Language Implants

By Paul Brackley

Jerome thought it was going to be an easy out-patient operation to implant the French Language chip in his brain so that he could master the French Language immediately. He didn't realize it would lead to a £100 million investment scam involving cryptocurrencies , dealings with a Russian Oligarch and his violent henchmen, and meeting the girl of his dreams. Would he survive it all?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Paul Brackley
• Release date: Oct 21, 2020
• ISBN: 9780645000801

Paul Brackley

I am a retired businessman living in Adelaide South Australia. Born London England. Background in chronological order" from 15 yrs: Clerical, Painter, Photo Sales, RAAF, Crayfisherman, Fire brigade, Roadhouse Manager, McDonalds, then my own businesses, some successful and some not so. First time author and after many years putting off writing I'm now really enjoying it. Have 2 children (1 deceased) but now only my wife and I at home together. Hopefully more writing to come.

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Language Implants

Paul Brackley

Copyright © 2020 by Paul Brackley

Print ISBN: 978-1-944066-90-1

Audiobook ISBN: 978-1-944066-91-8

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Table Of Contents

Chapter One: French Dreams

Chapter Two: The Chess Game

Chapter Three: The Plan

Chapter Four: The Build Up

Chapter Five: The Holiday

Chapter 6: A Problem?

Chapter Seven: It’s happening

Chapter Eight: What To Do Now

Chapter Nine: Bitcoin Blues

Chapter One

French Dreams

This was not a typical day for Jerome Baxter because today, Jerome had booked himself to have a revolutionary new, not quite legal, operation on his brain. He had been contemplating having this procedure done for only two weeks.

The operation was still a somewhat secret procedure, recently perfected by a company—Crimson Pharma called Enhanced Prosthetic Memory. This was a process whereby a chip the size of a piece of hair is impregnated into the brain and allows the patient to learn a new language within twenty-four hours. The tiny chip had the entire language including correct grammar, syntaxes, etc. encoded on it and was placed in an area of the brain that science had known about for years that controlled speech comprehension. A similar technique had been worked on by the Military since 2016 to drastically improve short term memory of soldiers. With the help of images from magnetic resonance, great strides had been made in recent years on how to enhance memory.

There had also been a long history of animal studies, in which implants were found to increase memory in chimpanzees. This technique had been worked on in labs for over ten years. Also going back to 2018, dementia patients had been given implants to successfully increase their memories by up to thirty-five percent. This new procedure was a fundamental extension of the previous work.

Jerome knew about this early because he was an accountant at Macmillan Investments, an established firm of investment bankers in London. They Had taken some investments recently on this project. Although very hush-hush, he was involved with it all, and his boss and friend at the company Brent Smyth had briefed him on what it was all about and wanted him prepared for some big investments that were expected to come in soon.

In reality, it would take about three or four extra days for the tongue to wrap itself around new words, and even longer for Asian languages. He could even stipulate what accent he wanted, and Jerome had decided on a French, upper middleclass accent reflecting his standing now in the English class system.

Jerome was sure that this sensational development was going to change language learning for so many people who just did not have the time or acumen to learn. Once fully legalized, the resulting benefits could be enormous. People who wanted citizenship in other countries but had to learn the language to qualify first and could not, either because of advanced age or just no language ability, would soon be able to do so.

Yes, it was not legal at the moment—the authorities needed more time to give it an official stamp— yes, it hadn’t been fully researched, and, yes, it was something that had never been known until recently, but he had already read stories on the dark web about how this incredible technological advancement that had come out of brain scans had revolutionised language learning.

Jerome was thirty-four, his native tongue was English. He lived alone in a small flat in the city of London and was regarded as a good accountant by his company. Now, his recent divorce was settled, and he wanted to do something different, opting for a complete change in lifestyle in France. He had already mentioned this to Brent.

Jerome had no kids and was physically active, 6 ft 1 tall, medium build, and quite good looking. He was at the gym most nights and still did a lot of swimming at his local pool. He had travelled with his ex-wife a lot. Backpacking through Europe, and then Australia, New Zealand, and the USA over a few years. He enjoyed this, but they never really got ahead financially. He’d finished his studies at Uni where he majored in accounting and psychology—an odd combination others thought—and got the job at Macmillan’s a few years ago. He drank a little bit too much but didn’t do drugs after a bad experience at University.

Jerome was born in Cornwall and moved to North London at the age of eleven. He’d been taunted at school because of his broad Cornish accent and eventually made friends with another boy who didn’t fit the London stereotypes either,