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Chapter 704 Li Zhengdao: I want to eat fish

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At this moment.

Inside the office.

After hearing Qian Bingqiong's explanation.

Xu Yun, Qian Wushi, and Lu Guangda were surprised in their hearts, but finally a hint of understanding appeared on their faces.

I see

No wonder so many elite associate professors are willing to return to China together.

No wonder the total number of people boarding the ship was more than double what Xu Yun expected.

No wonder Qian Fanglin and his wife will appear on the list of returning to China.

The reason for these changes was that Li Zhengdao also chose to return to China.

To know.

As the only two Chinese Nobel Prize winners currently, the appeal of Tsung-Dao Lee and Chen-ning Yang is very terrifying in the Chinese circles across the sea.

Although not as holy as Hideki Yukawa's work in Neon, many of their choices have indeed become a bellwether for the Chinese across the sea.

For example, the year after the two won the Nobel Prize.

Across the sea, the number of Chinese high school graduates, or freshmen, choosing theoretical physics was three times more than the previous year.

Last year, Lee Tsung-dao released an autobiography similar to "The First Half of My Life", and its sales in the Chinese circle surpassed the sales of "The Analects of Confucius" and "The Bible", which were ranked first and second in ten thousand years.

There are even fanatic fans who imitate their clothes and hairstyles, which is almost the same as the behavior of later generations of groupies.

To know.

Yang Zhenning has a lot of hair, so it is not difficult to imitate. Just change the style, but Li Zhengdao actually has alopecia areata.

But even so, there are still a large number of fans who have done this.

The strong influence of Yang and Li can be seen from this.

So scary.jpg.

If Xu Yun remembers correctly.

Qian Fanglin's husband Dai Mingsheng was also an admirer of Li Zhengdao, and later gave a preface to another autobiography published by Li Zhengdao in the 1980s.

Therefore, facing the call of Yang and Li, it became reasonable for them to make the choice to return to China.

Of course.

In the final analysis, Yang Li's influence is just a powerful catalyst. The real reason that makes them choose to return to the country is that these people do have certain emotions for the motherland in their hearts.

For those who are unwilling to return to China, Yang Li's call is of no use.

Otherwise, Yang and Li would not be scientists, but Moses.

But there is something strange about Xu Yun.

What on earth was Li Zhengdao thinking that he would make such a choice?

Is there another reason behind this?

While Xu Yun and Qian Bingqiong were talking.

A certain sea area thousands of kilometers away from the base.

A passenger ship is sailing slowly on the sea along the sunset.

The hull of this passenger ship is a steel-wood structure, and the shape of the ship is a pointed nose, a wide waist, a semi-circular tail, and a flat bottom.

The top of the ship's side is white, and the bottom of the ship's side to the waterline is iron gray. The waist of the ship is divided into rolling wheel propellers on both sides, and it is divided into four levels.

The total length of the entire ship is about 70 meters, and the word "Magic City" is clearly printed on the white hull.

The appearance of the passenger ship may not be considered luxurious in the eyes of later generations, but it has a grandeur in its simplicity.

This ship is called the "Modu" and it has a special status in China's shipbuilding history - it is the second large passenger ship independently built by China after the "Yanjing" which was launched three years ago.

It has a total length of 77 meters, a width of 14.6 meters, a gross tonnage of 3145, and a passenger capacity of 523 people.

According to historical development.

In the next thirty years, it will carry hundreds of thousands of passengers between Tianjin and Shanghai.

Some of them just go out to play or work, and will return to their hometowns after a while.

Some people leave here and never see their homeland again.

Of course.

Among these various passengers, there are still a handful of special passengers.

They took the Magic City cruise not for a long trip, but for

Return home.

At this moment.

On the deck of the Magic City.

A middle-aged man in black with a round face, slightly curved eyebrows, and plump apple muscles was standing alone in the corner of the deck, leisurely looking at the distant scene.

The blue sea is connected to the sky, and where the two meet, there are thin clouds floating in the sky, as if dancing in the sky.

The sea surface is sparkling, and the waves are shining with crystal light under the setting sun.

The breeze blew across his face, causing his clothes to flutter slightly.

However, even if the wind was light, the waves could bring the smell of the ocean. The unique salty smell of the sea accompanied by the breeze made him feel inexplicably comfortable.

But under this comfortable look, there is an indescribable look between the middle-aged man's brows.

There is excitement, joy, anticipation, and...

Hesitation and worry.

If Xu Yun or anyone in the future can see this expression, they will find that the meme on the Internet that "his face is three parts sarcastic, three parts cool, three parts casual and one part indifferent" is actually not completely false.

A few minutes passed.

The middle-aged man who was originally holding the railing with both hands suddenly changed his movements and changed to a posture with his hands crossed. His whole body leaned forward slightly and "lyed" on the guardrail.

at the same time.

He also slowly exhaled a breath:

"call"

And just as the middle-aged man was making movements of unknown meaning, a voice suddenly sounded next to him:

"Why, Professor Li, do you regret returning to China now?"

"If you are impulsive, you can tell the organization after you arrive at Jinmen Port, and they will probably let you go back."

Just finished speaking.

A figure appeared next to the middle-aged man, also lying on the guardrail with his hands crossed.

This man looks a little older than the middle-aged man in black. He has a square face and huge eyes. He wears a gray suit on his upper body. His thick hair is neatly combed. Judging from the fact that the sea breeze cannot blow it, the man with the square face Mostly hair wax was applied.

Hearing these words from the square-faced man.

The middle-aged man in black couldn't help but snorted coldly, his usually kind face now full of indifference:

"Yang Zhenning, are you looking for trouble?"

After hearing the words of the middle-aged man in black, that is, Li Zhengdao, Yang Zhenning beside him shook his head calmly:

"I'm not just looking for trouble. You have always been a shrewd person. Who knows what you are thinking about?"

"Professor Li and Professor Chen don't understand you. Don't I understand you?"

"Even if Qu Runpu appears on the ship and wants to return to China with us, I won't raise an eyebrow. Only your appearance surprised me."

"Tell me, what kind of medicine are you selling in your gourd? There are some things we need to talk about."

Say it.

Yang Zhenning turned his head and stared at Li Zhengdao seriously.

More than two months ago.

Through his own channels, Qu Runpu promoted the little blue pill to the hands of many old white-skinned people across the sea. The powerful effect of this magic medicine from the East soon made many old and white-skinned old people rejuvenate. Second spring.

Ever since.

After Qu Runpu expressed that the Rabbits hoped to exchange the agency rights of Xiaopill for a group of Chinese scholars to return to China, the senior officials across the sea "generously" agreed - even if the returnees included top talents such as Yang Zhenning and Chen Shengshen. .

Of course.

Those people across the sea are not all fools who only have money in their eyes. In fact, they also have to think about it:

The reason why the Rabbits hope to recall the third batch of international students is obviously that some domestic research projects have encountered obstacles and need to introduce new fresh forces to tackle key problems.

In other words.

Rabbits The first two batches of international students who returned to China did not achieve very obvious results.

To know.

The international students who returned to China included top talents such as Qian Wushi, Lu Guangda, Lao Guo, and Zhao Zhongyao—to be precise, they were research talents in applied physics.

Among them, Master Qian is the first non-American staff member in history. One of the five founders of JPL, Lu Guangda, Zhao Zhongyao and others also have extraordinary achievements.

However, although these people are very capable, China's continued support is limited these days, and the lack of results does not surprise the high-level officials across the sea.

In this situation.

These top applied physicists can't produce anything, so what's the use of having some more?

True.

Yang Zhenning is the number one person in the Chinese scientific community in terms of honor, but professionally he is only engaged in theoretical physics. What help can he bring to applied physics?

Do you expect him to build aircraft and cannons? This is obviously impossible.

In the end, after detailed discussions and Qu Runpu’s guidance, Hai Duan quickly reached a conclusion:

The main figure that China wants to recall to China this time is Yang Zhenning. The purpose is to study the meta-hadron model they proposed, hoping to gain a say in theoretical physics.

As for the other scholars, they were probably just making up the numbers. It was the kind of situation where calling one person back was still a shout, and calling back a group was also a shout.

On the contrary, Jin Bell, an old acquaintance who imprisoned Master Qian back then, put forward an opinion during the discussion:

Not long ago, the Chinese shot down three U2s sent by the other side. Maybe some application results were born?

Therefore, Jin Beier firmly opposes allowing any more international students to return to China, even those engaged in theoretical physics.

This was actually a very accurate judgment, just as Kim Bell had firmly opposed Qian Wushi's return to China.

But unfortunately

The previously announced statement of "being kicked down by a donkey" by the Rabbits was really confusing, so many experts across the sea believed that the Rabbits relied on the technical support of the Bears to defeat U2.

Their reason is that Mao Xiong recently started a grain trade with China. This trade started shortly after U2 was shot down. It is obvious that there is a progressive relationship.

This reason is actually quite reasonable. After all, who would have thought that the rabbits would be perfectly cooked this time?

Naturally, Mao Xiong will not take the initiative to refute the rumors, because the current international situation is not very optimistic, and they would like to have such an idea across the sea.

In addition, Jin Bell was no longer the deputy chief at this time, and his voice was much lower than before, so his opinions were not taken seriously by everyone in the end.

After getting permission from the other side of the sea, the rest is very simple:

Yang Zhenning, Chen Shengshen and Li Jingjun jointly issued a public summons to return to China, which quickly attracted the attention of some scholars in the United States. Someone quickly contacted Chen Shengshen and others and expressed their willingness to return to China.

But it was just as Xu Yun expected.

Most of these scientists who expressed their wish to return to China have low-level positions. They are basically people who were unable to return because they were still studying. Many of them were only graduate students or undergraduates six years ago, and their achievements after six years will naturally not be the same. It could be as high as that.

Some of them even just graduated with Ph.D.s and have been looking for work for a while but there is no suitable position. In addition, they also have the motherland in their hearts, so they choose to return to their hometown.

However, just half a month after the summons was issued, an accident that no one expected happened.

Another Chinese Nobel Prize winner, Tsung-Dao Lee, then a professor at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, suddenly announced in Princeton’s largest newspaper that he would also return to China.

At the same time, he also called on Chinese scientists to "return to China at this time" and hoped that some of them could "come and return together."

Two Chinese Nobel Prize winners spoke out at the same time, and the situation instantly changed.

Many scholars who were initially hesitant, such as Lin Jiaqiao, Qian Fangli and his wife, also called.

As a result, the number of people returning to China gradually expanded from 41, and eventually more than 100 people chose to return.

This number surprised Chen Shengshen and even Rabbit, but Yang Zhenning always had a thorn in his heart:

Why did Lee Tsung-dao issue that announcement?

To know.

The initiators of returning to China this time were Yang Zhenning, Chen Shengshen and Li Jingjun. Among the three, Yang Zhenning, a Nobel Prize winner, was the first.

After Li Zhengdao spoke out, he could only be regarded as a "response" and could not be called an initiator.

Therefore, in many newspapers and periodicals, Lee Tsung-dao is ranked behind Yang Chenning. No, even behind Chen Shengshen and Li Jingjun.

Ordinary people may not seem to feel this kind of ranking, but don't forget that Yang Zhenning and Li Zhengdao had a conflict because of the ranking.

If Li Zhengdao really didn't care about this ranking, the two would not have parted ways in the first place.

"What am I thinking."

Hearing Yang Zhenning's question, Li Zhengdao's originally indifferent face suddenly showed a look of confusion.

After a while.

He turned to look at this close friend who had broken up with him over the issue of fame and wealth, and said something that Yang Zhenning did not expect:

"I was thinking about the local smoked fish that my mother made. Zhenning, you are from Luzhou. You must have never tasted the local food in Shanghai, right?"

"Our smoked fish is also called fried fish. It is one of the few delicacies in our cuisine. You need to buy fresh fish from the market first, scrape the scales and remove the internal organs."

Seeing Li Zhengdao chatting about the food, Yang Zhenning's face showed a hint of astonishment at first.

But soon, this shock was replaced by anger, and his voice suddenly rose a little higher:

"Li Zhengdao, I'm really asking you what you are thinking, not how you cook! Hua Q!"

In his excitement, Yang Zhenning couldn't help but cursed the classic words across the sea.

However, Li Zhengdao's expression was still very calm. He turned around, leaning against the guardrail and the sea, and said seriously to Yang Zhenning:

"I'm not lying to you. I'm really thinking about our smoked fish - to be precise, I've been thinking about it since I heard that you were going back to China."

Yang Zhenning was startled again.

But this time his reaction was no longer angry, but rather confused.

Do not know why.

He felt that Li Zhengdao was in a strange state at this time.

The Li Zhengdao he knew was a very kind but actually very stubborn and sharp-edged person. Later generations would describe him as a "conspicuous person."

But at this time, Li Zhengdao felt a little bit...

How should I put it? It's a bit ethereal, a bit imaginary.

It was as if a peerless sword had reduced its edge and suddenly hung on the waist of a certain knight and started wandering around the world.

Li Zhengdao also caught Yang Zhenning's doubts, and he exhaled with some emotion:

"Zhen Ning, I wonder if you have heard of a philosophical principle."

"This principle says that people have three realms - looking at mountains is a mountain, looking at a mountain is not a mountain, and looking at a mountain is still a mountain."

"To tell you the truth, as a science student, I used to be a bit disdainful of such nonsense."

"But more than two months ago, I realized that I seemed to be wrong."

Say it.

Li Zhengdao put his hand into the inner pocket of his clothes, took out a crumpled journal, and then carefully flattened it.

Yang Zhenning noticed that there was a name clearly written on this book and journal:

Physical Review Letters.

At the same time, judging from the cover of the donkey printed on the outside of the book, the content of this issue of the magazine is obviously the meta-hadron model published by Zhao Zhongyao and others.

Then Li Zhengdao waved the journal towards Yang Zhenning, and the pages of the book rustled in the air:

"More than two months ago, I was working on a project on non-topological solitons. After a research, my student handed me this journal."

"At that time, he said something to me - Professor, physics is going to change."

"I thought he was making a fuss at first, but after reading this paper...do you know what I did?"

Yang Zhenning shook his head.

Li Zhengdao made a tearing motion toward him:

"I tore up all the calculation manuscripts for non-topological solitons."

Yang Zhenning's pupils suddenly shrank.

Although he and Li Zhengdao had parted ways long ago, the two sides had been competing overtly and covertly, and they were naturally concerned about each other's research projects.

Non-topological soliton.

The so-called solitons refer to all objects that can concentrate energy in a specific area permanently and stably.

As everyone knows.

During the reheating period of the universe, matter began to be synthesized in large quantities, providing a material basis for the subsequent evolution of the universe.

But what matter is formed at what stage and in what way is still a mystery. One of the keys to theoretically solving this mystery is solitons.

Its nature is somewhat similar to a later novel called "Eternal Life", in which the protagonist spends a thousand or two thousand years in some place smiling and watching the vicissitudes of the world, and holds all the secret answers to the past and present.

Non-topological solitons involve algebraic changes. Currently, they most likely point to three-dimensional oscillators, which are a type of dark matter.

Li Zhengdao's intention to tear up all the manuscripts was naturally to give up on this research.

As for the reason.

Although Li Zhengdao didn't say it, Yang Zhenning could guess it to some extent - because the meta-hadron model has proposed another better soliton framework, and it is also a complete one.

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Then Li Zhengdao put away the journal again and looked into the distance with a melodious gaze:

"From that day on, I fell into a very confused mood. I could eat and drink, but I just couldn't make up my mind to do the experiment."

"Even when I lifted up my pen to calculate Einstein's field equations, a force inexplicably stopped me."

"This unexplained situation lasted for a long time. During that time, I suddenly didn't know the meaning of my academic career. Lao Yang, can you understand this feeling?"

Yang Zhenning's lips subconsciously opened and closed a few times, and a subtle expression appeared on his face.

Lao Yang?

How long has it been since he heard this title from Li Zhengdao?

No, he hadn't even had such a questioning tone for a long time.

In fact, he had also experienced the feeling Li Zhengdao mentioned, but it was not as obvious as Li Zhengdao.

Because "Yang and Li", the two highest peaks in the Chinese physics community, have different focuses.

Yang Zhenning's father is a mathematics professor at Shuimu University, so Yang Zhenning's advantage has always been in mathematical calculations. There are not many people in the entire physics world who have a higher level of mathematics than him.

And Lee Tsung-dao is much better than Yang Chen-ning in terms of inspiration and, to put it bluntly, in finding projects. For example, the reason why the two collaborated in the first place was because Lee Tsung-dao encountered calculation problems and asked Chen-ning Yang for help.

For example, Yang Zhenning once said something in the future:

"He (referring to Li Zhengdao) is not good at mathematics. What he is good at is finding topics."

So at this point in time.

Yang Zhenning has relatively few research topics at hand, while Li Zhengdao has a lot of inspiration in both reality and memos.

Therefore, after the publication of Zhao Zhongyao's paper, Li Zhengdao received a greater ideological impact.

Then Li Zhengdao paused and continued:

"One day later, I heard the news that you were going back to China."

"I don't know why, but my mother's smoked fish suddenly popped into my mind."

"Then I couldn't stop thinking about it. I thought about my father who passed away, my other brothers and sisters in the family, and the reasons why I dropped out of school."

"then"

Speaking of which.

Li Zhengdao looked at Yang Zhenning again and said slowly:

"Inexplicably, I had an epiphany. Compared with the fame and fortune I pursued across the sea, the two words of home and country seemed to be more important."

On November 24, 1926.

Li Zhengdao was born in a wealthy businessman family. He has two older brothers, Li Hongdao and Li Chongdao, two younger brothers, Li Dadao and Li Xuedao, and a younger sister, Li Yayun.

His father's name is Li Junkang, and his mother's name is Zhang Mingzhang.

When Li Zhengdao was in elementary school, neon invaded China and the city was occupied, so he was forced to drop out of elementary school.

Later, he couldn't stand the barbaric behavior of the Neon people in Shanghai, so he decided to leave Shanghai. After a long journey, he arrived in Ganzhou, where he studied at Ganzhou United Middle School, and finally began his legendary life chapter.

Then Li Zhengdao exhaled a breath and said:

"After realizing this, I realized that almost all of my achievements today were achieved with the support of the country or the people of the country."

"For example, I met Teacher Shu Xingbei at Zhejiang University, and later joined Teacher Wang Ganchang's disciples. When I was at Southwest Associated University, it was teachers Ye Qisun, Wu Youxun, and Zhou Peiyuan who taught me knowledge."

"Later, the reason why I was able to go to Haidong was because of teacher Wu Dayou's recommendation. Guangya also took good care of me when I was at Haidong."

As he spoke, Li Zhengdao suddenly raised a wry smile at the corner of his mouth:

"To say that the person who should return to China the most should actually be me."

"It's a pity. I have always focused on fame and fortune, and I didn't understand this until now."

Yang Zhenning was silent for a moment.

He finally understood Li Zhengdao's thoughts.

Li Zhengdao has a very stubborn character, and he is a type of person who has a very clear plan for himself.

For example, when he was only 13 years old, he dared to walk alone from Shanghai to Ganzhou to study.

Another example is the seed plan for logistics that year.

Mentioned earlier.

After discovering that neon's secondary atom was very lethal, Logistics also began to plan to develop its own atomic bomb.

The boss of logistics sent three bosses, Wu Dayou, Zeng Zhaoluan, and Hua Luogeng, to the other side of the sea for inspection, and asked each scientist to recommend two assistants to go with them.

At that time, the two assistants recommended by Wu Dayou were Li Zhengdao and Zhu Guangya.

However, after the inspection team arrived across the sea, they were told that the other party would not share any data on nuclear weapons. At the same time, due to some well-known changes in the country, the inspection team had to disband.

Among Wu Dayou's group, Li Zhengdao chose to study at the University of Chicago after much thought.

So Wu Dayou gave him a large sum of money and a letter of recommendation, and Li Zhengdao successfully became a disciple of the big boss Fermi.

Zhu Guangya chose to follow Wu Dayou, which shows that Li Zhengdao is very assertive about his life arrangement.

Especially after winning the Nobel Prize and breaking with Chen Ning Yang.

Li Zhengdao only has the pursuit of fame and fortune in his eyes. Or in other words, surpassing Chen Ning Yang.

Although Yang Zhenning also has this mentality, and he is also a stubborn person who will never contact you if you don't contact me, but after all, he is not as sharp as Li Zhengdao to ignore the reality.

And the more such people are, the more confused they will be after their worldview is impacted.

There was only one road in Li Zhengdao's field of vision that could accommodate him running alone. However, with the publication of Yuanqiangtron's paper, Li Zhengdao suddenly found that the surrounding maps were all lit up.

In this case, he could only stop and look around blankly, suddenly realizing that what he was chasing was meaningless.

Then in this state of mind, he suddenly heard the news that Yang Zhenning and the others were returning to China.

Ever since.

Many things that Li Zhengdao had ignored in the past because he was rushing all the way suddenly emerged.

The emotions that he had suppressed for fifteen years suddenly burst out with unimaginable impact like a compressed spring.

Then

Li Zhengdao suddenly wanted to eat fish.

Home fish.

Note:

I still can't look at my phone for a long time, and I can't even change my posture. I can look at it for a few minutes every day, but I can listen to music.

I haven’t asked for votes for a long time. Since I’ve been writing 7,000 words a day lately, can I get some monthly votes?