Chapter 586: Lure it for profit (fourth update, please subscribe)
The sound of "click, click" is clear and rhythmic, even like a unique symphony, echoing in every corner of the room.
Its sound seems to have magic power, firmly attracting people's attention.
This is a completely different typewriter.
The onlookers focused their attention on this new Chinese character typewriter, watching the Chinese characters pop out of the machine one by one and fall. On the paper, form neat lines of text. These words seem to have vitality. They jump on the paper and seem to present a brand new future to people.
The expressions of the people around him were different, but they were all full of surprise. Their eyes were wide open, as if they wanted to read every word clearly. Their faces were full of shock, as if they were pondering the meaning behind these words.
Just like that, it was quiet in the secretariat of the Grand Commander's official residence, but Yin Tongshan, Park Zhizheng, Kim Jongde and others were all staring at the typewriter.
"...After the typist becomes familiar with the keyboard, he can type without looking at it and without referring to the words displayed in the pane..."
The typist skillfully presses the keys while speaking The keys, driven by the internal motor, rotate the multi-layer rollers inside the typewriter, displaying the Chinese characters one by one in the window pane, and then typing them on the paper.
“...Each roller has 6 small rollers, and each small roller has 8 sides. Each side can accommodate 28 sub-molds, so this structure can accommodate as many large quantities as possible in a small volume. Chinese characters, in addition to the fixed Chinese characters, the roller is also designed with radicals , so that uncommon Chinese characters, or even non-existent Chinese characters, can be typed through two or more combinations. It is for this reason that the Mingkai Chinese typewriter supports the input of 90,000 Chinese characters. Of course, the fonts also include English, numbers, and punctuation marks. and special characters.”
During the introduction by the staff of the official residence, at this moment, the office seemed to have turned into a small theater. The bright typewriter was the protagonist on the stage, and the people watching were the enthusiastic audience. In fact, it’s more of a deep thought.
"How about this typewriter? Does it perfectly solve the problem of typing Chinese characters?"
Li Yi'an smiled and looked at these guests from South Korea. In the past few days, Among them, the Korean delegation headed by Yin Tongshan has been visiting various places in Nanyang. Officially and privately, it has formed a preliminary impression of Nanyang.
What is this impression?
Rich and modern of course!
Unlike the last Japanese delegation, Li Yian still cares about their arrival, not so much about these Korean sticks, but about the market. Although they are a little poorer, mosquito legs are still meat.
Besides, Korean women are also the source of Nanyang's fertility rate. The ratio of adult men to women in Nanyang is still seriously unbalanced - there are still millions of men who are single. The only way to solve the gender imbalance is to introduce foreign brides. choice, and Japan, South Korea and Vietnam are the only three choices at the moment.
The reason why I chose them is that they are closer in civilization and have similar values.
“I really didn’t expect that Dr. Lin could actually invent such an advanced typewriter!”
Yin Tongshan, who had lived in Shanghai for many years, naturally had a certain understanding of Lin Yutang and had also read it. His books and articles. It was never expected that a writer would invent such a complicated Chinese character typewriter.
"It's really weird. If Minister Yin is interested, you can talk to him. He is currently teaching at Nanyang University."
In Nanyang universities, there are also many scholars from Tangshan, Lin Yutang One of them was that he came to Nanyang largely because of his invention of the "Bright Typewriter".
“Many people say that Chinese characters are outdated and cannot be typed as easily as English with a typewriter. But now you have also seen that Chinese character typewriters are also very convenient to use.”
< br>The Mingkuai typewriter was completely unexpected. In fact, Li Yian didn't know much about the typewriter developed by Lin Yutang, and had never even heard of it.
But he found the company. The company was also very discerning and immediately realized the potential of this kind of Chinese character typewriter. After purchasing its patent, we immediately launched all-round research and improvement on it.
It took nearly two years to perfect his design and realize industrial production. Although its price is a bit high now, it is still acceptable.
Now this typewriter is also a tool used by Li Yian to prove to others that Chinese characters are not backward.
Li Yian said as he invited them into his office.
“I know that you are currently abolishing Chinese characters, and even issued the "Law for the Exclusive Use of Hangul Script" as the legal basis for the abolishment of Chinese characters. Official documents must be written in Hangul script. But I personally think this The law is only a declaration and not a law... Of course, this is your internal affairs and Nanyang will not issue any What do you think?"
Li Yi'an knows about some Korean stickmen. They have extremely low self-esteem. As soon as one side becomes independent, the other side rushes to abolish Chinese characters. In essence, it is also due to their low self-esteem - for the Japanese. The use of Chinese characters during the imperial period was very dissatisfied with the canonization system in ancient China, so they tried to exclude Chinese characters. "However, one thing I need to explain is that as far as the future development of South Korea is concerned, using Chinese characters is beneficial to your development. After all, Nanyang is not inferior to European and American countries in science. Economically, we are second only to the United States. , Russia and the United Kingdom, and soon, perhaps next year, our GDP will surpass the United Kingdom and become the world's third largest economy after the United States and Russia."
What is more convincing than the facts? The facts are... The economic miracle created by Nanyang is enough to make these Goryeo stickmen think twice.
Looking at the thoughtful Yin Tongshan, Li Yi'an said,
"In this case, should South Korea consider strengthening ties with Nanyang, or draw a clear line?"
< br>Faced with such a question, Yin Tongshan quickly expressed.
"Your Excellency, we came to your country hoping to study here and find a way to a rich country."
"If this is the case, using Chinese characters will be your biggest advantage in learning Nanyang!"
Li Yian said with a smile.
In fact, Li Yi'an doesn't care at all whether South Korea uses Chinese characters or not. The reason why he hopes that South Korea and even Japan can continue to use Chinese characters is essentially based on economic needs. After all, Nanyang needs overseas markets in the future. Cheap labor from overseas, including Japan, South Korea and the Bay Islands, are good candidates.
The same words not only make communication between the two parties more convenient, but also have a potential factor - the same words and a common cultural foundation, which will be beneficial to East Asia in the future and how the world will develop in the future. Li Yi'an doesn't know, but he definitely doesn't want Japan and South Korea to become loyal dogs of the United States like they did in another world.
Language and writing are essentially a subtle influence. The same species is different, but the same text must have a tendency. Therefore, Li Yi'an still hopes that they can continue to use Chinese characters as long as possible.
But what to convince them?
Only the prosperity of Nanyang!
Why did the Peninsula and Japan choose Chinese characters in history? Isn't it just because Tangshan is rich and powerful enough?
They abolished Chinese characters also because of the decline of modern times.
Nanyang is very rich now. Although it is not rich enough for them to take the initiative, it can at least tell them that there are other choices.
The choice is that they continue to use Chinese characters and learn comprehensively from Nanyang. Well, dogs will be allowed to be raised in Nanyang in the future.
Yin Tongshan said with some embarrassment.
"Your Excellency, the abolition of Chinese characters is a law that I cannot influence, and there is also a certain amount of public opinion."
I am just a small minister, and the bill was passed by the commander-in-chief. of. What does it have to do with him?
Facing Yin Tongshan, who seemed a little embarrassed, Li Yian directly took out his trump card and said.
“500,000!”
What?
Kim Jong-deok, Park Jung-chi and others were stunned, could this be bribery? The dignified commander-in-chief of Nanyang actually wanted to bribe them.
This seems a bit unrealistic, but this sentence clearly came from the mouth of the commander-in-chief.
At this moment, they heard the commander say.
“We will recruit 500,000 “trainees” in South Korea this year who can conduct simple Chinese conversations and write Chinese characters!”
After throwing out this trump card, Li Yian said.
“Japan earned US$200 million in remittances from Nanyang last year!”
(End of this chapter)