Although it is said that there are 1,000 Hamlets in the eyes of a thousand readers, after listening to Chen Muwu's speech, the other four people in the office all gave exactly the same reaction and performance.

Even if they have long known that Chen Muwu has always been "silent and endless" in physics, they have more or less accepted some of the ideas put forward by Chen Muwu before.

But hearing such shocking news in such a short period of time, no one can agree with the new point of view put forward by Chen Muwu.

Heisenberg was the most receptive of the four, and after listening to Chen Muwu's description of the sea as an analogy, he first thought of the only proton in the world with positive energy and positive power - in fact, this is only the only one discovered by human beings now.

Heisenberg was still happy that he had finally caught up with Chen Muwu's train of thought for the first time this time, but he didn't expect the other party to directly and mercilessly immediately refute him.

Positively charged antielectrons?

Is this the answer that a normal human can come up with?

Hearing this reply that Chen Muwu had imagined, Pauli sneered again in his heart.

He felt that Chen Muwu must have made a mistake in the wave equation this time, and it was only because of his good face that he made up such a whimsical answer.

The arrogant Pauli was about to make a mockery, but the pain from his body immediately stopped him.

He didn't dare to touch a single hair of Chen Muwu now, for fear of angering this belligerent Chinese and giving him another beating.

Bohr, the eldest, only briefly pauses in shock before moving on farther away.

Before Chen Muwu in this world, or in other words, before Chen Muwu remained in the Far East as a railway engineer, and did not come to Europe and set foot in the world of physics, the electron was just a particle discovered by Sir Thomson, which had a fixed orbit, a precise position, and an accurate measured velocity.

But after Chen Muwu's arrival, the bottom line of physicists retreated again and again.

First, through irrefutable experimental phenomena, everyone accepted that the electron is not only a particle, but also a wave.

Then it accepts that the electron "orbits" not only around the nucleus, but also around one of its own axes.

After that, the orbits, precise positions, and velocities of electrons were also stripped away by Chen Muwu one by one.

But apparently, he is not satisfied with this yet.

So today, he also arranged a twin brother with the same charge but opposite electricity to the elf of the electron.

When thinking about problems, Bohr always lit himself a pipe tobacco, believing that in a smoky environment, he would stimulate the neurons in his brain and make them function better.

But today, Bohr doesn't even bother to put his pipe in his mouth.

Because he felt that there was no point in thinking at this moment, even if he put himself in the billowing smoke of the coal-fired boiler of the Carlsberg power plant, he would not be able to keep up with Chen Muwu's thoughts today.

……

Although Pauli can't use his harsh words to ridicule Chen Muwu, he has no burden on his junior brother.

Therefore, in response to Heisenberg's hot mind just now, pointing out that the "hole" in Chen Muwu's words should be proton, Pauli began to point to Sang and scolded Huai.

"Werner, you're taking it for granted.

"The mass of a proton is one or two thousand times that of an electron, and the 'hole' left by this electron leaving the vacuum should not be a proton.

"Maybe it's really like Mr. Chen's imagination, there really is a positron, right?

"I don't know when I'll be able to meet this hidden positron in the lab."

Chen Muwu heard the meaning of Pauli's words, and thought that this person was really sharp-tongued, although he was criticizing Heisenberg on the surface, but under the careful taste, every word and sentence was actually aimed at himself.

Of course, positrons can be seen in the laboratory, but it's hard to say whether they can be seen in a laboratory with Pauli.

"Ten years."

Everyone looked at Chen Muwu, and they didn't understand the meaning of the two words that popped out of his mouth.

Seeing that everyone's eyes were on him, Chen Muwu confidently continued: "I think that within ten years, people will be able to find traces of positrons. Does anyone want to bet with me? ”

"I'm coming!"

Pauli was very positive, he thought that he had wasted so much strength just now, so he couldn't help but not have another verbal friction with Chen Muwu.

I didn't expect this person to actually send it to the door.

"Mr. Chen, what are you going to bet on? How about ten Sovereigns? If, within ten years, people succeed in finding what you call the positron, then I will pay you ten Essauverin, Professor Bohr and Werner, and this Mr. Oppenheimer as witnesses. ”

The sauvereign is a British currency, and the face value of one saovereign is one pound sterling.

But what is unique is that Sovereign is all made of gold.

In 1924, before Britain returned to the gold standard, a Sovereign was worth much more than a pound sterling.

Pauli was full of confidence and believed that there would be no such fantastical thing as "positron" in this world, so he made a bloody investment.

But Chen Muwu is also full of confidence, let alone ten years, as long as he wants, maybe after returning to the Cavendish laboratory, he can find the existence of this positron.

The reason why he brought up the bet was only because he heard Pauli's sarcasm in what he had just said, and wanted to teach the arrogant Pauli another lesson.

"There is a saying among us that 'talking about money hurts feelings'.

"Although I think in Mr. Pauli's heart, I guess I don't have any affection for me.

"But if you live in Germany and you make marks and gamble on pounds, if you do lose in the end, it may be a financial burden for you.

"Why don't you do this, if the positron really appears within ten years, how about I treat you to a meal?"

Everyone continued not to understand the meaning of Chen Muwu's words.

Didn't you mean to bet? Why did you suddenly talk about eating again?

"I've heard that in Denmark's neighbouring country, Sweden, there is a special dish called 'sour herring'.

"Nordic fishermen always catch plenty of fresh herring in the Baltic Sea before the herring spawns in April and May.

"Because these fish will spoil if they are not eaten in time, from the 16th century onwards, large quantities of herring were stored by fermenting them with water and salt.

"I've always wanted to try what this sour herring tastes like, but I never had the chance.

"Well, if people don't find the positron in ten years, you can treat me to a sour herring. Otherwise, how about I invite you to eat? ”

As a native of Shaoxing, Chen Muwu is accustomed to eating moldy amaranth stalks, moldy thousand zhangs, stinky winter melon and stinky tofu, but he is still helpless against the smell of canned herring.

The reason why Chen Muwu proposed this bet was purely to disgust Pauli.

And it's a real sense of physical and psychological disgust.

Pauli and Heisenberg, who may have lived on the European continent for a long time, did not know what a sour herring was.

But Bohr, who also lived in Northern Europe, knew!

His first reaction after listening to Chen Muwu's bet request was that this young man was really perverted!

He actually bet people to eat that kind of thing!

In order to prevent future accidents, Bohr had to remind his students: "Wolfgang, the sour herring that Mr. Chen refers to is a very 'unique' Nordic food, perhaps more unique than the blue cheese on the European continent." ”

Pauli disagreed, and he hadn't eaten blue cheese: "Professor Bohr, no problem, isn't it just sour herring!" Mr. Chen, I accepted this bet. Do we need to take out a pen and paper and write it down? ”

"There is no need, Mr. Pauli, as you just said, Professor Bohr, Mr. Heisenberg, and Robert, all three of them are Witnesses."

Oppenheimer nodded quickly, though he didn't know what kind of food sour herring was.

At this point, Bohr was helpless, but there was no other way.

Anyway, ten years is still a long time, and during this time, there is always room to turn around, right?

Seeing that Pauli had fallen into his trap, Chen Muwu, who was in a good mood, turned his head and comforted Heisenberg, who had just been denied by himself and satirized by Pauli because of his remark that "'holes' are actually protons": "Mr. Heisenberg, you don't need to be discouraged, although the proton is not the hole, just as the electron exists as an antielectron with the same mass and charge, and the opposite electrical nature, the proton also has a corresponding antiproton."

"One day, people will also find the existence of antiprotons."

But this time, Chen Muwu didn't say anything more within ten years.

Antiprotons will not appear in the lab until the accelerator technology matures.

But right now, there is no decent accelerator in the world.

Hearing Chen Muwu say the antiproton thing again, Bohr was no longer surprised.

Another question even inexplicably appeared in his brain now: that is, is there an anti-Chen Muwu existence, or should it be called Wu Muchen?

The phone on his desk suddenly rang, interrupting Bohr's thoughts.

"Hello? I'm Bohr. ”

He subconsciously spoke Danish.

However, the earpiece came from the same non-standard English as his, and there was a lot of interference and noise in the signal, which made people feel that the call might not have come from the city limits of Copenhagen: "Hello, Professor Bohr, is Dr. Chen Muwu in the Institute of Theoretical Physics?" Can you get in touch with him now? ”

"He's right next to me, who are you? What are you looking for him? ”

"This is Stockholm, Sweden, the Nobel Prize Committee of the Royal Academy of Sciences. We would like to congratulate Dr. Chen Muwu for winning the Nobel Prize in Physics this year, 1924!

"As for the future prize collection, we will inform you later......"

Bohr didn't care about what was babbling on the phone, he directly took the earpiece away from his face, and excitedly shouted at Chen Muwu on the sofa: "Chen, congratulations, you won this year's Nobel Prize in Physics!" ”

From the Solvay conference in April this year, when the elder Prague first mentioned nominating Chen Muwu for the Nobel Prize, to Rutherford's public relations for himself.

For winning the Nobel Prize in Physics, Chen Muwu has long been mentally prepared.

Rao is Chen Muwu behaves lightly on weekdays, but he is not Xie An of the Eastern Jin Dynasty after all, and he can't say the most coercive sentence in the history of China, "children are big thieves".

But even Xie An was so excited that he directly stepped on the soles of the clogs, not to mention the current Chen Muwu?

Hearing the news from Bohr's mouth, Chen Muwu stood up directly from the sofa: "Professor Bohr, what did you say...... Is it true? ”

"Come here, listen to the phone yourself! The people inside happen to be looking for you. ”

Chen Muwu ran to Bohr's desk in three steps and two steps, picked up the earpiece and leaned it on his ear, and heard some anxious words coming from inside: "...... Feed? Professor Bohr, are you still there? Can you call Dr. Chen Muwu for us? ”

"I'm Chen Muwu."

"Dr. Chen, congratulations on winning this year's Nobel Prize in Physics, where will you be in the future, Cambridge University in the UK or Copenhagen in Denmark?"

Chen Muwu thought about it, it was already late October, and it was too much of a toss to return to Britain again, so it would be more convenient to stay here with Bohr and go to Sweden.

"If nothing else, it's in Denmark."

"Well, Dr. Chen, we will ask the staff of the Swedish Embassy in Copenhagen to convey to you the follow-up award collection, and they will contact you in advance and then visit you."

"I'm sorry for you."

"You're welcome, these are all things we should do. Congratulations again on winning the award! ”

The news that Chen Muwu had won the Nobel Prize in Physics was like a Kruger match that lit it, and the telephone line turned into a gunpowder lead, along the line from Stockholm, the capital of Sweden, to the coastal city of Malmö, across the Øresund Strait, to Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark, and finally to the Institute of Theoretical Physics, where he lit the "powder keg" placed in this office.

Two years earlier, Bohr, the owner of the institute, had learned the good news that he had won the Nobel Prize in Physics through this international telephone line, which had been connected to the end of the 19th century.

Only, how did the Swedes know they were in Copenhagen?

In fact, the Nobel Prize Committee first sent Chen Muwu's award telegram to the Cavendish Laboratory at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom.

One of the reasons they didn't choose to call was because the UK was too far away and the quality of the phone signal would not be very good.

The second reason is that the phone bill is too expensive.

After the director Rutherford opened and read the contents, he immediately asked Chadwick to go to the telegraph office to reply to Stockholm, telling them that Chen Muwu was not at Cambridge University, but at the Copenhagen Institute of Theoretical Physics.

So the call finally reached Bohr's office.

In the meantime, the news had been sold to the reporter by a translator from the Cambridgeshire Telegraph Office for a whopping two pounds.

It is estimated that tomorrow morning, the news that Chen Muwu won the Nobel Prize in physics will spread all over the streets of London.

The enthusiastic nature of the Americans made Oppenheimer more excited than Chen Muwu.

A few punches out of thin air weren't quite enjoyable, and he even yelled a few times in the office.

Heisenberg's eyes were filled with envy, while Pauli was dead.

Damn, he pretended to be it again this time!

Because today's occasion is too special, everyone's memory is very deep.

Pauli is still completely unaware that the bet between himself and Chen Muwu on the existence of positrons to eat sour herring will be written into his memoirs by the three people present in the future, and it will become a past event that he has never been willing to mention.

After putting down the phone, Chen Muwu was tightly hugged into his arms by Bohr, who was standing next to him.

Thankfully, this is not France, and Bohr is not Debroire.

"Congratulations, Chen!"

"Thank you, thank you. Thank you, Professor Bohr, for nominating me to the jury. ”

"This is a reward that can only be obtained by your real talent, if it weren't for the fact that you have made so many merits, it is useless to nominate more!"

At this moment, in Shaojing, the capital of China, Dr. Hu, an old acquaintance of Chen Muwu, suddenly sneezed in his sleep.

Although he was nominated for the first time, it was not until 1939, fifteen years later.

Bohr continued: "It's a great pleasure, and we have to celebrate it for you!" ”

Hearing the word celebration, Heisenberg immediately reacted: "Professor, are you going to have another dance tonight?" ”

……

That night, in the cafeteria of the Institute of Theoretical Physics, Bohr held another family banquet for Chen Muwu.

For the students of the institute, this should be regarded as a relatively high honor.

Every month, Bohr invited one of the best students of the month to dinner with his family.

……

A few days later, the staff of the Swedish Embassy in Denmark came to the Institute of Theoretical Physics and explained to Chen Muwu in person about going to Stockholm to receive the award.

In order to commemorate Alfred Nobel, the founder of the Nobel Prize, the Nobel Prize is awarded on December 10 every year, which is the day of Nobel's death.

But Chen should have arrived in Stockholm a few days before that, because he still has a series of social events to attend before then.

The amount of prize money that Chen Muwu received this year is more than 120,000 Swedish kronor, which can reach more than 8,000 when converted into pounds.

It's just that this huge amount of money will not be available until he arrives in Stockholm.

The staff also mentioned the award-winning speech, hoping that Chen Muwu could prepare the content of the speech in advance, so as not to mess up after taking the stage at that time.

Finally, the embassy staff also informed Chen Muwu that the Swedish side would pay for the round-trip travel expenses for him and another travel companion, as well as all the expenses for food and lodging in the local area.

Of course, if Chen Muwu wants to, he can also invite others to the Stockholm City Hall to watch the ceremony.

However, these people have to bear the cost of travel and food and lodging.

After bidding farewell to this staff member, Chen Muwu found that after he won the award, he still had a lot of work to do.

The speech was a small thing, because he happened to have something almost ready-made.

But who to invite to the awards ceremony, this matter is really difficult for him.

The palms and backs of his hands were full of meat, Chen Muwu made a list of several people, and then took this list to the legation of the People's Republic of China in Denmark.

He did not come here to show his merit to the government, but only to rub off on the telegram from the legation.

Although Chen Muwu has already received the Nobel Prize prize of 8,000 pounds, it will still make him heartache to shoot a sky-high telegram in China.

Chargé d'Affaires in Denmark Xu Zhaoxiong was happy, although Chen Muwu's achievements were not in Denmark, but he won the award here.

After reading the news from the local newspaper in Copenhagen, Xu Zhaoxiong immediately photographed the telegram of the good news back to China.

Naturally, he would not refuse Chen Muwu's request to use a telegraph to send a telegram, and he also specially told the staff of the legation to cooperate well with the new Nobel laureate in physics.

Xu Zhaoxiong thought to himself, if this lord can say a few good words for himself in China in the future, then will he, the chargé d'affaires, also be able to go one step further and also get the title of minister to Denmark?

When he learned that he could invite guests to attend the award ceremony, Chen Muwu's first thought was his family who was far away in the sea.

He had just thought about it so that his family could hide from the war that was coming in a few years.

But last summer, after meeting with Yan Renguang and Ye Qisun at Cambridge University and having the idea of running a school, Chen Muwu suddenly realized that if his two elder brothers came abroad, then it would come in handy.

His eldest brother, Chen Muqiao, started as a teacher and also worked for several years as the provost of Nanyang University in the Ministry of Communications.

If he can really build a school for domestic students, then the eldest brother can use his experience to help manage it.

And Chen Muping, the second brother who opened a money bank in Shanghai, can also be his financial director.

Although Chen Muwu can now make money on the project, the only one at present is Penguin Press, plus an electron microscope that I don't know when it will be commercially produced.

But if you really want to run a school, the income of these two projects will definitely be far from enough, and Chen Muwu's money-making machine must be started fiercely at that time.

But he can't just make money and waste his academic work, if the second brother can come, it will be a great favor for him.

It is estimated that the only thing that is most difficult to convince is the old lady in their house.

Elderly people are the most peaceful and relocate, and pay attention to a fallen leaf to return to their roots.

It is certainly not easy to get her to leave her hometown and cross the ocean to a foreign country.

Chen Muwu thought about it before, but he really couldn't do it, so he used the statement that he met the girl abroad and planned to get married to deceive the old lady.

But now that he has won the Nobel Prize, it seems that it is a good opportunity to "trick" his family to come abroad.

"Mother's knee:

“……”

(End of chapter)