December 30th, afternoon, Cambridge University Auditorium

On the stage, "Waiting for Godot" rehearsed by the students of the opera club was being staged, and Su Ye was watching it carefully.

In Britain, Shakespeare's status is unparalleled, after all, in addition to being a master in literature and art, he has created more than 1,700 new words for the English language, greatly enriching the semantics of English, and making great contributions to the popularization and use of English in that era.

There is no doubt about the artistry of Shakespeare's plays, but after all, this is a philosophical exchange meeting, so after the end of the public class, Cambridge chose the absurdist masterpiece "Waiting for Godot" for the drama arranged.

The play is very simple, consisting of only two acts, and only one tree is needed for the set, and there are only two main actors. The whole play revolves around a man named Godot who has never appeared, two homeless men don't know why they are waiting for Godot, and they don't know who Godot is, in the process of waiting, they have upside-down conversations, fights, and even hang themselves, starting with waiting for no reason as the beginning of the play, and ending with endless waiting as the play, because they want to present a state of stiffness and emptiness, so it is a test of the actors' skills.

But fortunately, these student actors rehearsed well, at least, Su Ye saw it.

Xin Yi next to him looked thoughtful, and then couldn't help but touch Su Ye, "Senior brother, how about you say that we also encourage students from the Department of Philosophy to rehearse dramas?" ”

"What does the senior brother mean is that he wants students to understand philosophy better with the help of drama?"

"My junior brother still understands me, and it's really hard to gnaw on most of the tome. Rehearsing drama can not only enrich students' spare time, but also touch on the similarities, and the ideas expressed in excellent cultural works are worth learning. ”

"If you want to do it, just do it, I think this proposal is very good."

Xin Yi smiled, "That's not what the junior brother is going to do, you are so popular among the students, if you call for this, there must be many students willing to participate." ”

Su Ye said helplessly, "Senior brother, your starting point is good. But I don't know how to act at all, so I suggest that I can find a teacher from the art school to work together. ”

"Our focus is not on rehearsing the play, how far we will play it. Rather, I want students to be interested in studying academic ideas through the interesting form of filming. So there is no need to find teachers from art departments to cooperate, besides, don't we still have foreign aid, it is still professional. ”

"Huh?"

"Little ginger."

Su Ye didn't know what to say for a while, it was great......

"Su, seeing that you and Professor Xin have a heated discussion, do you want to say something?" It turned out that the play had been performed, and the eyes of the people around them all looked at Su Ye.

At this time, Xin Yi spread his hands, as if he was fine, and the Huaxia colleagues around him were also smiling badly.

What can Su Ye do, he can only carry it himself!

"The performances of the students are very good, and as a drama layman, I have been substituted by the performances of my classmates. "Waiting for Godot" is a typical absurd drama, and when it comes to absurdity, it is natural that one character cannot be bypassed - Camus. But the meaning of 'absurd' in the two is not the same, waiting for Godot in the absurdity is more inclined to absurdity, there is a saying in Zen Buddhism called the origin of the starry sky, saying that everything is connected, but this drama will be 'fate' or connection, cut very clean, everything is so inexplicable.

Camus's absurdity means another thing, he says that people survive according to a rhythm and a pattern of life every day in the face of a difficult and mechanical reality, which will inevitably give rise to the idea of why I should live this way and why I can't live in other ways. However, we continue to live in the same pattern and way as we are. He called this collision of ideas and reality absurd. Sounds more like a mockery.

But the meaning of the two absurdities is positive, our life is very empty, like a cycle, so we must actively fight against ......"

At this moment, Su Ye is very much like a good student who was caught deserting and asked to answer questions in class, obviously knowing that he was deserting just now, but he can not only answer the questions, but also draw inferences.

The surroundings had quieted down at some point, and even the students who had just been performing came over, obviously in the auditorium, but suddenly it became like Su Ye's speech......

An hour later, the event, which should have ended long ago, finally came to an end.

Out of the auditorium, on the way to the restaurant, Su Ye finally had time to look at his mobile phone, and he felt the mobile phone vibrating just now.

Before he reunited with Jiang Baizhi, he used to set his mobile phone to silent, call silent, text message silent, everything silent. But after adding Jiang Baizhi, he changed it to vibration, he was afraid of missing Jiang Baizhi's news, but now he is not afraid, but it has also become a habit.

Sure enough, it was a message sent by Jiang Baizhi, it was a voice, and when it was opened, it was the obvious sound of heavy rain hitting the windowsill.

The following is Jiang Baizhi's text explanation, it rained on Egret Island today, and we didn't start work!

The corners of Su Ye's mouth couldn't help but rise, he would unconsciously feel better when he saw Jiang Baizhi's news, the main thing is also quite interesting, London is famous for its rainy days, and Egret Island is a typical southern city, I didn't expect it to rain in London, but it rained on Egret Island.

"I just finished the event, and I didn't work today, what did I do?"

It may indeed be that Jiang Baizhi is more idle, almost in seconds, "I went out alone and walked around the hotel, according to your words, this is called an elegant thing in life, listening to the rain and walking." But it's comfortable. ”

"I don't know if it's because it's almost New Year's Eve, I feel like there are quite a lot of people on the street, do you know, I met a person on the road, the back is very similar to you, if I didn't know that you were in the UK, I almost went up to say hello."

When Su Ye saw this message, he couldn't help but be silent, and he wanted to type something, but he deleted it again.

A few minutes later, the news from Jiang Baizhi came again.

"Why don't you speak? Is there something wrong? If you're busy, get busy, and we'll talk at any time. ”

Su Ye didn't know if Jiang Baizhi's last message was a hint, and he didn't know if this news was an explanation, but he had already made a decision in his heart, obviously he had just finished talking about Camus, and if he wanted to do anything, he had to do it immediately, and he had to be positive!

"Tomorrow."

“？”

"I'll fly back tomorrow, and we'll meet."

This was followed by a series of question marks, "Don't you have to stay in England for a few more days before you can come back on January 2nd?" ”

Jiang Baizhi, who had nothing to do in bed, immediately sat up, because she often chatted with Su Ye, so she knew Su Ye's itinerary well.

"The rest of the itinerary is not important, I won't go back with my senior brother and them, it doesn't matter if I return early."

"Really?"

Su Ye didn't give another explanation, just typed, "I'll accompany you tomorrow for New Year's Eve." ”

Yes! Of course, this is Jiang Baizhi's heart, how could she send it out. At this time, she happily only remembered the sentence that I will accompany you on New Year's Eve tomorrow, and even forgot to reply to Su Ye's message. Because she seemed to be wrapped in an inexplicable happiness, the whole person was fluttering, and she didn't know where she was for a while......

At this time, Su Ye raised his head and looked at Xin Yi with a blank look, "Senior brother, can I go back to China early, there is an urgent matter at home." ”

Xin Yi, who has been next to him all along: ......