Chapter 31: The debate on freedom (part two)
"So he's a rich kid. He doesn't know how good he has it. That explains it. For ordinary people, even a single vacation is a luxury, yet he throws his dad's money around and still dares to say he's depressed. There's no end to greed."
Xiao Xu's voice was sour.
Su Can drew a deep breath, searching his memory for information useful at this point. After some thought, he figured he surely would not slip up again. "Since the opposing team has cited Zero Point Company and Fortune Magazine, I have a corresponding example. This year, 2001, Liu Yonghao, chairman of New Hope Group and number one on the China Rich List, said that when his family was poor, he hadn't dared dream of it. It was wealth that gave him the freedom to complete more than forty scientific research achievements. Freedom is like the watch on our wrist. Take it off, and your wrist has the freedom to be unrestrained. Put it on, and you have the freedom to control your time. What we call freedom is the pursuit of something higher replacing the pursuit of something lower. For example, your father creates value for society, while your lack of freedom is merely the frustration you feel because he cannot spend time with you. If our opponent is truly so intent on distinguishing these petty freedoms, then I have nothing to say."
Everyone was quiet. They had reached the crucial open-debate stage, where the two sides traded attacks and defenses in close combat.
Su Can had become the main person fielding their arguments, bearing the pressure of several opposing debaters alone. This freshman really was capable.
The Nanjing University debaters beside him did everything they could to supply supporting evidence, assist