Chapter 321: Attempting a Cultural War_1

Upon returning to Jupiter City, Jiang Yu's inspection tour temporarily came to an end, and he began to summarize and organize the issues he discovered.

What troubled him most was the cultural offensive launched by the Trisolarans.

Earth had already embraced the concept of the "Dark Forest Law" after the myth, so Jiang Yu's wall-breaking action had little impact on Earth.

Both PDC and Fleet International's official media did not mention a word about the wall-breaking, but there were quite a few people who saw Jiang Yu's wall-breaking process on the internet.

It is said that some people petitioned at Desert North Farm, asking the Solar System State to annihilate PDC and reveal the true face of the Trisolarans.

Others commented that Jiang Yu was showing off, and even said that a Wallfacer, as a grown man, had spoken such excessive words to the gentle Sophon, which was impolite and lacked gentlemanly manners, among other remarks.

The public opinion was diverse, but PDC remained silent. Since that day, Sophon also rarely made public appearances.

Soon, this event was overshadowed by new movies, new variety shows, and new major events. In less than three years, there should be very few people discussing Jiang Yu's wall-breaking process.

However, the main goal of Jiang Yu's wall-breaking action was to keep the residents of the Solar System highly vigilant against the Trisolarans.

As for whether the Earth's inhabitants believe it or have a long memory, he currently had no energy to deal with that.

The cultural output of the Trisolarans on Earth was, at most, just their attempt. Given the dismissive stance of PDC and Fleet International, when they began to massively promote the culture of "universal harmony," humanity would have virtually no resistance.

It wasn't that the higher-ups of PDC and Fleet International were foolish; rather, these cultures were beneficial to their rule. So they wouldn't just refrain from stopping it, sometimes they'd even add fuel to the fire.

A culture that embraces gentleness as beauty is not wrong in itself, and without external pressures, advocating for violence is no longer realistic—enjoying life is not reprehensible.

But when the balance is tilted, it becomes a problem. The lack of masculine energy in society will be an even bigger issue!

Since ancient times, men have faced external pressures, but when such pressures arise and no one dares to confront them, this "bigger problem" will emerge.

However, politicians and consortium members tend to remain calm in such situations, making the most correct choices.

They understand the underlying logic better, knowing what is right and what is wrong.

They believe elites should know more and hold more resources, while it's better for the non-elites to know less about the actual situation.

For Jiang Yu, this theory is akin to the old policy of keeping the populace ignorant, which is particularly dangerous in modern times, especially when faced with interstellar disputes.

After returning to Jupiter City, Jiang Yu immediately summoned several cultural representatives to join the Strategic Department.

Following that, Jiang Yu met with these cultural representatives in Blind Zone No.1. Among them were renowned directors, writers, and cartoonists—essentially, a group of creative talents.

Jiang Yu found himself increasingly approving of the small beard grown by the male director and admired the elegant female writer and the attractively dressed female cartoonist.

Isn't this what the two genders should look like? Men ought to be more masculine, while women's pursuit of beauty is pleasing to the eye.

Jiang Yu first shared his observations from Earth and then expressed his concerns:

"This cultural war has already started without us realizing it. Fortunately, the past several years have been a period of rapid growth for our Solar System State, so the Trisolaran cultural offensive has not had a significant impact on the citizens of the Solar System State.

"But it is foreseeable that, in the next ten to twenty years, the rapid development of the Solar System State will gradually slow down, and that's when the Trisolarans will find their opportunity.

"I 'guess' that at that time, the Trisolarans might use concepts like universal love or cosmic unity to dissolve the people's resistance consciousness.

"So we need to take precautions and start resisting the Trisolarans' cultural assault from now. Do you have any suggestions for this?"

The well-known director Jiang Shuping was the first to speak: "I think we just need to be ourselves. Your existence alone can counter most of the Trisolarans' cultural offensives."

Jiang Yu smiled and shook his head: "I don't have that much influence!"

The famous writer Zhang Xiaoyu smiled and said: "Director Jiang isn't just flattering you, I think so too. You may not realize it, but you are now the spiritual leader of the Solar System State.

"Just like your breakthrough with Sophon, it greatly boosted the morale of the people, and your inspections let people see the strength of the Solar System State, evoking a sense of pride.

"I really think that you are the tool for resisting the Trisolarans' cultural offensive."

Jiang Yu pondered for a moment, it seemed there was some truth in that, he hadn't realized it before, perhaps he had been a bit lost in the situation.

He looked at the other few people, some nodded in agreement, others echoed the sentiment, clearly they all thought the same.

Once Jiang Yu had taken this into account, he asked everyone: "What I hate the most is being passively hit, do you have any way to let our cultural offensive affect the Trisolarans?"

There was a few seconds of silence before the comic artist Zhao Xiaoman was the first to say: "The Trisolarans' main advantage is that they can freely export their processed culture to us, while the culture we export to them must be audited by Sophon!

"The difficulty in launching a cultural offensive against them is how to escape or deceive Sophon's surveillance!"

Jiang Shuping also said: "This is indeed one of the aspects that makes everyone more alert about the Trisolarans, something many might not have realized: the Trisolarans have never opened their world to us.

"If we vigorously publicize this point, might they open up their world because of public opinion pressure?"

Zhang Xiaoyu immediately said with conviction: "No, they will continue with their previous excuses, hiding behind their supposed humility to deceive everyone."

After discussing for a while without reaching any conclusion, Jiang Yu asked: "Then can we consider first breaking down the watchers of Sophon!

"No matter how intelligent Sophon is, there must be some ordinary Trisolarans processing the information Sophon acquires.

"We should try starting from there and then look for a breakthrough!"

Zhang Xiaoyu said: "Won't that be somewhat difficult? After all, these people are definitely among those with the most steadfast will in the Trisolaran World!"

"That's why if we manage to conquer them, the others are not a concern," Jiang Yu said with a smile: "I know it's difficult, but we must try.

"If there's even a small gain, that would be a pleasant surprise. Even if there isn't, creating some chaos for the Trisolarans is good."

After pondering for a while, Jiang Shuping said: "I remember reading material before that said Earth's culture also has a great impact on the Trisolarans.

"We could consider using literary works or films to influence those monitors.

"For example, write a novel where the protagonist is a human alien signal monitor, who learns of a new world that humanity is about to invade.

"Captivated by the culture of the other world and to avoid the extinction of a culture, he gives the human fleet the wrong direction at a crucial moment, leading the human fleet to come up empty."

Jiang Yu smiled and said: "Exactly, the Trisolarans export 'cosmic unity' culture to us, and we must export to them what 'cosmic noble sentiment' is!"