CHAPTER 774: CHAPTER 255: MONUMENTAL PRESTIGE

Even in situations like this, there are still people who think English is the most efficient language system! It’s simply foolish! This writing system is extremely unfriendly.

I believe that after your civilization experienced explosive growth, entering a rapid decline is one of the main reasons! I saw a report saying that thirty percent of adults in English-speaking countries have reading difficulties.

Is this your problem? No, it isn’t! It’s a problem with your language system. The ones who designed your language were too foolish, creating artificial obstacles that skyrocketed the difficulty of reading for ordinary people!

So if you want to change this, the first thing to do isn’t to ignore the effect of sports. You should reform your script first! You need to make the writing more suitable for reading to cultivate more scientists!

If you don’t believe it, you can check history. Look at what we did after the establishment of New Huaxia! That’s right, we simplified Chinese characters.

We turned the difficult-to-learn traditional characters into easy-to-learn simplified characters. This is what led to our technological explosion. Look at the regions still insisting on using traditional characters; haven’t they fallen behind in the technological competition over the decades!

Especially since there are no spelling errors in Chinese, no plural changes, and various tenses can be distinguished with simple context, reading difficulties are very rare in Huaxia!"

When Qiao Yu said these words so convincingly, the international broadcast chatroom’s comments exploded exponentially!

Obviously, what Qiao Yu said struck a chord with many people.

Is English hard to learn? Actually, it’s not really that difficult...

As long as you’ve memorized enough vocabulary, the grammar is really simple. Even if you don’t understand grammar at all, as long as your vocabulary is sufficient, at least listening and speaking won’t be a problem.

A little-known fact, everyone can understand basic sentence structures; daily communication doesn’t require overly complex grammar.

But the problem is, there are just too damn many words. Unknown fact, English has a total vocabulary of over twenty thousand words...

Even if you don’t need that many for daily life, you still need to memorize at least four or five thousand words to manage everyday conversations.

Qiao Yu’s remarks undoubtedly opened a new world for many people in English-speaking countries.

It’s simply too reasonable! As expected from the youngest Fields Medal winner in history, undoubtedly the smartest person in the world, his insights are spot on.

If we could really reform it like this, making English concise, it would indeed mean memorizing far fewer words!

For instance, just the days of the week and the months would mean memorizing more than a dozen fewer words! And they’d be easy to understand!

How come no one thought of such a simple reason before?

It can only be said that if Qiao Yu hadn’t become so famous lately, combined with Huaxia’s rapid development over the past few decades, this wouldn’t have resonated so much with the foreigners.

But all these conditions happen to be in place, and Qiao Yu had just demonstrated to these foreigners what a technological downgrade is. In such a situation, these foreigners genuinely couldn’t help but be convinced.

"It makes so much sense! I only thought that people were deceiving us with false information! But I never thought they were so evil, making it difficult for us from the start with language creation!"

"I’m a person with reading difficulties; when I read content exceeding a thousand words, it feels particularly hard for me. Meanwhile, none of my friends in Huaxia have this issue.

I always thought it was my problem, but today I finally realized it’s not entirely my fault. This damn language has troubled me for so long! Maybe I should start learning Chinese today!"

"WTF! It hit me right in the feels, this damn English. I often get mocked for misspelling a word, but actually, eighty percent of the words are meaningless! There are clearly simpler ways to express things!"

...

Qiao Yu discovered that his casual claim about many Western adults still having reading difficulties was true.

Because the comment section really exploded!

Too many people resonated with it. But he was just casually bantering.

When he was learning English, he knew that the naming of weekdays was, in fact, a cultural extension. For instance, Monday represents the Moon, Tuesday represents Mars, Wednesday is derived from Odin, the chief god of Norse mythology...

But that doesn’t mean he can’t criticize such naming methods. After all, science is defined by humans.

Qiao Yu felt that, at this moment, he represented science.

The vast amount of feedback fired Qiao Yu up. He was planning to continue brainwashing these people when suddenly he saw his dear Uncle Zheng enter the office again, desperately signaling to pause.

So Qiao Yu made a signal to the director. A few seconds later, the live stream’s camera appropriately switched to the engineers busy with various operations.

Qiao Yu then took the time to look at Zheng Xiweng and asked, "What’s up, Uncle Zheng?"

"The people from the Three Major Exchanges made an emergency call to negotiate, hoping to stop this live broadcast test." Zheng gave a succinct explanation.

Hearing this, Qiao Yu asked in surprise, "No way, Uncle Zheng. Are these people too deep into their role? Do they really think we’re invited for this test?

Do they think they can decide when the live broadcast stops? Are these people stupid? They think they can manipulate me for three million US Dollars? Am I so cheap in the eyes of those Westerners? Do they have a misunderstanding of my personality?"

Zheng Xiweng shook his head and said, "No, they have no misunderstanding. They say they’re willing to pay the price. Especially Microsoft is willing to pay the price, as long as you can stop the live broadcast."

Qiao Yu blinked, then suddenly realized that Zheng Xiweng was quite humorous. But if put this way, it seems there really is no misunderstanding.

As long as they’re willing to pay the price! Indeed, there’s nothing in this world that can’t be negotiated.

"What price is Microsoft willing to pay?" Qiao Yu curiously asked.

"As long as you terminate the live broadcast, time is tight, and they couldn’t discuss in detail. Generally speaking, they can accept all the conditions you previously proposed and additionally fund your research." Zheng explained concisely.

Upon hearing this, Qiao Yu felt a little angry and shouted directly, "Does Microsoft think I’m stupid? Last night I stayed up all night for this condition, and after staying up all night, it’s still this condition? Wouldn’t my all-nighter last night be in vain?"

Zheng Xiweng helplessly replied, "They said there’d be extra compensation to fund your research."

He was sincerely mediating because he feared Qiao Yu might stir up too much trouble.

As everyone knows, a missile is most threatening when it’s still in the silo. This missile is especially precious and could be a bargaining chip in various negotiations, so it can’t be casually fired.

Indeed, seeing so many netizens kicking up a fuss, the officials almost panicked.

"How much is the compensation?" Qiao Yu asked.

"This can be discussed after the live broadcast stops," Zheng Xiweng explained.

"But what if after the broadcast, they casually give me a million or two million and dismiss me?"

Qiao Yu questioned.

"Then there will be a second live broadcast. I think the TEAM won’t mind running a few more times," Zheng quickly replied.

He wasn’t helping Microsoft but was advising Qiao Yu based on his superiors’ thoughts.

Qiao Yu nodded and agreed, "It seems to make some sense."

"Then let’s do it this way! Give your Uncle Zheng a little face, we’ll first stop today’s broadcast! Anyway, your science popularization is almost done. Don’t worry, the world will stand by your side and negotiate for you next!"

Zheng Xiweng decided to swiftly wrap it up and end the live broadcast, giving everyone peace of mind first.

Otherwise, this live broadcast would indeed become a ticking time bomb, making countless big shots uneasy even with their lunches.

If the big shots can’t eat well, Qiao Yu could definitely still enjoy his meal, but he certainly wouldn’t eat in peace.

"Well... Uncle Zheng, I definitely have to give you face, but let me say first, if Microsoft’s compensation isn’t satisfactory, can we schedule the next live broadcast for tomorrow?"