The Republic of Chen starts out as any regime does, as nothing. This is where we are now. Sophia and Frank are simply enjoying (assuming of course that they are humans and not intelligent autonomous robots) their high school years. The Republic starts off when they enter college. The siblings will soon find out that they are just too smart for the ivy league schools they attend. They will then start to educate the students at their respective universities and overshadow the teachers. It might start off as a study hall and grow into a class or they might take a page from Ender's Game and in a clever allusion create blogging pseudonymous to spread their word. Regardless they will eventually be regarded by the students (and probably the faculty too) as the smartest beings on campus.
This is where the first of many revolutions begins. The student body will overthrow the campus administration. They might pull a "Glorious Revolution" and manage it without bloodshed, or it could go the exact opposite way kind of like a Lybia. Either way Frank and Sophia will take their rightful place as co-deans of the school. After re-tooling perhaps one of the most successful universities to become even more successful, the siblings decide that they are ready to move on the bigger and better things. They decide to run for public office and easily win seats in Congress sporting their successes. The next year they run for president (Sophia gets to be president because she is older. Sorry Frank) and VP. They win again and become the first siblings to occupy the White House (and the first Asians, and the first female president... like awards night all over again). After just 4 years the two fix the economy and alleviate poverty domestically. They manage to negotiate treaties between the major warring states and achieve what for the moment is international peace.
The two then submit a resolution to the UN to unite the world under one regime. While other states initially oppose the idea, they simply can't beat down public support. World leaders simply agree to the resolution or fight an un-winnable war against the populace. By the second term in the Chen presidency, all countries of the world have accepted the UN resolution and the world is finally united under the Chens. Sophia decides to rule the East taking residence in Beijing while Frank decides to stay in D.C. (he really likes his custom tailored Tempurpedic mattress in the White House). The Republic is born.
But like all regimes the Chen regime must eventually end. Sophia, unable to curb Asia's insane population growth is quickly running out of food and water despite her advances in agro-science (which she won 6 Nobel Prizes for back in college). She decides to funnel food and resources to the smartest in the society, giving humanity the best chance for advancement. She retools the society around the Spartan agoge. Instead of killing a wolf by age 13, children have to get as 2300 or higher on their SATs. By 16 they should have made one lasting contribution to society in the form of a classic novel, scientific principle, invention etc. Frank, still living in the US and an avid Oprah fan, is appalled. Oprah has drilled into his mind the idea that everyone is destined for success (also that everyone gets schools. YOU GET A SCHOOL YOU GET A SCHOOL EVERYBODY GETS SCHOOLS). He confronts Sophia and accuses her of being an eugenic assassin (an assassin that uses eugenics, not an assassin who kills eugenic practicers #misplacedmodifer). The fight develops and suddenly all of the anger built up over the years rises to the surface. "Frank you stole my magnifying glass and never gave it back" "Sophia you wouldn't let me in our electron collider AND IT WAS MY TURN" The chaos is imminent.
On any other day the Chen siblings would have just made up, but not this day. A man by the name of Jack Wang is commuting across the Pacific to China. He stands on the bow of the ship and points to the coast. He accidentally knocks off a flare from the wall and it burst into the air. To the sleep deprived coast guard it see an attack. Wang's notoriously big arms seemed like a cannon shooting out the flares of impending doom towards the shore. They heard about the Chen's argument and thought Frank was on the attack. They launch a strike and blow up Wang's civilian vessel (Wang survives. His head and big arms act as makeshift floatation devices and carry him safely to shore.) Frank, still wound up from the argument , is furious and irrationally decides to strike back. The nuclear stockpiles of the world are released and the Republic of Chen ends. The Chenpocalypse has destroyed Earth. (See Liu 12 for Chenpocalypse).
The end of the Republic is not the end of humanity though. A special fleet was commissioned to start a space colony. The colony preserves the human species and it eventually recovers to healthy population levels on another Earth like planet. The leader of this colony will also establish a regime over the Earth 2.0. The leader was specifically picked by the Chens to lead the colony. The individual was the only person on Earth on par with the excellence of the Chens. The leader? Jiaxiu Zhong...but that story is for another day. =P
*** I would like to reiterate that THIS WAS ENTIRELY FICTIONAL AND REPRESENTS NOTHING CLOSE TO FRANK AND SOPHIA's ACTUAL LIVES. Sophia is one of the nicest people I have met and she would never starve Asian children. Also Frank is way to smart to watch Oprah.
The two then submit a resolution to the UN to unite the world under one regime. While other states initially oppose the idea, they simply can't beat down public support. World leaders simply agree to the resolution or fight an un-winnable war against the populace. By the second term in the Chen presidency, all countries of the world have accepted the UN resolution and the world is finally united under the Chens. Sophia decides to rule the East taking residence in Beijing while Frank decides to stay in D.C. (he really likes his custom tailored Tempurpedic mattress in the White House). The Republic is born.
But like all regimes the Chen regime must eventually end. Sophia, unable to curb Asia's insane population growth is quickly running out of food and water despite her advances in agro-science (which she won 6 Nobel Prizes for back in college). She decides to funnel food and resources to the smartest in the society, giving humanity the best chance for advancement. She retools the society around the Spartan agoge. Instead of killing a wolf by age 13, children have to get as 2300 or higher on their SATs. By 16 they should have made one lasting contribution to society in the form of a classic novel, scientific principle, invention etc. Frank, still living in the US and an avid Oprah fan, is appalled. Oprah has drilled into his mind the idea that everyone is destined for success (also that everyone gets schools. YOU GET A SCHOOL YOU GET A SCHOOL EVERYBODY GETS SCHOOLS). He confronts Sophia and accuses her of being an eugenic assassin (an assassin that uses eugenics, not an assassin who kills eugenic practicers #misplacedmodifer). The fight develops and suddenly all of the anger built up over the years rises to the surface. "Frank you stole my magnifying glass and never gave it back" "Sophia you wouldn't let me in our electron collider AND IT WAS MY TURN" The chaos is imminent.
On any other day the Chen siblings would have just made up, but not this day. A man by the name of Jack Wang is commuting across the Pacific to China. He stands on the bow of the ship and points to the coast. He accidentally knocks off a flare from the wall and it burst into the air. To the sleep deprived coast guard it see an attack. Wang's notoriously big arms seemed like a cannon shooting out the flares of impending doom towards the shore. They heard about the Chen's argument and thought Frank was on the attack. They launch a strike and blow up Wang's civilian vessel (Wang survives. His head and big arms act as makeshift floatation devices and carry him safely to shore.) Frank, still wound up from the argument , is furious and irrationally decides to strike back. The nuclear stockpiles of the world are released and the Republic of Chen ends. The Chenpocalypse has destroyed Earth. (See Liu 12 for Chenpocalypse).
The end of the Republic is not the end of humanity though. A special fleet was commissioned to start a space colony. The colony preserves the human species and it eventually recovers to healthy population levels on another Earth like planet. The leader of this colony will also establish a regime over the Earth 2.0. The leader was specifically picked by the Chens to lead the colony. The individual was the only person on Earth on par with the excellence of the Chens. The leader? Jiaxiu Zhong...but that story is for another day. =P
*** I would like to reiterate that THIS WAS ENTIRELY FICTIONAL AND REPRESENTS NOTHING CLOSE TO FRANK AND SOPHIA's ACTUAL LIVES. Sophia is one of the nicest people I have met and she would never starve Asian children. Also Frank is way to smart to watch Oprah.
I live that Liu gets parenthetical documentation.
ReplyDeleteWell he is a well respected visionary in the field of Chenistry (like Chemsitry except minus Miho and plus Alex and me)=P.
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