Dimensional Bookstore

Le Jing finally met Lin Qiaosheng's employer. His name was Liang Huaming. He looked fat and white, and smiled like a Maitreya Buddha. He was a kind middle-aged man.

Liang Huaming touched the sapphire finger on his thumb and looked at Le Jing with an inquiring look: "I heard that Xiaolin said you have something to do with me. What is it?"

Lin Qiaosheng spoke vaguely, saying only that he had a friend who wanted to ask him for something, but he didn't say what it was. If it weren't for Lin Qiaosheng's hard work and the fact that everyone is an overseas Chinese and should help each other, he would really not be willing to meet someone whose identity is unknown.

He calmly looked at the young man sitting in front of him - he looked elegant and handsome, had an elegant and gentle temperament, sat in a regular posture, and looked very well-educated. He likes scholars, and his impression of this young man has also improved a lot. He secretly decided in his heart that as long as this young man's matter was not too troublesome, he would help if he could.

The young man looked up at him seriously and said solemnly: "I know this request is very presumptuous, but I hope you can arrange for me to meet Mr. Tan Kah Kee."

Liang Huaming raised his eyebrows, a little surprised and a little curious: "What do you want from Mr. Chen?"

"I have something I want to give to Mr. Chen." The young man pursed his lips and his eyes were astonishingly bright. "This matter is related to the fate of the country and the people's livelihood, so I must hand it over to Mr. Chen in person."

Liang Huaming smiled, a little carelessly. This young man was young, but his tone was not small. Perhaps they came to Mr. Chen for help with the dream of saving the country, or they simply wanted to make use of Mr. Chen's fame to become famous. He has seen many people like this.

Le Jing knew Liang Huaming didn't believe him when he saw his smile. This is also normal. He didn't expect to easily win his trust with these few words.

He came fully prepared this time.

"Mr. Liang." Le Jing raised the corners of his mouth, intertwined his fingers on his knees, and looked at Liang Huaming calmly, "Do you know TV?"

Of course Liang Huaming knows about television. This is foreigners' stuff. It is said to allow people to see images from far away places, like a shadow puppet show. He has also watched "A Brief Talk on Television"①, about radio and electromagnetic waves, which made his head spin. No wonder China can't make it, only foreigners can.

In response to Liang Huaming's answer, the young man showed a sly smile. He waved his hand and said: "Who said we can't make it in China? I have all the technology for TV manufacturing. As long as I do it as required, let alone the current black and white TV , even color TVs can be made! By then, the TVs we produce can generate a lot of foreign exchange for the country!”

Liang Huaming stared at the young man talking in stunned silence. At first, he tried to ask the young man a few questions to test him. Later, he listened intently to the professional terms one after another from the young man's mouth, and became more and more silent.

Today, the mountains and rivers are broken, the current situation is turbulent, there are Japanese pirates outside and national thieves inside. It seems that China, a huge country, has been humiliated by a small country. Liang Huaming feels that even if he dies, he will not be able to face his ancestors.

But the country is poor and weak, and he is just a businessman, so what can he do?

The British, French, Germans, Americans, Russians, Italians, Austrians, Japanese, people from any country can take a bite of China, and people from any country can show off their power on the land of China. Whether at home or abroad, the Chinese are third-class citizens.

This is China! During the Han Dynasty, the Xiongnu were expelled, during the Tang Dynasty, all nations came to the dynasty, during the Yuan Dynasty, they attacked Europe, and during the Ming Dynasty, Zheng He's voyages to the West were China! She has 5,000 years of civilization and 5,000 years of culture. She is not one of those small countries with no status, so why has it fallen to this point?

They said that it was the weakness, corruption, and corruption of the Qing government that led to the country's poverty and weakness, as well as foreign humiliations and invasions. But haven’t they all overthrown the emperor now? Isn’t it now a Han government? Why, why are they still being bullied and invaded by little Japan?

Liang Huaming couldn't figure it out and couldn't understand it.

But the only thing he understood was that China was too poor now. The troops were fighting on hungry stomachs, and the people were either killed by the Japanese or starved to death. And if what this young man said is true, then television can create a lot of foreign exchange for the country. By then, it will not be impossible to drive away the Japanese and recreate the glory of the Han and Tang Dynasties!

So even if this young man is just a liar who talks a lot, he doesn't know how to make TV, and Liang Huaming admits it.

He was not convinced by the young man, he was convinced by the 'hope' in his heart.

"I hope what you said is true." Liang Huaming took a deep look at Le Jing. There was hope and longing in his eyes that he didn't even notice. It was like a drowning man finding the last life-saving straw, which is enough to make the most hard-hearted person people are moved.

"So I will introduce you to Mr. Chen, and I hope you won't disappoint me." He stood up, extended his hand to Le Jing, and couldn't help but ask: "You can't, right?"

Le Jing tightly held the big calloused hand and said seriously, "Of course."

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Le Jing did not expect that he would meet Mr. Tan Kah Kee under such circumstances.

After leaving Liang Huaming, he returned to the store and waited for the opportunity that Liang Huaming would create to meet Mr. Chen.

What he didn't expect was that Mr. Chen came to his store just like that. He was driving in a light car, alone, and dressed simply. He looked no different from any kind and ordinary old man on the roadside.

Of course, Le Jing did not recognize him as the famous Tan Kah Kee. He had only seen a middle-aged photo of Tan Kah Kee in a history book. In the black-and-white photo, he was wearing a light-colored suit, looking calmly ahead, with an indescribable dignity and steadiness on his square face. He was completely different from the thin old man who came to the store.

So he just closed the book in his hand and greeted him warmly: "Welcome, what book do you want?"

The old man was leaning on a cane, and his curious eyes cast on the cover of the book he closed, and asked: "What book is this?"

Le Jing handed him the book in his hand and said: "This is a science fiction novel written by a Japanese writer named Tsutsui Yasutaka."

Tan Kah Kee took the book and couldn't help frowning when he saw the title of the book. At the same time, the voice of the young man sounded: "The name is "Everything Sinks Except Japan." "

This name, coupled with the author's Japanese identity, immediately made Tan Kah Kee have a bad association. His expression suddenly turned cold, and his voice was low: "The Japanese are really crazy! Do they want to swallow up the whole world? Aren't they afraid of choking to death!"

Le Jing smiled. Indeed, everyone who first came into contact with this novel would have the same idea as this old man. They would all think that this is just a Japanese YY fantasy history.

But this book is the work of Yasutaka Tsutsui, one of the "Three Great SF" in the Japanese science fiction world. In 1974, this novel won the Nebula Award, the highest award for Japanese science fiction literature. So the core of its story is not just as simple as the Japanese's arrogant fantasy. On the contrary, this book fully exposes the narrow-minded, arrogant, selfish and other national bad qualities of the Japanese. It is completely the most pungent and sharp ridicule of the Japanese nation in the guise of comedy, which is completely the same as Takahashi Shiki's "Ugly Japanese".

Since ancient times, only people of the same nation can see through the bad qualities of their own nation and give sharp, ruthless and incisive criticism. For example, "Ugly Chinese" written by Chinese, "Ugly Americans" written by Americans, and "Ugly Koreans" written by Chinese Koreans.

"You misunderstood, the author is not talking about such a thing."

So Le Jing told the old man the plot of "Everything Sinks Except Japan".

"Everything Sinks Except Japan" fictionally tells such a story: all countries in the world except Japan sank into the sea, Japan became the only land in the world, refugees from all over the world were concentrated in Japan, food was scarce, land was tight, and the Japanese had an overwhelming sense of superiority. The heads of all countries fawned on the Japanese Prime Minister, all foreigners had to learn the Japanese language, culture and customs, and even the American superstars who could call the wind and rain had to play cannon fodder in Japanese monster special effects dramas in order to survive... The Japanese Prime Minister thought he was the master of the world, arrogant and arrogant, and then when the fantasy reached its peak, Japan also sank, and the whole earth turned into an ocean.

Throughout the novel, there are no survivors or saviors. What is there is only the national inferiority of the Japanese exposed in the face of disaster, which shows the disgusting characteristics of the narrow-minded, closed, arrogant and greedy Japanese nation.

After listening to this, Chen Jiageng finally laughed out loud. He raised the book in his hand to Le Jing and said with a smile: "It seems that I have to buy this book."

Le Jing smiled and said: "Thank you for your patronage. A total of two yuan."

Chen Jiageng paid the bill neatly. He picked up the book, but he was not in a hurry to leave. Instead, he asked abruptly: "What is the TV you just mentioned?"

Le Jing didn't care too much. Today, television is really a new thing. Today's television can only transmit simple pictures and signals. It was not until 1940 that the United States built the world's first real television set, and broadcast the first commercial TV GG in 1941. Color television did not come out until 1954. As for China, it was even later. It was not until 1958 that my country imitated the first black-and-white TV set, and it was not until 1970 that color TV sets were available.

Now, although there are newspapers and books in China that popularize television, only some people who pay attention to cutting-edge scientific information know about it. It is not surprising that the old man does not know about it.

So Le Jing simply explained it to him. After listening, the old man nodded, looked at him and said in a shocking way: "Then can you make it?"

Le Jing felt something was wrong. He looked at the old man carefully for a long time and asked suspiciously: "Who are you?"

"I am Tan Kah Kee." Tan Kah Kee said lightly: "Aren't you looking for me? Here I come."

Le Jing was stunned for a moment. This was different from his original idea, but it would undoubtedly make it easier for him to show it next.

Le Jing quickly walked out of the counter and closed the door directly. Tan Kah Kee's expression was calm, and there was no trace of joy or anger.

Le Jing bowed slightly to the old man respectfully and said, "I am Le Jing." He stood up and said straight to the point, "I called you here because I have something to give you."

Tan Kah Kee glanced at Keynes, and Le Jing immediately said, "He is one of us, don't worry."

Tan Kah Kee shook his head and said, "If what you said is true, then I don't trust any foreigner." He stared at Le Jing, his eyes as sharp as a knife, and he was intimidating without anger, "Do you understand?"

Le Jing was silent for a moment, and looked at Keynes apologetically: "Sorry..."

"It's okay." Keynes interrupted him before he finished speaking, "I'll guard the door for you."

After he opened the door and went out, Tan Kah Kee relaxed a little. Whether he was narrow-minded or suspicious, he always believed that "those who are not of my kind must have different hearts." Especially at such a tense juncture, carelessness is not allowed.

Le Jing smiled helplessly: "I didn't expect you to come alone."

"I just want to see what kind of person you are." Tan Kah Kee said: "If you don't meet my expectations, then I will only be an ordinary guest, and the next meeting will naturally be impossible."

"So now it seems that I have passed the test?" Le Jing asked with a smile.

Tan Kah Kee smiled and shook his head: "I only believe in evidence. If you can't give me evidence that you can make a TV, then I won't invest in you."

Le Jing laughed: "You misunderstood. I can't make a TV, and I don't plan to make one. I just happen to have some information about TV manufacturing technology, so I want to give it to you, and you can find other professionals to make it."

Tan Kah Kee raised his eyebrows at the word "give", and asked with interest: "Then can I see this information?"

"Of course." Le Jing agreed readily, and then looked at him with a wry smile, "But I'm afraid you have to help me, there are a lot of information."

If Keynes hadn't been sent out, it would be most appropriate for him to move it.

Then Tan Kah Kee and Le Jing panted and moved one big box after another from the warehouse in the bookstore. Even though Le Jing had tried his best to take care of him, he was still so tired that he could hardly stand up.

He sat on a stool, panting as he looked at the dozens of large boxes in front of him, and asked in surprise: "Are all of these?"

"No." Le Jing shook his head, "Only some of them are."

The young man shuttled among dozens of boxes, pointing to each box and saying: "This is information about the invention and extraction of the antibiotic penicillin. It can reduce inflammation and kill bacteria, and accelerate wound healing."

Since Fleming invented penicillin in 1928, the purification and application technology of penicillin has saved countless lives in Western countries on the battlefields of World War II. However, penicillin is only provided to Western countries first. Domestic penicillin is not only scarce, but also expensive, and its preciousness is comparable to gold. Many soldiers can only wait to die after being injured due to lack of medical care and medicine. It was not until 1944 that China independently developed penicillin, and penicillin really played a huge role on the battlefields of China.

It is now 1938, and it was not until 1943 that penicillin was officially used on the battlefield under the promotion of American pharmaceutical companies.

China had enough penicillin in the war of resistance, which could save at least millions of lives.

"This is the production technical data of the Chicago typewriter."

The Chicago typewriter is a submachine gun. It got its name because the sound it made when it was fired was like a typewriter. It was one of the main light weapons of the US Army during World War II. It was many times more superior to the foreign guns and local artillery of the Eighth Route Army in China.

"This is the technical data of the world's first synthetic fiber, polyamide fiber. Its most outstanding advantage is that it has higher wear resistance than all other fibers, 10 times higher than cotton and 20 times higher than wool. Adding a little polyamide fiber to the blended fabric can greatly improve its wear resistance; when stretched to 6%, the elastic recovery rate can reach 100%; it can withstand tens of thousands of folds without breaking.③"

Polyamide fiber, commonly known as nylon. It was publicly announced by the manufacturer on October 27, 1938, and was made into nylon stockings and sold publicly after 1939, causing a sensation. It has a wide range of applications, and clothing products are just the most inconspicuous one. It is a good material for replacing steel, iron, copper and other metals with plastic, and is an important engineering plastic. During World War II, the nylon industry was turned to military fields such as parachutes, aircraft tires, and cord fabrics. In 1958, my country successfully imitated nylon, namely "nylon", which had very important national defense and military uses for the then poor New China.

"This is a counterfeit method for the Japanese yen."

With this, inflation and banknote depreciation in Japan can be caused, causing the collapse of the domestic monetary system and the collapse of the economic market in Japan, which is the most deadly economic sanction.

"This is the technical means of production of air conditioning."

In 1902, the first modern, electric-driven air conditioning system was invented by Willis Carrier, and air conditioning was not truly used for humans until 1924. Le Jing puts all the information from bulky central air conditioners to modern desktop and cabinet air conditioners here.

"This is the technical means of production of wireless walkie-talkies. With it on the battlefield, the two armies can communicate and exchange intelligence several kilometers apart."

Motorola, USA, 1936. The company developed the first mobile radio communication product, the "Patrol Brand" AM car radio receiver, and the handheld two-way radio AM walkie-talkie was born in 1940, weighing 2 kilograms and with a range of 6 kilometers. It is simply incomparable to the lightweight walkie-talkies that modern security guards carry in their hands.

"This is the production technical data of televisions."

It includes not only black and white televisions, but also color televisions and even LCD televisions.

These inventions from the future were carefully selected by Le Jing. Some of them can create a lot of foreign exchange for the country, some can enhance national strength, some can be used for military, and some can save millions of lives. They are the most urgent and most needed inventions in China today. Other inventions such as computers, the Internet, mobile phones, genetic engineering, and 3D printing are advanced technologies for China today. China does not have sufficient material and human resources to waste here, so Le Jing simply did not take them out.

And these are all recorded in the book "∞" that he summarized in the end of the world. In modern society, he specially printed out the most useful part of them in case he used them in other planes at some time.

And it turned out that he was right. He really used them here.

The young man smiled slightly, with a sincere and determined look between his eyebrows. He calmly said to the stunned Chen Lao: "I dedicate all this to you and the country."

"I only ask for the expulsion of the Japanese invaders, national independence, national liberation, and people's freedom and equality."

Chen Lao rubbed his face fiercely, opening and closing his lips, not knowing what to say. Finally, he ruffled his neat hair and uttered a swear word.

He looked up at Le Jing, as if he was looking at a terrible monster.

Le Jing considerately kept silent, leaving Chen Lao time to sort out his emotions.

After a while, Mr. Chen finally calmed down. He looked at Le Jing with a serious face: "What you just said, is it true?"

"Really."

"Where did you get these from?"

Le Jing was silent for a while, and sighed helplessly: "I don't want to lie to you, but if I tell you the truth, you may not believe it."

"If you don't tell me, how do you know whether I believe it or not?"

"Then have you read a British science fiction novel "The Time Machine"? "

Mr. Chen shook his head honestly: "I haven't read this book."

So Le Jing could only explain to him the concept of the time machine in the book.

Mr. Chen has been working in the business world for a lifetime and has seen all kinds of storms. When he heard Le Jing say this, he quickly understood what he meant. He looked at Le Jing in disbelief and asked, "You mean, you are like the scientist in "The Time Machine", who went back to the past from the future through a time machine?"

Le Jing nodded, "That's about it." The young man's amber eyes shone brightly under the light, and he raised the corners of his lips to reveal a naughty smile, "Formally introduce, I am the time traveler Le Jing, from China in 2018."

Mr. Chen looked at him as if he was looking at a madman.

Le Jing touched his nose helplessly, and he knew that Mr. Chen would not believe him easily.

It is better to say that if he believed it easily, Le Jing would be disappointed.

So he calmly invited Mr. Chen upstairs and showed him modern technology such as TV, refrigerator, air conditioner, computer, etc.

Mr. Chen looked dazed, and it was obvious that he had suffered a great ideological shock. He went downstairs in a trance, and sat on the stool in a daze, not knowing what day it was.

Le Jing calmly watched with a cup of tea.

He had carefully considered the decision to tell Mr. Chen everything.

First, Mr. Chen's loyalty to the motherland was backed by history books. Second, Mr. Chen was highly respected, and was the future chairman of the Nanyang Chinese Association, and had close ties with the top leaders of the two parties in the country. He had enough manpower and material resources to make the means of production provided by Le Jing come true. Third, he did not want to be treated as a madman by Mr. Chen and neglect these materials.

He hoped that these materials could be used well, and he hoped that these materials could help this country, which had fallen for too long, to stand up again.

After an unknown amount of time, Tan Kah Kee finally came to his senses. The old eyes that looked at Le Jing suddenly burst into rainbow-like hope and bright light, and he couldn't wait to ask: "How will China be after 80 years?!"

Le Jing's eyes curved into beautiful crescents, and his smile was gentle and comfortable. He stood up straight, looked at the old man who had been worried about the fate of the motherland all his life, and answered loudly: "The mountains and rivers are still there, and the country is peaceful and the people are safe!"

"This prosperous age is as you wish!"

Tan Kah Kee let out a long cry, tears streaming down his face, and said in a hoarse voice: "Good!"

The author has something to say:

Thank you for your concern yesterday. I also deeply understand my poor alcohol sensitivity, so I will definitely not drink at all in the future. To be honest, I have never been used to drinking alcohol. I feel that no matter what kind of alcohol, even wine, it is bitter and the alcohol tastes so hard to drink＿（：з”∠）＿

①In April 1933, the first book written by a Chinese named "TV" "A Brief Introduction to Television" was published by Zhonghua Book Company.

②Tsutsui Yasutaka, a senior nitpicker. I am not afraid of nitpickers, but I am afraid that nitpickers are educated. Back then, Komatsu Sakyo wrote "Japan Sinks", and Tsutsui wrote "Everything Outside Japan Sinks". Then they both won the 1974 Japan Nebula Award for novels and short stories. After Oe Kenzaburo wrote "The Football Team of the Year of Man'en", he had to write "The Rugby Team of the Year of Man'en"; the society advocated feminism, and he had to write "The Prosperity and Collapse of the Women's Rights Country" in the 1970s to sneer; the society promoted smoking bans, and Tsutsui, who was a smoker, wrote "The Last Smoker" - but it was remade by "The Wonderful World" because it was too exciting.

What’s even more annoying is that he has a super high IQ of 178. When he was young, he was a rebellious person. Sometimes he wanted to be an actor, sometimes he wanted to be a writer. Then he became famous in every field. When he was an actor, he even said, “There is Nakadai Tatsuya in the east and Yasutaka Tsutsui in the west.”

Well, I have said so much, and you may not know who he is. Then I will tell you about one of his works and you will understand. “The Girl Who Leapt Through Time” is based on his novel of the same name (…)

Yes, he is so awesome. He can write both science fiction and girly novels (…)

If you are interested, you can search for him. He can be said to be a winner in life＿（：з”∠）＿

There is a movie of “Everything Sinks Except Japan”, and the author also has a cameo in it. However, Douban’s score is not high, probably because of the subject matter (…) To be honest, I want to give it a low score just for the name.

③Excerpt from Baidu Encyclopedia.