Chapter 288: The Cambridge Speech
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At the end of the dinner, Prime Minister Balfour conveyed to Chen Zhong an invitation from the University of Cambridge to give a speech to their faculty and students. Chen Zhong happily accepted the invitation.
In the early morning of the second day, Chen Zhong, accompanied by the British Minister of Education, arrived at this world-famous university. It was once home to Darwin, Newton and other giants of the world's scientific fields.
When Chen Zhong arrived on the campus of Cambridge University, he could still see the legendary apple tree.
This is perhaps the most famous apple tree in the history of the world, once planted in the back garden of Newton's hometown of Kent.
It is said that when Newton was in his twenties, it was the apple from this very ordinary apple tree that hit him, which made Newton start to think about the source of gravity.
Chen Zhong's speech began at 9 o'clock in the morning, in this world-class hall, and his speech was entitled "The Light of Faith".
Chen Zhong stood on the pulpit in Cambridge, there was an inexplicable excitement, he seemed to feel the belief in his heart, more and more firm, he wanted to send out the cry of his heart here, let the world listen to the voice from China.
Chen Zhong said:
Dear students, I am very happy to be able to stand here today and talk about life and the world with all of you.
I don't have a brilliant degree, I don't have a genius mind, and my country is still poor and backward.
I envy you very much, you are very happy to be able to live and study here!
But, dear students, do you know? Just to the east of the Pacific Ocean, there is an ancient nation, a good people, that is suffering from calamity and humiliation. That's my homeland.
However, I have a firm belief, a belief in finding light and hope for the 40,000,000,000 Chinese nation.
I am not a narrow-minded nationalist, and I hope that the world we live in can be in the sunshine of peace, with mutual understanding and mutual respect!
However, how difficult it is to realize this small wish of mine, and it may cost many lives and the efforts of several generations or even more years to realize this wish!
However, we are never afraid, because we have always had a belief! A firm belief!
In order to restore justice to our beautiful world, we do not hesitate to prove it with blood!
We pray for peace, but we are never afraid of disaster, we advocate charity, but we are never afraid of bullying, we do not shy away from despair in this world, but we will never give up hope, because there is always a light of faith shining in our hearts!
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Chen Zhong's speech provoked a strong response from teachers and students at Cambridge University.
The speech entered the interactive Q&A time, and at this time, Chen Zhong found that there were several pairs of sly eyes staring at him in the crowd under the stage, and he felt a danger quietly approaching him. Yan Xia, who was not far behind him, had also been alerted to these sneaky students.
A beautiful British girl asked, "Are you really the king of Hainan?" ”
"Yes! I believe that there will not be a second at the same time, otherwise your seminary in Cambridge will have another subject for study! Chen Zhong said with a smile.
The audience burst into laughter.
"I saw you on the cover of a Paris fashion magazine, you are really handsome, I like you very much!" The girl named Alice said with a smile. There was laughter from the audience again.
Chen Zhong smiled and said, "This is really a harmonious world, full of love!" ”
However, Alice's words suddenly changed and said, "They all say that you are a murderous demon king, and that you are very cruel, is it true?" ”
Chen Zhong smiled and said, "Yes, it's true! Although I believe in fraternity and kindness, I do not advocate stupidity! You have heard the story of a farmer and a snake in our East, and you say, should we praise the farmer? Should the farmer be despised yet? I think that stupidity is a kind of connivance with evil! ”
There was a round of applause from the audience.
A boy stood up and said, "Mr. Wang of Hainan, according to some gossip, you used to be drunk and singing all day long, and you were in a drowse all day long. And, I would like to ask you, would you really believe the light of faith in your heart that you say? ”
It's a sharp question, Chen Zhong said with a smile: "I never shy away from what I have done, but I will never stick to the past." Each of us is not a perfect person, change if you are wrong, face it bravely! The most important thing is that you must be better today than yesterday! As long as we move forward every day, I believe that one day we will see hope.
It's like the apple tree in your Cambridge school. You don't know when the apple will fall, life, like science, needs a flash of inspiration, it can be said that it is an opportunity, but more often, it requires a long wait.
Before everyone succeeds, there will be mistakes, there will be confusion, maybe just like you study science, maybe there will be a result in decades, or even no results. Can you say, the light of faith, that he never shines in your life? Actually, it doesn't matter, what matters is how long he can shine in your heart!
There is a clock in your school that is called the "time-eating bug". The pendulum of this bell is the coffin of the West, and every one o'clock, it rings heavily to remind people that they are one step closer to death.
In this cruel and true bell is your great Cambridge motto, which is a Latin phrase from Socrates, "We meet the world, we erode the world, and we will live up to our mission and meet all beings."
This is a belief in life, a belief in the short life of a person! Only when the light of faith shines eternally in your heart will you wait for the day when that great apple will come! ”
Chen Zhong's speech and Q&A aroused a * in the Cambridge lecture hall, and at this time, Chen Zhong saw a very discordant word from the many question notes sent to him.
There were no problems on this note, just a few big eye-catching words: Bastard!
Chen Zhong frowned, looked up at the audience, and saw a few Oriental faces in the last row, with smug smiles on their faces, starting from their outfits, like Japanese, Chen Zhong realized that it was these Japanese who did it.
So, he picked up the note and said lightly: "All the students who asked questions today wrote that the questions were not signed on the note, and only one student did not ask questions, but only signed his own name, and this person's name is 'bastard'." ”
After Chen Zhong finished speaking, he showed the note to everyone present, and there was a round of applause from the audience.
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