Li Yu had no choice but to seize the time to write the detailed story outline of the first "Star Wars" movie "A New Hope".
Li Yu is very clear about the plot of the story. The key is to adapt it to be more in line with the current background. Fortunately, the story unfolds in an imaginary environment, so it is not too troublesome to modify it.
The protagonist's name "Skywalker" happens to make Chinese people think of Skywalker Sun, which adds a little more appeal...
Li Yu still has confidence in the story of Star Wars. This kind of counterattack becomes a generation of Jedi knights, and then slowly reveals his life experience and leads to the theme of a huge world view. It is definitely an incredible novel now.
Although vernacular novels in the context of the late Qing Dynasty are still difficult to reach the mainstream, ordinary people will definitely like them. They can also subtly make the public dream of the vast universe, and maybe it can really stimulate some interest in exploration.
And isn’t a large part of human exploration of science driven by curiosity about the universe?
Li Yu gave the manuscript to Lu Bicheng. Lu Bicheng was very surprised after reading it: "Vernacular novel?"
Li Yu said with a smile: "It's still far behind! At present, it only has a skeleton and lacks the details of flesh and blood, so I would like to ask the talented lady Lu to help polish it up a bit."
Lu Bicheng flipped through the pages and read for a while. He was immediately attracted by the story and asked, "What subject is this? A novel can be written like this!"
"The West calls it science fiction, that is, science fantasy." Li Yu said.
Lu Bicheng asked again: "No wonder I have never seen it. The story is indeed interesting, but are the stars in the sky really like this?"
There is no concept of aliens now, let alone other planets that can inhabit humans.
Li Yu said: "It may be a bit complicated to say. The stars in the sky are all stars, gas stars, but there must be planets orbiting the stars. Maybe there are also humans like us."
Lu Bicheng was in disbelief: "So, in addition to foreigners, there are also more distant foreigners on other planets?"
"Ah this..." Li Yu scratched his head and had no choice but to explain, "It's just a fantasy, let's just treat it as such! Think about it, what's wrong? There are still people who want to be the Jade Emperor."
Lu Bicheng suddenly realized: "I understand, it turned out to be imaginary. Just like "Journey to the West" also mentioned that there is Guanghan Palace on the moon, where the Fairy Chang'e and the Jade Rabbit live."
"You can think of it this way," Li Yu said, "'Journey to the West' is an extension of imagination in the form of a fantasy story. Science can naturally extend imagination in a scientific way and become a science fiction novel."
After saying this, Lu Bicheng understood better: "It does sound reasonable. But..."
Li Yu asked: "But what?"
Lu Bicheng covered her mouth and said: "But your literary talent is... too bad. No wonder you came in last in the exam for the Self-cultivation and Righteousness section of the Capital University."
Um, that’s heartbreaking!
Li Yu ranked first in the first enrollment of the Capital University, but his feat of failing the chapter on self-cultivation and righteousness was indeed unprecedented: from now on, no one has ever failed in this subject, and it counts.
It has become a "good story"...
Li Yu said awkwardly: "That's why I asked the talented girl Lu to help polish it, otherwise it would be embarrassing to show it out like this. Don't worry, talented girl Lu, your name will definitely be among the signatures published in the future."
"You still want to sign my name?" Lu Bicheng suddenly became serious, "Then I have to take it seriously."
Li Yu said happily: "That's it! As long as you can put in some effort, it will be no problem!"
The list of names arranged by the Capital University to go to Japan to participate in the Quanye Expo was quickly made, and the names selected were those with better results: Fan Xiren and Ouyang Mouyuan from the Official School, Feng Zuxun, He Yujie and Lun Ming from the Normal School.
Lunming was also a great bibliophile in modern times, and later became a professor at Beijing Normal University, Fu Jen University, Yenching University and other universities.
In fact, Lunming ranked first in the Normal College of the first Beijing Normal University Admissions Examination. Unfortunately, he was ruined by Li Yu and ranked second.
Today, Li Yu and a few of them were having fun again, playing Three Kingdoms.
Fan Xiren loves to play the most, and he comes from a big family and is very particular about it. After being addicted to board games, he found someone to design more useful playing cards. He also hired a master who drew comics for novels to paint Zhuge Liang, Cao Cao, Sun Quan, etc. on the playing cards.
human image.
In this way, it will be more like the Three Kingdoms Killing in later generations.
After a few people sat down, Fan Xiren said while shuffling the cards: "I didn't expect to go to Japan so soon. I had always longed to go abroad, but Professor Hattori said it would be at the end of the year at the earliest, and suddenly the notice was given, and I didn't feel it."
Be prepared."
Ouyang Mouyuan said casually: "What can I prepare for? It's not like I'm going to study abroad. I'll be back soon."
"I know, it should be treated as a test in advance," Fan Xiren said, "I want to see what is so powerful about Japan and why a small country like Fuso can defeat us."
Feng Zuxun is still relatively calm: "There are reasons to win, and there are things we need to learn from. I once looked at a map, and it seems that the area of Japan is larger than the mainland of England."
"Oh?" Fan Xiren said in surprise, "Is that true? Brother Li Yu, you know the most about the West, for you."
Li Yu nodded: "Brother Feng is right. It is true. The area of the UK is indeed not as big as Japan."
Lun Ming said: "It's unbelievable. So the English country is at best a small country like Xirong?"
Li Yu smiled and said: "You can't say that. Area is only one factor that determines the strength of a country."
Fan Xiren said: "I heard that the best industrial products from Japan are on display at this Quanye Expo, and even Western and other countries will participate. We should learn from it and make it ourselves!"
Li Yu shook his head: "It's not that simple. If you could figure it out just by looking at it, we would already have warships, cannons, and factory machines all over the place."
Fan Xiren deeply agreed: "I have read the history of Japan. They were not a powerful country in the past, and they learned it bit by bit from foreigners. If the Japanese can do it, so can we."
After studying at the Capital University, everyone has gradually realized how profound science is and how sophisticated technology is. But fortunately, the more you do it, the more your fighting spirit is stimulated, and you have not become like some people who only know how to kneel down and lick the West.
While they were talking, several people had already drawn their cards. Fan Xiren was the lord Sun Quan, and Li Yu was the rebel. When they showed the general card, it was Huang Yueying, and they happened to be in Sun Quan's house.
Fan Xiren said: "You Huang Yueying, you look like a traitor at first glance! Eat me first, I will not miss Shu!"
Li Yu smiled and said: "Farewell, lord, just in case I am a loyal minister."
Fan Xiren glanced at Ouyang Mouyuan, who was holding Lu Xun, "I am the loyal minister! Don't worry about anything else, hurry up and kill Huang Yueying!"
Li Yuzheng was worried that he didn't have an invulnerable card in his hand. Unexpectedly, when it was his turn, Ouyang Mouyuan silently used an invulnerable card to solve Li Yu's Le Bu Si Shu.
Now, Li Yu was very lucky. He played out the cards one after another, and suddenly there was a pile of cards in his hand. Then he "burned the bridge" and "plundered the sheep" to wipe out all Sun Quan's cards, and then two rounds of "Ten Thousand Arrows Qi Qi"
"Fa" and "Southern Barbarian Invasion" caused Fan Xiren to cry out in pain.
Although there was He Yujie's Hua Tuo on the field, he knew it was hopeless when he saw Li Yu holding Zhuge Liannu.
Sure enough, the lord was killed suddenly by Huang Yueying.
The next four people didn't even have a chance to play their cards.
The four of them suddenly felt that they had no gaming experience at all: "No, no, no, let's start over, it's too fast!"
After a few games, when everyone was having a good time, someone suddenly came to Li Yu and said: "Mr. Li Yu, General Office Yan of the Institute of Translation Studies invites you to come over."
"General Office Yan Fu?"
Li Yu had no choice but to put down his cards and leave without finishing, leaving the five of them to continue fighting.
As soon as he entered Yan Fu's office, an old man about fifty years old came over and said: "Are you Li Yu? It's better to see than to hear a hundred times. It's just like the rumors. You are a young hero. Not bad, not bad!"
Yan Fu immediately introduced to Li Yu: "This is Mr. Zhang Jizhi, the number one scholar in the dynasty and the general manager of Dasheng Cotton Mill."
The character Li Yu mentioned by Yan Fu was not familiar to him, but when the general office of Dasheng Cotton Factory added the number one scholar in the dynasty, he immediately knew that he was the industrialist Zhang Jian who was the number one scholar in the late Qing Dynasty.
Li Yu quickly said: "Mr. Jiuyang's name is great."
Zhang Jian laughed and said: "I am the one who has long admired the young gentleman. Although I have been in Tongzhou (Nantong, Jiangsu) for a long time, the news is not as good as that of Beijing or Tianjin. Shanghai is generally well-informed, but it has been in the newspapers several times, no, it should be dozens of times.
I’ve seen repeated reports about you.”
Zhang Jian has now resigned from office to engage in business, but under the structure of the late Qing Dynasty, running an industry was inseparable from the court's connections, so Zhang Jian has continued to maintain contact with the court's local feudal officials since then.
Yan Fu said from the side: "Isn't it true? Yesterday, Ji Zhi just came to the university hall and immediately asked me for news about you."
"That's for sure!" Zhang Jian said, "It's not easy to find scientific and technological talents in China these days. I have been starting a yarn factory for several years, and I understand how far we are from Western countries. All the machinery in the factory is purchased from England.
In our country, we can’t understand the principles of a simple spinning machine, let alone warships and cannons.”
Zhang Jian is now considered one of the few "sober people in the world" in the late Qing Dynasty.
At the beginning, his Dasheng Cotton Mill almost failed to get off the ground. The financing that several officials had agreed on suddenly disappeared. Fortunately, Zhang Jian followed Shen Jingfu's suggestion and went into full-scale production without waiting for funds. Then he used the income from selling cotton yarn to go into full-scale production.
Buy cotton to keep the lights on.
Fortunately, in the following months, the cotton yarn market was promising, and the cotton mill's funds continued to expand. Not only was the yarn mill able to produce normally, but it also had a slight balance at the end of the year. Dasheng Cotton Mill survived.
This approach is not surprising in later generations. The most typical example is the group of people who used to speculate in real estate off-plan...
Li Yu admitted: "The gap is indeed huge, but many people still fail to face the gap."
Zhang Jian sighed: "Not only have they not faced up to the gap, many people have even chosen to give up, thinking that they are inferior to foreigners."
Yan Fu was also deeply touched by this: "Many people are really afraid."
"That's why I said it's not easy with you," Zhang Jian said. "After all, it makes us understand that Chinese people can still learn the most difficult Western learning, which is really exciting! To be honest, I just founded a Tongzhou Normal University last year
In school, I often tell students to actively study Western learning, follow the example of Mr. Li Yu, and strive to catch up."
In later generations, Tongzhou Normal School, together with the Beijing Normal University Normal School and the Nanyang Public School Normal School, were recognized as the three origins of Chinese normal education.
It is also the predecessor of later schools such as Yangzhou University and Nantong University.
Li Yu was well aware of the difficulty of running a Western school at this time: "Mr. General Office worked tirelessly. It will be more beneficial if more engineering subjects can be provided."
Zhang Jian said helplessly: "I also understand this truth, but now it is extremely difficult to establish science-related disciplines. The funds required are much higher than those of classics, history, and foreign languages. I don't know much about various equipment; the most important thing is now
There are simply not a few people who understand Western learning to teach me."
Li Yu also sighed: "We can only take our time and start from the simple side."
"Yes," Zhang Jian continued, "I have now established the idea of 'father's education, mother's industry'. You cannot let go of either, otherwise you will be a lame walking on one leg."
Li Yu gave a thumbs up: "Grab it with both hands, both hands must be strong!"
Zhang Jian also imitated him and gave a thumbs up: "The young gentleman's words are extraordinary and his summary is accurate."
Li Yu said with a smile: "I also heard what others said. But speaking of it, now Zhang Zhitai and others are trying their best to develop the mining and steel industries, while Mr. General Office is focusing on the cotton spinning industry, one is light and the other is heavy. On the road of industry, they are both skilled
Caught."
Zhang Jian said: "I once studied the development history of Western countries, and it seems that they started from the textile industry; while heavy industries such as steel and coal are the most important weapons of the country, neither can be relaxed, so that we can exercise full economic power.
I figured out this cotton-iron doctrine by myself, what do you think, sir?"
Li Yu didn't expect Zhang Jian to ask for his opinion, so he said: "It's very appropriate! We are now poor and weak, so we can only concentrate our efforts on making breakthroughs in the most critical areas. The cotton textile industry can connect industry and agriculture, which is very suitable for our situation.
."
"Heroes see the same thing," Zhang Jian said cheerfully. "It's rare to meet someone who can understand a conversation in just a few words. The young gentleman is indeed well-deserved."
Li Yu said humbly: "Mr., you are overly praised."
Li Yu still admired Zhang Jian.
He was the first scholar in the imperial examination, and if he wanted to be an official, he could definitely become an important minister of the court, but he was willing to leave officialdom and start a business. In the current situation of the late Qing Dynasty, this was such a great courage.
What's more, in addition to the most well-known title of "the first industrialist in modern times", Zhang Jian also participated in the founding of many universities.
He participated in the founding of Fudan University, Tongji University, Southeast University, Hohai University, etc. which will become famous in later generations!
At this time, in addition to the Dasheng Cotton Mill, Zhang Jian's subordinates also reclaimed coastal wastelands and built the raw cotton base of the cotton mill - the Tonghai Reclamation and Animal Husbandry Company with more than 100,000 acres of cultivated land; there are also flour mills, oil mills, and smelting mills.
Factory etc.
It turned the Tangjiazha area in Nantong into an industrial zone.
Zhang Jian asked again: "Are you also going to Japan to participate in the Quanye Expo?"
Li Yu nodded: "Not only me, but also the Capital University will select five people to go together."
"Very good, everyone should go out and study more." Zhang Jian said.
It is quite relevant for Zhang Jian to participate in this expo. After all, the Quanye Expo is mainly an exhibition related to industry and agriculture.
Li Yu thought of this and asked: "Our exhibits have also set off?"
Zhang Jian said: "We have almost arrived in Osaka. Although there are many exhibits selected from Sichuan, Jiangsu, Hubei and other places, they are mostly porcelain, fabrics, tea, etc. Everyone knows that there are no industrial products, but they also want to use the expo to