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In one of the most prosperous areas of the public concession, there is a two-storey small bungalow, the exterior wall is painted pure white, the courtyard at the door is full of all kinds of flowers and plants, and the shade of several large trees envelops the whole house, like a paradise on the beach.

This house is very famous in the public concession.

Everyone knows that the famous Mr. Rong Hong lives here, and everyone also knows that Mr. Rong has cooperated with a big man in Citigroup over the years to sponsor domestic children and young people to study at Citigroup, but he has done a great good thing. Not to mention that because of the Citigroup bigwig, the Citi people in the public concession were very respectful to Mr. Yung, and even the British did not dare to slack off.

Because of this relationship, Mr. Rong, who was already quite prestigious, has become even more famous in recent years.

Just like today, there are several carriages parked at Mr. Rong's door, and there are even two cars, and at a glance, I know that many big people come to visit, maybe they are discussing something big in the building......

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"Everyone!"

Standing in the middle of a group of old friends, Rong Hong said aloud with a solemn face: "I think you should all understand the meaning of inviting you today...... The stakes are very high, and Rong really doesn't dare to be arbitrary, so I would like to ask everyone to help with a detailed reference. ”

There are five people invited to come here today.

The oldest of these five people is about the same age as Rong Hong, and the youngest is only in his thirties.

After a long time, a voice suddenly sounded: "Sir, the younger generation thinks that this pinyin method is more practical than the Westerners writing the "Chinese Dictionary", and it seems to be more perfect...... Why worry so much about this kind of book? Just print it! “

"No!"

As soon as the former's voice fell, another person retorted with a disapproving face: "Although this method is convenient, it also needs to be marked in Western, and the pronunciation is only one kind of northern official dialect, which is very inappropriate......

"I don't think it's inappropriate to only label the northern official dialect."

This time, without waiting for the second person to finish speaking, the third person couldn't wait to shake his head and said: "Now that the imperial court is in the north, the official language is naturally subject to that side, since this is the case, why not use it directly?" ”

"No, we are in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, so naturally we should refer to the local voice......"

"Since it is Mandarin, of course, the official dialect of Jingshi should prevail......"

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Listening to the lively discussion, Rong Hong couldn't help but sigh secretly in his heart.

Ten days ago, when Su Li rushed to Shanghai from New York and handed over the two books to Rong Hong, the old man was shocked when he saw it. These days, I don't think about tea and food, and I hold these two books all day long and meditate, and I am naturally very familiar with this "Mandarin and Hanyu Pinyin".

To be honest, I like this set of pinyin Rong Hong very much.

The phonetic pronunciation of Chinese characters has long been used, but most of the Chinese use the method of straight pronunciation or reverse cut, not to mention the inconvenience of use, and the help for young children is quite small. After the Opium War, many people of insight pointed out that the difficulty of Chinese characters was one of the reasons why education could not be popularized, so some people began to think about simplifying learning.

In 1892, Lu Ganzhang became the first Chinese to create pinyin.

Yes, just the first Chinese.

Prior to this, many foreigners tried to phonetize Chinese characters in Western languages, such as the Italian Matteo Ricci's "The Miracle of Western Characters", the Frenchman Kinnige's "Western Confucian Ear and Eye", the British missionary Morrison's "Chinese Dictionary", and so on. It's just that these programs are all made by foreigners, and for various reasons, they are not popularized in the end.

But the pinyin scheme in front of him is extremely perfect in Rong Hong's eyes.

As a leader of this era, Yung Hong can naturally see the absolute advantages of Mandarin and Hanyu Pinyin: in addition to allowing children to quickly master more new words, it also has the effect of unifying the pronunciation of the whole Chinese dialect. It's just that as everyone in the room argued at this time, it was too difficult to agree on where to use pronunciation, whether to mark it in Spanish, etc.

Merely......

As soon as he thought of the words conveyed by Mr. Huntelaar Tuosuli, Rong Hong knew what his opinion was, and what the result of the discussion among these people in front of him was, I am afraid that he could not change his mind: to promote Mandarin and Hanyu Pinyin in all the primary schools invested by Huntelaar!

As a result, it was actually doomed a long time ago.

Of course, this implementation was not achieved overnight, after all, except for Rong Hong and a few people here, no one else has seen this pinyin scheme. So Mr. Huntelaar also said that in the past three years, he only plans to publish this book and try to promote it as much as possible, but after three years, he will send Chinese studying in the United States to return to China and promote it in the primary school to which Huntelaar belongs!

For this decision, Rong Hong is not very repulsed.

In comparison, he cared about the second book Su Li had brought. Thinking of the contents of the other book, Rong Hong didn't even have the courage to take it out.

Simplifying the word!

Rong Hong couldn't have imagined that John? Mr. Huntelaar actually came up with a whole set of simplified character schemes, simplifying all the words left by the ancestors, which ......

If this gets out, God knows what an uproar it will cause!

How can a white-skinned foreign devil dare to change the words left by his ancestors and simplify it to such an extent? Even Rong Hong himself, when he first saw this book, why wasn't he furious?

If it weren't for Su Li's presence at the time, Rong Hong would probably have been unable to help but scold!

But after the anger, Rong Hong picked up the book countless times.

Compared with Western words, learning Chinese characters is undoubtedly much more difficult. Especially the traditional Chinese characters handed down by the ancestors, there are many strokes and complex structures, if the talent is not so outstanding, it often takes a lot of effort to learn each one. However, after careful research, Yung Hong found that the simplified characters created by Mr. Huntelaar are much simpler in comparison, and can definitely greatly reduce the difficulty of learning.

So it's just a matter of secretly watching it by himself, but Rong Hong never dares to show it to his friends, let alone discuss it with them. Although some of the simplified characters created by the Americans were from calligraphy documents, a considerable part of them were self-created, and there were even some simplified characters from the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom!

If this really works, it will definitely be a big rebellion.

So after thinking about it, Rong Hong only dared to take out "Mandarin and Hanyu Pinyin", but the simplified characters were deeply hidden, and he also told Su Li not to mention this matter. No matter what nationality this Mr. Huntelaar is from and what his purpose is, but now people take out green dollars every year to sponsor Chinese students, and now there are thousands of young children studying in the United States......

"Sir? Mr. Yung! ”

Just as Rong Hong's thoughts were diverging, the screams of a middle-aged man woke him up.

Seeing Rong Hong's gaze on him, the middle-aged man frowned and asked, "Mr. Rong, what do you think of our opinions?" “

"Uh......"

With a wry smile, Rong Hong shook his head helplessly and said, "I'm sorry everyone, I invited you not to discuss whether this plan is feasible, but to ask how to promote it...... The Americans have decided that they will implement this program in all their elementary schools, there is no doubt about it! ”

"What?!"

After hearing Rong Hong's words, the others were in an uproar!

Of course, Rong Hong expected this reaction from his friends, so while patiently explaining to everyone, he secretly made up his mind in his heart: not only did he not plan to show another book with simplified characters, but he also had to ask Suli to bring a message to Mr. Huntelaar...... No, it was necessary to write him a letter in person, a long, earnest letter, and he had to be persuaded to abandon the project, or even the publication of the book!

At least in China at this time, the so-called simplified characters must not be released, at least not created by a foreigner......

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"Hehe, sure enough!"

After reading Rong Hong's letter, John had no surprise or dissatisfaction on his face at all, but gently tapped the table and sighed helplessly.

The power of the times is indeed not something he can compete with.

Not to mention that the Qing Dynasty has not been overthrown now, what if it is overthrown in the future? Without the strong and controlling government of the People's Republic of China, the implementation of simplified characters is nothing more than a dream. John just wanted to try it to see if Rong Hong could accept this plan. After all, from the perspective of learning alone, the advantages of simplifying words are too great.

But since that's the case, just give up.

After a long silence, John dialed the phone on the table, "Edward?" Yes, I'm Mr. Huntelaar...... Those Chinese books are all printed, right? All of them were shipped to Los Angeles at once, and then shipped to Shanghai ......" (To be continued.) )