Age of the Mist

Chapter 414
In a small fast food restaurant, Shi Tiexin and Principal Liu sat opposite each other.

Principal Liu looked at Shi Tiexin's calm face. After a moment of silence, he opened up the topic first: "Tie Xin, it stands to reason that at your age, there are some things I shouldn't tell you. But I think you are not an ordinary boy. In terms of ability, way of handling things, and where you stand, I feel that there are some things that can be said to you and should be said to you.”

Shi Tiexin picked up a hamburger and took a big bite: "But it doesn't matter."

"Okay." After deliberating for a while, Principal Liu said slowly, "I think the recent turmoil has caused you a lot of trouble, but have you ever thought about the reason why this happened?"

"I acted improperly, and there are villains outside." Shi Tiexin said seriously: "I will not make such a mistake again."

He thought that Principal Liu was admonishing him to prevent him from violating the rules of social operation.Shi Tiexin himself has reflected a lot on this point. He decided that in the future, he can use rhetoric to learn it. If he can play tricks, he won't know it. This is the rule of survival in this world.

Just like the method Principal Liu used to lure him out, it was silent but extremely effective.This is a power he has never seen in the main world line, and it can be regarded as an eye-opener today.

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

"Oh?" Shi Tiexin was a little surprised: "Please enlighten me."

"To put it mildly, it's just that you acted improperly and were taken advantage of by others. But the core essence of this matter is not here. You need to look at and think about this matter with a bigger perspective." President Liu looked at Shi Tiexin said with piercing 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. Apart from personality charm, I can't think of any other answer."

"That's because I, Donghua, have never won an Olympic medal, not once." Principal Liu said with a serious expression, "Sports performance doesn't matter if you say it doesn't matter, just don't care. But it's important It is also really important, because it represents the strength of a country to a certain extent, and it will greatly affect the self-confidence and self-worth identity of a country or a nation."

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

"I haven't had a single medal in the Olympics so far. This is evidence of the weakness of the poor in Donghua, and it is also the pain of the people of Donghua. It has also spawned some 'racial inferiority theory' arguments at home and abroad."

"Some people overseas who are not sure about the door and have ulterior motives speak condescendingly, thinking that Donghua people are the sick men of East Asia, and that we are inherently inferior to them in terms of race. What makes people sad is that there are also some people in Donghua. , taking the words of foreigners as the golden rule, advocating the same argument."

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

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

"It's expensive. Two slices of noodles, a piece of fried meat, and a small piece of lettuce leaf. The low cost is not even one-twentieth of the price. It can be said that it is the least worthwhile consumption." Principal Liu asked around. One finger: "But look around again, are there many people?"

How many people?

It's not just that there are too many people, there is a long queue for people to pick up meals, and some people can't find a place to sit, so they can only stand on the side and wait for an empty seat.

Principal Liu said: "Nowadays there are [-] fast food restaurants of foreign brands in Jinling, and all of them are so popular. People from far and near come here by car, by bus, or by foot. All of them are crazy. Are they here to experience the food? Are foreign things really better?"

Shi Tie said in his heart: "It's definitely not bad to say it's bad, but if 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 people who really think this food is more delicious, but as far as my personal opinion is concerned, I think that a considerable part of the diners are not for' Eat 'come."

"They're for a feeling."

"It's a feeling that you can distinguish yourself from ordinary people by driving a foreign car and eating foreign food, and appear stronger than others."

Shi Tiexin thought seriously and said: "It's normal, everyone has this kind of psychological appeal. Even me, I don't have to show off, I don't have to show off, but I must be better than others."

Pretending to be aggressive is a basic human need, which is understandable.

"It's a good thing for a man to be competitive. I don't criticize this mentality. It's human nature to seek victory and strength. But what worries me is the trend of thought behind it-why eating a foreign meal can represent you Are you better than others?" Principal Liu asked seriously: "Isn't roast chicken delicious? Is hot pot not delicious? Or are the chefs in big restaurants unable to lift their knives?"

Shi Tiexin was taken aback for a moment, he really hadn't considered this issue.

"People pay twenty times the price to eat foreign fast food. To put it bluntly, it is to show off. The premise of this kind of show off is that they, and even a considerable part of the whole society, have tacitly accepted that eating foreign fast food is indeed a powerful thing. , terrific, worth showing off."

"It's an unspoken group consensus."

"And what this consensus represents is that the general public believes that foreign countries are indeed powerful, foreign things are indeed good, and foreign countries are a symbol of development, advanced, advanced, and perfect."

"Tie Xin, the people of Donghua are not confident."

"Instead of trusting themselves, they trust foreigners more."

"People yearn for foreign countries and worship foreigners, that's why they spend so much money to eat this kind of food. I feel that even eating a meal from a foreigner can give me a foreign flavor and make myself more outstanding."

"Similarly, people think that what foreigners say is right, so when the World Records Committee refused to accept our application for results, they were self-doubting and questioning their own people before being angry. So after a foreign devil talked nonsense on a foreign program , there will be so many people holding chicken feathers as arrows."

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

"They don't care what that old clapper talking nonsense is!"

"Foreigners eat awesome food!"

"What Master Yang said is the truth!"

Principal Liu became more and more angry as he talked, and he was no longer as elegant as usual, and cursed: "These are all nonsense!"

　Writing this chapter, I seem to be back in the 90s, and everything seems to be vivid in my mind.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)