dkrc Chapter 57 His merits are beyond reward
Chapter 57 His merits are beyond reward
A mega-contract worth $1.5 million has been agreed upon.
The Resident Evil manuscript, which had already accumulated to 25 words, was now entirely handed over to Selena von for translation.
As for Selena von's translation work location, the city arranged a long-term private room for her at the Peace Hotel, maximizing her benefits.
Not only that, the city even set up a special rapid response team, with Deputy Director Zhang as the team leader.
It was specifically designed to support the translation and production of Comrade Yu Zhen's works.
During this period, whether it was Yu Zhenyou or Selena Feng, if they had any needs, all they needed to do was make a phone call, and the working group would intervene and resolve them immediately.
As things have evolved to this point, the nature of the matter is no longer limited to the individual level; it has long since risen to the level of a major cultural exchange project between countries.
In short, there's no room for error!
July 15th, still inside the city government compound.
Several Shanghai-based financial institutions, including the State Administration of Foreign Exchange and the Bank of China, were personally led by their top officials, along with relevant staff, to settle the remittance of the US$135.5 million royalties for Yu Zhen on the spot.
Yu Zhen opened a private account at the Bank of China and transferred RMB 135.5 million into his private account at the official rate of 1:1.
At the same time, there was also a corresponding amount of foreign exchange certificates. Because the amount was far beyond the limit, Yu Zhen himself asked for only 100,000 yuan.
Otherwise, if he doesn't bring it up, things will be difficult to get things done on several fronts.
There's no way around it. The logic is sound, but the reality is that the country is truly impoverished and doesn't have enough abundant supplies to provide. So, in such a critical moment, one has to show some noble character.
Furthermore, they were given a full allocation of over one million in foreign exchange certificates.
What did he use it to spend?
Even with the 100,000 yuan he requested, Yu Zhen had already decided what he wanted to buy before making the request.
He wanted a computer that could be used for typing, to enable him to type and create. He really didn't want to spend his days hunched over a pen, revising manuscripts was inconvenient, and his writing speed was slow. It was nothing like sitting in front of a computer, typing away for an hour or two, and easily producing three to five thousand words...
I heard that Yu Zhen wanted a computer for typing and creative work.
The relevant leaders attached great importance to this.
The fundamental principle that technology is a productive force is something everyone understands.
Furthermore, in Comrade Yu Zhen's science fiction works, in the future, in just ten or twenty years, the world will directly enter the era of the "global village" due to the super-development and progress of the computer internet.
In the future, as long as people around the world have a computer with internet access at home, they will be able to connect with strangers anywhere on Earth in virtual online communities and exchange all sorts of information.
Yu Zhen is undoubtedly a super contributor to Shanghai's development, an absolute darling and city hero in the eyes of the city's leaders.
Soon, the relevant leaders summoned the comrades from the Science and Technology Bureau and made a request: how to adapt to the new situation and provide Comrade Yu Zhen with a computer product that could meet his typing and creative needs.
The city is struggling to find a suitable reward for Yu Zhen, and is genuinely unsure what level of award would be appropriate to match his impressive achievement of generating at least $150 million in foreign exchange earnings for the Shanghai Stock Exchange over the next five years.
Now there's finally a way to show off a little.
This computer must be listed as the top priority of the Science and Technology Bureau, and a proper solution must be found within a specified time.
There's an old saying, what's it again?!
The leader just opens his mouth, and the subordinates run themselves ragged.
The colleagues at the Science and Technology Bureau were taken aback by this challenging task. At first, it was manageable, as domestically produced computer-related products have achieved remarkable results in recent years, but they have basically not yet been applied to the civilian sector, especially a computer specifically "custom-made" for writers to type and create.
However, after receiving the task, they gathered key scientific researchers and were ready to launch the project to tackle the challenges.
I was a little dumbfounded.
Everything else is fine.
It's just the most basic function: how to achieve efficient Chinese character input. When researchers were really pondering this, they suddenly discovered that there was a huge problem hidden in it, a problem that could be described as a bottomless pit.
Compared to the 26 letters of the English alphabet, Chinese characters, with their square-shaped layout, are inherently less efficient. Using Pinyin input methods for Chinese typing would be so inefficient that it would drive operators crazy.
In fact, a saying has been circulating in scientific research circles for some time.
Compared to the straightforward input and processing of English information, processing Chinese information with a computer is an incredibly difficult task.
Therefore, there is a widespread and extremely pessimistic view in the tech community:
"The Chinese characters and language created by our ancestors will likely be inherently flawed and suffer greatly in the near future wave of computer, internet, and information technology!"
In other words, at the most basic level of text-based information exchange, Chinese lost the initial stage of the information revolution on the Internet.
In the future, if Chinese people want to make achievements in related fields, everyone must first become proficient in English. Only by mastering English as a tool language can they have the possibility of further seeking technological development.
Yu Zhen had no idea that his desire for upgrading and iterating creative tools would unexpectedly tear open a fig leaf in the domestic technology circle, a fig leaf that almost everyone knew about, but almost everyone was deliberately avoiding.
Or rather, no one has had enough foresight to realize the level of trouble that the seemingly trivial problem of efficiently inputting Chinese information into computers will cause in the future.
Yu Zhen returned to the publishing house and was treated like a super contributor upon his return.
The entire publishing house organized a welcoming ceremony for him. President Huang even took Yu Zhen's arm and publicly announced that Yu Zhen's writer rank had been promoted three levels, bypassing the general professional title evaluation, thus becoming a specially appointed expert-level writer at the Shanghai Literature and Art Publishing House.
(Administrative benefits are on par with those of the deputy editor-in-chief)
When the decision was announced, the audience erupted in applause.
No one thought that Comrade Yu Zhen was not qualified enough to shoulder such a heavy responsibility.
In fact, this is because Yu Zhen has repeatedly stated that he has no intention of pursuing a career advancement in the arts and culture circle.
After much deliberation, the society realized there was really nothing left to award.
That's why this position was created specifically for this person, the so-called "specially appointed expert-level" creative staff position.
Otherwise, the organization would have to give him a more appropriate official position.
Otherwise, let alone whether Yu Zhen himself agrees or not.
As for the municipal government compound, it would be difficult for the organization to explain, not to mention that there are so many other arts and cultural units in the city that are eager to poach people and try every means to get Comrade Yu Zhen to other compounds as a cadre.
Even the people from Qinxi Province have been constantly nagging and eyeing the city covetously, ready to send a group to Shanghai to demand the person at any moment.