Chapter 296 A sensation in Europe! When a scientist gets involved in a scandal!
The end of the second quantum theory conference was no less than an earthquake of magnitude 18 in the physics community.
The big guys all feel the explosion of physics.
If we talk about Laue, Bragg and his son, Qian Wushi and others before, their results are discrete, like a point.
Just an independent small puzzle piece of modern physics.
Then the quantum theory after absorbing the Bohr-Lee model is a huge picture.
It is systematic and grand, occupying the core position of the magnificent curtain of modern physics.
Through it, countless other puzzle pieces can be organically connected together.
Moreover, based on it, other important results can be extended.
Therefore, if there are no accidents, quantum theory will become the biggest hot topic in the physics world in the coming time.
However, the accident happened.
This matter is even more popular than quantum theory.
France, Paris, outside Marie Curie's home.
“Get out of France, husband-stealer!”
“You are a Polish slut, it makes me sick!”
"Marie Curie is not worthy of being a scientist!"
Dozens of people blocked the door.
They looked angry and excited, and those who didn’t know it thought they were going to the battlefield.
The fact is that they are just here to bully a woman.
There were shouts and curses at the door, which were as unpleasant as they could be.
Snap!
Suddenly, the windows of Madame Curie's house were also smashed with stones by the irrational crowd.
“Get out!”
“Get out!”
The voice got louder and louder.
Madame Curie fell on the bed in the house, her tears already wet the mattress.
Her heart was numb at the moment.
Sadness, loneliness, grievance.
A variety of emotions were intertwined, making this famous French female scientist almost collapse.
At this moment, scenes from the past appeared uncontrollably in her mind.
Since the death of Marie Curie's husband, she has been immersed in grief.
At this time, her husband's doctor, Lang Zhiwan, entered her life.
Although Langevin is neither tall nor handsome, he is a young French physicist who is smart, wise and full of gentlemanly demeanor.
When he was still a doctoral student of Pierre Curie, he often participated in various academic exchanges with the Curies.
So, Madame Curie was very familiar with Lang Zhiwan.
It was precisely because of Lang Zhi's meticulous care that Madame Curie was able to come out of the darkness and regain her love for life and work.
So, deep down in her heart, Madame Curie was very grateful to Lang Zhiwan.
But this feeling soon surpassed the control of the two.
When her husband died, Marie Curie was only in her thirties, needless to say for a woman of this age.
And Langevin is five years younger than Madame Curie, so needless to say this young man.
It's like dry wood meeting a raging fire.
Lang Zhiwan fell first.
He had admired Madame Curie a long time ago.
I think she is the most outstanding woman in the world.
Especially when the other party won the Nobel Prize in Physics.
In Langevin's heart, Madame Curie is not much different from the goddess.
However, he still understood basic ethics and morals, so everything was buried in Lang Zhiwan's heart.
However, after his mentor passed away, the situation changed.
Lang Zhiwan was heartbroken when he saw Mrs. Curie being so sad.
At that moment, everything was forgotten by him.
Langevin had only one thought in his mind: I want to make Marie Curie good.
Ever since, he got involved in the other person’s life.
I gave it all my sincerity.
And his sincere feelings finally moved Madame Curie.
So the two began to write letters to each other.
The letters are affectionate and sometimes a bit gross and explicit.
Soon, the relationship between the two parties heated up further.
Originally, if the story only ended here, it would be considered a good story.
The master-disciple relationship in Europe in this era is different from that in China.
The relationship between Lang Zhiwan and Madame Curie will not affect their union.
but!
The key is that Lang Zhiwan is a man with a wife.
A married man!
Lang Zhiwan’s wife is Jenny, the daughter of a small boss in Paris.
Jenny has not received much education since she was a child. She is domineering and can be called the roar of a lion from the east of the river. She even beat Lang Zhiwan.
So Lang Zhiwan's married life was not satisfactory.
He and Jenny had no common language at all and were unable to communicate in ideas.
Lang Zhiwan once compared Jeanne and Madame Curie together. He felt that this was tarnishing his goddess.
After his relationship with Madame Curie deepened, Lang Zhiwan filed for divorce from Jenny.
However, instead of agreeing, his wife Jenny dumped all the letters between Langevin and Madame Curie in a rage.
Yes, you read that right, Jenny already knew about Langzhivin and Madame Curie.
But as long as Lang Zhiwan does not divorce, Jenny will not expose these things.
This is also a poor woman.
Due to Jenny’s exposure.
This is a complete blowout.
There was a sensation throughout France.
If something like this happened to an ordinary person, they would not even be qualified to be featured in tabloids.
Who doesn’t experience three or five cases around me?
But when the heroine is Madame Curie, the situation is completely different.
"Shocking! A well-known French female scientist did not do experiments in the middle of the night, but she was..."
"He is a married man, a university professor; she is single and widowed, a Nobel Prize winner. What kind of sparks will this create?"
"I fell in love with my husband's PhD."< br>
“I fell in love with my mentor’s wife.”
“Is it the loss of morality or the distortion of human nature, the love story of Madame Curie and Lang Zhiwan.”
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The affair between Madame Curie and Lang Zhivin instantly detonated the whole of France.
Major media outlets came to the rescue one after another and reported the two of them in exaggerated ways.
Most of the content is adapted from the letters published by Jenny.
And they are basically far from the truth.
Don’t expect newspapers to be sacred at this time.
For this kind of super breaking news, it must be exaggerated. The more eye-catching the better.
If a certain shock team in later generations comes here, they will definitely carry out a dimensionality reduction attack and kill them all instantly.
Soon, things became more and more serious.
With the help of some well-intentioned people, the general public has a one-sided view of Madame Curie.
Everyone thought she was a lustful woman who seduced her husband's students.
"Husband-stealer! Polish slut!"
There was a constant stream of insults and ridicule.
The crowd enjoyed it.
Mrs. Curie could only stay behind closed doors and avoid all public opinion.
Otherwise she will be torn apart.
Countless people even wrote to the French government, demanding that Marie Curie be driven back to her hometown in Poland.
Among them is Marie Curie’s good friend Aipel.
Facing the torrent of abuse, Madame Curie was helpless. Any explanation she gave was in vain and no one would listen.
She could only hide in her home and wash her face in tears. Soon, gossip about Marie Curie and Langevin spread throughout Europe.
Its influence goes far beyond quantum theory.
All ordinary people are excited.
“I didn’t expect legendary scientists to do such nonsense.”
“It seems that scientists are also mortals.”
“Hey, women are alive. It’s difficult, no matter how successful she is.”
However, if someone makes statistics, they will find an interesting phenomenon.
That is, most of the people who insult Marie Curie are men, and there are very few women.
And the other person involved in the incident, Lang Zhiwan, seems to have been forgotten by everyone.
Everyone forgave him by default.
Lang Zhiwan is a married man, while Madame Curie is single.
Later, April's daughter and April had a big quarrel because of this incident.
His daughter revealed the truth in one sentence: "If Marie Curie had been a man, nothing would have happened."
Wow!
Aipel's face turned pale.
My daughter’s words exposed the dark hearts of those who desperately attacked Madame Curie.
As a result, many women united and publicly issued articles to protect Madame Curie and condemn Lang Zhiwan.
Things just turned into a mess.
UK.
When Li Qiwei held the newspaper in his hand, several days had passed since Madame Curie's incident.
Not only has the popularity not subsided, but it has become more and more intense, spreading wider and wider.
Even Wang Luyao who was far away in China knew the news.
The next day, Li Qiwei received a telegram from Wang Luyao.
"Ms. Gong, you must help Madame Curie, she is really nice."
"That person named Lang Zhivin is a scumbag, you don't want to do that in the future." Contacted him."
Looking at Wang Luyao cursing Lang Zhiwan in the telegram, Li Qiwei could only smile bitterly.
He only dared to follow what the other party said.
Never try to distinguish right from wrong in this kind of thing.
Just do as your wife says.
When Li Qiwei took Wang Luyao to France to attend a meeting, it was the Curies who warmly entertained them both.
Wang Luyao also hit it off with Madame Curie and they had a very good relationship.
That's why Wang Luyao sympathized with Madame Curie so much.
You know, Madame Curie still has two children at this moment.
As a mother of two children, Wang Luyao understands the difficulty of Marie Curie.
Li Qiwei was also extremely emotional at this moment.
Maybe this can be regarded as a process of disenchantment for scientists.
In later generations, scientists are a sacred profession.
The first question many primary school students are asked by their teachers is: What do you want to be when you grow up?
The high-voted answer must be to be a scientist.
In the country’s propaganda, scientists are a group of people who are indifferent to fame and wealth and regard money as dirt.
They have no personal feelings of their own, and their minds are filled with scientific problems that affect the fate of mankind.
The only meaning of scientists' existence is to invent good things and benefit mankind.
This is the concept of ordinary people.
One of the most disgusting statements by Li Qiwei in later generations is:
“Nowadays, people want to be Internet celebrities, and they are not willing to be scientists and do research.”
It’s ridiculous. .
Why don’t the people who asked the question become so-called scientists themselves?
Because they also know in their hearts that scientists are tired and miserable.
You need to stay in the laboratory day and night, and you can't even see the sun.
The person who asked the question actually wanted someone else to be a scientist and do all the dirty work.
Then invent all kinds of convenient high-tech things and enjoy the results yourself.
Therefore, we need to put high hats on scientists and make them work hard and be selfless.
Even personal feelings must be strictly required, like a saint.
It is best to never marry and devote yourself to scientific research.
But this is not right.
Scientists are also human beings, and they have seven emotions and six desires.
Of course, this is not an excuse for scientists to mess around.
What I want to say is, don’t be biased against any profession.
Neither exaggerate the harm because of occupation, nor downplay the impact because of occupation.
What it is is what it is.
In real history, not just scientists, but any great person, if you really dig into it carefully, you will be surprised.
No one is perfect.
Li Qiwei didn’t feel much about this.
He has only one principle: private matters should be settled privately.
As long as this incident has no impact on other people, it is not a serious case of moral corruption.
He can look at it rationally.
Of course, Li Qiwei still feels that men should take more responsibility.
Lang Zhiwan's performance was a bit too cowardly. He only dared to hide in his own home, not even daring to explain.
In real history, Lang Zhiwan did not choose to divorce Jenny in the end.
But there is a condition, that is, Jenny must agree to him finding another female secretary.
Jenny had no choice but to agree in the end.
Li Qiwei didn't bother to care about Langevin's shit.
So, with a wave of his hand, he called Zhang Maodong over.
"Madame Curie is an employee of our Vanguard Group after all, how could she be bullied like this."
"Go and ask her if she is willing to come to the UK to live temporarily, and the company will provide her with accommodation."
“Proper arrangements must be made, including for two children.”
Zhang Maodong took the order and left.
Now Sheng Jingran is still in the United States, and he is in charge of Europe.
Soon, with Li Qiwei's intervention, things were completely different.
When Madame Curie learned of Ridgway's arrangement, she agreed to move to England after careful consideration.
As for the 14-year-old eldest daughter and the 7-year-old younger daughter, they continue to stay in France and are carefully taken care of by people hired by the company.
There is also a permanent protection officer who is responsible for the safety of the children.
Mrs. Curie was relieved when she saw that the company had arranged so well.
After she came to the UK, she declined all visits.
Even Li Qiwei wanted to see her, but she refused for inconvenient reasons.
To express her gratitude, she wrote a long letter of thanks to Li Qiwei.
The wording in the letter was very formal, and it was obvious that the other party was scared.
Li Qiwei could only shake his head helplessly after seeing it.
Marie Curie was her company and her residence every day, two points and one line.
She spent all her time on work and research, trying to forget all misfortunes and troubles.
Li Qiwei sighed and chose respect.
Finally, he wrote back to Wang Luyao and reported his results.
The current situation can only be like this, and there is nothing he can do.
However, a telegram from the United States made Li Qiwei extremely happy.
Suddenly, he had an idea and thought of a way that might reduce the influence of public opinion on Madame Curie.
Li Qiwei, who has been influenced by later generations, understands very well.
The best way to downplay a public opinion is not to personally explain it, but to use a larger public opinion to divert attention.
Ordinary people don’t really care about Madame Curie’s emotional life.
Everyone just wants to have fun.
Now, a bigger fun is coming.
(End of this chapter)