To be honest, the word "poor" does not completely give people a strong desire to become rich.
Take our country as an example, the people are already used to being poor.
From the feudal era to the 1960s and 1970s after the founding of the People's Republic of China.
There are countless families living in embarrassment and starving in this ancient country of ours.
However, after the reform and opening up, there are very few people who can seize the historical opportunity in time, or even dare to seize this historical opportunity.
This is naturally due to human beings' inertia and the limitations of living in poverty and happiness caused by living in a feudal farming society for a long time.
Our people are too easily satisfied. As long as the steamed buns are replaced by white-flour steamed buns, and the pickled radish is replaced by stir-fried vegetables with meaty flavor, all that is left is contentment and appreciation of the nourishment of life.
Then people often comfort themselves with words such as "contentment is enough" to find a reason to eliminate guilt for their lack of progress.
The African continent on the other side of the ocean seems to be strictly following this rule, so it has always been inseparable from poverty.
It can be seen from this that trying to get rich just because you are poor obviously lacks the logic of life.
If you look at it rationally, poverty and wealth are actually the north and south poles of life, and this change means going to extremes.
Therefore, the real motivation for the transformation of these "two poles" can only come from the awakening of one's own value orientation.
And this kind of awakening is destined to be an unforgettable taste, and it must deeply touch the soul to achieve it.
Otherwise, why would a person dare to take the risk of big winds and waves and ups and downs from a accustomed state to another unknown situation that is completely opposite?
The experience of Guo Changchun, who lives in Xisi, Beijing, is enough to illustrate this point.
Since he is the only son in the family, he complies with the policy of staying in the city.
Therefore, after graduating from junior high school in 1968, he did not go to the mountains and countryside like others, but was lucky enough to become a worker in a soy sauce factory.
Although the apprentice's salary was only 17 yuan and 8 cents, he stayed in the city and was a regular employee of a state-owned enterprise.
He also enjoyed the joy of youth and got married promptly at the age of twenty-three.
Just based on these two points, he felt a sense of pride and satisfaction.
Guo Changchun, like his parents, are people who only know how to walk with their own feet.
He never climbed high and never thought about getting rich. He just wanted to live a stable life without any disasters.
So even if something good comes from the sky, out of fear, he won't even bend down to pick it up.
This is not a lie. Once, he picked up a leather bag containing two thousand yuan and sent it to the police station without hesitation.
That package was lost by a bank employee. The bank gave his unit a banner for this reason. The leader also wanted to set him up as a model and commend him to the whole factory.
But even when faced with the honor he deserved, he still shrank back.
If you don't say, "I'm not very enlightened, I want to take that money. It's hot on my hands and my heart. I won't be rewarded in the future. I will definitely have nightmares at night. Why are you so hard on yourself? Don't treat me like a ****, don't try to flatter me."
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As a result, one of the "advanced" candidates failed because of his "low level", and the leader crossed out his name from the list to be reported.
However, after he found out, he did not feel depressed or annoyed. Instead, he told the person who told him.
"I'm not advanced in the first place. Even if I were lifted up, I would fall down sooner or later. I really appreciate the leader doing this."
As a result, everyone who knew him said he was stupid.
Think about it, with Guo Changchun's deeply rooted and fixed thinking pattern, if no major changes occur in his life.
He must be like thousands of ordinary people, earning his dead wages peacefully, working step by step every day, returning to his home in his compound after work, and spending ordinary days with his parents, wife and children.
He would never deviate from his beliefs casually and have anything to do with setting up a stall.
But it was an accidental class reunion that caused him to experience a strong mental shock and pushed him into the business world.
It was before the National Day in 1981. Guo Changchun took his son to a restaurant for the first time to meet several of his middle school classmates, several educated youth who had just solved their work problems and had returned to the city.
Everyone is not rich, so the money for food should be collected together by everyone.
But because Guo Changchun was old and young, he fiddled in his pocket for a long time and only took out one yuan and two cents, which was still far from the standard of three yuan per person.
He didn't come alone, which made him blush a little. He could only deduce that he was in a hurry and forgot to bring money.
Later, a generous buddy came out for him. Everyone laughed and didn't take it seriously, and then started chatting about each other's situation over the years.
Needless to say, everyone was deeply envious of Guo Changchun for being lucky enough to stay in the city and giving birth to a fat boy, and they couldn't help but shower him with compliments.
This made Guo Changchun himself feel a bit elated.
But something unexpected happened while eating, which completely destroyed the psychological advantage Guo Changchun had maintained for more than ten years.
Guo Changchun's three-year-old son especially loves braised hairtail, but there are only about ten pieces of fish on the plate. How can he not allow seven or eight adults to eat it together?
The child had just finished a piece of the bowl, and when he saw the fish on the plate disappearing like a cloud, he started to cry.
As for Guo Changchun, a grown-up man with a very rough heart, he coaxed the children and continued talking to his classmates.
Unexpectedly, his son saw the guests at the next table leaving, and there was also a plate of hairtail with not much left on the table.
When no one was cleaning up, he slipped off the table and ran over to grab the food on the plate to eat.
As a result, I didn’t choose the thorn and stuck it in my mouth. I burst into tears all of a sudden.
When the people at Guo Changchun's table found out, Guo Changchun looked at the greedy child and felt angry, hateful and pitiful. He got angry and slapped him directly. His little face immediately became swollen.
The classmates hurriedly tried to persuade them. Some coaxed the children, while others stopped Guo Changchun. It took a long time for the incident to go away.
But the matter did not end here. Before leaving, Guo Changchun had drunk too much beer, so he entrusted the child to his classmates to take care of him, and then went back to the hotel to use the toilet.
He never expected that through the toilet window, he could clearly hear the voices of his classmates talking, and that the center of the conversation was him.
Someone said, "I thought those who stayed in the city could do anything. The courage is not much better than the big guys."
Others said, "It's true, it's embarrassing to stay in the city. Let alone not being able to pay for a meal. Look at the patches on the child's body, and look at the cigarettes that Da Chun'er smokes. It's only 12 cents a pack, which is embarrassing.
Respect people?"
Of course there are people who understand. A female classmate said, "Don't stand and talk without hurting your back. How much is the salary of two employees? There is an older one and a younger one. Everyone's life is like this. You will know after you get married.
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But the most irritating words were actually said by the buddy who paid for Guo Changchun.
When he heard it, he started shouting like he was making an argument.
"Hey, hey, don't talk about this. Let me tell you, people who are incompetent should not get married or have children. Why would they bring their children into this world to suffer poverty? That is called irresponsible! Look at us
Dude, I won’t be able to hold an official position within three years. Even if you beat me to death, I won’t get married, so that when my children grow up, they won’t call me a wimp..."
This sentence caused a burst of laughter. At the same time, the true attitudes of the students behind their backs completely pierced Guo Changchun's self-esteem.
When he came out of the toilet, although everyone was still so polite to him, they still expressed envy in their words for his good fortune over the years.
But he was no longer complacent, but felt an indescribable embarrassment and humiliation.
When I got home in the evening, my wife asked me what was wrong with the child's face that was not completely swollen.
As a result, before he opened his mouth, his son burst into tears when he saw his gloomy expression, and began to take the initiative to admit his mistakes to him.
"Dad, I will never eat hairtail again. I will never be greedy again. Don't hit me..."
Guo Changchun is an introvert. He is usually taciturn. In addition, he has always believed that he can live his own life by himself and is not easy to express his feelings.
But that day, he hugged his son and cried.
Because for the first time, he experienced that the feeling of poverty and embarrassment is far more uncomfortable than being hungry. It can make a person lose face and make a father heartbroken.
He can be shameless, cowardly, and let others gossip behind his back.
But he didn't want his child to be looked down upon by others, and he didn't want his child to really complain about him when he grew up.
So because of this situation, he decided to do something and make extra money.
The incident was caused by fish, so Guo Changchun's first thought was naturally about fish.
Next to the factory where he worked was the Shicha Sea, where there were wild fish and snails. So every day after get off work, he would go down to the river to catch fish and snails to sell.
Although I didn't earn much money, it was really useful. Within a few months, my family's finances improved a lot.
But there is no airtight wall in the world. Soon the work was informed about this matter. The leader wanted to deal with Guo Changchun and asked him to hand over his illegal gains.
As a result, Guo Changchun was dissatisfied and believed that he had fished for himself.
I went down the river through ice in the middle of winter, and my clothes were as cold as armor, so I got this little extra money.
It is entirely the result of labor and is not illegal at all, so why should it be dealt with?
Then, just like when I picked up my wallet last time, I was stubborn and refused to give in, and even got into a quarrel with my boss because of it.
In this way, everything got out of control. The leaders had long disliked Guo Changchun because of his stubborn temper and difficulty in managing him.
Seeing that he had offended again, I fell in love with him. I simply took this opportunity to remove him from the factory.
When Guo Changchun woke up, he had become a complete homeless man. And the Chinese New Year was coming soon, where could he go? Did he dare to tell his family about this?
From then on, his life officially changed.
It was in this desperate situation that he fully devoted himself to the business world and became a hawker selling insoles and Jiefang shoes at the entrance of the clothing night market.
But his luck was really bad, so he worked for a month without telling his family, and just got his salary for the New Year month. After the New Year, his stall was copied by the industrial and commercial authorities.
The only five yuan he had had and he had to pay a fine. What would he do next, how would he survive?
Fortunately, there is always a path. Even in this situation, the door of fate still opened a crack for him.
At the door of the industrial and commercial office, someone suddenly offered to provide free goods and let him try to buy clothes at the clothing night market. Can he refuse?
Even if the rent of six hundred yuan the other party mentioned was a huge joke, he wouldn't be able to pay it out even if I beat him to death.
But then again, the other party doesn’t know that he has no money.
Since he has nowhere else to go, why not try it for a few days?
The worst case scenario is that he can't sell it to anyone else and it will be free of charge. Didn't he say it beforehand? If it sells for more than 20 yuan, the money earned is his.
This is better than sitting idle and worrying, right?
So, on January 30, 1982, Guo Changchun made the most important decision for the development of his life.
He joined a clothing night market trial sales team composed of more than a dozen people.
Among these people, there were both big men selling red pants and young men with long hair.
But I am afraid that no one will be in such a difficult situation as he is.