Chapter 107, Mayor Wang Meiling’s Sigh (Part 2)
"...Although some people often say that we Chinese people have great ability to integrate, many other ethnic groups have been absorbed and assimilated by us in history. For example, the Qiang people, Dangxiang people, Huns, Khitan people, etc., have all disappeared in the long river of history. Among them, even the Manchus have now largely It’s just an academic name. But in fact, according to the analysis of domestic think tanks, from a macro-historical perspective, our Chinese civilization is actually a civilization with relatively poor communication and assimilation capabilities. In other words, it is like a panda. Such a living fossil of civilization.”
Mayor Wang Meiling said so eloquently, "... Of course, this does not mean how backward Chinese civilization is, but it means that our enthusiasm and initiative to spread civilization have not been very strong since a long time ago, whether in terms of software or In terms of hardware, they are not ready to become a world civilization. As a result, before entering modern times, European missionaries were not afraid of hardships and dangers, holding high the cross and traveling all over the world, spreading the glory of God to China. Every corner of the world
The Islam (Anti-Harmony) Islam relies on a single scripture, which can only be entered and not exited, and its ability to assimilate is so strong that it is evil. Even when it was in serious decline and backward, it still managed to withstand the wave of modernization, aggressively expanded against the trend, and directly entered the core hinterland of developed countries in Europe and the United States.
As for us Chinese, relying on our vast land, large population and huge civilization, we gave a failing answer. Confucianism only has some influence in North Korea, Japan and Vietnam, and Taoism cannot even enter the country. On the other hand, some eminent Buddhist monks and some Christian missionaries traveled all over the world to spread their faith, but in modern times they have been retreating steadily, and they no longer have the strong vitality of the early days when they traveled east to spread the Dharma. Could it be that ancient China was not strong enough for such an ugly appearance? Of course not. At that time, the so-called "Central Empire" title was not a boast for us Chinese to put money on our faces, but a fact that was unanimously recognized by the Eastern world. But the problem is that because Chinese civilization has been outstanding in the East for too long, we have had a central empire mentality since ancient times. We are rarely like the Spanish missionaries who used the torture rack to spread the gospel of Christ, or the American human rights who used missiles to enforce democracy. Organizations are like the Arabs who wield a machete in one hand and a book in the other, and they do not hesitate to travel across the ocean to forcefully sell their religious culture to others. On the contrary, in history, it was basically the people from other ethnic groups who sent people to China to study on their own initiative, just like the Japanese envoys to the Tang Dynasty, that brought Chinese culture out. The so-called bounden duty of 'educating barbarians' has long been thrown away by Confucian scholars.
Moreover, as the carrier of Chinese civilization, our Chinese language itself is too old and has difficulty in spreading. Americans once organized a survey and study of outstanding college students in Ivy League colleges and found that if they learn French or German, they generally only need 500 to 600 class hours. Even if you want to learn Japanese or Russian, which have huge cultural differences, you only need more than 1,200 class hours. But learning Chinese requires at least 2,000 class hours - even after studying 2,000 class hours, I still can't understand Chinese martial arts TV series, so I need to find a Chinese translator.
Of course, this is mainly because Chinese is too old and belongs to hieroglyphics. Other mainstream languages in the world are alphabetic scripts, even South Korea and Japan, which are deeply influenced by Chinese culture. Therefore, it will be very difficult for foreigners to learn Chinese. But this also shows that even if our national power surpasses that of the United States, it will be much more difficult for other nationalities around the world to communicate in Chinese than for Americans to promote English to the world...
Such a series of congenital shortcomings make our Chinese civilization more resilient and flexible, but its external influence is really insufficient. In the past few years, although the country has invested heavily in setting up many Confucius Institutes overseas in an attempt to promote Chinese traditional culture to the world, the result has been half the effort and little effect. The understanding and acceptance of Chinese culture by the people of those third world countries is much worse than Christianity and American democracy! On the other hand, translated fantasy novels and fairy tale novels, as well as adapted film and television dramas and animations are still selling well...
Ahem, let’s get back to the topic. It is conceivable that even if our government spends huge sums of money to save hundreds of millions of Africans, South Asians and Middle Easterners under pressure in the future population explosion crisis, it will still be very difficult. Let them accept our culture and values and integrate into our social system..."
(Even the legendary and mysterious Mayan script is actually the same type of alphabetic script as English. However, the Mayan civilization has always been among the countries, and there has never been a unified standard for the writing of letters. For example, a certain letter is only represented by an animal head. , it turns out that different Mayans may have written them as fish heads, bird heads, tiger heads, and dog heads, but they have the same pronunciation. At first glance, they may be thought of as hieroglyphics)
At this point, Mayor Wang Meiling spread her hands and concluded, "...Since China cannot integrate them, it will not get much benefit from them, and it will even be difficult to penetrate them culturally. It is likely that China will not be able to sustain its finances and will have to face challenges." For the hostility and destruction of European and American countries, the most correct choice is naturally to ignore the matter and ignore it - after all, this is their own life. How can they not work hard to save themselves and still want to rely on us? ”
——In the final analysis, things in this world are always about talking about doctrine and thinking about business. No one has good intentions without reason: European and American missionaries engage in charity to "expand the flock of God", international human rights organizations engage in charity to promote American democracy, and Chinese people only go abroad to do business. If they engage in charity, What traditional spiritual and cultural products can be promoted? Or use "The Analects of Confucius" to "civilize the barbarians"?
Since there is no decent benefit at all, it’s just a matter of throwing a few small coins away to beggar. If you really want to take out the coffin book, who is willing to do it?
Therefore, facing the impending population crisis, China has both objective difficulties and a lack of subjective motivation. It does not want to take care of it but cannot do so. More importantly, even if these people of different races and civilizations are saved, it will be difficult for them to "naturalize" and move on to the "right path" of industrialization and secularization. And if we ignore them after saving them, the bomb of the population crisis will continue to expand until an even more tragic explosion occurs.
And if even China, which has obtained the super-light space folding navigation method from the alien spacecraft Macross, obtained cold nuclear fusion technology from another world, has endless energy, and is heading towards the sea of stars, is still unwilling to save these rapidly expanding of the third world population. Then the attitudes of other countries are even more conceivable... So Comrade Li Wei, who had been used to famine and plague, war and massacre in other worlds, and was tired of death and destruction, found that after returning to modern earth, It is really possible that I will witness such a cruel scene again in my lifetime.
——Oh, I feel so tired... The outside world is really scary. I’d better go home and be with my wife and children in peace!
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After Li Wei sighed and left sadly, Ma Tong, who was appointed by Wang Meiling as the mayor's assistant, ran over wearing a women's suit, holding a tablet computer, and asked Wang Meiling for instructions, "...Aunt Wang, This birthday banquet sent invitations to the monarchs and nobles of surrounding countries, except for Elbe The vassal country is still in the midst of a civil war, and it is really inconvenient to invite them. Most of the monarchs and nobles have been invited. Only Queen Pinna said that she was busy with state affairs and was prepared to send her there. The prime minister came with gifts to congratulate..."
"...You don't want to come to the banquet in person? Tsk tsk! This little girl is quite assertive... Anyway, who makes her the queen?"
Mayor Wang Meiling curled her lips disapprovingly, "...Is there anything else?"
"...Well, in order to show the city's celebration, you asked all the merchants in the city to give a 20% discount six days before and after the birthday banquet. We have encountered some troubles. Our own stores are quite generous, but outside the city Those aboriginal shops are generally reluctant..."
——After several years of prosperity and development, as the only trading post connecting the two worlds, Arnus City can be said to be a place where caravans are constantly coming and going, and all kinds of trade are extremely prosperous. In addition to the various modern earth-style shops built by the travelers, there are also many shops and markets built by indigenous merchants in various villages and towns outside the city wall. There are also some indigenous shops that do not sell goods directly, but are service industries such as dance halls, brothels, and massage parlors for tourists from the earth. Finally, under the city walls outside each city gate, quite prosperous commercial streets appeared.
Due to the backwardness and low productivity of the fantasy world, some daily necessities that are common to modern earthlings, such as cheap color-printed textiles, colored glasses, etc., were originally luxuries that only the ruling group could enjoy here. . As a result, indigenous businessmen flocked to the cheap ceramics, glass, plastics and metal products on the earth. As long as they were shipped out and resold, the prices would be astronomical. Although dumping like this lasted for a long time, profits would inevitably fall, but now the alien market is far from there. Saturated, indigenous businessmen naturally have little incentive to cut prices and promote sales.
On the other hand, for tourists from Earth, many common gadgets on the Falmat continent cannot be found elsewhere, so spending money on souvenirs can be said to be a big spendthrift - if you can participate Basically none of the earthlings who travel to other worlds are paupers, at least they are middle class. Even some of them, who don't seem to have much wealth, receive large subsidies from their country's intelligence agencies. Their mission is to use legal opportunities as much as possible to collect information and samples from other worlds. All expenses are paid by big donors. ……
As a result, many indigenous businessmen in the tourist souvenir business made a fortune in Arnus City very easily. Some demihuman tramps who have nothing, just because they are from a rare race, such as giants, can actually live a good life just by taking photos with tourists.
Since it is so easy to make money by doing business in Arnus City, and the marketing thinking of the outside world is relatively backward, most of the city-wide price reduction promotions forced by Mayor Wang Meiling during her 50th birthday celebrations are unpopular. The indigenous businessmen expressed their disbelief. According to their thinking logic, since crowds of people are bound to gather during the celebrations, they have been very kind by not taking the opportunity to raise prices to rip off customers, so why do they have to lower prices?
However, for Mayor Wang Meiling, who only wants excitement, grandeur and grandeur, such a perfunctory attitude is intolerable!
——She probably only had this chance to hold a grand birthday party once in her life, so she devoted herself to perfection and could not tolerate even a grain of sand in her eyes.
"...Those ignorant misers! Since I have ordered all stores in the city to offer 20% off, I must offer 20% off. This matter is not negotiable! Really, don't I just want to be lively! Why? Why don’t you let me spend this birthday happily so that everyone can get together and have a good time?”
Mayor Wang Meiling waved her hand unhappily and said categorically, "... Just go and tell them, if anyone dares to make me unhappy on my birthday, well, although I can't make him unhappy for the rest of his life, I have to If he is unhappy for a year, it will be absolutely fine..."
"...Okay, I will convey your words as they are, I believe they will consider them carefully..."
——In short, under the full supervision of Mayor Wang Meiling and the tacit approval of relevant departments, as a commemoration of a certain middle-aged woman who once represented the party and the country in another world, a joyful celebration full of noise and excitement was just like this. It started slowly on the Arnus hill.
As the news spread, travelers from different countries and races also gathered towards this city that rose instantly...
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