phantom hand

Have you ever tried, ever wanted to be someone else?You feel that if you were not you but him, then you would be much happier than you are now.

Li Chuang once had.No, it should be said that I have had it since I was very young and just sensible, and it has continued until now.When I was young, I hoped to become the neighbor’s little chubby guy, because that guy only needs to do two things a day, eat and play, even if his jaw has become three layers, his mother will still be very proud in the evening from the window He poked his head out and shouted downstairs: Da Baozi, it's time to eat!When I grow up, I hope to become the study committee member who is very popular and good-looking in the class. At one time, Li Chuang thought that was the most successful life model, even though he was only 14 years old at that time.Later, Li Chuang himself became the envy of others. Although he had a bad temper and was completely unpopular, he had a sunny and handsome face, a tall and straight figure, quick thinking, and even if he skipped classes, he still had excellent grades. It is enough to make people yearn for, so he gradually learned to bury the wish that took root in his childhood in his heart. Of course, this wish can no longer be called a wish at this time. A 20-year-old can always distinguish between wishes and fantasies.

Zhao Qingyu also had it.But he doesn't have a materialized object like Li Chuang, and his mental journey is also very simple. For seven or eight years, his thoughts have been the same, anyone is fine, as long as he is not him, Zhao Qingyu feels that he will be happier than now.But one day he and Li Chuang agreed, that is, don't take delusions as wishes.

When it was snowing at Li Chuang's house, it was raining at Zhao Qingyu's house. When Zhao Qingyu let the air conditioner blow warm air, the heating was already on in Li Chuang's dormitory. When Li Chuang was sleeping in the Internet cafe, Zhao Qingyu was observing chemical reactions in the laboratory. During the coffee break, Li Chuang was the first to cross the [-]-meter finish line of the school sports meeting.

China is more than 5000 kilometers from south to north, which is roughly the distance between Zhao Qingyu and Li Chuang, so if it weren't for that national college debate competition, they would never have met...

"I would like to ask the opposing debaters not to change concepts secretly. Without process, there will be no result. We do not deny this point, but the sequence does not mean that the one that comes first must be more important than the one that comes later. If a matter does not focus on the result Orientation, then where will it go, if it is not because of a clear goal, how can we go forward indomitably?"

"According to the logic of the opponent's debater, the result is more important than the process, so may I rob to get rich and hurt people for revenge? Anyway, my result is not wrong, so naturally you don't need to worry about what I use. means."

"The opponent's friend said that we are secretly changing the concept. I think this is a bit like a thief shouting to catch a thief. What we are discussing today is which is more important, the process or the result. The result is more important than the process. Does it mean that we can do whatever it takes for the result? I am arguing to the other party. I am very interested in the deduction process of friends, but I am puzzled by this conclusion."

"Thank you for the deafening cry from the other party. Then we only have one question. In today's debate, does the other party want to win?"

Zhao Qingyu's serious pen stopped abruptly when he heard this question, and he unconsciously raised his head to look at the two rows of long cases in the center of the auditorium. , the right side is the opposite side, that is his school, a third-rate university that can be called first-class in all other conditions and even the faculty except for the number of students.

But that's not the point, the point is now, the fresh girl with a ponytail in the third debate of the square set a trap for the four debaters in their school, Zhao Qingyu frowned slightly, and wrote two words in the densely packed notebook, yes , and no.No matter which answer you answer, you will be bitten by the other party. The answer is yes, so how do you explain that the focus is on participation?If you answer no, then it is tantamount to directly negating your own argument...

Suddenly a thought flashed in his mind, and Zhao Qingyu sorted out the solution almost instantly.That is to throw the question back. If the other party’s answer focuses on participation, then you can ask directly, don’t you want to win? The other party must answer that the result is not the most important thing. What we enjoy is the process. Everyone can improve themselves through communication.Well, improving yourself is a goal in itself, so it can also be called the result. In fact, if you want to argue that the result is more important than the process, the most important thing to master is to break down all the decomposable processes of the other party into one after another. The small purpose is the result.If I remember correctly, he also told them so during the discussion last night.

Countless possible debates went through in Zhao Qingyu's mind one by one, but in reality, in just a split second, the alumni on the stage stood up. That was the man of the School of Economics and Management in their grade: "We Of course, we hope to win. It is precisely because of such a clear goal that we can discuss and prepare for the battle tirelessly. Just like a war, don’t we just enjoy the taste of ammunition penetrating our bodies instead of pursuing victory? "

Zhao Qingyu wanted to swear at others, but the so-called self-cultivation that was close to obsessive-compulsive disorder that he developed since he was a child didn't allow it.So he could only put down the pen, and rubbed his temples tiredly.During the discussion yesterday, he clearly told them that in the debate, you must never answer directly to any question that requires you to answer yes or no, because these questions must have been pondered over by the other party in countless discussions, whether it is Or not, it must be us who suffer.But obviously, no one took his words to heart.

There is no need to record later, because the other party has already focused on participating in the extension or pulling back to unscrupulous means. It is a taboo in the free debate stage to entangle with the other party in the camp that is not conducive to oneself. Difficult.Debate is different from others, there is no absolute right or wrong, winning or losing depends on who is led by whom.Anyone with a discerning eye can understand who is at an advantage and who is at a disadvantage, who is aggressive and who is struggling.

Following the host's "time is up" and the free debate ended, Zhao Qingyu bit his lip unwillingly, thinking that if he was the one standing on top, maybe everything would be different.It feels bad to be trapped in a corner when you can charge forward, but there is no way, because if he does play, then the worst feeling may not be the opponent but the teammate.

In order to enliven the atmosphere of the arena, the competition organizing committee specially added a questioning session from the audience before the concluding statement of the fourth debate. This was the only task assigned to Zhao Qingyu by the team.Although at this moment he felt that asking one or two questions was useless even if it could make things difficult for the opponent's debater, but when the host asked "Is there any audience member who wants to ask questions", Zhao Qingyu, who was sitting in the second row off the stage, still Dutifully raised his hand.

The image on the big screen quickly switched to Zhao Qingyu's face. The overly fair and delicate face looked unnatural in the photographer's close-up. Fortunately, the thin glasses can block part of the light.

After gathering his composure, Zhao Qingyu held up the microphone and said, "I would like to ask Zheng Fang, you have been emphasizing that the process is more important than the result, and enjoying the process is more important, so according to your logic, the firefighters put out the fire to enjoy the fun of the water gun? Are oil workers drilling wells to piss off the ears of the earth? To take it to another extreme, if a lottery buyer is told in advance that he will never win, how many people do you think think he wants the process?"

After listening to Zhao Qingyu's question with a smile, the host did not speak, but turned his gaze back to the contestants.Because according to the usual practice, once the audience's questions are over, the party being questioned can answer directly-they all have small microphones pinned to their necklines.

But the auditorium suddenly fell silent.

It seems that they all held their breath with a tacit understanding, waiting for a certain needle to fall.

Zhao Qingyu tried his best to suppress the tension in his heart, so that his standing posture holding the microphone would not be particularly silly.At the same time, it is very contradictory. I hope that the other party will be speechless when asked, but also hope that the other party will answer quickly so as to end my slightly embarrassing state of being watched by everyone.

The four people in the square seemed to want to fight the case, but they all endured it in unison, because they hadn't thought of the most powerful response and retaliation. Incoherent speech or irrelevant answers are often more embarrassing than silence.The only thing that could see their emotions was the tension and anxiety in their eyes.

The questioner was nervous, and the person being questioned was also nervous. There was only a few seconds of silence, but the pervasive embarrassment put tremendous pressure on the host, and the audience seemed to react suddenly, and small discussions arose.

"Can the substitute player answer this question on behalf of the affirmative party?" A clear and slightly ostentatious male voice came from the loudspeaker in the auditorium.

Zhao Qingyu subconsciously turned his head to search, and then he saw Li Chuang.

Of course, Zhao Qingyu didn't recognize Li Chuang at that time, he just thought this boy was very handsome, very handsome, with a little bit of unlovable arrogance, even though he tried his best to make himself look polite, but that feeling How to put it, it should be called aura.

The hostess was very embarrassed, she looked at the judges, the judges were as immobile as a mountain, and looked at the team members, no one went to meet her gaze, and then turned back, the eyes of the boy who took the initiative to challenge were shining with conceit.Zhao Qingyu suddenly felt that the question "Can I answer?" was just a formality, and its subtext was "I want to answer".

Sure enough, before the hostess could speak, the boy raised the corners of his mouth, and then Zhao Qingyu heard him say: "You set up a trap for the affirmative and limited the debate. If I ask the same question, I am born knowing my own The result is death, so why are you still alive? You can just judge yourself. So, examples are fine, but no exceptions. From a philosophical point of view, all things are in a process, including occasional ones. All kinds of results, the firefighters are of course not to remember their childhood, but they are also just to put out the fire, so what is the purpose of the firefighting? You can think of it as the efforts of the firefighters to pursue self-realization, but they must eventually Can it be self-realized? Otherwise, the process of this pursuit already has great meaning. Meditations say that life is essentially practical, and only life in the process of practice has aesthetic significance. Let’s encourage each other .”

When he said the last four words, there was obvious ridicule in the other party's eyes.Zhao Qingyu met his gaze, not annoyed, but only found it interesting.This person includes all the results into the process. You say the result is important, so good. People can say that the result actually belongs to a process of pursuing a greater result, not the result but the process. Heh, directly put your subject No, going deeper, today's debate topics are directly false propositions.

What is sophistry?If someone asks again next time, Zhao Qingyu will directly pull out today's video for him to watch.

Asking questions from the audience is not equal to debate, nor can it be debated. It can only be a question followed by an answer.So the episode came to an end quickly, followed by the unsuspecting concluding speeches and the judges announcing the results of the competition.

Zhao Qingyu's school lost without any suspense. Fortunately, it was a group round-robin match, so it was not hopeless.

At the end of the game, Zhao Qingyu watched the team leader teacher whispering to the team leader in a low voice. With the spirit of having nothing to do with himself, Zhao Qingyu took a shortcut and went back to the hotel arranged by the competition organizing committee.All the non-local school teams participating in the semi-finals were arranged in this hotel, with board and lodging integrated, so when Zhao Qingyu and Li Chuang met in front of the egg fried rice at the buffet counter of the hotel restaurant during dinner, the two of them were very calm.

"You pretend to be an audience to ask questions as a substitute debater, are you too embarrassed?"

When he said this, Li Chuang glanced at Zhao Qingyu condescendingly, his half-closed eyes were full of disdain.It's a pity that the spoon in his left hand and the rice plate in his right weakened his momentum.So Zhao Qingyu just smiled lightly.

"You can easily lead people astray, which is quite powerful."

Li Chuang obviously has never experienced this, and repaying grievances with kindness is a legendary term in his opinion, so seeing Zhao Qingyu is a little dizzy, listening to the other party's soft southern tone, and seeing the other party's warm eyes, I don't know why Yes, Li Chuang got goose bumps all over his body.

"Cough, what, I'll go over to eat first." Li Chuang shook off the chill all over his body, ready to escape from the living body outside his common sense.

Zhao Qingyu smiled and said nothing more.

Unexpectedly, Li Chuang, who had just taken two steps, came back suddenly, and asked, "You're pretty good at playing tricks, why are you acting as a substitute?"

Zhao Qingyu was taken aback for a moment, and said almost reflexively, "Aren't you the same?"

"Cut," Li Chuang almost rolled his eyes to the sky, and Zhao Qingyu, who was half his head shorter than him, could only see the opponent's nostrils, "You know what, brother is a secret weapon!"

——Until Li Chuang and his school were eliminated in the second round of the finals, Brother Secret Weapon still sat unmoved in the second row of the auditorium.