The hall suddenly fell silent.
Caught completely off guard by the sudden mention of her name, Xue Chuqing felt the eyes around her turn toward her and grew both annoyed and embarrassed. Just make your point, Zhou! Why drag me into it? I have nothing to do with this... uh, actually, I do!
If she had not brought this up with Gu Qitan, he might never have asked his question today. And without that question, Zhou Yi would have had no reason to bring her into it.
So every cause had its effect...
Yao Caizhi, Dong Qing, Zheng Hua, and Ping Fan looked at Zhou Yi with complicated emotions in their eyes.
Literary knowledge, depth of thought, clear logic, and a sharp tongue... no wonder he had reached full department level at such a young age. He really did have more than a few tricks up his sleeve!
At the same time, they privately breathed sighs of relief. Zhou Yi was indeed responding by reasoning things out and distinguishing right from wrong. As for the atmosphere of the discussion, well, it was not too bad!
Gu Qitan fell silent for a few seconds before speaking again. "Secretary Zhou, I still believe you hold a certain prejudice against this book. Since what it describes is factual, we should respect those facts and face them squarely. Your assessment of the author's intentions and motives, however, is your personal judgment..."
"You still haven't understood what I said!" Zhou Yi replied calmly. "Facts do deserve respect, and they do need to be faced squarely. I have never denied that. Take Wen Mosheng, for instance. As someone working in the arts, he was expelled from the Party and dismissed from public office for moral depravity. That is a fact we need to face. He deserves