Training the Heavens

Chapter 392 Visiting the Soviet Union
The Nobel Prize Committee is very good at marketing and knows how to expand and maintain the influence of the award, so they do not announce all the awards of the year at once, but announce one award a day.

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is announced on the first day, the Nobel Prize in Physics is announced on the second day, the Nobel Prize in Chemistry is announced on the third day, the Nobel Prize in Literature is announced on the fourth day, and the winners of the Nobel Peace Prize are announced on the last day. The Nobel Prize in Economics will be added in the future.

In this way, the Nobel Prize can maintain its popularity around the world for up to five days, and major media outlets will focus on it every award season.

When the awards are presented in December, it will happen again. Every year, the Nobel Prize will attract attention for two months. Coupled with the speculation before the award, the popularity will last even longer. This is also the key to the Nobel Prize's continued influence.

Zhang Xingjiu thought about the current time and immediately understood what award he was going to receive.

Sure enough, the Norwegian consul immediately confirmed his suspicions. "The Second World War, which just ended a few years ago, caused tremendous harm to all of humanity. At that time, people have become increasingly aware of the importance of peace. The treaty banning the use of biological and chemical weapons that you advocated at the Solvay Conference made a significant contribution to reducing casualties caused by war. In view of this, the Nobel Prize Committee has decided to award you this year's Peace Prize!"

He was happy about the previous awards, but he felt that this medal was meaningless because there were too many inexplicable winners in later generations. This award, like the literary award, has become a tool for Western society to achieve political goals.

However, the Nobel Prize money is still considerable. It is worthwhile to use the money that is given to you. Now the war in the north is in full swing and the establishment of New China has entered the countdown. At that time, this precious foreign exchange will come in handy.

"So, will you go to Oslo to receive the award?" The Norwegian consul asked a little nervously. Now that Norway has become independent from Sweden, Zhang Xingjiu would go to Stockholm to receive the award every time he won an award. If he does not go to Oslo this time, Norway will lose face.

Considering that the reason for awarding him this award was to ban biological and chemical weapons, he was well-deserved and different from those who came after him. So Zhang Xingjiu agreed. "I am very honored to receive this award. If possible, I would like to go to Oslo to receive it."

Before he could be happy for long, Zhang Xingjiu gave him another difficult question, "But I have already promised my son that I will accompany him to the Nobel Prize in Physics award ceremony in Stockholm, and you are going to hold the award ceremony in Oslo on the same day. I don't want to miss this glorious moment in his life."

"Um..." The Norwegian consul was suddenly stuck.

The announcement time of each Nobel Prize is not the same, but the award ceremony is held on the same day - December 12th of each year, the day when Nobel died, and the award ceremony is also held in a different place.

The Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Literature prizes are awarded by the King of Sweden in Stockholm, followed by a dinner; the Peace Prize is awarded by the King of Norway in Oslo.

This is a bit troublesome. Zhang Xingjiu has to accompany his son to Stockholm to receive the award, so he definitely cannot appear in Oslo.

The Norwegian consul could only persuade Zhang Xingjiu to give up going to accompany his son to receive the award.

Zhang Xingjiu refused without hesitation, "I've won several Nobel Prizes, so one less is no big deal. But this is my child's first time receiving an award, and I can't miss this opportunity."

The Norwegian consul had no choice but to go back and discuss the matter. After several rounds of communication, Zhang Xingjiu remained firm in his stance, leaving them with no other options but to postpone the awards ceremony for a day. This way, Zhang Xingjiu and Zhang Guosheng would receive the award in Stockholm, attend the banquet, return to the hotel for a night's rest, and fly to Oslo the next morning on a special plane, making it in time for the second awards ceremony.

Zhang Xingjiu finally agreed and immediately began to arrange his work after leaving. The fighting in the north was raging and it would not be long before the Guo Party was driven out of Shanghai. When that time came, Zheng Sanfazi would definitely persuade him to run away with them.

Therefore, it would be better to leave China and go to a foreign country to find some peace and quiet. Besides, leaving would divert Zheng Sanfazi's attention and make it more convenient for the teachers and students of the school to welcome the arrival of the People's Liberation Army.

Zhang Xingjiu has been in charge of Aurora University for more than 40 years and has already trained a large number of backbones with outstanding abilities and reliable moral character. Even if he leaves, they will be able to complete their tasks well and hand over Aurora University to the new government as intact as possible.

After spending a month to explain various things, Zhang Xingjiu took his family to leave Shanghai and took a boat to Europe. When passing through Hong Kong, he got off the boat and stayed for a few days, met with Zhang Guosheng's family, returned the two children to them, and then told him what to do next.

The first stop after arriving in Europe was naturally Paris. Zhang Xingjiu's house had suffered some damage during World War II, but the main structure was still intact and only needed a little cleaning.

He went to the tombs of Professor Lippmann, the Curies, Lang Zhiwan and others to pay his respects, then gave several lectures at the university in Paris and met with several overseas students who had not had time to return to their home countries.

They then went to Stockholm to receive the award. The academic community was amazed by this father and son. They were different from the father and son of Bragg who had won the award before. The father and son of Bragg did the same research, but Zhang Xingjiu and Zhang Guosheng's award-winning achievements were completed independently, and both of them won the Nobel Prize in Physics alone.

After the award ceremony, many scientists who attended the ceremony invited him and his son to visit their home countries for academic exchanges. Considering that he had not been abroad for exchanges for a long time and that the timing was not right to return home, Zhang Xingjiu agreed.

"I am honored to accept your invitation. I will go to Moscow first. After visiting Moscow, I will go to the UK and then cross the Atlantic to visit the United States."

Zhang Xingjiu estimated that after such a round, Shanghai should be in the hands of the People's Liberation Army, and it would be just the right time to go back. He would also meet many Chinese students along the way, and if there were any suitable ones, he could continue to persuade them to return.

The next morning, Zhang Xingjiu and his family landed in Oslo on a special plane and immediately went to the royal palace to receive his sixth Nobel Prize. Now Zhang Xingjiu has won the Physics Prize, the Chemistry Prize, the Biology or Medicine Prize, and the Peace Prize, and the only one missing is the Literature Prize.

If he wanted to get it, he could definitely get it, but he just had no interest in it.

After spending a few days in Oslo, Zhang Xingjiu flew to Moscow.

(End of this chapter)