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Chapter 56: The good show begins

In a building in an abandoned industrial park, Kong Xiang was panting and holding a pack of cans of beer before he finally climbed to the top floor.

Jiang Yu had already stepped forward and opened the folding table and chairs.

On the folding table were several stewed vegetables, a bag of peanuts, and two military binoculars.

Jiang Yu went to take the beer from Kong Xiang's hand: "Teacher Kong, you should exercise more."

Kong Xiang slumped down on a folding chair: "That's right, even if I exercise, I can't compare to you young people."

Jiang Yu opened a can of beer and handed it to Kong Xiang. Kong Xiang took the beer and wiped his sweat with a tissue before taking two sips of beer to quench his thirst.

After Kong Xiang was out of breath, Jiang Yu pointed him in the direction.

Kong Xiang took out his telescope and saw that a chemical factory that had been relocated was very busy today. After just looking for a while, he saw the main leaders of several other countries of the Salvation Sect.

I also saw Pan Han entering the spacious staff canteen, where I thought the party for the rescue party was held.

Kong Xiang held the telescope and smiled: "It's really a good show!"

"The show hasn't really started yet," Jiang Yu said with a smile, "Come on, let me toast Teacher Kong first.

"Thank you, Teacher Kong, for your continuous teaching. You not only taught me knowledge, but also taught me how to behave. It is rare to see such a competent teacher like you nowadays."

Kong Xiang put down the telescope and touched Jiang Yu with a smile: "It is also a teacher's luck to meet such a transparent student like you."

The two of them drank a few sips of wine and ate some snacks.

Jiang Yu talked about the first time the two met: "At that time, I was so arrogant that even the teacher didn't look down on me.

"After listening to Teacher Kong's analysis of primitive society, I realized that there is heaven outside the world and there are people outside the world."

Kong Xiang also smiled and said: "I was not relaxed at that time. I had long heard that there was a prick among the freshmen. For more than a semester, most of the teachers were so angry that they did not dare to go to your class.

"I secretly listened to your debates with the teachers in class several times. Although the teachers said that you didn't look like a student, they wanted to use the teacher's pressure to suppress you.

"But bystanders are clear, and I found that your defense was logically rigorous and very high-level.

"It's because the teacher's level is not good enough to convince you, and you can't treat genius as a thorn in the side.

"In order to shock you immediately, of course I have to show some real skills when we meet for the first time!"

Jiang Yu smiled and shook his head: "I wonder if someone will write a story about our first meeting in the future?"

Kong Xiang gave Jiang Yu a cigarette and lit another one himself: "Let's see what achievements you can achieve in the future.

"If you become a master in the future, many people will like to dig up such interesting things, and I can follow you and take advantage of it."

Jiang Yu smiled and raised the can again: "No matter what happens in the future, you will always be my teacher."

Kong Xiang bumped into Jiang Yu: "You seem to have foreseen something?"

"This is what you taught me, Teacher Kong, to use the current social performance to predict the future." Jiang Yu took two sips of wine and suddenly changed the topic:

"Later, I was exposed to the ideas of Adventism under the influence of my ears and eyes."

He paused and asked: "Teacher Kong, I have always wanted to ask, why have you lost hope in mankind?"

Kong Xiang was stunned, put down the chopsticks in his hand, took two puffs of cigarette and then said: "I have never wanted to talk about these things, but today I will take advantage of the good show outside to talk about some of the past events in my heart."

He finished smoking the cigarette in his hand before continuing: "My ideal is to try to change some social status quo.

“Some problems are clearly easy to solve when they first arise, but they are ignored because they are not a personal problem for most people.

"When a small problem turns into a big one, and everyone is hurt by this problem, when you try to solve it, you will find that what was originally a very simple problem is inextricably linked, affecting the whole body.

"If you want to solve the problem, you have to involve the interests of many people. If you are not careful, it will lead to disaster."

Kong Xiang took a sip of wine and continued: "When I really did it, I realized that it is impossible for humans to change their bad habits.

"Darkness caused by interests is a hundred times more filthy than darkness caused by force.

"Mr. Lu Xun said that this society 'cannibalizes people', who can say otherwise?

“In the past, what we ate was human flesh and blood, but now we eat the essence, and we have to be more particular about how we eat it.

"But Mr. Lu Xun is not entirely right about one thing. Everyone is not numb, but pretending to be asleep.

"You can use some means to touch the softest part of a person's heart and make him no longer numb, but you can't wake up a person who is pretending to be asleep."

This was the last class, so Jiang Yu listened very carefully.

Kong Xiang looked at the sky outside and was stunned for more than ten seconds before continuing: "For example, I once shouted at the top of my lungs to wake everyone up and let everyone understand that our current achievements are nothing.

"Even if we catch up with the United States, it's nothing. We have been number one in the world for a long time in history. Returning to number one in the world is just that. There is nothing to celebrate.

"We must have higher goals and shoulder the responsibility of leading mankind to find a better future.

“But most people are already complacent, immersed in the dreams they have weaved for themselves, showing off their power by holding the second place in the world, and no one takes my words seriously at all.

"This was one of the views I advocated when I was young. It was not rounded yet, but very 'youthful'.

"At that time, I also raised many problems and rudimentary solutions, such as the harm caused by excessive marketization of medical care, the loss of responsibility of bottom-level educators, etc.

"I won't go into details for fear of affecting you. What hurt me the most at that time was that many people, including the victims of these problems, said that I was meddling in my own business."

Having said this, Kong Xiang shook his head: "Anyway, you just know that I hit my head and my head was bleeding.

"The more times I worked hard, the greater the disappointment. In the end, when disappointment and disappointment piled up, I suddenly realized that no matter how hard I tried, it was useless. In human society, frustration and despair are the norm."

Jiang Yu gave Kong Xiang another can of beer: "Have you ever thought that you are going in the wrong direction?"

Kong Xiang's hand holding the beer paused slightly, and he laughed loudly: "Okay, okay, I thought I would have to wait another year or two before I could be criticized by you, but I didn't expect you would start now."

He drank a can of beer in one breath before saying: "Come on, come and surpass me!"

Jiang Yu also took a few sips of wine: "Teacher, ordinary people's lives are ordinary. They are also victims of social problems. We cannot vent our grievances on them."

Kong Xiang lit another cigarette and took two puffs before saying, "Keep talking."

"For now, there are two common ways to change society: revolution and reform." Jiang Yu continued:

"What the teacher wanted to do back then should have been towards the third type: guidance.

“This is also the purpose of social science, to discover and provide solutions to social problems at their inception.

“But at that time, the teacher’s theoretical support was insufficient and he could not grasp the root of the problem, so it was difficult to successfully guide him.

"So the teacher was biased towards reform. However, from ancient times to the present, social reformers have been reviled and scorned by many people. It will not be until many years later when social problems are solved that the reformers will be given a fair evaluation.

"The teacher was not firm enough to withstand the abuse..."

Boom~
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