
First, because he did not want to participate in local politics in the UK, and second, his teacher Rutherford hated bringing political activities into the Cavendish Laboratory.
But Chen Muwu also told Crowther that he was a person who had a good impression of their organization.
He hoped that through this organization, he could get in touch with Su Lian in the future.
Although he is still in the hard-working stage of making money everywhere, if one day he has accumulated enough wealth, Chen Muwu thought with some evil humor, maybe he can turn that golden ruble fishing post into a reality.
Although the figure of 350 million gold rubles is really exaggerated, it seems that it is still possible to get tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of "gold rubles", right?
Thinking of Crowther, Chen Muwu thought of Su Lian behind him.
The Wallenberg family's assessment of Ericsson was that the South American markets were too far away from Sweden and within sight of the United States.
But no matter how far the United States extends its hand and how wide its control, they can't reach the emerging market of Soviet Union, right?
Soon after Iron Father came to power, Su Lian ushered in a stage of rapid development.
The American Hammer can go to Sulian to do business, and Ericsson can also go to the vast Sulian to open up the market.
So Chen Muwu told little Marcus and the Swedish crown prince who was accompanying him about the idea he had just thought of.
Little Marcus was doubtful. Apparently, like most people in the world, he was not very optimistic about the emerging red regime close to Sweden.
"Dr. Chen, do you really think there is a suitable soil for investment?"
"I can't say whether it's suitable for investment. Maybe the family behind you should do more research on this matter.
"But I only consider the issue from the perspective of Ericsson. Soviet Union has a vast territory and a huge population. The demand for telecommunications services in such a country should be very large.
"I once read a passage from the British economic critic Thomas Denning in a book: 'As soon as there is an appropriate profit, capital becomes bold; if there is a 10% profit, it guarantees It is used everywhere; if there is a 20% profit, it will become active; if there is a 50% profit, it will take risks; if there is a 100% profit, it will dare to trample all human laws; With 300% profit, it dares to commit any crime and even risk being hanged'.
"In the face of a vast market and huge profits, what does Sulian, a country with some mysteries, mean?"
Fortunately, Chen Muwu stopped in time and did not continue, because if he continued, he would have said the famous sentence "When capital comes to the world, from head to toe, every pore is dripping with blood and filth."
However, his words seemed to have an effect, and the fledgling Marcus was stunned for a while.
"Dr. Chen, I definitely can't make the decision on this matter you mentioned. I probably need to go back to SEB Bank to discuss it with my family.
"The same is true for building a school in Stockholm. I wonder when you will leave Sweden and return to the UK? If time is tight, I may not be able to go to the UK to talk to you in detail until after Christmas.
"Mr. Wallenberg, of course the sooner the better.
“But I also know that the family behind you will definitely discuss this matter for a long time before coming up with a final solution.
"If there is nothing else, I may leave Sweden within a few days, but it may not necessarily go back to the UK directly. I may go to Denmark first, then the Netherlands, and then France.
"It is expected that I will not be able to return to the UK until after the New Year at the earliest."
Bohr still did not give up on leaving Chen Muwu at the Institute of Theoretical Physics at the University of Copenhagen.
After the award ceremony was over, Bohr invited everyone to Copenhagen. He planned to hold an award ceremony for his junior brother Chen Muwu at the institute.
If you don’t hit the smiling person, Chen Muwu will definitely not refuse Bohr’s kindness.
He had offended Einstein quite badly recently, and he could no longer lose Bohr's support.
Bohr had returned to Copenhagen early to prepare for the celebration.
According to Chen Muwu’s plan, after leaving Denmark, he will not accept the invitation from the University of Göttingen Born to visit Germany for exchanges.
Instead, he planned his trip to Germany's neighboring country, the Netherlands.
Chen Muwu planned to stop by Leiden University on his way back to continue to fool Ren Kefangxiong into patiently continuing in the direction of superconducting.
At the same time, he also wants to purchase some corresponding experimental equipment and low-temperature materials at Leiden University, the world center of low-temperature physics.
On the one hand, Chen Muwu did it all for show, making Ren Ke believe that he had indeed shifted his work focus to low-temperature physics.
On the other hand, he felt that there were a few peaches on the big tree of low-temperature physics, and it was time to pick them.
After leaving the Netherlands, of course I will go to France.
After the Nobel Prize ceremony, Christmas is coming.
Eve has followed de Broglie and his party back to France from Sweden.
The four Kapitsa people from the UK have also returned to the UK with Blackett who came from the University of Göttingen.
Apart from his eldest brother, the only ones who still stay with Chen Muwu are Oppenheimer and Ye Gongchao.
Chen Muqiao also had the intention of leaving Sweden and returning to China, but as soon as he raised the idea, he was flatly rejected by Chen Muwu.
Even if he leaves Sweden now, it will be difficult for him to return home to Bihai before the Lunar New Year in 1925.
It would be better to stay in Europe, spend the new year with Chen Muwu, and then return to China calmly.
Of course, in addition to this, Chen Muwu had another idea.
My eldest brother finally came to Europe, how could he not go and meet Eve's family?
He also hoped that after Chen Muqiao returned, he could use this incident to successfully trick the old lady into going abroad.
Although Chen Muqiao did not return to China, Chen Muwu won the Nobel Prize in Physics, and in his acceptance speech he proposed that the universe may have originated from a process similar to "Pangu created the world". This was finally transmitted back to China along the telegraph line, and was published On various large, medium and small newspapers in various large and medium-sized cities.
Although the Second Zhili-Fengtian War has ended, the Zhili warlords Cao Kun and Wu Peifu have been overthrown, and domestic politics is somewhat leaderless, the Beiyang government of the Republic of China still made decisions quickly.
They continued to award Chen Muwu, who had won glory for the country, but they only promoted him from the second-class Baoguang Jiahe Medal and the Second-class Medal of Honor to the first-class Baoguang Jiahe Medal, which had been awarded once before. Medals, and medals of honor.
The former is already the top one in the Baoguang Jiahe Medal system.
The latter is already the highest-level medal that an ordinary person can obtain in the medal system.
Further up, whether it is a Grand Medal or a Grand Medal, these are honors that can only be worn by the President of the Republic of China.
Within a year, Chen Muwu's two medals jumped two levels from the third level to the first level.
This promotion speed is probably unprecedented and unprecedented.
On the other hand, Chen Muwu's conjecture about the origin of the universe attracted most of the attention of Europeans and Americans before Christmas.
It was just very unfriendly to Hubble, because he had previously observed the Andromeda Nebula and concluded that these nebulae were outside the Milky Way, which should have been very exciting news.
As a result, Chen Muwu used his data, combined with the nebula recession speed previously observed by Sriver, to come up with a conjecture that was more explosive than the extragalactic galaxy, completely overshadowing Hubble's edge.
Although Chen Muwu's conjecture is very bold, the resistance it has received in European and American circles and all walks of life is much smaller than the probability waves and uncertainty principles he proposed.
Because after all, the irrefutable data is out there.
But when the news spread back to China, Chen Muwu's Pangu-style origin of the universe encountered fierce resistance from the academic community.
Of course, this academic community does not refer to the physics and astronomy communities, and in today's China, the voices of these two academic communities can basically be ignored.
The loudest opponents were all radicals in the New Culture Movement, that is, those who advocated comprehensive Westernization and claimed that traditional culture should be completely negated.
Although they understand neither astronomy nor physics, they are so confident that they never believe that the ancient Chinese myth of Pangu's creation of the world, which is very fantasy-like, very backward and ignorant, can reveal how the universe originated.
In order to deny the traditional culture of their own country, some people who claim to be experts in literature and history even dug out their own "mythology works" and pointed out that Pangu was not a local god in China, but was passed down from ancient India with Buddhism. imported goods.
Only "Xueheng" magazine stood up to support Chen Muwu.
Of course, their original intention was just to use Chen Muwu's reputation to continue to promote their conservative and retro views that were in line with the New Culture Movement.
Chen Muwu, who was out of the country, certainly didn't know that there was a big quarrel in the country because of his theory of the origin of the Pangu universe.
After the meeting with Marcus Jr., Chen Muwu stayed in Sweden for a few days before leaving Sweden with his eldest brother Chen Muqiao, Oppenheimer and Ye Gongchao, heading for Copenhagen, Denmark.
Whether the Wallenberg family will acquire Ericsson is also unpredictable.
Regarding the matter about that school, we probably won’t be able to come up with a result for a while.
It seems that, as little Marcus said, the future is long.
Taking advantage of this period, Chen Muwu must quickly get some money.
Well, I wish everyone a happy 520!
(End of chapter)
