Chapter 9: Sense and Sensibility
There was about half an hour left before the interview. Tang Xiaoyan poured himself a cup of tea and then sat on the sofa to drink slowly. After Linghu Jun glanced at him, his expression became even uglier at first, and then he immediately looked away from Tang Xiao.
Yan, not because he was afraid of Tang Xiaoyan, but because he felt more restless after seeing Tang Xiaoyan. Then he simply followed Fang Jianxi's example, poured himself a cup of coffee, and sat on the high swivel chair.
Down.
"Hello!" Yuantang Zhuomo on the opposite side nodded to Tang Xiaoyan and spoke very average Chinese.
Tang Xiaoyan nodded friendly towards him.
Next, the four of them stopped talking to each other, but waited quietly for the time to come. About ten minutes later, there was suddenly a sound of footsteps coming from outside.
The door of the lounge was opened, and a dozen uniformed officers walked in from the outside. The lowest rank was lieutenant colonel, and most of them were generals and above.
Linghu Jun, Fang Jianxi, and Yuan Tang Zhuo Mo immediately stood up from their swivel chairs and saluted solemnly. Tang Xiaoyan stood up from the sofa, but did not salute.
Most of the officers who walked in ignored them and walked over, but a few of them nodded to Fang Jianxi. On the contrary, Fang Jianxi remained expressionless. After the officers passed by, he put down the military salute.
Fang Jianxi also wanted to salute the military, but he was not a soldier yet, so he just stood up. However, he found that some of the officers frowned slightly because he did not salute.
After another ten minutes, a major came over and said: "The interview has begun, you follow me."
Tang Xiaoyan and others followed him to the high-level conference room. Sitting on the high rostrum were the dozen officers who had just passed by, including Leng Ao, Jian Yun, Jian Boyong, and Coolidge. But there was no Linghu Chao, presumably
It was because his son was participating in the final interview, so he needed to avoid it. Tang Xiaoyan didn't recognize the remaining dozen officers, and it seemed that the principal of the Alliance Military Academy was not here, and the instructor of the ghost mecha, Major General Jianli, was not here either.
There were four chairs under the rostrum, with the names of Tang Xiaoyan written on them. They each found their own seats and sat down.
Jian Boyong seemed to be the host of today's final interview. He said calmly: "There are headphones and glasses in front of your seats. Put them on."
Tang Xiaoyan put on headphones and glasses.
"Now is the first question in the public interview, which tests your thinking agility. You can only use mental arithmetic. What are the 5 times of 54643? After completing the mental arithmetic, write it directly on the touch pad in front."
Almost instantly, a calculation picture appeared in Tang Xiaoyan's mind, and less than a second later, the answer appeared directly in his mind.
Then, Tang Xiaoyan quickly wrote on his touch pad: 487161180756231000881443.
After Tang Xiaoyan finished writing, fifteen seconds passed. Suddenly, the expressions of the instructors on the podium suddenly changed, and they all looked at Tang Xiaoyan, full of disbelief.
Because it took almost ten seconds to write out these numbers, which meant that Tang Xiaoyan calculated them almost instantly, which was simply unbelievable. At least the instructors here had never seen a genius with such monstrous mental arithmetic ability.
After a while, several of the instructors began to look at Tang Xiaoyan very seriously for a while.
About a minute later, Fang Jianxi also gave the correct answer. To be honest, his mental arithmetic ability can be regarded as a genius, but he just encountered the monster Tang Xiaoyan. However, Fang Jianxi
Maybe he thought he was the only one to finish it, so after finishing it, he seemed very leisurely. However, he did not look around frivolously and proudly, but sat calmly in his seat, showing no emotion or anger.
Two minutes later, Yuantang Zhuomo also gave the answer.
Five minutes later, Linghu Jun also gave the answer, but it was wrong.
"The second question is a subjective question. What do the four of you think is the most important thing about being a ghostly mecha warrior? The answer should not exceed five words, starting with Fang Jianxi."
Fang Jianxi: "Instinct."
Yuan Tang Zhuo Mo: "Talent."
Linghu Jun: "Will."
Tang Xiaoyan thought for a while and said: "Instinct and talent."
As soon as this answer came out, many instructors frowned slightly, then took out a pen and drew lightly on the notepad.
"Do you think there will be a war between the two major international forces of the East and the West, that is, the Eastern Alliance and the Sith? When will the war happen? What are the reasons for the war? The answer should not exceed one hundred words."
Fang Jianxi: "It will happen, and it will happen within ten years, because the Western Federation is accustomed to enjoying the unequal resources and labor contributions of less developed countries. After the confrontation between the East and the West, the West's own industrial chain is missing, resulting in the capital market chain being no longer perfect."
Yuantang Zhuoma: "It will happen, it will happen within fifteen years, because the consciousness and culture of the East and West are different, and because the population of the Eastern Alliance and the New World they represent far exceeds that of the Sith."
Linghu Jun: "It will happen. It will happen within ten years because of global resource shortage."
Tang Xiaoyan: "It will happen, it will happen within five years, because conflicts among the alliance republics will break out and lead to a world war between the East and the West."
The moment Tang Xiaoyan finished his answer, not only many officers on the rostrum, but also Fang Jianxi and others also looked at him with suspicion. Because this answer did seem a bit irrational, at least it was extremely difficult to find relevant examples in the previous world.
On the contrary, the answers given by Fang Jianxi and the others were very reference-oriented and rational.
Some of the instructors on the stage thought for a moment, and some drew a few more lines on their notepads.
"Which culture do you think has more advantages among Eastern and Western cultures? Why?"
Fang Jianxi: "The merger of East and West has more advantages. Our current strength can prove it."
Yuan Tang Zhuo Mo: "Western culture and modern society are almost entirely based on Western civilization."
Linghu Jun: "The merger of East and West has more advantages, for the same reason as Fang Jianxi."
Tang Xiaoyan: "Eastern civilization has more advantages because it is more mediocre. Technology, diligence, will, rigor, etc. can all be improved through learning. If it is mediocre, it will be less aggressive and it will be less easy to compete with many countries.
, forces are enemies, and they are less likely to compete for the living space of other countries. Easterners pay more attention to balance in giving and receiving. It is conducive to establishing a relatively healthy order in an era of relatively balanced and stable technological revolution."
Tang Xiaoyan's answer made many officers on the stage frown. As hawks and iron-blooded soldiers, they didn't like to hear the word "yonghe".
"Which one is more important, or usually dominates your thinking, between reason and emotion?"
Fang Jianxi: "Reason."
Yuan Tang Zhuo Mo: "Reason."
Fang Jianxi: "Reason."
Tang Xiaoyan hesitated for a moment. He just didn't want to be independent or different, but he had other ideas.
"emotion."
The officers on the rostrum frowned slightly again. Most of them felt that as a senior officer, the most important thing is to think calmly.
"There are strong conflicts and contradictions among the Eastern and Western forces in the world in terms of consciousness, culture, and civilizational cognition. What do you think is the most important reason for this situation at this stage? Pay attention, it is consciousness.
Contradictions at the national strategic level."
Fang Jianxi: "Profit."
Yuan Tang Zhuo Mo: "Politics."
Linghu Jun: "The class level."
Tang Xiaoyan: "Pride and Prejudice."
"The last question is, one day in the future, you will face this situation: you find that a certain union republic is doing something that harms the interests of the alliance. It is a great strategic interest. If you want to stop it, you must use force to kill it.
The consequences of killing will cause the union republic to leave the alliance, or even join the hostile camp, which will cause other union republics to also leave the alliance. Now there are no other options, there are only two options, one is to use force to kill, leading to the collapse of the alliance.
Split. The second is not to stop it and allow the strategic interests of the alliance to be damaged."
Fang Jianxi: "No killing."
Yuan Tang Zhuo Mo thought about this question for a long time, and after a while he answered: "No killing."
Linghu Jun: "No killing."
Tang Xiaoyan was in pain again. He really didn't want a different answer, but his heart told him that if faced with this situation, he would kill him.
"Kill!"
After Tang Xiaoyan's answer came out, the instructors' eyebrows twitched slightly and they couldn't help but look at each other again and exchange their expressions.
Chapter completed!