1840Indian rebirth

162 [Editing is a good career]

“Has Dengyan read through the Spiritual Edict?”

Hearing the news, Ma Shao couldn't help but be a little surprised.

The current version of "Lingyu" has about 150,000 words and is very rich in content, including mathematics, physics, humanities and history.

Although it is one of its basic writing principles to avoid obscurity as much as possible, if you want to read it all, you still need 5,000 vocabulary words.

Not only is it a matter of vocabulary, it is also a great test of reading ability.

Reading ability is a bit mysterious.

The same article does not contain any unfamiliar words. Some people can read it smoothly the first time, while some people still stumble after several times.

After reading 150,000 words of content, even if multiple breaks are allowed in between, most people will probably lose control of their mouths after reading halfway through.

In fact, the so-called freedom after reading the "Linghu" is just a top reward randomly set by Ma Shao, just to draw a big pie. He does not think that any of the war criminals can achieve it.

Unexpectedly, someone actually did it.

"Yes. He has a good foundation in Apache, so he quickly mastered a lot of vocabulary." Rainy Day nodded.

"...In addition, he is indeed very talented in languages, so he can accomplish this feat."

Ma Shao thought for a moment: "Has he ever considered leaving Sleeping Bear City after he gained his freedom?"

Smile on a rainy day: "If the smoke wants to leave, I won't give him freedom like this."

"It was precisely because I saw that he already had his heart set on Apache that I allowed him to pass this challenge... After all, if you really want to find faults, how could there be no mistakes in 150,000 words."

"Neng Yan is now a legal resident of Sleeping Bear City and serves as a trainee teacher in the school. I originally planned to let him become a regular teacher next year."

He paused: "However, now it seems that he should be more suitable to be the editor-in-chief of Apache News Agency."

Dense Smoke is the undoubted first place in the essay contest. It is well-deserved for its excellent content, neat writing, and novel title.

Under the thick smoke, there were three other outstanding people, and they were roughly evenly matched, so the horse whistle gave them the second prize.

There are more than 20 people who won the third prize and encouragement award.

At a public meeting a few days later, Mashao personally presented awards to the winners of the essay contest and commended them in public.

After the commendation was over, he called some of the winners individually and talked with them.

The first person he called was not the smoke, but one of the second prize winners, William Sebastian.

It looks like a white name, but in fact it does belong to a white person.

The three people who won the second prize were Messy Hair, Long Hair, and William Sebastian.

This man was one of the first white people to convert to the Apaches and one of the first white people to be trained as a shaman in the Oracle religion.

Like Smoke, William Sebastian's article was written around the Great Famine in Ireland.

But in comparison, his writing is a bit less fluent, and his Apache language is not proficient enough.

The flaws in his writing were not the biggest problem. What really caused him to lose to the smoke was his somewhat extreme thoughts.

Probably because Sebastian has lived in a Western capitalist society for a long time and has experienced the pain.

So when he came into contact with the red ideas at the core of the Spiritual Enlightenment Sect, he almost immediately turned into a fanatic.

When he criticized the actions of the feudal nobles and capitalists during the Great Famine in Ireland, his tone was so fierce that it could be described as swearing, showing strong hatred.

Ma Shao even suspected that the original version of Sebastian's article might have been written in swear words.

"Sebastian, your article is well written. Considering that you have not been learning Apache script for a long time, this is a surprising result." Mashao said.

"Thank you, Warchief." Sebastian said politely.

He has blond hair that is not thick, and his face is typical of German descent. However, his outfit at this time is no different from the Apaches in Sleeping Bear City, with a feather tied on his head.

Ma Shao can generally distinguish the appearance of white people, especially Germans, but he can't tell the specific characteristics.

This may be because a certain type of German movies left a deep impression on him...

First there was some encouragement, and then Ma Shao changed the subject: "But there are some problems with your article."

"First of all, there are some errors and omissions in words and grammar. This is a small problem. I believe you can correct it soon."

"Then there are the thoughts, or...emotions, in the article."

"Although your analysis of the Great Famine in Ireland is also accurate, it contains some one-sided judgments and is mixed with too strong personal emotions. For example, your description of the capitalists has many traces of 'conspiracy theory'."

Sebastian didn't quite understand: "The conspiracy theory is..."

Ma Shao: "I imagine the capitalists to be too proactive, united, and rational - like people who are sure of victory, and imagine many of the things they participate in as their active and precisely controlled conspiracies."

"But in fact, conspiracies are not common, especially those that are wonderful and complex... Conspiracies are more dominant in human history."

"Furthermore, human society is a complex, chaotic and weak system dependent on the majestic nature, full of too many accidental and force majeure factors. No person or organization can implement a conspiracy against the entire society, and capitalists are not even an organization.

"

"So, even those things that are extremely beneficial to some people in hindsight are most likely the result of multi-party games including accidental factors, rather than the result of anyone's active manipulation."

Although Sebastian writes fiercely in his articles, his character in real life is somewhat silent and he keeps listening.

Ma Shao continued: "Capital has nothing to do with personality. Adjectives such as despicable and shameless about personality have no meaning to it. It is a natural phenomenon that commonly occurs in human society, with boundaries and no purpose."

"Just like the fall of an object, it doesn't matter what the object is. The law of gravity behind it is the truth that needs our attention..."

Sebastian was thoughtful.

After a while, Mashao looked at him: "Sebastian, do you want to be an editor?"

"Edit?" Sebastian was startled.

"Yes, the editor of Apache News Agency." Ma Shao smiled and said sincerely, "Editing is a good profession."

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