Rebel Demon King

Chapter 358 Cold War
The conversation between the two had some prose meaning, and the people nearby couldn't help but prick up their ears and listen attentively. Of course, most of these people just wanted to join in the fun, or wanted to hear what this handsome guy in a suit B was talking about on a hot day. What, as for Cheng Mo, he is incidentally concerned.

When Cheng Mo finished speaking with a profound connotation and a full-bodied accent, most people didn't have any sense of approval, but felt that it was "too pretentious", and they would say "sensibility" every now and then! "Science" ah! "Human" ah! "Rational" ah! "Hope!" Ah, such an exaggerated word, as for what kind of thought Cheng Mo expressed, no one cares about its deep meaning, let alone try to figure it out.
Who would think about a kid talking nonsense in a barber shop?

The barber who cut Cheng Mo's hair felt confused by the focused eyes and whispers, and almost cut Cheng Mo's hair with a pair of scissors. What are you talking about here?"

As for Fu Yuanzhuo and Yan Yitong's expressions, they were a little surprised. They really didn't expect that two people who usually don't talk much, would open up and talk so much like someone they've known for a long time.

However, neither of the two parties paid attention to the various meanings around them.

"False comfort? Oh!" Yan Funing smiled. This smile is very standard, just like a Japanese professional smile, polite and thoughtful. He lowered his head and glanced at Cheng Mo's side face, wearing a transparent plastic apron The floor is covered with chopped hair, and the two slender hands are neatly placed on the armrest. The condensed history that simplifies and one-sidedly simplifies the details of history, then stuffs the huge historical death worm into several books called history, and overwrites it with simple logic and a small number of selected characters and events”

"You see, most people comfort themselves in this way. To watch this kind of rubbish, I think it's better to download a few small movies on the Internet. Although it can't improve the level of knowledge, at least it can truly comfort yourself, and it can Improve your posture level." Yan Funing's expression was very flat, but there was a hint of sarcasm in his tone. As for small movies, it might be offensive to others, but from his mouth, it was natural. It's like discussing a literary film.

This is the added halo of being handsome and wearing a formal suit. All in all, if Cheng Mo mentions small movies in his speech, he will definitely be labeled as an otaku; if Yan Funing is talking about it, he must be mocking an otaku.

Cheng Mo wondered why Yan Yitong's elder brother said so much to him when he came here, even with a trace of hostility hidden in his tone, he didn't know that although he didn't know Yan Funing, Yan Funing was already familiar with him and couldn't be more familiar.

Let anyone observe another person's life 24 hours a day for several days, no matter who it is, it will lose the sense of distance, especially when peeping into other people's private life.

Of course, Yan Funing is not an ordinary person. He entered Imperial College for graduate studies at the age of 17 and climbed to the peak of mathematics. He studied under the Wolf Prize winner Elias Stein and is known as the second 21-year-old genius of Terence Tao , in this summer vacation, obtained a master's degree from Imperial College of Technology.

Logically speaking, he should have finished his Ph.D., but his interests are too broad. In addition to mathematics, he also studied for a master's degree in economics, so he got a double master's degree.

People like Yan Funing who think digitally will not lose their sense of distance after monitoring Cheng Mo for a few days, and feel that Cheng Mo is an acquaintance, let alone because he is a classmate of his younger sister. Curious how Sung Mok escaped on K20, plus he had to stop this extremely dangerous man from getting close to his sister.

Language is Yan Funing's telescope to spy on Cheng Mo.

Assuming another time point, Cheng Mo might not allow himself and Yan Funing to enter into too in-depth communication, but today is a special day for Cheng Mo, and he often hears Fu Yuanzhuo and Yan Yitong talk about this "genius brother" ", he was more or less curious about Yan Funing, after all, although Changya Xueba was known, he didn't have a truly extraordinary genius.

Even Cheng Mo himself doesn't count.

Therefore, even though Yan Funing's language was very offensive, Cheng Mo didn't take it to heart. The gap in IQ is sometimes irreparable, so one must remain in awe of wisdom, and Cheng Mo deeply understands this truth.

So Cheng Cheng replied sincerely: "I think history is a mysterious thing. Even if we live in a certain era, we may not be able to see the truth behind history clearly, just like we stand in the pouring rain. Hold a few drops of rainwater, among the massive details, even if the documents of those historical events, those parties are standing in front of you, we cannot be sure what happened, but this does not negate the painstaking efforts of those great historians to interpret And restore those hidden meanings And for us readers, when you discover the insights behind history, you can increase your chances of survival in the ruthless historical torrent."

"Really? Do you think that human beings or individuals can learn lessons from history? Then I would like to ask you about your historical insight, how did it give you a chance to escape the punishment of death at a critical moment?"

Yan Funing was still smiling in the mirror, his handsome face was paired with those gold-rimmed glasses, which made him look elegant and quiet, like a clever disguise, and also like a natural protective color, inexplicably Cheng Mo thought of Li Jiting , Yan Funing's smile is not as frequent as Li Jiting's. Li Jiting smiles all the time, but the two people's smiles give him a very similar feeling. Maybe Li Jiting's smile is more natural, and it is easier for people to believe and let go of their guard.

But Yan Funing is obviously not as high as Li Jiting's rank.

But no matter what Yan Funing's expression or tone was, this question was a bit abrupt. Yan Yitong who was standing beside Yan Funing didn't expect that his brother had just met Cheng Mo, so he discussed something with Cheng Mo uncharacteristically. He would never discuss with himself and Fu Yuanzhuo. The problem.

He pulled Yan Funing's sleeve in embarrassment, and said in a low voice: "Brother! Can you let Cheng Mo cut his hair first? There are so many people watching!"

Yan Funing didn't even look at the people around him, but just glanced at Yan Yitong with a smile, "Oh! What does it matter? Just watch it! Did Cheng Mo and I discuss any shameful things? Do we have to talk about the current situation? Is it normal for more popular topics?"

Yan Yitong wasn't afraid of being watched, the two siblings surprisingly didn't feel ashamed about being watched, she was just worried that Cheng Mo would mind.

When Yan Yitong didn't know how to persuade his brother not to make things difficult for Cheng Mo, Yan Funing reached out and nodded Cheng Mo and said, "I don't think you would like to talk to others about who is in a new movie, who is in the latest variety show and who I'm tearing up again, where is the new model on the store? Is it good or not? Classmate A and Classmate B seem to be in love. These gossip topics. Maybe we should talk about the China-US trade war and the high-profit reform. Of course I think these are too superficial , It’s too boring, we should talk about the crisis of globalization and the rise of populism in depth, and we can deeply analyze the hypocrisy of free trade as a rich country”

Cheng Mo shook his head and said, "I'm sorry, I haven't studied these things in depth, and I'm afraid I can't say anything new."

Yan Funing pushed the gold-rimmed glasses on the bridge of his nose, "That's really a pity, I thought you should know something, after all, you just said that human beings can learn lessons from history. Globalization is moving towards the current dilemma, Isn’t history repeating itself? You should know that at the beginning of globalization, Western countries were very optimistic in the early 90s, for example, Fukuyama spoke impassionedly about the ‘end of history’.”

"The democratic camp not only won World War I and World War II, but also toppled the Berlin Wall, dragged down the Soviet Union, and won the Cold War again. All Western countries thought they had won the final victory. But today, they seem to have changed from extreme The optimism turned into deep pessimism, you see, is history repeating itself again?"

"Just like the end of the First World War in 1918, people all over the world rejoiced, including us Chinese. With the disintegration of several empires, a large number of constitutional democracies appeared throughout Europe, but in the 30s, most of them Most of them have become failure cases, either turning into a leftist totalitarian state like Tsarist Russia, or turning into a rightist totalitarian state like Germany, Italy, Spain, and Hungary, so World War II broke out.”

"Then look at the present, for example, the 'Arab Spring' movement that broke out in 2010. People thought it was a wave of democracy in the Arab countries, but it actually evolved into a wave of fundamentalism and became the 'Arab Winter'; For example, the European sovereign debt crisis around 2010; for example, the global economic crisis in 2008. The gap between rich and poor in Western countries is re-intensifying, and there are more and more totalitarian countries. Hey! No one can learn from history.

Cheng Mo was silent for a moment and said: "I know your point of view is based on Piketty's "Capital in the 21st Century". The description of this book is mainly based on a large number of statistical data. It has been like this since 2000, which is actually without any basis. Because it is completely impossible to find statistical data since 2000. This can be said to be an assumption. I think his explanation is obviously not acceptable. His This explanation is equivalent to saying that the previous equality or peace was purely a temporary phenomenon caused by high economic growth. But high growth is a miracle, and miracles cannot last. When the high growth ends, war will return. Then this The problem is that it cannot be solved, but in fact, high economic growth may not necessarily bring about equality. Economists continue to point out this problem, such as "The Lost of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism" written by the British-Korea "analyzed that globalization seems to be beneficial to all countries, but it is actually exacerbating inequality"

"Well! I know, on page 137 of this book he wrote: The rich and the powerful claim that the big arena of the world is flat, so it is fair for all people to compete equally. But no, although the arena is It is flat, but the players on the field are not equal. It is unfair for heavyweights and lightweights to compete in the same field. Between the egg and the stone, one must stand on the side of the egg without hesitation. It’s the morality of economics.” After a pause, Yan Funing looked at Cheng Mo in the mirror and said, “But, if morality really existed, the world would have realized communism long ago.”

"I also know that page 137 is the end of this book. I don't know whether morality exists or not, but I think economics needs a scientific attitude to calculate fairness, just like history. Only from the perspective of the weak can it be more rational. This is I said that the reason why history books can improve our chances of survival is because there are always great historians who keep witnessing the cruelty of history, and then study the fate of the world, such as Richard Hofstadter, Kong Feili, and Ke Wen, such as Xiao Bangqi. History is the cruelest examiner, always giving people choices at the node of fate. In the great era, those who make mistakes in judgment will be mercilessly punished by fate. These exam questions used to include: During the Republic of China From blue or from red? In 1949, stay or go out? In 1979, review the college entrance examination or go south to Shenzhen? In the 1990s, did you take the initiative to go to sea or wait for layoffs? In 2000, was it real estate speculation or starting a business”

Yan Funing nodded and said: "These historians are indeed more reliable. Among them, Western scholars who specialize in Sinology have devoted their entire lives and intelligence to exploring the history and reality of China. , and even proficiency in Manchu, which is very admirable, but many books cannot even be published in our country."

The two of you were chatting freely, and the people around you looked at you coldly and pretended to be aggressive at the beginning, but now they look confused and feel serious.

Yan Yitong looked at his elder brother and Cheng Mo having a happy conversation, and couldn't help being elated. As for Fu Yuanzhuo, he showed a bitter face and said to himself, "Can you tell me something we can understand?"

Yan Yitong gave Fu Yuanzhuo a hygienic look, "Why don't you understand? It's not English!"

"Yes! Yes! Yes! It's as if you understand it. It's so sad to be with geniuses, especially two geniuses. I feel like I'm mentally retarded." Fu Yuanzhuo said helplessly.

At this time, the barber had already cut Cheng Mo's hair. Cheng Mo stood up from the chair and was about to flush the water, so the conversation between the two came to an abrupt end.

Yan Funing turned his head to look at Fu Yuanzhuo and said: "This is nothing special, you have to calm down and spend half a year in the library, and you can also talk about it. It is not difficult to discuss other people's points of view. The difficult thing is to put forward your own point of view and create your own. doctrine."

Fu Yuanzhuo smiled wryly: "Brother Ning, don't use your 'nothing special' as our request, your nothing special is already very great to us."

"What you lack is patience and interest, but to be honest, it doesn't matter whether you understand these things, whether you study or not, there is no need to force yourself to do things you don't want to do, people like you who are born free, as long as you find the living The fun is enough." Yan Funing looked at Cheng Mo's back and said softly.

Yan Yitong said triumphantly: "Brother, I told you that you will definitely fall in love with him!"

Yan Funing smiled lightly and said, "It's quite interesting."

The three chatted and waited for Cheng Mo to come back from the shower. The hair stylist blew Cheng Mo a fluffy Japanese style hairstyle. It was not as messy as it was standing on his head at first, and Cheng Mo's appearance was greatly improved immediately. But the tragedy is that standing beside Fu Yuanzhuo and Yan Funing is an ordinary person who can't be more ordinary.

Yan Yitong called Feng Xiqian and made an appointment to go to the Red House for dinner at night, but it was still a bit early to go, so the four of them sat down at the Starbucks in Lohas City and drank a cup of coffee. It attracted the attention of countless girls, and when the sun was westward, they headed towards the red building.

Cheng Mo sat in the co-pilot, Yan Funing and Yan Yitong sat in the back seat, and Cheng Mo and Yan Funing did not continue to discuss more academic issues when they came out of the barber shop. He and Fu Yuanzhuo were talking, while Cheng Mo and Yan Funing were listening.

For example, at the Children’s Day party, Cheng Mo’s shocking performance in the killing game, or Cheng Mo’s battle with Du Leng in the final exam, although Yan Funing has already heard Yan Yitong say something about it, but after experiencing K20, let’s talk about it today. Listening, views and feelings are completely different, so Yan Funing seems to listen with gusto, and occasionally asks some questions to ask Cheng Mo.

For example: "Do you know psychology well? What psychology books have you read?"

Xie Minyun also got into this topic a few times, but Cheng Mo, who often appeared as the leading actor in the topic, didn't say anything, just like the story Yan Yitong told had nothing to do with him.Yan Funing, who knew what Xie Minyun and Cheng Mo had, didn't say anything, as if he didn't know anything.

But Yan Funing seems to have got the key skill that Cheng Mo can stand out from K20—psychology.

That's right, the clown Sith is a typical "antisocial personality".

And so was he.

(End of this chapter)