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The sea and sky are vast, the distant ground line has only left a hazy gray shadow, in the depths of the sea and sky, there is a white cloud flying slowly, the ship, rippling in the blue waves, the smooth deck, in the bright sun, brighter than a mirror. Chen Wenqiang was wearing a short-sleeved shirt, his pants were also pulled high, his bare feet, and the hot deck was so hot that his heart was lazy, and the whole person seemed to float.

He slouched against the railing, sipping his coffee while looking out to sea. If the seascape was his, he would be willing to find a seaside for the rest of his life. Listen to the never-ending sound of the ebb and flow of the tide, watch the thousands of weather of the waves on the shore in the sunset, and look at the smooth water like a mirror in the distance. However, that sense of fatalism drove him to investigate, to struggle, to reach the highest level of the end of that reborn life.

The time for rebirth is not too long, but Chen Wenqiang feels that there is something from the times firmly pierced in the cells of his body. And the past, which has not been separated for a long time, has been separated from each other in an extremely distant way.

The past days are like mirages, and mirages are phantoms in people's hearts, where everything can be seen. For the current Chen Wenqiang, the experience before rebirth is now just a mirage floating in memory.

With the fading of past memories, Chen Wenqiang feels more and more that he is being changed by this era, this society, and this environment. In fact, from the perspective of the essence of life, in addition to the material changes before and after rebirth, Chen Wenqiang feels that there is not much difference, and it is an inconspicuous period of history in the long river of history. Gorgeous and happy coexist, noble and despicable coexist, happiness and tragedy continue, solemnity and absurdity are interpreted......

To put it simply, what kind of life legends or tragedies happen to yourself or others, even if some plots make Hollywood screenwriters lament their lack of imagination, the sun will still rise tomorrow, and people will still live in eternal time.

And society is the space of people's life, which is inseparable. If you feel that it is not good, that it is unfair, use your hands to change it, not to complain with your mouth, or to endure it cowardly.

What makes Chen Wenqiang feel relieved is that while society is changing him, he is also changing society. Although any period of time in the long river of history will eventually go from hustle and bustle to quiet; Although all the achievements and deeds, all the sins and mistakes, all the mundane life, will sink into the depths of history in different ways. Chen Wenqiang hopes that he or the characters around him can condense into small fragments of history, forming an index of history, to fight against the declining memory of the world.

That is, their own struggle is not meaningless. When facing up to the ugliness and scars of this society, Chen Wenqiang not only has vision, but also courage.

The footsteps of the previous life are gone, along with the excitement, joy, entanglement and sorrow of the past. Who else will I meet in my new life? What did you see them do? How far can you go? What can it become? It's both anticipatory and unsettling – can there be more excitement and joy, less tangle and sadness?

"Sir." Wang Zhuoran walked over, respectfully handed over a stack of paper, and said, "This is the summary report of the visit and study, well, this is my own." ”

Chen Wenqiang smiled and nodded, took it and read it carefully, is this a little more joyful? Although there are still shortcomings, Wang Zhuoran and others should have a deep feeling after this visit and study, right?

The World Expo, the Olympic Games, and the World Cup are the three top events recognized in the world today. And the French, though most nostalgic, because the form of the Industrial Exposition was originally made in France, the glory of the Exposition belonged to the British.

The Industrial Revolution, which began in Britain in the 18th century, gave Britain an indisputable economic power in the world after a century of development. The "empire on which the sun never sets" reached its peak during the Victorian era: about a quarter of the world's population was a subject of the British Empire, and its territory was one-fifth of the world's total land area, with the territory of the British Empire in twenty-four time zones on the planet.

Such a domineering confidence gave Britain absolute confidence to host the London Exposition of 1851, and it was not conservative national, but international.

The great emancipation of the productive forces and the great abundance of products made it inevitable for Britain to seek to open new markets. Dominated by optimistic and progressive ideas, the British are self-confident and not afraid of any competition, but desperately need to show and even show off their strength as the frontrunner of the Industrial Revolution, "educate" foreign suppliers, and put pressure on foreign governments to reduce their own tariffs in order to achieve the goal of promoting free trade.

It is no surprise that the Expo was born in Britain at the height of the Industrial Revolution, but it was a huge success, setting a benchmark for the rest of Europe that followed the United Kingdom in its footsteps: hosting a World Expo is a sign of a country's strength, and hosting a World Expo will make the country stronger.

As a result, European countries have followed the example of the United Kingdom in hosting World Expos, although the names are different in the strict sense, or they should be called international fairs. But since then, there is no doubt that the Expo has been an important factor in modernizing.

The expo can keenly capture industrial innovation, and inadvertently act as an accelerator, promoting the dissemination of technology, processes, and products. At this time, it was the heyday of the Industrial Revolution, and people's belief in progress accompanied the World Expo process. People believe that the development of science and technology can make human society develop indefinitely, the level of productivity can be infinitely improved, and wealth can be created infinitely.

From the famous Eiffel Tower to the invention of movies, to Edison's incandescent lamps, gramophones, to Kodak film; Even the ice cream cones that people eat, the Otis elevators they ride, the Goodyear tires they use, the saxophones they play, and so on, they all went out into the world from the Expo. It can be said that the previous World Expos of the 19th century showed an extraordinary "era of invention", fully demonstrating the latest achievements of human industrial civilization at that time.

And the road to American power has almost been extended with the World Expo. In particular, the 1893 Chicago World's Fair was held, and the United States was recognized as embarking on the road to great power. The following year, the United States took the top spot in world GDP, and since then in the 20th century, it has maintained an overall lead.