Due to various changes, Contini's wish to go to North Africa was not realized until June. Because he was not only facing graduation, but also facing Adriana having a baby. He had to take it first, both reason and reason, so he had to push his trip to North Africa until July, when the last batch of oil guards would rush to North Africa, and he could go together.

In fact, with Contini's current status, it doesn't matter even if he doesn't attend the graduation ceremony. However, firstly, the President has been absent from classes for many years and rarely shows his face. If he misses the graduation ceremony, he looks down on the school too much; secondly, Contini's recent combination of punches on the ideological and ideological fronts is somewhat aggressive, and some even hurt well-known professors at the University of Rome, including professors from the Department of History and Law, who must be comforted; thirdly, many students are eager to get to know the president, and the school also hopes that he can speak at the graduation ceremony, and he cannot help but give this face.

In general, everyone thinks that the president is quite complicated: although he is polite, polite, and gentle at first glance, he is very tough in the field of politics and serious thought. He is known as the "President of Steel". The school's intellectuals are respectful and afraid of him, because Contini is not as despicable as other politicians. His methods are open. If he doesn't agree, please leave! If you don't agree, you can go! Playing a verbal battle? Fighting a penchant? The president is very eloquent, his writing style is also excellent, and he also controls countless news media and public opinion across the country. Even IBC is controlled by him. In addition to Dr. Goebbels's later attack, his combat effectiveness is in Italy. He can't deal with the rumors that are passed down by word of mouth. He has no way to deal with other academic, political and editorial ones.

For media and other groups that dare to fight against each other, the president has another big stick: suing a lawsuit! When it comes to suing a president, everyone is afraid of it. Not to mention that the judicial system has begun to become fascist, you can't even afford the lawyer's fees. After all, there are only people like Contini who don't spend money on it.

So everyone was in a complicated mood watching Contini give a report at the graduation ceremony, listening to him defending himself with ups and downs:

"... Some people say I suppress different voices, some people say my party is the same and different, yes! That's what I did! I will suppress all voices that are not conducive to fascist and the unity of the Italian people. I will definitely clean up any political views that are not with the leaders or with the government. I will definitely take action to clean up the reasons. I made it clear that to be prosperous and strong, not freedom is not a slogan, but a real action! Most Italian people do not have such a high level of cultural level and literacy. They cannot figure out the origin of multiculturalism. Just like a young child, they need guidance and guidance from parents. Are you discussing the future and how to develop children?

To become a big country and a strong country, Italy urgently needs to improve its own strength, urgently needs to improve its operational efficiency, and urgently need to strengthen cohesion and unity. The existence of multiple ideas not only fails to achieve this goal, but will be harmful to the realization of this goal. You, for the vast majority of people, the country is stronger, the society is more stable, the economy is more prosperous, and the society is happier. As for freedom? Sorry, what is that?

After Fascist took office, we certainly tightened our ideology and consciousness and interfered with freedom, but our achievements have attracted worldwide attention:

Italian trains are on time or basically on time;

Italy's economy is soaring at a rate of 11-12% annual growth, which is faster than the total growth rate of Britain, France and the United States;

Italy's unemployment rate dropped from its highest level to within 10%;

The fast railway has gone from scratch, and now the mileage of opening to traffic is the best in Europe;

The civil aviation system has gone from scratch and is now the fourth in Europe;

The expressway has surpassed the United Kingdom from scratch, now it is the third in Europe and is closer to France. Considering that France is twice our area and half the population is more than us, Italy has the second highest per capita highway density in Europe;

All kinds of products such as steel, cement, machinery, metallurgy have generally increased by 50%-100%, and the gap with major powers is narrowing;

We have built more than 13 million square meters of new residences, our college students have expanded by 20%, the phenomenon of losing school due to poverty in secondary and higher education has disappeared by 90%, and the coverage of compulsory education has increased by 25%...

During the same period, our currency remained basically stable, the national fiscal deficit narrowed slightly year by year, the arrears of civil servants and teachers' salaries were all repaid, and the salary of junior college teachers was increased by more than 40%!

We also won Corfu!

These are the results of regulation, and the results of being prosperous and strong, not being free!

If Fascisti had not come to power, without such control, and without the unified leadership of the leader, Italy would have greater freedom. What freedom would it have?

Freedom of delayed train!

The economy is backward, corruption is rampant, the unemployment rate remains high, and social turmoil is free!

The currency has plummeted, the deficit is getting bigger and bigger, and speculation has overwhelmed the freedom of prevailing!

The national strength is declining, the external weakness is weak, and the freedom to be bullied by others!

If you are not deaf and blind, you can tell by just a look at Germany's performance. In the past, our intellectuals kept saying that the Second Empire had no freedom, it was dictatorship, and reactionary. Later, the German people had freedom. They had freedom to lose their territory! The freedom to disband the army! The freedom to monitor the finances! The freedom to plummet! The freedom to starve and unemployed people! No patriotic German wants this freedom and democracy! Is the education of the Ruhr crisis not profound enough? Do you want the Ruhr crisis to be done in Italy?

In the past, we all wanted to work in Germany because Germany has a high income and good welfare. Now, the other way around, all Germans come to us to work. United Group alone hired nearly 40,000 German employees. Why can’t we see this?”

"Of course..." Contini raised his head and stared at the thousands of teachers and students below the audience with bright eyes. "I want to upgrade my original view today. It is not simply to be prosperous and strong, but to be prosperous and strong, but to be prosperous and strong, but to be prosperous and strong, and to be individual freedom. What we are striving for now is the freedom of Italy. Fighting for the freedom of this nation is to work for collective freedom, so we need to temporarily sacrifice personal freedom. Without the prosperity and prosperity of the country, is your personal freedom meaningful? When you go out, you will still be a second-class citizen, and you will still be ridiculed as poor imperialism by others. Is this the freedom you want? This is not the Italy I want!

Only when Italy becomes truly powerful, truly realizes the great rejuvenation of the Roman Empire, and can truly be compared with Britain, the United States, France and other countries, will the era of pursuing personal freedom come. Before that, there is only patience, hard work, and struggle!

So, today I can tell you frankly that in the future, the regulation and high pressure in the ideological field and ideological and political fields will continue. Those who are acceptable and willing to contribute to the collective happiness and freedom of the Italian people are welcome to stay; those who are unacceptable are only willing to fight for their own small freedom and small happiness, and you are not welcome! Please go to the United States and live in the UK, and go wherever you love, and my travel expenses are not enough for me to subsidize! In short, don’t make trouble for us!”

Speaking of this, Contini stepped forward and tapped his left chest tightly with his fist: "Dear students and teachers from the University of Rome, and comrades from the Youth League, please tell me with your heart, do you want Italy's freedom or your own personal freedom? Are you willing to contribute your personal freedom or even your life to Italy's national prosperity and national freedom?"

The members of the Youth League in the audience stood up respectfully, raised their right hands and saluted, shouting enthusiastically: "Long live the leader! Long live Italy!"

This scene also infected other students and some teachers, who also stood up and shouted: "Long live the leader! Long live Italy!"

Only a few liberal intellectuals were shaking their heads and sighing that they knew they could not reverse the situation. They would either go abroad, obey, or remain silent, and there would be no other way. In the future, there would be only a dead end to try to fight against the powerful state machine!

After he said this, the principal who presided over the ceremony no longer knew what to say. With his identity and position, he could neither agree nor deny it. Finally, he could only say vaguely: "The leader and the president have pointed out the direction for the younger generation of Italy. I hope that all students will continue to work hard along the right path and realize their personal ideals as soon as possible!" As for pursuing national prosperity or personal freedom, it depends on what your ideal is.

Contini would not expose this, just smiled. Then he donated 20 million lira to the school on behalf of the United Group to purchase experimental equipment and foreign literature almost all of them from science and engineering.

Contini's speech was recorded, and the full text was published in Youth Daily and other newspapers. The next day, the recording was sent to IBC for full text broadcast, which aroused a great response. On June 12, graduates from secondary and high schools across Rome, backbone of the Youth League and some young teachers took to the streets to organize a march, typing the slogan "Patriotism, Party, and Leaders", and put up a banner of "To be prosperous and strong in the country and national freedom" against public free intellectuals, known in history as the "graduation paradise" and "anti-freedom demonstration!"

This scene hurt the hearts of Italian liberals and made them realize the reality. What are the young Italians who are being driven by nationalism and nationalism? However, afterwards, only a very small number of liberal arts professors left Italy to develop in other countries. These intellectuals still have some social status and ability to call the wind and rain in Italy. Who cares about them in the UK or the United States? The latter would rather take care of the president's green bill than pay attention to them.
Chapter completed!