1900: A physics genius wandering around Europe

Chapter 295: Sensation in Europe! When a scientist is caught up in a scandal!
The end of the Second Quantum Theory Conference was no less than an 18-magnitude earthquake in the physics community.

The big guys all felt the explosion of physics.

If we say that the achievements of previous people such as Laue, the father and son of Prague, Qian Wushi and others were discrete, like a point.

Just a small, independent piece of the puzzle of modern physics.

Then quantum theory after absorbing the Bohr-Lee model is a huge picture.

It is systematic and grand, occupying a central position in 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 derived.

Therefore, if nothing unexpected happens, quantum theory will become the biggest hot topic in the physics community in the coming time.

However, the accident still happened.

This matter is even more popular than quantum theory.

Outside Marie Curie's home in Paris, France.

"Get out of France, you husband-stealer!"

"You're just a Polish slut, you make me sick!"

"Marie Curie doesn't deserve to be a scientist!"

Dozens of people were blocking the door.

They looked angry and excited. If you didn't know better, you would think they were going to a battlefield.

The fact is, they just came to bully a woman.

There was a burst of shouting and cursing at the door, which was as ugly as it could be.

Snapped!
Suddenly, the windows of Madame Curie's house were smashed with stones by the crazy crowd.

"Get out!"

"Get out!"

The sound is getting louder and louder.

Madame Curie fell on the bed in the house, her tears already soaking the mattress.

Her heart was numb at this moment.

Sadness, loneliness, and grievance.
The various emotions intertwined together almost made this famous French female scientist collapse.

At this moment, scenes from the past appeared uncontrollably in her mind.

Since the death of her husband, Madame Curie has been immersed in grief.

At this time, her husband, PhD Lang Zhiwan, entered her life.

Although Lang Zhiwan is neither tall nor handsome, he is a young French physicist who is smart, wise and gentlemanly.

When he was still Pierre Curie's doctoral student, he often participated in various academic exchanges with the Curies.

Therefore, Madame Curie was very familiar with Lang Zhiwan.

It was because of Lang Zhiwan's meticulous care that Madame Curie was able to emerge from the darkness and regain her love for life and work.

Therefore, deep in her heart, Madame Curie was very grateful to Lang Zhiwan.

But this feeling soon went beyond their control.

When her husband died, Madame Curie was only in her thirties, and it goes without saying that a woman of her age would be very happy.

Lang Zhiwan was five years younger than Madame Curie, so there was no need to talk about this young man.

It's like dry wood meeting fire.

Lang Zhiwan fell first.

He had admired Madame Curie for a long time.

I think she is the best woman in the world.

Especially when the other party wins the Nobel Prize in Physics.

In Lang Zhiwan's heart, Madame Curie was not much different from a goddess.

However, he still understood basic ethics and morals, so Lang Zhiwan kept everything in his heart.

However, things changed after his mentor passed away.

When Lang Zhiwan saw Madame Curie was so sad, he felt heartbroken.

At that moment, he forgot everything.

Lang Zhiwan had only one thought in his mind: I want to make Marie Curie better.

So he intervened in the other person's life.

Gave all my heart.

And his sincere feelings finally moved Madame Curie.

So, the two began to write letters to each other.

The letter is full of affection and sometimes a little corny and explicit.

Soon, the relationship between the two sides further heated up.

Originally, if the story ended here, it could be considered a good story.

The master-disciple relationship in Europe at this time is quite different from that in China.

The relationship between Lang Zhiwan and Madame Curie would not affect their union.

but!

The key point is that Lang Zhiwan is a married man.
Married man!

Lang Zhiwan's wife was called Jenny, the daughter of a small boss in Paris.

Jenny did not receive much education since childhood. She was arrogant and domineering, like a lion roaring in the east. She even beat Lang Zhiwan.

Therefore, Lang Zhiwan's marriage life was not satisfactory.

He and Jenny had absolutely no common language and could not communicate their ideas.

Lang Zhiwan once compared Jeanne with Madame Curie, and he felt that this was a disgrace to his goddess.

As his relationship with Marie Curie deepened, Lang Zhiwan filed for divorce from Jeanne.

However, his wife Jeanne not only did not agree, but in anger, she leaked all the letters between Lang Zhiwan and Madame Curie.

Yes, you read it right, Jenny already knew about the affair between Lang Zhiwan and Madame Curie.

But as long as Lang Zhiwan doesn't divorce, Jenny won't expose these things.

This is also a poor woman.

Because of Jenny's exposure behavior.

This time it was a complete mess.

The whole of France was in an uproar.

If something like this happened to an ordinary person, it wouldn't even qualify for the tabloids.

Everyone has experienced this kind of thing.

However, when the heroine is Marie Curie, the situation is completely different.

"Shocking! A famous French female scientist didn't do experiments in the middle of the night, but was..."

"He is a married man, a university professor; she is a single widow, a Nobel Prize winner. What kind of sparks will this create?"

“I fell in love with my husband’s PhD.”

“I fell in love with my mentor’s wife.”

“Is it the decline of morality or the distortion of human nature? The love story of Marie Curie and Lang Zhiwan.”

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The affair between Madame Curie and Lang Zhiwan instantly set off the whole of France.

All major media outlets came out and reported their story with exaggerated details.

Most of the content is adapted from letters published by Jenny.

And they are basically far from the facts.

Don't expect newspapers to be sacred at this time.

For such super explosive news, we must make it as exaggerated as possible, and the more eye-catching the better.

If some shocking department from the future came here, it would definitely be a dimensionality reduction attack and kill them all instantly.

Soon, things became more and more serious.

With the instigation of some people with ulterior motives, the general public's view of Madame Curie became one-sided.

Everyone thought she was a slutty woman who seduced her husband's student.

"Husband stealer! Polish slut!"

There was an endless stream of insults and ridicule.

The crowd enjoyed it.

Madame Curie could only stay indoors and avoid all public opinion.

Otherwise she would be torn to pieces.

Countless people even wrote to the French government, demanding that Madame Curie be sent back to her hometown in Poland.

Among them was Madame Curie’s good friend Aper.

Faced with the overwhelming abuse, Madame Curie was unable to cope with it alone. Any explanation she made was in vain and no one would listen.

She could only hide in her own home, crying. Soon, the gossip about Marie Curie and Lang Zhiwan spread throughout Europe.

Its influence goes far beyond quantum theory.

All the ordinary people were excited.

"I didn't expect that the legendary scientist would have such a messed up experience."

"It seems that scientists are also human beings."

"Alas, life is hard for women, no matter how great her achievements are."

However, if someone does some statistics, they will find an interesting phenomenon.

That is, most of the people who insulted Madame Curie were men, and very few were women.

And the other person involved in the incident, Lang Zhiwan, seemed to have been forgotten by everyone.

Everyone forgave him by default.

Lang Zhiwan was a married man, while Madame Curie was single.

Later, April's daughter and April had a big fight over this matter.

His daughter put the truth to the point: “If Marie Curie had been a man, nothing would have happened.”

Wow!
Abel's face turned pale.

The daughter's words exposed the dark hearts of those who attacked Madame Curie.

As a result, many women united and published public articles to protect Madame Curie and condemn Lang Zhiwan.

Things just turned into a mess.

United Kingdom.

When Li Qiwei held the newspaper in his hand, several days had passed since the incident of Madame Curie.

Instead of the heat dying down, it intensified and spread more and more widely.

Even Wang Luyao, who was far away in China, knew the news.

The next day, Li Qiwei received a telegram from Wang Luyao.

"Husband, you must help Madame Curie. She is a really good person."

"It's all because of that guy named Lang Zhiwan, he's a scumbag, don't associate with him anymore."

Watching Wang Luyao cursing Lang Zhiwan in the telegram, Li Qiwei could only smile bitterly.

He only dared to respond in accordance with what the other party said.

Don't try to distinguish right from wrong in this kind of thing.

Just do what your wife says.

When Li Qiwei took Wang Luyao to France to attend a conference, it was the Curies who warmly entertained them.

Wang Luyao and Madame Curie hit it off right away and they had a very good relationship.

That is why Wang Luyao sympathized with Madame Curie so much.

You know, Madame Curie had two children at that time.

As a mother of two children, it is conceivable that Wang Luyao can understand the difficulties that Madame Curie faced.

Li Qiwei was also deeply moved at this moment.

Perhaps this can also be considered a process of demystifying scientists.

In later generations, scientist is a sacred profession.

The first question that many elementary school students are asked by their teachers is: What do you want to be when you grow up?
The most popular answer would definitely be to be a scientist.

According to national propaganda, scientists are a group of people who are indifferent to fame and fortune 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 common people’s perception.

The statement that Li Qiwei of later generations disliked the most was:
"Nowadays, people want to be internet celebrities, and no one wants to be a scientist and do research."

ridiculous.

Why doesn’t the person asking the question become a so-called scientist himself?

Because they know in their hearts that the work of scientists is very tiring and hard.

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 wants others to be scientists and do all the dirty work.

Then invent all kinds of convenient and high-tech things and just sit back and enjoy the results.

Therefore, we need to give scientists a high hat and encourage them to work hard and be selfless.

Even personal feelings must be strictly controlled, like a saint.

It is best to remain single for life and devote yourself to scientific research.

But this is not right.

Scientists are also human beings, and as human beings they have seven emotions and six desires.

Of course, this is not to excuse scientists from messing around.

What I want to say is that you should not be prejudiced against any profession.

We should neither exaggerate the hazards because of our profession, nor downplay the impact because of our profession.

It is what it should be.

In real history, not just scientists, but any great person, if you really dig into it, 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 resolved privately.

As long as this incident does not have any impact on other people and does not cause serious moral and character corruption.

He can look at it rationally.

Of course, Li Qiwei still thinks that as a man he should take on more responsibilities.

Lang Zhiwan behaved like a coward. He just hid in his home and didn't even dare to explain.

In real history, Lang Zhiwan finally did not choose to divorce Jenny.

But there was a condition, that is, Jenny must agree to let him find another female secretary.

Jenny had no choice but to agree.

Li Qiwei was too lazy to care about Lang Zhiwan's affairs.

So he waved his hand and called Zhang Maodong over.

"Mrs. Curie is an employee of our Pioneer Group after all. How could she be bullied like this?"

"You ask the other party if she is willing to come to the UK to live temporarily, and the company will provide her with accommodation."

"Proper arrangements must also be made for the 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 became completely different.

When Madame Curie learned of Ridgeway's arrangement, she considered it carefully and agreed to move to England.

As for the eldest daughter, 14, and the youngest daughter, 7, they continue to stay in France and are 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.

Madame Curie felt relieved when she saw that the company's arrangements were so well made.

After arriving in the UK, she declined all visits.

Even when Li Qiwei wanted to visit her, she refused on the grounds that it was inconvenient.

To express her gratitude, she wrote a long thank-you letter to Li Qiwei.

The wording used 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 this.

Madame Curie went between the company and her residence every day.

She devoted all her time to work and research, trying to forget all the misfortunes and troubles.

Li Qiwei sighed and chose to respect.

Finally, he wrote back to Wang Luyao and reported his own handling results.

This was the only way the situation could be right now, and there was nothing he could 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 impact of public opinion on Madame Curie.

Li Qiwei, who was influenced by later generations, understood it very well.

The best way to dilute public opinion is not to explain it yourself, but to use a larger public opinion to divert attention.

Ordinary people don't really care about Madame Curie's love life.

Everybody just wants to have some fun.

Now, an even bigger treat is coming.

(End of this chapter)