"Let's go." Boyin left the window, and with Verak and Keating led by Linn, they came to the door of the room where Winston lived in the building opposite.
There is only one door between us and precious advanced thoughts, and the heavy breathing of several people can be heard clearly.
"Dong dong dong." Linn knocked on the door.
An inquiry in Pulman language came from inside, and Linn naturally responded in Pluman language. Not long after, the door opened ten centimeters, and a blond, blue-eyed, unshaven, and skinny man looked at the four people in front of the door warily.
Asking something, he put his hand in front of the door, ready to close it at any time.
Lin En saw the other party's wariness and did not do anything to cause the other party to react violently. He stood patiently at the door and told them their origins and the purpose of meeting Winston in as short a word as possible in Pluman.
After the two communicated at the door for a few minutes, Winston opened the door completely and allowed the four of them to walk into the dark room.
"He said he believed in us." Lin En said to the three people behind him.
"Do you believe us so easily?" Boyne asked in surprise. Winston was able to hide from the situation while continuing to write articles criticizing the government. Logically speaking, he was very cautious.
"He said that if we were from the government, we would not stand at the door and knock on the door so politely. Instead, we would definitely break in and arrest him. The most important thing is that he knows that equality will happen." Lynn listened to Wen Si.
After a pause, the three of them sat on the shabby sofa.
Winston looked very calm and did not panic when Boyin and others suddenly visited him. He even poured a glass of water for all four of them.
"Thank you." Keating said thanks in the few Pluman languages he knew.
Verac and Boyin made the same sound to express their gratitude.
Then Winston chatted with Lynn, the only one who could speak Pluman. Lynn pointed at Boyne, Verak, and Keating one by one, apparently introducing Winston to them.
The three people who could not communicate directly saw Linn pointing at them, and they all smiled and nodded gently to Winston.
While Linn was communicating with them, Verak first observed Winston carefully. He didn't know if it was his own psychological suggestion, but he always felt that Winston had an indescribable and erudite temperament that was more powerful than Keating's.
Although he looked thin and old, the physical abuse did not erase the brilliance in this young man's eyes and the calm look on his face.
The conditions of the room where Winston lives are very poor, only slightly better than when Verak lived in the slums. This is nothing to Verak, but it is very important for a person like Winston to persist in such a hugely different environment for so long.
Rare and valuable.
"Lynn, ask him what he knows about the Equality Society." Boyin instructed Linn.
Lin asked Winston what Boyin said.
Sitting across from the four of them, Winston, who was calm but a bit excited after listening, went to the side and took out something written in Pluman from a thick stack of newspapers and showed it to everyone.
"It's the Internationale." Linn explained. "Winston said that he saw the Internationale published in the newspaper, but the signature of the Internationale was the Equality Society. He knew that there must be a more powerful like-minded organization elsewhere.
Fighting."
Winston waited for Linn to finish translating and then started talking about something else.
Lin suddenly showed an expression of surprise and surprise. After confirming with Winston repeatedly, he said to Boyin: "President, Mr. Winston can speak Welsh!"
Boyne, like Keating, had gone to Wales to study, so apart from his mother tongue, he was most proficient in Welsh. And Welsh and Dunman are basically the same. He was born in Dunman and studied Dunman assiduously.
Both Keating and Verak can also understand Welsh.
In this way, they saved Lin En the trouble of translating.
"Do you know Welsh?" Boyne immediately asked happily in Welsh.
"Yes." Winston's voice was magnetic, and it sounded like he was surprised that Boyne could speak Welsh, "So you can, too."
"We all know it." Verak grinned, sighing at the importance of mastering a foreign language, but also secretly determined to learn Bash.
Keating smiled and said "Yeah".
Winston said in surprise: "Aren't you from Bresci? Why do you know Welsh?"
"I once studied in Welland. Comrade Keating is a Dunman and also came to Wellland to study. Comrade Verak has learned Dunman, so he can understand it," Boyne explained.
Lynn, who originally held the important position of translator, could not speak Welsh or Dunman. From being the bridge of communication, she became the only confused person present.
After being able to communicate directly, the atmosphere became more warm. Verak asked: "Why do you know Welsh? We had a brief understanding of you before coming here, and we didn't find that you had any experience in learning foreign languages."
Winston explained: "Learning Welsh was something I started four or five months ago. I was thinking about going to a more enlightened and developed place in Wales to find people with the same aspirations. Even if I couldn't find them,
I didn’t hide here and there like I did in Pruman, so I started to teach myself Welsh. Then I recently discovered your existence when I bought a newspaper, and temporarily changed my mind to go to Bressy. Unfortunately, I no longer have the money to go back.
I went to buy books and study, and I can only survive like this..."
Four or five months ago, Winston had been on the run for who knows how long, and the Equality Society had not yet found him at that time, so it was normal for them not to find out that he could speak Welsh.
What made Verak secretly admired him was that he learned Dunman earlier than Winston, and with the help of Keating, he stayed in Dunman for two months to practice speaking, but he found that self-study and study time were not as long as his.
Winston is no worse than him in using foreign languages.
"We came here this time to take you to Bressy." Boyin was overjoyed when he heard that Winston said he planned to go to Bressy. He had been thinking about how to get him there for a long time.
"This is the best news I have heard in a while." Winston, who had been fighting alone for too long, was so excited that his eyes were wet. He quickly changed his attention, picked up the newspaper and said to several people, "I didn't expect it.
After the Internationale I wrote has fallen into obscurity for so long, it can still appear again through your efforts and be heard by more people."
Winston was living in poverty and could not afford the electricity bill, and he kept the curtains closed out of caution, so the room was dark, and Boyne, Verak, Keating and others could not see clearly what was on it.
After realizing this, he apologized, put down the newspaper and hurried to the window, grabbed the curtain, but did not dare to pull it open.
"Pull away, Mr. Winston." Boyin sat on the sofa and looked at the hesitant Winston, "With us here, it is safe."
"...Okay." Winston took a deep breath and opened the curtains, letting in the sunlight and illuminating the room.
Winston, who was bathed in the light again, looked at the light and felt a little moved. He turned back to his seat and looked at the four people from the Bressey Conference who stretched out their hands to pull him out of his trough.
"By the way." Boyn handed Winston the specially prepared "Equality" and "Women's Manifesto" in Pluman. "These are some works created by our Equality Association, all translated into Pluman.
You can take a look."
"I've heard about it for a long time." Winston solemnly took the two books with both hands. "At first, I saw some related content in the newspaper. Later, the government banned all your works. I have no way out.
There is no way to continue to understand more deeply.”
"There are some things in it that we think are outdated compared to your work, but some things still have unshakable value," Boyne said.
Winston first flipped through the table of contents of the two books and took a gander at the names of the chapters in the table of contents: "It can be seen that the contents of these works are consistent with my thoughts, such as the in-depth exploration of equality and inequality in The Theory of Equality.
, such as the emphasis on women’s rights in the Women’s Manifesto, these are extremely important things, and they are also the basis for overturning and reforming everything.”
Boyne, Verak, and Keating all listened carefully to Winston's comments.
"Do you also think that all this needs to be changed and subverted?" Boyin asked impatiently.
"Yes." Winston said, "I have read a lot of philosophy books before, because I think philosophy is the best way to deconstruct the world and understand the world. Later I found that there are too many things in the world that should not be done
, while trying to use philosophy to find answers, I realized that philosophers just explain the world in different ways, and the problem is to change the world.”
"That's right." Verak nodded.
Winston paused for a moment: "I would like to know more about your Equality Society, your development history, your pursuits, and your role in the recent attacks on the Bressey government and the abolition of Dunman's new conscription law that shocked the world.
How exactly is it done?"
Boyne started talking: "Our Equality Association has been established for more than two years. At the beginning, Comrade Francis led the workers to protest, forcing the government to issue the first decree on workers' working hours, and for the first time to win the workers' rights.
Rights and interests. Later, Comrade Francis led us to do more and more of the same things. The interests of the government and vested interests were impacted, and they began to arrest us and stigmatize us.
They turned us into a rebel organization and a chaotic party. Not long after, Comrade Francis was assassinated during a protest and unfortunately died. Comrade Chris, who was a good friend of Comrade Francis in college, stepped forward and took over the heavy responsibility of Comrade Francis.
, continued to lead us to fight against the government, fight for more rights for the people, and at the same time explore the future of our world, and wrote half a book on equality."
"Half a copy?" Winston picked up "Equality" again and turned to the last page, where, at Boyne's request, he left the title of Chris's last unfinished chapter: How We Change.
"Yes." Boyne omitted the relatively inconsequential and troublesome matter of Verak pretending to be Chris, "After half of writing, Comrade Chris doesn't know how to change the world, so equality will
Development was stagnant and it was difficult to grow. He was severely damaged by the government's infiltration, and he also died... Later Comrade Verak joined in. With Comrade Morais's advocacy and his push, we gave up the peace talks with the government.
Let the government give up the illusion of profit, decide to take up arms, and fight resolutely to regain the rights that the people deserve."
Verak sighed inwardly.
"We first increased our investment and sent out branches of the Gay and Lesbian Equality Association to more than ten cities at home and abroad. We not only searched for people with lofty ideals, but also were responsible for awakening more people, thinking about allowing the oppressed people around the world to
Unite and fight a thoroughgoing battle, get rid of the old and welcome the new. Later Comrade Keating also joined in
, he helped us improve some theories of equality. We prepared to attack the Bresci government amidst twists and turns and difficulties, trying to let the oppressed people around the world see that our oppressors are not invincible in this way.
This way we can set up a torch in the darkness and let people with lofty ideals from all over the world come closer to us."
Swimming against the current, not only did not hide to protect themselves under the pressure of the government, but they also fought hard with the idea of setting an example for people all over the world.
Such courage and foresight inspired Winston.
"It was during that time that we accidentally discovered the Internationale translated into Bresci. After investigation, we confirmed that it came from the Pluman Empire a few years ago. This shows that there are people in Pluman who are more sophisticated than we thought.
In order to find organizations or individuals who were ahead of the curve, we began to set up a sub-station in Pruman to look for the author of the Internationale - that is, you." Boyne continued, "Then, we successfully attacked the Bresi Government Building and achieved the goal of
Our preliminary
purpose, and gradually turned the confrontation with the vested interests from covert to frontal. After a few months, the sub-station we established in Pluman took shape, and they finally found you, so I, and was appointed
Verak and Keating, who are on a mission in Dunman, have joined together to see you. We hope to learn more advanced theories and ideas from you. We also hope that you can join us to make up for our shortcomings and jointly create
Working hard for a new world.”
"What you have done is more, more ambitious, and more difficult than I imagined." Winston said.
After word spread about the Equality Society's attack on the Bressey government, newspapers said it was a failed attack by the rebel organization.
In fact, this move is a great move to set up a torch and be a pioneer.
Now the whole world can do it, dare to put up a torch, let the oppressed see the light, and let the powerful people who want to kill them all know that they exist, only equality will do it.
Boyne then told Winston in detail about the pursuit of the Equality Society and the two major events that occurred in Bressey and Dunman.
Winston listened carefully and said: "I can't find any fault with your plan to attack the Bressy Government Building, and the final development was perfect. But what you did in Dunman, I think it brought more
By chance, if there is even the slightest unexpected situation, Dunman's new conscription law may be difficult to repeal. This is a situation that will only arise if the problem is not fundamentally solved."
As the main architects of the plan to abolish the new conscription law, Verrack and Keating both sensed the instability of the plan.
This matter developed so smoothly that they felt it was unreal and that there must be something fishy in it. The Tun Man government must be plotting something bigger. This shows that their plan is not impeccable, otherwise they would not have this mentality.
.
"The first thing I want to mention here is related to what Mr. Boyne described at the beginning." Winston expressed his opinion, "Mr. Boyne said that your opponents are the government, the powerful, and those with vested interests.
, I think there is a better word that can accurately cover them, and it is also an important concept to analyze everything - class."