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Leather shoes stepped on the white wool carpet, looking at the figures talking under the interweaving of lights and candles, Xiao Li raised a smile on the corner of his mouth, snapped his fingers lightly, asked for a glass of red wine from the waiter's hand, and walked into a corner to watch the other people in the hall chatting.

This is the Palais d'Échery, the stronghold of the French government, and it is full of politicians with whom he has little in common.

But he doesn't want to talk, but some people don't want to let him go as the protagonist.

With a gentle hi, the fair beauty wrapped in an evening dress came over with a kind smile, and her presence was like a lotus blooming on green leaves, leading alone.

"Mr. Xiao, good afternoon."

"Hello." Xiao Li said hello, he hesitated for a moment, and said uncertainly: "If I remember correctly, you should be Julie. Gaya! I've seen your work. ”

He hadn't actually seen it.

He was very interested in Julie. Gayet's knowledge comes from the exposure of the French prime minister's love history, and she is said to be Hollande's underground lover, although she does not admit it.

"I'm so glad you got to know me." Julie. Gaye pursed her lips and smiled, she invited Xiao Li to come with her, "Mr. Hollande invites you over for a drink." ”

"It's a great honor." Xiao Li smiled faintly.

He followed Julie. Gaye's back walked inside, and not far in front of them, Hollande, who was talking to Russian President ****, glanced at Xiao Li, and immediately ended the conversation with ****, and hurriedly greeted him, with a smile on his face, "I'm very happy to meet you, Academician Xiao." ”

Xiao Li shook his hand and said with a smile, "I see you very much, Mr. Hollande. ”

The person who came was none other than the current French Prime Minister François Hollande.

"Academician Xiao." The smile on his face gradually faded, and finally turned into a shallow line, he raised the wine glass in his hand and touched it with Xiao Li, "Congratulations on winning the Federal Contribution Award this time." ”

"This is the first award to be presented since the inception of the Federal Contribution Award, and it is very significant."

"I'm very happy." Xiao Li lowered his head and took a sip of red wine, he was still not used to chatting with these politicians, dry, not nutritious, and more importantly, they were all a group of wolves in sheep's clothing, and there were ruthless hearts hidden under the mask of hypocrisy.

When talking to this kind of person, you have to be careful with every word they say, chatting is very tiring, so Xiao Li has always stayed away from politics.

"In fact, the Earth Federation considered awarding you the Federal Contribution Award a long time ago, but considering that your main achievements were achieved before the award was established, it was not awarded."

"Oh, it's a pity."

"Speaking of which, I actually proposed to give a federal contribution award to former outstanding scientists, such as you, but many people opposed it, so I didn't give it up."

"Thank you very much for taking care of you."

"I've heard that you suffered something unkind before you came." Hollande smiled and clinked glasses, "They're just a bunch of people who get carried away by anger, please don't blame them." ”

Xiao Li immediately smelled a hint of bad smell.

Hollande spoke too easily, his tone, his demeanor, did not treat the anti-scientific wave as a major matter, he talked about these things as if he were talking about a very ordinary matter, and did not pay attention to it at all, even if it was Xiao Li who was hostile.

This attitude can be described in two words: 'laissez-faire'.

Allowing the formation of the anti-science wave and the development of the anti-science wave is ignored, promoted, and suppressed, and it is completely laissez-faire.

It's not good!

Xiao Li looked at Hollande and suddenly said, "I was surrounded and insulted, is that it?" ”

Orump was slightly stunned, and then smiled: "You came here this time to participate in the award ceremony of the Federal Contribution Award, as for those little unpleasantness, you can completely ignore it, after all, they are just individual extremists." ”

"Individual extremists?" Xiao Li's gaze was like an eagle's eye, "Individual extremists will block me at the airport?" Will individual extremists infiltrate the upper echelons of Charles de Gaulle? ”

"Even the person in charge of the airport is an extremist, and the individual in your mouth is really a individual!"

"Academician Xiao......."

Olamp was about to speak, but Xiao Li waved his hand to stop him, "I know what you want to say, but I only believe what I see." ”

"Today, I was invited by the French government, and I came here as a recipient of the Federal Contribution Award of the Earth Federation, and they still treated me like this, if another day, I, or other scientists, would I be treated more harshly?"

"And the scientists who have settled in France, how do you let them work in peace of mind in such an environment?"

Xiao Li said sharply.

This is definitely not a petty fight.

There has been a wave of anti-intellectualism in the world of "Interstellar", in which all science has been denied, and the entire human civilization has fallen into serious stagnation and regression.

The current wave of anti-science, although not so severe, can be catastrophic.

Orump was not annoyed at all and smiled: "You are serious. ”

"The hostility of individual extremists has always existed, and there have been people who have been hostile to science since the birth of it." "The composition of these people is very complex, there are people who are purely against science, there are people who protect the environment, people who think science is destroying the environment, and there are people who are hostile to science for all sorts of other reasons," Orange said. ”

"And it was once at its peak because of the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union."

"However, as the clouds of the Cold War over the sky subsided, these people returned to their senses, and now they were only angry for a moment because the light of the apocalypse had done them too much harm."

"Over time, sooner or later they will come back to their senses."

Orump glanced around, someone was listening, but he didn't care, this kind of occasion was not suitable for talking about some confidential things, even if the unspoken rule was not allowed to disturb other people's conversations, so he was not prepared to say something to win over at all.

"So don't worry."

"If you're still angry about what happened at the airport, I apologize on their behalf." Orumpu clutched his stomach and bowed to Xiao Li, "I'm very sorry. ”

Xiao Li's eyes flickered, Olamp said that he didn't care if he didn't apologize, and he didn't even pay attention to the airport at all, what he wanted was for the French government to pay attention to this matter, but Olampup would rather apologize on their behalf than suppress the wave, and he was not even willing to give the promises of politicians, which made him feel like he couldn't figure out their thoughts.

"Is it that hard to suppress it?" Xiao Li lowered his voice, there are some things that can't be said too loudly at the banquet.

"We have freedom of speech."

"Then let me tell you a story!" Xiao Li suddenly smiled, "The story happened a long, long time ago, and there was a man who raised a lot of ducks. ”

"These ducks have to quack in the middle of the night every day, so the neighbors can't live in peace, and one of the neighbors comes to negotiate and ask this person to find a way to quiet the ducks, but this person refuses, guess what the end result is?"

"What is it like?"

"All the neighbors moved out and blacklisted the person."

"It's not funny." Olamp's brow furrowed, "It's the nature of ducks to bark, it's not like you can calm them down just by saying that you can calm them down." ”

"So his neighbors are gone." Xiao Li said: "All of his lords have settled near a person who can calm the ducks. ”

"It's like German scientists fleeing to the United States during World War II."

"Is it that serious?"

"Almost." Xiao Li lowered his head and took a sip of wine, "Now it's just an anti-science wave, just a protest, just hostility, but it's hard to guarantee that one day they won't be mad and aim their guns at scientists." ”

"You're exaggerating, how could they possibly turn their guns on scientists?" Orump took a deep breath, he always felt that Xiao Li was alarmist.

It's just a small wave of anti-science, and it's not like it's not happening.

Yes, he admits that this time the anti-science wave is a bit too violent, but it is also in the interests of some people.

He looked around.

The anti-science wave is not only happening in France, but also in other countries, but in the same way, acquiescing, and fueling it.

The reason is simple.

The anger of the people needs to be vented.

The light of the apocalypse has caused too much damage to human beings, the suicide and pathology of their relatives have immersed them in grief, sadness breeds anger, anger breeds turmoil, and the people need an outlet, and the arrival of the anti-science wave at this time just gives them an outlet.

Pointing the contradiction at scientists is a politically correct thing.

"That's what Germany thought at the time of World War II." Xiao Li said lightly.

Orange's brow furrowed again.

Directing contradictions to scientists to vent their anger at society is something they do intentionally or unintentionally.

But......

It would be foolish to force scientists to other countries, although modern social sciences are shared, but there is not no competition in the Earth Federation, countries live in harmony on the surface, but competition is everywhere in the secret.

It is definitely a very stupid thing to have a mass loss of scientists.

"Looks like I'm going to be able to suppress the anti-science wave when I go back." Orump thought for a moment in his heart, and a bright smile appeared on his face, "The award time is almost up, I'm going to prepare to present you with an award!" ”