Chapter 40: The President's Speech
When Chen Xiaofei was their principal, Estelle Washington, Estelle. When Washington pulled down the red curtain to reveal the intricately carved gem tree suspended in the crystal chest, everyone in the audience unconsciously let out an exclamation.
The bare transparent branches swirl with embossing patterns, and the branches are dotted with thin transparent leaves of various colors, and the thin leaves have golden lights on them, and the whole half-man-tall tree is so bright and dazzling that it is impossible to look at it directly.
Estelle. Washington coughed lightly and watched as the crowd fell silent before he said in standard American English, "This is our Hero Tree, but we also call it the Tree of Life." When your autograph and avatar appear on this tree in the form of leaves, then you are the greatest man of the century. ”
"Our selection criteria are not the same as those of the outside world, and if more than half of the people feel that you are not, then even if everyone in the outside world recognizes you as a hero, we will not put that leaf of yours on the tree."
He paused, looked at the expressions of the audience, and continued, "In the future, you can choose to do one thing, no matter how big or small, as long as you succeed, everyone can vote for you, and if you vote more than half of the number of people in Jinzhong, then you are a hero." ”
Estelle. Washington smiled slightly, but the appearance of a thirty-something but wise like a seventy-year-old man, facing the confused expressions of the students, he turned on the projector, and a crystal clear green oily leaf was projected on the screen, on which a portrait of a person with a slightly gloomy face and a solemn face was outlined with gold thread, and under the avatar was the signature: Leonard Leakey Hofstadter
"It's Leakey, it's Sinner Leakey!"
"Oh! It's a nightmare."
"This demon, how can it be a hero."
"Oh my God!"
Bumper! The headmaster tapped his fingers lightly on the table and said:
"He's amazing, isn't he? One man broke World War II. Here I must say that he is a hero. ”
"How is it possible, he is going to destroy our people! How could that chauvinist be a hero," an angry UT man stood up and roared.
A few other UT people couldn't help but stand up, clenched their fists, and silently gestured to the speaker.
"Little friend, don't be so impulsive, we're not talking about my decision alone, maybe you can sit down and continue to listen to me, how about it?"
Estelle. Washington sat them down in a slightly mocking tone of majesty.
"Back to the beginning, we said we wanted to do something, so what did Leakey choose, let's take a look."
The projection screen on the projector turned, and a brick on the brick-red wall was engraved with a line of words, "I will turn the world upside down with my power." "Signed Leonard Leakey Hofstadter.
We can't see what this sentence represents, just like a man named Ellen in the last century, he also carved the same sentence, Ellen you all know, known as the smartest person in the history of mankind, most of the time he does it is a theoretical interpretation, very perfect, but in his lifetime we can't see that most people in this world have changed because of him, and in the future there will be more people stepping on his shoulders to climb higher heavens, but that has nothing to do with him. So even if the whole world thinks he's the smartest, we still don't give him the title of hero. ”
"Rather, it will be given to those who come after it!"
He took a deep breath and tugged at his sleeve slightly,
"Actually, luck is also an advantage."
After saying this, he winked humorously at the freshmen.
There was a faint burst of laughter from the audience, and many people's waists were straightened, and a sense of pride exuded from the inside out.
Estelle. Principal Washington continued his words after the laughter had subsided a bit.
"As you say Leakey is a demon, vicious and harmful, I won't repeat what is more ugly. In the eyes of the world, what he did prevented heinous sins, he was a sinner, yes. But this qiē is nothing to him, he is just doing one thing, just like his words: 'I will turn the world upside down with my power.' ’。 What is right or wrong? Everyone's judgment is different. So I have to say here that Leakey was the most eloquent of their class, a rather charismatic man, and almost no one didn't like him because of his ability to give people pleasure. The president of SL during World War II, Иосиф Виссарионович Сталин (Russian), and the president of country M, Rebecca Forbes Kerry, were his best buddies in school, and they were impressed by his eloquence, and the relationship between the three has always been good. ”
As he spoke, the whole synagogue began to whisper.
How is this possible, Leakey's country was broken by the SL army, his invading army in country E country A country F country was repelled by country M, the system and concept he established were destroyed by these two countries, and in the end these two countries forced him to commit suicide, you say that they are friends, then this friendship is really strange.
And later, SL country and M country also collapsed, and they secretly went to war several times, you said that they were good brothers and had a good relationship, how can you see it!
"I know what you're thinking, but that's what he thinks, a full-scale war, a new order to destroy the old system. I don't think anyone can argue with the ideas and order that we have inherited today that were established after World War II. ”
He chuckled softly at this, and said with a look on his face like a child who had begun to play a prank, "And, at last he returned." He returned here to recount what he had done, and then spent the rest of his life peacefully on the island. ”
Coax!
The whole hall felt like it had exploded, and people's faces were filled with disbelief.
Ignoring their doubts, the principal concluded by saying:
"If you are interested, you can go to our library and look through it, there are many precious historical materials, which may be of some help to you. Later, someone will take you to the inscription wall to see, and if you want to do anything, you can write it on your brick, which will be open for you at any time. ”
In the end, he added an additional sentence before taking it away, "Remember, there is no absolute good and evil here, just be true to your heart." ”
Perhaps this last sentence was the greatest kindness he could have shown to his students.
Chen Xiaofei thought.
Many people's expressions have calmed down, after all, everyone is not very old now, and many of the things that happened in the past are mostly read in history books.
Only a few UT people are still resentful, and it is also difficult to calm down the hatred of the country and the family.
It is estimated that many of UT's grandparents have faced Leakey's murderous brutality.
The teachers led the students to the place called the inscription wall, and told them that everyone only has one brick, and they can engrave whatever they want, regardless of the words used, and they don't have to think about what they want to engrave now, they can do it anytime in the future, and there is no time limit.
Except for one point, you have to do it yourself, and you can't do it for others.
Looking at the bricks that have been written and piled up, not to mention, they are quite high, at least after more than two hundred years of history, the bricks carved by the previous students are enough to build a small castle.
More than 15,000 new students enrolled this year, the largest number ever recorded.
Chen Xiaofei was the first group of people to come to see the inscription wall, and while the others were still browsing the inscriptions on the wall, she had already carved her own brick and painted it with a protective layer and handed it to the teacher.
When the teacher was putting the finishing touches on the brick, some students gathered around, and a student who could read Chinese looked at the flowing Chinese and translated in standard British English with emotion:
“Iwillbethequeenofentertainment,thisisnotthepledgeispredicted。”
I will be the queen of entertainment, this is not an oath, it is a prophecy.