The trend of time travel in the UK has not dissipated with the passage of time, but has become more and more intense.

Because of another heavyweight, he personally went down.

Herbert George Wells, along with his predecessor Jules Verne, is known as the father of science fiction.

Wells's masterpiece is the novel "Time Machine" published in 1895, which is the example given by Chen Muwu when he asked Einstein a question at the lecture hall of the Ministry of Industry on New Year's Day this year.

This book was the first science fiction novel published by Wells, but its place in the history of science fiction is very important, and some critics have even identified the publication of this novel as "the first year of science fiction".

Wells also saw in the newspaper about Chen Muwu's model of the universe that could do time travel, and he wrote in the newspaper publicly, praising the young man in China who he had never met.

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Einstein, who had left the Mandate of Palestine after attending the events of the Hebrew University, had already taken a boat to Spain and was on a visit to the Iberian Peninsula.

In an interview with reporters, a reporter asked Einstein how to evaluate Chen Muwu, who has been very popular in Britain and even Europe recently, and Einstein replied like this:

"I have to say that Chen is a young man with a great talent in physics, which should be regarded as the biggest gain of my trip to the Far East. I hope that people will not only focus on whether humans can actually travel time, but also on Chen's first paper, which is that the essence of light that we see everywhere in our daily lives is a wave or a particle. ”

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It stands to reason that Chen Muwu's name has already caused a stir in Britain and the surrounding areas, so when he got off the train and showed his passport with his name written on it to the customs, he should have been recognized by the customs officials.

But why isn't that the case?

The question appears on the English version of his name.

When submitting papers, his signature has always been Chen Muwu, which is written according to the Chinese pinyin convention.

However, on the passport issued to him by the provincial government[1], his English name was written in the pinyin of Ch'ên Mu-Wu.

Although in the eyes of the Chinese, Chen and Ch'ên are almost the same.

But in the eyes of foreigners who are now familiar with Weituma Pinyin, the former pronunciation corresponds to the surname Zhen, and the latter is Chen's original pronunciation.

The well-known mistake of changing the Chinese name to Weituma Pinyin and then to the Chinese name is actually a mistake on top of a mistake, and it also made a similar mistake as Chen Muwu this time.

The translator discarded the letter "i" in Chiang and translated Chang into Chang according to the pronunciation of Hanyu Pinyin, but in fact, after discarding the letter "i", Chang should also correspond to Zhang, and Ch'ang corresponds to Chang.

This is also why, Chen Muwu was able to go all the way from the customs to the Legation of the People's Republic of China unimpeded, and was discovered by the staff of the Embassy.

He stayed in this office of the legation for a short while, and Zhu Zhaoxin, the chargé d'affaires ad temporary, rushed over with small steps under the leadership of the staff.

As he walked, he stretched out his hands to Chen Muwu, and his words were filled with uncontrollable fake politeness: "Mr. Chen, I have admired my name for a long time, and I can see him today, I really am a talent!" Zhu Zhaoxin, the first secretary and chargé d'affaires of the Chinese Legation in the United Kingdom, and all the staff of the Legation, welcome you to the United Kingdom! ”

The reason why Zhu Zhaoxin is so enthusiastic is because since Chen Muwu became famous in the UK, not only have there been countless reporters who want to interview him, but he sometimes walks on the street, and it seems that passers-by also think highly of him.

Only Corporal Lixian can reflect the prestige of his chargé d'affaires Zhu!

"It turned out to be Ding Gong! The younger generation is polite. Chen Muwu stood up, followed by a smirk, first arched his hand towards Zhu Zhaoxin, and then stretched out his hand to shake it with him.

Before going abroad, the eldest brother Chen Muqiao found him a lot of knowledge about Britain from the Global Chinese Student Union, including the introduction of the temporary chargé d'affaires Zhu Zhaoxin, whose name is Dingqing.

Chen Muwu called Zhu Zhaoxin, the first word "Ding" and added "Gong", which can also be regarded as an honorific title.

After all, in the UK, Zhu Zhaoxin, who is in charge of the distribution of official fees, can be regarded as half of his Chen Muwu's food and clothing parents, although he doesn't know what the situation is now, but many people are not to blame, it is not wrong!

"Mr. Chen, haven't consulted Taifu yet?"

"Don't dare to be, the younger generation has the grass word Hanchen, and the Jiang Yuren clan."

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The two pretended to be polite to each other, and then the guests and hosts sat down.

From Zhu Zhaoxin's words, Chen Muwu finally knew that he had relied on two papers to not only upset the physics community in Europe and the United States, but also to break out a certain popularity among the people through the spread of newspapers.

This was a path he had never envisioned, and it was no wonder that the chargé d'affaires in front of him was so polite to him.

Zhu Zhaoxin praised and encouraged Chen Muwu again, saying that he became famous all over the world by virtue of his scientific achievements at a young age, and hoped that he could make persistent efforts and continue to win glory for the country.

Chen Muwu was polite, but what he thought in his heart was, where is this!

"Hanchen, what is your itinerary after coming to England? How many days will you be visiting London, or will you have other arrangements? There are ten days left until the wedding of Prince Albert, Duke of York, and I will go to Westminster Abbey to watch the ceremony, and if you want to see the excitement, I can arrange for you to be accompanied by staff. Zhu Zhaoxin said kindly.

The title of Duke of York is generally given to the second son of the then King of England.

The current King of England is the George V who is printed or engraved on the stamp and the pound.

His eldest son was Prince Edward, Prince of Wales, who succeeded him after the death of George V and became Edward VIII.

But not long after becoming king, Edward VIII was "angry at the crown" and announced his abdication of the throne in order to marry a twice-divorced Mrs. Simpson.

The Duke of York could only be appointed as king in place of his eldest brother, becoming the head of state of England during World War II, George VI.

When Chen Muwu was in school, he had watched the movie "The King's Speech" that made Uncle Ke an Oscar winner, and naturally knew that the king who had some obstacles in speech was the Duke of York, who was now about to get married.

He also knew that the Duke of York's first daughter after his marriage was the little old lady who had been queen for seventy years and had died not long before he crossed over.

Chen Muwu was not interested in seeing the colonialist leader get married, and the grander and grander the wedding, the more oppressive they were to the local people in their colonies overseas. "Today, the county Zai Jia Zhu Fu is dyed with the blood of living beings."

What's more, he has to rush to Cambridge, preferably in time for the start of the summer semester in April.

Therefore, Chen Muwu refused Zhu Zhaoxin's invitation, and the chargé d'affaires was no longer polite.

The two chatted a few words in this office, and Zhu Zhaoxin left under the pretext that he was busy with official business.

The staff sent several telegrams to Chen Muwu, all of which were taken by his eldest brother Chen Muqiao from China during his more than a month's sea voyage, telling him to study abroad with peace of mind, and that everything was fine with him and his second brother to take care of him at home.

In addition to this, there were telegrams from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Education, and the Provincial Education Association, telling him to set up a bank account in the name of the legation as soon as possible, and that future official fees would be credited to his account on a monthly basis.

What is surprising is that the Tianyu "Yishi Bao" also sent a telegram, informing Chen Muwu that they had a special correspondent Zhang Xiuyou in Paris, the capital of France, and attached the reporter's address, asking him to send the serialized manuscript of "Shooting the Condor" there, and if there was any emergency in the future, he could also contact this special reporter.

Many friends and many roads, Chen Muwu put away these telegrams together, borrowed the telegram from the legation to send a letter to his family to report safety, and then checked into a guest room specially arranged for him by Zhu Zhaoxin, preparing to recuperate in the legation tonight, recuperate enough, and go north to Cambridgeshire tomorrow.

The only benefit of traveling by boat is that you don't have to worry about jet lag.

In addition, from Marseille to Calais to London yesterday, he didn't close his eyes much all day, so Chen Muwu quickly fell asleep.

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[1] Author's note: Before 1926, Qianhai had always belonged to the province of Qisu.