Reborn superpower

Compared with the big troops that were ushered in by China, Americans were very "poor" and "simple" in terms of reception. The only ones who accompanied Zao Wou-ki and his party to give a speech at Harvard University were a US deputy secretary of state and a member of the American Youth Federation. Two officers and two volunteers.

However, Zhao Wou-ki didn't feel that this was negligence, but it should be like this. Perhaps, Zhao Wou-ki himself also liked this kind of pragmatic style.It should be known that human life is short, and it would not be a pity to waste it on welcoming and sending.

Of course, what the Americans do has a lot to do with their system. Although the annual budget of the United States is almost dozens or hundreds of times that of China, they have a "taxpayer consciousness". Waste of funds, or follow a little selfishness, it is very likely that you will not be able to afford it.

In his previous life, Zao Wou-ki was also considered a member of the "official circle". Although he had no power or power, he did not lack this kind of "food and drink" that greeted and sent him. The reason was very simple. People from neighboring units come to eat and drink, and although there are many people in the agency, there are also many guests. Therefore, as an ordinary cadre in the agency, he can also enjoy the treatment of eating and drinking.If you are good at adjusting the atmosphere, if you can drink, this kind of occasion is even more indispensable.

As for the cost, there is basically no special consideration.If the level of the guests is high, the standards of the food and wine will be high; if the level of the guests is low or not so important, the standards of the food and wine should be lowered. Will not send no money because of usher.

When he arrived at Harvard University, Zao Wou-ki didn't see any speech slogans, welcome banners, and nothing like the president and vice president coming to greet him at the door.Fortunately, Zao Wou-ki's spiritual sense discovered that in front of one of the teaching buildings, he found the school announcement that Zao Wou-ki would come to give a speech.The announcement stated that Huaxia Outstanding Young Artists will give a speech in the first auditorium at 7:3 p.m. on July 7, and students are welcome to come and listen.and.At that time, "July 7" was originally printed, and later it was changed to "July 2" with red pen, and an official seal was stamped on it.

Of course, Harvard University may have other ways to notify students, but it is indeed beyond Zao Wou-ki's expectation that a university can be so "saving" that it is unwilling to spend the money for an additional announcement.

Regarding this, Zao Wou-ki was somewhat uncomfortable. This was obviously different from what Palak, Pete and others said at the time.Wouldn't it be very embarrassing if there were only dozens of people sitting in the auditorium?Even if he was a human being in two lifetimes, Zao Wou-ki is also from Huaxia, so he still values ​​face very much.In China, the reason why he gets along well with the officials is, in a sense, to give each other face?

It was only when the bus was parked in the parking lot outside the First Auditorium that Zao Wou-ki changed his opinion. The Chairman of the Board of Trustees, the President, the Vice-Principal of Harvard University and others actually waited in person in front of the auditorium to greet him.At this time, Zao Wou-ki also felt that 2000% of the seats in the auditorium with about 80.00 people were already filled, and a large number of students entered the first auditorium from another direction one after another.

It turns out that American students have a characteristic.During the break time, no one would bury their heads in reading in the teaching building, and the break time would be used for rest, unless the international students from the third world, especially those from Huaxia, would have the habit of reading and studying day and night.

And the occasion for rest is obviously not in the teaching building.It's in their own student apartment building.

After a few simple greetings, Zao Wou-ki and others were led to the auditorium by the school.When Zao Wou-ki and his party walked into the brightly lit auditorium, there was no applause similar to what Huaxia often heard in the auditorium.It was an ensemble of discussions, exclamations, hisses, and whistles.It seems that the Americans are very reserved or very proud, and their applause will not be sent easily.

Zhao Wou-ki obviously felt that some members of the delegation turned red, and some were not used to this kind of scene.

Fortunately, the 2000-seat auditorium was not very large, and Zhao Wou-ki and his party soon walked to the front right corner of the auditorium, the seat reserved by Harvard for the Huaxia Youth Delegation.

However, except for a podium, a podium and a few microphones, the rostrum was empty and nothing was prepared.

No, Zao Wou-ki and his party had just sat down, an old man walked up to the chair of the rostrum, and began to speak directly: "Ladies and gentlemen, please be quiet! Please be quiet! The speech conference is now starting. Next, please come from the distant Pacific Ocean On the other side, Mr. Zao Wou-ki, the representative of China's outstanding youth, gave a speech!"

After the old man said this sentence, he stared at where Zao Wou-Ki was, waiting for Zao Wou-Ki to come on stage, and the noise in the auditorium was natural at this time. Of course, there was no applause, it was very quiet.

Seeing this, Zao Wou-ki started to get up from his seat, and walked towards the rostrum without haste.

"Ah, he is Zao Wou-ki? Didn't you say that all Orientals are short? Why is he 1 meters tall?"

"Although the overall height of the Orientals is not as good as ours, there are tall ones among the short ones. In the Los Angeles Olympics three years ago, Huaxia came to participate. Did you not watch their games?"

"Hey, he's still very handsome, much better looking than in the newspapers and on TV!"

"Hey, Mike, Zao Wou-ki is a master, how about having a discussion with him after his speech?"

In Zhao Wuji's consciousness, he heard several discussions.However, Zao Wou-ki was not affected by these discussions, because he knew that the young people of America were, in a sense, the most proud group of people in this era or on this planet.

As long as the auditorium is full of people, Zao Wou-ki is not worried that he will not be able to conquer these hairy children who are equivalent to children in his eyes.

"Everyone welcomes Mr. Zao Wou-ki to invite us to give a speech!" Just after Zao Wou-ki stepped onto the rostrum, the old man said again with a smile.At this moment, the first applause started to ring out at the scene, but it was not enthusiastic, it was just polite applause, but Zao Wou-ki felt that 90.00% of the students also applauded out of politeness.

When Zao Wou-ki was about 5 steps away from the podium, a student volunteer brought a glass of water to Zao Wou-ki.Yes, a glass of plain water, no tea, no sugar, let alone coffee.

Although there is a chair behind the podium, you can speak while sitting, and you can speak standing up.therefore.Zhao Wou-ki walked to the speech seat, nodded to the old man, indicating that he was ready.

"Now, let's leave the time to Mr. Zao Wou-ki..." After saying this, the old man slipped off the stage alone.

"There is no translator. Could it be that Huaxia Zhao wants to give a speech in English?" People who often listen to speeches naturally know that a foreigner came to the stage without a translator.Then only speak in a language that the audience can understand.However, people who often listen to speeches also know that it is difficult for foreigners to speak their own languages, especially for Chinese people to speak English...

The old man was Derek, the vice president of Harvard University. Zao Wou-ki stood in front of the podium and did not start his speech, but waited for the old man to slowly walk off the podium.After coming to the front seat and sitting down, Zao Wou-ki officially started——

ladies and gentlemen.I am Zao Wou-ki from China.Let me first talk about my surname Zhao, someone who knows something about Chinese culture.We all know that China established a Great Song Dynasty in 960 AD. The founding emperor of the Great Song Dynasty was Zhao Kuangyin. It really lasted 1279 years until 320 AD.The Great Song Empire was ruled by Zhao Kuangyin and his descendants, and because of this, in the book "Hundred Surnames" about Huaxia surnames compiled during the Great Song Empire.The "Zhao" surname was listed as the first surname of a hundred surnames.

China is very particular about surnames, and the most important one is that the surname is from the father instead of the mother. Modern genetics proves that in the inheritance of blood, it is easier for men to maintain a stable bloodline, while it is easier for women to keep their bloodlines stable. Mutations.

What I mean by this passage is that thousands of years ago, the cultural customs formed in China, the surname "follow the father and not the mother", has been proved by today's science to be extremely correct.

Therefore, in China, when people with the same surname meet, they will generally feel very cordial, and they will say that they belonged to the same family 500 years ago.

As for my name "Wuji", it is an important concept in Chinese culture. Wuji means nothing, nothing gives birth to existence, and Wuji gives birth to Tai Chi. In today's terms, it refers to the chaotic state before the Big Bang.

Of course, there are many interpretations and understandings of the word "Wuji", and due to time constraints, I won't go into details here.

Yesterday, when I was talking with President Reagan, President Reagan asked me: Mr. Zao Wou-ki, do you believe in aliens?At that time, I gave a detailed answer, but I did not see related reports in several major newspapers.

Regarding this issue, I think everyone has the same opinion. Or, it is not difficult to prove the logic of whether there are aliens, but it is difficult to find factual support.

How I answered President Reagan, here, I will not say.Because, even if I express my point of view, everyone will not have a unified opinion.

However, there is a very important fact, that is, President Ronald Reagan is not concerned about whether there are aliens, but I, Zao Wou-ki, are also concerned, and every lady and gentleman present is also very concerned.In other words, whether there are aliens is a topic of common concern and interest to us.

But do we really care about aliens?No!What we care about is ourselves, the destiny of human beings themselves!

It is said that human beings are alone.I very much agree with this statement.However, this sentence is not necessarily scientific.Because, this is from the perspective of human beings themselves.

Human beings and nature, human beings and other creatures, human beings and the universe have long been integrated; human beings are also part of the universe.From this perspective, how can human beings be alone?

Of course, as a psychological or emotional experience, loneliness is something that everyone has or may have, but it is also a psychological complex centered on the ego.A person who loves flowers, will she be lonely when she walks into a hundred gardens?Are poets alone when they face each other?A person who has many friends, who is good at experience or good at life, also rarely feels alone.

Therefore, loneliness has a boundary, and this boundary is the "known". For the "unknown", human beings are naturally afraid and incomprehensible, so they are lonely; and in the familiar and known fields, we are like ducks in water and rarely lonely.

The reason why I want to talk about the two concepts of "alien" and "loneliness" is because the topic of my speech today is related.

As we all know, in today's world, the confrontation between the two superpowers, the NATO and the Warsaw Pact, the confrontation between the two ideologies, the gap between the rich and the poor, the disparity between the rich and the poor, etc., artificially make a small earth, artificially make the original Human beings, who are very lonely, split into different camps again, and the earth's limited resources.They are used in armaments and wars one after another; the scientific inventions of human beings have produced a large number of nuclear weapons to destroy human beings themselves?Let all of us, living under the shadow of nuclear threat, sit on top of a volcano ready to erupt at any moment!

Ladies and gentlemen, do you think this is really the life we ​​need? !

"Papa papa..." Zhao Wou-ki finally received the first round of applause when he spoke up to this point.Zao Wou-ki is right, human beings are lonely enough, there are still many poor people in the world.However, because of these frivolous differences, the government always spends money on the armed forces instead of improving the lives of the people.

If Zao Wou-ki said this in China, there would definitely not be applause, because China is a weak and poor country, and because China's voice is relatively single, how can there be a safe home without a strong army?That's what Zao Wou-ki himself sang "Speak from the Heart".

However, American youths are different again.Because the United States has long been the world's hegemon, their military strength is absolutely the world's number one, even the Xiong country can't compare.The country is already so powerful, however.We still have to charge us so much taxes, and after collecting taxes, we still have to produce so many weapons?Naturally, these American youths will enter into a common-sense psychology: extremes must be reversed!

Extremes must be reversed!Huaxia in later generations also fell into such a state of mind.When the material life reaches a certain level, when the national education is popularized and improved to a certain level, people will naturally think about it.People will naturally pay attention to the surrounding environment and their own destiny, and because of this.All kinds of negative news spread extremely fast and caused a lot of social discussion.For example, price issues, environmental issues, "second generation" issues, social issues, etc. In short, there are countless problems in this society. As for whether this society has a good side?That is basically not recognized, people who ride bicycles will not admit it, and people who drive Mercedes-Benz and BMW will not admit it either.

After the applause subsided, Zao Wou-ki continued his speech——

Therefore, the theme of my speech today is: "Reconciliation, Humanity!"

In addition to the "split" manifestations I mentioned above, because of historical reasons, beliefs, customs, cultural reasons, occupational reasons, reasons for different levels of social members, etc., between countries, ethnic groups, etc. There are always such and such differences and contradictions between the nation and the nation, and between regions. This is also the real root cause of the continuous local wars in the world since the Second World War.

Contradictions between countries and between nations lead to wars; while people are divided and do not understand each other, which leads to chaos in law and order, insecurity of personal safety, and deteriorating interpersonal environment.

If I ask everyone: are you happy?There may be 80.00% of people who will answer "I am happy!" But if I ask everyone: are you happy?There may be quite a few people who cannot express their opinions easily. How much happiness will there be in a world of conflicts?If we see other people's families being ruined and their wives and children separated, you reply "I am happy!" This kind of happiness is abnormal, what kind of happiness!

That is, happiness does not stand alone for the happiness of an individual or a particular relationship!The stock market has soared this year, and everyone who invests in Wall Street has made a lot of money. Is this happiness?What if Wall Street falls again tomorrow?Isn't it another misfortune for everyone?

Because of the confrontation between the Warsaw Pact and NATO, the people living on both sides of the confrontation are worried every day, because bombs may fall on their heads at any time!

Because of ideological confrontation, countries with different ideologies previously distrusted each other, were hostile to each other, and attacked each other. How much human, material and financial resources were consumed for this?

Because of the confrontation between different sects or different beliefs, or differences of interests, four Middle East wars have been fought!Are we going to see them fight the fifth Middle East war?

Because of the hostility between the United States and China in the past few decades, the two countries fought two wars on the Korean Peninsula and the Indochina Peninsula, confronting and blocking for decades!China is a weak country, and the trauma it has suffered is even greater!

Thinking of these, my mood is hard to calm down!Developed countries such as the United States and Europe have always promoted so-called "universal values" such as democracy, freedom, and equality. However, why do I see all differences, confrontations, and wars?

I don't know the annual military expenditures of the Warsaw Pact and NATO, and I don't know how much each country has increased military expenditures because of mutual distrust between countries!

However, I believe in one thing: These additional military expenditures have not brought benefits to the people of powerful countries such as the United States, let alone the people of poor and weak countries!What it brings is the death of tens of thousands to 10 people every year, and the unrest and fear of hundreds of millions and billions of people!

Ladies and gentlemen, when I say this, I don't mean to blame the US government, let alone other countries. I'm just stating a fact.My greatest hope is that governments around the world can face up to this problem, shift their focus from the arms race to the development of people's livelihood, and seek greater happiness for the people of all countries and all mankind!

"Papa..." The 2000-person conference hall burst into warm applause!The university presidents and professors in the front row stood up while applauding!

Perhaps, they thought that this was the official voice of Huaxia!Perhaps, this is the voice of the Chinese generation of youth!

Of course, if they really think so, they are undoubtedly correct.Because Chief Wu Mian has said many times that peace and development are the theme of the world! (to be continued..)

ps: There are a lot of votes, so I will not thank you one by one.Xingchen is too busy these two days, and the update broke out in September...