In the small fast food restaurant, Shi Tiexin and Principal Liu sat opposite each other.

Principal Liu looked at Shi Tiexin's calm face, and after a moment of silence, he took the lead in opening the topic: "Tiexin, it stands to reason that at your age, there are some things I shouldn't tell you. But I don't think you are an ordinary teenager, in terms of heart, ability, way of doing things, and the position you stand, all make me feel that there are things I can say to you, and I should say to you. ”

Shi Tiexin picked up a hamburger and took a big bite: "But it doesn't hurt to say it." ”

"Okay." After thinking about it for a while, Principal Liu slowly spoke: "I think the recent turmoil has caused you a lot of trouble, but have you ever wondered where the reason for this happened? ”

"If you don't act properly, there will be villains outside." Shi Tiexin said seriously: "I will not make such a mistake again." ”

He believed that President Liu was admonishing him to prevent him from behaving against the rules of society. At this point, Shi Tiexin himself has already reflected a lot, and he decided that in the future, if he can use words, he will use words to learn, and if he can play yin, he will not know, this is the survival rule of this world.

It's like the method used by Principal Liu to get him out, silent, but extraordinary. It was a power he had never seen before in the Overworld, and it was an eye-opener today.

But Principal Liu shook his head: "No, not only. ”

"Oh?" Shi Tiexin was a little surprised: "Please also give advice." ”

"To put it mildly, it's just that you acted inappropriately and someone took the handle. But the core essence of this matter is not here, we must look at it with a larger perspective and think about it. Principal Liu looked at Shi Tiexin and said with blazing eyes: "Do you know why so many classmates supported you when the police came to take you?" ”

Shi Tiexin shook his head honestly: "I don't know." I can't think of any other answer than charisma. ”

"That's because I, Donghuaguo, have never won an Olympic medal, not once." Principal Liu's expression was serious, and he said: "Sports results, it doesn't matter if you say it's indifferent, you just don't care." But it is really important to say that it is very important, because it represents the strength of the country to a certain extent, and it will greatly affect the self-confidence and self-worth of a country and a nation. ”

"Donghua is poor and weak. It has been more than ten years since the reform of the law and the founding of the country, and Donghua is indeed developing, but the people have also come into contact with the outside world and the international community, and have found that the international community is much stronger than ours. ”

"I haven't won a medal in the Olympic Games so far, which is the evidence of the poverty and weakness of Donghua Country, and it is also the pain of the people of Donghua Country, and it has also bred some arguments of 'racial inferiority' at home and abroad."

"Some people overseas who don't keep their mouths open and have ulterior motives make condescending nonsense, believing that the East Chinese are all sick men of East Asia, and that we are inherently inferior to them in terms of race. What is sad is that there are also some people in Donghua who take the words of foreigners as a golden rule and advocate the same argument. ”

Principal Liu pointed to the dining table: "Look at the burger in your hand, look at its price." ”

Shi Tiexin looked at the price and said in surprise: "So expensive? This little steamed bun with meat can catch up with a roast chicken! ”

"Expensive. Two pieces of dough, a piece of fried meat, plus a small lettuce leaf, the low cost is not even one-twentieth of the selling price, and it can be said that it is the least worth of consumption. Principal Liu pointed around: "But if you look around, are there many people?" ”

Crowded?

Not only is there a lot of people, there are long queues of people to pick up food, and some people can't find a place to sit, so they can only stand aside and wait for a vacant seat.

"Nowadays, there are a total of 12 foreign brands of fast food restaurants in Jinling, and they are all so popular. People from near and far came by car, by bus, on the road, and one by one men, women and children crowded in frantically. Are they here to experience food? Is something really tastier in foreign countries? ”

Shi Tie said in his heart: "It's definitely not unpalatable to say it's unpalatable, but if you want to say it's delicious, I have a lot of better choices." ”

"That's right." Principal Liu nodded vigorously: "I don't rule out that there are really people who think this thing is more delicious, but in my personal opinion, I think a considerable part of the diners are not here to 'eat'." ”

"They're for a feeling."

"A feeling that by driving a foreign car and eating a foreign meal, you can distinguish yourself from ordinary people and appear stronger than others."

Shi Tiexin thought seriously: "This is normal, everyone has this kind of psychological appeal. Even me, I can not show off my might, I can not boast and show off, but I must be better than others. ”

Pretending to be coercive is a basic human need, and there is nothing wrong with that.

"It's good that men are competitive. I don't refute this mentality, it's human nature to seek victory and strength. But what worries me is the ideology behind this - why does eating a foreign meal mean that you are better than others? Principal Liu asked seriously: "Isn't the roast chicken fragrant?" Is hot pot not tasty? Or are the chefs of the big restaurants unable to lift their knives? ”

Shi Tiexin was stunned, he really hadn't thought about this problem.

"People pay 20 times the price for foreign fast food, to put it bluntly, to show off. And the premise of this kind of display is that they, and even a considerable part of the whole society, have tacitly acquiesced that eating foreign fast food is indeed a powerful, amazing, and worthy of showing off. ”

"It's a group consensus that doesn't need to be explained."

"What is represented behind this consensus is that the masses of society widely believe that foreign countries are indeed powerful, foreign things are really good, and foreign countries are symbols of development, superiority, advancement, and perfection."

"Iron heart, Donghua people are not confident."

"They believe in foreigners more than in themselves."

"People yearn for foreign countries and worship foreigners, which is why they spend so much money to eat this kind of thing. I feel that even if I eat a foreigner's meal, I can get a foreign atmosphere and make myself more outstanding. ”

"In the same way, people think that foreigners are right, so when the World Records Committee does not accept our application for results, they are angry and start with self-doubt and question their own people. That's why after a foreign devil talks nonsense on a foreign show, so many people will use chicken feathers as arrows. ”

"They don't care what level of foreign fast food they are in foreign countries!"

"They don't care what that babbling old man is!"

"What foreigners eat is!"

"What Uncle Yang said is the truth!"

The more Principal Liu talked, the more angry he became, and he didn't return to his usual elegance, and scolded: "What kind of bullshit is this!" ”