Roong Ling ran to the desk, unfolded the manuscript paper and took out a pen, but as soon as she wrote a few lines, she was interrupted by De Ling: "I think it would be better if you don't write in English."
Roong Ling raised his face and asked, "Why?"
Sister De Ling was quick-thinking: "Think about it, there must be many people writing letters to Li Yu now. I think most of them must be in English, French, German or Italian and other European languages. If he suddenly sees a letter written in
What do you think will happen if the letter is written in Chinese?"
"I understand!" Roong Ling understood immediately. She changed to a piece of white manuscript paper and wrote "Juanxiu" in Chinese regular script again.
London suburb, Hals Hill Observatory.
Li Yu has recently received hundreds of letters and telegrams, all asking for names for the new planet. He really didn't expect people to be so enthusiastic about the new planet.
In an era without the Internet, every little thing could stir up a stir, and there really wasn't much to do.
He couldn't read so many letters at all, so he invited Joelson, the editor of "Proceedings of the Natural Science", and they read the mountains of letters together.
There are all kinds of names in it, such as Zeus, Percival, Constance, and Cronus.
Li Yu actually thought about naming it directly, but he still followed the suggestions of President Huggins and Lord Kelvin and held a naming activity in accordance with the gentleman tradition at that time, which could also stimulate everyone's enthusiasm.
Joelson was very satisfied with those names, but Li Yu still felt a little lucky and did not make a decision.
"Hey! This letter is a bit strange," said Joelson on the side.
Li Yu had read too many "strange" letters and was not surprised. He didn't look back and asked, "What's wrong?"
"This letter is actually written in Chinese."
"Chinese?"
Li Yu was surprised and immediately took the letter. In addition to the receiving address written in English, the envelope also had a sending address written in Chinese: Embassy of the Qing Dynasty in Paris, Yu Rongling.
After Zhan Xin read the content, Li Yu immediately said excitedly: "Great, that's it!"
Joelson didn't know why: "What is it?"
"Just use the name from this letter: Pluto!"
I didn’t expect that someone could actually think of this name, and he was actually Chinese!
The three characters "Pluto" are naturally the Chinese name, and "Pluto" is the English name.
Although the name still seems to have not changed, now it has a Chinese name first and then translated into an English name, so there is still a substantial difference.
After all, Chinese and English have to be translated into each other no matter what, so word order is crucial.
It’s true that the wealth does not flow to outsiders...
Newspapers were quick to pick up the news, as the world awaited the name of the new planet.
People are discussing: "Pluto! What a great name, who came up with it?"
"I heard she is a Chinese girl in Paris."
"Chinese girl?"
If it had been before, public opinion would have been madly opposed to Chinese girls naming important discoveries, but since the discoverers were all Chinese, they had nothing to say. Li Yu had the right to decide the naming.
In fact, even if Yu Rongling did not think of the name "Pluto", someone else would soon think of it. Because Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto are the three brothers.
In fact, this is indeed the case. Among the letters on the road, there are several with the same name.
After the Yu family saw the report, Yu Rongling was so excited that she took off her shoes and danced happily in the hall. After dancing gracefully, she said happily: "Sister, I have decided that from now on this is the coldest heart."
Pluto is my friend, and Li Yu is also my friend!"
Yu Deling smiled and said: "Didn't you say last time that he might be ugly, and you were still an old scholar?"
Roong Ling said: "Daddy said that he is not an academic, and...even if he is ugly, he is still my friend!"
Minister Yu Geng never expected that his daughter would actually name a planet, and it would be adopted! How dreamy!
Not only Li Yu, but most of Europe now knows that the namer of the new planet is a Chinese girl. I wonder if I have been a special envoy for seven or eight years and have not made any headlines. How come I have a relationship with Li Yu and even a girl’s movie can be featured?
!
Yu Geng regretted a little. If he had known better, he would have let his children learn more about the West.
It was a good thing anyway. Yu Geng had a great impression of Li Yucun in his heart. When he came to France, he should thank him anyway.
In addition to letters calling for names, many postcards expressing praise also came in. It must be said that the academic atmosphere in Europe at that time was indeed very good, and people were very enthusiastic about science. After all, it was science that made them so powerful.
Europeans have always had unique hobbies, such as sports. In addition to the well-known football, track and field and cycling, which are rarely watched, are also the favorites of Europeans.
Most people may find these things boring and don't know why Europeans like them so much.
Boltzmann didn’t know much about astronomy, but he still wrote a letter and sent it to London to express his congratulations to this little confidant he had never met:
"I am very happy to read about your achievements in the newspaper. If I were not feeling unwell, I would definitely go to London to meet you in person."
Li Yu was very surprised when he saw the letter from the boss. He immediately wrote a reply carefully: "I am really frightened to receive the professor's autographed letter! I am just a junior in the academic world. How dare I ask the professor to come in person? He is scheduled to go to the University of Vienna to see you face to face the next day.
consult."
When Boltzmann saw the reply, his eyes were full of smiles, and he wrote back: "I have heard an old Chinese saying, which is that once a word is spoken, it is hard to keep it."
Li Yu looked at the crooked Chinese characters on the letter, even the word "horse" was missing a dot, and laughed loudly. Although it was wrong, he could see that this boss was really careful!
"We will live up to our promise!" Li Yu also wrote in Chinese at the end of his reply, "Once a word is spoken, it is hard to follow it." Although his brush calligraphy is not good, his hard-pen calligraphy is still passable.
Not only ordinary readers and academic leaders, the discovery of Pluto also set off a small trend among some young people.
A middle school in Illinois, United States.
The 14-year-old Hubble was ecstatic when he read the newspaper. It turns out that astronomy can be so interesting!
The young Hubble was a math prodigy and a good athlete. He won the Illinois high jump championship and set a record. Even the sports coach once wanted him to become a professional athlete.
But in a very ordinary class session, when the teacher asked everyone about their dreams, Hubble said resolutely: "I want to be an astronomer!"
Invisibly, Li Yu actually planted the seeds of astronomy again, which is unexpected! But it will take many years for it to bloom and sprout.
Having spent half a month in the UK, the envoy was about to leave the UK and go to France. Originally, Lord Kelvin wanted to invite Li Yu to give a speech, but it was a pity that it was too late.
But Lord Kelvin was still very powerful. Through his connections, he gave Li Yu the right to use the Times' telegraph station in Beijing. This was the fastest way of communication at the time, and it saved a lot of money.
Telegraph charges.
Back then, when Shanghai was so close to Suzhou, the price of a telegram had reached an astonishing price of one silver dollar for ten characters! That is, ten characters cost 7 silver dollars. Ordinary people really couldn't afford it!
First, when a book friend left a comment before, why was he not called "Li Yuxing" or something like that? I changed the name because I was afraid of causing misunderstandings and making it impossible to substitute;
And actually, this discovery is not qualified enough to be called "Li Yuxing". There are more powerful ones later. If the protagonist's name is used too early, it will not highlight the power of the subsequent protagonist's name.
Second, regarding the heroine, I actually didn’t think much about it.
In the future, we will probably hold a poll to let everyone choose the most popular one.
So I will write out the female characters one by one as early as possible.
I don’t really want to have a harem or multiple heroines.
But the single heroine faces a difficult choice.
Anyway, you can’t change the male protagonist, you can only vote for a female protagonist, hahaha!