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Tianyi is a railway transportation hub in the northern region of China, and it is also the fourth city we arrived in this trip after Haerbin, Lingchun and Mukden.

The city was known for the large number of concessions within its borders, even more than the number of concessions in the Far East's largest city at this time.

According to Dr. Chan's original plan, he only planned to stay in Tianyu for one day and then continue his journey back home.

But things changed on the platform of Tianyi East Railway Station, and we followed a person who picked us up from the station, and we got out of the train station in a daze, and then took a very fresh human-driven means of transportation.

It was the first time I had seen someone running in front of me like a mule and horse, pulled by him into the carriage, and sitting in the same human guest.

I felt sorry for their behavior, but Dr. Chan told me that these people earn much more money doing this manual labor than if they were farmers at home.

But when I arrived at my destination, I still felt a little uneasy in my heart, so I found a Chinese fiat silver dollar and gave it as a tip to the driver.

Neither Dr. Chan nor I exchanged the currency we had with us for silver dollars after entering China.

All of my money was sent by Zhang Shaoshuai himself when he was about to leave in Fengtian, and he was afraid that we would encounter some places to spend money during our trip.

The son of this warlord family is so generous, I think it should be inseparable from Dr. Chen's personality.

Although I didn't understand the local dialect of Tianyi, from his body movements, I could feel the gratitude of the driver after receiving the tip.

Dr. Chan didn't say anything about tipping, he just pointed out that the silver dollar was more than the coachman had earned for a few days of work combined.

Riding in a rickshaw, almost four or five miles away, I felt like we were on the outskirts of the city.

However, the sudden appearance of a complex of buildings in front of me changed my opinion, and it seemed that our destination this time was a school.

Nankai University, this is probably the first university I have visited since I came to China.

This new university, which has only been established for a few years, does not have the same long-standing heritage as Cambridge University, nor does it have the atmosphere of American university construction.

But the students in the university are no different from Europeans and Americans, and I can see in their eyes the sparkle of dedication to study.

The President of the University, Mr. Chang Po-ling, stood outside the school gate to greet us very early, which once again proved the high prestige of Dr. Chen in China.

This school is a private university, but the source of funding for the school is not donated by some wealthy people like in the United States, but all by President Zhang.

It can be said that President Zhang is the most crucial person in the successful establishment of this university.

I was pleasantly surprised to be able to eat authentic Western food at Nankai University, and it is said that this German restaurant called Qishilin was opened in a concession in Tianyi.

Even when there was a war on European soil a few years ago, the restaurant was not immune.

A few French people living in Tianyu took advantage of the night to smash the original site of this restaurant.

Fortunately, the building was destroyed and the chef and staff were spared, so I was able to eat such an authentic Western-style meal at Tenya.

At the same time, it was also the first time that I knew that the European war was actually in the Far East, and there was a small second battlefield.

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Not counting yesterday, we will stay in Tianyu for two more days, all of which will be spent in Nankai University.

Today is the first day.

Accompanied by President Zhang, we toured the entire university campus.

Jao Yü-t'ai, chair of the Department of Physics, is an international student who studied in the United States and received his bachelor's degree from the University of Chicago and his Ph.D. from Princeton University.

After graduating with a Ph.D., Director Rao accepted President Zhang's invitation to establish the Department of Physics at Nankai University.

He served as a guide for our visit to the school, especially focusing on the operation of the physics department and the various instruments in the laboratory.

Because the faculty is very weak, only a few international students who have returned from Europe and the United States can support the teaching of the entire physics department, and the same is true for other departments in the university.

Therefore, Nankai University has only provided undergraduate teaching work so far, and as far as I know, not only this school, but also all universities in China are basically like this.

Some schools may offer more in-depth research courses, but the only way for Chinese students to obtain a Ph.D. is to leave their hometowns and enter universities in Europe and the United States, as Dr. Chen and Director Rao did.

This also explains my question as to why Nankai University has never conferred an honorary doctorate on Dr. Chen.

At present, Chinese universities cannot even award doctoral degrees, so naturally there are no honorary doctorates.

After visiting the school, Dr. Chen gave a lecture to the students who remained in the school during the summer vacation in the auditorium of Nankai University.

The content of his speech was very in-depth and simple, basically did not talk about how profound the high-end cutting-edge physics knowledge was, but as a person who had come before, he encouraged his younger compatriots to study hard, strive to make achievements in academic research in the future, and serve the motherland.

At the end of today's trip, Director Rao of the Department of Physics paid out of his own pocket and invited us to a small restaurant called Erxingpu next to the school gate for dinner.

As the name suggests, a second meat shop is a shop that only has two kinds of meat in the store: pork and animal offal.

I myself can't accept animal offal, in order to take care of me, an outsider, Director Rao is very considerate and only orders pork products.

The food here, in terms of the quality of the ingredients and the environmental hygiene, cannot be compared to the so-called authentic Chinese food I ate at Monsieur de Broglie's house in France?

But in terms of taste, I think it's better here.

It's like the Western food I ate yesterday, although it is very close to European dining habits, but it is still a little less hot in cooking.

Director Rao's purpose for inviting guests to dinner was not simple, but he did not want to use Dr. Chen's fame to benefit himself, but to bring two young Chinese people to the table of the restaurant.

He told Dr. Chen that these are his two favorite students at Nankai University, WU Ta-you and Chern Shiing-shen.

Although both are freshmen in the first year or two, they have shown great talent in physics or mathematics.

Director Rao was afraid that the weak teaching level of Nankai University might delay the growth of the two geniuses, so he implored Dr. Chen to find a way to bring the two students to study in the UK.

Dr. Chen was as approachable as ever, and after hearing the names of these two and Director Rao's appeal, he nodded and agreed to the matter, without even doing the most basic investigation to see if they were worthy of the name.

Because Cambridge University will start in October, and we have a series of things to do in China and France, it would be a year of delay to bring these two students with them on their return trip.

So Dr. Chen wrote several handwritten letters on the dining table in this small restaurant, using the pen and paper he had with him, and handed them to the two students, Wu and Chen, asking them to ask Zhao Heshi to hand them over to the noisy director of Cavendish Laboratory when they arrived in England.

He also demanded a portion of the money I had won from playing cards with the Swedish royal family on the train back to China, and gave it to the two students to pay for their journey to England.

This reminded me of the fact that in the office of Cavendish Lab two years ago, Dr. Chan took me in, as he does today, when I was already desperate at Cambridge University.

Without Dr. Chen, I would not be where I am today, and I am very grateful to him.

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After listening to Rao Yutai's request, Chen Muwu only asked the names of the two students, and without hesitation, he agreed to take them to Cambridge University in the United Kingdom to study, and also provided them with travel expenses to the United Kingdom.

This seemed very touching in Oppenheimer's eyes, thinking that Chen Muwu was selfless and respectful of others, and did not use the level test to question Rao Yutai's vision.

It's just that Oppenheimer's touches are all self-touched.

The reason why Chen Muwu made a decision after listening to the names of the two students was not because of the reasons that Oppenheimer had made up in his mind, nor because Chen Muwu was happy for a while, but because the names of these two students were too thunderous.

This year's sophomore is Wu Dayou, and the other one of his freshmen is Chern Shiingshen.

Wu Dayou may not be as famous as Chern, but he taught two famous students at Southwest Associated University, Yang Zhenning and Li Zhengdao.

In this case, do you need any quizzes?

With just these two names, Chen Muwu was able to close his eyes and take them to Cambridge University.

Before, he dug up Zhao Zhongyao and Shi Ruwei from Ye Qisun.

Unexpectedly, he didn't even have to dig this time, Rao Yutai directly gave up the two most powerful students on the Nankai campus now.

It seems that the bureau that Mr. Lao Zhang and Mr. Xiao Zhang set up for themselves behind their backs also brought Chen Muwu a surprise.

After getting Chen Muwu's promise, Wu Dayou and Chen Shiingshen were overjoyed, and Rao Yutai was so excited that he wanted to greet the shopkeeper to beat a pound of liquor, but he gave up under Chen Muwu's stop.

But it's not enough to just do this, poaching people from Nankai University, you have to talk to President Zhang the next day, and this matter can be considered authentic.

The next day, Chen Muwu gave another lecture in the auditorium of Nankai University.

This time the content is different from the previous day, mainly to describe the situation when he participated in the Olympics in France more than two years ago.

After the speech, Du Zhuxuan, the general manager of the Tianyu "Yishi Daily" newspaper, also took the silver medal that was made overnight, and also stepped onto the podium of the auditorium and personally presented it to Chen Muwu on behalf of the newspaper.

Chen Muwu didn't expect that after the speech, there would be such an extraneous incident, but he still thanked the "Yishi Daily" Pavilion for a heart.

After the speech, everyone moved to the basketball court of Nankai University to watch the group match of the school's varsity team.

Taking advantage of this time, Chen Muwu told Zhang Boling about his desire to take two students from Nankai University to the UK.

Principal Zhang had no objection to his move, and even wanted to persuade Chen Muwu to bring a few more students with him.

He also temporarily thought of a way, otherwise he would organize an exam in the school and let Chen Muwu be admitted on the basis of merit.

Chen Muwu, who didn't want to reveal his school in Stockholm in advance with Nankai, had to tell the story.

He advised Zhang Boling not to make trouble for the students in the summer, but to let everyone prepare well, wait for the day of the exam, and strive to win the championship in the sea of dragons.

Originally, it was just a normal trip home, but as a result, Chen Muwu walked all the way and turned into a lecture for the exam.

The coach of the Nankai basketball team, Dong Shouyi, is also an American student, and was also invited by Zhang Boling to teach at the school.

Although the newspaper called the five main players of the basketball team he trained at Nankai University the "Nankai Five Tigers", basketball in the early years was much less enjoyable than the mature and commercial operation of the NBA in the future.

Chen Muwu himself was not very interested in basketball, and after the chat with Zhang Boling ended, he went to consult Oppenheimer, who is an American, and asked him what he thought of the basketball level of the Nankai school team.

If the level is good, it is not impossible to take this team to the Olympics next year.

As a result, Oppenheimer's answer poured a basin of cold water on Chen Muwu.

He said that the basketball level of these athletes is really good, but basketball is not an Olympic sport at all.

Dare to love This is Chen Muwu's wishful thinking from beginning to end, but it's a pity that there is no joy.

After watching the basketball game, Zhang Boling handed over the train ticket for him and Oppenheimer to go south from Tianyu tonight to Chen Muwu.

The president's move seemed to be for fear that he would give Chen Muwu the ticket in advance, and he would not stay at Nankai University for so many days.

But if he doesn't stay at Nankai University, where can Chen Muwu go?

Along with the ticket, there was also a tuition fee specially prepared by Zhang Boling for Chen Muwu.

He specially inquired that more than three years ago, Chen Muwu went to the market where Shao University gave lectures, and it was 500 yuan in two weeks.

But at that time, Chen Muwu was just a fledgling young man, but now Chen Muwu is a world-renowned scientist, and then using the previous price to measure his worth is more like an insult to others.

So Zhang Boling also prepared 500 silver yuan for Chen Muwu, as his reward for two days of lectures at Nankai University.

The money for that time was paid by the American Minister Shulman, Hu Shi came forward, and Chen Muwu took it with peace of mind.

But now in the face of this old educator who is dedicated to running a school, Chen Muwu doesn't want and can't ask for a penny.

After several prevarications to no avail, Chen Muwu could only accept the ocean of 500 yuan.

But he turned his head and gave it to Dong Shouyi, the coach of the basketball team just now, and asked him to buy some updated sports equipment for the school.

In addition to tickets and remuneration, Nankai, like Zhang Shaoshuai before, prepared a lot of local specialties for Chen Muwu.

But the biggest gift he received from his trip to Nankai University was two young students.

This time, Chen Muwu had more luggage, and when he went to the train station again, he didn't take a rubber car, but was sent by the headquarters of Fengjun to send a truck to transport troops, pick up the luggage, Chen Muwu and Oppenheimer from Nankai University, and drove the car all the way to the platform of Tianyi East Station.

Chen Muwu also enjoyed the treatment of a privileged class, and he felt particularly wronged in the face of the sideways glances of the waiting staff on the platform who dared to be angry and did not dare to speak.

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