It's mid-June, and students studying at Yale University have already entered their summer vacation, and the buildings are empty.
But at this moment, in the empty campus, students with different skin colors and good temperaments appeared and walked together, adding a new vitality to the empty campus.
The graduation ceremony represents the completion of studies and the departure of dreams for the future. In this most pleasant weather, young men and women are filled with smiles, spreading youth, and their joyful mood is palpable.
"Aland!"
"Sissi!"
The family got off the bus at the school gate, and saw the couple Ellender and Jack getting off next to them.
Good friends whom they hadn't seen for a long time, Liu Yifei and Ailand couldn't help but hug each other and exchange pleasantries in detail.
Chu Xuan and Jack also gave him a gentlemanly hug. It has been more than half a year since they met the couple last November due to the investment in "Twilight". During this period, they had contact once or twice. The couple also
When he and Liu Yifei were debating the evidence, they gave her blessings on the phone, which made him have a good impression of Jack, a foreign friend and collaborator with mixed interests and friendships.
"After Sissi graduated, I knew you would come."
"Isn't it the same for you?"
Chu Xuan and Jack looked at each other and smiled. Perhaps it was because these two men were both weird and yearning for love. Based on this commonality, they broke the embarrassment of not seeing each other for a long time through a short exchange of words.
"Hello, aunt."
"Hello, Jack."
Jack and Liu Xiaoli said hello, and then saw Liu Yifei and Ailand coming from the front.
"Wow, Auntie, you are young again."
"Chu Xuan, long time no see. Has marriage made you more attractive? It takes a long time for Sissi to remember to call you. It seems that she is completely fascinated by you."
Chu Xuan didn't know if his self-translation into English was wrong. He always felt that Westerners' praise of a person was so straightforward and earthy. Earthy praise like Ailande was rare in China, but in the West it seemed
It is very common, and it is also a manifestation of the high emotional intelligence of Westerners.
But such praise made him feel a little embarrassed, so he could only smile and say, "It should be so."
After some pleasantries, Liu Yifei waved her hand: "Then let's go first and see you later."
The graduates and their family members are not together, and she has a speaking engagement and needs to go through the process, so she needs to take the first step.
"It depends on your performance." Liu Xiaoli said, waving her fist to encourage her daughter who was about to give a speech on stage.
After watching Liu Yifei and Ailand leave, Chu Xuan, Liu Xiaoli and Jack walked into the school gate with the crowd.
There were many people in suits and leather shoes, and even more people in expensive clothes. All kinds of luxury cars were common, including several Rolls-Royces. All the family members of the graduates came to watch the ceremony.
After all, it is a world-famous school. Regardless of its teaching ability, the degree of wealth can be seen.
If this situation were placed in China, it would become a hot search if it was not fully preserved.
But the West has never had the concept of low-key, and expressive luxury is their daily routine, and it is not surprising.
Chu Xuan followed the crowd to the auditorium and sat down in the seats a few rows behind with his mother and Jack.
The auditorium is like a medieval church, giving it a calm, solemn, classical and elegant atmosphere. Compared with the grand and grand modern auditoriums of domestic famous schools, which keep up with the times, it also gives it a feeling that China is progressing and the West is regressing.
Cultural differences in déjà vu.
This is because we are not confident about our own civilization, so we put things from the Middle Ages in the 21st century. It probably means that our own civilization cannot present any good culture, and we can only miss the past.
It is a historical inheritance that is true and false.
No wonder they are trying to find ways to disrupt the spread of civilization that has lasted for five thousand years in the country. There is no way, it is too bright, and I am extremely jealous. It adheres to the nihilistic concept of Western centralism. If it is not theirs, if it cannot be copied, then they will find ways to destroy it.
"It's begun." Liu Xiaoli muttered.
Chu Xuan looked towards the podium. Someone from the school came on stage. He glanced down and saw that there seemed to be many celebrities sitting in the front row, because one of them was a big Hollywood director that he knew. He was like this.
I guess, being able to invite so many people to be the guests, it seems that the school attaches great importance to the graduation ceremony of the advanced training class.
If you think about it, you can understand that if full-time students are enrolled in the school under normal circumstances, then the advanced courses are considered to be "advanced first class". The people who come to this school to study in the advanced courses come from all over the world, and they are either rich or noble.
The connections, resources, etc. behind these graduates must be established no matter what. The school invites celebrities to attend the ceremony to give the family members an attitude that the school values their children, thereby bringing these big names from around the world closer.
Regardless of whether these big guys will help the school in the future, the good impression they have on the school is still a business without capital.
It is a pity that the situation in China is often like this, which makes it impossible for him to "be worse than worse" in this regard. Even if he hopes that his country will be the best in everything, he still has to look at this fact soberly.
"Wow——"
The school leader was about to speak, and Chu Xuan applauded along with everyone.
This school leader looks like a "sage", and with his white beard, he feels like a high-end intellectual in such a school.
Chu Xuan was also a little interested and wanted to hear what this "sage" would say. Or would he just talk nonsense like some domestic leaders?
"In 1701, the American Age of Discovery ended, and Yale University was founded..."
Chu Xuan:???
Chu Xuan was confused for a moment. Instead of asking if this was the right time for the Great Discovery, he asked when did you have the Great Discovery?
If I remember correctly, wasn't it the European Age of Discovery? And they also colonized you.
The most important thing is that the reason why Europe was able to usher in the Age of Discovery lies in the Map of Kunyu and Ten Thousand Kingdoms brought by my country's Zheng He during his voyages to the West during the Ming Dynasty.
Without the Map of Kunyu and Ten Thousand Kingdoms, it is unknown whether Europe would be able to find the land of North America. This land is not fully preserved and is still alive and well in the aboriginal Indians.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Let’s connect the logic from beginning to end. You can be where you are now, thanks to Zheng He of the Ming Dynasty.
To dig deeper, the original map of the Map of Kunyu and Ten Thousand Kingdoms came from the mapping of the Silk Road and early navigation in the Tang and Song Dynasties. It was then repaired during the Ming Dynasty, and then verified and expanded by Zheng He's fleet.
This ancient version of the world map.
The Silk Road was launched during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. Without the Silk Road, there would be no original map. Without this original map, there would be no Map of Kunyu and Ten Thousand Kingdoms. Without the Map of Ten Thousand Kingdoms, there would be no European Age of Navigation and no navigation.
Era then this land will not be colonized;
Without being colonized, we would not be able to enjoy the fruits of European industrialization. Without the fruits of industrialization, how would the United States be like today?
Therefore, after tracing the origins in this way, we can draw a conclusion: the rise of the United States is thanks to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.
Although it’s a bit far-fetched, you can’t forget your roots as a human being.
This bad old man not only forgot his roots, he also denied their ancestry, Europe, and attributed the credit of the Age of Discovery to himself. This...
Chu Xuan sighed, she is indeed an old beauty, but she is so shameless.
The white-bearded "intellectual" with a "sage" demeanor on the stage perfectly interpreted the sanctimonious essence of "I don't want what you think, I want what I think."
It’s really “a waste of time”.
However, many people present took it for granted and did not realize it was wrong. They must have no knowledge of history such as Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Zheng He, and the Map of Ten Thousand Kingdoms.
This made him deeply realize a sentence: Whoever controls the global media discourse can determine the cognitive upper limit and cognitive direction of most people in the world.
The only place these controllers cannot control is our country, so they use all possible means to disrupt and destroy the domestic media.
In his mind, given the scope of his career, the way to counterattack is to promote domestic customs and landforms through film and television dramas, attract foreign people to travel and learn about our country for themselves, and then return to their countries to spread the word through self-media.
Tell the truth, thereby breaking the media network under global control point by point.
It’s just that the real era of self-media is still a long way off, so we can only think about it now.
Chu Xuan endured his dissatisfaction with the school leader who had "lost his studies" on the stage. He endured it for about ten minutes and finally admired him. This bad old man had compiled the world's entertainment and film and television arts from 1701 to the 21st century.
I insist on giving half of the credit to Lao Mei and this school. Having said that, it still requires skills. It would be a waste of talent not to do MLM.
During the process, it was the students' turn to give speeches. He thought that his ears would be clean and tidy, but Chu Xuan never expected that these students did not know whether they did it intentionally or were too brainwashed by the media. They all praised Lao Mei and the school.
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The United States is not your country. Have you ever considered the feelings of your own country?
Chu Xuan intuitively felt that this trip was not in vain. He really saw a series of good shows. Is this the influence of the world's first empire? These people have to kneel down and lick the face of their country and their country. It turns out that reality is more exaggerated and awesome than the movies.
!
The school leaders and celebrities in the stands smiled warmly and applauded these people. It was obvious that this scene was something they were accustomed to, something they found useful, and something they wanted to see.
This reminded him of a saying: When hypocrisy has become the norm, then it is also a kind of truth.
Just like the world's police forcefully attacking in the name of justice, in fact they are fighting for oil secretly in front of their eyes. When no one in this land thinks that such hypocrisy is wrong, then this is the truest and most real face of this land.
, which is also the cultural promotion and spiritual proposition that they are proud of.
You think they are wrong, but they themselves believe that they are right from the bottom of their hearts. This is the unsolvable contradiction between China and the West.
This is enough to draw a conclusion: pure Chinese film and television will never be accepted by them unless they disappear from the earth.
Chu Xuan said silently in these thoughts: "To make their money in the way they are accustomed to, Bright Times will cooperate with Macron with IP and let Macron make and sell it himself. This is a very correct decision."
He once thought about bringing Chinese film and television to overseas on a large scale, but now this idea has disappeared.
"It's time for Sissi." Liu Xiaoli said softly with great interest, and tugged on Chu Xuan's arm.
When Chu Xuan came back to his senses, he inadvertently made eye contact with Liu Yifei on the stage.
He smiles gently and gives strength.
Her eyebrows slightly arched, receiving encouragement from her husband.
Liu Yifei felt uneasy because the classmates who had given speeches in front of her had praised her without hesitation, but the speech she prepared did not include these things. Would this make her appear to be an anomaly?
But if the alien is essentially a normal person, then let her be the alien.
She calmed down and began her speech.
"Once upon a time, I often saw some news in my motherland, describing the beauty of foreign countries, which made me yearn for it."
"And when I passed through Europe and set foot on the land of the United States, I realized that the world is unified."
World unity?... This means that every place in the world is the same. There is no place that is special or not, and there is no place that is special or not.
At this point, school leaders frowned and celebrities lost their smiles.
On the contrary, some students from small and medium-sized countries were shocked, and their eyes flashed. This simple sentence seemed to make Liu Yifei exude endless charm, making them stare with interest and admiration.
"This is just like those people who pursue art around the world. When some people see Jack Cheng, the pride of my motherland's filmmakers, they will cheer: Oh my god, that's Jack Cheng. That's great, I want to be him!
"
"Just like when I first came to school, when Teacher Scarlett learned that my idol was Audrey Hepburn, she asked me if I wanted to be her. I said yes. My dream since childhood was to become an excellent actress like Hepburn."
"You see, not only is the world the same, art is also the same, and those of us who pursue artistic dreams will work hard to turn our dreams into reality regardless of each other. We are all a group of dream chasers."
"And I was fortunate enough to come to Yale University and receive guidance and education from the school and Ms. Scarlett. The biggest change that brought to me was that if Ms. Scarlett asked me again whether I wanted to be Hepburn..."
"I would say now: No, I am who I am."
"I am Liu Yifei, and I am honored to give a speech to everyone here."
A unique beginning, a unique self-introduction, and a very independent thought made the whole audience burst into applause.
Even the school leaders and celebrities applauded this very special graduate girl. They turned their heads and glanced at their neighbors, with a slight smile in the corners of their eyes, as if Liu Yifei's remarks jumped out at them.
They were accustomed to the weird circle, but this sudden surge of novelty made them look at this girl with suspicion.
"..."
"I am a person who is very strict with myself, but this is also part of what makes me happy. I am happy that I am about to become a better me. This is also the spiritual pursuit that I think an actor and a learner pursuing art need to have.
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"Just like Michael Jackson once, a reporter interviewed him: You are already so good at dancing, you are already the world's king of dance, why do you still spend enough time practicing dancing every day to make yourself sick?"
"He said: I just want to make a step forward every day than the day before, even if it is just a little bit that is difficult to detect, this can make me feel happy."
"Isn't the happiness of every art pursuer like this? One day under the five-star red flag of my motherland, I asked myself whether I can do it. Under the red flag where light can always dispel darkness and give warm spring breeze, I have something in my heart.
Shout: I can!”
"Another example is when I was working on a movie with Jack Cheng. Jack was over 50 and still worked hard to keep fit. I laughed at him and said he had to accept his old age, but he smiled and said, "How many years can you work hard until you fight hard?"
As long as it doesn’t move.”
"Oh my God, isn't this the spirit of reluctance that every art pursuer should have? And one day I came to the Statue of Liberty and asked myself if I could do it. Under the holy sculpture of eternal freedom and faith,
, I also mustered up the courage to say: I’m sure!”
Liu Yifei smiled, looked at the audience, and added: "and... we are sure!"
Everyone present burst into applause, and some people even said "Oh——" enthusiastically. It is not easy to be inspired and inspired by peers. The main reason is the effect shown by this written description.
Take the American Michael Jackson as an example. The place that inspires him is under the flag of his country.
Take the dragon in your own country as an example, but the place that inspires you is the Statue of Liberty in the United States.
This is wonderful, and the feeling it gives people is very consistent with the world of unity mentioned at the beginning.
This allowed the students present, many of whom were from small and medium-sized countries, countries that had suffered international oppression to a greater or lesser extent, to feel a kind of equality from an ideological point of view, stimulating their long-cherished wishes and desires deep in their hearts.
Therefore, Liu Yifei's seemingly simple words made them feel friendly and warm, and temporarily dispelled their inferiority complex towards the old beauty.
"..."
"I like to imagine and think about everything wildly."
"In my understanding, actors, or performances, are like the concept of four-dimensional space in physics."
"One-dimensional space is a straight line. Just like when a beginner actor or a new actor learns to perform, he will always be stuck and can't find any good solutions. He will think about performance problems straight away."
"The two-dimensional space is a plane. It's like learning some acting basics, taking exams at school or joining a theater crew to play the role of a stationary tree or an immovable object. Although it looks embarrassing and pitiful, at the beginning
Just looking at it as a straight line, this is also a kind of growth.”
"An independent and full individual can exist in the three-dimensional space, just like we grow again from a plane, and can perform small roles, supporting roles and even protagonists with lines. This is also the real beginning of an actor's career, but it may also be the end of an actor's career.
"
"Because the four-dimensional space contains countless three-dimensional spaces, it can contain countless full individuals. As actors, we are able to perform different roles, and different individuals can enrich them infinitely. This may be the ultimate dream of most actors."
"This is also my pursuit and my dream."
"However, everyone has their own circumstances. Maybe when you look back when you are old, some people are still in one-dimensional space, some are in two-dimensional space, some are in three-dimensional space, and some are in four-dimensional space."
"But no matter how many dimensions it is in, space is infinite. When enough wonderful things are filled in, it can be regarded as creating a world of your own, and you will have no regrets in this life."
"Here, I wish that all students will have no regrets and find their own happiness, that teachers will be happy and healthy, and that Yale University will continue to shine the light of education around the world."
"I am Liu Yifei, an actress from China. Thank you all. My speech is over."
Liu Yifei bowed on the stage, and the audience burst into applause.
Many students stood up. Even Teacher Sijia stood up and applauded Liu Yifei, and said to the teacher next to her in a praising tone: "She will definitely shine on the international stage in the future. She is also the most beautiful person I have ever taught."
Independent thinking students.”
Several teachers nearby nodded approvingly. The female student's speech amazed them. There was no false praise or any exaggeration. There was only love and peace revealed in the world, and how to use this love.
The essence and commonality of artists’ pursuits as a metaphor for peace.
Finally, I will give an explanation of the four-dimensional space of performance combined with physics. On the surface, it is talking about performances and actors. In fact, it contains a philosophy and path of life that everyone can correspond to. Such a unique and huge artistic thought is unheard of and unseen. How can we learn from it?
Speaking from the mouth of a 21-year-old girl, people are really amazed by her intelligence.
Seeing this, Chu Xuan and Liu Xiaoli also had glory on their faces. After standing and applauding Liu Yifei, they saw Liu Yifei walking off the stage, then they sat down and waited for the ceremony to end before going to celebrate with Liu Yifei.
