The Great Era of Rebirth: 1993

   Set the phone to vibrate, put it in your pocket, get up and leave.

   I just got to the lobby of the teaching building, and the phone vibrated in my trouser pocket. The level of the vibration almost broke the Himalayas.

   Damn, the old man who was still immersed in Wenhui's emotions scolded, and was reluctant to take out his mobile phone. It was found that it was a call from the director's office.

   Called: "Director."

Director    asked: "Isn't it bothering you to write at this point?"

   Zhang Xuan said, "No, I'm taking a walk outside. Is there something wrong with the teacher?"

   Hearing this answer, the director breathed a sigh of relief, and then said: "I really have something to do with you. Isn't the school going to hold a graduation ceremony the day after tomorrow? The school wants you to take the stage and give a speech on behalf of the outstanding graduates."

   Zhang Xuan teased himself: "Am I still an outstanding graduate?"

   Director bluntly said, "That must be."

   Zhang Xuan shied away: "I'm busy, so I don't have time to write."

The director    said in a big way: "You don't have to worry about this, I have written it for you."

   Zhang Xuan still didn't want to go: "The speech also needs to be practiced, here I..."

Director    laughed: "The newspaper said that you were able to speak freely in the face of the BBC interview and when you received the Hugo Award. I don't think this will be difficult for you."

   Zhang Xuan is completely speechless, grandma is a bear, this director's face is compared with his own, it really hurts.

   But this is the end of the matter, and he can't refuse anymore. After all, a tree lives a piece of skin and a person lives a breath, and they are all people who want face.

  Thinking of this, Zhang Xuan asked, "Teacher, are you in the office?"

"exist."

   "Then I'll come over."

   Hanging up the phone, Zhang Xuan turned and walked towards the office of the director of the management institute.

   met Wu Yao at the door, it seemed to be reporting work. "Senior." Seeing him, Wu Yao, with a tired face, cheered up, squeezed out a smile and said hello first.

"Um."

   Zhang Xuan hummed, looked at her and asked, "Have you not had a good rest recently? Or is it too busy?"

  Wu Yao took a peek inside the office, gave him armored eyes, and left with a smile.

  Zhang Xuan walked in and sat on the chair opposite the director: "Teacher, you are tired of the little girl, and you have dark circles under your eyes at a young age."

Director    didn't care: "Wu Yao is a talented person, which perfectly makes up for the vacant position in the student union after Xiao Shi left office. You should learn more and practice more while you are young."

After speaking, the director took out a manuscript from the drawer and handed it to him: "Actually, I prefer you to give speeches without script. Over the past few decades, I have watched them speak mechanically every day, and people are numb. That is to say, when it comes to Zhang Xuan, the director can only speak. Speaking from the bottom of his heart, after all, he himself is the representative of mechanical speech, and it has been decades since he made it."

   Zhang Xuan took a look at the manuscript, and it was official enough, and immediately put it down: "Okay, I don't like this set of things either, just go up and say a few words at that time."

Director    said: "You are not just saying a few words, you are a great writer, this is called speaking freely and being romantic."

   Zhang Xuan: "…"

   Near graduation, I found that the director is also quite skinny, no wonder he became Qin Yueming's licking dog.

   Just a doubt, what kind of cheap can you get when you are a dog at the age of forty?

   It's been a long time since the two of them chatted for half an hour before breaking up.

   Seeing the guide come in to look for the director, Zhang Xuan took the initiative to greet the two of them, got up and left.

   Walking out of the teaching building of the School of Management, he actually had a question in his mind, should he donate a sum of money to his alma mater?

   This is how many celebrities give back to their alma mater.

   But I don't think it's in a hurry at this time, there will be opportunities in the future, don't use money to spoil a good graduation ceremony.

Although the school is definitely 100% happy, the senior students below are not necessarily happy. Everyone is nervous about employment now, and they are all worried about their livelihood and future. You are also a fresh graduate with a wave of your hand. Isn't the wealth that can't be earned in a lifetime, hatred?

   This thing is a good thing, but it depends on the timing and the occasion.

   On the way back, I met Ou Ming and Ding Yanhong, who were out of breath.

   Zhang Xuan looked around and asked curiously, "This place is empty and there is no place to hide. How did you get your face red and your neck thick?"

Ding Yanhong is an old fritter, and immediately laughed and scolded: "Bah! You're still a big writer, how can you say that about me and Ou Ming? Even if I dare, he won't dare to be a coward Ou Ming! If you don't believe me, let him Try taking off your pants?"

  Ou Ming glanced around, grinning: "I don't even have a bush, I really don't dare."

  Ding Yanhong directly jioed at Ou Ming and asked Zhang Xuan: "So many beauties like you, why are you walking alone?"

"Hi!"

   Zhang Xuan released himself today: "Because there are too many beauties who like me, I don't know which one to bring, so I became one."

Ask them: "You are so happy, where did you come from?" Ding Yanhong gestured: "The two of us are going to try the subway today, the thing is really clean! It's so fast! There are so many people, my chest is about to burst. already."

   Zhang Xuan gave a thumbs up, not knowing how to answer. But speaking of the subway, he also heard Zou Qingzhu, Shuangling and Wenhui discuss the news in the newspaper during breakfast today: The Yangcheng Metro Line 1 will be fully opened on the 28th of this month.

   Today seems to be the 28th.

   Zhang Xuan asked with concern: "Xiao Ding, I heard that you went to the Japanese company Sony, what happened there? Are you used to it?"

   Speaking of this, Ding Yanhong was very happy: "It's okay over there, but the workload is relatively heavy, and I don't even have time to drink water in a busy day."

   Zhang Xuan asked: "The salary must be good too."

  Ding Yanhong stretched out **** and said, "I took more than 1,500 yuan last month."

   It is indeed a high salary to get more than 1,500 when you just entered the market, but if the target is a Japanese company that is now in China, everything can be understood. After all, this salary looks high, but it is actually the bottom of a large company like Sony. Of course, this bottom refers to the office, not the workshop assembly line.

   Zhang Xuan said sincerely: "You have a great future in money. If you make a fortune in the future, come back and invite us to drink."

  Ding Yanhong said vigorously: "No problem! Although it is not as good as you, a great writer, but as long as you make money, you will definitely invite everyone to eat and drink well."

   When we returned to the teacher's apartment, there was no one on the second floor.

   Knocked on the door on the third floor and found 6 people chatting on the sofa and eating melon seeds. The TV was also on, but it was full of advertisements.

   observed Wenhui secretly, and found that everything was normal, and she happened to be chatting with Ruan Xiuqin and Ai Qing with a smile.

   Zhang Xuan greeted everyone with a few words, then took Du Shuangling aside and asked, "The phone was muted because of writing, and I forgot to call me for a while. Are you in a hurry to find me?"

  Du Shuangling stretched out his hand to help him smooth the wrinkles on his chest, "No, we were going to the vegetable market at that time, and we planned to make seafood porridge for supper. I would like to ask if you have any special dishes you want to eat?"

   Zhang Xuan shook his head: "I'll go down to write later. I won't eat supper. You can eat with my parents."

   Du Shuangling was not surprised to hear this, um.

  …

I don’t know that since that day, the campus is full of the atmosphere of the graduation season. Wearing bachelor’s clothes to take pictures, the campus radio has been playing Wu Qilong’s “Good luck on your journey”, Zhou Huajian’s “Friends”, Jacky Cheung’s “Blessings”, and Zhang Yusheng’s “Blessings”. My future is not a dream" and Lao Lang's "The Brother Sleeping in the Upper Bunk".

Every day is like this, every day these 5 songs go round and round, making the mood of a bunch of seniors keep ups and downs with these songs, keep hugging, keep shedding tears, and their eyes are full of sadness for the past, reluctance to give up and anxiety about the future ,expect.

  At 9 am on the 30th, the graduation ceremony was held as scheduled in the small auditorium of the school.

  Thousands of people gathered together, and the small auditorium was full. All the school graduates, school leaders, leaders of secondary units, the Academic Affairs Office, the school youth league committee, and leaders and teachers in charge of student work from various departments were present.

   Zhang Xuan was arranged to sit down in the center of the first row, ready to speak on stage, next to Principal Gao.

   As soon as we met, Principal Gao asked, "I heard you didn't prepare a speech?"

   Zhang Xuan turned around and sold the director in the back row: "Some leaders said they don't want to see my 20-year-old face with a 40-year-old face, so I went up and fooled a few words."

   Hearing this, the leaders next to him laughed out loud.

   This is not aimed at anyone, but one of these leaders is over 40 **** 40.

Principal Gao was very envious: "I want to fool around with a few words, but I have been using the manuscript for this graduation ceremony for many years. If I don't use it today, I will be a little reluctant. Zhang Xuan asked: "It has been used for many years? Can't I change a word? "

   Principal Gao said: "That is also changed, at least I have paid attention to the year number every year.

  Ouch, this old man!

   Ever since he tossed himself with dancing at the school celebration last time, Zhang Xuan knew that there was a serious heart beneath this serious appearance.

   But everything depends on people. If Zhang Xuan is not there, it will be difficult for other leaders of the school to see the side of Principal Gao. This is probably because of the circle.

  Like some big bosses, they usually go out with black suits and black leather shoes, and their exports are tens of millions of dollars in business. But once you have a drink, the conversation at the wine table is all about girls and prices... This is the circle, and only people with equal status will show this side.

  The graduation ceremony started, the school leaders delivered speeches, the principal delivered a speech, the commendation decision was read out, and the teacher representatives delivered speeches…

  Zhang Xuan sat below, his expression as usual. But in my heart, I agree with the director's statement. Every representative is speaking a bunch of mandarin clichés that have no practical meaning.

   When it was Zhang Xuan's turn, a great writer and a wealthy alumnus, to speak on stage, the audience burst into applause.

   Zhang Xuan stood up and said:

   "Hello, teachers and classmates."

  To tell the truth, standing here is not what I want. I protested with the director last night. I can’t hurt me because I usually miss school a lot.

   Hearing unexpected words from the most powerful alumni of CUHK, everyone below immediately burst into booing, laughter, and applause.

   Zhang Xuan continued: "But I have to say it again, if it wasn't for CUHK's ability to adapt to local conditions, analyze specific issues in detail, and if it wasn't for CUHK's broad-mindedness and tolerance for me, it would have been difficult for me to achieve what I have achieved today.

   I am very grateful to CUHK for this!

  Everyone is about to embark on a new journey in life after graduation. They must be a little nervous and a little confused, but they are more excited and excited, and they are looking forward to a better life in the future.

   So at this moment, what can I tell you? I thought about it all night yesterday and didn't get much sleep. I'm thinking, I'm the same age as you all, what can I say at this critical moment in my life's journey?

  To be honest, there are thousands of words, I really don’t know where to start, and if talking too much is really helpful to everyone, this is where I felt a lot of pressure last night.

  I thought later, I will only make two points, based on my life experience.

  First, always believe in the power of dreams. Why do we talk about dreams here?

   This is because looking back on the road I have traveled in the past, in my life, the most unforgettable thing for me is the four years of college life.

  Because these four years of college life have played an indelible role in my life course.

   In 1993, four years ago, when I first entered university, I was a poor country boy who earned pocket money by contributing articles to major newspapers.

   But an accidental idea made me decide to change the track, and that is to start writing "Wind Sound". Those who are familiar with it know that this book played a decisive role in my life.

  Starting from the book "The Sound of the Wind", I embarked on the "Smooth Journey" which is often played on the outside radio these days.

   In the process of walking over and over in the CUHK playground at that time, I established the dream of my life—to do something earth-shattering in the literary world. I was born to be useful, and I must be a great person in the future.

   Of course, it is easy to build a dream. I believe that every student has a great dream, but have you put it into practice after you have a dream?

   So when I was a freshman in college, I told myself that it’s not enough to just have a dream, but to be down-to-earth and really do a few different things.

   The first goal I set for myself was to use "Wind Sound" to find another way and become famous in one battle.

   I am very grateful to CUHK for teaching students in accordance with their aptitude. Since that day, I have been on the road of truancy.

I remember that at that time, apart from not escaping the main subjects, I spent the rest of the time in writing. There were many times when my classmates told me: The teacher named you again, and you didn’t show up. You became the most absentee in the class. He became famous in the management academy due to absenteeism and so on...

   At that time, I was not yet famous, and I was apprehensive, but I still insisted on sticking to my own ideas. As a result, everyone knew it later. According to the touts in the newspapers: I became famous overnight, and I soared into the sky.

   To put it in a cheesy way with you: I changed from a toad to a swan meat, which is also meat, but worth more. With Zhang Xuan's rich gestures and expressions, everyone below almost laughed crookedly.

   thunderous applause.

After    "Wind Sound" became famous, I was thinking that in this age of opportunities, it is definitely not that I am smarter and more diligent than others.

  I think the biggest difference is that I established my dream in life earlier than them, and put it into practice.

   This is my first suggestion to everyone, always believe in the power of dreams.

   Today, everyone is about to embark on the journey of life, establish dreams and goals as soon as possible, and put them into action as soon as possible. I think this is a new beginning of life after graduating from university.

   After finishing the first point, the second point I want to tell you is to have the courage to believe in the power of persevering in your dreams.

  It is easy to have a dream, and it is easy to realize it, but it is difficult to hold on to the dream.

   Can you persevere today, can you persevere tomorrow and the day after tomorrow? Can you hold on to it after a month and a half?

   Just now, the host introduced me to the achievements I have achieved so far: one Mao Dun Literature Award, two three major awards in the sci-fi world, billionaire, etc...

   I won’t brag about these achievements to you one by one. What I want to tell you is the strength that has made me step by step to where I am today.

   Four years ago, I started writing "The Sound of Wind", and I wrote "Latent" in the second semester of my freshman year. In just one year, I jumped out of my comfort zone and started writing science fiction.

   Now I’m going to tell you about the problems encountered when writing science fiction. It’s not that I can’t write it, it’s not that I can’t write it, but the biggest problem I encountered at that time was that no one around me was optimistic about me.

  As me who has successfully established a firm foothold in the Chinese literary world, my editor-in-chief Bole Hong, er, should be President Hong now, and editor Tao Ge.

   When they read the first sci-fi "Clockwork Girl" I wrote, I clearly remember their expressions: they looked confused! What is this written about? can't read!

   If it weren't for my fame and status, I guess they would have already started spraying.

Next, everyone should be able to guess, whether President Hong, editor Tao Ge, or even friends around me, have advised me to return to traditional literature, return to my comfort zone, not to be a demon, not to die, not to destroy A good situation has finally been established now.

  Editor Tao Ge asked a very serious question at the time: We are not optimistic about your sci-fi, and other domestic colleagues are certainly not optimistic, so what should you do? Where do you go to publish?

   I told her at the time: go abroad.

  When I learned that Tao Ge had a huge network overseas, I thought that I was too weak and I still had to study, I couldn’t handle it overseas.

   Afterwards, I clapped my hands and thought of a trick: I started drawing cakes for her, and I drew endless cakes for her whenever I got the chance, just to get her to support me. "

"Hahaha…"

   Hearing this, even Principal Gao grinned, and the atmosphere in the small auditorium reached a climax. The originally boring speech was filled with joyful laughter.

   Seeing her full cubs being so popular, Ruan Xiuqin on the viewing platform below was very excited.

   On the contrary, Ai Qing and Du Kedong are much more normal. After all, they have been to the Hugo Awards ceremony. This is only a drizzle compared to that, but I am still proud of him and honored that my daughter has such a vision.

   And Du Shuangling must be the happiest person in CUHK now. Seeing her man's beauty is even happier than her own, it's like drinking honey. He looked at the person above with squinted eyebrows, and there was love in his eyes and smiles.

   Unlike Du Shuangling, Wen Hui is another extreme, very quiet. Although their eyes also fell on Zhang Xuan, they did not appear to be disturbed in the eyes of outsiders. Ruan Xiuqin and Ai Qing, who were paying attention, were relieved by this look.

   But the surface returns to the surface. In fact, Wen Hui's heart is not as rational and calm as she appears.

   After experiencing the scene in the classroom last night, her mentality has changed a lot.

   Looking at the people on the stage, Wen Hui even thought: If his first love was him, could Shuang Ling take him away from him? Will he still fall in love with Mi Jian?

  Zou Qingzhu was very worried and lost. The three best friends who could have been inseparable for 7 years, but because of a man, abruptly shortened the time to 4 years, which made her cry a little without tears.

   The perspective of Xiao Eleven under the stage is different from that of the others. She stared at Zhang Xuan, her mind was full of pictures in the student council meeting room. At that time, the two of them had a skin-to-skin relationship and were almost pregnant. I couldn't help but say in my heart: What would happen if I really had an unexpected pregnancy last time?

   In another area, Liu Siming secretly asked Dong Ziyu, "Do you like such a man?"

   Dong Ziyu was silent.

   Liu Siming said: "If you don't act, you will have no chance. Once you graduate, this man will have nothing to do with you in the future.

   Dong Ziyu's heart twitched, and there was an unprecedented melancholy inside. "

   But in the end he still said: "He is like a lion running fast on the grassland. I am the photographer. I can take pictures and watch from a distance. If I get close to him, I will be torn to shreds."

  Liu Siming looked at her arm: "If Zhang Xuan is a lion, he is also a male lion. In animal law, a male lion can have a lion pride, which is a group of female lions."

   Dong Ziyu smiled: "Where is the female lion, it's a female lion."

  Liu Siming blinked: "The same thing, they all revolve around male lions, and they are all for male lions to mate and give birth to cubs."

   Dong Ziyu couldn't listen anymore: "Have I become such a person in your eyes?"

  Liu Siming looked at the person in front: "If the object is Zhang Xuan, I don't feel ashamed.

  Do you believe it or not? Not to mention other parts of the society, just in this small auditorium, as long as there is a chance to mate with him, there are guaranteed to be countless girls who will give it a try. "

   Dong Ziyu acquiesced in this view.

   When the laughter subsided, Zhang Xuan continued: "Tao Ge ignored me at first, but later was bothered by me, so he perfunctory me and said, "Let's see." "

   In the end, I was probably afraid of being pestered. Tao Ge made a three-chapter agreement with me: If "The Clockwork Girl" doesn't succeed, I will continue to write traditional literature.

   I agreed.

   One thing to say, at that time, although I was very confident in front of people, I actually didn’t have much confidence, and my heart was always hanging.

   Especially after the "Clockwork Girl" was rejected more than ten times in a row for overseas submissions, her faith almost collapsed.

   But fortunately, I persevered, and fortunately, the cake I painted made Tao Ge persevere, so I have the glory behind me: top three in the world book sales list.

  I think it is a great thing to be able to do this as an Oriental.

   This achievement is truly a miracle in the global book market. So what is the driving force that makes me willing to hold on to my beliefs and not collapse?

   You may be very curious and envious of me, and I also believe that all of you here will have great people and do great things in the future.

   At this moment, I want to say one more thing to everyone, insisting on dreams is definitely not a job done by humans, but a job done by cats and dogs. You can't do it without a will of steel, and I don't think it's fun to stick to your dreams.

   Therefore, in today's era of great torrents, I remind everyone that if you really want to do something big, you must prepare in advance.

   Early in my writing career, there were several nights where I woke up from a dream and felt as if I was drifting away from my dream, and I often asked myself if I had the courage to keep going?

   Actually, this question is difficult to answer.

   But I think I have come this far, there is no way out, I must go on, no matter whether this "Clockwork Girl" is successful or not, I can't let life be full of regrets.

  I must try my favorite sci-fi field to see if I can create a miracle? So I made up my mind to do this.

   After making this decision, I still have many, many concerns. Why, because if I screw up, I'll lose my reputation.

So I persuaded myself that in the first one or two years, I should be extremely low-key, highly confidential, and down-to-earth, and then I will speak up when I have achieved similar results, or even change a pseudonym. I think this will be more effective. .

  I used various methods to overcome my fear of unfamiliar territory, fear of the possible consequences of the failure of "Clockwork Girl", and then I have achieved the success of "Clockwork Girl".

   Standing here today, I want to tell you that I believe that everyone here has a dream, and I believe that you all put into action for your dream.

   And what I want to ask is, in five years, ten years, and twenty-five years later, do you still have the courage and determination to persist in your dreams, and do you believe in the power of persisting in your dreams?

   These are my two pieces of advice for you at this moment.

  Finally, everyone is about to graduate soon. I wish you a bright future, a successful career, and everything goes well. More importantly, everyone is happy.

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