349. Translation

When all pride was gone, Berkeley's only thing left was grace, and he always thought of himself as a personable person.

But when Charles said that today's meeting had been recorded in its entirety as a historical document for future reference, Berkeley could no longer care about the last demeanor.

He couldn't imagine that kind of scene! In the future, there will be people in this presidential palace turned into a museum of culture and history, or in other parts of the country and even the whole world, watching his talks with Charles today, just like he just watched the propaganda documentary, savoring every word and every expression in it.

He knew very well how he behaved today, and what humiliation it was for him.

Berkeley stood up, knocked the chair behind him to the ground, made a loud noise, he didn't bother to help him, he took two steps and held the table with one hand, his eyes were red, and his voice was hoarse and shouted at Charles: "You can kill me, even take everything from me, but you can't humiliate me like this!" It's a private conversation, and it's about human dignity! ”

Charles also stood up, holding the table with both hands, bowing his head slightly, staring at Berkeley with a pair of strange and terrifying eyes, and said, "We don't have any personal relationship with each other, and this is not a business between you and me.

Why am I here to see you? It was you, in your capacity as the former president of the country of Chili, who wrote that letter to me, to invite me, the new leader, to discuss the future of the country.

Do you still think that this is a private conversation, that it is just a matter between you and me? What we've been discussing today, is it your personal question?

I know the kind of people like you, I know what you're thinking, you think you've lost your dignity. But does the dignity you think you think you have, really exist? It's not that I made you lose it, it's that you never really had it!

Since I walked into this room, I've only told the truth and the truth, and if that offends you, then I don't have to say I'm sorry, because it's entirely your responsibility......"

Whether or not there is such a thing as aura has always been a metaphysical question, or a psychological question. But at this moment, if there are onlookers, they will feel Charles's aura full of energy, and they will glare back at Berkeley.

Berkeley's hand left the edge of the table, subconsciously stepping back. He retreated carefully, kicked his heel against the chair without tripping, crouched down and lifted the chair up again, and sat back in his original position.

Charles just kept glaring at him, and then said, "Do you know why I did this? One day in the future, maybe you and I are gone, maybe we are still there, but some people have forgotten about today.

They may not have really forgotten, but are just deliberately trying to obfuscate the truth. They're going to summon the spirits of you, for people like you, and they're going to stand up and rewrite stories just to preach and praise you.

Just like the letter you wrote to me last week, some people will try to praise how charismatic you are, what kind of demeanor and dignity you have!

They will say, what a great president you are, how honest and upright, everything you do, is single-mindedly for the benefit of this country.

They will lament your misfortune today, and they will attack me and people like me, and they will declare what misfortune we have brought upon you.

There are so many gangsters in this country, so many officials you appoint, so many teachers and students in Jili University, there are always a few good people, right? Good people who are enlightened and upright in their eyes!

So they will say, what kind of injustice has such a good person suffered? Because of the liberation of the new alliance, what kind of disasters and blows did it bring to these good people?

They will think that it is me, that we have brought disaster to you and to you. They will miss you, the era you ruled, and they want to restore that era because they want to be like you!

But I know very well what kind of suffering we have been through. An old gentleman once told me that pure suffering is meaningless, it is just suffering, and what we are doing today is to make the experience of suffering meaningful!

In the documentary I just showed you, Morrison's plantation was mentioned. And you remember that diplomatic note, remember Morrison's accusation. He complains about what he has suffered, but he ignores what kind of crime he has committed.

Today, you are another Morrison, and I am Aden and Cuihua.

You're not familiar with these two names, and you don't know these two people, do you? Because the duration of the documentary just now is too short, there is still a lot of content that cannot be introduced.

Last year on Morrison's plantation, we rescued 97 slave laborers, one of whom was Aden. He stayed on the plantation for three years, always looking forward to the hope of being rescued, and tried all kinds of ways to save himself, but he broke an arm and left a disability and did not give up.

Isn't this tenacious quality noble? In my eyes, he has more dignity than you.

Aden disappeared four years ago, when a local gang recruited a worker, and in order to live and raise his family, he was taken to Morrison's plantation in a truck, and has not been heard from since.

The time when Aden was taken away was exactly the day you returned from Yinguo to Jili Country, and half a year later you became the president of Jili Country.

Aden's wife's name is Cuihua, and they have three children, the youngest of whom died after Aden's disappearance. Cuihua never believed that Aden would say goodbye...... It wasn't until the New Alliance liberated Porto Fesom that she finally waited for the rescued Aden.

Aden and Cuihua later joined the New Alliance, and their stories were also compiled into a stage play by the New Alliance, which was performed in various liberated areas, and was called "Aden and Cuihua".

Mr. President, who should uphold the dignity of Aden and Cuihua, you or Morrison? No, no, no, you are the ones who ignore and deprive them of their dignity!

Cuihua is now the women's director of the New Alliance's Jinsha Community, while Aden has signed up for the New Alliance Liberation Army and is strongly demanding to go to the front.

However, he was disabled in his left arm, and although we called in the best healer, we did not completely cure him, so he was not a combatant, but worked as a civilian staff officer in the army, and also worked as an interpreter.

During his three years on the plantation, he continued to communicate with other slave laborers, always looking for opportunities to escape, and learning all the skills he could learn, not only mastering the conversational language, but also learning the Chinese......."

Hearing this, Berkeley was suddenly startled, and felt that his right arm, including half of his body, was numb, and there seemed to be an invisible tingling sensation, as if a lot of needle tips had pierced in...... Because he felt the gaze of another person.

There was also a person sitting in the room, just opposite the two, who had been translating Shire's Eastern Chinese into Yin in the most straightforward way.

Berkeley had ignored the interpreter and hadn't even looked at him very much, but he still had the impression that there seemed to be something wrong with the interpreter's left arm, which had been unnaturally curled around his waist and abdomen from the moment he entered the door.

Berkeley has already reacted, and the translation that Charles brought today is Aden! He turned his head to meet the interpreter's gaze......

Hearing Charles's words just now, Aden's eyes flickered with tears, but the tears did not flow, he just squinted his eyes slightly and looked at Berkeley, with clear crow's feet in the corners of his eyes.

Berkeley couldn't describe what kind of eyes, what kind of eyes?

Aden suffered inhuman torture in the Morrison plantation for nearly three years, leaving a lifelong disability, but he always remained awake and worked hard to live, without numbness or giving up, and even learned the Eastern Chinese.

His eyes at the moment are firm and deep, and there is no dodging! In fact, he also restrained all his expressions.

But Berkeley felt a sneer in the depths of his gaze, as if he heard the sneer echoing in his soul, and the unbearable stinging sensation seemed to be everywhere.

Berkeley just looked at each other for a moment, and then quickly looked away. But just this glance, the soul seemed to have been burned, and inexplicably lost the strength of the whole body.

He let out a cold sweat, and suddenly realized that tonight's conversation had been going on for a long time, and he had a strong urge to urinate, but he could only hold it.

At this time, Aden spoke, his voice and tone were very steady and calm, but if he listened carefully, he could still hear a trace of imperceptible trills. Even though he had been talking tonight, he had been translating for Charles, and at this moment he finally spoke his words.

"My surname is Xia, and my name is Xia Yading."

It was the first and last sentence he said tonight, just telling Berkeley his name.

However, what Berkeley did not understand was that this was actually an Eastern Chinese name, which was given when the new alliance was registered as residents, and as for this surname, he chose it himself, because the surname of Charles was Xia.

With that, he stood up and walked out of the reception room with Charles.

Charles had been standing until Aden had finished speaking, and then he turned and walked out, without the extra greetings of farewell.

The two left, and another staff member came in and said to Berkeley: "You can go to the bathroom first, and then please watch another video learning material, which is a stage play, called "Aden and the Cuihua." ”

Berkeley didn't go to the bathroom, and the glance he looked at Aden just now made him feel like he couldn't stand up with his legs, and he was holding his urine to read it.

The first 25 minutes of the 30-minute film was a stage play recorded by the New Alliance, which was performed at mass rallies across the country.

As for the last five minutes, it is a simple documentary that tells and documents the crimes of Morrison's plantation, introducing the real-life Aden and Emerald Flower......

This is how Charles' meeting with Berkeley ended. Charles said that the whole process of this conversation will be truthfully recorded for later generations to inquire and watch.

The first batch of "latecomers" did not wait long, and the next afternoon, accompanied by Hua Zhenxing and others, Jogaole watched the complete record of the meeting in the conference room of Wago Mining.

The video was shot from the side of Charles and Berkeley, opposite Aden, and was shot from the end.

Berkeley apparently didn't notice that the camera was shooting, although it was easy to spot. The meeting was apparently also well equipped with good radio, and everyone's words were recorded clearly.

After everyone finished reading, the sky outside the window was completely dark, and it was already past dinner time.