Cyber ​​Heroes

Chapter 93 A Little History Topic

"It's not allowed at home."

Xiang Shan never thought that an old professor with silver hair would say something that a child would say, so he poofed and almost laughed out loud.

"Huh? You don't believe it?" Professor Jing found this expression a little funny.

Xiang Shan nodded: "You were still studying at that time?"

"I've finished my university studies, so I stayed in school." Professor Jing stirred ketchup with French fries.

"My parents don't like me playing games either, but as long as I buy them with my own salary, they won't say anything."

"The times are different. In your era, playing games is not a particularly excessive thing." Jing Hongtu said while eating French fries with a lack of interest: "At that time, if I wanted to write science fiction, it would be politically wrong. "

"Hmm..." Xiang Shan scratched his head: "Sci-fi novels don't need to write all those sharp..."

Professor Jing shook his head: "At that time, 'writing science fiction' itself was a mistake. I remember my first novel. After writing a few pages of draft paper, my father burned it."

Xiang Shan nodded: "I seem to have heard..."

It seems that there is such a thing.

He looked at Professor Jing and said, "Families like yours have to be careful..."

"What nonsense is this?" Jing Hongtu frowned, a little unhappy: "Xiang Shan, you don't think I'm just compromising like that, do you?"

Now that it's all said and done, what else can Xiang Shan do?He shook his head and said, "No, no."

"My father told me, how would he go out to meet people? What about my brother? I told him at the time that if he couldn't accept it, then I could write him a statement of severing ties."

Xiang Shan gasped: "This..."

"It's not just for this one thing." Jing Hongtu waved his hand holding the French fries, and splashed a drop of ketchup, splashing a cloud of red on the plate: "Actually, when I was a teenager, I wanted to I did it. When I was a child watching the "Torrent Trilogy", I felt very empathetic-I thought I was living in a big family in the old society! I have long wanted to divide those big parents."

Due to the loss of the external thinking circuit of the "search engine", Xiang Shan spent a few seconds recalling the high school Chinese knowledge of "Torrent Trilogy".He probably remembered that this was written by Ba Jin, a novel about a certain big feudal family going into decline.

"Can imagine your childhood."

Jing Hongtu sighed: "It's a pity, my mother hugged me and cried, and asked me why I was so ruthless. She is a very traditional working woman, as if she doesn't care about those principles at all. She only cares about 'what the family wants. Reunion round' - nothing more! Typical small peasant thinking."

"You haven't compromised yet? Then why did you give up this road?" Xiang Shan was a little surprised.Hearing Professor Jing's tone, he didn't agree with his mother's behavior.

"No, my mother persuaded me to come down." Jing Hongtu shook his head: "I can say that she has the small peasant thoughts of the past. But she is still my mother. She only has so few demands, how can I not satisfy her Woolen cloth?"

"In 91, the World Science Fiction Association held its annual meeting in Rongcheng. At that time, I didn't give up. I took the train for a day and a night. But after I came back, my father told me that if I had a pen meeting with those foreigners who didn't know why, then It's a worldwide disgrace."

"This is really..." Xiang Shan nodded: "After all, that era..."

Jing Hongtu shook his head: "It may not be much better now..." Speaking of this, the old man turned his head and looked out of the window: "But now, maybe things are different."

Xiang Shan followed his gaze.Now it was night, the white "tent" was hidden in the night, but the outline could be vaguely seen.

"An alien traveler..." Xiang Shan said, "If it contains technology that can help humans get out of trouble..."

"No, there is no need." Jing Hongtu smiled: "It is enough for it to appear here. This fact alone can bring changes to this lifeless world."

Xiang Shan nodded: "Well, what you said this morning, the way our next generation sees the universe may be completely different from ours... You said it very well. Now, the concept of 'alien' is very important to us. , seems like an easy thing to imagine.”

"Yes, that's it." Jing Hongtu nodded, "He's a science fiction writer after all. You've raised a very good sociological topic—when 'alien' becomes a thing with a concrete concept, what will happen to human society?" How will it develop? You know, the fact that 'Ogun' appeared is a transformation of the common imagination of mankind."

"Shared imagination?"

"This is an anthropological concept." Jing Hongtu said: "We humans have an amazing ability called 'co-imagination'. One person can fabricate a concept that does not exist and convey it to another person .Then groups of humans can collectively imagine, through language, a fictional concept — say religion, say God.”

"To give another intuitive example. There is no such thing as 'national border' on the earth. However, everyone thinks that there should be such a thing as 'national border'. Therefore, for human beings, national borders Lines really exist. It’s just that animals can still shuttle between national borders at will-because for them, national borders don’t exist. They can’t see what humans imagined.”

Xiang Shan nodded.

"And just 'the concept of aliens is within reach', I think it can bring about 20 years of peace."

Xiang Shan scratched his head: "Mr. Jing, what you said is a bit mysterious..."

"how?"

"Let's talk about materialism." Xiang Shan said, "Only the economic base can determine whether the superstructure is right. If we don't disassemble the technology inside, its impact on human society will be limited no matter what?"

"Xiang Shan, you are a typical dogmatist. Except for exams, you haven't learned much about it, have you?" Jing Hongtu shook his head.

Xiang Shanguai was embarrassed: "The class is messed up. I only majored in engineering, and I can't compare with you liberal arts masters in this respect..."

Jing Hongtu sighed: "It's a good thing to concentrate on the academics of this major. But at least one or two other professional knowledge should be dabbled in. I think this will help form a poetic understanding of the world as a whole..."

"Pfft..." Xiang Shan couldn't help laughing: "I'm sorry, Teacher Jing... Well, although I write some novels, I'm not a poet."

"This 'poetry' is not the 'interest of poets' or 'interest in writing poems' in the daily context, but a way of thinking other than 'love of wisdom'." Jing Hongtu is very patient: "This This kind of "poetic understanding" may not be useful for your research and work, but it can let you see all kinds of interesting things in your daily life, and it can be regarded as a spiritual motivation to assist you to move forward."

Then Xiang Shan nodded: "You continue."

Jing Hongtu pointed to the "tent": "Let me just say this, Xiang Shan, the arrival of this thing may delay the human world war by decades. It's just the fact that 'it's here'."

Xiang Shan thought for a moment: "When Director Hu talked just now, he really emphasized that it is now a time of peace..."

"Yes, because it fell here, there will be no big war in a short time."

"But it can only be postponed." Xiang Shan was puzzled.

"This is already a very scary thing." Jing Hongtu shook his head: "Xiang Shan, the modern society you are familiar with is actually very fragile. In the 70s—that is, less than 30 years after the war, the West Once again caught in the economic crisis. Anyone who is familiar with history knows what might happen after the economic crisis. However, the birth of information technology and the industrial revolution led to industrial upgrading. As a result, this fragile modern society continued to develop.”

"In the 90s, the financial crisis happened again. This time, the big guys ate up Japan's 'future' for more than half a year, and then encountered the disintegration of the Red Alliance—wow, a blank market suddenly appeared , Overproduction has been alleviated. Every member of modern society is supported by eating the corpse of Big Brother.”

"Then the next economic crisis occurred in 2009—in fact, mankind did not survive this economic crisis well. Countries around the world are shrinking, turning to xenophobia, and pointing the finger of internal pressure at their neighbors. Carefully recall modern and contemporary history , you will find that the surrounding atmosphere probably changed around that time.”

"Until 21 years, natural disasters and man-made disasters almost destroyed the world market. These years, the atmosphere has been close to the Cold War."

Jing Hongtu took a sip of juice and said, "So, Xiangshan, even World War II, which almost destroyed a generation of people's beliefs, can only keep mankind in peace for 30 years. This 'Alien Voyager' can make mankind more Decades of peace, what a great thing. This is equivalent to a comprehensive industrial revolution! If a new industrial revolution occurs in human society in these few decades, then the history of this 'modern society', Another 30 years can be added!"

This angle is indeed very convincing.Xiang Shan could only nod: "Well, if the potential benefits of 'Ogun' can lure the major powers back to the negotiating table, then peace can indeed continue."

"This is still feudal thinking, a heroic view of history."

(End of this chapter)