The University of Hong Kong, Office of the Dean of the Faculty of Arts.

Director Huang looked at the resignation report that Huo Yaowen had just submitted to him in his hand, his face was full of incredulity, and he said in surprise: "Teacher Huo, you want to resign?"

"Yes. Huo Yaowen pondered for a few seconds, and finally nodded in response.

Director Huang frowned at this time, pinched the envelope of the resignation letter with his fingers, pondered for a long time, and then threw the letter on the table, and said comfortingly: "Yaowen, you have to think clearly! Resignation is not a joke, although I know that you have been very busy recently, but you will have a holiday in another month, and you can have a good rest and rest at that time." If you're too tired right now, I can arrange for the rest of the teachers to substitute for you, and I'll give you a few more days off. ”

"Director Huang, I know you have good intentions, but to be honest, the resignation is something that I decided after careful consideration, not a pat on my head. If I continue to serve as a teacher in the Department of Philosophy, I will be irresponsible to the school and to the students. ”

Huo Yaowen sighed slightly and said: "Director Huang, you also know, I not only have to deal with the situation of the school publishing house now, I also have a publishing company myself, and I also have a charity education foundation that I need to take care of, plus I have to contribute to many newspapers, it is difficult to teach students wholeheartedly." ”

"Did you tell Mr. Zhang about the resignation?

"I have already told the teacher and he agreed. ”

Director Huang didn't speak after hearing this, but frowned and pondered, and after a while, he looked up at Huo Yaowen and said, "I know that you may be busy and have so many things to do, but I have a suggestion, that is, you keep the position of a school teacher, and you have a job or no salary." ”

Huo Yaowen was slightly stunned, and then asked, "Is this okay?"

Director Huang smiled and said: "What's wrong with this, aren't you the president of the HKU Press? The publishing house is attached to the name of the school, and the school has half of the shares, so it is natural to keep your position as a faculty member, and besides, there is no salary, it is just a position, if you are interested, you can also come to the school to teach students." ”

Huo Yaowen thought about it, if he didn't resign and keep his position without a salary, it seemed that this would be good, nodded and said: "If you can only keep your position without teaching content and salary, then it will trouble you Director Huang." ”

"Don't worry, I still have that power, and I think the headmaster will agree. Speaking of this, Director Huang suddenly thought of something, and said with a smile: "By the way, there is another thing I forgot to congratulate you." ”

Huo Yaowen was surprised: "Congratulations to me?"

Director Huang was surprised: "You still don't know?"

"What the hell is going on, Director Huang. ”

Director Huang said with a smile: "Professor Luke has helped you submit the paper on 'Brain in a Vat' you wrote at the Vienna Philosophy Conference at the end of July to the British Journal of Philosophy of Science sponsored by the British Society for the Philosophy of Science. ”

"British Journal of the Philosophy of Science!"

Huo Yaowen's eyes widened and he was surprised: "Professor Luke helped me submit the manuscript?"

Director Huang said: "Yes, you may have been busy with charity performances recently, and you are often not at school, and it is normal for you not to know. ”

A few minutes later.

Huo Yaowen walked out of Director Huang's office, and before he went far, he saw Anna, who had been waiting for a long time, running over.

Anna raised her eyebrows and asked, "Director Huang agrees with your resignation?"

Huo Yaowen shook his head: "No, he means to keep my position, but there is no salary and no need to teach for students." ”

Anna smiled: "That's good, in fact, I don't approve of your resignation." ”

Anna knew about the resignation earlier, she actually didn't want Huo Yaowen to resign, but she also respected his opinion, and she was naturally very happy to hear that she could keep her job at this time.

Huo Yaowen glanced at Anna and asked, "Do you know that Professor Luke helped me submit the paper of 'Brain in a Jar' to the British Journal of Philosophy of Science?"

"You got it?"

Anna smiled and said, "Yes, Professor Luke told me before, but you have been busy in the last few days, so I didn't tell you. And Professor Luke told me that there is a good chance that your paper will be published in the Journal of Philosophy of Science, and that the 'brain in a jar' has been discussed by a lot of people in the British philosophical community recently, and even my philosophy teacher at the University of London has spoken about it in class. ”

Huo Yaowen blinked, he didn't expect the 'brain in a jar' to be such a sensation in the UK.

"That's good. Huo Yaowen said with a smile: "Don't talk about this, let's go now, the float parade will start in just over an hour." ”

Anna nodded, "Uh-huh." ”

During this time, Huo Yaowen has been busy with the affairs of the foundation, and he has not accompanied Anna well, so taking advantage of the fact that today is the last day of the Hong Kong Festival, there will be a grand parade of floats in Kowloon in the evening, so I thought about taking her over to have a look

Night.

On Boundary Street in Kowloon, tens of thousands of people gathered to watch the parade again.

The parade starts from Boundary Street and ends at Haiphong Island next to Kowloon Park, and the parade is a mile long, that is, 500 meters long.

It is conceivable that such a grand parade of floats, with a 500-meter-long queue, will have more than 1,000 people performing various traditional performances along the streets.

More than 200,000 people gathered on both sides of the street, from Boundary Street to Hai Phong Island, to watch the largest and most attended parade in Hong Kong's history, even decades later.

On top of a hotel building.

Anna looked through the glass at the dense crowd of people gathered below, swallowed and said, "There are so many people today." ”

"Yes. ”

Huo Yaowen sat in the room, looked at the picture of the TV, and said with a smile: "The TV host just said that from the beginning to the end of this float parade, it is estimated that more than 200,000 citizens are waiting for the float along the way. ”

"So many people?" Anna looked back at Huo Yaowen sitting on the sofa in shock.

Huo Yaowen smiled: "Hmm, that's why I brought you here in advance, otherwise, the car would definitely not be able to drive in." ”

Since five o'clock in the afternoon, the multi-kilometer-long road of the float parade has been blocked, prohibiting all vehicles from entering, and there are too many people watching on the street, considering safety, Huo Yaowen didn't want to take Anna to watch below, so he came to this hotel early to book a room.

At this time, Anna suddenly shouted, "Come here, the parade of floats is coming." ”

Huo Yaowen hurriedly got up and came to Anna's side, the two of them were close together, and through the window of the room, a gap could be opened slightly, looking at the parade of floats slowly coming from the right side.

Led by a float named "Prosperous City", it symbolizes the prosperity of Hong Kong.

Because it is a bit high, it is difficult to see the details of the float, but you can see that several young women are waving on the front of the float.

"Doesn't seem to be too bad. ”

Anna had never seen this parade of floats, especially the long row at the back, barely visible at the edge.

"Well, pretty good. ”

Huo Yaowen glanced at the parade team, and then looked to the left, the rows of people standing on both sides of the street were densely packed, as if they were boundless, such a big grand parade was not something that could be seen when you wanted to.

At this time, Anna went back to the house and took out an open bottle of red wine and two goblets.

Anna poured a cup, handed it to Huo Yaowen, and asked with a smile, "Do you want a drink?"

Looking at the red liquid in the goblet, Huo Yaowen met Anna's delicate smiling face, took the wine glass, and said with a smile on the corner of his mouth: "Okay, but I don't want you to get drunk and punch and kick me like last time." ”

"No, it won't. Anna chuckled

As time passed, the procession of floats gradually faded away, and the countless crowds of people on both sides of the street began to disperse.

At this time, the room "creaked" because the lights were turned off, and most of the area was pitch black, except for the television that was playing the picture, and the faint light source illuminated the vibrating bed in front of it.

How sad can you be?

It is like a river flowing eastward