Confessions of a Salesman

Chapter 254 The gap between the rich and the poor
Cao Yu was the first to say: "I belong to the poor people who got rich. My family was not well-off since I was a child, and I couldn't afford school uniforms. I was short and thin since I was a child, and I was always bullied. I swallowed my mouth when I saw what snacks they ate. At that time, some classmates didn’t like to eat fatty meat, so they gave it to me, and I was willing to eat a piece, and put the rest in my pocket, and took it home to eat. Every time I went home, I was beaten because my clothes were full of oil , so that I still don't eat a bite of fat.

Since I was a child, I have low self-esteem, poor study, poor family background, no friends, until I won a 500 million lottery, and started my wonderful life. My company has also made money. I thought that if I had money, people would look up to me, but now I am in the circle of rich people, and I am also looked down upon by others, because I lack cultural background and lack of money. Values, for example, the thinking of rich people should be whether this thing is worth the price in my heart, not how much it is actually worth, and my thinking is that if I want to buy something, I must make it the cheapest. Even if you want it again, you have to wait for it to drop in price.

But I don’t hate rich people at all. I try my best to get closer to you, learn your way of thinking, and learn your way of doing things. I think it is your existence that makes people have goals, ideals, and references , It's not your fault to be rich, just don't be unkind for being rich. "

After he finished speaking, I was the first to applaud. I think he is willing to face himself and express his true thoughts. This is a kind of courage, an extremely brave act, and it really deserves applause.

Everyone applauded, agreeing that what Cao Yu said made sense, and everyone toasted Cao Yu together.

Hua Zhonghua was the second to speak: "I am a person who is not very talkative, and I can't speak well. Please forgive me for my bad words. I think everyone's saying that they have money or not, in my opinion, means whether they have money or not." The problem of wealth, and wealth is divided into material wealth and spiritual wealth, most people tend to focus on material wealth, as long as you have money, you will have everything, the most common question is whether you have everything if you have money? Of course not!

And I think that material wealth cannot determine your spiritual wealth at all. Good clothes and good food cannot determine your talent and wealth. Just like the classmate Cao Yu just now, he has material wealth, but he has nothing in spiritual wealth. People with spiritual wealth are truly rich.Your knowledge determines your perspective on problems, your attitude towards life, and your emotions.

What I said is a bit off topic, my argument is fair, because the spiritual wealth is zero when you are born, and how much spiritual wealth you have depends entirely on yourself.Acquired hard work is the foundation of how much spiritual wealth you can have.My speech is over. "

I summed it up and said: "You mean that real wealth should be spiritual wealth. Everyone has the same starting point in spiritual wealth, so it is all fair. Then I am curious to ask you, whether material wealth Determine your level of education? Whether it determines your educational environment? How can a person who cannot afford food and clothing have spiritual wealth? He must first have a material foundation. A person who cannot even afford tuition fees, how do you want him to have spiritual wealth? Wealth, of course, also has characters like Don Quixote, or psychopaths, who have been obsessed with their own world."

Du Shiyang retorted: "You are just arguing. In this society, spiritual wealth and material wealth coexist. Material wealth does not necessarily determine the amount of spiritual wealth. I don't know how many champions from poor families have produced in the past. If there is, the spiritual wealth they have means that they will have material wealth. And those who have material wealth can also use it for spiritual wealth, as long as they are willing to learn!"

I nodded and said: "What I said was a bit extreme. It is true that material wealth and spiritual wealth should complement each other. We are talking about fairness and injustice. Is it going too far. Then I will talk about my views.

Have you heard of the 20/80 rule?Also known as Barrett's law, the law of the key few, 20% of the people in the world own 80% of the wealth, why is it static?The reason is very simple, because the 80% of the people who own 80% of the wealth have owned 80% of the social resources for generations, so that they can own the 20% of the wealth faster and easier, while the 20% of the people they own There are only 20% of social resources, and in this [-]% of social resources, they will compete for the resources of the new [-]th rule. It is conceivable that if they want to stand up and become the [-]% of people, it is very difficult. How difficult is it?is this fair

To give a simple example: a person with a net worth of 1000 million, he will invest 100 million, the return is 1%, he can get 1 yuan, a person with only 100 yuan, he will invest 10 yuan , even if the income is 100%, he only gets 10 yuan, and what about the descendants of this person with a net worth of 1000 million?You can also enjoy this unequal benefit, because they have capital in their hands, even if he is an idiot, he is richer than you, a person with only 100 yuan.

This base is different, how can it be fair?

Another example: "Even now, we reset everyone's net worth to zero and everyone competes fairly, but their education and way of thinking are different before, and they will also be better than those who were born poor and white." , more express to earn wealth.

There has never been fairness in this world, since the beginning of human history, but this does not affect us from being an excellent person. If you just keep being wronged and complaining, why is it so unfair to hate God, instead of working hard to become the 20% Those who are not only you, but your next generation, and your next generation will not be able to become 20% of the people.The only thing we can do is hope and move forward. "

No one cheered, no one objected, everyone was thinking hard.

After that, everyone spoke at different levels, and the atmosphere of the discussion was very active. I learned a lot in it, and I have to sigh that they are already the 20% of the crowd, and everyone has their own unique insights.

When the dinner party was about to end, Du Shiyang came to me and said with a slight hint of alcohol, "I know why you are here. I thought you were just a cynical, unambitious and lucky person. Looking at it now, I underestimated you. I thought I would be the best person in this class. My innate sense of superiority made me unconsciously think that I will always be the best and unique. Everyone is unique. Unique, with pros and cons.”

I smiled and said: "No one is perfect, and people with shortcomings are often liked more." Then I asked curiously: "Is there a class in our class? The first class is the most advanced. The best talents, and the people in the second class are not wanted by the first class."

Du Shiyang nodded, and I smiled and said, "Then you shouldn't come to our second class? Why do you want to be resigned?"

Du Shiyang said with emotion: "A group of those people feel good about themselves and are pretentious, but in my eyes, they are just a group of parasites who rely on their parents and family, and I am also one of them. Together, it’s really boring, I prefer imperfect things, although they have such and such shortcomings, but they are better than truth.”

I nodded in agreement and said: "Live out yourself, be the most authentic self, this is the true meaning of life, but how many people can do it?"

Then the two stopped talking and looked up at the sky together.

A game, a dinner party, let the people in the class become very familiar, noisy and laughing from time to time, making the atmosphere of the class active and harmonious, and learning is very pleasant.No matter in class or after class, everyone is like the same family, like old friends who have known each other for many years.

But the first class is lifeless, with a rigorous learning attitude and a proud and arrogant personality. In every matter, everyone strives to be the first, and there will be some small quarrels from time to time, which is very uncoordinated compared with us.

One morning, as soon as I entered the class, Du Shiyang came over and said, "Lend me to copy yesterday's notes, I'm afraid Mrs. Yuan will check them later."

I took out my notes and said, "If you have the foresight, borrow it from me. I'm probably the one who takes notes most seriously."

Du Shiyang said contemptuously: "The whole class knows that Mrs. Yuan pays attention to you. Do you dare not remember it? It is her class. You listen carefully. In other classes, you don't sleep less. Just sleep and drool. You snore, you can’t even wake up, you don’t know what you do at night, you don’t sleep all night, you get sleepy in class, and when the exam comes at the end of the period, what do I think you should do?”

I said indifferently: "What should I do? Cold salad! Remember to borrow me to copy when the time comes. If I fail to graduate, I will hinder the whole class. Don't blame me!"

At this time, Hua Zhonghua and Cao Yu walked in, and said with a smile, "Do you know? Liu Ziran and Dongfang Tianqi from Class [-] are fighting."

I gloated and asked: "Oh, this is not good, why don't you try to persuade me? Who won? Didn't you call 120?"

Cao Yu looked at me and said, "Look at your schadenfreude? You want them to go to the hospital, right? No one wins, no one loses, and they are pulled away."

I nodded and said, "That's okay, that's okay, as long as no one gets hurt, because of what?"

Du Shiyang smiled and said, "Why do I see the disappointment on your face? What a ghost? That's right, what's the reason?"

Hua Zhonghua replied earnestly: "When they were discussing wormholes, there was a disagreement. Liu Ziran wanted to prove the existence of wormholes through quantum mechanics, while Dongfang Tianqi used time trajectories to prove that wormholes cannot exist at all. In fact, in my opinion Come on, we should not make assertions or make absolute conclusions in areas that have not been explored by human beings..."

(End of this chapter)