Not long after, another person who he had met before came to Li Yu: Katz from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
"It's great that you are in Germany, otherwise I would have to go to Beijing to find you." Katz said.
"Why are you so anxious to see me?" Li Yu asked.
Katz said: "There is good news for Mr. Academician! After internal discussions and the king's proposal, the Academy of Sciences has decided to nominate you as a candidate for the next Nobel Prize in Physics."
"Aren't you not responsible for East Asian affairs?" Li Yu asked.
"Originally, the person in charge of East Asian affairs is also a part-time person. Because, ahem, there really aren't many scientific developments worthy of attention in East Asia," Katz immediately continued, "But you, academician, are different. With your achievements, the Academy of Sciences
Still decide to nominate!”
Li Yu knew in his heart that there was widespread arrogance in Europe at this time, especially in science and technology. Everyone was really dissatisfied with it, and the United States did not look down on it. Of course, the United States in the early twentieth century was not really strong.
Li Yu asked again: "What is the reason for the nomination?"
Katz said: "It is in view of your brilliant achievements in thermodynamics, your pioneering development of the law of entropy increase in the second law of thermodynamics, and the more critical proposal of the third law of thermodynamics."
Li Yu could roughly guess that it was because of this, but it was indeed worthy of the Nobel Prize.
As for the blackbody radiation formula, there is still some controversy after all. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences may not have fully understood it yet, so naturally it will not nominate quantum mechanics.
Although the Literature Prize and the Peace Prize have been highly controversial many times in history, these two are not administered by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
When it comes to physics and chemistry, which are their home fields, the Academy of Sciences is quite cautious. Awards are given in areas where they are relatively confident.
For a long time after that, there was no award for the theory of relativity that everyone is familiar with. When Einstein won the Nobel Prize for the photoelectric effect, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences even emphatically stated that the reason for awarding the award was not because of the theory of relativity!
Because the theory of relativity did not have enough experimental support at that time, and Einstein gave too many conclusions, it was impossible to award the prize for the entire special theory of relativity or general theory of relativity.
When Wien won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1911, the Nobel Prize jury stated that it was because of his contribution to thermodynamics that he proposed the Wien formula.
Even if it's wrong...
In other words, up until that time, the Nobel Prize Committee was still somewhat unable to accept quantum mechanics.
Fortunately, Li Yu has finally given the correct derivation of Planck's formula, and he must be able to do so a little earlier.
But in any case, we have to wait for the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to fully understand it.
At this time, Li Yu was nominated for the Nobel Prize for "classical physics", which is of course a good thing. Being too advanced would be too far away from reality.
Moreover, with his status in the world of classical physics, there will be many hidden benefits for him to continue to develop quantum mechanics in the future.
Katz took out a letter from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and handed it to Li Yu: "This is an official letter."
Li Yu took it and said, "Thank you very much."
Katz smiled and said: "If Mr. Academician can win the Nobel Prize in Physics, he will really be an authority in mathematics and physics!"
Li Yu said: "Now it's just a nomination."
Katz said: "Mr. Academician, you have great hopes. We discussed internally whether to nominate you earlier because the mere mention of your name is almost certain."
Li Yu understood that it was because he was Chinese and came from the backward Qing Dynasty that the jury was concerned.
In the current eyes of most people, people with such high scientific achievements should have received many years of education in Europe, and will also become nationals of a European country.
——But Li Yu obviously had no such idea.
This made the jury hesitate for a while.
It's just that Li Yu's name is too big now. If Li Yu is not nominated, the Nobel Prize jury feels that it will lose its authority.
Kaz sighed with emotion: "I'm so envious, you are so young!"
Li Yu said: "There is still a long way to go in the future."
Katz asked: "Will academicians have more scientific achievements in the future?"
Li Yu smiled and said, "We'll wait and see."
The nomination brought this time is for next year’s Nobel Prize, which means that the award will not be awarded for at least another year.
But many institutions already want to award Li Yu a separate award.
But what Li Yu least expected was that the first thing that came to him was the literature award...
The French Academy of Letters (the name at this time was actually the French Academy of Inscriptions and Letters, which is actually the Academy of Letters and one of the five institutions of the French Academy) wanted to award Li Yu the Literary Medal for the "Star Wars" series.
After learning the inside information, France's largest publishing group, Hachette Publishing House, immediately sent people to find Li Yu.
Hachette Press has a huge influence on the French publishing industry and has very strong publishing capabilities.
They have long recognized the best-selling power of the Star Wars series, and do not want American publishing houses to interfere too much with their business in Europe. They must at least compete with them.
It happened that Li Yu himself arrived in Europe, and he immediately sent the company's representative, Xiao Louis, to come to Li Yu for negotiation.
The founder of Hachette Publishing House was Louis Hachette, and this young Louis became the second generation head of the publishing house, which shows the importance he attached to Li Yu.
Little Louis is a businessman with very good ears and eyes. He quickly found Li Yu's residence in Berlin. After introducing each other, little Louis said: "Mr.'s "Star Wars" has won the medal of the French Academy of Letters. I will use this to promote Li Yu's work in France."
And the distribution in Europe will be smoother. Moreover, we have local conveniences that American publishing houses do not have, and the future operations will be better."
Li Yu had just learned about winning the Literature Prize. This was much more surprising to him than winning the Nobel Prize. He was surprised and said, "Why didn't I hear about it?"
Little Louis smiled and said: "The letter from the French Academy of Literature is on the way. You should receive it tomorrow or the day after tomorrow."
Li Yu said: "So you knew it in advance?"
Little Louis was quite honest and said: "When doing business, it is always beneficial to know some information in advance."
Li Yu asked again: "Then what convenience do you mean?"
When it comes to the problems in his professional field, little Louis immediately talked about it: "If it is printed in the United States, there will be no advantage in price, and secondly, it will not be able to better design covers and illustrations that attract Europeans. More importantly, they are far away from
In the Americas, timeliness is not very high. But we have the largest printing plant in France, which can ensure that the market will not be out of stock. And you have to believe that our translation capabilities are better than those of the Americans, who do not understand what literature is!"
The French are quite conceited in these aspects.
Li Yu said: "There is already a translation of French, right?"
Yudeling has given a French version.
Little Louis said: "We want to add more illustrations, because Mr.'s works involve a lot of novel science fiction content. If you want a larger group to easily understand it, it is necessary to have both pictures and text, which requires some adjustments. And we have a special focus on Spain.
His translation skills in English, Russian, German and Italian are equally outstanding, far superior to those of Americans.”
Li Yu felt happy because the little Louis in front of him really didn't take the Yankees seriously.
However, it is indeed beneficial to let Europe's own publishing house publish it, so Li Yu said: "Okay, I accept your proposal."
Little Louis said: "You will definitely be satisfied with our operation! Good covers and more illustrations can increase the sales of science fiction works by more than one level, and the profits will also be greater."
Just leave this professional matter to them. Li Yu said: "Let's sign the contract."
Little Louis quickly took out the prepared contract: "I have already written it, please sign it."
Li Yu picked up his pen and suddenly thought: "Is the medal from the Academy of Arts awarded to me alone or does it include Miss Bicheng?"
"Oh?" Little Louis said in surprise, "I always thought that Bicheng was also a male. So, 'Lu Bicheng' is the name of a Chinese female author?"
Li Yu said: "Yes, and the Star Wars series would not be so vivid in terms of language without her polish."
Little Louis said excitedly: "Great! It can definitely be used as a big selling point! I have already thought of a better cover design in my mind, which must highlight the mysterious oriental woman behind the great scientist and science fiction writer. Oh my god, it is so eye-catching!
"
Li Yu said: "In business, I can do anything. Where is the medal?"
Little Louis said: "Actually, according to the information I got, Ms. Bicheng is a bonus medal, but if the Academy of Arts knew that she was a woman, I'm afraid it would only award it to you."
Li Yu said: "If this is the case, I cannot accept this medal."
Little Louis wondered: "I can't influence the decision of the French Academy of Literature, and it's not a big deal. As long as you..."
Li Yu said: "It is not a trivial matter. I emphasize once again that if it is only awarded to me, I will definitely not accept it!"
Little Louis spread his hands: "I can't do anything about this. You can only discuss it with the School of Liberal Arts in person, but I think it's better not to go against their decision."
Li Yu knew that there was no need to continue discussing the liberal arts college with him, so he signed a business contract first.
Lu Bicheng heard their conversation. After little Louis left, he came over with a cup of black tea and said to Li Yu: "If you can't win the award because of me, I will feel uneasy."
Li Yu smiled and said: "It's just a medal from the Academy of Arts, it's nothing. But if they give up the award because of you, I will never accept such an insult."
Lu Bicheng asked: "The most you can do is insult me, what are you so worried about?"
Li Yu said: "Definitely not, because...because..."
Lu Bicheng blinked and asked, "Why?"
Li Yu immediately replied: "Because you are very important!"
Lu Bicheng's ears turned red: "Why am I important? You...you drink this cup of tea first."
Li Yu said: "Of course you are important. Without you, this science fiction novel would never be completed."
Lu Bicheng's hand shook and she almost dropped the teacup she was holding, but the hot water still spilled on her hand, and she let out an "ouch" in pain.
Li Yu quickly took the tea cup and asked with concern: "Are you okay?"
Lu Bicheng waved his hand: "It's not important!"
After saying that, he went back to his room alone.
Li Yu froze on the spot, took a sip of tea, and murmured: "Tsk, tsk, women are so fickle and unpredictable."