As soon as the royal servants sent by the Duke of York were sent away, Chen Muwu started chatting and laughing with the counselor of the Swedish Embassy in the UK.
As luck would have it, he and the counselor met by chance in the parking lot.
After hearing the other party say that they wanted to find Dr. Chen and talk to him about something, the staff of Trinity College betrayed Chen Muwu without hesitation and pointed at the young East Asian standing on the roadside watching the Duke of York's servant go away. : "Well, that's it."
It stands to reason that the royal servants have heard the Swedish counselor's questions. Chen Muwu is neither deaf nor mute, and can understand English, so of course he should have heard it.
But the reason why he pretended to be alright and did not respond to the Swedes was not because he was dissatisfied with the Swedish side, but because both de Broglie and Heisenberg were already waiting in the reception room of Trinity College. long time.
According to the first-come, first-served rule, he felt that he should return to the academy first and meet the two of them.
Two years ago in Copenhagen, for various reasons, there was some unpleasantness between de Broglie and Bohr.
Although it was not Bohr who came to England from Denmark this time, but Heisenberg, Chen Muwu was still worried, fearing that the two hot-blooded young people would have a dispute and start a fight in the reception room.
However, the staff member had already revealed his identity, so Chen Muwu could only put on a warm expression and step forward to greet him.
Facing the Swedish visitors, he did not dare to show any signs of neglect.
On the one hand, it is because the Crown Prince of Sweden is Chen Muwu’s big sponsor and good friend.
On the other hand, it was because Sweden was also a way out that he had prepared for himself in advance.
If this big or small thing really makes him unable to stay in the UK, there is still a school waiting for Chen Muwu in Stockholm.
In his eyes, whether it is the United States, Germany, de Broglie's France or Bohr's Denmark, although they have also sent invitations, each of these places has its own inconveniences.
Not to mention whether the local experimental equipment is easy to use, nor whether the huge particle accelerator cannot be taken away. If you want to further study particle physics in a new place, you need to make a new generator.
It is only said that Chen Muwu has cultivated a set of good interpersonal relationships during his three years at Cambridge University. This is a valuable and intangible asset that cannot be taken away.
When you arrive in a new place, you always need to start by getting to know a group of new people, which leads to a lot of meaningful or meaningless social interactions. For Chen Muwu, this is really a waste of time.
But Stockholm is different. The school named by the Crown Prince of Sweden and actually funded by the Wallenberg family has his shares in the school. It can be regarded as one of the hard work he has accumulated in the past few years in Europe.
And the advantage of building a new school is that everything can be started from scratch.
Chen Muwu did not need to integrate into an established academic society like he did at other universities.
As long as he wants, he can establish a new academic circle in the local area with him as the center.
Chen Muwu accompanied the counselor of the Swedish Embassy into the reception room of Trinity College.
But before that, he didn't forget to go to the reception room to say hello to de Broglie and Heisenberg, telling him that he was on official business and could not meet with the two people who came first. difficulties.
In the reception room, what Chen Muwu feared most did not happen.
De Broglie and Heisenberg did not fight, and their relationship with each other was not as stiff as he imagined.
Both of them were reading quietly. De Broglie had a copy of the latest issue of "Reader's Digest" from Penguin Press in front of him, and Heisenberg was reading the issue of "Nature" with Chen Muwu's paper on path integrals. Journal of Science.
Seeing Chen Muwu walking in, the two people stood up enthusiastically.
Hearing his apologetic explanation of the purpose of his visit, he wanted to compensate the Swedish counselor first for business reasons, and then he could express his feelings to them. Both of them said that they were all friends and there was no need to explain, as it should be. Anyway, the two of them would definitely not I came and went on the same day. It was a hard time to come here. I definitely wanted to stay at Cambridge University for a few more days.
De Broglie regarded him as a friend, and Chen Muwu still knew about this.
But when did Heisenberg consider him a friend?
Was he impressed by his academic achievements or by his martial arts proficiency?
With doubts, Chen Muwu thanked them both and turned to chase the counselor who had been led to the reception room.
Similar to what he heard in the parking lot, the guest recounted the invitation to Stockholm.
But in addition, he took out a translated telegram and handed it to Chen Muwu, saying that this is a private telegram sent to you by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince via a dedicated line.
Prince Gustav said in the telegram that the school is expected to be completely completed by next summer, and it will still be a year away from being put into use. The supporting work of recruiting students and hiring teaching staff should be prepared as soon as possible. .
Alas, this is indeed something that Chen Muwu has not considered carefully before, but it is very important.
It's easy to find a teacher for the school. In terms of physics, he can't say that he can answer all questions, but he won't be alone.
The old people in the Cavendish Laboratory couldn't dig them out, but Chen Muwu felt that he could still take away many young scholars of his own age.
It goes without saying that Oppenheimer, as well as the two Chinese compatriots Zhao Zhongyao and Shi Ruwei, as their three nominal mentors, Chen Muwu felt it was necessary to let them graduate as soon as possible in the next year, at least to Just get a diploma from Cambridge University.
As for the other Cockcroft in his group now, it is hard to say whether he would like to go or stay.
After all, he is British, and Cambridge University is the best university in the UK.
If they could stay in Cambridge to study and do research, or even have the opportunity to teach, no one would be willing to go to the cold Northern Europe to be the founder of a new unknown school.
By analogy, who would be willing to work as a small lecturer in a newly built university in Hanoi, Vietnam, if they could study for a PhD at Bei University?
But another British man, Dirac, Chen Muwu thought that he was still capable of taking him down.
Because as soon as he left Cambridge University, this place with a strong atmosphere of experimental physics, there was one less general who could discuss and study theoretical physics with him.
In the original time and space, after Dr. Dirac graduated, he went to Göttingen first and then to Copenhagen because it was difficult to find a close friend.
So in this time and space, it is entirely possible for him to go to Stockholm!
Chen Muwu believes that the most critical factor in strengthening the teaching staff of the Swedish school is not himself, but his mother-in-law, Marie Curie.
As long as we can invite this heavyweight to Stockholm, with such a plane tree, are we still afraid that we can't attract the phoenix?
As for fooling the Crown Prince of Sweden and helping him hire some teachers who can speak Chinese culture, that would be even simpler.
With high salaries and the gimmick of being able to work as professors in foreign universities, domestic literati will no longer care about being polite and are rushing to sign up.
But the source of students is indeed a big issue that must be considered.
If he cooperates with the country in his own name, he can ask people in the country to help organize examinations and selections to select qualified high school graduates to study in Sweden.
Chen Muwu felt that within two or three years, when the domestic political situation stabilized, his selection activities, including the funds allocated to the country, would definitely be picked off by the Ministry of Education, which had changed its surname to Cao.
The only good way is to endure the discomfort in my heart and ask foreigners to come forward. All examinations and selections are conducted under the supervision and participation of foreigners, so that there is some guarantee that there is still some fairness.
The school is located in Sweden, and the money is paid by the Swedes, so there is no need to trouble others with the task of supervising the exams.
Thinking of this, Chen Muwu and the counselor sitting opposite asked if he could write a reply to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and ask them to forward it on his behalf?
After getting a positive answer, he first picked up the pen and paper that had been prepared by the table and wrote a lot of words of thanks - the telegram was free anyway.
Then he wrote down his thoughts completely on paper, hoping that Prince Gustav would allow the Swedish Embassy in Shanghai to set up a special selection department every year.
Not only did I meet Dr. Chen, and I relayed to him what His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had told me, but now I also have this reply call in my hand. The counselor's trip to Cambridge can be described as a complete success.
He declined Chen Muwu's invitation to stay for dinner, and took the bus back to London while it was still early.
The development of automobiles is getting faster and faster, and the level of technology is getting higher and higher. Those with status and money can finally give up the steam trains that were ravaged by soot.
The more cars there are on the street, the more Chen Muwu can collect a patent fee from them. In his eyes, each of these iron casings running on the road is like moving money.
The Duke of York said he would contact Rolls-Royce for him, but he didn’t know when a representative from this luxury car manufacturer would come to visit him?
After such an incident, Chen Muwu felt that he was even more tired than before.
In just one afternoon, he had to receive three groups of guests.
Just after seeing off the Swedish counselor, there were two people waiting for him in the room at Trinity College behind him.
The rhetoric and purposes of de Broglie and Heisenberg were similar. One invited him to the University of Paris, and the other invited him to the University of Copenhagen.
Chen Muwu said vaguely and asked himself to think about it. After saying a few words, he took the two of them straight to the dinner party at Trinity College.
An hour or two later, the two guests who left the dinner saw how unpalatable the food at the best college in the best university in the world really was.
Heisenberg, who had just arrived, was still restrained, but de Broglie had already begun a new round of harassment.
"Chen, it's really hard for me to compliment the quality of food at your school. You have to face this kind of food that is hard to swallow every day, and it may not even be called food. It's really hard for you to live in the UK for so many years. .
“If you come back to France with me, let alone my home, even the food prepared in the cafeteria of the University of Paris will definitely be 10,000 times more delicious than here.
"Oh, by the way, during the two years that George lived in France, he helped me train a chef who can simply cook Chinese food. If you have a chance, go to France and try it out to see if it's authentic or not!"
For a moment, Chen Muwu was indeed moved by De Broglie's words.
But compared to the temptation of delicious food, he was more afraid that he would be invited by the Gestapo to eat prison food in a concentration camp.
Chen Muwu used his connections to find a place for Heisenberg to live in Cambridgeshire.
There was no need for him to make arrangements with De Broglie. This time when he came to England, he still chose to stay in a hotel, and he had a servant with him to help with everything.
The so-called relationship is actually nothing more than his previous landlady, Mrs. Brown.
Zhao Zhongyao and Shi Ruwei were still living in the room on the second floor of her house. When they heard that Dr. Chen had brought another German this time, Mrs. Brown began to hold a wait-and-see attitude towards German food.
She hadn’t seen Chen Muwu for a long time. The first thing Mrs. Brown said after meeting him was not to ask him how he was doing recently, but to ask him about the round-faced Chinese named George who lived in France. How about it? When do you have time, can you come back to the UK for a walk?
It seems that the cooking skills of Zhao and Shi are still more or less inadequate. In Mrs. Brown's heart, she always thinks about Ye Gongchao, who introduced her to delicious Chinese food for the first time.
A night of silence.
The next day, Chen Muwu took these two guests from afar to the Cavendish Laboratory.
You’ve already come here, why don’t you visit this sacred place of physics in the world today?
Rutherford met de Broglie, one of the big investors in the laboratory two years ago.
Heisenberg, he had only heard him mention this name several times in his correspondence with Bohr, and knew that he was a student that his student valued highly. Today was the first time he met him.
After greeting the two guests, Rutherford began to feel unhappy.
He had previously told Crowther that asking him to release the news that he was resigning as director of the Cavendish Laboratory was not a temporary impulse, but a real thought.
Now it seems that his blackmail method has really worked. The council has been closed for several days, and no one has said anything about punishing those students.
However, Rutherford's move caused a bigger problem, that is, the whole world knew that Chen Muwu and himself might leave the University of Cambridge, so many universities and institutions also offered olive branches.
Now that he can stay in Cambridge, Rutherford will never accept these invitations again.
But the only thing he worries about is that his favorite student, Dr. Chen, will be snatched away from him by other schools.
The two guests Chen Muwu brought to meet today, their purpose of coming to Cambridge University is self-evident, and they must have bad intentions to be lobbyists.
The director frowned, and the tobacco in his pipe had been changed several times.
We must find a way to keep Chen Muwu firmly in Cambridge!
(End of chapter)
