Looking at the past from afar, the office building of the Department of Physics of Humboldt University is flat, quite like a scholar who is silent in the forest, but he is solemn and calm.

The corridors, elevators, and offices in the building are all very simple, and some are even very old. This qiē is reminiscent of mathematical formulas, which are simple and clear after very complicated calculations.

The office of the charter is on the second floor.

No coffee, no drinks, just a few desks, a row of bookshelves, and a mess of scratch paper.

The Berliner Zeitung reporter Henk was well-informed, and he hurried here on his first day on the job, trying to wait for an exclusive interview after class.

"Don't ask physicists what they do and what their purpose is, it's stupid."

Professor Asaume was so disgusted by their pervasive journalists that he approached Jan Joseph with an impatient look on his face to send him away.

How can you be a qualified reporter without a thick skin, Henk has long been commonplace, sitting at his desk with a camera and asking with interest: "Professor, how do you think it is not stupid to ask?" ”

Professor Asaume was completely convinced, and could only say perfunctorily with a blank face: "Sometimes, what physicists have to do is to push things to the limit, cold, colder; hot, hotter; Fast, faster; Slow, slower. It is only in extreme cases that matter undergoes unexpected changes. And these changes can either help us to confirm some theories, or to overturn some theories, or to reconstruct some theories. ”

A little philosophical, Henk nodded as if he didn't understand. I was about to ask something about the charter again, when the charter suddenly walked in with a smile on his face.

"Berliner Zeitung journalist Henk. Mr. Zhang. We've seen it in Monte Carlo. Of course, you don't necessarily remember me. ”

The day before yesterday, his own family had just given the old friend in front of him a problem, and today when he encountered this incident again, Professor Ashum was very guilty, and explained apologetically: "Zhang, I'm really sorry, the department didn't know anything about Mr. Henk's visit in advance. ”

"It's okay."

Charter smiled. Stretching out his right hand, he said, "Mr. Henk, it's an honor to meet you, but today is not the right time, because I'm going to see a friend in ten minutes." ”

Before the reunification of the two Germanys, he came to the former East German Academy of Sciences for exchanges, and after the reunification of the two Germanys, he was the first to invest in East Germany. Over the next two years, NB Electric (Germany) GmbH became the representative of East German companies.

Leipzig Airport, which no one is optimistic about, is actually thriving by him, and is now not only the largest flight training company in Europe, but also the largest passenger aircraft modification and scrapping base in Europe. The special trade zone, which is jointly invested with the county of Leipzig, has become the largest export processing base in East Germany.

Provision of employment. Economic development can be called a recognized friend of the East Germans.

However, in the process of bidding for the 2000 Olympic Games, he ignored the feelings of his friends, openly waved the flag to BJ, and cleanly helped BJ win the right to host it.

The Yinhe incident, BJ's successful bid for the Olympic Games, and the two chemists in the NB real room won the Nobel Prize at the same time, and they are suspected of using funding from the federal government and the state government to conduct research and development for NB Electric...... Various positive and negative reports followed, and it is arguably the most controversial person in Berlin during this time.

"Ten minutes is ten minutes!"

Henk couldn't miss this opportunity, and while hurriedly taking out his voice recorder, he pointed to a stack of newspapers in the corner and asked: "Mr. Zhang, I believe you must have paid attention to the reports of the media in Berlin and some other cities about you and the Berlin NB room, and what do you say about those accusations, especially your political position?" ”

In view of the possible impact of BJ's Olympic bid on the company's operations, BNB News commissioned a joint survey conducted by Global Public Opinion Research and the Center for International Policy Studies at Maryland State University two months ago.

The 22 countries surveyed cover five continents: the United States, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Argentina, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Poland, Russia, Australia, South Africa, Turkey, Lebanon, India, the Philippines, Indonesia, Japan, and South Korea.

A typical sample of 22,953 samples was interviewed in the form of face-to-face and telephone interviews, with sampling errors ranging from 2% to 4% in each country.

The survey results show that people in 18 out of 22 countries have a positive view of China. Forty-eight percent of the public believe that China's impact on the world is positive, while 30 percent have a negative view. Among them, Lebanon has the most positive view of China, with about 74% of people believing that China's influence is mainly positive, and only 9% believing that China's influence is negative.

The country with the most negative view of China is Germany, which is tied for first place with Turkey and then Japan and the United States among the countries in the world that dislike Chinese the most.

Many Chinese appreciate Germans, but more than 60 percent of Germans do not like Chinese. The results of this dismal survey were not released or communicated to BJ, and were only used by company executives as a reference in their decision-making.

On the other hand, the troubles in Berlin's NB room were largely related to the general environment, and the scheming West German companies were only lighting a fire.

The charter can't change the Germans' perception of China, but it is entirely possible to find ways to change their perception of NB Electrical and NB Solid.

He put down the lesson plan and said with a stern face: "Mr. Henk, I have indeed noticed that some German media have many doubts about the Berlin NB room, and those doubts and even accusations have surprised me very much, because these reports are neither objective nor fair, and they simply violate the minimum journalistic ethics. ”

"What do you mean?"

"For example, in terms of the use of R&D funds, the Berlin NB office is far more transparent than other public welfare research institutions in Germany, and every fund can be queried wherever it is spent, even down to a pen and a paper cup. At the same time, the federal and state governments account for only 12.6% of the actual funding of the room, and even less if you include the NB Entrepreneurship Fund, which benefits all university students in Germany. The investment in forward-looking and public welfare research accounts for 25% of the total funding. Thus. How ridiculous are those doubts and accusations? ”

The charter took a small sip of the water handed by Jan Joseph. He continued: "What is even more incomprehensible is that some reports have conflated the Olympic Movement with politics, and before the IOC members voted, even the IOC President Mr. Samaranch repeatedly reiterated that the human and political factors should not be used as a criterion for judging whether a city is suitable to host the Olympic Games."

And the reason why I support BJ and support China has been said countless times in interviews with the media during the Olympic bid, China is one of the largest and most populous countries in the world. China needs the Olympic Movement, and the Olympia Movement needs China as well. At the same time, I am a Chinese, just as the East Germans and West Germans hoped for the reunification of the two Germans a few years ago, and hoped that the Olympics would enter China. ”

Answering impeccably, Henk politely refused the water handed by Jan Joseph, held up the recorder and asked: "Mr. Zhang, you came to Berlin very early, and you have invested a lot in Berlin to fund the establishment of the Berlin NB Real Room. There are many, many friends in Berlin who are making the BJ Olympic bid ambassadors. Did you consider BJ's feelings before fully assisting them in their Olympic bid? ”

"Of course there is, but knowing they'll understand, it does."

The question was so confusing that Professor Asholm couldn't help but say, "Everyone has their own ideas, and as friends, we should respect each other's decisions." Moreover, Mr. Zhang is not a politician or a public figure. ”

The charter didn't have time to accompany him to talk about it again, so he took the trench coat handed by Jan Joseph and said with a smile: "Mr. Henk, ten minutes are up, and we will have a chance to talk again." ”

The reporter's promise about the interview time can never be taken seriously, and Henk, who had a lot of questions not asked, trotted up and followed, and asked stubbornly: "Mr. Zhang, I'll send you, let's talk while walking." ”

"It's good to talk about something constructive, and as for the issues you just cared about, Dr. Klinsmann, the director of the real yàn office, will hold a press conference in the near future to clarify them."

"Okay, let's talk about something else."

Henk ran in front of him first and took a photo, and then asked, "Mr. Zhang, what do you think is the special difference between education in Germany and Hong Kong?" ”

The charter was happy to answer this question, and he said: "The education system in Hong Kong is very open, for example, some of our professors in the real yàn room, after working in the real yàn room for several years, can still hire them. This is not possible in Germany, where professors are unlikely to return to school if they leave school for more than a year, compared to Hong Kong, where the education system and talent exchange are more flexible.

In addition, the tuition fees of the University of Hong Kong are relatively expensive, and probably because of this, the professors have a very good attitude towards the students, and the students can go to the professor's office at any time. In Germany, it is very difficult for students to meet professors, and this is my third time at Humboldt University, and I have noticed that many freshmen are almost impossible to see professors outside of class. But then again, universities in Germany are free, which is fairer for some poor but talented students. ”

The charter talks eloquently, in a flat tone, and looks like a truth-telling story.

He apparently hadn't eaten lunch, and when he walked up the stairs he took an extremely simple sandwich from his assistant, two slices of black bread, a slice of bacon, and a few slices of lettuce, and ate them with relish. The dress is also very modest, with a simple jacket inside and a black trench coat outside.

Henk couldn't help but smile and asked, "Mr. Zhang, as far as I know, you have donated all your personal assets to the 'NB Science and Education Foundation', will this affect your life, such as whether the money is enough to spend?" ”

The charter was stunned for a moment, and then laughed and said: "It should be enough, I have a salary in the real room, a charitable annuity in the foundation, and as a visiting professor, Humboldt University will give me 3,600 marks a month." And I work more than ten hours a day in the real yàn room or the university, where do I spend my money? ”

After taking a picture of him and Professor Asaum, Henk offered to take a picture with him, and the charter agreed with a little hesitation.

This came as a surprise to Henk, because he clearly understood that to the young man around him, who was internationally famous, he was actually an unknown and unknown person. It's okay to refuse but not refuse, probably because you don't want to spoil him. So I decided to add a sentence to the report, he is not only a very responsible and true person, but also a very personable and understanding person.

Send away the difficult reporter and get into the car. The charter smiled back and asked, "Joseph." Are the flowers ready? ”

"Ready. in the trunk. ”

"Where's the guest?"

"It's also here, President François is waiting for you in the church with him."

At the same time, Dongmenzi's president Von Bilun and senior executive Albert, who arrived in Berlin at 10 a.m., were riding a black Mercedes-Benz to the Wilhelm Memorial Church in the western suburbs of Berlin.

The meeting place was so strange that as far as Feng Bilun knew, it was a cemetery.

Looking at the increasingly deserted street outside the car window, he frowned slightly and asked, "Albert, how did you choose that place?" Is he going to someone's funeral? ”

The meeting between the real heads of the two companies was not appropriate either at the headquarters of NB Electric Europe or at the Berlin branch of Orientals.

In view of the special status of the charter, after receiving Minister Angela's reply, Feng Bilun immediately asked the Siemens Berlin Institute of Technology of the Orient Education Group to send an invitation to the charter. However, the charter declined the invitation and offered to meet at the William Memorial Chapel.

Albert sighed lightly and said with a bitter smile of helplessness: "Mr. President, I have consulted with the cemetery management office, and there is no funeral today. Maybe he's really busy, and he can only use the opportunity to pay tribute to his friends to meet you. ”

It's inexplicable. If it weren't for the need for someone, Feng Bilun wouldn't have gone to that ghost place.

It was already one o'clock in the afternoon when we arrived at the Memorial Church. I saw the president of NB Electric Europe standing in front of a tombstone that looked like it was some years old with the magical Oriental and a white man.

Two bouquets of flowers were placed in front of the tombstone, and the white man seemed a little excited, holding the tombstone and not knowing what to say to him, while he listened attentively, and nodded from time to time.

"Jan Joseph, Mr. Zhang's assistant, please come with me."

"Thank you," Albert slowed down, deliberately letting the boss go ahead, and asked in a low voice, "Mr. Joseph, who is Mr. Zhang paying tribute to?" ”

It wasn't until yesterday afternoon that Jan Joseph learned that a very remarkable person was buried here, and he whispered: "John Rabe, who served as your company's representative in China NJ from 1931 to 1938, has lived in China for nearly thirty years and has formed a deep friendship with the Chinese people. ”

For various reasons, Mr. Rabe's deeds are unknown not only to the vast majority of Chinese, but also to the vast majority of Germans. The same is true of Von Pilun, there are so many employees in history, who knows who Rabe is?

What's more, for Dongmen, it was a very inglorious history.

Not only did it secretly finance the Nazi Party, but after Hitler came to power, especially during the war, Dongmenzi even grew rapidly, built more factories, and participated in the "Nazification" of the German economy.

From 1938 onwards, Orient implemented an internal racial policy that separated Jewish workers from German workers. Later, due to the outbreak of war, the lack of labor caused a lot of headaches for the leadership of Dongmenzi, so they turned their attention to the concentration camps.

By the 40s of the 20th century, Dongmenzi was gradually building factories in some notorious concentration camps and surrounding areas. Many concentration camp workers were poisoned in the afternoon in the gas chambers built by the company to produce electrical equipment for Dongmenzi. According to incomplete statistics, by 1944, more than 150,000 of the more than 200,000 employees of Dongmenzi were prisoners in concentration camps.

The senior management praised Nazism on several occasions, and Friedrich Luchamp, vice chairman of the board of directors, was a die-hard Nazi who followed Hitler's suicide in 1945.

Finally, I saw the person who always talked about "investing in China is risky, and not investing in China is even riskier", and the charter took the initiative to stretch out his right hand, and did not introduce himself, but said solemnly: "Mr. John Rabe, under the tombstone, during the 1937 Japanese NJ massacre, together with more than a dozen foreign friends, established the BJ wartime security zone in NJ, China, protecting about 250,000 Chinese civilians.

After returning to Germany in 1938, Mr. Rabe repeatedly exposed the atrocities of the Japanese army in NJ in Berlin, and wrote to the then German Führer Hitler, hoping that the German government would put pressure on Japan, for which he was arrested by the Gestapo. After the end of World War II, Mr. Rabe was unfairly treated because of his Nazi membership. ”

Mr. President, he is an employee of your company, and as the President of Siemens, I think you will be proud of his humanitarian kindness, proud! ”

"This ...... This...... It was so sudden, I ...... I...... I ...... about it"

"Yes, Germans like you are not familiar with Mr. Johann Rabe, but the Chinese have not forgotten him, and yesterday Mr. Daniel, Senior Vice President of NB Electric, just communicated with the Chinese Jiangnan Provincial Government about this matter, and officials from Jiangnan Province and NJ City successively said that they would come to Berlin to remember Mr. Rabe, to renovate Mr. Rabe's former residence in NJ, and to build the Johann Rabe Memorial Hall."

The charter let go of his hand and introduced sideways: "This is the grandson of Mr. Johann Rabe, Professor Thomas Rabe, we just got in touch with the professor some time ago, and he also came from Heidelberg University this morning. ”

In one day, I met two big people who usually only see on TV.

What's more, after decades of immersion, the Chinese still remember their grandfather and remember what he did for the Chinese, and Thomas Rabe was excited, clasping President Feng Bilun's hand and saying: "My grandfather often said that he lived in China for many years, and many of his children and grandchildren were born in China. Based on this sentiment, he should be responsible for those who have dealt with him for many years in China and have become friends.

He also said that during his time in China, including during the war, the Chinese people had always been kind to him. Perhaps it was this humanitarianism and responsible attitude towards others that contributed to his actions. However, he was not alone, he was joined by 17 other foreign friends.

It is worth mentioning that after returning to China, the Chinese people have never forgotten him, especially in the difficult days after the end of the war, he received donations from NJ citizens and money and food from the Chinese National Government at that time. Until 1950, he died of a stroke. ”

How could Feng Bilun not know that this was a way for the charter to express goodwill, and it could even be said to be a generous gift to him. Because once John Rabe's deeds are widely known, it can not only add a touch of glory to the black history of Dongmenzi, but also gain the goodwill of Chinese people towards Dongmenzi, which will be of great help to Dongmen's business in China.

"Professor, really...... True...... I'm sorry I didn't even have flowers. ”

"No, no, no, it's very rare for you to come."

Thomas Rabe opened his briefcase, carefully took out a diary from his bag, and said solemnly: "During the NJ massacre, my grandfather often traveled around trying to stop the Japanese army from committing violence. Every day, he wrote a detailed report on the atrocities committed by the Japanese army, as a way to negotiate and protest to the Japanese embassy.

This is a diary he wrote at the time, which records in detail the atrocities committed by the Japanese army against the defenseless Chinese soldiers and civilians after the capture of NJ. Mr. Zhang and I both believe that this diary will be a strong, irrefutable evidence of the crimes of the Japanese army. ”

It seems that it can't be faked, Feng Bilun focused on it, and asked again and again: "Professor, then what can I do for you?" ”

"Mr. President, you misunderstood me, I just wanted to prove that history to you. As for my grandfather, I'll write a book. ”

The charter glanced back at the tombstone and said sincerely, "Professor, if I can, I hope to be the first reader." In addition, I would like to make a film funded by my foundation to let more people know about Mr. John Rabe's good deeds. (To be continued......)