Cyber Heroes

"Don’t let it at home."

Xiang Shan never thought that an old professor with a silver wire would actually say something like this kind of child would say , Snorted, almost laughed.

"en? Don't you believe it?" Professor Jing looked at this expression and found it a little funny.

Xiang Shan nodded: "Are you still studying at that time?"

"I finished college and stayed at school." Professor Jing stirred the tomato sauce with French fries.

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

"The times are different. Your times, Playing games is not particularly excessive." Jing Hongtu said while eating fries in dismay, "At that time, if I wanted to write science fiction, it was a political mistake."

" Hmm..." Xiang Shan scratched his head: "Science fiction doesn't need to write those sharp things..."

"No, it's not the level of'writing too sharp, there is a danger of wrong lines'." Professor Jing shook his head: "At that time,'writing science fiction' was a mistake in itself. I remember my First Chapter novel. After writing a few pages of draft paper, it was burned by my father. He was harsh. Reprimanded me, saying that I shouldn’t be so self-willed, joking with the future of my family-at that time,'science fiction' was still called'mental pollution'."

Xiang Shan nodded: "I seem to listen I said..."

There seems to be such a thing.

In 1983, the Republic launched a campaign to "clean up mental pollution." The reason is that the Chinese people's thinking at that time has not yet emerged from the turmoil of that decade, and they have habitually treated some academic and literary controversies with criticism and struggle. And the "Science Fiction Literature Surnamed "Ke" or "Wen"" this seemingly meaningless controversy at that time triggered a nationwide movement at that time.

He looked towards Professor Jing and said, "You have to be careful with a family like you..."

"What nonsense is this." Jing Hongtu is frowned, a little unhappy: "Xiang Shan, you don’t think I just compromised like this, do you?"

That's all, so what can Xiang Shan do? He shook his head and said: "No, no."

"My father told me, if someone knows that he has a son who is a big poisonous plant, how can he go out to meet people? What about my big brother Do? I scolded him. This is the "decade of legacy." I told him at the time that if he couldn't accept it, then I could write him a statement of severing the relationship."

Xiang Shan is back. A sigh of relief: "This..."

"I'm not just for this." Jing Hongtu shook his hand holding the French fries, and threw a drop of ketchup on the plate. Splashed a ball of red: "Actually, I wanted to do this when I was a teenager. When I was a kid watching "The Trilogy", I felt very empathetic-I thought I was living in a big family in the old society. ! I’ve long thought that those big bosses will be divided."

Because of the loss of the external thinking circuit of "search engine", Xiang Shan spent a few seconds recalling "The Trilogy of Riptide" These high school language knowledge. He probably remembered that this was written by Ba Jin, a novel about the decline of a large feudal family.

"Can imagine your childhood."

Jing Hongtu sighed: "It's a pity, my mother held me crying and asked me why I was so cruel and ruthless. She She is a very traditional working woman, as if she doesn't care about those principles at all. She only cares about'a family must be reunited'—apart from this and nothing else! Typical small peasant thinking."

" You haven't compromised yet? Then why did you give up this road later?" Xiang Shan was a little strange. Listening to Professor Jing's tone, he lacked approval for 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 after all. She only has a few requests. , How can I not satisfy her?"

"In 1991, the World Science Fiction Association held its annual meeting in Chengdu. At that time, I didn’t give up and took the one day, one night train. But after I came back , My father told me that it would be a shame in the world to engage in pen conferences with unidentified foreigners."

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

Jing Hongtu shook his head: "It may not be any better now..." At this point, the old man looked towards the window: "But now, maybe things are different. "

Xiang Shan followed his gaze. Now it's night, the white "tent" is hidden into the night, but the outline can be vaguely seen.

"An Alien Voyager..." Xiang Shan said: "If there is technology in it that can make humans get out of trouble..."

"No, 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, you this morning By the way, the way our next generation sees the universe may be completely different from ours...very good. Now, the concept of'alien' seems to us to be something easy to imagine."

"Yes, that's it." Jing Hongtu nodded: "Is a science fiction writer after all. You have put forward a very good sociological topic-when'alien' becomes something with a concrete concept How will human society develop at the time? You must know that the fact that'Ogon' appeared is a transformation of the common imagination of mankind."

"Common imagination?"

"This is an anthropological concept." Jing Hongtu said: "We humans, there is an amazing ability called'common imagination'. One person can make up a non-existent concept and convey it to another One person. Then, the human group can use language to jointly imagine a fictitious concept-such as religion, such as God."

"Take another intuitive example. Above the earth is originally There is no such thing as a borderline. But everyone thinks that the borderline should exist. So, for humans, the borderline really exists. But animals can still travel freely. Between national borders-because for them, national borders do not exist. They can't see what humans can imagine."

Xiang Shan nodded.

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

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

"What?"

"We have to talk about materialism." Xiang Shan said: "The economic foundation can determine the upper level. Architecture is not. If we don’t disassemble the technology inside, how can its impact on human society be limited?"

"Xiang Shan, you are a typical dogmatism. Except. Exam, you haven't learned much about this, right?" Jing Hongtu shook the head.

Xiang Shan blames sorry: "display one's slight skill before an expert. I'm an engineering student. In this respect, I can't compare with you guys in liberal arts..."

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

"pu..." Xiang Shan couldn't help but smile: "sorry Jing teacher...that, although I write some novels, I am not a poet."

"This' poem "Sex" is not the "poet's enthusiasm" or "the enthusiasm of writing poetry" in the daily context, but a way of thinking outside of the "love of wisdom"." Jing Hongtu is very patient: "This kind of "poetry" The cognition' may not be useful for your research and work, but it allows you to see all kinds of fun in your daily life, which can be regarded as a spiritual motivation to assist yourself in moving forward."

This is Xiang Shan. nodded: "You continue."

Jing Hongtu pointed to the "tent": "Then let me just say so, Xiang Shan, the arrival of this thing may delay the human world war by dozens Years. It’s just the fact that it’s here."

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

"Yeah, because it falls here, there will be no war in a short time."

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

"This is already a very terrifying thing." Jing Hongtu shook his head: "Xiang Shan, the modern society you are familiar with is actually very fragile. In the 1970s-that is, while Less than 30 years after the war, the West once again fell into an economic crisis. Anyone familiar with history knows what may be after the economic crisis. However, the birth of information technology and the industrial revolution led to industrial upgrading. Therefore, this fragile modern society , It continued to develop."

"In the 1990s, the financial crisis occurred again. This time, the big guys have eaten Japan’s "future" for more than half a year, and then met again. It’s the disintegration of the red alliance. Every member of modern society is supported by eating the corpse of the Oldest Big Brother."

"Then the next economic crisis will happen in 2009—actually. At this time, human beings did not survive the economic crisis. All countries in the world are shrinking, turning to xenophobia, and pointing the spearhead of internal pressure to their neighbors. If you carefully recall modern and contemporary history, you will find that the surrounding atmosphere is probably also there. The time point has changed."

"Until 21 years, natural and man-made disasters almost destroyed the world market. In these years, the atmosphere has been close to the cold war."

Jing Hongtu sucked. A sip of juice, said: "So, Xiang Shan, even something like World War II that almost destroyed a generation of beliefs can only give mankind peace for 30 years. This'Alien Voyager' can make mankind more peaceful several times. Decades, what a great thing this is. This is equivalent to a full-scale industrial revolution! If a new industrial revolution occurs in human society during these several decades, then the history of this "modern society" can be two more Thirty years!"

This perspective is indeed very convincing. Xiang Shan can only be nodded: "Well, if the potential benefits of'Ogon' can entice the big powers to sit back on the negotiating table, then peace can indeed continue."

"This is still feudal thinking, Hero history."