After parking the car, Li Yu jumped out of the car and said, "Mr. Planck, Mr. Carl Siemens, I have admired you for a long time!"
Carl Siemens looked at Planck, then at Li Yu, and said: "Your Excellency is indeed refreshing to me."
Li Yu smiled and said: "Mr. Planck has been busy with quantum theory recently, and his lack of detail must be because he has no time."
Plank didn't care at all. After all, he was a handsome person no matter what. He said: "Young people are energetic and can be liked by girls. It's really enviable."
Lu Bicheng: "I...we just happened to be traveling together."
Planck said: "Oriental women really have a kind of subtle beauty, which is well-deserved."
Lu Bicheng asked: "Are you praising me?"
Planck said: "Of course, since I knew Mr. Li Yu was coming, I went to the library to read some books introducing the East, such as the four beauties, fish and geese."
Lu Bicheng said: "When the fish sinks and the geese fall, the moon is shy of the flowers."
Lu Bicheng did not speak these eight words in English, but in Chinese. Planck did not understand Chinese and was a little stunned.
Li Yu explained: "It means that these four beauties can make the fish in the river forget to swim and sink to the bottom of the water; the geese in the sky can land on the sandbank; they can make the moon hide behind the clouds and make the flowers feel shy. They are for sinking fish and falling geese.
The closed moon shames the flowers."
Planck was amazed: "Chinese culture is really intoxicating. There is also a saying about a beautiful woman."
Li Yu said: "The so-called beauty is on the side of the water. This story is also very beautiful...wait a minute!"
Li Yu felt something was wrong.
Planck urged, "You haven't explained what you mean yet."
Li Yu said: "Mr. Planck, why do you focus on content involving beauties?"
"Yes?" Planck said, "I just happened to see it."
Lu Bicheng also tilted her lips: "What a coincidence."
Planck laughed loudly, "There is another sentence, I remember," he paused for a while, and then said, "Everyone has a love for beauty."
Lu Bicheng said: "You are finally right about this."
Li Yu said: "I met Mr. Tolstoy when I was passing through St. Petersburg. I'm afraid he can't speak so many ancient Chinese sentences."
Plank said proudly: "If I had written, I might have become a best-selling author. By the way, when it comes to best-selling books, I really couldn't put it down with your "Star Wars" books. I read them again over the weekend.
, I still feel unfinished."
Li Yu said: "If Mr. Planck likes it, I can write three more prequel stories in the future."
"Prequel?" Planck became even more interested.
Li Yu also didn't realize that the topic they were talking about when they first met was actually about ancient Chinese poems about beauties and "Star Wars".
But this is also the daily life of great scientists. Thinking about quantum mechanics every day, the CPU in your brain may have been burned out.
Many famous scientists have artistic hobbies.
Li Yu nodded: "Yes, a prequel. It is mainly about how Darth Vader grew from a Jedi Knight to a dark leader in the era of the Galactic Republic. Many members of the Jedi Order will appear."
"There will be many dashing warriors who can use lightsabers?" Gangplank asked.
"Yes," Li Yu said, "the huge background story will also be expanded upon."
"It's so exciting! When will you start writing?" Planck asked.
Li Yu smiled and said: "I'm still thinking about the plot, but I've been a little busy recently..."
"Hey!" Plank said, "You are so young and naturally full of energy. Let this beautiful oriental girl take good care of you. Just hurry up and write!"
Lu Bicheng blushed: "Why should I take care of him?"
Planck said: "It has been a long time since I have seen such a complete structure, such a magnificent story, and a wonderful story that reveals the direction of scientific development in every aspect. In any case, you must encourage the beautiful oriental girl. There is an old Chinese saying.
What do you mean, Tianzhu still?"
After all, it was a product more than seventy years later. Although the settings are nothing in the eyes of later generations, everyone pays more attention to the story itself. But for the early twentieth century, these settings are simply apocalyptic and the imagination is too strong.
"It's the red sleeves that add fragrance..." Lu Bicheng realized something and quickly stopped talking.
Li Yu smiled and said: "Mr. Planck's homework is really good."
Planck said: "During this period, I also consulted several sinologists in the university and envoys who have been to your country."
"No wonder it's like this." Li Yu said.
He really didn't expect Planck to attach so much importance to it.
But he never expected that Planck would continue to emphasize: "I also want you to write a sequel as soon as possible."
The purpose turned out to be to urge the manuscript! Li Yu couldn't laugh or cry: "I understand, Mr. Planck, since you want to see the sequel so early, I will definitely work harder. But this work was not written by me alone, and...
…”
"I know," Plank said, "and it's also the work of this beautiful Bicheng girl, whose name is on the cover of the book."
Lu Bicheng asked curiously: "Is it very popular in Europe?"
Carl Siemens said: "It is very popular, and almost every edition will sell out quickly. I think it won't be long before publishers in Germany, France, and Italy will come to you and translate it into more languages."
Lu Bicheng never thought that she had already gained fame abroad, but she still felt very sweet in her heart.
Planck continued: "I have read several physics papers by Mr. Li Yu, as well as "Fractals and Chaos", "Game Theory", etc., and the writing level in them is not at the same level as "Star Wars", Miss Bicheng
Your contribution is very great!"
Lu Bicheng pouted: "The translator is also very important. She is also a beautiful oriental girl."
"Oh?!" Plank opened his mouth wide and looked at Li Yu in disbelief, "You are really like this!"
He gave a thumbs up.
Li Yu said awkwardly: "It's not what you think."
Planck spread his hands: "What did I think about?"
Li Yucha changed the subject and said, "Um, is lunch about to start?"
Carl Siemens said: "It's ready, let's talk while eating."
Several people came to the restaurant, and Li Yu didn't have any hope for German food.
It seems that the relatively powerful countries in Europe have relatively poor food culture and not so many beautiful girls.
On the contrary, Southern Europe, which has a slightly poorer economy, is rich in beauties and delicious food.
I guess it is this reason that makes countries like Germany focus more on research?
After thinking about it for a while, the food was quickly served.
Sure enough! No wonder everyone says that German food is the "European version of Northeastern food": roasted pork knuckle, sausages, potatoes, sauerkraut, and of course bread.
I really don’t know why Germans like these things so much and never get tired of them.
It is said that when the then German Chancellor Merkel visited Shenyang in 2016, she ate two portions of sauerkraut and white meat alone!
Well, as expected, the Chinese still know how to cook. The Germans have been making sauerkraut for hundreds of years, but they can't cook it as well as the Chinese.
The German diet does have a high proportion of meat. If you don’t eat sauerkraut, you will easily get bored.
So no matter what the occasion, sauerkraut seems to be an indispensable supplement to the diet.
Compared to roasted pork knuckles and sausages, sauerkraut should be the true “German national dish”!
Even when President Xi Jinping visited Germany, Merkel entertained him with sauerkraut.
Anyway, sauerkraut has become synonymous with Germans, and even the British, who were on the opposite side of the two world wars, directly called Germans "Kraut".
I wonder if the Germans would call the British "fish and chips".
Carl Siemens saw Li Yu frowning and asked, "Do you need chopsticks?"
Li Yu hurriedly said: "No need, just a knife and fork."
Planck said: "If you don't have enough, you can ask for more. Our German pork knuckles are the best in the world!"
Li Yu said: "If the professor has the opportunity to come to China, I will definitely show you what real pork knuckles are."
Planck's interest was piqued again: "Do the Chinese have better-tasting pork knuckles?"
Li Yu smiled and said: "Of course, and we have too many delicious food in China, you will definitely like it very much."
Planck suddenly said: "I must go to China!"
This is the reason!
Li Yu felt that Planck was so interesting. It was completely different from his impression. Although he was a bit conservative in scientific research, he still communicated well in life.
Perhaps he knew that Li Yu was equally proficient in mathematics and science and was willing to chat with him; and that the West was still very interested in the mysteries of the East.
Planck suddenly thought: "Yes, aren't you two Chinese? You should be able to cook Chinese food, right?"
Li Yu said: "I can only cook a few simple things. Miss Bicheng must be a master of cooking."
"Great!" Plank said, "You guys are going to show off your skills tonight. I haven't eaten Chinese food yet. Well, am I asking for too much? I need you to hurry up and write the manuscript and make delicious food. . Otherwise, I will give you something in exchange of equal value, what do you need?"
Li Yu thought for a while and said: "If possible, I am more interested in some of the original manuscripts of the papers published by Mr. Planck at that time."
"It's a deal!" Planck was very happy. "I thought it was something, but it was just a pile of used draft paper. It has been published anyway, so it is of little use to me."
Planck chatted with Li Yu for a while about some Chinese culture, and then Carl Siemens got back to the topic: "Mr. Li Yu, I have opened a laboratory specifically for you, right next to the Imperial Institute of Physics, the experimental facility It’s more complete. I think if you two take the theory of blackbody radiation a step further, it will be an unparalleled achievement in today’s scientific community.”
Li Yu said: "I don't know how long I can stay in Germany. I'm afraid it will be a waste of such a good laboratory."
Carl Siemens said: "It will not be wasted. Mr. Planck will always be in Berlin and he will still be in charge of the work."
Planck said: "I'm not very good at doing experiments either."
As a theoretical physicist, experiments are indeed not his specialty.
Carl Siemens said: "It doesn't matter, I will allocate manpower from the Imperial Institute of Physics to help you."
Planck said: "The Imperial Institute of Physics' experiments on blackbody radiation have been very comprehensive over the years, and I can't think of anything that can be added."
Karl waved his hand: "I don't understand the specific experimental content and mathematics, but you are all top scientists, and I think the laboratory will be useful after all. Now with the help of Li Yu, a foreign academician of the Royal Society, Pu
Professor Langk, you also need to be more firm in your theory."
Planck said: "I still have many problems that are difficult to figure out. I am still studying the use of thermodynamics to think deeply about blackbody radiation and looking for more reasonable explanations in this regard."
In fact, Planck himself was a little unable to accept the quantum theory after he proposed it. Years later, he still tried to use classical physics to explain blackbody radiation.
But the dark clouds have been pushed away by him, and he can no longer hide even if he wants to.
It's just that quantum theory is indeed like a ghost, and there are so many unknown things that even Planck himself didn't dare to think about it.
Li Yu said: "The professor's quantum point of view is more worthy of improvement, and there is no reasonable explanation in thermodynamics."
Planck knew that Li Yu was also very accomplished in thermodynamics. His previous proposals of the entropy increase principle of the second law of thermodynamics and the third law of thermodynamics were ceiling-level operations on thermodynamics.
Planck asked: "Do you also agree with the energy quantum explanation?"
Li Yu nodded vigorously: "The professor's theory is an epoch-making product, but new things are indeed a bit difficult to accept for a while."
Planck said: "Although theoretically, through your derivation, the result has been perfect and seems beyond doubt, I still can't believe that this world is not continuous."
Li Yu said: "I don't think there is anything wrong. There is no special contradiction between continuity and quantum theory."
Planck said: "No, no, no, the contradiction is simply too great. Don't you think it's even a little unbelievable?"
Li Yu pondered for a while and said: "There are too many incredible things in the microscopic field, but this is what makes it interesting. I happened to do a very incredible experiment and got preliminary results. I have been working with Mr. Carl Siemens these days.
The completion of the newly established laboratory can be regarded as a thank you to Carl Siemens for sponsoring the laboratory."
Carl Siemens said happily: "I knew your arrival would not disappoint me!"
Planck was more interested in the content and asked curiously: "What is so incredible?"
Li Yu said: "Interference experiment."
"Interference experiment?" Planck was a little confused. "Double-slit interference experiment? That was completed a hundred years ago, and students in universities can do it."
"No," Li Yu said seriously, "What I want to do is a double-slit interference test of single photons."
"Single... photon?" Planck was still unable to accept this concept, but he suddenly reacted, "Could it be! You mean that!"
Li Yu's eyebrows condensed: "Yes, I want to make the world believe again that light is not just a wave, but also a particle."
Planck opened his mouth wide: "You - this!"
Although Carl Siemens was not as familiar with mathematical sciences as his brother Werner Siemens, the founder of Siemens, he was educated anyway and could not believe this extremely absurd theory.
In Western textbooks, since Young's double-slit interference experiment was performed, the electromagnetic wave theory was proposed, and the great Maxwell's equations were born, the conclusion about the wave nature of light has been confirmed.
The "particle theory" has been relegated to the shadows for many years. If the great god Newton had not been a staunch supporter of the "particle theory" at that time, no one would have remembered that light had such a theory.
Li Yu looked at the astonished expressions of the two people and said with a smile: "This is the only way to have a sensational effect."