After agreeing with these judges, Chen Muwu walked to the side of the auditorium.

The first to leave were the group of people from the Apostle Society, who quietly withdrew after seeing that Chen Muwu had successfully obtained his doctorate.

In order to maintain their mystery, the apostles would not show their identities in front of outsiders, and the graduation party that everyone had prepared for Chen Muwu should be held at the meeting this Saturday, if nothing else.

Chen Muwu now says that he is one of the Cambridge apostles, but in fact, when he is with these people, it is more like a business partner.

Everyone has money to earn together, so he doesn't mind playing the game with them.

Then he came to Best's side again, and after the defense, Best did not leave, and so did the people he brought with him.

In this situation, without using his brain, Chen Muwu knew that Best must have wanted to introduce the person next to him to him.

"Chen, congratulations on your successful graduation and Ph.D."

Chen Muwu wanted to shake hands, but Best came up and gave him a big hug directly.

"Lawrence, thank you for coming to cheer me on today."

After the two separated again, Best was still very excited and said: "Chen, you just finished the race in the Thames that day, and I wanted to give you such a hug, but I never found a chance. Do you know how many seconds you swam in those two games? Even His Royal Highness the Duke of York wants to ......"

Chen Muwu stretched out his hand and made a gesture to stop Best, who wanted to continue: "Stop, Lawrence, is your Highness here today?" ”

"No, he ......"

A few days ago, Best had told him that two British princes were going to see the Games.

But this has nothing to do with him, so Chen Muwu interrupted him again: "If you don't come, then it doesn't seem to be a big deal, then save these for the night at the Eagle Bar, should you introduce me first, this gentleman next to you?" ”

"Yes, yes, yes...... I was so excited that I forgot about it," Best turned a little sideways and let go of the person next to him, "Joseph, this is the Chen Muwu of Trinity College that you have always wanted to know, Chen, this person is my classmate, Joseph Needham of Gantiville and Case College, who is also studying for his Ph.D. now. ”

"Mr. Chen, congratulations on your Ph.D. graduation."

"Thank you, Mr. Needham."

Chen Muwu didn't know what Best's intention was to introduce this person to him, but he still shook hands with him politely.

Chen Muwu quickly looked at the other side with his peripheral vision, and found that he had a partial head shape of four or six points, a pair of round glasses on his nose, and his height was similar to his own.

Best continued, "Joseph didn't introduce me to you because of your achievements in astronomy and physics.

In fact, he has recently taken a few courses in the Department of Sinology and is also reading Chinese books. He was a little interested in Chinese culture, and he learned that I was familiar with you, so he asked me to introduce you to him. ”

Although the East has gradually declined in recent years, Oriental Studies has always been a prominent study in the West.

At the end of the 19th century, the University of Cambridge also opened a department of Sinology, and its first professor of Sinology was the one who invented the Wechsler Pinyin.

Although it started much later than France, Germany and Tsarist Russia, which are closer to the East, after more than 30 years of development, it has gradually become a small but refined subject in the school.

In addition to Rutherford, Chen Muwu rarely saw an Englishman who was interested in Sinology, so he asked more: "Oh? Mr. Needham, what have you been reading lately? ”

"I was recently reading a book translated by Sir Wittoma, Lao-tzu: a Study in Chinese Philosophy, and I was very interested in what it contained,......"

Old vinegar? I'm still peanuts!

Chen Muwu listened to him talk about the ideas in the book for a long time, and only then did he realize that the name in front of him that sounded similar to "Lao Vinegar" in the British mouth was actually Lao Tzu.

And the book he is talking about is the Tao Te Ching.

Nidham, who was opposite Chen Muwu, continued to talk about his lofty words: "......, Chen, do you have an English name?" ”

"I'm sorry, my name is Chen Muwu, I don't have any other name."

He shook his head, thinking to himself that he didn't work as a white-collar worker in a foreign company where Vivian was everywhere, and he didn't work as a shaver in a hair salon run by Mr. Tony's chain, why did he feel uncomfortable and choose an English name?

Foreigners can't pronounce my Chinese name correctly or pronounce it accurately, it means that they don't respect me, and it's not that I don't respect them.

What's more, the pronunciation of his Chinese name is not difficult, if he can't pronounce it correctly, then what kind of sinology will he learn?

"Yes, in our Sinology department, the teacher asked each of us to choose a Chinese name for ourselves. I've struggled for a long time to come up with a good English name, can you please see if this name is appropriate? ”

Needham handed over a piece of paper with three Chinese characters written crookedly.

Spring worms and autumn snakes, the idioms created by the ancients are really images.

Chen Muwu swept his gaze to the note while continuing to listen to this person's continued speech: "Because I like the book "Tao Te Ching" very much, I used the author's surname Li as my Chinese surname, and then took the first two sounds of the name Joseph for transliteration, and I got ......"

At this point, Chen Muwu had already finished reading the three traditional Chinese characters written on the paper, and his brain even took time to shut down for two seconds.

Joseph Lee.

Is this the one who wrote a "History of Science and Technology in China" and raised a Needham problem named after him?

Chen Muwu only knew that Joseph Needham later became a Chinese communicator, but he knew very little about his life and academic contributions.

But because he dared to investigate the germ warfare used by mold on the battlefield of suspicion, then he was Chen Muwu's good friend.

After chatting with these two people for a few more words, Chen Muwu felt that Joseph Needham did not let go of himself.

If it were normal times, he would have had a lot of time to chat with him.

But not today, he still has a bunch of greetings and a lot of things to do.

So Chen Muwu found an opportunity to point to Kapitsa's side, pretended to have a slightly regretful expression, and said to Best and Joseph Needham: "Lawrence, Mr. Needham, I still have a lot of things to do today, and I really can't talk about it now, if you have anything else to do in the future, you can find me again anytime and anywhere." Also, welcome to the Eagle Bar tonight, we won't get drunk! ”

"Chen, can I call a few more people over at night? I really have something very important to say to you! Best asked.

"Of course."

……

Chen Muwu walked to the other side of the auditorium again, and the first thing that greeted him was still a hug from Kapitsa.

"Chen, I think I already know the reason why you can get your PhD from Cambridge University in one year."

The speaker has no intention, but the listener has the intention.

A string in Chen Muwu's head was directly tightened, could it be that his identity as a traverser was discovered by Kapitsa?

But he still pretended to be happy and asked, "Then what do you say is the reason?" ”

"Because if you want to get a PhD, you have to spend at least a year at Cambridge. If you can graduate in half a year, then you will never choose to wait another half a year! ”

Wow, scare Lao Tzu!

Except for Kapitsa, the remaining two people were quite reserved.

Dirac stepped forward and said a few flattering words, and then began to talk about the theory of relativity and the spin of the electron.

I just sent away one who talked to him about Sinology, and ushered in another one who talked to him about physics.

These people really have some tendons, and they don't let Chen Muwu have a good rest today.

"Paul, thank you for taking time out of my defense during the intense revision period. Let's talk about the question of electron spin and relativity after you finish the exam and I'm also busy with my graduation, okay? ”

As Chen Muwu spoke, he glanced at Ye Gongchao.

Chinese people don't deceive Chinese people, but it's still okay to deceive foreigners.

So Ye Gong naturally took over the conversation, and didn't give Dirac a chance to ask questions at all: "Paul, the legation of our country has come to us for some things these days, so I think your question, as Mr. Chen said, needs to wait a few more days." Just in time you can use this time to study for your exams, and as long as you do well in your final exams, your scholarship for next year will also go up! ”

After coaxing Dirac, Ye Gongchao seamlessly switched to Chinese: "Brother Hanchen, congratulations on obtaining a doctorate in one year." This speed should be unique in our country.

"The legation I mentioned just now is not a lie," Ye Gongchao took advantage of Dirac's inattention and pouted at him, "You really have to go to London with me for the past two days." When we international students come to a foreign country, from enrollment to graduation, we need to prepare a case with the legation in advance.

"Another thing, that is, after the clothes and hats for the diploma and degree gown are issued, I plan to find a photo studio, take a photo and send it to my home, do you want to take a picture with me?"

Yes, Fang Hong gradually did this in "The Siege", and he Chen Muwu was not exempt from vulgarity.

But even if this photo is not taken, as long as he learns the news of his doctoral graduation, the second brother Chen Muping will definitely publish the news on the "Declaration".

In this year, I got a doctorate degree in the world's first university, if I didn't publicize it in the newspaper, wouldn't it be just like what King Xiang said, "Wealth does not return to his hometown, such as clothes and brocade at night"?

It can only be said that Chen Muwu's imagination is still lacking.

After waiting for more than a month, after he wore a doctor's gown and a doctor's hat, and returned to Qihai by train, the Chen and Ye families not only published their photos on the "Declaration" - these are the basic operations that Chen Muwu could expect.

But he never imagined that Mrs. Chen would instruct her second son Chen Muping, and even found someone to carve a plaque with the big word "doctor" written on it and hung it in the ancestral hall of their old Chen family.

Although the plaque of "Jinshi and the first" has become an out-of-print decoration, but if you hang a "doctor" plaque in the ancestral hall, you can still glorify your ancestors!

(End of chapter)