On December 31, 1922, Einstein came to Shanghai.

He left Berlin in July for a global visit, visiting Colombo, Singapore, Hong Kong and Japan along the way.

Shanghai was not among the cities he visited, but was just passing through Shanghai when he was heading to Japan.

At the invitation of the Japanese Reformation Society, Einstein went to Japan to give lectures and arrived in Shanghai on the Japanese ship "Ketano Maru" at 10 a.m. on November 13, 1922.

It was on this day that the Swedish Consul General in Shanghai informed Einstein that he won the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics.

After that, he had a meal in Shanghai "Yipinxiang", went to Shanghai "Little World" to listen to Kunqu Opera, and visited Chenghuang Temple, Yuyuan and other places.

At 6 pm, Chinese cultural and educational painter Wang Zhen held a banquet at home to entertain Einstein and his wife.

Those attending the banquet were Har, the German Consul General in Shanghai, the German President of Tongji University, the Japanese Renovation Society representative Inagaki and Murata, Murata, Murata, Osaka Daily News Agency.

In addition to Wang Zhen, the Shanghai side also attended the banquet, including Cao Gubing, the editor-in-chief of the Dagongbao, Zhang Jiluan, the president of Shanghai University, and the academy of Zhejiang Law and Political School Ying Shi and his daughter Ying Huide and others.

The banquet ended at 9:00 pm, and in the early morning Einstein left Shanghai and headed for Japan.

This time Einstein stayed in Shanghai for a very short time, but it caused quite a response. News about Einstein was published in various newspapers, mainly because he won the Nobel Prize in Physics.

Lin Zixuan was not involved. On the evening of November 13, he went to a dinner party for teachers at Shanghai University.

The main reason is that Einstein went to Japan to give lectures this time, and the itinerary in Shanghai was also dominated by the Japanese. Lin Zixuan's relationship with the Japanese was quite stiff, so he did not join in the fun.

Einstein achieved great success in Japan, and Japan is also the only Asian country that has invited Einstein to give lectures.

Japan received Einstein with the etiquette of the head of state. The emperor and queen of Japan met Einstein in the palace.

Nearly 2,500 people bought tickets to attend his first lecture in Tokyo, and then they held lectures in many cities, almost bursting.

The Japanese side gave Einstein a commission based on the ticket income, and finally gave him a total salary of 2,000 pounds.

In other words, Einstein received a total of about $5,000 in his five-week lecture in Japan, which was a huge profit.

Einstein returned to Europe on the "Haruna Maru" on December 27, and passed by Shanghai again at 11 a.m. on the 31st.

This time, envoys from various countries in Shanghai and Chinese and foreign scholars were even more enthusiastic, and invited Einstein to give a speech in Shanghai and communicate with elites in the Chinese intellectual circle.

Without the intervention of the Japanese, Lin Zixuan, as a celebrity in Shanghai, also attended the welcome dinner.

In fact, when Cai Yuanqi, then president of Peking University, learned about Einstein's visit to Japan in advance, he formally sent an invitation to Einstein through the Chinese Embassy in Germany, hoping that he could come to Peking University to give lectures.

In late June 1922, Cai Yuanqi received a reply from Einstein transferred from the Chinese Embassy in Germany. In the letter, Einstein happily agreed to visit Peking University for two weeks after the visit to Japan and put forward a high remuneration requirement. Cai Yuanqi finally raised enough funds through various efforts. He and Peking University eagerly looked forward to Einstein's arrival and did a lot of publicity work.

But on New Year's Day in 2019, Cai Yuanpei received a letter from Einstein from Japan on December 22, telling him to spend his planned visit to China in Japan to give lectures, because he would also visit Spain and other countries, so his trip to Peking University was cancelled. Einstein had released the pigeons from Peking University.

At the welcome dinner on the evening of the 31st, scholars and celebrities from Shanghai gathered together, and the most question they asked was Einstein's theory of relativity.

This topic can be said to be a hot topic in the scientific community and an important research result of Einstein.

Lin Zixuan couldn't help but complain in his heart that even if Einstein talked about the theory of relativity, few scientists in the scientific community of this era could really understand.

Even though he came from later generations, Lin Zixuan did not understand relativity and had no common language with this great scientist.

Moreover, he didn't dare to communicate too much with Einstein.

This is a very smart scientist. Lin Zixuan is afraid that what he said would affect the future research direction of this great scientist. It is better to stay away from such people who are capable of changing the world.

Think about it, if Lin Zixuan and Einstein talked about the big bomb and asked the Germans to develop an atomic bomb first, it would be hard to imagine how the world develops.

So, he was just watching from a distance.

At this time, Einstein did not have the mad scientist style that he would look like in the future. He looked more normal. He was only 43 years old and had just won the Nobel Prize in Physics. It was the most glorious time in his life.

During the process of communicating with Chinese scholars, Einstein had a clear mind and a decent conversation.

It can be seen that he doesn't seem to want to talk about scientific topics. Maybe he thinks that even if I say it, you don't understand it, so he doesn't want to explain it. Instead, he is quite interested in China's affairs and asks about people's livelihood issues in Shanghai from time to time.

However, Chinese scholars are unwilling to miss this opportunity to understand the most advanced scientific theories and still seize the theory of relativity.

Later, Einstein described his experiences in Shanghai in his travel diary.

"This city shows the difference in social status between Europeans and Chinese, which makes the revolutionary events in recent years particularly understandable. In Shanghai, Europeans formed a ruling class, and the Chinese were their slaves. They seemed to be tortured, dull, uncivilized nations, and seemed to have nothing to do with the past of the great civilization of their country."

This is Einstein's impression of the city of Shanghai and his view of the Chinese intellectual community.

Even if Lin Zixuan was hiding behind, he was still noticed.

Lin Zixuan is also a world-renowned novelist. In the eyes of others, this should be a fierce and interesting ideological debate between two world-class scholars, thus creating sparks of thought.

But Lin Zixuan remained silent, and Einstein was unwilling to talk about his scientific theories, which led to the scene being lively but a little embarrassed.

Finally, some people began to inspire a chemical reaction between great scientists and great writers, and create a great story of a collision of ideas between Eastern and Western intellectual elites for everyone to chat in the future.

"Mr. Lin, what do you think of the theory of relativity?" asked a newspaper editor loudly.

Because Einstein was present, in order to show respect, everyone spoke in English, and some people like to show off and even spoke German.

This question calmed the scholars present, waiting for Lin Zixuan's answer, and wanted to see what novel insights this world-renowned writer would have.

Still can't escape!

Lin Zixuan is unwilling to get involved in science issues, but he is very eager to do it. You talk about science, but I talk about science fiction.
Chapter completed!