The Chinese Pinyin of Chinese was studied and formulated between 1955 and 1957 and was officially used in 1958. Before that, European and American countries used the Pinyin of Webster's Pinyin for Chinese pronunciation.

The pinyin of Welshman was invented by the British Wittoma Holily, who came to China during the First Opium War and served as a diplomat in China for 43 years. He was not only proficient in Chinese, but also understood Manchu.

Before 1958, the Pinyin of Western was widely used for the pronunciation of human names and place names. It was not until the Chinese Pinyin was promoted in China that the Pinyin of Western began to be abolished.

For example, when the famous scientist Qian Xuesen was abroad, his English name was Hsue-Second n T-Pinyin, which was used as the pinyin of Webster. After returning to China, he changed to Qian acupoint-Second n as the English translation of his name.

In addition to the mainland, other regions that use Chinese or Chinese people who use Chinese surnames also use the pinyin of Webster as the pronunciation of the name.

This can be seen in sports competitions. The players' English names will be marked at the Olympics. They are all Chinese faces and both Chinese names. They can be distinguished by the English names marked with whether they come from the mainland.

Foreign Chinese use the pinyin of Welshman as a surname mark, and professional translators should notice it. However, the first impression of the surname "Chang" in the past is definitely the pinyin of Chinese. Although the surname "Chang" is very rare, it is not a rare surname, so the translation is just called.

The mixed-race lawyer himself did not correct it. It may be that his Chinese pronunciation is not very standard, and he cannot distinguish between "chang" and "zhang", and secondly, he may be too lazy to correct it carefully.

Li Weidong didn't expect that the name Gordon Chang used the pinyin of Webster. According to normal English translation, it was no problem to say that it was Gordon-Chang.

Fortunately, Chen Yonghua is right next to him, otherwise Li Weidong would not know who that mixed-race Chinese Gordon Chang was!

Chen Yonghua is a doctorate at Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He receives British English education. There is also a shortage of British professors at Hong Kong Polytechnic University. They usually use English when they communicate. He does not know Chinese Pinyin, but is very proficient in Pinyin of Webster.

So when Chen Yonghua saw the name "Gordon Chang", what he said in his mind was not "chang" in the Chinese pinyin, but "Zhang" or "Zhang" in the pinyin of Weishi.

Similarly, the name Gordon is often transliterated by Chinese name, and in the transliteration of Webster's Pinyin, it can be translated as "Jardun".

Adding to the previous surname, Li Weidong instantly remembered who this Gordon Chang is!

"How did you provoke the people from the strategic fooling bureau? And he is also the director of the North American Department, he really provokes a big guy!"

Thinking of this, Li Weidong couldn't help but laugh.

Knowing that the author of the article was actually Zhang Jue Zuo, Li Weidong also understood why there were such articles that smear China's economic development. For Zhang Jue Zuo, this level of article is simply a pediatrician.

This Zhang Jue is famous not only in the West, but also in China.

In 2001, Zhang Quzu wrote a book called "China is about to collapse", which suddenly topped the ranking of best-selling books in the United States. Zhang Quzu also transformed into a Chinese expert in North America, and even the US Congress invited him to attend the hearing.

The "China Collapse Theory" obviously caters to the tastes of European and American countries, so the book was translated into Japanese, French, German and others who avoided the language and were published in various countries around the world. Overnight, Zhangjue became famous. Many Western media and universities invited Zhangjue to give interviews and lectures. Zhangjue also made a lot of money because of this.

He also thought that he had made money by selling the "China Collapse Theory", so the Zhang Directorate has embarked on this path of no return. Every year, he predicted that China was about to collapse and became Zhang Directorate's daily work.

From the beginning, China will collapse after joining the WTO, and then the prediction will be postponed to 2005 and then to 2008. After 2010, it will become an automatic one-year delay in the collapse time every year.

A few years ago, Director Zhang looked for some different reasons, used some data analysis and listed some cases to prove his inferences. Later, he was too lazy to change the data and cases, and he used the articles from the previous year, and then used them to publish and earn royalties.

However, China has never collapsed as predicted by Director Zhang. Instead, it has developed better and better, and is thriving in all aspects.

In addition, there is a joke about "strategic deception" on the Chinese Internet, so Director Zhang was nicknamed the Director of the North American Department of the Strategic deception, saying that he has been professionally deceiving the United States for 20 years and has made outstanding contributions to China's "strategic deception" work.

To this day, Zhang Juzhu's repeated failures in predictions have become a laughing stock for many people. Even in European and American countries, many people understand that Zhang Juzhu is making a fool of himself to sell books.

However, in the Western world, there are still many people who agree with Zhang Juzhu’s statement. The main reason is that the "China Collapse Theory" is what they want to hear, so no matter whether the words are true or false, as long as you say what I want to hear, I will believe you!

Of course, some people are really stupid.

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For a small place like Qinghe City, there are not many opportunities to show off in domestic media, and it is even more of a big deal to appear in foreign media.

But unfortunately, this time it appeared in foreign media, it was not a positive image.

Wholesale malls are said to be a face-saving project and have become a case of fraud in economic data. The so-called "ghost castle" is even more eye-catching.

Because of the title of "Ghost Castle", the superiors have begun to inquire about this, and Qinghe City also regarded this matter as a very serious public relations incident.

In the conference room, everyone lowered their heads, but Li Weidong looked indifferent.

"Chairman Li, why are you not in a hurry!" Minister Zhao said from the side.

"Want? Why are you anxious?" Li Weidong asked with a smile.

"Your wholesale mall is called a ghost castle!" Minister Zhao hummed.

"Then what should I do? Find a Taoist priest to set up an altar to exorcise ghosts? Or invite a few monks to do a water and land conference to save him? Otherwise, ask a statue of Zhong Kui to come over? Or ask a priest to carry a cross and shout Hallelujah? But this is China's territory, and even if there are ghosts, it is also Chinese ghosts. It is probably useless to ask the priest to call Hallelujah!" Li Weidong said with a smile.

At this moment, a voice sounded from outside the door: "I still know how to joke, it seems that Chairman Li has a solution!"

Everyone looked towards the door and saw Zhang Jiagang walking in with great strides.

"It's Secretary Zhang who is here." Everyone stood up one after another.

"Everyone sit down!" Zhang Jiagang walked to the middle seat and sat down, and said, "Everyone knows the specific situation of the matter, so I won't repeat the narrative for me. Let me first talk about the instructions of the superior leader.

The title of "Ghost Castle" sounds not so pleasant. It is also because of this title that the superiors attached importance to our wholesale mall. So yesterday afternoon, the leader personally called to inquire about the project of the textile wholesale mall.

Fortunately, our project, from project establishment, land acquisition, planning and construction, and final project acceptance, is carried out strictly in accordance with operating specifications. No matter who checks it, no problem can be found.

However, there are no vendors in the wholesale mall project yet, which is also a fact. Therefore, the superior leaders also have questions whether this project is a face-saving project. If it is a face-saving project, it must be demolished!"

Zhang Jiagang said, looking at Li Weidong with a serious look.

Li Weidong said, "Secretary Zhang, this project is not invested by the government, but invested by me. The project management also has a special company. From construction to operation, the entire project is completely business-oriented, and I am responsible for the profit and loss. Have you ever seen that face-saving project that merchants take the profit and loss at their own expense?"

"I explained this to the leader, too." Zhang Jiagang coughed dryly and continued, "But as a commercial project, if it is just left there and is empty all day long and is called a ghost castle, it is not good, right? Chairman Li, when I came in, I heard you chatting and laughing. I guess you have already had a solution?"

Li Weidong nodded: "Secretary Zhang, I have indeed had a solution. But before that, I would like to ask all the leaders, why do you think there are no vendors in the textile wholesale mall?"

"It should be because it is too far from the city, with a lack of crowds and no guests, the vendors will naturally not want to go there." Someone said.

"As far as I know, the wholesale mall built in Yiwu was far from the city center and was also built on a wilderness, but why can people build the wholesale market?" Li Weidong immediately asked back.

"Well..." the man shook his head in a daze.

Li Weidong continued: "So, the construction is far from the city or the geographical location is remote, which is not without reason for vendors to settle in. The real reason is transportation!"

"Chairman Li, what do you mean is that transportation is inconvenient? The city has begun to solve this problem. The bus route to the wholesale mall has been planned. It is expected that it will be completed within half a month and will be opened in one month." Zhang Jiagang answered.

Li Weidong shook his head: "What I am talking about is not only public transportation within the city, but also transportation outside the city. Dear leaders, our market positioning is to do wholesale, and it is also targeted at small vendors doing textile business.

For example, those who set up street stalls on the roadside and those who open small clothing stores will only wholesale clothes. Ordinary people buy clothes one by one, and no one can wholesale hundreds of them at one time!

Relying on a bus line connecting the city, it cannot solve many problems. Those who set up stalls and sell clothes in our city, when purchasing goods are not large and small, it is enough to buy an agricultural tricycle. It is more convenient to be able to pick up goods than to make a bus.

The transportation problem I mentioned is to connect other counties and cities, so that vendors who do clothing wholesale in other counties can easily reach the wholesale mall, so that the entire wholesale mall can be easily revitalized.

Isn’t the same model for Yiwu’s small commodity wholesale city? How many of the people who go there to purchase goods are locals from Yiwu, and are they all vendors from other places, supporting the entire Yiwu small commodity city?

Therefore, our textile wholesale market should also take the route of Yiwu Small Commodity City to attract merchants from all over the country, rather than being limited to combining wholesale malls with urban areas.

I have a suggestion here. I hope the city can compete with the country to set up an entrance and exit for the Beijing-Shanghai Expressway at the location of Ershilibao, so that it can facilitate foreign merchants to go to the wholesale mall to purchase."

Zhang Jiagang coughed dryly: "Chairman Li, the Qinghe section of the Beijing-Shanghai Expressway has not started yet. There is no decision on how to plan the route and where to set the entrance and exit. Maybe the expressway will be far away from the 24-liter Fortress, and there is no way to set the entrance and exit of the expressway at all."

Of course, Zhang Jiagang knew about the planning of the expressway, but the specific situation must be kept confidential, so he could only pretend to be confused with his understanding.

Li Weidong smiled and said, "Secretary Zhang, don't forget that I am also the chairman of Fukang Engineering Company! How many highway construction companies in the province use our company's equipment."

Zhang Jiagang had no choice but to smile awkwardly and said, "Chairman Li is indeed well-informed!"

Li Weidong continued: "Secretary Zhang, in addition to setting up an entrance and exit on the highway at Ershilibao, I also recommend adding a passenger car transfer station in Ershilibao, which can be directly built next to the wholesale mall.

At that time, merchants from all over the country will get off the expressway and get off at the transfer station. When they go out, they will go straight to the textile wholesale market to discuss business. After the business is negotiated, they will go out to the transfer station and take the bus home.

The surrounding counties and cities can walk back and forth in a day without delaying going home for dinner. In addition, the warehousing and logistics park I am building can ship the goods on the same day and buyers can receive the goods the next day. Is this convenient, are you afraid that there will be no business?"

"Cruise Transfer Center?" Zhang Jiagang felt that the name sounded a bit familiar.

He thought carefully that when the US economic and trade delegation went to the restaurant that day, Li Weidong mentioned the passenger transfer center. At that time, he was still thinking about when a passenger transfer center appeared in Qinghe, why no one reported to him?

Now Zhang Jiagang finally understood that Li Weidong had planned it!

Thinking of this, Zhang Jiagang said with a sarcastic sense: "Chairman Li has made a very thorough plan, and he is indeed far-sighted!"

"I just came up with an idea. If it is implemented, it mainly depends on the wise leaders of the city." Li Weidong quickly put a high hat on Zhang Jiagang.

Then Li Weidong continued, "As for the length of the Qinghe section of the Beijing-Shanghai Expressway, there must be five or six entrances and exits in our Qinghe City? At that time, there must be one close to the city.

Anyway, the entrances and exits of this expressway must be established, so it is better to be located in Ershilibao. It can build a wholesale mall, and can also drive the city's economic and trade development and increase tax revenue for our city.

When the wholesale mall is booming, we can not only give an explanation to our superiors, but also slap those who disgrace our country's economic development abroad! It can also be regarded as winning face for the country."

Zhang Jiagang nodded slightly, and he was indeed talking about Zhang Jiagang's heart.

I thought that I had kindly taken the economic and trade group to visit the wholesale mall. I wanted to show off the economic development of Qinghe City, but it was called a "ghost castle". I had to fight for the breath if I didn't steam buns!

What's more, the wholesale mall project was first proposed by Zhang Jiagang after visiting Yiwu. If this ultimately fails, it will definitely be a stain on his political achievements.

Thinking of this, Zhang Jiagang said, "Chairman Li's suggestions are very good. We will conduct serious discussions. If they are really feasible, the city will strive to set up the entrance and exit of the expressway in Ershili Fort."

After hearing this, Li Weidong immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
Chapter completed!