[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-technology-invades-the-modern-world":3,"chapter-technology-invades-the-modern-world-technology-invades-the-modern-world-chapter-26":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Technology Invades the Modern World",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2269510,4430,"Chapter 26: The Chosen Chen Jingrun","technology-invades-the-modern-world-chapter-26",26,"\u003Cp>“You don’t need to worry too much about that.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re Chinese; you don’t understand how American politics operates.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“A billionaire in America has enough influence to make anyone—whether Blue Origin or any external audit agency—ignore you entirely,” Li Xiaoman explained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Ran was slightly surprised; he truly didn’t understand America, and his past impression of it had been limited to abstract surface concepts like advanced, domineering, sucking in global elites, and offering good treatment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After gradually encountering Hawkeheimer, John Morgan, and Arthur Rudolph in 1960, he came to understand that in America, relationships mattered far more than rules.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he felt Li Xiaoman’s perspective might offer him a completely different angle on America—a perspective that was crucial and could become one piece in building his informational advantage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sister Xiaoman, your answer is still a bit abstract. What do you mean by ‘ignore’?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m still here, but they just act like I don’t exist?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Xiaoman thought for a moment: “You’re right, it is a bit abstract. Let me give you an example.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The most straightforward example is corruption—American-style corruption. All its actions are out in the open; all acts of embezzlement are laid bare in reports submitted to Congress.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For instance, USAID, the U.S. Agency for International Development, details its own problems thoroughly in its annual reports to Congress, and any citizen can check them on USAID’s official website.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But these problems are labeled as ‘meet standards,’ or ‘issue alert,’ or ‘no misconduct.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Out of a hundred audit issues, not a single one results in a conviction.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The most outrageous case was in 2010, when Haiti suffered a massive earthquake. USAID announced it would allocate $1.15 billion to Haiti, and when combined with funding from other Western nations and global donations, the total exceeded $5 billion.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet less than one-tenth of that money actually went toward Haiti’s post-disaster reconstruction.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the entire $5 billion flow was clearly documented in USAID’s reports—sent to Washington, Maryland, and Virginia, to foundations tied to politicians.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, $4 million was spent studying the feasibility of building a new port in Haiti; the study failed, and the money went straight into the pocket of the winning contractor. $300 million was spent just to build the Caracol Industrial Park—even though it wasn’t even finished.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While rescuing victims and rebuilding were far more urgent, they still spent over $300 million on HIV\u002FAIDS relief programs.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All these fund flows were laid out in plain sight, yet no one faced punishment, no one had any problems—everything was perfectly legal and legitimate.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why wasn’t anyone held accountable? Because funds were distributed through multiple international organizations, contractors, and NGOs, creating a long chain of responsibility that made tracing specific individuals nearly impossible.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you can’t trace the specific responsible party, then you won’t trace them at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s the peculiar logic of American-style governance.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just like corruption, if you’re a researcher at a commercial space company—even if you truly access rocket launch systems and vast amounts of Blue Origin’s internal data, and all of it is clearly documented in audit reports submitted to NASA and published on NASA’s website—everyone will still pretend not to see it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jeff Bezos, as the world’s richest man, absolutely has the power to make that happen.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So you don’t need to worry too much.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you’re even more cautious and avoid appearing in any public records, you’ll be even safer.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Li Xiaoman spoke of American-style corruption, her face showed righteous indignation, giving the impression of a national thief one could do nothing about.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Ran listened, stunned. He hadn’t imagined things could work this way—he’d seriously underestimated America.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Director Qian, Secretary Wang from the Science Committee is here. He asks if we have any unsolved mathematical problems we’d like to submit.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this time, Zhang Kewen, though already transferred to the Academic Affairs Office as its director, still served as Qian Xuesen’s personal secretary, since his new secretary had not yet arrived.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah, is this about Xiangjiang?” Qian Xuesen asked. Though his mind was entirely focused on DF-1’s development, he remained aware of external developments.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For instance, Fermat’s Conjecture had been proven by a Chinese diaspora mathematician, who planned to lecture at Xiangjiang University this summer and told the editor-in-chief of the American Chinese Daily that anyone with mathematical questions could approach him.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Science Committee had already informed relevant departments to prepare in advance and send a unified delegation to invite this renowned mathematician for answers.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qian Xuesen had no expectations; after the Committee’s announcement, he had consulted Hua Luogeng, who said the mathematician primarily worked in number theory and algebraic geometry—topics with little relevance to the differential equations used in missile research.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew well that although number theory and algebraic geometry were mathematics, and differential equations were mathematics too, within the broad category of mathematics, different subfields were as distant as mountains separated by different professions.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So Qian Xuesen didn’t dwell on it and handed Zhang Kewen the equations he had already prepared: “Give this to Secretary Huang.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If so many Chinese mathematicians couldn’t solve these problems, how could this man possibly solve them in just two months?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, he’d only be staying in Xiangjiang for two months.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Kewen, however, treated it like a priceless treasure, carefully sealing the paper inside a letter from the Institute of Mechanics.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, at the Institute of Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hua Luogeng was speaking earnestly to Chen Jingrun: “Jingrun, this time you’re being sent to Xiangjiang to attend Professor Lin’s course. Remember: learning itself is secondary—what matters most is building a good relationship with Professor Lin.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only after you’ve established rapport can you ask more questions, and only then will others be willing to spend time on you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I know you’re honest and sincere—that’s naturally a virtue—but from another perspective, it also makes you slightly dull-witted in social interactions, which is not advantageous.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So this trip to Xiangjiang, make sure you observe more, listen more, think more, and respond more. Your talent is unquestionable—I’m certain your ability will impress Professor Lin.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the one ultimately chosen to be sent to Xiangjiang was Chen Jingrun, who at this time worked at the Institute of Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, conducting research in Hua Luogeng’s number theory seminar centered on the Goldbach Conjecture.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Ran’s field was number theory; his field was also number theory.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beyond overlapping fields, more importantly, he had excellent English and an astonishing memory.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this time, few in China spoke English well; going to Xiangjiang—a region temporarily controlled by England—and dealing with an American-Chinese professor made English indispensable.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although China didn’t expect Lin Ran to solve these problems, what if he could? If he did, the answers had to be brought back—especially since some of the problems involved intercontinental missile guidance algorithms.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So an astonishing memory was equally important.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With all three qualities overlapping, only Chen Jingrun met the criteria.\u003C\u002Fp>",1151,"2026-06-19T21:37:46.551Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","9d0b1fe6d3c99bb90fdd2ca403b3ffa3ba4079066588e24f0e1eff31cf3dac93","technology-invades-the-modern-world-chapter-27","technology-invades-the-modern-world-chapter-25",162,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Ftechnology-invades-the-modern-world-cover.jpg"]