Chapter 129: Who Did You Give Your Buttons That Year?
"When I came up just now, I asked myself, why did you come up and stand here? This should belong to the sphere of influence of good students, like my class leader Li Liwei, like my sister Su Yuxi.
My sister complimented me just now, well, but I'm still thinking about whether it's a compliment or a loss. Saying that, Cheng Xiaoyu spread his hands and smiled, and the students in the audience also laughed.
"So I came up to remind myself that we have to always look at things differently. I was able to stand here today, and sure enough, I found that the scenery here is different.
If you don't believe me, you can come up and have a look later.
Just like when you read a book, you should not think about what the author thinks, but you should imagine how you read it.
Students, you must try to find your voice, because the later you start looking, the less likely you are to find it.
Thoreau said, "Most people live in quiet despair. "Don't get into this situation, rush out. Don't run away timidly, look around you. If you want to be a good student, study hard, if you want to be a good artist, you keep honing your skills, if you want to be a writer, then start writing now, start submitting. If you like my sister, then I would advise you to give it up. As soon as the words were finished, the audience burst into deafening applause and cheers, which were so enthusiastic that they almost toppled the dome of the auditorium.
Cheng Xiaoyu also stopped, winked at Su Yuxi with a smile on his face, until the auditorium returned to calm, and everyone looked at Cheng Xiaoyu with wide eyes.
Cheng Xiaoyu's voice was deep and magnetic, and his speech was very emotional and rhythmic, which made all the students in the auditorium feel that listening to him was a pleasure.
"I see the strongest and brightest people here, and your potential is all wasted.
I'm just constantly studying, or playing football, basketball, or thinking about pretty girls and handsome guys. You haven't thought about what kind of person you want to be or what you want to do in the future. Maybe most people will become a white-collar worker step by step, ordinary life, under the temptation of advertising, we buy a house, buy a car, buy clothes, so we work hard to buy something that may not be needed.
We are a generation forgotten by history, with no purpose, no status, no world war, and no great economic panic.
Our great war is only the battle of the heart, and our panic is only our life.
We grew up watching TV and dreamed that one day we would become a rich man, a high-ranking official or an entertainment superstar, but most of us don't, that's the reality that we're gradually facing, so maybe one day we'll be very, very angry.
But no matter what kind of life you choose, you have to ask yourself now, what are you fantasizing about now?
World peace?
Should be. ”
There was another burst of laughter in the auditorium, which was obviously the rhythm and effect that Cheng Xiaoyu needed. Cheng Xiaoyu took the microphone, walked out of the podium, and asked loudly:
"Do you fantasize about international fame?
Fantasy of winning the Pulitzer Prize, or Nobel Prize, or the Chinese Music Prize?
Fantasizing about meeting a sexy beauty or a handsome guy full of genius?
On the surface he is a little bad or cold, but in private he shines with noble enthusiasm and is willing to spend a romantic evening with you?
The point of Lacan's philosophy is that fantasy must transcend reality, because at the moment you get it, you can't and won't want him.
In order to continue to exist, the object of ** must never be attained, and what you want is not the object itself, but the fantasy of him, which is complemented by the fantasy of madness, which is what the Basque calls true happiness, which comes from daydreaming of future happiness, otherwise how can we say that hunting is more fun than killing?
So Lacan's lesson is that people who come true are never happy. The most human essence is to try your best to live in your thoughts and ideals, and don't measure your life by how much you have achieved. And how many moments of sincerity, compassion, reason, and even self-sacrifice are gained, because at the end of the day, the only measure of the importance of our lives depends on how you look at the lives of others. And the happiness you get comes only from your heart.
So do who you want to be, there is no time limit for this, as long as you want, you can start at any time.
You can change from now on, or you can stay the same, and there are no rules for this. You can live your best life, or you can make a mess.
But I want you to live your best life.
I hope you will be able to see things that will surprise you and visit different landscapes.
I want you to experience emotions that you have never experienced before and experience happiness together.
I hope you will meet and talk to people who think differently.
I want you to be proud of your life, and that in your old age, although you may not be able to achieve success as defined by others, not necessarily to be praised by the world, not necessarily to excel in this pompous world, but as long as we are glad that we have not wasted our time, then we should be happy.
If you look at yourself now and find that you haven't done it yet, I hope you will have the courage to start now. ”
After Cheng Xiaoyu finished speaking, he walked out of the podium and bowed to the teachers and students of Fudan High School, and this time the warm applause lasted for a long time. Cheng Xiaoyu's speech is somewhat similar to Su Yuxi's content, but it is more simple and straightforward, and it is more touching than Su Yuxi's somewhat obscure content. Both of their speeches can be savored, but in terms of speech skills and audience interaction, Cheng Xiaoyu is stronger than Su Yuxi, Su Yuxi did not consider the feelings of the audience, and of course she didn't care about these. In a real sense, Cheng Xiaoyu is definitely not as good as Su Yuxi, after all, Cheng Xiaoyu is just a copyist.
Cheng Xiaoyu also sighed secretly, feeling that he was fortunate not to be ashamed, he was also unprepared to go on stage, fortunately, his strong memory function of his previous life played a role, these philosophical words are all excerpts from some of the movies he watched in his previous life, but it is not easy to pick out these classic lines from his previous life in a short period of time. What's more, these lines are still from several movies. (I don't know if any readers can accurately say that this is from those movies, they are all very classic movies.) )
When Cheng Xiaoyu walked back to his seat, Wang Ou's face was full of emotion, he stood up and hugged Cheng Xiaoyu and said, "Little fatty, what you just said is so good, it makes me feel that I have found the meaning of life." ”
Cheng Xiaoyu smiled, patted Wang Ou on the shoulder, and when he sat down, Wang Ou took the opportunity to tear off Cheng Xiaoyu's first button.
Cheng Xiaoyu was a little stunned, he probably knew that Japan had a custom of asking for a second button from his sweetheart, but he didn't know what the custom of Fudan High School was, and he didn't know what the first button represented. So he asked Wang Ou, "What does this button represent?"
Wang Ou whispered carefully to Cheng Xiaoyu to explain the meaning of a few buttons, and Cheng Xiaoyu suddenly realized. I also felt that Su Yuxi was making a bit of a fuss, because he felt that no one must be looking for him for buttons.
After the school's graduation ceremony, the class also organized a KTV party near the school in the afternoon, and the lunch at noon was invited by the parents of a hidden tyrant in the class. It is also a restaurant near the school. But before going to dinner, you have to go to the front of the teaching building to take a group photo.
All the students of the third (2) class walked out of the auditorium with the flow of people, and several members of the Guilty Crown walked together.
There were already a few girls who came to Chen Haoran to ask for the second button, but they were all ruthlessly rejected by Poker Face.
Wang Ou looked at a cute girl who was rejected by Chen Haoran, turned around and walked away with tears in her eyes, and couldn't help but say, "Isn't it just a button?
Chen Haoran rarely responded to Wang Ou's question, and said expressionlessly, "You can give it, I won't stop you." ”
This angry Wang Ou shouted, among the three boys, only Cheng Xiaoyu lost the second button.
Xia Shamo looked at the vacant piece on Cheng Xiaoyu's chest, a little lucky, and a little regretful. The hot weather made everyone exude a blazing breath, and Xia Shamo was very close to Cheng Xiaoyu, and he could even feel the boiling body temperature on his body. The shadow shrunk into a small ball in the sun, and there were many croaking voices beside the camphor tree, and a warm wind blew by, blowing Xia Shamo's long hair for someone, and she reached out and pulled it behind her ear. This lazy and delicate action amazed this summer. The slow and graceful movements became this mottled picture scroll like an old dream.
Graduation is the most pleasant sadness.
Each class made several red banners for the graduating class, some classes in front of the teaching building, some classes in front of the gymnasium, and some classes under the camphor tree in the playground, and began to take group photos.
Cheng Xiaoyu stood on the stool in the back row, under the light of the noon sun, in the loud shouts of eggplants, he left a big smile in front of the camera. Chen Haoran and Wang Ou stood on his left and right hands, and Xia Shamo stood in front of him.
The school's white porcelain building is magnificent and shiny, the smiles of the teachers are approachable and amiable, and all the students have their youthful faces.
His high school years are permanently fixed here, and many male classmates have missing a second button on their school uniforms, but they don't know who those buttons are wearing and wearing red ropes and hanging around their necks.
(Thanks to Suwako Miya for the evaluation vote.) Thank you for the heavy loneliness, the fallen light, looking up at the farthest starry sky, the wellsos, the silver moon with sin. Actually, these two chapters are especially difficult to write, but fortunately, the new plot will start tomorrow, so stay tuned!)