Blackstone Code

The entire auditorium was silent, and only Lynch's voice echoed.

"Before me, our teacher representatives and graduating student representatives have all made speeches. They have passed on to us what they have experienced, accumulated experience, and what they have seen and heard on the road of life."

"I thank these teachers and old students for their help, so let me talk about something different, such as youth."

"You all have seen that I don't have a speech paper!" He waved his hands again, and scratched back and forth on the table of the podium, but no paper flew out, which also proved that he was not lying.

He supported the edges of the podium with both hands, and tilted his head slightly, "Actually, the second before I stood here, the moment I stood up from the seat over there, I didn't even know what I was going to say... ...", he didn't look at it, and pointed to his seat by feeling.

"But when I stood by here and looked at our host..." He smiled and glanced at the host who was about to cry, "I said her three times in a short while, I am Are you bullying her?"

There were more chuckles in the auditorium, and the atmosphere changed from serious to cheerful. He waved his hand, "Well, I didn't bully her, but I have to mention her because she is reminding me that I want to bring with my speech."

"Students, since when did we get used to such a..." He frowned, raised his hand and tapped his forehead, "...'norms', and are still ruled by this 'norm' bondage?"

"The elders always use their rich life experience to tell us 'you should do this, child', 'you should do that, child'...", he added a tongue-twisting sound at the end of the word "child", Let this otherwise common word become a little strange, as if it is a little funny.

"We are always warned by various other people's life experiences, social experience and wasted years, so that someone reminds me that I need a speech..."

"If we've been following these things, what about our own lives?"

"Is it possible that under this kind of persuasion and regulation, it will become another kind of life that we don't want, the life of others?"

"Maybe this kind of life is not wrong, students, because this kind of life is the most correct way that others have spent their time exploring for us, but please think about a question, this is what we want. life?"

His voice became full of sharp momentum, and he was tearing something apart, "Our life is restricted by the norms we get from others, not the life we ​​want, maybe we will think it's good in the future, but at least Now it is not."

"This is what I want to talk to you about today, youth!"

"Youth is not just a name for our current age, it should be our attitude towards life!"

"Try, take risks, get hurt, fly, presumptuous, and tenaciously face our unknown and unfamiliar life path, wave our fists, smash all obstacles that block our way to happiness, on the road of life Forge ahead!"

"This is the attitude that we young people should have, this is the attitude of youth!"

He swung his fist vigorously, and the few words were almost finished in one breath, which made people feel as if they were about to suffocate, but also felt full of joy.

His voice slowed down slightly, "Maybe...we will be hurt, maybe the pain we endure is what those elders have experienced, and they have warned us before that we can avoid those pains."

"But it doesn't matter, students, don't be afraid of pain, it is precisely because we have tasted the pain of scars that we will remember it, and we will be proud because we have overcome pain and scars!"

"This is the life we ​​want, this is our own life!"

"Free youth should not be controlled by others..."

Compared with the stereotyped speeches of the previous two speakers, Lynch's speech was full of something very special, rebellious, willful, or presumptuous. He directly attacked the speeches of the previous two speakers with insinuations.

All their encouragement, urging, and admonition have become "norms" that interfere with other people's lives, and this just arouses the recognition and resonance of the students.

In fact, the vast majority of people here have similar lives. Others only see that they have no worries about food and clothing since birth, but they cannot see the indifference and paleness behind it.

From the day they are sensible, they are actually more like a dog than a person.

Their parents will punish them for "you shouldn't do this" and reward them for complying with their parents' request to do what he "should" do.

Their life is like a well-trained dog, with a mechanical reaction, what can be done and what can't be done, has long been stipulated, they don't need to know why some things can be done and some things can't be done, this is The first lesson the world taught them.

They are not entitled to explore the world, and although they are richer than their peers who envy them outside the wall, they are not free.

The norms are like ropes, tightly binding them, making them unable to breathe. Even when and which school to go to is a planned life.

They may have heard the most words, "It's all for you" instead of "I respect your choice."

A group of poor people, poor people without youth.

However, it is precisely this group of people who resonated with Lynch's impromptu speech. They also yearn for freedom, for real, wanton youth—those children outside the walls can indulge in a quarter of their lives.

They may not be rich, but their spirit is free!

When he returned to his seat, everyone around him praised him, even the teacher representatives and graduation year representatives who were hinted by him that he wanted to "regulate" the lives of freshmen, all gave his speech a high evaluation.

Lynch dealt with them enthusiastically, politely, never neglecting anyone, everything was so perfect.

The congressman's speech was very short. After all, it is impossible for a person of this level to make a long speech here. When he finished his last word and packed up his speech, the students applauded enthusiastically.

The orientation meeting is basically over at this moment, and the rest are some insignificant small tasks.

Surprisingly, the member of Congress came to Lynch on purpose and shook hands with him, "Mr. Lynch, I didn't expect to see you here, you are..." He looked at him curiously Wearing Lynch's school uniform.

Lynch didn't hide it either, "I just reported, freshman."

The member of Congress quickly understood, after all, he is also a member of the Holy Harmony Society, "Your choice is very wise, this is a good school." He took out his business card and handed it to Lynch, "I Don't bother you anymore, you can contact me when you have time, we can chat."

After the two shook hands, the member of Congress left in a hurry.

Looking at his leaving back, Lynch glanced at the business card in his hand. This is a member of the House of Representatives, but he has the title of a member of two committees, which should be related to some business matters, and may be useful in the future superior.

He put away the business card, and Anna came over at this time, she knew to give Lynch some space.

"You told me just now that the core of your speech is 'ideal', but now it has become 'youth'." The girl was a little coquettish, making one's scalp tingle.

Lynch blinked, "I said, every second you see me is a new me, so what you say does not depend on what the previous me wants to say, but depends on the second when things happen. I want to say something."

"It's...complicated." Anna held her forehead, "I always feel that you are perfunctory to me."

"Perfunctory?"

"How can it be?!"

He smiled, of course it was perfunctory, Anna's attitude towards him changed too quickly, not to mention ninety degrees, one hundred and eighty degrees, he was a little wary, who knows what this girl is going to do.

But no matter what she wants to do, there is absolutely no problem in taking precautions.

"What do you think of what I said?" Lynch asked a very common question, but he didn't really care about it.

That's right, what he said before was not what he wanted to say at this second, but under the circumstances at that time, it seemed that those topics were more appropriate.

In fact, these words will not last long except for the excitement at the beginning. If some people here really tried to resist and succeeded in resisting, then they would not be here. .

Freedom, or presumptuousness, is an unattainable dream for most people here, and when they wake up from the dream, reality will return.

They dare not really face an uncertain life, because everything they have now is based on wealth.

If they lose these things, they will become nothing. At that time, don't say "happiness because of freedom", they don't even have a place to shelter from the wind and rain.

So after the excitement, life should still be how to live, but this does not mean that these words of Lynch are useless, these words are actually very encouraging to those who have already gained freedom.

For example, those young people who can’t afford to go to school and start working after graduating from high school, such as those ordinary university students, freedom is definitely more valuable than “norms”, and this is also the mainstream thinking of the Federation, freedom is better than life.

Those... people in the middle and lower classes of society are desperately fighting for freedom, but Lynch, and these people here, are still going further and further on the road of "regulation".

Anna was obviously aware of this too. She could feel an uplifting force filling her body every word that came out of Lynch's mouth, but she thought about it after she finished speaking... Tsk.

"It's great!", the girl praised insincerely.