mijobooks Chapter 119 Spear and Shield
Chapter 119 Spear and Shield
Chapter 120 Spear and Shield
Beijing, the political and economic center.
With the spring breeze of reform and opening up and the most symbolic international event of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the United States, this ancient imperial city is now experiencing its most impactful period of complex and diverse thoughts.
In plain terms, people's hearts are yearning for change.
Everyone is actively following the pace of reform and opening up, trying to find a shortcut or smooth path to change their own destiny.
Yu Zhen's speech at the literary conference, broadcast live by China National Radio, quickly resonated deep within the hearts of every Beijing resident.
Especially that classic, outrageous statement: Standing at the forefront of the times, even a pig can instantly transform into a flying, mighty pig.
Yu, the renowned writer and arguably the top writer in China, claims that his success is due to his good fortune in riding the wave of "liberating thought" and bravely becoming the first writer of science fiction. As a result, he now enjoys immense fame and fortune.
There are also predictions about the future development pace of the "Four-Year Theory".
In the next decade, China's light industry will be unrivaled in the world.
This assertion thrilled and filled light industry-related factories and enterprises across the country with pride, and they wholeheartedly agreed with it.
In the next twenty years, China's computer internet high-tech industry will become a member of the world's first tier.
Well, the most important thing is that, so far, there is no such industry in China.
Naturally, it seems that not many people have stepped forward to complain that they cannot do it or are not capable of being a member of this top-tier global group.
In the next thirty years, will our national power dominate Eurasia, and will our country become rich and powerful, with oil flowing in?
This beautiful dream, wow, it's definitely worth having a good time to dream about it.
In the next forty years, we will achieve a comprehensive rejuvenation, becoming a first-class power in all aspects and fields, with no blind spots.
Very well, very well, so in just forty years you're going to make a strong sprint to complete the path to becoming an industrial power that took the West almost two hundred years to complete, huh?!
Yes, yes, if that's the case, wouldn't the vast majority of people be able to witness the realization of their dream of a powerful nation becoming a reality and a glorious moment in their lifetime?
"As expected of a writer—"
"Tsk tsk, you're absolutely right! Look at the amazing pie in the sky that writer Yu has painted for the whole nation!"
"Haha, just look at this flatbread, isn't it delicious!"
"It smells amazing, absolutely incredible!!!"
"It's still forty years from now, I wonder if I'll still be alive that long—"
"You're not even thirty yet this year, and you'll only be seventy in forty years. Cut down on smoking and drinking, or you won't live to seventy-seven!"
"Hey, anyway, listening to Writer Yu's literary report was really uplifting. I used to hear those intellectuals babbling on and on about how our country is no good at this or that, always saying we're at least half a century behind the Western world. Especially those worthless intellectuals, they love to belittle our cultural genes, saying our culture is backward, feudal, ignorant, conservative, and easily stifles thought and so on. But the truth is, these worthless intellectuals are just too incompetent and lack confidence themselves."
"Exactly! How can we be the only country in the world whose civilization has been passed down through generations and never died out? It's so hypocritical and despicable that we are feudal, ignorant, and conservative, that we don't strive for progress, and that we turn around and blame our cultural heritage for being too ancient, and even try to trick everyone into joining us in criticizing it!"
"Absolutely! Take these intellectuals, for example. Why do they always look down on science fiction? All they do is reflect on this and that. They did something stupid a few years ago, and they still have to write articles about it, wasting public resources to let more people know how stupid they were back then. It's ridiculous!"
"The problem is, their writing isn't really that good. Their work would be so bad you'd want to wipe your backside in a public toilet—"
The Tsinghua and Peking University Campus Literature Report and Speech Event successfully concluded.
Even after the event ended, Yu Zhen was still unable to leave easily. He was warmly invited to stay by teachers and students from Tsinghua University, Peking University, and Yenching University, where they continued to discuss and debate some hot topics.
You, Mr. Yu, have also used your own statement about "pigs flying in the wind" to describe your current achievements. Aren't you being too modest?
Furthermore, is your argument suggesting that individual effort and struggle are often less important than choosing a better platform for development?
If we follow your line of reasoning, then as young people in universities, if we had the opportunity to develop our careers abroad, wouldn't we easily achieve far more overseas than we would in China?
Are you indirectly encouraging us to expand overseas as much as possible?!
Perhaps it was because the event was over, and the pressure of having CCTV broadcast the event live and record it on CCTV was gone.
Those students who originally planned to cause trouble on the spot, take the opportunity to throw out some highly sensitive topics to gain traction and create controversy.
Finally, someone couldn't hold back any longer and, with a slight change in approach, threw out the carefully prepared bombshell topic in public.
Moreover, the student who raised this topic is clearly quite knowledgeable.
It cleverly combines the concepts of studying abroad, brain drain, and Yu Zhen's "flying divine pig" theory.
There was a certain point to it: using the spear in Yu Zhen's own words to attack the shield in his words, and this rhythm immediately silenced the lively scene.
Director Qin's eyes were sharp as knives, and he immediately locked onto the student who posted the message.
Needless to say, the other party has already been added to his list of names, and in the near future, it will be completely impossible for this student to study abroad on a government scholarship.
You should dare to stand up and challenge them during the report meeting.
No matter what, I respect you as a true man.
Now that the radio broadcast has ended and the TV recording has finished, everyone is having a relaxed time chatting. To jump out and act like a clown at this time is utterly despicable and incredibly underhanded.
Yu Zhen, however, did not show any signs of nervousness.
He smiled and said, "Choices, of course, are more important than so-called simple efforts in most cases. You could even say that they can basically determine a person's fate and future. Life is only a few decades long. Whether you succeed or not, sometimes it really comes down to just one or two life choices."
Whoosh—
Is this the kind of answer?
Doesn't that mean you've completely agreed with the clown's words?
The teachers and students present started discussing it animatedly.
Director Qin and the others became quite anxious upon hearing this.
Yu Zhen continued unhurriedly, "Qin Hui, with the help of the emperor's twelve gold tablets, successfully manipulated Yue Fei, causing Yue Fei's death on trumped-up charges. At that time, who could deny that Qin Hui's life hadn't reached its most glorious moment?"
"Given the chance to travel through time and become Qin Hui, possessing all the memories of the present, would you still choose to follow the so-called glorious path of Qin Hui?"
"If you have the opportunity to go abroad and study and grow overseas, you should definitely cherish it."
"But if you simply believe that as long as you go overseas and have the opportunity to stay, you will usher in the so-called most glorious moment of your life, then your thinking is far too polarized."
"Being able to go out is a skill. It means being able to resist temporary temptations, knowing what true success is, knowing the true nature of your blood, and being able to come back after going out. Only then can you live up to the name of a new-era college student."
"Writer Yu, you certainly have the right to keep spouting high-sounding rhetoric now! After all, the country is quite worried that you might not be able to come back after going abroad. If you don't keep saying nice things, hehe, who knows if you'll be able to go to the US at the end of the month or not? You'll be so anxious then—"
Suddenly, someone in the crowd made another outrageous statement, directly bringing up Yu Zhenyi's desire to go to the United States.