By the end of November, the atmosphere for the Nobel Prize began to grow stronger in Europe.

In fact, the awards in October are the most popular, and various conjectures began to appear in the newspapers starting from August and September, like serial suspense. Like the Japanese media, in October of each year, there is a persistent activity, the so-called Squatting Action.

Since the 1950s and 1960s, after the economic recovery and the revitalization of science and technology in Japan, the Nobel Prize has gradually been regarded as an important part of national self-confidence. Every time the awards season comes, various media will go to those who predict that they may win the prize. I went to squat at people's homes in order to be able to give interviews and reports as soon as possible.

The candidate who is most likely to win the Nobel Prize will naturally get the most attention, especially from the national media. Relatively less well-known candidates are usually taken care of by the local media.

It is conceivable that such squatting is futile most of the time, but, like a festival lottery, such actions cannot be stopped even if you want to. The reason Haruki Murakami has never won an award may be because he is afraid of being lonely.

And from the UK to the north, especially to the borders of Sweden, Denmark and Norway, the atmosphere of the Nobel Prize has not cooled down since October. Even on days like Christmas, the family sits together and talks about Still a Nobel Prize.

As December approached, the atmosphere of the Nobel Prize among the Swedes became more intense. Similarly, the atmosphere of the Nobel Prize in other European countries also resurged.

The most obvious change is that, starting from London, Yang Rui and Jing Yulan were continuously upgraded at the airport.

The air tickets purchased by the Chemical Medicine Promotion Office are naturally all economy class. When the Chinese traveled in the 1980s, even leading cadres usually did not have the concept of first-class travel. Even if they did, the leaders of ordinary units were actually reluctant.

Although the money in the small treasury can’t be taken out, it’s for your own use after all. The same money can be used for exams (travel) three times. Wouldn’t it be too wasteful to spend it once? It's only a few hours away, even if it's a flight across the ocean for more than ten hours, is it more ruthless than a green leather car? Two years ago, stuffy tank trucks were still popular.

For Yang Rui, who has just won the Nobel Prize, Hu Chi and others don't feel the need to give special treatment. They have gone abroad to lead a team of ten countries in Europe +, what else do they want to do.

Even Hu Chi and the others were all smiling while sitting in the economy class, and they didn't think there was any discount for department-level cadres sitting in the economy class.

From a normal point of view, being able to fly is already a big deal.

However,

Europeans obviously don't think so. After confirming Yang Rui's identity for the first time, they will recognize Yang Rui accurately every time in the future. Nowadays, there are fewer people flying, and the execution ability of the airline company is obviously stronger.

Hu Chi and the others, no matter what they thought in their hearts, they could only look at Yang Rui, and with Jing Yulan, they quietly passed the people in line, sat in the car and arrived at the belly of the plane, and then enjoyed the non-pig food at the front of the plane.

This is true from London to Copenhagen, and from Copenhagen to Oslo.

After arriving in Norway and completing the procurement task, Yang Rui's upgrade journey finally encountered an obstacle at Oslo Airport - the plane was full that day.

After 30 years, it is very common for airlines to have their planes full. However, even after 30 years, the occupancy rate of the first-class seats of most airlines is not high. The ground staff MM was very sorry and said: "Professor, our flight is overbooked today, can I arrange you to the front row of the economy class?"

"Of course." Yang Rui glanced at Jing Yulan and smiled slightly.

Jing Yulan also responded with a smile, she didn't ask whether to fly first class or not.

The ground staff MM saw it, and said in English, "Excuse me, is this Mrs. Yang?"

"It's my fiancee." Yang Rui replied without hesitation.

Jing Yulan is an English teacher, so she can understand English naturally. She is very satisfied with Yang Rui's answer, but she is still shy on the surface.

However, Teacher Jing is still a little more relaxed than when he was in China.

"Congratulations." The ground staff MM hesitated for a moment, and said: "Please wait a moment, um, can you go to the lounge to rest first, and we will deliver the ticket to you later."

The ground staff MM spoke and pulled the other person over, and gave a few instructions in a low voice.

"Okay, I'm sorry to trouble you." Yang Rui took Jing Yulan with him, and followed the other person to the VIP room.

Hu Chi has become very familiar with him these days, followed behind, and said with a smile, "I'll hang out with you."

The ground staff leading the way pretended not to see them, and brought the three of them to the VIP lounge of the airport as usual.

Before he was seated, Hu Chi went to the food shelf inside, and said in his mouth: "I don't think there is anything special about the first class, but the food is better. Hey, foreigners eat so much money for a meal, how do you think they suffer?" Got it."

Yang Rui joked: "You are a senior cadre anyway, I agree with saving money by flying economy class, don't lose national prestige."

"It's a national prestige to be hungry and watch others eat and drink. That's stupid and lacking in the country. Hey, the lounge of Scandinavian Airlines is good, and there are a lot of hot food. Hey, this pasta looks good." Hu Chi I followed Yang Rui to the first-class flight twice, and he seemed to be a regular passenger.

Yang Rui could only shrug his shoulders and find a place to sit down on his own. He is actually more picky about food. When it is not delicious, he would rather not eat it than to exercise a lot.

Hu Chi is an old-fashioned Chinese way of thinking. When he sees a free lunch, he can’t wait to eat a solid meal. It’s better to eat a fat man in one go, saving three to five years of food rations. What’s wrong with senior cadres? Senior cadres also get paid ok.

"I said, you don't have a first-class seat this time, so you can squeeze the economy class with us little people. Fortunately, the road is not far away, and it's only two hours away, so I can't wrong you." Hu Chi took a full bag A serving of pasta, and the waiter added a lot of meat sauce, and brought it back to eat.

Yang Rui smiled and said, "Now that you know that other people have privileges, how upset are the ordinary people?"

"From now on, you will never have anything to do with ordinary people." Hu Chi swallowed the noodles in his mouth, wiped the corners of his mouth with a handkerchief, and said sighingly: "I can see that all department-level cadres are fake Yes, it’s useless when you go abroad. You are different. What is a world-class scholar? I have seen it. When you go to a country, you are praised by a country, and you are praised by a place when you go to a place. You even know the ground staff at the airport. You, if you want me to say, it’s fine for a person to sit on this level.”

"It's this year. By next year, there will be new Nobel Prizes, and everyone will be chasing newcomers. At least, the ground staff won't recognize me."

"But your information is still on the airline's list, isn't it? You can get an upgrade as soon as you meet." Hu Chi sighed, and said: "In the future, if I want to eat pasta, I have to pay for it myself. "

"As long as you are willing, a lot of cadres of state-owned enterprises want to invite you to eat noodles."

"I like to eat free food, but I don't like people giving it to me." Hu Chi took another two mouthfuls of noodles, wiped his mouth, and said, "Maybe, this is the last time for us to fly economy class together." , I don’t know if the first class cabin will be full when we go back..."

"Professor Yang." The ground staff MM just now walked over lightly.

"Hello." Yang Rui stood up with a smile, and Hu Chi behind him had no choice but to stand up embarrassingly, covering the messy pasta he ate.

"Professor Yang, here is your boarding pass." The ground staff MM handed it to Yang Rui first, and then said: "The seat was given up by a Swedish couple. He asked to see you, is it okay?"

"Of course it's okay to see me." Yang Rui glanced at the boarding pass, and it turned out that he was in first class again, which made him a little embarrassed and said: "There is no need to change seats, I'll just sit in the back, no questionable."

"We are willing to give it up to you. Any Swede would be willing to give up his seat to a Nobel Prize winner." In the lounge of the compartment, the businessman Brummer and his wife came out through the middle door, very proud Said: "In Sweden, there are only two kinds of people, one is the one who likes the Nobel Prize, the other is the one who loves it, and I love him."

National sentiments and patriotic sentiments surged up together, and Yang Rui was a little overwhelmed. He half-jokingly said: "Actually, I am still young, so there is no need to give me the first-class cabin. Well, it would be nice to rest in the lounge for a while. The waiting time was too long."

If Yang Rui stayed in the lobby, he would definitely be surrounded by cadres from various companies, and he would not stop until he got on the plane.

The ground staff MM kindly said: "If Mr. Brummer is not in a hurry, there will be another flight in two and a half hours. You can change the ticket and we will upgrade Professor Yang."

"There is no need to upgrade." Yang Rui emphasized, and then said: "Thanks to Mr. Blumer and Mrs., it is my honor to receive the Nobel Prize, and there is no need to let it become a burden."

"We not only want to take good care of you, but also your fiancée." Brumer's wife said generously: "It is an honor for the Swedes to have you come to Sweden. It is an honor to meet you and ride with you. An airplane, we are also very happy, Professor Yang, don't refuse the gift."

After finishing speaking, Mrs. Blumer said to the ground staff MM: "We want to take the same plane with Mr. Yang Rui, so there is no need to change the ticket. If you don't mind, can we stay in the lounge?"

"Of course, there is no problem." The ground staff MM quickly replied, and then said: "Sit down for a while, and I will inform you when it's time to board the plane."

"Okay." Brummer and his wife responded in unison, very Swedish.

It's not easy for Yang Rui to decline, and after saying thank you, he invites the two to sit down.

"Please don't be angry, we heard the airline staff say that there is a Nobel Prize winner on the same plane as us, so we asked to come here." Blumer first explained for the airline company, and then said: " Professor Yang, please don’t worry about a first-class seat, any Swede who hears that the Nobel Prize winners are on the same plane would be happy to stand up and fly back.”

Mrs. Blumer also nodded proudly, and said: "It is only in Oslo that the Nobel Prize winners have to take the economy class. The Norwegians used **** to ruin the reputation of the Nobel Prize. Not being able to provide a real service is abysmal."

"Fortunately, the people at Scandinavian Airlines are smart enough to tell us the situation." Brummer followed in a tacit understanding.

Yang Rui didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

"Your fiancée is really happy, to be able to witness you being awarded the Nobel Prize..." Mrs. Brumer pulled Jing Yulan and said a few words. After all, the Swedes are not very good at words, so Hu Chi quickly intervened When you come in, you can decide the content of the chat with both sides.

The Brummers became free Swedish spies and began to spread various business information to Hu Chi.

In the 87 years when information was scarce, this information was very useful to the delegation.

"For a while, I'll sit with you." Hu Chi found the reason, and said with helplessness, "Yang Rui, please take the first-class cabin. We can chat and talk, which is more interesting."

Yang Rui shrugged, but turned around and found the English version of his "Genomics", signed it carefully, and gave it to the Blumers, which surprised them.

Listening to the two of them reading out the awkward proper nouns effortlessly, Yang Rui also admired the scientific literacy of the Swedes.

No matter how many conspiracies and tricks are behind the Nobel Prize, it is really not easy to hold this century-old scientific ceremony.

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