In the major newspapers in China, the news about this "World Games" is rare to synchronize with the world.

This is not because there are reporters in Paris, France, who shoot news cables about the results of the Olympic Games to major newspapers every day.

It is not because Chen Zheng of the Legation in France has made a contribution to the official telegram report to China in a timely manner.

Instead, the major newspapers bought news from foreign news agencies such as Reuters.

Westerners have always been interested in sports news, and the Olympic Games were one of the biggest sporting events of the whole of 1924.

Therefore, although it is far away in the sea, those foreign newspapers still publish the results of the day's competition every day.

At the 5th Far Eastern Games held in Osaka last year, Chinese athletes boycotted and refused to participate in the Games because of their relations with China.

In the end, thanks to the coordination of a weak and incompetent government, the athletes who had no time to prepare set off in a hurry, and thus won the biggest fiasco in the history of the Far Eastern Games.

In the end, China's score was not only far behind by the team that was actively preparing for the Paris Olympics, but even the small country of the Philippines.

Therefore, the Chinese people were not very interested in this Olympic Games far away in Europe, and even the largest "declaration" in the sea was just an inconspicuous position on the back page, publishing the news that four tennis players were going to participate in the World Games.

However, all this changed dramatically after Chen Muwu won his first gold medal.

The editor in charge of gathering news accidentally read in the Zilin Xi Bao that a Chinese named "Chen Han Chen" had won first place in the 1,500 meter freestyle competition.

As a result, the major newspapers in Shanghai reprinted the news one after another, and sent people to wait at the Reuters reporter station in Yanhai every day, and when they received the latest news of the Games from Europe, they immediately bought it and reprinted it in their own newspapers.

Chen Han Chen's follow-up performance was quite competitive, and he won the second and third firsts.

But now another question has emerged in front of reporters and readers, that is, who is this Chen Han Chen?

Some reporters specifically inquired about the situation of the "All-China Sports Association," which was upgraded from the "China Amateur Sports Federation" to the "All-China Sports Association" only last year, but the other party was also confused.

The main goal of the Association this year was to hold the 3rd National Games in May in Ryhan, and there were no athletes sent to foreign games.

All they knew was that four international students in the United States had written to them that they would be going to Paris to participate in the tennis event of the World Games, but they had no idea that they were competing in swimming.

However, after learning that some Chinese people won the gold medal, the Association issued a statement at the first time, expressing warm congratulations to this compatriot who did not know who it was.

Another reporter went to investigate the list of athletes who participated in the Fifth Far Eastern Games last year, and although there were many athletes with the surname Chen, none of them could match Chen Han Chen's number.

Chen Muqiao received a letter from the United Kingdom a few days ago, and it took only one year for the third brother to obtain a doctorate, which made the entire Chen family happy.

It's just that while he was happy, everyone had some doubts in their hearts, that is, Chen Muwu never mentioned in the letter when he would return to China after graduation.

He said that he had already found a job at Cambridge University, but now that he had finally graduated, shouldn't he go home first and show off in front of others?

Chen Muwu mentioned another thing in the letter, that is, he had a dream recently, and an immortal told him that there would be a disaster in the sea in the near future, and he asked the eldest brother to take the second brother and the old lady to temporarily return to his hometown in the countryside to live for a while.

Chen Muqiao scoffed at what the third brother said, thinking that you went abroad to study science and obtained a doctorate, why did you become more superstitious the more you studied this matter?

However, Mrs. Chen took this matter to heart, and she thought that her youngest son had specially said it in the letter, so she would rather believe it than believe it.

The old lady did everything possible to force the eldest and second to take her back to her hometown in the summer, and by the way, in the ancestral hall of her hometown, she hung a plaque of "doctor" for her youngest son.

Just when the Chen family was packing their luggage, Chen Muqiao saw the name Chen Han Chen in the newspaper, and he always felt that his younger brother had made some trouble abroad.

Could it be that if he doesn't return to China, he will go to participate in this World Games?

Chen Muqiao also specially held a newspaper and pretended to inadvertently ask the foreign physical education instructors in the school about the situation and what level he was at in the world for swimming in the 1,500 meters, 200 meters, and 400 meters.

Then he completely dispelled the idea that Chen Han Chen was his third brother.

Because the foreign faculty told Chen Muqiao that he felt that the newspaper might have printed the wrong data, because this length of time was completely impossible for him to achieve.

Although the third brother grew up near the water since he was a child and can swim, he shouldn't be able to swim that fast, right?

However, Chen Muqiao's suspicion and self-deception did not last long, because at the press conference after the last match, his brother's vest fell off.

The news quickly spread back to China, and whether it was a foreign newspaper or a Chinese newspaper, the entire media circle exploded.

A man, and he is also a Chinese, not only has he discovered new stars, he has made many significant advances in the study of physical sciences, and now he has won four first prizes in a row at the world's highest level of international games.

The first to respond was the two railway administrations.

The British Chief Engineer asked his subordinates to hang a new banner on the gate of the Bureau, "warmly celebrating the four first places won by Chen Hanchen, a former employee of the Bureau, in the International Games".

People from the cultural circles, sports circles, and even all walks of life, those who knew Chen Muwu and those who did not know Chen Muwu, all wrote articles in the newspapers one after another.

Mr. Lu Xun, Dr. Hu and other old acquaintances with Chen Muwu, naturally needless to say, even Zhang Boling, president of Shengkai University, lamented in the "Yishi Bao" that 16 years after the "Three Questions of the Olympic Games" put forward by the "Tianyu Youth" magazine, China finally came up with an athlete who can answer the first two questions, some people participated in the World Games on behalf of China, and some people won the championship for China at the World Games Conference, and there were four medals at once.

A young man who was serving as a member of the executive committee and secretary of the organization department of Ku Mantou Linghai at this time also saw this news in the newspaper and decided that swimming is a good sport to strengthen the body.

Cao Kun, the president of the Shaojing Presidential Palace, has just decided to award Chen Muwu two medals.

As a result, Chen Zheng of the Legation in France sent back the news that Chen Muwu had been majestic in front of foreigners and had won the first place in four events at the World Games.

This is a happy event that President Cao Kun, who has been elevated for a long time, has rarely heard of recently.

He once again gathered his staff together to study the matter of upgrading the medal to Chen Muwu, and finally came to the conclusion that the Baoguang Jiahe Medal was upgraded from a third-class ribbon to a second-class ribbon, and the third medal was also upgraded to a second-class medal.

And the bookstores on the road are obviously very interested in the book "Murder on the Paris Express" mentioned by Chen Muwu.

So they mobilized the staff of the bookstore one after another, asking them to send newspapers to relatives and friends far away in Europe to see if they could get the book, and arrange for people to translate and publish it as soon as possible.

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At this time, Chen Muwu, who was far away in Paris, was forcibly asked by De Broglie to let his housekeeper dress up well.

He was sitting in the car with Best, who was also dressed properly, and the two were about to go to the British Embassy in France, located on the suburban road of Saint-Auray, a stone's throw from the Elysee Palace, the official residence of the French president, to attend a dinner hosted by the Duke of York.

In fact, on the card I received the day before yesterday, only Chen Muwu's name was written.

However, he thought that this was an invitation from the British prince after all, and he might be able to do something cheaper with Best.

Unlike Chen Muwu, who was so calm, Best was very excited.

He thought that he had asked to accompany Chen to France to participate in the Olympic Games, and it was really a correct choice, not only won the gold medal, but also took the opportunity to meet the royal family.

After arriving at the embassy, showing the invitation letter and confirming their identities, the two were led to a room by the staff inside.

The layout inside is similar to that of Chen Muwu when he attended the dinner at Trinity College, but because there are not so many people, the scale is correspondingly much smaller.

At this time, there was no one in the room, and Chen Muwu and Best could only sit on the chairs in the corner of the room and wait quietly.

Although Chen Muwu was invited as Chen Muwu's guest, in the eyes of the people who arranged this banquet, the Duke of York's status was much more noble than that of him, a foreigner, so naturally he could only let him wait for His Royal Highness the Prince, and there was no reason for His Royal Highness the Prince to wait for him.

Fortunately, the two didn't wait long, the door of the room opened again, and under the respectful leadership of the staff, two people walked in.

Chen Muwu didn't know who it was, but he faintly felt the excitement of Best beside him.

It seems that one of these two people should be the Duke of York.

Maybe because this meeting was not on a formal occasion, he was not dressed in that military uniform, and he did not wear a badge on his chest, but chose to wear a suit.

Chen Muwu followed Best to stand up, and at the same time, the two people who had just come in also walked to their side.

The one who walked in front took the initiative to stretch out his hand towards Chen Muwu.

As soon as he spoke, Chen Muwu knew that this person should be the Duke of York: "Chen, Mr. Chen, it's very, very nice to meet you, I, I'm Albert." ”

"It's an honor to meet you, His Royal Highness the Duke of York."

Chen Muwu felt that on this occasion, he not only represented himself, but also represented the entire China behind him, so he tried to maintain his generosity and make his every move very decent.

After the two briefly shook hands and let go, the Duke of York introduced him to the person behind him: "This is the Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Sweden, Prince Gustav Adolf, he is a profound sinologist, he has been interested in Eastern culture before, and recently saw your outstanding performance in the Olympic Games, so His Royal Highness the Crown Prince also wants to meet you." ”

It is said that the monthly pass has been doubled in the past few days, and please don't be stingy with the tickets in your hands, and use them to humiliate Lao Zhao, who only coded 6,000 words today, thank you!

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