Chapter 1047: What Happened?

"What happened?"

Zhou Andong curiously leaned over and caught a young man with a camera hanging around his neck to ask.

The young man had been focusing on the communication ahead and said without turning his head.

"We want to interview Zhou Andong, but the hotel won't allow it, so we're communicating with their manager."

Zhou Andong blinked. "As far as I know, Zhou Andong has been quite well-behaved these past two days and hasn't caused any trouble. Why are so many reporters wanting to interview him?"

"Hasn't caused trouble?" The young man stretched his neck to look forward. "His speech at the Entrepreneurs Forum and his answers to reporters' questions have caused dissatisfaction among many people.

The day before yesterday, two well-known figures criticized him severely, and yesterday Science News also published an article cursing him, saying he is garbage, a fly, a mosquito, polluting civilization and the international community, and should be humanely destroyed.

Today, not just in Guangzhou, many newspapers across the country have published articles criticizing Zhou Andong's irresponsible remarks. They are demanding he apologize in the newspaper and provide correct guidance to young people."

Zhou Andong stroked his chin. "It's only been three days; has it fermented so quickly?"

"You bet!" The young man was a bit excited. "Let me tell you, this time Zhou Andong has provoked..."

The young man finally withdrew his gaze and turned to look at the person who had been talking to him.

Then he opened his mouth wide, and the words he hadn't finished couldn't come out at all.

At this moment, a girl in front turned her head to look, then turned back, and immediately turned her head again quickly.

"Zhou Andong!"

The girl rubbed her eyes, and after confirming, she shouted excitedly, turned around, and held up her tape recorder.

"Chairman Zhou, regarding your speech at the Entrepreneurs Forum and your answers to reporters' questions, there have been many critical voices these past two days. Do you have anything to say?"

Other reporters also swarmed over with a "whoosh," and camera flashes flickered "click-click." Those carrying video cameras squeezed inside desperately, and those holding microphones, both beauties and gentlemen, didn't care about their image anymore.

"Make way, I'm from Guangzhou TV Station."

"Make way, I'm from the provincial station."

"Please, everyone, make way, I'm from Shanghai TV Station."

"What are you squeezing for? We're all peers, so what if you're from a TV station?"

"Stop squeezing."

"......"

TV stations wanted to record, newspapers wanted to take photos, and no one wanted to give up their position in the front.

Looking at the somewhat chaotic scene, Zhou Andong raised his hand and shouted, "Everyone, don't squeeze."

Slowly, the somewhat chaotic scene quieted down.

Zhou Andong said, "TV stations on the left, newspapers on the right; that way, neither will be delayed."

The crowd moved in an orderly fashion. The TV stations stood on the left and began setting up their equipment.

The print media stood on the right, and as if film didn't cost money, they took "click-click" photos of Zhou Andong.

Seeing that it was about time, Zhou Andong nodded to the girl who had just asked the question.

"Just now, this reporter comrade said that there have been many critical voices regarding my speech at the Entrepreneurs Forum and my answers to reporters' questions. Since you asked, let me talk about my own thoughts.

The Opium War ended with China's defeat and the payment of indemnities and cession of territory, signing the first unequal treaty in China's modern history, and starting the cession of territory, payment of indemnities, and negotiation of tariffs to foreign countries.

Since then, China has changed from a vast and powerful country in the East to a semi-colonial and semi-feudal country at the mercy of others. From then on, Western imperialist powers began to view this ancient civilization with contempt, and signing unequal treaties became the main way to plunder China's wealth.

In 1896, a British person wrote this sentence in a newspaper: 'China—the sick man of the East, has been numb for a long time.'

Later, Western countries and Japan gradually called us Chinese the 'sick man of East Asia.' The humiliation of repeated defeats made the national spirit long-term inferior and sensitive. If smoking opium led to physical weakness, the long-term contempt of Western countries aggravated this inferiority.

The vast majority of Qing government officials were terrified at the mention of foreigners. A certain thinker and writer born in the dark period of the late Qing Dynasty can be called the representative of extreme inferiority complex.

In his eyes, Han culture was worthless. The ridiculous statement that the moon in America is rounder than in China came from this person. This kind of self-abasement and self-belittlement severely hit national self-confidence, stimulated the worship of Western countries in the hearts of the people, and became a hotbed for the growth of servility.

However, our predecessors used blood and wisdom to overthrow the corrupt Qing government, drove away the Japanese devils, and established New China, making all of us Chinese no longer inferior and establishing self-confidence.

But, there is still a small group of people who, driven by power-worship, money-worship, and fame-worship, have not changed their servility, licking everything Western and belittling everything Chinese.

From believing a hundred years ago that foreign moons are rounder than China's, it has evolved to now believing that the air in America is sweet. They are happy to immerse themselves in various American fairy tales, keen on whitewashing hegemony, and singing praises and building monuments for capitalists.

Conversely, they are extremely hostile to their own national culture and do their best to slander and sing the blues about their motherland. No matter how great the achievements New China has made, in their eyes, it is worthless.

For them, being with the West is a sign of a higher caste and a higher race. As long as they are allowed to sit in the foyer of that Western highest caste, these people will sell their mothers without hesitation.

In fact, they don't know that in the eyes of those high castes in the West, they are just lackeys who run errands. Once they have no utility value, they will be abandoned without mercy."

The "uncrowned kings" (reporters) on the scene were excited; they loved Zhou Andong's "mouth cannons."

The harder he cursed, the fiercer the counterattack would be. With disputes, newspapers sold well.

When newspaper sales were high, their bonuses were high. When bonuses were high, buying two jin of meat and clothes for their children was sweet.

Zhou Andong scanned the crowd, and an indescribable sad emotion appeared on his face, which made the "uncrowned kings" stare blankly.

"A university professor in our country once said such words: 'It is stupid for the country to waste national power and wealth, consuming the people's fat and blood to support millions of troops.

We should disband all troops and let the US station troops to protect us. This way, we can save huge funds to develop the economy, killing two birds with one stone.'"

Speaking to this point, Zhou Andong suddenly laughed, but this laugh made everyone hear an indescribable sorrow.

"For a university professor to be able to say such words, how terrifying this is. Teachers, teachers are those who teach, preach, and resolve doubts. They stand on that three-foot lectern, sitting upright and speaking correctly, so that our next generation can support the future of the motherland.

If they use the identity of a teacher, stand on the three-foot lectern, release poisonous remarks, sell out the country and the nation, and become the spokespeople for the American Western imperialist cultural invasion, then our next generation will inevitably be a ruined generation." ===== CHAPTER 1048 =====