Subtitle of this chapter: The American Commander from Seris

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Sunday, April 17, 1921, 1 p.m.

At the insistence of the newspapers, our Grey Knight and the Grand Magister "had to" hold a press conference at the Rosewood Hotel, where they were staying.

"Mr. Einstein, I'm Sanders of the New York Times. I would like to ask if you are really a loyal reader of Mr. Neo-Yuan? ”

"Yes, Mr. Sanders. I am not only a loyal reader of Mr. Yuan, but I also admire his literary talent and scientific talent. Looking at the world today, probably only Mr. Yuan can combine literature and science so perfectly! ”

"Mr. Yuan, I'm Pulitzer of Le Monde. What do you think of Mr. Einstein's compliments on you? ”

"Miss Pulitzer. I guess all I can say is flattered. Compared to Mr. Einstein, the greatest scientist of the 20th century, my scientific literacy is not worth mentioning. Compared with those outstanding contemporary writers, my literary level can only be said to be average. But ......"

Our Master Yuan raised his voice and said very "sincerely": "I have always maintained a passion for science and literature. I have always believed that science can contribute to the welfare of all mankind and literature can soothe the hearts and minds of all mankind, so I have tried to combine the two. Mr. Einstein must have realized this and had such a compliment to my work. So ......"

He said with a deep baritone voice with great "emotion": "In this regard, Mr. Einstein can be regarded as my confidant!" ”

The "priestess" asked eagerly, "Mr. Yuan, when will those science fiction works that can amaze Mr. Einstein come out?" We're all looking forward to it! ”

Yuan Yanqian said a little "shyly": "I am honored to tell Miss Pulitzer and everyone that my first sci-fi book will be released this month. ”

"By the way......" he said with gratitude (this adjective doesn't need double quotation marks), "Mr. Einstein also wrote a preface to my book, so you don't sell my face, even if you sell the face of the greatest scientists of the twentieth century, you have to buy it back and see." ”

"Hahaha......" When the reporters here heard this not-so-funny joke, they all laughed very loudly.

It's right, it's really right, Yuan Yanqian, the "first person in science fiction", is really right.

Even if he doesn't want to be this gray knight now, the people of the world won't agree.

After the press conference and book launch, Master Yuan followed Einstein and Weizmann to the White House to meet President Harding.

What Inbrance heard was that the meeting between Einstein and Harding was actually "promoted" by his old man.

That's the biggest advantage of the traverser.

Yuan Yanqian knew that there was indeed such a meeting in history, but in the original timeline, the good old man president was reluctant to meet the Great Magister, but then he didn't know why he agreed to meet again.

Come to think of it, in addition to the Jewish factor, what should Warren Harding, who even had to miscalculate the tax rate, say when he meets Albert Einstein?

Therefore, the news from the White House this morning that the meeting was cancelled was carried out, and Einstein and Weizmann were naturally disappointed. Master Yuan, who was dining with them, "just happened" to hear the news, and immediately hung up the phone to President Harding, and the meeting was done.

And the Grand Magus was naturally very grateful and offered to write a preface for "Gray Knight Science Fiction Story 1".

For Master Yuan, who is a good person and has a good reward, it is sleepy and sent a pillow, without saying a word, he smiled happily, and accompanied these two Jews to the White House.

And when he met President Harding, Yuan Yanqian somewhat understood why he later changed his opinion to Einstein. Because it was a member of his cabinet who accompanied Harding on this private meeting.

This brother is a mining engineer by training, and as a science student, he should be looking forward to meeting the Grand Magister. Maybe on the original historical line, he persuaded Harding to change his mind.

He was an "old friend of the Chinese people", an engineer at the Kaiping Coal Mine, chairman of the World War I American Relief Committee and director of the U.S. Food Administration, the current federal secretary of commerce, the future thirty-first president, and Herbert Clark Hoover, who made a fortune with MacArthur in Japan after World War II.

Speaking of which, Master Yuan has already known three Republican leaders, that is, Harding, Coolidge and Hoover.

And the first person he got acquainted with was little John? Calvin? John Calvin Coolidge, Jr. When he was still living at Presbyterian Hospital in New York last November as a suspect in the Wall Street bombing, Coolidge visited him and delivered a speech in front of the hospital questioning the New York judiciary and the BOI.

Yuan Yanqian was able to clear his suspicions, and the vice president also had a share of credit...... Well, it is true that he did not do the BOOOOOOM of Wall Street, and in a sense he is still a victim.

In addition, Coolidge is known in the United States as a classical liberal conservative, and he particularly admires small government and free markets, so it stands to reason that he should have a common language with Master Yuan, a master of neoclassical liberalism.

In fact, Yuan Yanqian naturally wanted to have a good relationship with the next president of the United States for a long time, but John Coolidge and Warren Harding are like two sides of the same coin.

He was nicknamed "Carl the Silent". In fact, as a political figure, Coolidge is still quite good at speaking, but he usually speaks very little.

A potentially apocryphal story goes like this: Once, the poetess Dorothy Parker sat down next to Coolidge at a dinner party and said to him; "Mr. Coolidge, I just made a bet with a friend, and he said I couldn't possibly get you to say more than two words."

Coolidge looked at her and replied, "You lose." ”

Later, when he heard that Coolidge had died, Parker said, "How did they tell he was dead?" Just because he doesn't speak? ”

Coolidge often seemed uncomfortable with Washington's fashionable society. When asked why he continued to attend so many banquets, Coolidge replied, "You have to find a place to eat." ”

Therefore, our Master Yuan has never been able to find a chance to get close to President Coolidge, who is known for his "Coolidge prosperity".

But now he has a chance to get closer to President Hoover, who is known for his "Hoover Great Depression."

And Hoover is probably the American commander who "knows" Seris the most in history.

After all, the place where he started was the Kaiping Coal Mine in Tianjin. To be more precise, if he hadn't come to China in 1899 to become a coal mine engineer, he would not have been the president of the United States in 1929.