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Far from feeling powerful, I felt embarrassed and exposed. When colleagues at Facebook stoppedme in the halls to say congratulations, I pronounced the list 「ridiculous.」 When friends posted the linkon Facebook, I asked them to take it down. After a few days, my longtime executive assistant, CamilleHart, summoned me into a conference room and closed the door. This was serious. She told me that Iwas handling the Forbes thing poorly and that I needed to stop subjecting anyone who brought up thelist to a diatribe on its absurdity. I was showing too many people how uncomfortable I felt andrevealing my insecurity. Instead, I needed to simply say, 「Thank you.」

We all need colleagues like Camille, who was honest enough to point out my less-than-graciousresponse. She was right. Whether the list was ridiculous or not, I didn』t write it and I didn』t have toreact negatively to it. I doubt a man would have felt so overwhelmed by others』 perception of hispower.

I know that my success comes from 346 hard work, help from others, and being at the right place at theright time. I feel a deep and enduring sense of gratitude to those who have given me opportunities andsupport. I recognize the sheer luck of being born into my family in the United States rather than one ofthe many places in the world where women are denied basic rights. I believe that all of us—men andwomen alike—should acknowledge good fortune and thank the people who have helped us. No oneaccomplishes anything all alone.

兩人一路說說笑笑，旁若無人的從他身邊走過，留下一縷幽香。

顧元嘆腳下頓了頓，為那個什麼「秦子華」默哀了兩秒鐘，隨後頭也不回的繼續朝宿舍走去。

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宿舍里靜悄悄，看起來一個人都不在，推開門之後顧元嘆才發現，老大梁勤正靠在床上默默發獃，垂下的右手上還夾著根香煙。

「你幹嘛呢？怎麼就你一個人，他們人都哪去了？」顧元嘆走進去問到。

梁勤今年虛歲22，是他們宿舍年紀最大的。他家在外省，家庭條件不怎麼好，假日也大多留校勤工儉學。

此時梁勤看起來很憔悴，鬍子拉碴，頭髮也油膩膩的，像是很多天沒洗一樣。

聽到顧元嘆的話，他答非所問道：「小六子，你說女人為什麼都那麼現實呢？」

顧元嘆楞了一下，放下箱子徑直朝他走去，在高飛的鋪位坐下後才問到：「想聽真話還是假話？」

「當然是真話，假話我還問你幹嘛？」

「那好，既然你想聽真話，那我就跟你說真話。不過有點刺耳，你確定要聽？」

「嗯，你說！」

顧元嘆看著他認真道：「坦白說，我覺得大部分男人、也包括我自己，其實都應該感謝女人的現實。」

不等他問，顧元嘆繼續道：「隨著346女人地位和文化的提高，男的在她們眼裡真的越來越沒有吸引力了，她們甚至越來越不需要我們。萬幸的是因為女人現實，男人至少還有個門路去討好她們，用力所能及的豐厚換取她們的好感。」

「你覺得女人現實的過於貪婪，於是就痛恨女人現實，可是你想過沒有，如果她們不現實，你拿什麼去討好她們？難道在非現實的領域裡，你就不弱小嗎？你是有顆金子般的心，還是男神的臉，還是文學家的筆呢？」

「我……」

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