when question marks become people

"Let us raise our glasses to the complete success of the conference, our common cause, and the future of mankind!"

Zach Wilbin concluded his dinner speech with a raised glass.

The Minister of Education of the Eagle Country is in his 50s, looks full of energy, and looks like he can work for the country for another 30 years.The receding hairline highlighted his bright and round forehead, and the obliquely parted hair arched two waves to both sides, which set off the round face with a lot of fat, which gave a sense of joy.But these are the same as his unsatisfactory height, and they can't conceal the aura of someone who has been in a high position for a long time.

Before leaving the stage, Wilbin added with a smile: "May everyone have a pleasant night, but don't be too happy, forgetting to go to the Science and Technology Expo Park tomorrow, that will be our last date. "

The representatives of various countries in the audience responded to his humor with a face-saving laugh.

Wen Hao's gaze followed Wilbin for a while, seeing him chatting with people with a smile on his face, and being very kind to everyone.His gentleness is non-aggressive and comfortable, but it is easy for adults to judge that it is different from the gentleness of an old man who walks his dog in the park and basks in the sun.

Politicians need to have a psychological quality superior to ordinary people, and Wilbin is the best of them.

He comes from a famous family that controls a large consortium, and this family is one of the most important supporters of the current ruling party.Wilbin was nominated to be Minister of Education nearly six years ago after Eagle Nation's current president, Aiden Fred, won the election and took office.

Among the various information that Wen Hao searched, more than one Eagle Country person who loves gossip or conspiracy theory said that Wilbin is the actual person in power of his family.

The "nature education" that has been heavily criticized by the opponents of the president's re-election in the past few months was proposed and implemented by Wilbin. "Forced learning and cramming of children will greatly reduce the creativity and happiness of the nation," he said in a public speech.

"Natural education" encountered very little resistance at first, and the students cheered happily without having to study hard and be restrained by teachers. Parents generally had blind confidence in their children's "genius", and a few clear-headed elites had enough resources to carry out education. Private education doesn't care what public instruction looks like.

Until, the drawbacks of this education policy are revealed—let alone creativity and happiness, these children who lack basic learning may find it difficult to support themselves in the future!

Calls for Wilbin to step down are growing louder, but he is not new to hearing similar backlash.

"Natural education" is aimed at basic education. After Wilbin became the Minister of Education, he also issued reform orders to Eagle Country's higher education: reducing education funding, withdrawing many preferential policies from the previous government, taxing social donations, and strengthening research. The approval and review of projects and teachers has changed from strict entry and exit to wide entry and wide exit for students.

Some well-known universities with profound background resolutely resisted and continued to criticize, but the whole situation could not be reversed.

As a result, many children from ordinary families in Eagle Country have no money to go to college, because the school is forced to raise tuition fees, while rich foreign people can easily "buy" a degree back, and the salary and working environment of university teachers are constantly changing. Bad, it may not be possible to achieve the results of the original year in a few years, and there are fewer young people who want to be teachers...

"It will take several generations of hard work to build a smooth channel for talent cultivation for the country and a relatively smooth growth path for ordinary people, but to destroy it, you only need to dig two holes." Han reluctantly wrote on his personal tweet.

Wilbin seemed completely indifferent to public opposition, media satire, and international ridicule.He always smiles when he appears in front of people, but he has no intention of softening or turning back when he does things. He insists that the current road is the best for the country, as if he is acting in the script of "Although there are thousands of people, I will go on". .

Regardless of whether he is right or wrong, just looking at his state and behavior style is indeed in line with the characteristics of a firm-minded and unshakable person.From the first time he met him until now, Wen Hao has never seen a dialog box from the head of this focus object.

So, Wei Bin is really in the same category as Ying Annian from this perspective?

Wen Hao couldn't be sure, and a strange feeling lingered in his heart.

"Are you tired?" Seeing Wen Hao staring at the crowd in a daze, Ying Annian approached him and asked.

Wen Hao shook his head, then nodded again: "A little bit."

"You can go back tomorrow afternoon, I'll give you a massage later." Ying Annian comforted.

Immediately, both of them had to focus their attention on the foreign representatives who came forward one after another.

In the morning of the next day, all the representatives got on the bus and participated in the activity of friendship with the landlords in the Eagle Country—visiting the Eagle Country Capital Science and Technology Expo Park.This is the last stop of this year's s&e. After the visit, everyone can go back to their homes. If you want to have more communication and negotiation, please make another appointment in private.

The bus passed through the bustling city streets and drove into the Science and Technology Expo Park, which was specially closed to welcome foreign guests.Except for the participants and a group of people, the vast expo park was very quiet, but everyone experienced another kind of bustle, the bustle created by the infinitely active thinking of human beings revealed from the wide variety of scientific and technological creations.

Each section of the road has a road surface of different materials, and each sculpture shows the brilliance of classic experiments and inventions. Flowers and trees are not necessarily flowers and trees. There are detectors, controllers and navigation robots inside.

This science and technology expo park was built more than ten years ago, and the layout inside will be added or changed with the replacement of technology every few years. It can be said that it is the exhibition park that most needs to change with the times.

Due to the strong scientific and technological strength of the Eagle Country-this was the case a few years ago-this place was originally a city symbol that made the people of the Eagle Country proud.

Visitors took several means of transportation representing different eras, toured around the park, and then took a new energy tour bus and drove directly into the science and technology exhibition hall located in the center of the park.

The exhibition hall shows the evolution of science and technology for almost two centuries, and the further you go, the stronger the sense of science fiction.

The Eagle Country staff provided explanations and services for the representatives of various countries, and the cute little robots circled around everyone's feet. The visiting process was not boring.

It is a bit contrary to the fact that the highest official accompanied by the Eagle side was the Minister of Education Wilbin, and the Minister of Science and Technology did not show up because of "other matters".

When they reached a circular clearing, Wilbin took the lead and stopped.

There is a large curved screen on the pillar in the middle of the open space, which can ensure that visitors can clearly see the content on the screen wherever they stand.This place is very suitable for concentrated video playback and explanation, but the screen in that circle is not bright now.

Wilbin stepped on the suspended platform and rose into the air, like a fat magician in a suit.Before, he needed to raise his head when speaking with many representatives, but now he looked down on everyone.

Still with a warm smile on his face, he said, "It's a rare opportunity for so many of the world's most knowledgeable and intelligent people to gather together. I can't help but want to discuss with you. Let me ask you a question, what do you think the human beings are in today?" what stage?"

"This problem is too big." The representative of country f put his hand in his pocket casually, raised his head and smiled, then lowered his chin and turned his gaze to the people around him, "Objectively speaking, problems and progress coexist, but obviously, if human development is If the curve goes up, we in the information age must be on the curve with the smallest angle to the vertical axis.”

He took out his hand and spread it out, and shrunk his neck playfully: "From my personal point of view, with continuous globalization, knowledge explosion, and technology changing with each passing day, sometimes when I lie in bed at night, I worry that the world will be so strange that I can't recognize it the next day. , There are too many surprises.”

Everyone laughed, and the representative of country t answered: "Now is also an important turning point. Animals adapt to the environment through long-term genetic changes, and those that don't change are eliminated. In the past, we humans changed the environment to make ourselves live better." It is more comfortable, and now we are optimizing our genes, human beings will have stronger vitality, just thinking about it makes people's blood boil."

"Hey, don't be too optimistic." The representative of country y joined the conversation, but the expression on his face showed that he was also one of the optimists, "Don't forget the artificial intelligence, maybe someday they will wake up, It's kind of hard for us humans to deal with them."

His companion added: "Oh, and aliens, hope they send us a friendly letter before they come."

Hahaha, everyone laughed again.

Wilbin was also smiling, but looking obliquely from Wen Hao's position, his smile was a bit cold, like the surface of a lake showing signs of freezing in winter.

"Don't you all believe that a huge crisis will come?" Wilbin's tone was still relaxed, as if he was joking and chatting casually.

"Maybe there will be such a day, aren't we already making more and more adequate preparations? Global disaster prevention, artificial intelligence control, alien civilization response measures, related international activities have gradually increased in recent years, and many people present have participated Even hosted it?"

"You call that full preparation?"

Ice cubes appeared on the surface of the lake, and everyone finally realized that something was wrong, and they couldn't help but look at each other in blank dismay.

Wilbin no longer concealed it, the smile was still sticking to his face as if it couldn't be torn off, but his voice was completely cold: "Since you are so blind to the coming crisis, let's see it today."

Following his fluttering gesture, the sound of pulleys rolling and metal colliding came.These voices were not loud at first, but they were very ear-piercing in the eerie silence at this moment.

"What's going on?!" The representatives became nervous.

"Nothing," Wilbin said with a smile, "it's just that all the exits of the exhibition hall are locked."