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- 536 Everyone is different every year (Part 2)
McClain is a person who likes to be free. Although some people always associate freedom with equality in a far-fetched way, in fact, there is not even a dime between the two. The world will always operate according to certain rules, either the law of the jungle of survival of the fittest, or a constitution that is full of hypocrisy but is actually just to maintain the rule of the ruling class.
McClain himself once said that if you want to survive, you must follow certain rules. And when a small camp in Chuanzhong gradually evolved into a country, and a constitution and various laws were born, McClain must have felt like a tiger with a rope on it, a fish in a fish tank, surrounded by rules and regulations. Feeling helpless and even suffocated. For him, there are too many rules and they are too cumbersome. Then this guy decisively escaped from the cage and breathed the free air he had always longed for.
Shao Bei has always considered himself an anarchist, but he cannot be as free and easy as McClain. Think about it, is this the difference between anarchists and anti-anarchists? The former is all talk but no action, the latter is all action but no talk
The biggest tragedy is that Shao Bei was imprisoned in a cage that he participated in designing, and then stayed in the cage peacefully, without even thinking about getting out of the cage and breathing the fresh air. With this understanding, Shao Bei realized that he was not that special at all, just an ordinary person among all living beings. There is no protagonist, and he is never the lucky one favored by God. It was only because of an unexpected incident three years ago that he accidentally ended up in this time and space. He relied on his knowledge of 370 years ahead of him to get to where he is today step by step.
Looking back and thinking about every moment of the past three years, it feels like a dream, like the moon reflected in the waves of the sea, hazy and unreal.
He holds an important political position in an emerging power, and at the same time holds the largest shareholding in a mercenary company that can subvert the strength of some small European countries. He planned one plan after another to control Europe and Nanming Is this something that a small translator from a foreign company three years ago could do?
Look at Chu Bai again, this guy used to be a contractor. On weekdays, I squatted at the construction site to supervise the work. At the end of the year, I drove a Xiali and went from place to place with my briefcase begging my grandfather for money for the project. Now look at the entire construction industry giant! Real estate projects are hard to come by, but their main business now is building bridges and roads. In addition, Chu Bai is also a member of Congress, with astonishing power in his hands.
The young men at the reception were holding wine glasses, maintaining reserved smiles, and chatting and laughing softly with full knowledge. It¡¯s no longer as youthful as it was back then¡ Whenever I think of the big guys gathering at the beach three years ago, sharing the smelly kangaroo meat, huddled in a tent, and then starting a business step by step, it always makes people feel a little confused. Then he sighed: The changes in current events are like a fleeting moment, and everything has changed in an instant. People are still those people; people are no longer those people.
Being in the noisy cocktail party, Shao Bei heard the poem inexplicably: The flowers are similar every year, but the people are different every year.
"Why are you reciting poetry? You are so artistic again." Chu Bai said dissatisfiedly from the side.
Shao Bei looked over in astonishment, and then realized that he seemed to have made the old habit of mumbling again. Then he smiled with relief: "Nothing, just a little sigh. Things have changed and people have changed. This is probably how I feel now, right?"
"Pretentious." Chu Bai said unceremoniously: "Some things are worth recalling, but they can only be used for recalling. Now let you go back to the time when you landed on the beach, building the base hand by hand, and being exposed to the sun every day. Work endlessly. Would you like it when everyone eats food from a horse spoon?"
Shao Bei chuckled and shook his head.
"Then it's over? You have to look forward to everything." After a pause, Chu Bai thought for a moment and said: "Since you, Shao Bei, are beginning to feel sad about the spring and autumn, let's also say something sour, to paraphrase Chairman My poems advise you: It¡¯s all over now, but look at the present for some of the most famous people.¡± As he said that, he waved his hand grandly.
Shao Bei couldn¡¯t stop laughing. Chu Bai is becoming more and more like a politician. Talkative and approachable, he shakes hands with people warmly at every turn. A magazine once said that if a person insists on shaking hands five hundred times a day, then this guy definitely has a chance to be elected president of the United States. Shao Bei made a joke and asked Chu Bai whether he wanted to run for Prime Minister of Australia, and the latter also laughed.
"The Prime Minister seems to be aloof, but in fact, I believe you know better than me what he is." He reached out his hand and tapped the Congressman logo on his chest: "I don't even want to be a Congressman anymore. A bunch of people are fine. It¡¯s really boring to spend all your time arguing and arguing about who is louder and more unreasonable. It¡¯s better to retreat behind the scenes, choose an agent and let them argue, and enjoy your leisure time.¡±
"It's a good idea." Shao Bei smacked his lips and commented.
Chu Bai nodded seriously: "Yes, the idea is good, but I'm afraid it will be difficult to implement. The butt determines the head. In this position, naturally you can't be like ordinary people, eating and drinking enough so that the whole family has no worries." No matter how much you hate politics , in order to ensure that their own interests are not infringed, they also have to participate in politics either in front of the stage or behind the scenes. Once you lose political power, you lose your right to speak, and you will lose everything, even your life. In front of the state machinery, no matter how rich you are, you will still be crushed by the state as easily as an ant.
"It's a bit sad to say." Chu Bai said with a bitter look on his face: "We made our own collars and put them on our own necks. Sometimes I really envy that guy McClan."
"Envy him?" Shao Bei curled his lips disdainfully: "What is there to envy? Because the chain around his neck is relatively long?" As free and easy as McClain, it is impossible to completely escape the constraints of Australian rules. Staying away and completely detaching are two different things. Shao Bei's metaphor vividly illustrates the current situation of drug dealers.
"You are too mean." Chu Bai laughed.
"I'm just telling the truth." Shao Bei said with a hint of emotion. Three years have passed by. The conflicts and controversies in the past, those quarrels that are very funny in retrospect now, but were extremely serious at the time, those hateful, lovely, and respectable people, decided on a certain day at the beginning of the year. The future direction and rules of this group. Then abide by this rule, or change yourself and move forward, or gradually fade out of people's sight.
In the center of the field, the girls and boys who were still serving as teachers gathered together. Although they were talking and laughing, they seemed to be incompatible with the others; the boys in the army became more and more upright, and their bodies were full of Pride is like the snow lotus in the snow-capped mountains, beautiful but fragile; when someone who is just waiting for death encounters someone who works hard, they will always unconsciously feel that they are inferior. No matter how much the latter talked and laughed with him, the gap had already formed.
Following Shao Bei's thoughtful gaze, Chu Bai pondered for a moment, and then said: "Wang Wei's Vanke Real Estate has a problem with its capital chain now. This guy built too many houses, but he couldn't sell them; Wu Lingyu His umbrella is gaining momentum, and this guy is now almost like an insurance seller, selling security packages to everyone he meets; Cheng Yang Cheng Yang has a private law firm and is also the deputy dean of a law school. It is said that his subordinates The students all have the same moral character as him, they are stinky and tough"
When he mentioned Cheng Yang, Shao Bei frowned, then relaxed. Hate is out of the question, now it's more of indifference. The order has been decided, and unless the Night of Long Knives breaks out, there is no possibility of changing it. Cheng Yang, a man who is so stubborn to the point of madness, can only abide by the legal provisions under this framework to seek the absolute fairness he has always pursued.
"Stop thinking about this, let's talk about the situation in Nanming." Chu Bai said.
Shao Bei spread his hands, waved his arms, and said after a long while: "Governing by dividing the river, local conflicts continue, and the world is generally peaceful, but in fact there are turbulent undercurrents Your question is too general."
Where is Australia¡¯s established policy and where is Australia¡¯s garrison? The Southern Ming Dynasty was unable to make the Northern Expedition, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty did not dare to attack. Nanming's reforms were carried out slowly but effectively. Financial problems gradually eased, and central power gradually fell away. This seems to be a deadlock.
"Are you very concerned about Nanming's problems?" Shao Bei asked.
Chu Bai replied: "I'm just very concerned about your successordo you have anyone to recommend?"
Shao Bei smiled jokingly: "It doesn't matter who it is, as long as it's not an idiot."
Under such a deadlock, Shao Bei's successor does not have much to do, but to maintain the existing relations between the two countries and deal with trivial matters such as trade disputes. And then gone. In fact, Shao Bei did not want his successor to be too aggressive. He was worried that being too aggressive would lead to more violent turmoil in Nanming and lose control.
Therefore, it is best for the successor to be an honest and conservative guy.
"The deadlock" Chu Bai thought for a moment, seemed to agree with Shao Bei's statement, and then asked tentatively: "Then do you think this deadlock will be broken?"
Whether Nanming¡¯s national strength is getting stronger due to reforms or it succumbs to reforms, the deadlock will be broken sooner or later. The regiment training and salary system, which were exactly the same as those in the late Qing Dynasty, pushed careerists to the forefront. The Nanming government went to great lengths to discard burdens and extract wealth to train a new army capable of conquering the world. Thinking about it this way, the day Wu Yijun completed his training was the day the deadlock was broken.
"Three years." Shao Bei made a gesture: "After three years, the deadlock will definitely be broken."
"Three years" Chu Bai said with a bitter face: "Japan"The country is in a mess on its own, Macland has to worry about Indochina, the Spaniards have given up, and the Netherlands and Portugal dare not provoke There is only one British guy left, and he can't get in across the Strait of Malacca. So, in the past three years, Australia has had nothing to do except its own housework? "
"Absolutely." Shao Bei took one last look at the scenery outside the floor-to-ceiling window, then turned his head and said seriously: "But I can guarantee that in three years, he will be so busy that he will be hit on the back of the head."
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