Compared to the Goncourt Prize, the Nobel Prize for Literature is obviously much more generous. The prize money was paid in Swedish kronor and was equivalent to about $48,000, enough for a poor writer to get rich overnight.

In addition to the prize money, there is a certificate and a medal.

The medal of the Nobel Prize in Literature was personally given to Zhou Hexuan by the King of Sweden and was made of 200 grams of gold, with the depiction of a young man sitting under a laurel tree, listening to and recording the song of the muse.

Zhang Leyi held the Nobel Prize certificate in her hand, looked at it happily, and then carefully put it in her bag and put it away.

Yu Peichen was quite envious and wanted to ask for observation, but he was too embarrassed to speak, so he could only stare at the Nobel Prize medal on Zhou Hexuan's chest.

After the award ceremony, everyone left the Royal Concertgebouw and headed to Stockholm City Hall. A grand dinner is held here, attended by Nobel laureates, prominent figures in science and culture, and members of the Swedish royal family.

The Swedish royal family has a large family, and the crown prince is called Oscar Olaf Adolf, who is also known as the future Gustav VI. The second prince is called William Olaf Adolf, and the eldest princess is called Sophia Olaf Adolf.

In addition, Crown Prince Oscar gave birth to four sons, and the second prince William had only one son.

In the entire Swedish royal family, in addition to the old lady queen and the two middle-aged princesses, only the 18-year-old Princess Sophia is a woman, becoming the most dazzling flower of today's dinner.

Zhou Hexuan and several other Nobel laureates are eligible to eat at the same table with members of the Swedish royal family. Family members like Zhang Leyi can only sit at the side table, and as for the three Chinese diplomats, they are not even qualified to attend the dinner.

The current Crown Prince of Sweden, the future King Gustav VI, Prince Oscar greeted Zhou Hexuan in fluent Chinese: "Hello, Mr. Zhou! ”

Zhou Hexuan was a little surprised and praised: "The prince's Chinese language is very good. ”

"Haha, I like China, I am the chairman of the 'China Committee' in Sweden and a member of the 'China Club'. I have been to Zhoukoudian, Taiyuan and Pukou in China to visit the archaeological sites there, and I am a friend of Mr. Mei Lanfang. Prince Oscar said ostentatiously.

"Archaeological sites?" Zhou Hexuan frowned.

Prince Oscar said proudly: "To formally introduce my profession, in addition to the crown prince and general, I am also an archaeologist and a connoisseur of cultural relics. I love all things Chinese, especially the bronzes, ceramics and paintings. In my private collection of cultural relics, there are more than 2,000 artifacts from China, from the Yin Shang dynasty to the Tang and Ming dynasties. ”

Exercise!

It turned out to be an artifact raider.

Zhou Hexuan said very seriously: "Your Royal Highness the Crown Prince, if possible, I hope you can return these cultural relics to China." ”

"How is that possible?" Prince Oscar smiled, "Those are all bought by me with money, real money, legitimate trading." What's more, even if I don't buy it, it will be destroyed if I stay in China, and I am preserving cultural relics for China. You should thank me. ”

In the face of such low-level strong words, Zhou Hexuan was speechless, because part of it was a fact.

Prince Oscar continued: "I've heard that 'eggshell pottery' has been unearthed in Shandong, China, and it's unbelievable that pottery as thin as an eggshell has been unbelievable. If I have time, I will go to Shandong again and buy all those eggshell pottery. ”

"I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint you," Zhou Hexuan said, "and all the eggshell pottery unearthed was sent to the Peking Research Institute, where private trading was prohibited." Your Excellency is a crown prince, so you must not do such an illegal thing, right? ”

"That's a pity," Prince Oscar shrugged and said with a smile, "Mr. Zhou's tone is very unkind, and he seems to hate my collection of Chinese antiquities." Actually, I like China very much, and I also fund geology, paleontology and archaeology research in China. ”

"Thank you for your funding." Zhou Hexuan's face was ugly.

There is no free lunch in the world, and the research projects funded by this guy can be related to cultural relics, and it is estimated that a lot of Chinese cultural relics have been collected from them.

"Brother, what are you talking about? I don't even understand. Princess Sophia said suddenly.

Prince Oscar laughed: "This is Chinese, a very old and elegant language. They also have an oracle bone inscription that is as beautiful as the cuneiform script of the two river valleys. ”

Well, Zhou Hexuan also said that Westerners don't understand China, and now they will immediately meet a China expert. This guy not only knows Chinese, but also knows oracle bones, and what he does is really hateful.

Princess Sophia didn't bother to pay attention to her eldest brother, and said to Zhou Hexuan enthusiastically: "Mr. Zhou, I don't like your "Goddess", but I like "Titanic" very much. I heard that this movie has been made, when will it be released in Sweden? ”

"You'll have to ask the studio, but it's already in the UK." Zhou Hexuan said.

Princess Sophia cheered: "I'll go to England tomorrow!" ”

Well, the reason for going abroad for the sake of watching a movie is strong.

The King and Queen of Sweden have been talking to the Nobel Prize winner in medicine, Speman. No way, Spellman is from Germany, the equivalent of the queen's mother's family, but they also seem to have a very unpleasant conversation.

From time to time, the king and queen paid tribute to Hitler and appreciated Hitler's series of dictatorial policies, much to Speman's chagrin. In history, in six years, Spemann was persecuted to death by Hitler.

The Swedish royal family is really annoying.

Prince Oscar also wanted to talk to Zhou Hexuan about Peking Opera, but Zhou Hexuan was really not interested, and responded without a word. Hearing the perfunctory tone in Zhou Hexuan's tone, Prince Oscar smiled awkwardly and turned to chat with his princess.

The Joliot-Curies were also clearly resentful of the king and queen, who were staunch anti-Nazis. Marie Curie took the initiative to chat with Zhou Hexuan: "Mr. Zhou, your award acceptance speech is very good, we really need to communicate and communicate. ”

"Of course," Zhou Hexuan invited with a smile, "if possible, I hope that the two of you can go to China for academic exchanges." ”

Mr. Curie said: "We are studying atomic reactions, is there any research in China in this area? ”

Zhou Hexuan explained: "China has two scientific research institutes, the Academia Sinica and the Peking Research Institute, and although the development is very slow, there are already physics institutes. If the two of you can go to guide, the Chinese people will be very welcome. ”

"If we have time, we'd love to." Marie Curie laughed.

The Joliot-Curie couple proved that fission produces neutrons that can cause chain reactions, and the discovery of nuclear fission and chain reaction is the basis for the actual use of atomic energy, and its most well-known achievement is the nuclear bomb!

In two years, Qian Sanqiang will become a student of the Curies, and China's first atomic energy research institute was founded with the help of the Curies.

Zhou Hexuan didn't want to miss this opportunity, and asked, "When are the two of you free?" ”

"Well, we're not sure." Mr. Curie said.

Zhou Hexuan said: "On behalf of the two research institutes in China, I would like to formally extend an academic invitation to the two of them, and I hope that they will not refuse. ”

Mr. Curie was a little embarrassed, and Marie Curie smiled and nodded in agreement: "We will take time to go to China next year." ”

"Thank you so much!" Zhou Hexuan said happily.

Zhou Hexuan is only responsible for bridging and matchmaking, and the rest of the work is left to professionals, if he can help train a few atomic energy experts, it will definitely be an unexpected joy. Take Qian Sanqiang as an example, he can become a student of the Curie couple, which was recommended by Yan Keats, director of the Institute of Physics of the Peking Research Institute.