1, time back to 1955. One day in June, Qian Xuesen was sitting at his desk, with bright lights shining on his thin face and a pen in his hand. He is not doing scientific research or analyzing geometric formulas, but writing a distress letter. Finally, it was because of this distress letter that Zhou Enlai finally learned about Qian Xuesen's situation in the United States, and rescued Qian Xuesen back to China with clever tricks.
2. From 1949, Qian Xuesen made a request to return to China, and did not return to the embrace of the motherland until 1955. So, what did he experience during his six years in America?
3. The time goes back to1949 65438+10.6, the first Mid-Autumn Festival after the founding of New China. In a villa in Manhattan, which is Qian Xuesen's home, a dozen young people are sitting together. They are discussing the New China founding ceremony held five days ago. During the discussion, Qian Xuesen became more and more excited. He suddenly stood up and said loudly, "Friends, a new China has been established. We should go back! " Hearing this sentence, most people were silent, and some even questioned: "New China has just been established, and it is too difficult for us to go back to scientific research now!"
4. In fact, the common people in China have gone through 28 years of arduous war of resistance. Before the founding of New China, the Kuomintang defeated and fled, taking away countless treasures of gold and silver, leaving a mess. The country's economy is poor, people's lives are difficult, and at the same time it owes the Soviet Union 8.6 billion yuan in foreign debt.
So this classmate's doubts and worries are not unreasonable. Qian Xuesen and his wife Jiang Ying share the same concerns. You know, these young people are top talents studying in the United States. 1949, they have applied for permanent residency in the United States and can spend the rest of their lives in the United States with their wealth. Qian Xuesen, who is less than 40 years old, is one of the best. He became the youngest professor in the history of MIT, participated in missile research in the United States, and had free access to the Pentagon. The salary is amazing, and you can buy a mansion in half a year.