introduction
In the era of traffic star-making, it seems that salary has become an unspeakable topic: some stars whose business ability is not too hard, only by virtue of their large number of fans, continue to absorb money and continue to participate in business activities, and even reach the point where a star's daily salary can also exceed several million. In contrast, those who really have real materials and can contribute to the people and society, as well as ordinary people who really work hard for life, their monthly salaries are only a few thousand yuan, and some stars have a daily salary of more than one million. At that time, after Yang Zhenning returned to China, Tsinghua University offered him a million salaries, which was a jaw-dropping number, but Yang Zhenning's move surprised everyone, and it was this kind of move that made people understand how great he was.
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At the time of the founding of New China, everything was in a state of waste waiting to be revived, not only the basic industry was slowly recovering, but scientific research technology also needed to be gradually in line with international standards, and it could no longer be a foot in the east and a foot in the west, and there was no clue. However, because the previous scientific research environment in China was not very ideal, many high-tech talents went to the United States or other countries to study and work locally. Yang Zhenning is one of them, when he was studying in the United States, he met Li Zhengdao, a companion who also worked together in life as a teacher and friend, and won the Nobel Prize in Physics together, and became famous for a while.
In 1957, when our country was in a desperate shortage of high-precision technical personnel, a group of patriotic people returned to China one after another, unfortunately, at this time, there was no Yang Zhenning in the list of returnees.
When was the successful detonation of our first atomic bomb? In 1964. When the whole country cheered and celebrated this matter, the news that Yang Zhenning had become a citizen of the United States came, and his father was greatly angered by this, and severed the father-son relationship with him, and did not forgive his son until his death.
At that time, most people accused Yang Zhenning of being a "traitor", but he stood up to this name and used his influence to add bricks and tiles to the bridge between China and the United States.
In 1998, Tsinghua University invited Yang Zhenning to become a professor at Tsinghua University. Prior to this, Yang Zhenning had already made academic speeches in major universities in China, and used his knowledge reserves to explain the knowledge theory of physics to the students of colleges and universities in a simple and simple way. Now, no matter what kind of job you are looking for, the first concern is definitely how much salary, and then there are other aspects that need to be explored, such as the content of the work. So, what is the annual salary that Tsinghua University offers to Yang Zhenning? 1 million, however, Yang Zhenning does not accept this salary, not because it is too small, but because he does not want anything.
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Many people see the word "red eyes" for a million, after all, this is a sum of money that ordinary people can't earn for a long time. However, Yang Zhenning was able to regard it as a "yellow and white thing outside the body", not only did not want anything, but also donated the 6 million US dollars he had previously obtained to Tsinghua University for academic research and cultivating high-precision talents.
At that time, "patriotism" was always the first priority, and many scientific researchers with extremely high salaries and excellent salaries abroad immediately returned to China as soon as they heard that the motherland needed themselves, without the slightest consideration of their own treatment.
Even if the domestic scientific research environment and academic environment at that time were not as good as those of foreign countries, these researchers did not complain and complain, after all, they were the people who were at the forefront, and now the environment is harsh and the conditions are not good, and they are more willing to endure hardships in exchange for the younger generation that can take over a more powerful China. Therefore, Yang Zhenning was not at all moved by the million annual salary offered by Tsinghua University, and even donated 6 million US dollars, and in the later period, he also used his own money to set up the "Yang Zhenning Scholarship" at Nanjing University, which specifically funded those students who were poor but excellent.
Just as the so-called : "right and wrong are in oneself, reputation is ruined by others", now There are mixed praises and criticisms of Yang Zhenning, and even some people who do not know the inside story mention that Yang Zhenning is very dismissive, but in the academic field, Yang Zhenning is the winner of the Nobel Prize in physics; in terms of national contributions, he has joined the United States as a national citizen, and has carried out academic exchanges between China and the United States as an American scholar, and used his influence to drive the Chinese in the United States to work back to China; in Professor Yu's first profession, he has never perfunctorily prepared lessons and understood the ability of students to teach according to their aptitude.
It is worth mentioning that in 2015, Yang Zhenning gave up his American citizenship and returned to the embrace of the motherland. "Although the dress is put on, my heart is still the heart of China", we do not know what the parties think, naturally can not be judged, as mentioned above, even if they join the United States nationality, Yang Zhenning is still concerned about the motherland, as an American scholar, to strengthen the academic exchanges between China and the United States.
epilogue
In the middle school textbook, Yang Zhenning's name is impressive. When we were students, we knew this great man who won the Nobel Prize in Physics, but it was limited to his achievements and honors, and otherwise, it was a blank for him. Of course, Mr. Yang Zhenning's emotional experience and life are often taken as a topic of conversation, and even greater than Mr. Yang's own honorary achievements. Naturally, gossip stories with a little bit of eroticism always spread quickly, but when no one pays attention to the research done by scientists, but talks about the private life behind them, it is also a kind of sadness. In any case, Yang Zhenning's contributions to the motherland and his efforts to cultivate students are worthy of people's respect.