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Chapter 586: Lure 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 to 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 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, it is possible to type without looking at it and without referring to the words displayed in the pane…”

The typist skillfully pressed the keys while speaking. Driven by the internal motor, the multi-layer rollers inside the typewriter rotated, displaying Chinese characters one by one in the 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-modules. Therefore, this structure can accommodate a large number of Chinese characters as much as possible in a small volume. In addition to fixing the rollers, Chinese characters are 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 Mingkuai Chinese typewriter supports the input of 9 Chinese characters. Of course, There are also English, numbers, punctuation marks and special characters in the font.”

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.

Among the universities in Nanyang, there are also many scholars from Tangshan. Lin Yutang is one of them. He came to Nanyang largely because of his invention of the "Mingkwai Typewriter".

Li Yi'an looked at these guests from South Korea with a smile. In the past few days, the Korean delegation headed by Yin Tongshan has been visiting various places in Nanyang. Officially and privately, they have formed a preliminary impression of Nanyang.

"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."

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.

Now this typewriter is also a tool used by Li Yian to prove to others that Chinese characters are not backward.

Yin Tongshan, who has lived in Shanghai for many years, naturally has a certain understanding of Lin Yutang and has read his books and articles. It was never expected that a writer would invent such a complicated Chinese character typewriter.

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.

Moreover, 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 introduction of foreign brides is the only option to solve the gender imbalance, while Japan and South Korea And Vietnam are the only three options at the moment.

"I really didn't expect that Dr. Lin could actually invent such an advanced typewriter!"

What is this impression?

They were chosen because they are closer in civilization and have similar values.

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.

"It's really weird. If Minister Yin is interested, you can talk to him. He is currently teaching at Nanyang University."

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.

"How about this typewriter? Does it perfectly solve the problem of typing Chinese characters?"

Li Yian asked them to enter his office as he spoke.

"I know that you are currently abolishing Chinese characters, and you have even issued the "Law for the Exclusive Use of Proverbs" as the legal basis for the abolition of Chinese characters. Official documents must be written in proverbs. But I personally think this law is just a declaration. Not the law...Of course, this is your internal affairs, and Nanyang will not express any opinions."

Li Yian knew the Korean sticks well. They had extremely low self-esteem in their hearts. As soon as one country became independent, the other country hurriedly abolished Chinese characters. In essence, it was also due to their inferiority complex - regarding the use of Chinese characters during the Japanese colonial period and the canonization of ancient China. The system was very dissatisfied, so it 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 UK, and soon, maybe next year, our GDP will surpass the UK and become the world’s third largest economy after the United States and Russia.”

There is nothing more convincing than the facts. The facts are... the economic miracle created by Nanyang is enough to make these Korean stickmen think twice.

Staring at the thoughtful Yin Tongshan, Li Yian said,
"In this case, should South Korea consider strengthening ties with Nanyang, or draw a clear line?"

Faced with such a question, Yin Tongshan expressed quickly.

"Your Excellency, we came to your country hoping to study here and find a way to make the country rich."

"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 will need overseas markets and cheap overseas labor in the future. South Korea, including Bay Island, is a good target.

The same characters not only make communication between the two parties more convenient, but there is also a potential factor - the same characters and a common cultural foundation, which will be beneficial to East Asia in the future. Li Yi'an doesn't know how the world will develop in the future, but He absolutely does not 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 Yian still hopes that they can continue to use Chinese characters as long as possible.

But how to convince them?

Only Nanyang is rich and powerful!
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.

And this 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 a certain amount of public opinion on this."

I am just a small minister, and the bill was passed by the commander-in-chief. 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.

"50 million!"

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 50 "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$2 million in remittances from Nanyang last year!"

(End of this chapter)