For ordinary people, there is no doubt that the answer to this question is that Lin Zhiming is a hero.
He used his abilities to save many people and promised to save more people in the future. What is such a person but a hero?
However, for Lin Zhiming himself, he never felt that he was a hero, and he even disliked the title of hero, because this title was a restriction to him.
Lin Zhiming always felt that everything he did was for himself. The so-called rescuing people was more about following the trend, or that rescuing people would bring certain conveniences to himself.
He never thinks that he saves people because of so-called heroism, because he has been treated maliciously by the world, and he is not so magnanimous that the world gives me pain, but I embrace the world, and he accepts it with peace of mind.
The name of a hero is just to better benefit oneself.
So when he looked at the group of people in front of him who were talking about changing the world and making the world a better place, he felt that he had become inexplicably vulgar and cunning.
Just like the short and ugly supporting characters beside Wei Guangzheng's protagonist.
Others are sincerely thinking about changing the world, but you are deliberately trying to take advantage of these people. When this kind of comparison appears, Lin Zhiming becomes frightened.
Lin Zhiming felt that there was no need to panic, because what he had experienced had never been experienced by others. His experiences from childhood to adulthood told others that the world would not have any sympathy for the weak unless they were punished for their own sake. Only when you are strong can you
Only by following the royal path can you achieve everything.
In this case, there is no need for him to think about changing the world like these people, as long as he can use them to achieve his own goals.
However, the more he thought about it, the more guilty Lin Zhiming felt.
It had been a long time since he had felt guilty, but this time he clearly felt guilty.
Such a guilty conscience forced Lin Zhiming to go to the balcony to light a cigarette and relax.
"Perhaps they are just talking. Who in this era really cares enough for the whole world? Who is not making plans for themselves?" Lin Zhiming thought to comfort himself.
At this moment, Wesley walked up to Lin Zhiming with a cup of coffee.
"Why didn't you drink some wine?" Lin Zhiming asked curiously. You know, Wesley is a person who never drinks and is very good at playing after drinking.
"When you become a king, you naturally can't drink wine, at least on occasions like this." Wesley said with a smile.
"Oh?" Lin Zhiming raised his eyebrows and asked, "Are there any restrictions on being a king?"
"There are no restrictions. In the past, no matter how drunk I was, there was always someone who could stop me and prevent me from doing bad things. Now that person who stopped me is no longer there, I have no restrictions. I am really afraid of drinking too much.
If you can't control yourself, just drink less," Wesley said.
"You are very enlightened!" Lin Zhiming said with a smile.
"With different positions, your ideological consciousness will inevitably change. Just like you, have you ever thought that one day you could be a hero in this world?" Wesley asked with a smile.
"I never thought about it." Lin Zhiming shook his head.
"But as you get stronger and stronger, and become ridiculously strong, even if you don't want to be a hero, you have to become this hero, right?" Wesley said.
"In my opinion, hero is more like a profession for me. He can bring me the benefits I need." Lin Zhiming said.
"But that's not the case in my opinion." Wesley shook his head.
"Oh?" Lin Zhiming looked at Wesley doubtfully.
"You always like to use benefits to cover up your heroism. In fact, in my opinion, many times what you do is thankless, but you still do it. This only proves that as you grow,
With the improvement of your strength and status, your personal heroism is also increasing. You used to do things based on your own interests, but that is not the case now. At least in my opinion, in this drama between you and the Tree of Life,
In the past two years, you have wanted more to prevent the Tree of Life from destroying the world, so you are so firmly opposed to the Tree of Life. As for your previous grievances, come on, that was how long ago, then
It cannot be the reason for you to stay with the tree of life." Wesley said with a smile.
"Then in your eyes I am a real hero?" Lin Zhiming asked with a smile.
"Of course, you are not only a true hero in my eyes, but also in the eyes of everyone here. There are many people here who are actually very eager to be members of the Illuminati, but they finally chose to join our Taishan Society.
What do you think it is for?" Wesley asked.
"Why?" Lin Zhiming asked.
"Of course it's for you... I don't rule out that some people join the Taishan Society for profit, but more people do it for a more ambitious goal. In order to fulfill their long-cherished wish in life, they follow a hero like you, just like in the story
It's the same as it says in the book, those who follow heroes eventually become heroes." Wesley said with a smile.
"What is your long-cherished wish?" Lin Zhiming asked.
"Everyone is different. Some people want world peace, some want to eliminate poverty, and some want equality for everyone, and these all coincide with the philosophy of the Taishan Society." Wesley said.
"We are all adults and leaders in various industries. Don't they know that these so-called ideas of our Taishan Society are just nice words?" Lin Zhiming couldn't help but ask.
"If Taishan Club doesn't have you, then maybe it's just nice things to say, but after Taishan has you, then these things are not just nice things to say. Under the leadership of you, the only hero in the world, Taishan Club will
It is absolutely capable of achieving the goals it set when it was founded." Wesley said.
"Why are you so confident? I am not so confident myself." Lin Zhiming said helplessly.
"Because you are a hero." Wesley patted Lin Zhiming's shoulder and said with emotion, "You are the only hero in this world, a surreal hero. More than two hundred countries in the world cannot suppress you. What else can you do?
There’s nothing you can’t do.”
Wesley's words made Lin Zhiming frown and fell into deep thought.
After a long time, Lin Zhiming said, "To be honest, this puts a lot of pressure on me."
"If there is no pressure at all, then it would be too easy to be a hero. Greater ability means greater responsibility, and greater responsibility means greater pressure. Who doesn't live under pressure? Pressure is part of it.
It comes from the outside world, and a larger part comes from yourself. If you don’t identify with the hero’s identity, and if you just want to use the hero’s identity to seek benefits for yourself, then you won’t feel the pressure. Facts have proved that,
You yourself also agree with your identity as a hero." Wesley said.
"I never thought that one day I would become a hero." Lin Zhiming said with emotion.
"Perhaps from the moment you returned to the Lin family, you were destined to become a hero in this world." Wesley said.
Hearing what Wesley said, Lin Zhiming recalled many things that had happened in the past two or three years, from his return to the Lin family, taking down the Lin family, to the confrontation with the Tree of Life...
Although all these things seem to have nothing to do with each other, there seems to be some connection between them.
He returned to the Lin family and completely broke up with Shen Hongyue. After dealing with Shen Hongyue, the Shen family appeared, and the appearance of the Shen family brought out the fruit organization, and the emergence of the fruit organization also brought out many of the later ones. enemies, it was these enemies that finally made him what he is now.
Everything seems to have a causal relationship.
"Zhifate, no one knows what will happen in the future. Now that you are in this position, all you have to do is to maintain your original intention. There is no one in this world who can give you guidance. You have to move forward. You have to rely on yourself at every step, and every step you take will inevitably affect the world. I actually hope that in the future you can really lead the Taishan Society to accomplish the goals set when the Taishan Society was established." Wesley said with a smile.
"World peace, getting rid of poverty, and equality for everyone?" Lin Zhiming asked with a smile.
"Yes." Wesley nodded.
"Childish." Lin Zhiming smiled, then picked up the wine glass and touched it with Wesley.
Wesley smiled and clinked glasses with Lin Zhiming, and then the two drank the contents of their respective glasses in one gulp.
After finishing his drink, Lin Zhiming returned to the banquet hall and chatted with the members in the hall.
Lin Zhiming hadn't realized it before, but after chatting with Wesley, he found that these members seemed to have an inexplicable sense of trust in him. Some of them had just met him, but they were very willing to talk to him about their ideals. , their plans for the future, it seems that in their eyes, they have become a very trustworthy person.
Listening to these people's words, Lin Zhiming had a clear understanding in his heart.
Maybe... I really deserve to be this hero.
Time passed in the middle of the night, and the banquet came to an end.
As the president, Barton walked to the front of the crowd with a glass of wine.
“Dear members, today is the first day since the establishment of our Taishan Association that all members are present. Tomorrow we will start a three-day meeting. On behalf of the Taishan Association, I would like to express my gratitude to all members for coming. , I only have one thing to say, our Taishan Club will definitely become the Taishan Club we envisioned in the future! Here’s to you all!” Barton said, raising his wine glass in front of him.
"To the president!" Everyone raised their glasses, and then a group of people drank the wine in the glasses.
The first gathering of all Taishan Club members has officially concluded!
This seemingly ordinary gathering brought a different feeling to Lin Zhiming, and allowed Lin Zhiming to truly recognize his identity as a hero.