"When we travel, we're constantly taking selfies but forget to really look at the beautiful scenery and feel the wind in our face..."
Standing in front of the hosting podium, Ning Xiaofei went completely off-script, improvising freely from the word "cell phone", and every sentence struck home with the audience, both in the venue and watching elsewhere.
At first, people were laughing so hard they clapped loudly, then fell into a collective silence, lost in thought.
The timer issued a countdown buzz, and Ning Xiaofei paused briefly, her voice turning deeper.
"In this era of advanced information, it seems that as long as one has a phone in hand, the world is ours. But sometimes I wonder, are we playing with our phones, or are the phones playing with us?"
Lifting her face, she scanned the surroundings, and after a few seconds of silence, she smiled.
