Uchida Yasuya said to Zai Zhen again: "Master Beizi, you understand art, how do you judge it?"
Zai Zhen didn't dare to express any opinions, he hesitated: "I, I don't know anything about Western painting. Imperial Master, Imperial Master, you can tell me about the paintings you brought!"
Zai Zhen hurriedly pushed Li Yu out.
Li Yu was also a little tired of Tsarist Russia's "yellow peril theory". He knew very well that these foreign politicians would do whatever it took to pursue their own interests, without considering the Chinese people at all. They were all dressed up and talking like flies on a cake, which was particularly disgusting.
Li Yu said bluntly: "Although art is sometimes not easy to judge, we are talking about works of the same grade. The so-called 'Yellow Peril' in front of us, from the perspective of our Chinese painting, has completely lost its intention. The intention is low,
No matter what, the work cannot be considered elegant. Looking at this painting by Mr. Repin, who dares to say that the quality is not good enough?"
Thanks to the fact that Repin is also a Russian painter, the Russian Minister Resal said: "Of course there is no doubt about it, Mr. Repin. But you said that the painting "Yellow Peril" had a low intention. How low is it?"
Li Yu sneered: "The so-called 'Yellow Peril' theory is based on the standpoint of Europeans. Since there is a 'Yellow Peril' theory, for Asians and Native Americans, the 'White Peril' is the real disaster! Again!
The author said, wouldn’t it be an insult to your own knowledge to put forward such a ridiculous point of view with a simple one-sided statement?”
Li Yu's words are inspiring. Europe and the United States have indeed always discussed the world from their own standpoints. Even the great discoveries of navigation were from their own perspectives. The American continent was there hundreds of millions of years ago. Is there any need for the so-called "discovery"?
In his last life, Li Yu particularly hated the way Europe and the United States were self-righteous. They had the right to speak and said whatever they said. Even the definition of beauty and ugliness had to be decided by them. It was really annoying.
Uchida Yasuya saw that Li Yu dared to say such a thing, and thought to himself that it turned out that Konoe Akiyuki's report was correct, and Li Yu really wanted Russia to lose.
He immediately waved the banner to Li Yu and shouted: "Well said! Sir is indeed a scientific giant! He is also an outstanding writer who can write best-selling science fiction. His artistic level is really high! I don't know how many times higher than some people!"
American Minister Connor quickly changed the subject: "Scientific culture is the most important culture today. As a super star of science, Mr. Li Yu, I think what he said is worth pondering for everyone. As for Ambassador Resal and Minister Uchida, please don't...
…”
Before Connor could finish speaking, Russian Minister Resal interrupted him and said dissatisfied: "This is not an absurd point of view. Mr. Malthus's "On Population" has long said that population increases according to a geometric progression.
The means of living can only increase by an arithmetic progression. The oppression of food production areas, hunger and uncontrollable population will eat everything up. As we all know, the population of Asia far exceeds the population of Europe, so the source of the Yellow Peril is here!
"
Li Yu sighed, afraid of such a forced interpretation with little knowledge. This is the same thing as that nonsense "Social Darwinism".
Li Yu said: "I don't know if you have read "Theory of Population" in its entirety, or if you understand what geometric series and arithmetic series are, but I have proposed many models in my chaos theory, among which
There are population growth models.”
There is indeed a population growth model in the chaos model, which is the famous "logistic equation". Its period-doubling bifurcation diagram is very clever and is a perfect example of the combination of chaos and fractals.
A simple understanding is that chaos is order within chaos, not a mess.
The derivation of the logistic equation is not complicated. Just looking at the mathematics part, it is a very simple iterative equation of a geometric sequence, which can be understood by the first year of high school or even junior high school mathematics level.
But Li Yu was able to draw it so early only because of the calculator in his hand, otherwise he would have died just relying on hand calculations.
At least the chaos is hidden.
In short, it is a typical example of fractal and chaos, explaining the sentence "fractal is the description of chaos in space, and chaos is the manifestation of fractal in time."
This sentence is quite important. Li Yu plans to show it to Einstein in the future. He will definitely like it.
Resal asked: "So can you explain the difference between the Malthusian catastrophe and the Yellow Peril theory?"
Li Yu sneered and said: "Mr. Ambassador, I don't know whether you are pretending to understand or are you deliberately confusing the concepts? What is the difference between a 'Malthusian Trap' and a 'Malthusian Disaster'? You'd better understand it yourself first, otherwise it will make people laugh.
"
Ambassador Resal's face turned red. He didn't expect that Li Yu was a sensible person and even knew something about population theory.
In fact, the Chinese people really know a little bit...
Moreover, Li Yu has studied the chaos model of population growth. It is impossible for Resal and others to debate with him on this aspect.
Resal was a little speechless. If he were alone with Li Yu, he could still use sophistry to get through it.
But now that ministers from various countries are present, it is a bit inappropriate to quibble in such an occasion. Others will laugh at you behind your back, which will harm the face of a country.
Because quibbles can only be used when the situation is evenly matched, or when there is an absolute advantage.
When evenly matched, you can use sophistry to disrupt the opponent's thinking;
In the case of absolute advantage, you can directly turn black into white.
Li Yu had seen this kind of thing too many times in his previous life.
Although Li Yu didn't understand diplomatic methods, how could he be lower than anyone else in terms of knowledge? Otherwise, as a time traveler, the development of mankind over the past hundred years would have been in vain.
"Ahem!" American Minister Connor coughed twice, attracting the attention of the audience. As the owner of the salon, he said loudly, "Let's skip the free discussion stage and enjoy an opera performance by the Italian Ambassador."
If this discussion continues, the atmosphere of the salon will change again.
French Minister Lupin smiled and said: "It's great. You can still hear opera in the capital. It's exciting just thinking about it. This is much more pleasant than the sad politics."
Connor said: "Yes, and today's performance is Mr. Puccini's "Nessun Dorma"! He even came to the scene!"
French Minister Lu Ban sang with him: "It's very interesting. Zai Zhenbeizi also brought the excellent Peking Opera performing artist Yang Xiaolou. Today, I can enjoy the best stage performances from the East and the West at the same time. My trip is not in vain!"
The United States is rich and powerful. This newly built embassy is quite large and has a small performance hall.
Only then did Li Yu see a middle-aged man in his forties sitting silently in the corner, who seemed to be Puccini himself.
Most of Puccini's works were before 1904. After this year, he created less and less, but became more and more interested in racing.
The minister and his wives began to walk towards the performance hall.
Puccini walked up to Li Yu with a smile: "You really did not disappoint me. Your performance is worthy of being called a scientific giant."
"Are you Mr. Puccini?" Li Yu asked.
Puccini said: "It's me."
Li Yu shook hands with him: "It's an honor to meet you."
"I'm honored too," Puccini said, "Let's watch the show together. I'm tired of discussing politics, so I just saw a bear and a wild boar fighting, so I chose to remain silent."
"Your choice is wise," Li Yu said with a smile, "but I didn't expect you to come to the capital in person."
Puccini said: "I have always been very interested in Eastern art. It happened that I watched the now extremely best-selling Star Wars series, which made me want to meet you, a magical Oriental."
Li Yu smiled and said, "I think your trip will be worthwhile."
"I came to China for another purpose," Puccini said. "I once read an Arabic storybook, One Thousand and One Days, in which there was a story called "Calaf and the Chinese Princess."
Since then, an idea has been lingering in my mind to create a new opera with a Chinese background."
Note that "One Thousand and One Days" is not the same as the more famous "One Thousand and One Nights".
Li Yu only knew that the level of opera in Italy was quite high, and he also knew about Puccini himself, but he had not heard it a few times, so he asked: "In the story you mentioned, is the princess's name Turandot?"
Puccini nodded: "Yes, it's called Turandot. It's a story about the royal family of the Yuan Dynasty. Unfortunately, my understanding of Chinese culture is not deep enough, so I thought it would be better to come directly."
Good guy, it really is "Turandot".
The content of this opera is actually the China imagined by Westerners, and many places are not that Chinese at all.
I wonder if Puccini will gain anything from this personal visit to China.
The two of them sat side by side and watched this performance, which included Italian opera and Chinese Peking opera, and it was indeed a very audio-visual impact.
It's a very typical collision of Eastern and Western cultures.
When it comes to stage performances, everyone really has his own merits.
Puccini said: "This kind of original oriental costumes and stories are very helpful to my creation. I just wonder if I will be lucky enough to go to the Forbidden City to see it?"
Li Yu said: "I can't say for sure, but in fact you can get a glimpse of some Chinese architecture by going to some large princes' palaces and Confucius temples."
Puccini asked again: "Where is the Great Wall? Can I go there?"
Li Yu said: "It's possible, but the distance is very difficult."
As we all know, the Qing Dynasty basically did not repair the Great Wall because for the Qing Dynasty, the Great Wall had lost its most important defense and early warning significance.
The Qing Dynasty's national policy has always been to make peace with Mongolia. They have very good relations with Mongolia and are not worried about the northern border issue.
But the Great Wall is no longer in use. Over the past two hundred years, the roads around the Great Wall have almost disappeared, turning it into a wilderness.
Puccini said: "No matter how difficult it is, I will go and take a look, otherwise I may never have a chance in this life."
Li Yu thought for a while and said: "It is indeed worth seeing. It looks definitely much more majestic than the Seven Wonders of the West."
Puccini became even more eager to try it after hearing it, and planned to contact the explorer to go to the Great Wall that day.
Because in his opinion, the palace can be visited at any time, but the somewhat dangerous Great Wall is more challenging.
At this time, there was still a lot of "adventure" thinking among Westerners, especially the vast land of China with a long history, which was very attractive.
The performance was a success, thanks to the top Italian opera and the performance of a famous actor like Yang Xiaolou. Even the Japanese and Russian ministers almost forgot about the heated argument just now.
Afterwards, Russian Minister Resal secretly found Li Yu and said to him: "Mr. Imperial Master, I have no intention of targeting you. I hope our future cooperation will not be affected."
Li Yu made it clear that for them, the Yellow Peril theory was just an excuse, and interests came first.
The Russian minister still hoped to win over Li Yu because the radio was really easy to use.
It is a pity that the Russian military and government still do not attach as much importance to radio as the Japanese.
Li Yu could see the situation clearly, not to mention that he had to rely on Russia to consume Japan as much as possible on the battlefield, so he replied: "It's just a debate, not a war."
Resal said happily: "The emperor's belly can hold a boat! I admire him!"
After Resal left, Japanese Minister Uchida Yasuya naturally came to Li Yu and said, "Mr. Emperor, your speech moved me very much. This is the time when we yellow people should unite together."
Li Yu said: "I have already said that I don't like racial theory, it is just an academic discussion."
Uchida Yasuya said: "Then your academic level has helped me a lot in a fair situation. I don't know how to thank you!"
Thinking that his suggestion might cause Japan to suffer a large number of casualties on the battlefield, Li Yu replied uncertainly: "You're welcome!"