Chapter 561 The speech that got to see the light of day once more! (2/2)
Just what kind of a situation was this?
This was a situation that none of them would have ever expected to be caught in!
And yet, this was exactly what was happening! They’ve just met someone who dared to grab them by the necks and scold them to their faces…a teacher of the people!
Zhang Ye laughed coldly. “We will never forgive j.a.pan. What are we forgiving them for? If we are forced to pretend like we’re magnanimous and gracious, disregarding all prior issues and only looking towards the future, waiting for them to drop the hostilities and gain enlightenment, then why can’t we use those same reasons to forgive our fellow comrades who are deeply remorseful for the murders they committed? Why can’t we give them a chance to turn over a new leaf!?”
Zhang Ye asked with every sentence.
“Let me ask you all. If a person murdered your mother, would you forgive them?”
No one spoke.
“Let me ask you all again. If a person killed your cla.s.smate’s father, would you respect the murderer?”
Still no one spoke.
Zhang Ye angrily slammed his hands onto the rostrum for the third time, speaking louder and louder, “Then tell me! j.a.pan! What should we respect you for!” With a change of tone, he shouted and pointed at those people upstairs, “Then tell me! j.a.pan! Why should I forgive you?”
Yao Mi stood up!
Senior Song stood up!
Li Li and Li Ying stood up as well!
At this point, Zhang Ye’s speech had been interrupted!
—By the sound of applause!
Bba! Bba! Bba! Bba! Endless applause that had been stifled for so long was now finally able to appear in the hall! It resounded resolutely throughout the hall!
“Too awesome!”
“Well scolded! That felt so good!”
“That’s the Zhang Ye I know!”
“How satisfying! I don’t want to listen to Zhang Ye’s speech on academics! This, this is what you call a true speech! This is the real Zhang Ye!”
“When Teacher Zhang scolds people, he always looks so handsome!”
“That’s right! Every time Teacher Zhang does something like that, he always looks like he’s glowing! That was extremely well said! j.a.pan! Why should we forgive you!”
“I was so badly affected by Professor Yan’s and Teacher Bai’s speeches that I didn’t know what to say. I felt like something was wrong but couldn’t pinpoint what. Now I finally understand! It was exactly as Teacher Zhang said! Teacher Zhang has totally shouted out everything I felt inside!”
The countless Peking University students seated downstairs were now gradually rising up excitedly!
A few Peking University Teachers like Su Na and Professor Zeng secretly cheered! What a teacher! That was so beautifully said!
Some of those who felt that Yan Jiantao and Bai Yi had given good speeches earlier suddenly seemed to be deep in thought while others lowered their heads silently!
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No one knew that this impromptu speech had possibly come from a newspaper article from Zhang Ye’s previous world. Why “possibly”? Because even Zhang Ye did not know for sure. The article was too inconspicuous, so obscure that it was difficult to trace its source. Zhang Ye could still remember the first time he saw this essay on the internet. It was t.i.tled “Why Should I Forgive You, j.a.pan!” 2 It wasn’t very well-known, or perhaps it should be said that this article did not gain much attention, so much so that almost no one knew about it.
However, some essays’ charms and strength lay in just that. It could be hidden in a dark corner somewhere covered in dust. But on the day the dust is blown away and the light of day s.h.i.+nes upon it once more, the strength of its words still haven’t faded! They still glow as bright as gold!
Today, Zhang Ye had taken this speech out!
Through Zhang Ye’s modification to fit the situation, it had become his work and was given a chance to see the light of day again!
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