Chapter 52: Counterattack
opened a map cannon to pull hatred first, and then Zhou Nan entered the topic. "Nothing happens in isolation. Whether it is from the deconstructionism of history or the Logos of philosophy, including in our East, there is also the doctrine of 'Tao', and many Western philosophers, including ordinary people, are also studying 'Tao Te Ching' and 'Zhou Yi'. Many people are well aware of the sudden smear against me by the media and what exactly caused it. ”
In his "The Outsider", Camus portrayed Meursault as an outsider with shocking behavior and deviant speech, fully revealing the absurdity of the world and the antagonism between man and society. The world is also absurd and meaningless to me, and I can't do anything about this absurd world, so I don't hold out any hope. But I can't be indifferent to everything, because I'm not just me, and my presence may hurt some people's self-esteem, but ...... To exist is to be reasonable. I did not say this, but Mr. Hegel. ”
There was a burst of laughter, followed by a round of applause. Camus and Sartre, the two rivals, are still very good friends at present, Camus's absurdism, Sartre's existentialism is now the hot spot of France's ideological emancipation.
Zhou Nan also rubbed off their fame and made these French people very happy. Because Zhou Nan praised them French and borrowed their French ideas to attack Le Monde's slander against him.
France is a romantic and casual people who pursue freedom, equality, and human rights. But France is far from having the tenacity of England and the German nation, it has been Napoleon, it has been strong for a while, it likes revolution, but it can never change its own life.
The cyclical law of history is that there is no hope for a people who are romantic, comfortable and enjoyable, even if you look strong now.
The national character of the country is open, they have always sought novelty and difference, and they are obsessed with the exotic. Voltaire once described ancient China as a perfect utopia, but in fact it was not like that, but this also shows that their national ideology is inclusive.
Moreover, the people of this country are very deep in philosophical research, to give a very simple example, why is France able to produce so many thinkers? That's because they never wrote essays, and their essays test philosophy.
Chinese composition is a test of language, and the language test actually has a set of standard answers, which are technical, concrete, and inculcatable in nature.
However, philosophy does not have a standard answer, it tests the ability to understand on the basis of independent thinking, which is abstract in nature.
There are very few countries in the world like France. Even French-speaking Switzerland, which is very influenced by France, thinks that the French are too liberal and free to degenerate.
Such a country is the most important area for the dissemination of Zhou Nan's ideas, and the survival of his ideas and theories in France means that he can stand firm. If even France could not accept it, it would be a major setback for the dissemination of Zhou Nan's General History of the World.
Zhou Nan's "General History of the World" is much more advanced than the current historical and humanities research books, and even if there may be some shortcomings in it, it is still decades ahead of this era.
The French naturally saw the power of Zhou Nan's book, so they couldn't talk nonsense with their eyes open, saying that this book was not good, so they could only attack him from the point of character.
If it can be confirmed that Zhou Nan helped the Nazis, then no matter how good his book is, France can ban it.
Therefore, Zhou Nan had to fight back strongly.
However, rolling up your sleeves and punching and kicking is the way ordinary people fight back, and as a cultural person, you can't do that.
His counterattack should be sharp and graceful, and even if the opponent does not dare to attack from the academic side, he must pull the battlefield in this direction.
Because of his experience, even if he didn't do anything bad in Arnhem, it was a stain. Therefore, he wants to expose the cowardly thoughts of those who are directed at him directly in front of everyone from the root.
Then muddy the waters and blame the cause of him on racism. Then he fired the map cannon and pulled all the French and Parisians in, so that although it seemed reckless, it was for him to make a name for himself.
And most of the French will also prove their innocence in response to Zhou Nan's map cannon. So that no one will continue to attack from this direction.
The spearhead turned to the academic aspect, and it was simple, and Zhou Nan was not afraid of anyone coming to communicate with him academically. Whether it is Favre, Camus, Sartre, these most outstanding contemporary French philosophers, sociologists, and historians, Zhou Nan is confident to face it directly.
Then, Zhou Nan began to talk about the topic from a broad to a narrow sense, from a group to an individual, and recounted his experience during his time in the Netherlands, emphasizing that he was an eighteen-year-old boy who did not have any bad intentions at all, but that kind of environment full of contradictions, which contributed to his current contradictory character.
And he gained a sincere affection from the locals in Arnhem, and even his fiancée was Arnhem. As for the injury on the head, it was just an accident.
Finally, he touched on the origins of the media smear against him, and he didn't emphasize that his book was flawless, but the meaning was pretty much the same. Those people could not attack him academically, and could only use his Oriental status to discriminately treat him differently.
Although there is no Chinese Exclusion Act in Europe, it is certain that the status of Chinese in Europe is not high.
At this time, Zhou Nan broke the big news, his biological father, during the First World War, was a Chinese worker who assisted France, and only returned to the East after the victory of the war.
This news immediately attracted the attention of countless people, but it has not yet reached the reporter's Q&A session, so no one has interrupted him for the time being.
"As a descendant of a Chinese laborer in World War I, I grew up hearing about my father's bloody and sweaty experience in Compiègne, France, and he was lucky that he was able to return to his hometown alive. But many more Chinese workers have stayed here forever, or have been buried here, or have become part of the country. Why, when my elders shed blood and sweat for this country, his descendants are not treated fairly in this country? ”
I know that there are still many shortcomings and flaws in this world, but I dream that one day all people will live in a world where they will be judged not by the color of their skin, but by the quality of their character. I dream that one day, this place where justice is hidden, oppression is rampant, and where it is like a desert, will also become an oasis of freedom and justice. I dream of a day when the world will truly live up to the true meaning of its creed: truth speaks for itself, and all men are created equal. I dream of a day when the valleys will rise, the mountains will fall, the bumpy and winding road will become a smooth road, and the holy light will be revealed and full of the world. ”
In this last paragraph, Zhou Nan basically copied a passage from Martin Luther King's speech in '63. Although this passage is a bit sour, in romantic France, it can add more force, and the people here especially like such shouts.
As soon as Zhou Nan's words fell, those reporters applauded enthusiastically one by one, and many hotel guests who watched the scene were equally excited. And those literati who were originally university lecturers or professors didn't care whether Zhou Nan had really bullied the Dutch, and applauded together.
In the following Q&A session, Zhou Nancai mentioned the name of "Le Monde" for the first time, and clearly responded that he would send a letter of protest to "Le Monde".
Of course, it's just a letter of protest, and Le Monde certainly doesn't take it seriously and doesn't care. But what Zhou Nan wants is that they don't care, and boiling frogs in warm water makes things bigger. If they say to take the legal route from the beginning, they relented and admitted defeat, it would not be fun.
At the request of reporters, he also showed the military number he wore around his neck, which originally belonged to his father Zhou Dazhuang. This also made it easier for those reporters to go to the military headquarters to check information and confirm his identity.
Some reporters also asked Zhou Nan about his views on existentialism, and Zhou Nan spoke highly of Sartre's exploration and research on existentialism, and commented that he would be the most outstanding French philosopher and thinker in the 20th century.
As for Camus, his absurdism has not yet matured and will not really begin to affect the world until the fifties, so the reporters on the scene did not ask too much about him.
By this time, it was already eight o'clock in the evening, and Etinny ended today's press conference despite the objections of some reporters.
Zhou Nan is really too tired, not only did he sit 500 kilometers in the car today, but he also kept thinking about problems in his head, which was more exhausting than doing a day's physical work.
But at this time, Zhou Nan couldn't rest, and during dinner, he was still communicating with the liaison officers of various colleges and universities, and agreed to postpone the speech with the students for a few days.
Before the turmoil was completely resolved, the university did not dare to invite Zhou Nan to give a speech at will. But the university didn't dare, but many political groups were very curious about Zhou Nan, and during a meal, they received seven or eight invitations, all of which invited Zhou Nan to give a speech.
These invitations can only be processed later, because Zhou Nan still has to contact the reporter of Le Figaro.
Today's press conference is just the first wave of counterattack against Le Monde, and to really fight in the ring, it is necessary to have the support of a media that is not inferior to the other side.
Le Figaro also took this opportunity very seriously, and directly sent a deputy editor-in-chief to negotiate.
Zhou Nan didn't care about the manuscript fee at all, because he didn't live on this, so he simply only needed a symbolic fee of one franc. This money can't be withheld, otherwise it will be a violation of the rules, or Zhou Nan really doesn't want to ask for this franc.
The deputy editor of Le Figaro, Fryer, also knew that this was a nominal fee, so he directly proposed that the newspaper buy a special picture frame for the franc and make it a souvenir.
Obviously, this is not the first time that the newspaper has encountered such a situation.
Zhou Nan, on the other hand, will open a column in Le Figaro during this time, specifically fighting with the media that question him, except for the first day he will comprehensively explain his creative concept, and every subsequent day will be in response to the media reports of the previous day.
After talking about this matter, Zhou Nan handed him the manuscript he had written since he came to France, reluctantly communicated with Stolko about the follow-up actions, and then returned to his room and fell asleep.
He never seemed so tired.