“In The Theory of Equality, Francis and I listed various phenomena of inequality based on the current situation and past history, either obvious or subconscious inequality, or material or personality inequality, countless
It is difficult to completely count." Verak sighed sincerely, "In this country, it can also be said that in this world, inequality has prevailed for thousands of years. For such a long time, true equality has never been born, so the vast majority of people
They don’t realize at all that they are suffering from inequality now. They don’t even realize the mistakes and problems. This is the most tragic thing.”
Verak looked at the more than forty people sitting there, all of whom were determined to change the world. Their average age did not even exceed twenty-five: "Have any of you ever lived in a real slum?
"
No one spoke.
There are also ghettos in Lezein, but those present did not know what a real ghetto was.
When no one spoke, Verak spoke again: "A friend of mine lives in a small border town in Bressy. The slums there are the real slums. The people living there are already numb.
They are used to being called parasites by the superior nobles, used to being stepped on, and used to being shorter. It is a kind of humility that is almost integrated into the blood and engraved in the bones."
Verak was talking about his former self, and when he mentioned himself, he couldn't help but become angry.
"Why? The word 'why' has never occurred to the people living there. They have felt that they should be like this since they were born, that they should work hard in factories for fourteen or five hours, and that they should let capitalists
Lie down and rest, and let them whip themselves when they relax a little." Verak paused, and a picture of his own personal experience emerged in his mind, "The corpses of exhausted child laborers were taken out of the factory in batches.
At the same time, all the capitalists attended the dance party with a clear conscience. Why is the world like this? The children who work hard all day long at the age of eleven or twelve do not know that the capitalists who drink wine and enjoy luxurious food are also
I don’t know. They will all take it for granted that it should be like this! How sad and ridiculous this is..."
"Mr. Chris." Someone raised their hand, "What should we do?"
"...The top priority is of course to let those who are awake wake up those who are sleeping, so that more and more people wake up." Verak said, "Only when we are awake can we solve the problem."
Boyin loudly said: "This is also the purpose of sending you to other cities and other countries, so that more people wake up and let a spark start a prairie fire!"
"What about the capitalists?" someone asked.
"They will sleep deeply at first, then they will not want to wake up, then they will pretend to be asleep, and finally they will have to wake up." Verak recounted the content of the letters between Chris and Frances, "They woke up and saw
When we fall asleep, we will tiptoe for fear of waking us up, and then continue to sleep. But when we wake up, we must wake them up. Only in this way can the problem be solved..."
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Two hours later, the meeting ended. Although Verak spent most of the time repeating the contents of the letter, he himself agreed with those words, and he was also a civilian who was oppressed at the bottom, so he was deeply emotional when speaking.
Infection, forgetting the sweltering heat, forgetting the discomfort of clothes soaked with sweat.
After the key personnel of the organization left, Verak and Boyne went to the creek outside the warehouse and rinsed their faces with cold water to relieve the fever.
"You spoke very well, and they and I both benefited a lot." Boyin said.
The content was basically not original by Verak. He was just a translator, but it seemed to work very well. He shook off the water on his hand and said with a humble face: "That's good, as long as it's useful."
"Do you have any ideas about the second half of The Theory of Equality?" Boyne took off his shirt and washed himself.
"Not yet, it will definitely be a long and arduous process of exploration." Verak recalled the heated discussion among the young people during the meeting, "However, I have already seen hope. Hope lies in those young people.
They have plenty of physical strength and can pursue the answer forever. Maybe they will find out what is the right thing to do."
"Yes, but we are all still young, and we all have the power to change the world." Boyin said with a smile.
"Well..." Verak sat by the stream, "Our power will become more and more powerful. Awakening is a trend and an necessity."
"We will win in the end!" Boyin finished washing, put the clothes on his shoulders, and stretched.
"We will eventually win!" Verak had a different feeling when he said these words this time.
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The next day, September 5th.
While everyone was busy and the situation was not in chaos yet, Verak asked Daniel to send him to the Colin family's mansion to seek help from Colin and pave the way for him to escape.
In order to prevent Colin from going out to play and not being at home, Verak specially chose to come over at eight o'clock in the morning. Colin was still asleep at this time, so he would be sure to catch him.
"Why are you here?!" Colin was not unhappy after being woken up. He asked Verak to sit down and eat and drink. "We haven't seen each other for more than half a month. It's about you and Elizabeth.
How's it going? How's our business going?"
After not contacting him for more than half a month, Colin had a series of questions for Verak.
Verak answered one by one: "Things with Elizabeth are going well, you don't have to worry. The business is also doing very well. I estimate that the first income of 700,000 will be available in no more than half a month. By then,
I’ll call you first.”
"Seven hundred thousand! Give it all to me first?!" Colin grinned from ear to ear.
It's just a lie, Verak seemed very generous: "Didn't you borrow all the money from others, so I'll help you pay it back first."
"Okay, okay, someone has really urged me to pay back money recently, and I am too embarrassed to go out. In this case, I must celebrate today! How about going out at night?" Colin walked around excitedly in his pajamas, looking at
Verak was dizzy.
"There is no rush to celebrate. We will wait until the money arrives." Verak had no time to play with Colin. Seeing that Colin was in a good mood, he introduced the topic, "By the way, in addition to sharing good news with you today, there is also someone else.
I need your help."
"What's the business? Tell me!" Colin waved his hand.
"Borrow me a car," Verak said. "It's best to get it today and park it at No. 12 Greno Street. I'll come to you tomorrow to get the key."
"You need a car? Didn't a special car deliver it today?" Colin asked.
Verak patiently coaxed: "My car is inconvenient, and you know the business I do. I don't want my father to know, so it's best not to use the one at home."
"Okay, I'm just borrowing a car. How long will it take?"
"When the 700,000 yuan arrives, the car will be returned to you," Verak said.
"Okay, then I'll make arrangements later. Do you still need to pick up the keys tomorrow? Just pick them up with me later. I have so many cars at home, you can drive them as you like." After that, Colin took Verak out.
, asked him to pick a car he liked in his garage, and then asked the butler to give the car key to Verak.
Of course, the purpose of Verak's borrowing the car was to prepare for his future escape. Under the nose of the Equality Society, he had no choice but to turn to Colin for help. So as soon as he settled in the Equality Society, he came to him as soon as he had time.
Colin implements this matter.
"Take the keys. I'll arrange for the car to be taken to No. 12 Greno Street in a moment." Although Colin loves to play, he is really efficient in doing things.
"Okay, then I'll leave first. I'll wait for good news in half a month!" The goal was achieved. Verak didn't stay at Colin's house for long. He left with Daniel who was waiting outside the mansion, leaving Colin to fantasize about half of the time.