Chapter 211 The New Solvay Conference
London, Kensington Borough.
This is the most famous wealthy area in the UK, with many exquisite and elegant Victorian buildings.
Located at the core of the area is Kensington Palace, which has been the residence of the British royal family since the 17th century. Behind it is Hyde Park.
Garden Street, connected to Kensington Palace, has become the most expensive street in the UK due to its superior location and royal bonus.
The upper echelons of Britain and the world live here.
In later generations, bigwigs such as the Saudi royal family, the Sultan of Brunei, the Indian steel king, and the richest man in China all had mansions on this street.
Although it is now 1909, this place is far less prosperous and rich than in later generations.
But it is still one of the centers of London at the moment.
16 Garden Street, this is Ridgway's residence in London.
He rented the house in the name of Pioneer Investment Group exclusively for his own use.
After he was hired as the head of the physics department at King's College London, he and Li San moved from Cambridge to London, and eventually chose to rent here.
At this time, there were not so many luxury houses on both sides of Garden Street. They were all ordinary British houses.
It’s just that it has lush vegetation and is close to Hyde Park. In a smoggy city like London, it is a rare pure land.
Even the air has a hint of sweetness, rather than a pungent chemical smell.
Therefore, this has become a good location that rich people flock to.
Li Qiwei personally does not like to hoard real estate, and he is even a homebody.
If he wants to get rich through his house, he can become the richest man in the world while sitting at home.
However, that is not his pursuit.
Playing with a house is not as good as playing with rockets.
In the future, he can say to the girl: "Let's go to my room and show you my big rocket."
However, at this moment, it was not the girl who came to his room, but Sheng Jingran.
Sheng Jingran came to the UK in 1902, and it has been 7 years now.
In the past seven years, he worked frantically and conscientiously, and made great contributions to Li Qiwei's business empire.
It is not an exaggeration to say that he is the biggest contributor.
After all, he left his hometown and worked alone in Europe, unlike Hu Xizhong at home, where the location was favorable and people were more convenient to do things.
The 37-year-old Sheng Jingran is wearing a suit and leather shoes and looks energetic. There is no trace of the sense of restraint that he felt when he came to the UK.
But he was still very respectful to Li Qiwei.
Because in the past seven years, it was the chairman's remote control in China that allowed Pioneer Investment Group to successfully complete several super investments.
The return even reached a hundred times, which was passed down as a myth by all the employees of the company.
"Chairman, as of now, Pioneer Investment Group has 102 employees, with business spread across European countries and the Americas."
"The group's total assets have exceeded 3 million pounds, and its liquidity"
Li Qiwei listened quietly to Sheng Jingran's report on the company's situation, and he had more on his mind.
Three million pounds in this era, although it is not considered the top wealth class.
If we talk about the industrial and commercial groups alone, the richest man in the UK at this time has a personal asset of 6 million pounds.
Not to mention, Rockefeller, now the world's richest man, has assets measured in hundreds of millions of pounds.
Compared with these super giants, Vanguard Group, with total assets of 3 million pounds, can only be regarded as a small and medium-sized company.
But no matter what, at least in the UK, a company with assets of 3 million pounds must be listed with the British government.
Li Qiwei knew very well that the British government had already found out the details of Vanguard Group.
After all, it is difficult for a company run by Chinese people to achieve such a scale without attracting attention.
Li Qiwei was relieved. He was not worried that the British would covet his property and confiscate it directly.
First, my company is a legal investment and operation, and there is no illegal behavior.
Second, the UK will definitely be able to find out that all the Pioneer Group’s money went to the City of Science in Borneo.
This is something the British like to see, because it was originally their colony.
Li Qiwei was willing to spend money there to build colonial infrastructure for their British Empire. It was too late for the British to be happy.
Therefore, those in power will certainly not restrict wealth transfers.
Thirdly, Li Qiwei at this time was not an unknown person, but a world-famous scientist.
Even if the British government can ignore such elites, it cannot blatantly break the rules.
Otherwise, no one from other countries will dare to come to the UK to do business in the future.
Therefore, Li Qiwei set the tone for Pioneer Investment Group, which can develop faster and more high-profile.
Faster, of course, depends on his little note. The companies and businesses written on it are definitely super potential stocks.
More high-profile, Li Qiwei already has a plan in mind.
"Manager Sheng, you have done an outstanding job. On behalf of the company, I will give you an award."
Then he changed the subject and said with a smile: "Okay, let's talk about the company's business. It’s over, let’s talk about personal matters next.”
“Brother Shanda, if I don’t force you to take a vacation, you won’t be willing to leave.”
"Sister-in-law has complained to me several times in China and asked you when you can go back."
That's right, after Li Qiwei settled down in London, he approached Sheng Jingran and asked him to hand over the work quickly and return to China to have a better life. Rest and be with family.
He gave the other party a long vacation of nearly a year.
Now that Vanguard Group is on the right track, Sheng Jingran doesn’t need to be so tired.
Sheng Jingran said with a smile: "Hey, I have a lot of things to do, ladies."
"I write letters home every month, but it's still not enough."
As he said this, the smile on Sheng Jingran's face could not be concealed, and his muscles trembled with excitement.
After seven years away from home, even the toughest man will feel homesick.
"By the way, Chairman, this is the deputy general manager of the company, Zhang Maodong." "After I leave, he will temporarily take over from me. If you have any instructions, you can contact him."
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As he spoke, a young man who looked to be in his late twenties stood up and said respectfully: "Hello, Chairman, I am Zhang Maodong."
Li Qiwei nodded, he was somewhat impressed.
After he returned to China, he followed Sheng Jingran's request and asked his family to send several people from China over several years.
It seems that Zhang Maodong is the best among them. He has won Sheng Jingran's trust at such a young age.
It is said that the other party has a distant relationship with Zhang Jian, a domestic industrialist. No wonder he is talented at such a young age.
"Okay, then you two will have a meal together at my place."
"After eating, Brother Shanda, please return home quickly."
"Maodong, you stay, I have something I need you to do.”
Soon, the four of them ate a random meal and then got down to business.
Li Qiwei wanted to cry while eating the meal cooked by Li San. He missed Xiang Lan's presence so much.
It seems it's time to find a nanny, otherwise these two rough guys will live an inhuman life.
In the study, Zhang Maodong sat opposite Li Qiwei, calm on the surface but excited inside.
Meeting this legendary chairman made him feel like meeting his idol.
Every achievement of the other party exceeds the imagination of ordinary people.
And now, it is a great honor to be able to talk to each other face to face.
Li Qiwei said: "Maodong, next I will organize an academic conference in the name of Pioneer Investment Group."
"All expenses for the conference, including venue, personnel, accommodation and catering, etc., will be borne by the company Take responsibility.”
“Remember, the company should vigorously promote this meeting, the higher the profile, the better.”
Zhang Maodong picked up a pen and paper and started recording.
The general manager told him privately that if the chairman gives the task directly instead of discussing it, then just do it and don't ask any questions.
Fulfilling the tasks of chairman without compromise is the only way to rise.
Li Qiwei looked at himself and said one sentence, and Zhang Maodong remembered one sentence. Suddenly, he felt a sense of déjà vu, thinking that we are not fat either.
He put aside the things in his mind and began to explain his plan to Zhang Maodong in detail.
It turned out that Li Qiwei was planning to hold a meeting in the physics community.
Since Lord Kelvin’s Two Dark Clouds speech, in just nine years, countless new theories and results have exploded in the field of physics.
This dazzling development is dazzling and dizzying.
Even many practitioners in the field of physics are confused by the sudden explosion of knowledge.
Now we need someone who can sort out physics.
Summary the past, review the present, and look forward to the future.
What problems have not yet been solved, what are the flaws of the new theory, what are the future development directions, etc.
In real history, this was the original intention of the first Solvay Conference held in 1911.
Einstein, Lorenz, Marie Curie and other big names at the time all attended this meeting.
Madame Curie’s scandal also broke out at that meeting.
In this life, because of Li Qiwei, the development of physics is more intense than in history.
So, this meeting is imminent.
Ridgway told Thomson and Planck about this in private.
The two teachers supported his idea and thought it was a great integration of the physics community.
Even many times more important than Lord Kelvin’s summary.
Because today's physics can be described as a hurricane.
After returning from traveling around the world, many old professors find that they can no longer understand the latest papers.
In this era, there is no self-media where you can know all the information instantly.
Therefore, professionals are needed to summarize and analyze.
And both of them supported letting Li Qiwei give the speech. His qualifications were enough to convince everyone.
So Li Qiwei began to prepare this plan.
Since it was initiated by him, we can no longer go to Solvay, and we will get the old boy's advantage in vain.
Anyway, now that I am considered a millionaire, I can still afford a meeting.
So Ridgway simply asked Vanguard Group to undertake this meeting as the beginning of its high-profile launch.
I can advertise my company, and I can control all the details to ensure that the meeting goes smoothly, killing two birds with one stone.
Li Qiwei sighed in his heart that the famous Solvay Conference will disappear in the future.
However, it is just a name change.
Li Qiwei believed that he could make the conference more world-famous than anyone before or since.
The more Zhang Maodong remembered, the more frightened he became. The standards of this meeting were too high.
According to the chairman's idea, at least well-known physicists were invited to this meeting, and ordinary professors were not eligible to participate.
After all, the meeting is to discuss major issues in physics, and non-physics experts cannot do it.
As a veteran who specializes in investing in high-tech companies, Zhang Maodong naturally has an understanding of the scientific community.
He knew the weight of this meeting.
So, he decided to set up a team within the company to be responsible for this matter. It must be done with great fanfare and beauty.
Let the chairman see his abilities.
And Li Qiwei has already begun to imagine what kind of shock this conference will bring to the physics world.
(End of this chapter)