Compared with the Goncourt Prize, the Nobel Prize for Literature is obviously much more generous. The prize money is paid in Swedish kronor, which is equivalent to about 48,000 US dollars, which is enough for a poor writer to become rich overnight.
In addition to the prize money, there is also a certificate and a medal.
The medal of the Nobel Prize in Literature was worn by the King of Sweden personally on Zhou Hexuan. It is made of 200 grams of gold and has a pattern of a young man sitting under a laurel tree, listening to and recording the song of the Muse.
Zhang Leyi held the Nobel Prize certificate in her hand, looked at it over and over happily, and then carefully put it into her bag and put it away.
Yu Peichen was quite envious and wanted to invite him to watch, but he was too embarrassed to speak. He could only stare at the Nobel medal on Zhou Hexuan's chest.
After the award ceremony, everyone left the Royal Concert Hall and headed to Stockholm City Hall. A grand dinner was held here, attended by Nobel Prize winners, celebrities in the scientific and cultural circles, and members of the Swedish royal family.
A large family has come to the Swedish royal family. The crown prince is named Oscar Olaf Adolf, who will be the future Gustaf VI. The second prince is named William Olaf Adolf, and the eldest princess is named Sofia Olaf Adolf.
In addition, Crown Prince Oscar gave birth to four sons, while Prince William only had one son.
In the entire Swedish royal family, except for the old lady queen and the two middle-aged princesses, only the 18-year-old Princess Sofia is a woman, making her the most dazzling flower at today's dinner.
Only Zhou Hexuan and several other Nobel Prize winners are qualified to dine at the same table with members of the Swedish royal family. Family members like Zhang Leyi can only sit at the next table. As for the three Chinese diplomats, they are not even qualified to attend the dinner.
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The current Crown Prince of Sweden and the future King Gustaf VI, Prince Oscar greeted Zhou Hexuan in fluent Chinese: "Hello, Mr. Zhou!"
Zhou Hexuan was a little surprised and praised: "The prince speaks Chinese very well."
"Haha, I like China. I am the chairman of Sweden's China Committee and a member of the China Club. I have been to Zhoukoudian, Taiyuan and Pukou in China to visit the archaeological sites there. I am also a friend of Mr. Mei Lanfang.
"Prince Oscar said showily.
"Archaeological site?" Zhou Hexuan frowned.
Prince Oscar said proudly: "To formally introduce my profession, in addition to the crown prince and general, I am also an archaeologist and cultural relics connoisseur. I like all Chinese cultural relics, especially bronzes, ceramics and paintings. My private collection of cultural relics
In the room, there are more than 2,000 cultural relics from China, ranging from the Yin Shang Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty to the Ming Dynasty."
Hold!
It turned out to be a looter of cultural relics.
Zhou Hexuan said very seriously: "Your Royal Highness, if possible, I hope you can return these cultural relics to China."
"How is that possible?" Prince Oscar said with a smile, "I bought those with real money, legitimate business. What's more, even if I don't buy them, they will be destroyed if I stay in China. What I am doing for
China preserves cultural relics. You should thank me."
Faced with such low-level rhetoric, Zhou Hexuan was speechless, because part of it was true.
Prince Oscar continued: "I heard that 'eggshell pottery' was unearthed in Shandong, China. Pottery as thin as an eggshell is incredible. If I have time, I will go to Shandong again to unearth those eggshells.
Buy all the pottery here."
"I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint you," Zhou Hexuan said. "All the eggshell pottery unearthed were sent to the Peking Research Institute and private sales are prohibited. As the crown prince of a country, you will not do such illegal things.
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"That's a pity," Prince Oscar shrugged and said with a smile, "Mr. Zhou's tone was very unkind, and he seemed to hate me for collecting Chinese cultural relics. In fact, I like China very much, and I also funded China's geology, paleontology and archeology.
research work."
"Thank you for your support." Zhou Hexuan said with an ugly expression.
There is no free lunch in the world. The research projects funded by this guy can all be related to cultural relics. It is estimated that a lot of Chinese cultural relics have been collected from it.
"Brother, what are you talking about? I can't even understand." Princess Sophia suddenly said.
Prince Oscar smiled and said: "This is Chinese, a very ancient and elegant language. They also have an oracle bone script, which is as beautiful as the cuneiform script in Mesopotamia."
Well, Zhou Hexuan also said that Westerners don't understand China, and now they are about to meet a China expert. This guy not only understands Chinese, but also knows Oracle. What he did is really abominable.
Princess Sofia was too lazy to pay attention to her elder brother and said to Zhou Hexuan enthusiastically: "Mr. Zhou, I don't like your "Goddess", but I like "Titanic" very much. I heard that this novel has been made into a movie. When will it be released in Sweden?
Is it showing?"
"You have to ask the film company about this, but it has already been released in the UK." Zhou Hexuan said.
Princess Sofia cheered: "I will go to England tomorrow!"
Well, there is a very strong reason to go abroad to watch movies.
The King and Queen of Sweden have been talking to Spemann, the Nobel Prize winner in medicine. There is no way, Spemann is from Germany, equivalent to the Queen's natal family, but they also seem to be having a very unpleasant conversation.
The king and queen expressed their respect for Hitler from time to time and praised Hitler's series of dictatorial policies, which made Spemann very angry. Historically, Spemann would be persecuted to death by Hitler in another six years.
The Swedish royal family is really annoying.
Prince Oscar also wanted to talk about Peking Opera with Zhou Hexuan, but Zhou Hexuan was really not interested and responded wordlessly. Hearing the perfunctory tone in Zhou Hexuan's tone, Prince Oscar smiled awkwardly and turned to chat with his princess.
Joliot-Curie and his wife were obviously very dissatisfied with the king and queen. They were staunch anti-Nazis. Mrs. Curie took the initiative to chat with Zhou Hexuan: "Mr. Zhou, your award acceptance speech was very good. We really need to communicate.
and communicate.”
"Of course," Zhou Hexuan invited with a smile, "If possible, I hope the two of you can go to China for academic exchanges."
Mr. Curie said: "We study atomic reactions. Is there any relevant research in this area in China?"
Zhou Hexuan explained: "China has two scientific research institutions, Academia Sinica and Peking Research Institute. Although the development is very slow, there is already an institute of physics. If you two can go and provide guidance, the Chinese people will welcome it very much."
"If we have time, we would be happy to." Madame Curie smiled.
Joliot-Curie and his wife proved that neutrons produced by fission can cause chain reactions, and the discovery of nuclear fission and chain reactions is the basis for the actual use of atomic energy. Its most well-known result is the nuclear bomb!
In two years, Qian Sanqiang will become a student of the Curies, and China's first atomic energy research institute was also founded with the help of the Curies.
Zhou Hexuan didn't want to miss this opportunity and asked: "When will you two be free?"
"Well, we're not sure either," Mr. Curie said.
Zhou Hexuan said: "On behalf of the two research institutes in China, I formally extend academic invitations to both of you, and I hope you will not refuse."
Mr. Curie was a little embarrassed, but Mrs. Curie smiled and nodded in agreement: "We will take time to go to China next year."
"Thank you so much!" Zhou Hexuan said happily.
Zhou Hexuan is only responsible for building bridges, and the rest of the work is left to professionals. If he can help train a few atomic energy experts, it will definitely be an unexpected surprise. Take Qian, the top three, for example, he can become the Curie couple
The student was recommended by Yan Jici, director of the Institute of Physics of the Peking Research Institute.
