Lin Zixuan stood on the deck, looking at China that was gradually moving away, and his heart was full of emotion.

This is his third trip to the United States.

Once he went to study abroad, he hadn't crossed at that time, and once he went to a lawsuit, he was full of ambition at that time, and this time he wanted to change the world by himself.

The struggle of one man against the whole world......

Lin Zixuan smiled self-deprecatingly, he himself felt that it was too mysterious, and no one believed it when he said it.

He felt like the Don Quixote of Cervantes, obsessed with chivalric novels, fantasizing about being able to do chivalrous deeds and save the people, but in the end it was just a joke.

But in this era, he always has to do something.

He is self-aware.

In later life, he is just a little person who graduated from school, found a stable job, and lived a mess, not to mention murder, or he would take a detour when he saw a crime scene.

Therefore, he did not dare to go to the battlefield, let alone become a general and commander, because he did not have the decisive power.

Generals and commanders need strong-willed heroes, and one of their decisions may involve the survival of tens of thousands of people, who will be sacrificed and who will survive, all in the thoughts of these people.

Lin Zixuan asked himself if he couldn't do this, he couldn't kill decisively.

Even in business, he is very tolerant, nothing more than the difference between earning a little more and earning a little, and he is not short of money.

This is the character he developed in his later life, it is not easy to change, in the end he is just a small person, accidentally crossed into this era, that's all.

He knew he couldn't do the big things. The result of intrigue with those politicians may be sacrificed.

He wanted to be on his own and do what he could.

But in this era of change. Watch the country being oppressed by the great powers, and watch those politicians fighting for power. Seeing countless young people shedding blood and sacrificing, these touched him a lot.

He's going to have to do something after all.

He wants to change the world in his own way, in the way of a traverser.

Maybe it's just his wishful thinking, but in fact, nothing can be changed, and using a book to change the world is so unreliable to say, just like the war between Don Quixote and the windmills, just a fantasy.

But Lin Zixuan still decided to implement this plan and take this adventure.

He wasn't trying to be a knight or a hero himself. Admired by others, even if he changed the world, no one would know what role he played in it.

He just loves his country, and that's enough for that reason.

Before boarding the ship, he discussed with Mr. and Mrs. Pearl Sai, because there were film reels in his luggage, which were easily damaged, and he didn't want to be opened for inspection, so he put his luggage with Mr. and Mrs. Pearl. Avoid being cross-examined.

Due to the recent xenophobic incidents in China, relations between China and the United States are relatively tense, and Americans will never be friendly to the Chinese, and will even deliberately make things difficult.

Lin Zixuan's request was reasonable.

It's a matter of a small gesture. Without much thought, the Bookers agreed, they did not think that Lin Zixuan needed to go to the United States to engage in illegal activities.

This cruise ship is mostly filled with foreigners. Most foreigners think that their situation in China is very dangerous and that they will have to return to their home country for a period of time. Wait for the situation in China to calm down.

Just like the Spaniard Remas, he is already discussing with Lin Zixuan about the transfer of his movie theater.

He felt that a full-scale war would break out in China in the future. There will be a big war between the warlords of the North and the South.

This refers to the Northern Expedition initiated by the Nationalist Government in Guangzhou, so he planned to return to his hometown and return to Spain.

It's just that the cinema run by Rehmas is valued at millions of silver dollars, and Lin Zixuan needs to introduce foreign capital to raise all the funds.

These things will be considered when he returns to China.

After more than two years of writing, Pearl felt her own shortcomings, and this time she returned to the United States to prepare for a major in English literature.

She was already well-known in the American literary scene, and a graduate of Mecan College in Virginia, easily entered Cornell University for graduate school.

Lin Zixuan felt that his academic qualifications were too low, and most of the people who returned from studying in the West had doctoral titles.

I just don't know how many of these people's doctoral titles are from Pheasant University, but these are not clear in China's educational circles.

In fact, it's just a bunch of guys who don't know how to learn.

Although Lin Zixuan didn't learn much knowledge, Columbia University in the United States has a strong enough brand, enough alumni, and a high reputation in China, so he still has to choose a famous university to go to school.

He is ready to have time to study literature, after all, they are all great writers, and their academic qualifications should also be improved.

Pearl was very social, perhaps due to her missionary background.

She often gathers with some foreigners on the deck or in the first-class hall, drinks and chats, and Lin Zixuan will also participate in it when he is bored to listen to the latest news in the United States.

At one time, they talked about heroes.

Pearl Race has some knowledge of Chinese history and mentions many ancient Chinese heroes, but he is not recognized by Americans.

There are differences between Chinese and foreigners in their perception of heroes.

The heroes of the Chinese are full of a sense of responsibility, according to the Confucian standard is to "help the world at the same time", according to the routine of martial arts novels, it is "the great one, for the country and the people".

From the starting point, this has laid the brand of Chinese-style heroes who put aside personal gains and disgraces and devote themselves to the country and the people.

Western heroes, on the other hand, are full of personal heroism and hedonism, and they advocate adventure and personal struggle.

For example, the early chivalric literature and the later superhero series.

Lin Zixuan agrees with this point of view, taking the traditional Chinese hero Sun Wukong as an example, at the beginning, Sun Wukong is not afraid of heaven and earth, and dares to make trouble in the heavenly palace, and the Monkey King at this stage is in line with the hero image recognized by Westerners.

But later Sun Wukong accompanied Tang Seng to the West to learn scriptures, and took refuge in Buddhism, this is a Chinese-style hero.

Chinese-style heroes always have to focus on the overall situation, so Yue Fei will be killed by the imperial court, and "Water Margin" will succeed in recruiting An.

Lin Zixuan can't get rid of this model, he doesn't want to be a hero, but he still wants to go to the United States to try to change history, which may be the influence of Confucian culture on Chinese.

He is a Chinese, and this is a Chinese choice.

In this discussion of heroes, they also mentioned the novel Robinson Crusoe.

In the eyes of foreigners, Robinson's adventurous spirit of being a lonely raft, a hero's dream, daring to act, and self-reliant in the world is the best interpretation of personal heroism.

Robinson represents the adventurous and conquering spirit of Westerners.

Lin Zixuan's focus was not here, he was thinking about what would eventually become if the cruise ship ran aground and the people on board were forced to live on a desert island for decades. (To be continued.) )