"What about Mr. Huang?" After hearing the stories of the other three people, the children became even more curious about Mr. Huang's own story.
"At this meeting, Mr. Wang did not make any specific predictions, but he proposed 5 goals that he aims to achieve in the next 20 to 40 years, which later became the five small goals that shocked the world!" the narrator said excitedly.
"Teacher, please don't keep us in suspense anymore. We've read thousands of words. Hurry up and tell us what these five small goals are!" the children asked impatiently.
"Alright, teacher will tell you now!" the narrator said happily. "First, the first small goal is that Mr. Huang He hopes to become the world's richest man. Tell me, has this small goal been achieved?"
"It has been achieved!!!" all the children said in unison. The narrator nodded with satisfaction and continued, "Yes, Mr. Huang He has achieved this small goal, and it only took him 10 years. He became the recognized world's richest man around 2012!"
"Actually, it was even earlier. In 2008, in terms of personal wealth, I should have already been the richest!" Mr. Huang touched his nose and muttered to himself, "But to be truly the world's richest man, it should have been around last year. After all, the wealth of the four major conglomerates is too terrifying. If they don't tear each other apart, it's quite difficult to surpass their wealth!"
"However, whether it's the first or not doesn't really matter. More money is just a pile of paper!"
"Miss Narrator! What is the second small goal?" the children continued to ask curiously.
"Alright, Mr. Huang's second small goal is to promote and publicize Chinese culture, to let the whole world understand and love Chinese culture, and to let Chinese culture shine everywhere in the world. At that time, Mr. Huang also proposed a specific goal, which is to have 1 billion non-Chinese people in the world who understand Chinese and can speak at least a few sentences!" the narrator said.
"Wow! Has this been achieved?"
"Well, there are some differing opinions on this. According to the data released by our Chinese Promotion Committee, there are currently 1.68 billion non-Chinese people in the world who have mastered or are learning Chinese."
"However, Western institutions have always refused to acknowledge this claim. They believe that there are at most only over 700 million people, which is still a significant gap from the goal of one billion."
"Regardless of whose statement is true, 40 years ago, the total number of non-Chinese Chinese speakers in the world was less than 10 million. Now there are at least 700 million. This is a fact that even Westerners have to admit, so we can at least consider this small goal to be more than half achieved."
"The number of people who can confidently recognize more than 10 Chinese characters is 2.3 billion!" Mr. Huang's assistant continued to report to Mr. Huang in a low voice, "As per your instructions, we are conducting the most detailed social survey, investigating over 13 million people in 187 different countries worldwide, and have finally arrived at the figure of 2.3 billion, with an error of no more than plus or minus 5%."
"That many already!" Mr. Huang said, somewhat surprised.
"Yes, according to the survey, this is mainly due to the influence of movies and games. Because a large number of Chinese Xianxia movies have become popular worldwide, almost anyone who watches movies can utter some Taoist and cultivation-related specialized terms, and these alone add up to more than 10 Chinese characters."
"However, the influence of movies is not as great as games. This is because we require all games to release Chinese versions when they are launched. At the same time, with the popularity of Chinese culture, many games themselves involve a large amount of Chinese background. Many players happen to learn a few Chinese words while playing games."
"But that standard is too broad. What about a stricter standard? One that at least requires basic Chinese listening, speaking, and writing ability!" Huang He asked.
"Yes, if that's the case, the total population is over 700 million, which is exactly the data released by foreign institutions!" the assistant replied.
"So many!" Huang He asked in surprise.
"Yes, this is mainly due to programming. Currently, there are over 100 million programmers worldwide, and 75 million of them use Chinese for programming. These programmers learn Chinese in school, otherwise, they cannot master programming skills smoothly."
"If there are 75 million programmers using the five-based system, then there must be 75 million people who master Chinese!"
"This has led many countries to list Chinese as a compulsory subject. Especially India, in order to cope with the changes in the global program outsourcing market, India also had to announce the establishment of Chinese classes in its middle schools, high schools, and universities. Otherwise, the entire Indian global program outsourcing market would completely collapse. India alone has added 180 million Chinese speakers for us."
"Currently, a total of 153 countries offer Chinese as an elective subject in primary schools, and 72 countries offer Chinese as a compulsory subject in primary schools. 56 countries offer Chinese as an elective subject in junior high schools, and 27 countries make Chinese a compulsory subject in junior high school."
"In addition, 9 countries offer Chinese as a compulsory subject in high schools and even include it in their higher education examination system. Especially Fusang (Japan), they have even directly removed English from the main curriculum and instead made Chinese the first priority foreign language to learn!"
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