1977: It all started with a wrong love

Chapter 110 Seeking Truth
No matter what era, university campuses are undoubtedly where the most active and enterprising thoughts are.

Lu Yifan, a super cross-school student, had a big dispute with Liu Chuanzi, a senior researcher at the Institute of Computing Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, because of his argument of "English native speaker advantage".

One party was even forced to bare his shirt and "beg for forgiveness" on the campus.

This matter caused a complete uproar on campus.

Teachers and students all spontaneously joined in, trying to argue out the issue.

The news quickly spread outside the school.

Among them, teachers and students in Beijing universities have also begun to debate whether there is a so-called advantage of English native speakers in the process of high-tech innovation and development...

On the social level, major scientific research institutions in Beijing were also not immune and also spoke out.

Soon, along with related news reports, it appeared in Beijing Evening News and other media outlets.

Even ordinary people have begun to express their opinions.

“High technology was born in the West, Europe and America.

All technical resources, scientific and technological data, and information sources are all written in English.

As English is the native language of the population, it is natural that they have a natural advantage in developing high-tech innovation. Is this a very complicated and difficult problem to understand?"

"That's right!

This advantage of being a native English speaker exists naturally.

If we deliberately deny its existence, will it allow us to gain an advantage in high-tech innovation and research and development?"

“I really can’t understand how a question like this, which a three-year-old child can clearly understand, could have evolved into something that requires a public debate among the entire nation!
Who is fooling people?
Who is it that wants to highlight his own greatness by denying the achievements of others? "

"Denial of others' achievements does not make you great, right?"

"The question is, what's the difference between this and trying to cover one's ears and steal the bell?"

"Lu Yifan, the super cross-school student from Yanqing Secondary School, has only been in school for a little over a month. Has his true colors been revealed?"

"Yes, yes, what's the point of denying the advantage of English-speaking mother tongue for no reason?"

"The more ridiculous question is, isn't it that this super cross-school student vowed to solve the problem of computer Chinese character input efficiency solution within a month, which the Chinese Academy of Sciences has been unable to solve for seven or eight years?
It is recommended that the relevant departments conduct a careful and thorough investigation!

Don’t let any new type of ‘Mr. Blank Paper’ appear out of nowhere. Our country’s high-tech innovation and development really can’t stand such nonsense…”

The voice of condemnation in society.

That's absolutely unambiguous.

Obviously, the voices that firmly believe in the superiority of English-speaking mother tongue quickly overwhelmed other noises.

Especially inside major universities and scientific research institutions in Beijing...

The more knowledgeable people know about it, the more they will know about it.

On the contrary, I am more and more convinced that the advantages of native English speakers are omnipresent and always present in the process of high-tech innovation and development.

There's nothing we can do about it!

As the saying goes, facts speak louder than words!

Who can blame Europe, America and the West? They are the collective creators of modern industrial civilization and high-tech industries!

The Chinese people missed all the key nodes of the industrial revolution and technological explosion in the past hundred years.

If you want to catch up now, you have to work hard to learn other people's language, culture, thinking logic, and worldview. Even subtly, everything should be based on the standards of foreigners. You dare not do anything that goes beyond the rules...

The debt incurred by the world is due to the long absence of the great technological development and industrial revolution in the past.

Now, we have to make up for it all.

Under such circumstances.

Talking about cultural confidence? ! !
Where does the confidence come from!!!
Let’s not talk about anything else, let’s leave aside the field of high-tech technological innovation.

That is, in terms of cultural soft power, such as film and television entertainment, literary works, cultural exchanges, and sports competitions, it seems that we don’t have anything particularly impressive.

no way!
It is really caused by the limitations of the times. The general lack of self-confidence among Chinese people today is a historical legacy.

The only difference is that some people choose to change, some choose to escape, and even worse, some people, deep in their hearts, have taken root in the idea that sooner or later they will escape to the beautiful and abundant Western Paradise.

Time flies and more than half a month has passed.

As the outside world speculates and discusses, the voices become louder and louder.

During this period of time, almost no teachers and students of Yanqing Second School have seen the figure of Lu Yifan, the super cross-school student.

This behavior is reckless.

The guy who caused a big dispute in the outside world.

When everyone was waiting for him to show up and give an explanation.

He chose to remain in hiding.

No one knew where he was 'hiding'.

"A clown, a shameless coward, the so-called super cross-school student from Yanqing Secondary School, now the facts have proved that he is just a cowardly and irresponsible person who only seeks to attract attention..."

"Classmate, it's not even a month yet, and you're already drawing such a vicious conclusion. Aren't you afraid that the boomerang will kill you?"

"Afraid? Why would I be afraid of a clown?
Student Zhang Zhaozhong, I heard that you have a close relationship with super student Lu Yifan?
Then you should tell everyone a little about the whereabouts of super student Lu!

Isn't it our genius super student Lu?
Are you currently practicing programming skills in seclusion?

But I have paid attention to the computer rooms of both schools.
In the past half month, I have never seen the diligent and busy figure of the super student Lu.

I haven't seen classmate Lu for such a long time.
It’s hard not to doubt his whereabouts…”

"So, you are making a lot of noise here, calling Lu a coward and a clown. What are you trying to prove?

Prove that you have extraordinary insight and courage.

Can you serve as the righteous leader for the students?"

"Uh, Hua, Senior Sister Hua, I don't mean to fight for fame and fortune. I just feel angry and want Student Lu to come out and tell everyone the reason why he insists on discrediting Liugong. Haven't you heard that Liugong has now been suspended from all work by the Institute of Computing Technology, and I even heard that his freedom to leave Beijing and go south is restricted. This is terrible..."

"horrible?"

"Student, what are you afraid of?"

"Mr. Lu has been working hard on his research behind closed doors to prove that Chinese characters can be input into computers as quickly and easily as English. Mr. Lu has proven with his own actions that the so-called advantage of being a native English speaker is nothing but a paper tiger in the face of high-tech innovation..."

"But what about you?"

"Instead of taking positive action and trying to solve the same problem yourself, you have to shut yourself up for research because classmate Lu is temporarily inconvenient to be disturbed by the outside world. You come and go all day long, waving flags and shouting for inexplicable things. Now you are actually worried and afraid because a scum who worships foreign things and fawns on foreigners has been suspended from work?"

"Where's your brain? Did you take your brain with you when you went out?"

"Doing scientific research and innovation is not like treating people to a meal. It does not require you to get excited every day over inexplicable arguments like you do!"

“Is there any meaning in you guys shouting about coming and going on campus?”

"Even if you really don't accept that Mr. Lu is just a nameless guy, can't you patiently wait for another ten days or half a month before drawing a conclusion?"

"But, Senior Sister Hua, the problem of Chinese character computer input efficiency has not been solved by the Institute of Computing Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences for seven or eight years. Student Lu claimed that he would produce results within a month. How is this possible? It is impossible. Why do we have to wait a month before criticizing him..."

"That's right, it's already been decided, why can't we argue based on reason? Why are we still wasting time and energy..."

"I am a firm supporter of the theory of native English speakers' superiority. If the theory of native English speakers' superiority does not exist, why should all of us college students learn to master English? Isn't this inherently contradictory?"

"Okay, you can drop out now!"

"You are a piece of trash who doesn't know how to think independently, doesn't even have the most basic knowledge of facts, and can only follow the crowd and make random comments. You should drop out of school as soon as possible!"

"If you don't drop out, I will also suggest that the school expel you..."

Senior Hua was very annoyed.

(End of this chapter)