Li Yu walked in and coughed twice. When Jia Honglin saw that it was the person who had just helped them out, he quickly stepped forward and said, "Thank you for your help, sir. I don't know your name?"
"I, Li Yu, have nothing to worry about." Li Yu replied casually.
The troupe owner was almost scared to death just now: "Lord Carp, we really don't want to offend Prince Qing. Now that the small building is in such trouble, what do you think we should do?"
"Well, it's four tones, Li Yu!" Li Yu corrected his pronunciation first, and then said, "The matter is indeed not over yet. I just lied. If I need your cooperation in the future, I will have to perform two more performances.
"
The theater owner hurriedly agreed: "Don't say just two plays, it's no problem if we perform two hundred plays. I just hope that the prince will not blame me!"
Li Yu comforted him: "It's not that serious, don't worry."
Although Yi Kuang was in power in the late Qing Dynasty, he did not like to risk his life to kill his opponents. He had an indecisive side to his character. This is why, except for his "greed", few other things are known to future generations.
It is extremely rare for such a person to achieve a high position below one person and above ten thousand people.
Of course, he has indeed taken his greed to the extreme. Many scholars even estimate that he is greedy for far more money than He Shen and Lord. He is truly the most greedy person in the Qing Dynasty!
Yang Xiaolou did not thank Li Yu, as he probably thought that he was one of the corrupt officials under Yi Kuang whom he hated so much.
Li Yu didn't take it seriously and patted him on the shoulder: "Good job, see you later."
The next day.
After agreeing to go to the British Embassy, Li Yu first went to Tongwen Guan to find Ding Haoliang. Ding Haoliang said: "Don't rush to the embassy yet. Do you have an account?"
"Account?"
"Oh! You may not know that it is a bank account that can collect payments." Ding Hailiang explained.
Li Yu was ashamed. He had a bank card in his past, okay?
"I know for sure, but I really don't have it. Why do you want that?"
Although Li Yu had the 100 taels of silver given by Yi Kuang, he still couldn't deposit it in the bank.
Ding Haoliang said: "Your manuscript has been published in the Journal of Natural Sciences, and they need to pay you the manuscript fee."
I almost forgot about this!
"Is that so? How much is the royalties?" Li Yu asked.
"It should be about 80 pounds." Ding Haoliang said.
80 pounds, converted into almost 200 taels of silver, is very considerable.
"The Royal Society will transfer the money via wire transfer. There is an HSBC bank next to the embassy. The handling fee is not high, and there will be about 70 pounds left."
Well, more than 10% was deducted at once. I was too optimistic just now, and in the blink of an eye, more than 20 taels of silver were wiped out in the vast Pacific Ocean.
HSBC just opened a branch in Beijing this year, located in the Embassy District of Dongjiaomin Lane.
Opening a bank account in this era is actually quite troublesome. It's definitely not something you can do by calling a number, entering your ID card and then verifying your identity.
Fortunately, Ding Haoliang was very familiar with the process and handed him a piece of paper soon.
"Is that enough?"
"Yes, you can withdraw money in about a week."
Efficiency!
Li Yu held the cardboard in his hand, with a seal in the middle and a seal on the left and right. Isn't this a passbook?
It’s so old-fashioned!
Li Yu's interest in antiques began to overflow again: wouldn't this passbook be a cultural relic if it were kept 100 years later?
But the rational heart immediately took over the high ground: I won’t live until that time, so why do I care about it! If you don’t spend the money, you are a fool. If the person is gone, but the money is still there, wouldn’t it be too tragic?
After leaving the bank, I saw Minister Sa Daoyi and another foreigner as soon as I arrived at the British Embassy in the Qing Dynasty.
Li Yu didn't recognize him, so Ding Haoliang stepped forward and said hello: "Mr. Minister, I brought the Li Yu you are looking for."
Sa Daoyi greeted Ding Yuliang respectfully: "Thank you very much, Professor!" Then he looked at Li Yu and said, "Yu Li, oh no, according to your tradition, I should call you Mr. Li Yu, hello."
"Hello."
Li Yu shook hands with him.
"It's hard to imagine that you are so young. I thought you would be an old scholar." Sa Daoyi said, and then pointed to another foreigner behind him, "This is Mr. Purland, a special reporter representing the Times. I just want to meet you.
Meet Mr. Li Yu."
Pulande was really dedicated. Even though he knew that the Queen Mother was dissatisfied with him, he still came to the capital, but he was in the embassy district and there was no danger.
He has been in the Tianjin Concession during this period. Now that The Times lacks reporters in the capital, it transferred him here. After all, the current news in the capital is the real first-hand news.
Pu Lande shook hands with Li Yu and Ding Haoliang: "I asked the minister to contact Mr. Li Yu before, but I didn't expect to meet so soon."
The four of them came to the embassy, and Purland said: "I have received two telegrams from the headquarters in the past two days. Mr. Li Yu, you are very popular now."
"What's the news?"
There is no Internet now, so Li Yu cannot know about foreign affairs immediately. As a member of the media industry, Pulande is the most well-informed.
Purland took out two telegrams from his briefcase: "You should already know the content of the first telegram, which is about Lord Kelvin and President Huggins. This one talks about Mr. Lorenz's work in "Physics".
"Review" published an article praising your academic achievements, and it is a high praise."
No wonder Li Yu's reputation in European academic circles has increased so quickly, and another big boss came out to speak for him.
Lorenz is the winner of the Nobel Prize this year, that is, in 1902. Although the award has not yet been awarded, the nomination has been issued long ago, and it is basically a certainty.
The three big Vs collectively spoke out, and the popularity increased amazingly!
Minister Sa Daoyi exclaimed: "Professor Lorenz? Li Yu, who are you...?"
Sa Daoyi searched for a long time in his mind, and finally the word popped out.
"I am just an ordinary scholar, but it is a great honor for me to be appreciated by so many masters." Li Yu said modestly.
Purland added: "Although the telegram is very short and I can't see much information, I believe that Mr. Lorenz's original article must have been highly praised, otherwise the headquarters would not have let me write a report about you."
It turns out that this was his purpose.
"Yes, yes, but I have a request." Li Yu said.
"You can just ask, I will definitely do my best as much as I can." Purland said, patting his chest.
"I hope you can help record a Chinese opera record."
——In this way, he can also fulfill his previous lie and help Yang Xiaolou and the others get out of trouble.
"Records?" Puland was stunned, feeling that they were completely incomparable fields.
Seeing his confusion, Li Yu could only say: "Well, the record is dedicated to our great empress dowager."
"That's it!" Puland laughed loudly, "I understand, if we can take this opportunity to make the Queen Mother of your country happy, then we will do our best."