The news of Eddington's beating was undoubtedly in the news of the Daily Telegraph the next day, and the Fleet Street gang was really well informed.

Of course, it is quite possible that the editor who was beaten found the reporter himself, who took a punch and felt that he was making too little for five pounds.

The editor also knew that he was at a loss, not to mention that Eddington was still a respected fellow of the Royal Society of Science, and even if he called the police, he would not have an advantage.

So he chose to kill two birds with one stone, not only to get a sum of money from the reporters, but also to ruin Eddington's reputation with the help of the uncrowned king.

The vulgar editor and the unscrupulous reporter hit it off, not only trumpeting how Eddington was arrogant and unreasonable, but also delving into the reasons why Eddington beat people apart.

From the Huns defeated by the Han Dynasty to the Turks defeated by the Tang Dynasty, these barbarians would always go to Europe to find their own ground every time they suffered a defeat at the Chinese.

Coupled with the Mongol Iron Horseman, who crossed the Danube, the fear of the East in the hearts of Europeans was passed down from generation to generation.

At the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, the mighty Boxer Rebellion was set off on the land of China, and the last two words of their slogan "Helping the Qing Dynasty to Destroy the Foreigners" once again awakened the terrifying memories that the white people had passed down from generation to generation in their blood.

In 1913, the British writer Sax Dog threw himself into the arms of mystery novels.

He is very in line with the times, and the villain in the work, which is also the biggest highlight of the whole series, is named Fu Manchu.

Of course, ten years later, the stories in this book are not so childish in Britain and Europe and the United States, and Hu Er can sing them, and they will really be known to women and children, and they will have to wait until the release of the Paramount film.

The general public in Britain now has an attitude towards the Chinese with disgust and fear, plus a little curiosity.

Therefore, the reporter made a big fuss about Chen Muwu's identity as a Chinese, and even wrote about the ins and outs of his submission of a paper to the "Philosophy Journal".

In fact, the small citizen class all over the world is the same, no one cares whether light is a wave or a particle, they watch this kind of lace news, just to chase a sense of curiosity.

Now, fueled by newspapers and word of mouth, there is an urban legend circulating in the streets of London and even the whole of Britain that a Chinese man used a paper to disturb the entire physics community.

The two dark clouds above the physics edifice had not completely dissipated, and a new yellow cloud had drifted in.

Of course, there are also people who can see the essence through the phenomenon and extract useful information from this lace news.

Zhu Zhaoxin, first secretary and chargé d'affaires ad interim of the Chinese Legation in Britain, was sent a copy of the "Daily Telegraph" by the staff of the legation, which was specially marked with a circle with a red pen at the press office where Eddington beat people.

During the period of the Beiyang government, the officials of the embassies and consulates abroad basically continued the policy of "closing the country to the outside world" that lasted for hundreds of years in the Ming and Qing dynasties, and there were no major foreign affairs activities to participate in.

They did this because the government of the People's Republic of China took the form of a lump sum in the funding of these embassies abroad.

After a sum of money came at the beginning of the year, he didn't care, and whether there was a surplus or a loss after the end of each year was all up to the minister's ability.

Therefore, everyone in the legation thinks about how to scavenge more oil and water from the country and students who have studied abroad to report at the embassy.

As for public opinion and public opinion on foreign visits, is there any further intelligence work?

How could they do such a thankless job even if they didn't even bother to go out to the embassy?

Therefore, neither Wei Chen, the minister in Germany, nor Zhu Zhaoxin, the chargé d'affaires ad interim of the Chinese embassy in Britain, were unaware that a Chinese paper had been published in the top physics journals of these two countries, and it was not until they heard the international students talk about recent anecdotes at the New Year's dinner or read the lace news in the newspapers that they learned about it in hindsight.

When he saw the newspaper saying that an Englishman had a fight with another Englishman for the sake of a Chinese, Zhu Zhaoxin was directly frightened.

He hurriedly asked the staff who brought him the newspaper: "Who is this Chinese?" Where is he? How could he provoke two Englishmen to fight? Will it cause surprise to AIA? What should I do if the British launch a diplomatic summons about this? ”

The staff was full of helplessness, and he regretted very much that he had sent this newspaper to Chargé d'Affaires Zhu.

It's obviously a matter of fighting for the nation, how did he come to him, and the first thing that came to mind was the opinion of foreigners?

Although he was angry in his heart, he still replied with a smile: "Sir, please read this news first, basically all problems can be solved." ”

"Oh...... Oh...... I see......"

Zhu Zhaoxin made comments while reading the news.

After reading the news, he replied, "Is this ...... Chen Muwu, who is sacred? ”

"This is not very clear to my subordinates. However, after seeing the news, he went to the School of Political Science and Economics on Horton Street, found an international student, Jin Longsun, and asked him about the specific situation.

He said that there is indeed such a Mr. Chen, who has published papers in top physics journals in the United Kingdom, and a laboratory called what is called the University of Cambridge has also done experiments based on his papers, and the experimental results are very supportive of his papers.

After that, he wanted to pull his subordinates to talk about philosophical issues, and his subordinates quickly slipped back when they found an opportunity.

"That's amazing! Hey, I've been in China for too long, and I didn't know that there was such a talent in China. You say, shouldn't we draw up a telegram to inform the relevant parties of the situation here? ”

Zhu Zhaoxin couldn't make up his mind and continued to ask the staff for advice.

"My subordinates don't think it's necessary to send a separate telegram to China for this matter, and now it's only the beginning of the year, and the funds of our legation should be saved. It's better to write it into the materials of the weekly report and send it back to China next Monday. Again, it was noted that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was asked to refer it to the Ministry of Education and ask them what was going on. ”

"Okay, just do as you say."

Putting aside the fact that after reading the news in the newspaper, Zhu Zhaoxin sent an official telegram to China to report and make inquiries.

The day after the beating, Eddington, the initiator, was also very distressed.

He wasn't worried about the news in the newspapers that would affect his reputation.

There are not so many tabloid reporters and unscrupulous paparazzi these days, and many secrets within the walls of Buckingham Palace will not be made public, so the royal family is still a kind of mysterious existence on the high, and King George V still has a lot of weight in the hearts of the British.

Correspondingly, the status of the Royal Society, which was established by the king, also rose with the tide.

Coupled with the natural reverence of the public for the great scientist with a wealth of knowledge, Eddington, a fellow of the Royal Society, did not care what a small report would do to him.

What really gave him a headache was Chen Muwu's second paper on the theory of relativity, which he had to come back from the editorial office of the "Journal of Philosophy" yesterday with his fist.