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"Youth" by Zhang Cheng

♫ Hey, Shine like the sun ♫

♫ Hey, Strength starting to ignite ♫

♫ The vast sky is open to embrace ♫

♫ We spread our wings and hope to fly ♫

♫ Even if I fall, don't be afraid to smile and keep running ♫

♫ Even if there is trouble, I won't run away, persist till I get old ♫

♫ Even if I've lost everything, I will still be proud ♫

♫ My life I want to find by myself ♫

♫ Life is too short, know what is important before it's too late ♫

♫ Recall our youthful years ♫

♫ The enthusiasm of youth floating and fluttering in the wind

♫ Don't ask the future how much it knows ♫

♫ Recall our youthful years ♫

♫ The enthusiasm of youth floating and fluttering in the wind ♫

♫ Life is too short, know what is important before it's too late ♫

♫ Recall our youthful years ♫

♫ The enthusiasm of youth floating and fluttering in the wind ♫

♫ Life is too short, know what is important before it's too late ♫

♫ Recall our youthful years ♫

♫ The enthusiasm of youth floating and fluttering in the wind ♫

[Hello Debate Opponent Season 2]

[Episode 11]

- Sorry— - Stop.

Why did you apologize to us, Sister Xiao Hao?

You didn't know how cool you were!

After you left, the faces of those people behind us turned red.

I was so scared just now that my heart almost jumped out.

Sister Xiao Hao, the face Director Li was looking at you just now,

sometimes red, sometimes purple. (T/N: both to describe anger)

This is the result of the rehabilitation training.

But the problem is how they got to know we took part in the competition.

They started to pay attention to this tournament.

I still can't believe

Senior Brother is this kind of person.

- He won't do this, will he? - Why can't you see through him?

- He is just a refined rascal! - Enough. Don't listen to his nonsense, Tuanzi.

I think it's the team's decision. It can't be decided by one person.

Even if he opposes, it's useless anyway. Right?

Also, now they have this evil idea,

even if we report to the school, they will take our opportunity if they should.

Yes. I just left on impulse.

Now, let's calm down and become rational.

We can't give this competition to others.

We have prepared so long, how can we costlessly give it to others?

Now let's do research about how we can get into the provincial competition.

Sister Xiao Hao, send me the competition rules and schedule.

Let me see if I can pick up on any loophole.

Sister Xiao Hao, it's okay.

We go through the difficulties together!

Look! This is it.

Your transformation plan works.

Actually, it was not your job but you still rejected it.

It's not only the effect of the plan.

I didn't think much at that time.

I just hated to see that we worked so hard,

but we are still nothing in their eyes.

So, I can give you an extra bonus.

What?

You don't need to serve Team A, so you must have a lot of time for yourself.

You can spend it on yourself. Think about if there

is a place that you want to go to but have never made it.

The aquarium. The botanical garden. The zoo.

- Museum. Also many shopping malls— - Enough.

Although it's a bonus, I can only go to one place with you.

Think about it carefully.

The old coach said he supported our decision.

I told you that he will be on our side for sure.

Discount! Good!

Let's talk.

I have a competition tomorrow.

I won't keep you long.

Go ahead.

I have been thinking a lot these last couple of days.

I think it's better for us to take a break for a while.

Listen to me. I didn't mean to break up with you.

I feel there are a lot of things going on between us.

You and I both need some time to

think them through. Right?

I agree.

I'll take my leave then.

We are just ordinary friends.

He came to sound you out, didn't he?

Have you decided?

In the beginning, we got together because we liked each other.

But soon after we got together,

we found out that we were not suitable.

You know me.

I have been trying very hard to adapt to him and please him.

This is not difficult for me anyway.

He used to complain a lot.

But because I kept accommodating myself to him,

so he couldn't bear to break up with me.

Are you tired of it?

A little bit.

But there is always a run-in period for a relationship.

There is no one born to be perfect for the other one.

What you said is no different from saying "the Earth is round."

It's basically superfluous.

Remember what we told you before?

His feelings are not important. What matters are your feelings.

Your feelings are the most important. Do you understand?

All right. Thank you for walking me home. See you.

Senior Brother Ma Nan.

You want to read it?

I remember there is one episode of Detective Conan. (T/N: a Japanese manga/drama/anime)

It's about a team who wanted to win a competition.

So they kidnapped the younger brother of the main player from the opponent team.

How about we also...

It's not good. I study law.

Sentence.

There is another movie from Detective Conan.

There was a singer taking special medicine.

Then she couldn't speak for 3 days.

How about we sneak into their room? Then...

Did you hear yourself?

I don't have other solutions. Do you have any?

I do.

Bragging without a draft.

What if I solve this problem? How would you thank me?

If you really settle this, I call you "father" for one week.

Okay. leave it to me.

Just focus on your preparation for the competition.

Are you ready?

Let's enter the stage.

Turn on background music.

[Pro: The advantages of establishing a persona outweigh the disadvantages]

- Why are they here? - They are just jealous.

Our team leader can show a few of his skills later to make them understand what self-limitation is.

Chairman, we found the debaters of Dongzhou University of Finance are different from the registered ones.

The registered ones are Tao Hao, Ma Nan, Mu Xiaoyu, and Nan Bei.

They are not the team here.

According to the rule, we have the right to terminate the competition.

Coach Wang, long time no see.

I heard Fulin College

is determined to get the championship.

- You are... - Yes. Yes.

But I heard this point competition was very strict with its requirements.

Luckily, we are going to compete with their Team B.

I heard their Team A didn't lose any competition for a few years.

If our Fulin College fails in this point competition,

it really affects our morale!

Coach Wang, if my stomach wasn't upset when you recruited new members,

I could have competed for Fulin now.

Although our team is strong so we aren't afraid of them,

if we expose our full strength too early,

will it affect us to win the champion?

How about we preserve strength a bit?

What's going on?

How can they know our internal issue?

After confirmation, the team of the Con Side is inconsistent with the registration indeed.

According to the competition rule, both sides should strictly abide by the regulations.

But because they are from the same school,

if the original participants have special reasons, they should report to the competition organizer.

They can be substituted by other team members on site.

May I know if the original team has any objections?

Chairperson, our debate team doesn't have any special reason.

What a coincidence.

We even prepared the clothes.

[Don't get angry]

[Con: The disadvantages of establishing a persona outweigh the advantages]

Background music to send them off.

- You haven't left either? - Since we're already here, I'm going to stay and watch.

[Con: The disadvantages of establishing a persona outweigh the advantages]

[Third Debater]

[Second Debater, Third Debater]

[Third Debater]

[Fourth Debater]

[First Debater]

Hello, audience and friends.

Welcome to the quarter-final competition for the Qiu Yi University Debate Cup.

This competition will be broadcast live on the city's education channel.

I now declare that the competition has formally begun!

[The next day: Team A Replay Meeting]

Yanze, you'll take charge of the replay.

All right. Well, let's talk about our points-of-view first.

Team B had an edge on this topic.

Establishing a persona is a type of marketing.

People will naturally have a negative feeling towards marketing behavior.

Not necessarily. Don't you love to watch Li Jiaqi's product broadcasts? (T/N: a famous salesman of beauty products in China)

There was a similar debate topic before.

It was about whether entertainment stars' establishment of personas should be criticized or not.

But if we were to take this phenomenon and apply it to every ordinary person,

we would discuss more the ways in which we label ourselves in

our circle of friends and on social networks.

Moreover, people will unconsciously look for the rationale for themselves through various behaviors.

Therefore, it's very easy to switch offense and defense.

On the contrary, most people will support the establishment of a persona.

They will think this is a harmless act.

Yes.

I think that the Pro side did a good job in defining the topic.

Next, let's welcome the first debater from the Pro side to introduce their points-of-view, and present their line of reasoning.

The time limit is three minutes. Let's begin.

Thank you, Chairperson. Hello, everyone.

Our side's point of view is that the phenomenon of establishing a persona has greater advantages than disadvantages.

We often see the news in our lives about entertainment stars' personas fail.

And we also often give ourselves a persona in the circle of friends in our lives.

And what on earth is establishing a persona?

Our side believes that establishing a persona is a kind of image management in the age of social networks.

Like through the clothes we wear, and the words we say, to express our personality.

Or meticulously putting together a resume to apply for a job, it is no different from establishing a persona.

All of them are ways of managing our image in the eyes of others;

thereby, showing a better self.

This point is very down-to-earth.

It's very normal to dress well or embellish one's resume.

This leads the audience to identify themselves with the behavior of establishing a persona.

In today's complicated social division of labor,

the people and information that a marketer comes into contact within one day,

are perhaps greater than what the farming community will see in an entire lifetime.

The phenomenon of personas on social networks has largely resolved this difficult problem.

It uses simple settings to sketch out the outline of our image.

It causes people to know others quickly and concretely.

If I look at your Weibo or scroll through your Moments, (T/N: social media)

I will know a lot of information about you, more or less.

Establishing a persona imperceptibly elevates the efficiency of social interactions for the entire society.

This is another advantage.

To sum up, our side firmly believes

that establishing a persona has greater advantages than disadvantages. Thank you.

The definition of image management and the purpose of establishing a persona were mixed up.

And then they equated the personas as the objective.

I'm afraid it will make our argument weak-willed.

The other side's two arguments are too difficult. It's not good if we argue the objective point first.

Let's attack the image management point first.

Thank you the first debater from the affirmative side for the wonderful arguments.

Next, let's welcome the first debater from the negative side to introduce their points of view, and present their line of reasoning.

The same 3-minute time limit applies, please start.

Thank you, Chairperson. Hello, everyone.

Just now, our opponents told us that establishing a persona

elevates our efficiency of social interactions and reduces the cost of our communication. At first glance, this sounds correct.

Accordingly, when we first meet, you add my WeChat and look at my profile.

You discover that I'm a Taurus, my blood type is A, I like to eat Italian food, literature, and painting.

You would seem to immediately know me very well, with a stroke of a finger in just a few minutes.

That is truly very efficient.

So, you excitedly take me to see the Banksy's exhibition, and to eat expensive Italian food.

You aggressively arrange everything,

because I'm a Taurus, I'm indecisive. I like it when others take the initiative.

However, this is not the real me.

This is my persona, my shadow. This is how I hope people will see me.

Actually, I am unhappy under this image.

But I cannot reveal my true self in front of you,

because I want to uphold my persona. I'm afraid that I'll disappoint you.

In the end, we're all exhausted and have grown weary of this way of social interactions.

At that time, you'll discover that a persona isn't simply a label.

Its purpose is to make us imagine what type of person you are through a label.

But are you really this kind of person?

Each and every one of us is well aware of the gap between these two things.

Therefore, a persona will not cause me to understand you.

A persona will only cause me to have a bias towards you.

The experience has told us how difficult it is to reverse a bias.

Therefore, I want to ask you all now...

Does the establishment of a persona truly elevate

or reduce the efficiency of our social interactions?

The first debater of the negative side directly refuted the affirmative side's final point. It drew the audience over to her side.

She directly refuted the affirmative side right after she finished, it was very powerful.

Correct. The rhythm of the debate is to guide the audience's train of thought.

However, the point of view for the latter half of the counterargument was more common.

Particularly when compared to the clear participation preceding it, there were some contradictions.

The affirmative side still had the edge for the overall argument.

So, they took advantage of the situation to attack and divided the battlefield.

Because the negative side put forward that there were many flaws with the personas imposed by others.

The first round of fighting focused on

whether a persona should be established by oneself or not.

[Cross-examination of Affirmative Side]

Opponent, your side gave an example of a celebrity's management team giving him a persona of a foodie.

In the end, he suffered a gastric perforation because of this.

- First Debater, is a persona established by others still a persona? - Yes.

Well, when I was small, my mother always dragged me out to give performances.

She established a persona for me of being a prodigy. Second Debater, is this my persona?

That's right. Furthermore, I can tell this troubled you a lot.

Is this not a disadvantage of establishing a persona?

This is a disadvantage caused by inappropriate education style. According to your opinion, Fourth Debater,

is a label given to me by others my persona?

That is the case a majority of the time. For example, the label that your parents have given you.

The third debater from the affirmative side has a lot of experience.

He tested the water first,

- and then he attacked them one by one. - That's right.

When I was in school, my classmates would always call me by the nickname "miser."

Second Debater, is "miser" my persona?

- Those are called rumors and slanders. - What's the difference?

Rumors and slanders are prejudices that others have towards you, they are not from you.

That was careless.

After a while, Nan Bei's answer contradicted Tao Hao's argument.

However, a celebrity's persona is also not from oneself.

First Debater, why is the management team able to establish a persona for the celebrity?

When the management team is managing the public image, they are representing the celebrity.

So, the celebrity authorizes the agent to represent oneself. As a result, the agent establishes a persona and makes the celebrity suffer.

So the persona we choose ourselves, we need to establish it even we need to suffer,

what's the problem? Second Debater, where are the disadvantages in that?

Do decisions made by oneself have to be correct?

When I was young, I wanted to learn the moves from the Sunflower Manual. (T/N: reference to martial arts novel "The Smiling, Proud Wanderer")

After I grew up, I understood what Leader Dongfang had lost. (T/N: In the novel, men need to be castrated to practice the Sunflower Manual)

No problem. At least we reached a consensus that a persona must be established by oneself.

It's an autonomous and self-motivated action, Fourth Debater, is that right?

It is autonomous but not necessarily self-motivated.

Regardless, others can't truly force it.

Therefore, your second point of involuntary personas will lead to great drawbacks, which cannot be established.

I messed up.

It's fine. We needed to give up this point sooner or later.

- We'll argue about image management in a little while. That's simpler. - Now is the turn for Third Debater from the negative side to cross-examine the affirmative side.

No, do they not want to argue about the definition? I'm going to kill him.

Thank you, Chairperson. [Cross-examination of Negative Side]

Opponents, your side said that public image is a perfect model of one's self,

- it's also the objective of one's hard work, First Debater, is that right? - Yes.

Aren't all personas a kind of objective?

- Fourth Debater? - Yes.

This is a typical example of a question without a neutral option.

But she asked the Fourth Debater.

Usually, the fourth debater is extremely familiar with the arguing framework.

- Wasn't that a mistake? - No.

This is the answer that she wanted.

In order to accomplish her reductio ad absurdum later.

A reporter established the persona of a greedy gambler in order to gain the trust of an underground casino,

so that he could privately investigate. Second Debater, was being a greedy gambler his objective?

No. His objective was to gain trust and establish a persona that could help him accomplish his objective.

That's right. However, your side's argument told us

that a persona is a kind of objective itself. Second Debater, why has it become a way of accomplishing objectives?

That's incorrect. Opponent, in your context, his so-called persona was not what he truly wanted. It was merely a kind of disguise.

This was not persona establishment.

I see, so if the purpose is not pure then it cannot be called a persona, but a disguise.

So all personas are objectives.

Opponents, don't you think this is a circular argument, First Debater?

But what my side wants to emphasize is that some personas are inconsistent with oneself.

I don't love to exercise, but I pretend to keep fit every day to post on social media.

Obviously uncultivated, but posting museum photos every day.

This is only for the sake of satisfying an illusory vanity. My side believes this should be called a disguise, not a persona.

Second Debater, if all personas are real, then why do some personas fail?

- Because... - Because people change.

Therefore, we are unable to deny those behaviors that happen beside us every day,

those behaviors of establishing a persona for the sake of vanity or other objectives.

Fourth Debater, personas that are inconsistent with oneself are still called persona establishment, right?

No, because—

That was pretty good.

At this point, the negative side had caught up.

When it reached the rebuttals, the discussion became deeper.

Does the failure of a persona imply that it is inconsistent with myself? [Rebuttal Sections]

Could it possibly be that I have changed?

However, a failing persona will bring a great amount of pain and pressure upon someone. Are you denying that?

I don't deny that. But is it a disadvantage of a persona?

As a matter of fact, is it not a disadvantage of losing a persona?

Isn't the disadvantage of losing a persona the same as the disadvantage of a persona?

Of course not. Is the disadvantage of losing one's life the same as the disadvantage of life?

Isn't the pain of a drug addict losing his drug the disadvantage of drug?

Opponent, your analogy is unsuitable. Establishing a persona is neutral. It is merely a means of image management.

- Therefore, opponent, do you think that the process of maintaining a persona is draining for ourselves? - Yes, that's right.

My persona on my social media is a travel expert. I also love to travel often and take pictures.

I am extremely happy when posting those pictures. How is that draining to me?

Do you need additional energy to manage this persona?

No, because that is me.

You just said that establishing a persona is a type of image management. Now there is no need to manage, you don't need your image?

We are emphasizing that establishing a persona is a means of image management.

Just like for an interview, don't you need to be well-dressed and meticulously prepared?

Isn't that also yourself?

I am questioning image management, but your blurring concepts of a persona and image management.

What is image management? Image management is when we present a better image of ourselves.

The emphasis is on ourselves.

It's not those messy individuals in life who are neat and pretty on social media. Are they presenting their true selves?

They merely want to make their friends on social media

supervise themselves, so they can be better.

Wrong. They are only doing that for the sake of gaining more attention.

Likes on social media, girlfriends competing amongst each other, or blending into a group, they're essentially the same.

They're simply to gain more attention.

Opponent, if they're done for the sake of gaining attention, what's the harm in that?

The affirmative side is making concessions again on the topic's nature.

For this round, I'm afraid they're going to lose.

- They've already lost. - Because people in attention and feedback

should not live for the sake of pleasing others.

Gaining attention is living for others?

Do you know who wishes the most to attract attention in the whole world?

It's the internet celebrities, but they are very happy when posting to Weibo every day.

But they—

Why has the atmosphere become so confrontational?

I almost can't breathe.

- Who's going to go up for the summary? - I will.

Let me do the summary.

Next, let's welcome any debaters from the negative side to carry out the summary. The limit is two minutes.

Let Sister Xiao Hao do the summary.

Hell, everyone.

The opponents just admitted that the objective of establishing a persona is to gain attention.

And then they said this is very good.

Celebrities establish a persona to gain attention and make themselves more popular.

Ordinary people establish a persona to gain attention and help them validate their presence.

Our opponents asked us what's wrong with this.

Our side admits that establishing a persona can help us gain all these.

But is there anything in this world that doesn't have a benefit at all?

So please remember, when we go to evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of something,

do not just look at the benefits.

Also, please think deeply about what you must pay to get these benefits.

At this time I will think,

"Why is the agitation of establishing a persona sweeping across the society?"

Presumably, this shortcut of gaining attention is too alluring.

Just like when I was younger, I was seen as a good and sensible child.

As long as I did my school work and housework well,

never did anything bad, never nagged my parents, and silently looked after my younger sister,

then I would get everyone's approval.

So I should be more sensible, right?

That way, I can make everyone around me happy.

And then maybe, they may love me a bit more.

After a while, I got used to it.

I brought this persona into my whole life.

Everyone said that I was nice and passionate.

So I naturally thought that

everyone liked this type of me.

So what if I force myself a little?

Every time I force myself a little,

but everyone around me will be happy. Is that not good?

And so I forced myself even more to do this persona,

to help others unlimitedly and please them.

And I lost all my respect and temper.

Do you see that? The most terrifying part about establishing a persona is

your persona will turn around to influence and shape your life.

Your persona will cause you to lose your way,

and forget the real you.

I do not believe that this is a good thing.

Thank you.

This segment really made me listen.

It really is very touching.

Moreover, she emphasized the negative side's most important point: a persona will turn around and influence you.

However, this will make the judges feel hard-pressed.

A persona will turn around and shape our character. This point was thrown out suddenly in the competition.

I think that the negative side has already begun to lose the advantage that was not easy to gain.

But is debating to persuade the judges or the audience?

I'm a pragmatist. The judges are the ones who are giving me points.

Generally speaking, in the free debate, the affirmative side would say that establishing a persona is good, and the negative side would say that it's bad.

The battlefield will start off with the gossip that we're familiar with.

[Free Debate] I don't know if our opponents heard about the shocking stupid news that dominated the headlines last month.

A formerly loving celebrity couple's persona collapsed overnight, and it was exposed they both cheated each other.

Does this establishment of personas have more disadvantages than advantages?

Opponent, you cannot only "watch a thief take a beating without seeing him eat meat". (T/N: focus on the negative but not the positive)

They have relied on the loving couple persona for many variety shows,

many endorsements and made a lot of money. Are these advantages not enough?

So the advantage you refer to is money?

How can your side avoid the subject of the current adverse effect

on society that the failing persona has created?

From a societal perspective, has the establishment of personas

elevated the efficiency of our social interactions in any regards?

We have already refuted this false proposition regarding the elevation of efficiency.

If I retouch an image and then post it on social media to gain 100 likes, can this type of behavior be regarded as vain?

Vanity is common to each and every one of us. Conversely, does your side believe that a clear

persona can quickly help others to establish a fundamental understanding of ourselves?

But this understanding is vague and one-sided, is it not?

All understandings move from vague to clear, and from one-sided to holistic.

Isn't the information on a business card also a one-sided introduction?

So, does a business card elevate or decrease the efficiency of social interactions?

It elevates it. However, it is only effective in a shallow social interaction.

It brings about a hindrance to deeper social interaction.

Good, we have reached a consensus. Social interactions have different levels. Therefore, during shallow social interactions,

establishing a persona is conducive to increasing the efficiency of social interactions, correct?

The affirmative side was indeed very strong. They passed through three logical jumps

and directly brought back the point of efficiency in social interaction.

Even more importantly, they interrupted the rhythm of the negative side.

Then, they unceasingly divided the battlefield to the part that was advantageous to them.

At this point, what should they have done?

They should have recognized this, seized the core of the argument, and waited for their chance to fight back.

We must admit that a persona does have good aspects at certain times;

however, when a persona is established, in order to prevent its failure, we are then bound by it.

Does being bound by public image mean that we only care about our

appearance in the eyes of others? Then we simply wouldn't leave any impression on others.

We wouldn't need social networks or friends.

Isn't this requirement a type of bound?

If I establish a persona as a computer expert today,

many friends will ask me to fix their computers, is this draining and a burden?

Opponent, I think you could establish another persona that dislikes being bothered by others. Problem solved.

My opponent is right.

For the sake of one persona, I need to establish another persona.

And in the end, countless personas would erode my true self.

One persona needs other countless personas to complete it.

Isn't this akin to a lie?

Do lies also have greater advantages than disadvantages?

The negative side recovered a bit.

But the affirmative side still hasn't lost its edge.

Opponent, do you admit that a persona is based on people's stereotypes?

We believe that the opponent's understanding of persona is a stereotype.

So a persona isn't a kind of label?

Establishing a persona is a type of labeling behavior, but are labels necessarily bad?

Actually, establishing a persona already took place in ancient times.

Cao Cao was referred to as "a capable minister at a peaceful time but a cunning chief at wartime". (T/N: warlords during the Three Kingdoms period, same for Liu Bei below)

Liu Bei worked his entire life to make his benevolent and upright persona stand tall.

All these personas actually advanced their hegemony. Where is the disadvantage in that?

If you take ancient stories and place them in modern-day times, they indeed seem to be very elegant. However, please think carefully.

Do you want to follow a true leader or a persona?

The essence of a persona isn't a natural person. Opponent, how can we follow that?

Opponent, what do you think the essence of a persona is?

My side believes that establishing a persona is an autonomous and selective process in which one presents oneself.

In today's age, there's nothing wrong with that. On the contrary, this is precisely

a better method of being able to coexist with this world.

All of the points during the free debate were 50-50. But...

At this point, the conclusion will determine the winner.

In the past, the conclusions for this type of topic are usually to add values.

But the audience just received a lot of confusing information. Under this condition,

blindly adding values will only make everyone even more confused.

Conclusion. Conclusion. In the original conclusion, adding values takes almost half of it.

That won't do.

If it were me, I would once again return to the definition.

I would lead the audience to sort out the logic for the entire competition.

Next, we'll have the final section of our competition: the concluding statements. [Values]

Both sides will have four minutes. First, let's welcome the Fourth Debater from the negative side.

Thank you, Chairperson.

Hello, everyone.

The opposing side says that establishing a persona is to express a better self.

I believe that's incorrect. Some people will establish an indifferent and aloof persona.

Some people will establish an indecisive or depressed persona.

And all these personas

do not accord with the opposing side's comments about presenting oneself or elevating the efficiency of social interactions.

They only have one point in common, that is attracting attention.

My side believes that the intrinsic quality of establishing a persona is an act of dissemination.

Today, there are seemingly many people that wish to be seen and given attention.

Therefore, we have various personas.

For example: happy, sad, friendly, or sarcastic.

All of these images lead us to label ourselves over and over.

We hope to integrate into a circle and hope to gain approval.

We hope to acquire praise and envy.

However, as the information explodes more and more, people's attention has become increasingly distracted.

How on earth can I gain even more attention then?

Communication studies tell us that the simpler it is, the more effective it is.

Accordingly, our personas have also become simpler.

Starting from the love of life, then into the love of food,

and finally just become two syllables: foodie.

Do you still remember the words of our First Debater?

"Your persona will turn around to influence and shape your life."

As a result, your life and goals start to become simple but extreme.

We all have forgotten

why we established this persona in the first place.

We only care about how much attention we have gained.

A persona is essentially a tool for playwrights and screenwriters.

Its principle is to use several simple words

to describe a complete image of a character.

However, when we ridicule the characters' flimsy and stiff images on TV or in films,

or when we view celebrities attacked by fans and their failing personas;

today, are we also becoming shallow

because of the failing personas?

I hope that our debate will awaken you all and spur introspection.

Thank you.

The deliberations of the judges and the result of this competition are in my hands now.

The best debater of this competition goes to

Third Debater from the negative side!

The winning team of this competition goes to

the negative side, debate team of Dongzhou University of Finance.

Let's congratulate them.

Let's end here today.

Please observe carefully. Remember to practice on time.

Did you win?

Congratulations.

Thank you.

- Can we reconcile— - Let's break up.

Thank you for looking out for me for the past two years. I wish you happiness.

We can break up, but let's make things clear.

It's not like I didn't try for this relationship.

Even though I know that the problems between us are serious,

it's me that tried to save it. For us to come to this point today,

don't you think your personality plays a big part in it?

Yes. I know that my personality is a problem.

But breaking up is not only my responsibility.

As my boyfriend, you were supposed to accept all of me.

But you didn't.

You just kept ignoring my flaws.

You just accepted the parts that you could accept.

But that's fine.

I believe there's someone else that can do it.

When problems arise from a relationship,

don't blame others first,

think about your own issue first.

I hope you can become more mature in the future.

♫ The wind has passed ♫

♫ The birds have flown, the sun has set ♫

♫ The wind has passed ♫

♫ The flowers have wilted but didn't take the scent away ♫

♫ I'm just like the wind ♫

♫ Leaving quietly, without any trace and regret ♫

I called you out today to explain

why I ran away from the debate classroom.

I know that was rude,

so I want to tell you my story.

To be honest, in middle school, I ate too many sweets that I got fat.

I was the class's laughing stock.

Roundy, I'm sorry.

It's impossible for me to date you.

At the time, they gave me a nickname called Roundy.

That was the worst part of my life.

Even many years after that, I don't have the courage to touch desserts.

Until that day, when you gave me the cookies that you made.

I ran that day was not because I hate you or other reasons.

It's because the dessert you made...

was so delicious.

Really?

Yes.

Senior,

I'll make you low-calorie, low-sugar ones.

This year's provincial tournament will adopt a free point system.

All teams that earn 50 points before March 21st

are all qualified to get into the provincial final competitions.

Among them, the delegation teams from colleges and universities that register will have a base score of five points.

The teams that form freely as social teams will not be given this base score.

After the free point competition is finished, the provincial competition committee will decide

the rule of the finals, according to the number of teams that enter the finals.

And they'll determine the champion of the provincial tournament after one week. We'll see everyone at the finals!

[West Curland]

With our current winning streak,

getting enough points in a short period of time is not a problem.

Sister Xiao Hao, how many points do we have?

Because we're registered as a social team,

all of Team B's previous scores have been completely reset.

So the points we have now are... zero.

So what if we have zero points?

With our abilities, we can get enough points in no time.

Do you forget the days when Team A was way better than us?

Don't you want to get revenge on Liu Yanze?

That's the attitude.

That's right. So what if we have zero points?

They need to look at our abilities.

Ours. Our team.

What should we call it?

That's right. We need a team name.

It's better to reflect on what we have experienced.

That's right.

We have put up with so much humiliation.

- What we want to do the most is to "come back to life like a salted fish"! - That's right.

Yes!

Let's call our team "Comeback like a Salted Fish Team"!

That's right.

It sounds a bit unlucky.

Naming a team is very important.

It will be best if it can still be catchy after we have the fame.

It's best to highlight...

our passionate youth, hard work, courage, abilities,

- and the spiritual outlook to amaze the towns and villages nearby. - Great!

Let's call our team "Nearby Towns and Villages Team."

Sounds awful.

- "Justice League Team!" - It has copyright.

- "I am Champion Team." - So shallow.

- "The Best Social Team." - I don't think this can be accepted.

It takes so much effort to name the team.

Let's play cards.

- 10! - K! - 2!

Take it back. Only the Jokers are bigger than K. 2 is the smallest.

Who told you this rule?

2, 3, and 5 are the biggest. J, Q, and K are smaller.

- That's not right. 2, 3, 5 are the smallest. - That's right.

No, in my hometown, we take 2, 3, and 5 as the biggest.

I don't care. I have only 1 card left.

How about we name the team "235"?

- What do you mean? - It sounds too casual.

What do you mean? "235" means you are in Year 2.

I'm in Year 3. You are in Year 5.

- Stop personal attack, okay? - No.

Just take the cards for example.

In some places, 2, 3, and 5 are the smallest.

But in other places, 2, 3, and 5 are the biggest.

They can kill the J, Q, and K in seconds. Isn't it like our team?

Sounds interesting.

Good! Let's get rid of Team A!

- It's time to show our true power! - Good!

Let's do some research on the competition schedule to see what competition we can take part in next, okay?

Xiao Sa and I have finished researching the competition schedule.

We have registered all the competitions that we can.

So as long as we finish all the competitions according to the schedule,

we should be okay to get in the final.

I have listed the schedules. Let's have a look together.

- Sorry, we are about to close. - Sorry. Sorry.

Oops!

Tuanzi, is there anything going on between those two?

First-hand information. Even purer than Ma Nan and you.

But you are right. They are close like this.

What are they waiting for?

Do you think they don't want to have any progress,

or they haven't had progress?

Nan Bei says his mom has been absolutely dominant in his family since he was young.

His dad and he are both scared of her. So, Nan Bei wants to find a woman gentle like water.

Do you think Xiaoyu is the one?

Not necessarily. Nan Bei always contradicts himself, doesn't he?

You are right. Maybe he is used to this way to get along with her.

He thinks this is the most familiar and

he can handle this the best.

You are talking at a theoretical level. I'm 30 years old and I didn't see you guys worry about me.

Sleep well tonight. We start the fight from tomorrow!

- Okay! - Okay.

The original Debate Team B of the school has broken away from the school officially.

They signed up for the preliminary competition of the provincial tournament as a social team.

In the next 3 days, they will compete

respectively with the Tiger of the Development Zone, Huarong Vocational School.

The team from Xinxin School of Hospitality Administration, led by Huang Zhizhong from Yau Ma Tei.

Along with opponents such as Linhai Chemical University which is called the big gun in town.

Today, they will compete with the team with the title of "Zhenghong Old Street's Ma Weiwei,"

Ruihong Vocational-Technical School. Let's look forward to their performance. [Pro: Not sleeping is more painful]

The pain is a kind of consciousness. You can't fall asleep means you are conscious.

If you fall asleep but you can't get up, then you don't even have consciousness and know nothing about pain. How can you be in pain?

[Con: Not getting up is more painful] According to your statement, if you can't get up, it is without consciousness. If you are forced to get up and have consciousness,

it is under attack. If you compare these two, then not getting up is more painful.

Opponent, we're discussing today whether non-mainstream hobbies should be widely known.

Does this mean that the development of non-mainstream hobbies is restricted?

Opponent, if they are restricted,

then forcibly making it known might have a reverse effect.

Opponent, making it widely known has more advantages for the development of the non-mainstream culture. Right?

- I'd like to hear more details. - If an activity is widely known,

it will have more audience, staff, and commercial sponsors, etc.

- So, these additional resources would be able to foster greater development, right? - That's not certain.

Do you have a hobby that isn't like that?

My hobby is being one who participates in non-mainstream hobbies.

As soon as it is widely known, I have to change my hobby.

From the perspective of us non-mainstream hobbyists,

being closed off from others is the most ideal state.

[Would helping others stop them from working hard?] I've been working less for twenty years with the help of my father. So, does the help of my father hinder me from working hard?

On the contrary, your father has helped you to reach a higher place.

This motivates you to work even harder.

Work hard for what? To collect the rent better?

[Inner beauty is better than outer beauty] All right. Even if we don't mention anything else, we'll just talk about attractiveness.

So, what if you are a "Tofu Xi Shi"? Is that different? (T/N: beautiful woman in Lu Xun's story but was always taken advantage by the restaurant guests)

Opponent, "Tofu Xi Shi" comes from Yang Ersao in Lu Xun's short story "Hometown".'

I would suggest that the opponent first check the source before making such an elementary error.

Opponent, I'm afraid you only read it in a superficial way.

You don't criticize the banter of guests in the story but blame the beauty of Yang Ersao.

You cannot say grapes are sour if you haven't eaten them.

[Can historical dramas be funny?] The winner of the competition is

235 Team.

[2019.11.17: Dongzhou Teachers College]

Yes!

[Goodone]

♫ The rain ♫

Brother Shui, what's the name of the lead singer in your band?

- Xiao Yang. - You really have a band?

It's been 3 years. I work in this bar

to support this band.

- My respect. - Why don't you sing?

I'm tone-deaf.

♫ I’m afraid I’ll miss her more when I come back ♫

I have to hand in my sketch homework tonight. I think I will be late for a while. You can start without me.

- I will need a while to finish my work for the Student Union. - What are you looking at?

Group chat. Look at your phone. No rush.

We haven't found a place to practice.

I have a suggestion. Nan Bei and you can go to occupy the seats first.

We always went there for practice.

[Astion Hotel]

Here?

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''To Be Continued'' - Singer: Zhang Xi

♫ All the joy is secretly seeping in ♫

♫ Some sadness can be comforted but not able to explain ♫

♫ The love I miss will become part of my silence ♫

♫ The crowd of lost souls moves back and forth ♫

♫ Counting the Christmas fireworks ♫

♫ Write a love song for you ♫

♫ Won't be able to finish singing and continue ♫

♫ Take all your memories, all your messages ♫

♫ Delete everything ♫

♫ Write a love song for you ♫

♫ Won't be able to finish singing and continue ♫

♫ I will fill the holes in my heart ♫

♫ With just our memories ♫

♫ Write a love song for you ♫

♫ Won't be able to finish singing and continue ♫

♫ I will fill the holes in my heart ♫

♫ With just our memories ♫

♫ Write a love song for you ♫

♫ Won't be able to finish singing and continue ♫

♫ I will fill the holes in my heart ♫

♫ With just our memories ♫