青春-转自韩寒的BLOG：分割线下为正文
我有一个朋友，毕业之前虽然也没有什么远大的理想，但积极健康，毕业以后去找工作，好不容易才找到，给别人加工东西，一个月赚一千五百块，时常加班，加班有时候有工资，有时候没有工资，合起来一个月能赚两千。他家在二十公里外，买了一个电瓶车，每天早出晚归，刚刚结婚，买不起房子，好在农村当时盖了三层楼，他们把一层和二层都租给了外地来打工的人，每间两百多，一共租出去六间，一个月可以补贴一千五，这些外来打工的人往往一个家庭三个人住一间，每个人的收入是八百多，靠步行和骑车，在附近的工厂里上班，附近的工厂是比加工业污染更大的化工业，是当时我们镇招商引资过来的，大部分都倒闭了，没倒闭的略有盈余，但是如果一治理污染，可能就亏损了，一亏损就没办法交税和拉动GDP了，所以政府也不能管，被这些厂污染的河流穿过我家门前，我老家的村里几乎每个农民住宅都住了超过二十个外来务工者。这些农民住宅的房东一般都有一个孩子，几乎所有的孩子都类似我文章开头提到的那个朋友。我朋友觉得自己混的还算不错，至少娶到了老婆，每个月的钱差不多都用于基本生存，什么大件都买不了，如果想要换个工作或者自己出去闯闯又不敢，一方面没有社会保障，万一有个三长两短，一方面如果断了一个月的收入，生活就没有办法继续了。他们想去镇上买房子，把自己的户口变成城镇户口，这样对以后的小孩子比较好，但是上海郊区镇上的房子一套至少要五十万，他要不吃不喝工作25年才可以，而且还是毛坯房，要装修好还得再饿5年。
他的隔壁邻居，我的另外一个朋友，刚大学毕业，工资比我第一个朋友要高一点，但女方要求也高，一定要在市里有一套房子才能结婚，这套市区二手的老公房房子至少需要两百万，我的朋友需要工作六十年，或者他们家的房子出租给八户外地打工人家，出租一百年才能买得起市里的房子，于是他们唯一的期盼就是动迁，就算政府五十万拆了他们的房子，五百万把这块地卖出去都无所谓，至少五十万可以付清市区里那套房子的首付，以后的再说，老婆好歹可以娶进门。至于房子拆了以后父母住哪里，这的确是个问题，也许可以三百元租其他农宅的一间大一点的房间过渡几年再说。我的第一个朋友以前的工作是三班倒，工厂太远，身体出了问题，辞职才换了现在的工作，期盼着少加班和加薪，老板表示明年可以加一百块，后年再加一百块。他上个礼拜告诉我，他的父亲可能要去海外给别人做泥水匠，出去三年就可以赚二十万。我问他，那你怎么打算，他说就这样，还能怎么样。他的母亲在给人拧电灯泡，八百一个月。这个上海郊区的家庭，孩子二十多，生活都能望见五十多的自己，五十多的父亲，还要去海外打工两年，至于那些外地打工者，他们虽然觉得讨厌，把周边工厂的工作额度都挤了，而且还把工资挤压到几百块一个月，整个村里外地人本地人的比例都超过了10比1，但是又不得不依靠他们，因为他们租了他们的房子，一年也给他们带来了一万多收入。
这就是上海的郊区普通人的生活，也许还算是不错的家庭。这就是为什么富士康有这么多人跳楼，机械的劳动，无望的未来，很低的薪水，但去了别的地方薪水更低，很高的物价，除了吃得饱和穿得暖以外，别的什么都做不了，而让你吃饱饭还在被这个政府当作对世界人类天大的贡献和政绩宣传，还恨不得拿出远古时代的数据和冰川时代的照片想表明，你能吃饱已经要感谢国家了，你说你能奢望什么。我的那个朋友虽然生活压力大，但是他还有朋友和家庭，在他的二十公里远的地方，绝大部分的年轻打工者，他们的家庭都在几千公里外，而且家庭也未必温暖，你赚了多少钱往往是中国家庭衡量一个小孩在这个世界上价值的唯一标准。
这是一个中国的大部分网民都未必熟悉的群体，你看很少有论坛上有现役的富士康员工向大家讲述关于自己员工跳楼的故事和自己的生活，因为他们都没有这个时间甚至能力。外面的灯红酒绿和他们一点关系都没有，连对爱情的憧憬都没有，这个世界上没有第三者，现实是最大的第三者，也许唯独在跳楼的时候，他们的人生价值才有所体现，那就是被当作一个生命被提起和记起，可惜现在又变成数字了。
心理辅导是没有用的，当我看见我们的女人搂着有钱人，有钱人搂着官员，官员搂着老板，老板搂着林志玲，你怎么给我心理辅导？一打听，同学们混的都更惨，有混的好的男同学，那是靠家里，有混的好的女同学，那是嫁的好，别人都羡慕你在富士康有社会保障，按时发工资，安排住宿，加班还给钱，你说你像个机器，别人说自己像包屎，方圆几百公里内，连个现实的励志故事都没有，这就是很多中国年轻人的生活。
如果将他们的薪水涨十倍，会不会没有人跳楼？只要别通货膨胀十倍，当然没有人再跳楼。当然，老板也不会这么干，就算老板这么干，也会被政府勒令禁止。为什么我们的政客能在世界的政治舞台上挺起了腰杆，还能来几下政治博弈，耍几下政治手腕，是因为你们，每一个廉价劳动力，你们是中国的筹码，GDP的人质。无论这是中国特色的社会主义还是封建特色的资本主义，在未来的十年里，这些年轻人都是无解的，多么可悲的事情，本该在心中的热血，它涂在地上。
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Bad boy novelist, blogger and racing car driver recently posted some thoughts about Chinese media coverage of the recent school attacks in China, titled “Children, you’re spoiling grandpa’s fun.” The blog post was soon deleted by the blog nannies at Sina.com, but not before Julian Smisek translated it:
Children, you’re spoiling grandpa’s fun
by Han Han, translated by Julian Smisek
A man hacked up 32 children at Taixing nursery school. It’s not clear whether any of them were killed. Because this news came so soon after the last attack on Nanping nursery school, I actually thought it was the same school.
In these recent attacks, the twisted murderers have all chosen to attack nursery schools and elementary schools, believing this to be the best way to exact their revenge on society. It has become fashionable to go to nursery schools and elementary schools and kill people. There, the murderer faces the least resistance and can kill the most people, causing us to feel the greatest pain and panic. This is indeed the most effective method to exact revenge on society.
With the exception of Yang Jia [a man who killed six police at a Shanghai police department in 2008], nearly every murderer has chosen to attack the weak. In a society without an exit, killing weaker people has become their only exit. I propose that local governments across the country send their building security guards to protect nursery schools. A government that can’t protect children doesn’t need that many guards.
These murders have mostly come about because society is unjust and unfair. Yes, justice should be made more glorious than the sun. That said, the sun doesn’t come out every day. Haven’t there been a bit too many cloudy days and dark nights? Saying justice should be more glorious than the sun isn’t impressive. What’s impressive is every minute the sun shines on your head.
News about the Taixing nursery school homicide has been controlled. These children were born at the wrong time [unlucky], and died at an even worse one. According to relevant departments, within this festive atmosphere [the opening of the Shanghai Expo], this incident should be categorized as noise. We know only that 32 children were injured during the Taixing nursery school incident. Government and hospital officials repeatedly emphasize that not a single child died, but word on the street is that many did. Tell me, who should I believe? You say, ‘believe the government.’ Well, then why have they forbidden parents from seeing their children? Why have have they blocked off the hospitals and the news. There aren’t pictures or videos of the kids. Moreover, if a knife-wielding attacker hacks up 32 people and not a single person died, is he a murderer or a surgeon? That’s just too careful. You say, ‘believe the word on the street.’ But, rumors are always exaggerated. We have no pictures and we have no truth. We can’t believe those either. I did an internet search for ‘Taixing’, and the only results that appeared were official government taking points. So, I searched for ‘Taizhou,’ and the only news piece that appeared was “Taizhou’s three lucky blessings.” That was on April 30th.
I’m totally astonished. By blocking off information and the hospital, controlling the media, prohibiting visits, and changing the subject, the Taizhou government has successfully diverted our anger from the killer onto themselves. What’s the point of all this? You assume they must have some motive. Actually, they don’t — except to conform with the World Expo’s “Harmonious Gathering” [a song sung by Jackie Chan and Song Zuying during the opening ceremony]. This is only government inertia. It’s just how the government handles similar incidents. They have a seven step process: something happens in the middle of their meal. They cover it up, and pull it aside, get rid of the media, ban mention of it, issue official talking points, hand out some money, and cremate it. They then continue with their meal.
If it’s true that no one died, lift the ban on the media and allow the parents to visit their children. It seems that you’ll only be happy if this becomes a group incident.
Actually, a lot of group incidents start like this: the government holds in its fist a 1 RMB coin that it took from some ordinary people. The people say they don’t want it back, but they want to see that it’s there. The government is simply unwilling, no matter what, to open its hand. It says that it’s already told them that there’s a 1 RMB coin in there. But, the people are worried and say that it isn’t a big deal to just show them the coin. So then the government invites its servant, Xinhua News. The servant says that although it too hasn’t seen the coin, it can indeed confirm that the coin is there. ‘It’s enough for you to hear it from me, others shouldn’t spread rumors.’ After this the government says, ‘alright my servant’s confirmed it. Now get lost.’ The people get angry and call over several friends. The friends then tell passersby that someone has stolen money and is unwilling to return it. More and more people arrive at the scene, with the government standing in the center. It is still clutching the coin in its fist, incessantly saying that it has a 1 RMB coin, and that you shouldn’t listen to rumors — otherwise you might be arrested according to the law. This incites the crowd, which says, ‘who are you, as someone whose inner character is that of a thief, to threaten me with arrest?’ The law can’t be enforced when so many people are violating it. More people are called over. When they arrive they recognize who’s clutching the coin. ‘He’s the guy who’s bullied us.’ Everyone begins to attack, until — at the last moment — the government finally opens its hand and says, ‘look!’ But by that point it’s no longer important whether he has 1 RMB or 50 cents — the situation is already out of control.
Their method of handling problems isn’t more or less noble than the murderer’s. It’s not surprising that a nursery school hung a banner that said, ‘if you want answers, go around the corner to the left and ask the government.’ (I can see people objecting, saying that with regard to the news and media, the Taizhou government does not have any jurisdiction. I think everybody knows this. However according to the law, critism of the government can at most go up to the city level (not including directly-government cities), so for now we can only limit our speculation to the Taizhou city government — with the mayor being the highest person responsible. As long as the city’s party secretary doesn’t get into trouble, this speculation should be considered correct).
Within the short span of a month, there have been five attacks on school campuses. Within the short span of a week, there have been two, on the 29th of April in Taixing and 30th of April in Weifang. I don’t want to investigate the social reasons; I just want to tell everyone that it’s only here that it isn’t considered social news when a person breaks into a nursery school and hacks up 32 kids. Together, 32 kids is greater than a 100 year-old kid.
Children, you were hacked up and not one newspaper wrote about you because a few hundred kilometers away, a festival had begun. There, hundreds of millions of fireworks were being set off, while at your home in Taizhou, the city celebrated an international tourism festival, trade talks, and the opening of an overseas Chinese town — the three lucky blessings.
Perhaps in the eyes of those grandpas, you are too depressing.
Pitiful children, you are the ones that were poisoned by powdered milk. You are the ones that were hurt by vaccinations. You are the ones who were crushed to death by earthquakes. You are the ones were were burned to death. Even though it was adults whose regulations caused the problems, you were the ones who were attacked by a knife-wielding adult bent on repaying society. I hope that what the Taizhou government says is true, that you all have only been hurt and that not one of you is dead. After the elderly have lost their jobs and you have grown up, I hope that you not only protect your own children, but also make this society protect all children.
Note: After his blog post was deleted, Han Han published a short note titled “.” and containing only the text: “Grandpas, please enjoy yourselves.”
Correction: With help from some readers, this translation was edited for accuracy on May 6th, 2010.