Chinese self-confidence and inferiority

Chapter 3 No one really has an easy life
no one has an easy life
A 24-year-old young man in Ogilvy Advertising died suddenly at work due to various factors. As a person who was much older than him, while mourning his misfortune, he is also glad that he is still alive, although he is still alive. very tired.

Many friends who know me find it unbelievable. What they see of my life is basically a fairy life of wandering around, accompanied by delicious food and wine, and surrounded by beautiful women. Probably they have never seen me jumping off a building in a hurry .Of course, I won't let them see it at this time.In fact, it was already 7000 o'clock in the afternoon when I wrote this thing. I wrote [-] words, held two meetings, met three groups of people, and there is a dinner waiting for me in the evening. I want to finish writing this manuscript to go.

The so-called "long-lasting hatred is not mine" is a reflection of this state. In this increasingly fast-paced society, our life is basically a state of sailing against the current, and if we do not advance, we will retreat.Why is this so?This is the case in modern society. We are all trapped in the torrent of life and cannot help ourselves.

You see, if you are a part-time worker, you are burdened with various tasks and supporting your family. At this time, you will feel that it would be great if you could be financially free, and then you will work hard in that direction .When you reach the state of financial freedom, the responsibility on your shoulders will be greater. It is not to support your family, but to take care of the people who are struggling with you - don't say that you can not be responsible for this matter , anyone with a sense of responsibility must be responsible, and a person without a sense of responsibility cannot do this position.

I have a friend who is the chairman of a listed company. He is a standard rich second generation. Now he is in his hands. One day he told me that he envied my life because in his opinion I need to take care of him. The enterprise is not big enough, there is not so much pressure.In fact, I really want to tell him that there are big difficulties and small pains. The only thing better than him is that I spend more vacation time every year than him.

Yes, what I'm trying to say is that no one really has an easy life.Some people say something like "put it down" after this message, which is basically expired chicken soup for the soul, which is completely meaningless.Except for some playboys, eminent monks, and cultural scholars, we are busy and lonely in this world. This is an unchangeable fact.Those hypocritical let-downs are all fake. People who say this are either living a sad life or being busy. They are actually talking about their own poor dreams that cannot be realized.

Who loses weight and loses pension

The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security asked for the design of endowment insurance, and Tsinghua University first handed over the answer sheet: By 2030, male and female employees and residents will retire at the age of 65.One of the reasons is that “according to actuarial principles, under the condition that the average life expectancy is 75 years old, the age for receiving pensions should be 60 years old. In about 2030, the average life expectancy in China may reach 80 years, and the age for receiving pensions will be 65 years old. .”

We ordinary people do not understand the principle of actuarial calculations. For this matter, I personally think it may be more fair to use the proportional principle. For example, the retirement age increases proportionally with the increase in the average life expectancy.That is to say, we'd better not do this kind of thing of extending life expectancy by five years, but extending life expectancy by five years, and extending the retirement age according to the ratio of the extended time to the total length of life.Although this is not a good idea, it seems to be much more reliable than the experts from Tsinghua University.

In fact, no matter what the reason is, it is just an excuse. There is only one most important reason, and that is that the hole in the pension is too large. If retirement is not delayed, the pension will collapse at a certain point.In addition, we have implemented such a strict family planning policy here, the follow-up people really cannot support so many elderly people.Many people don't know what the Chinese dream really means, but an aging society is definitely not a dream, and there is a basic consensus on this.

As for why there is such a big hole in the pension, in addition to the above reasons, more questions should be asked to the leaders of the Commission for Discipline Inspection and the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, whether there are pensions flowing into the black box, and how many civil servants do not have to pay pensions. gold, but enjoy pension benefits higher than those of social workers.Although money is hard to buy when you grow old and thin, if your pension is so thin, it may be difficult to make up for it even when you retire at 65.

Generally speaking, if a company encounters difficulties in its operation, in addition to innovating to solve difficulties, it is nothing more than two modes of increasing revenue and reducing expenditure.Open source, of course, should be for the whole people to provide for the pension and the whole people should pay the pension. Those who originally only earn wages and do not need to pay are also brought into this system. We still have so many monopolistic state-owned enterprises. In theory, the profits they earn should be For the redistribution of national wealth, it is a matter of course to withdraw more profits to pension accounts.To reduce expenditure, it is necessary to reduce the treatment of those who receive excess pensions.If we really want to solve this problem, Sangong Consumption will come up with a small percentage figure, I am afraid that it will not be necessary to delay our retirement by a few years.

The problem is that all the solutions now are not the real "top-level design" that the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security said, but all looking at the people below, struggling to dig three feet in the already barren place and improve it for five years. The way is not called solving problems, but called drinking poison to quench thirst.Are there any examples of people who survived drinking poison to quench their thirst?None as far as I know, not a single one.

Why is the year-end bonus of state-owned enterprises so high?

According to a survey by The Beijing News, 71% of the interviewed state-owned enterprises and 64% of the interviewed private enterprises will increase their year-end bonuses, while only 52% of the interviewed foreign companies will increase their year-end bonuses.Experts from Career International believe that in the salary structure of state-owned enterprises, the year-end bonus accounts for a relatively high proportion. Compared with the usual salary, the year-end bonus is of special importance to employees, so most state-owned enterprises choose to increase the year-end bonus.In 2012, the European debt crisis spread, the global economy fluctuated, and the operation of foreign companies was more easily affected by the international situation. Therefore, compared with state-owned and private companies, the proportion of interviewed foreign companies who lowered their year-end bonuses was the highest, reaching 39%.

Before the Spring Festival, it is normal for everyone to care about the year-end bonus, especially now that prices are high, more money is always a good thing.However, so many state-owned enterprises and private enterprises have raised their year-end bonuses, among which the proportion of state-owned enterprises is the highest. of special importance".Because the salary income of state-owned enterprises cannot be considered low on weekdays, and the year-end bonus is the icing on the cake. The special importance of "special" does not mean that it supplements the lack of daily income, but that many employees of state-owned enterprises have already regarded this part of their income as part of their income. part of normal income.

I'm probably not talking nonsense, after all, I worked in a state-owned enterprise for several years and knew the income status.To say that the company whose salary is not high on weekdays and counts on the year-end bonus is really not a state-owned enterprise, but employees of various private enterprises and foreign enterprises.The purpose of giving year-end bonuses by private enterprises is not only to allow employees to share in the profits of the company, but also to stabilize the workforce.If you don't do business, you don't know that the stability of the workforce is often one of the most troublesome issues for private business owners, and in some cases it is even more worrying than the profit.State-owned enterprises are often not so worried about this aspect. After all, the treatment and security of state-owned enterprises are better now, and the workforce is relatively more stable.

In fact, from the attitude towards year-end awards, we can see the different cultural connotations of state-owned enterprises, private enterprises, and foreign enterprises.

For various reasons, private enterprises must increase the number of year-end bonuses as long as they can afford it. This is a way of expressing their business strategy, while foreign enterprises link the company's benefits with the benefits of employees. The damaged corporate culture is among them.

It is difficult for state-owned enterprises to say in this regard.I don't quite believe that under the overall economic environment last year, the profits of state-owned enterprises will increase compared with the previous two years. Even if the increase is the result of the state's blood transfusion support.But no matter what the situation is, the mentality of employees of state-owned enterprises that regard year-end bonuses as a necessity for annual growth will not change.

This is the difference in culture.We know that state-owned enterprises are owned by the state, that is to say, there is no specific owner, and they can only be called a general title: state-owned.According to this definition, every citizen has a part, but in fact it is impossible to divide the state-owned enterprises into so many shares. In the end, it will either be owned by the operator, or it will be owned by everyone, and no one cares about the future development. what kind.

This is the reason why employees of state-owned enterprises cannot share fate with the enterprise and only seek profits. After all, they do not own a piece of property.The leaders of state-owned enterprises also know this state, and it is impossible not to meet the expectations of employees, and this company is not his, so they are happy to give employees more year-end bonuses.

Therefore, under such a corporate culture, although we have many aircraft carriers organized by state-owned enterprises that rank very high in the world, they are often large but not strong, and they do not really have that kind of competitiveness. Only with the support of the state can we become a giant enterprise, and the real competitiveness is still very scarce.

Is it difficult to find a job or choose a job?

Over the past year, I have opened a restaurant and several fast food restaurants. In addition to coping with various inspections and rising material costs, the biggest headache is that it is too difficult to recruit people, especially after entering this year, it seems that the waiters have disappeared in Beijing. As a white-collar worker in a high-rise office building, it is even more difficult to find a qualified waiter.It is said that the current conditions of the catering industry are not low. After including board and lodging, there is still a monthly income of more than 2000. On the ground in Beijing, the small white-collar workers are all dependents, and even the wages are not enough. I don’t know why they can’t be hired. People.

Therefore, when I saw this news, I was not in a good mood: "The number of college graduates nationwide this year will reach 699 million, an increase of 2012 from 19, which is the year with the largest number of college graduates since the founding of New China." Speaking of which, this is a manifestation of high employment pressure, but it is estimated that college students who cannot find a job will come to work in my restaurant, and in the traditional Chinese consciousness, the more highly educated, the less willing to work in the service industry Work.And our university has expanded its enrollment to this point, and in a few years it should reach the level where all young people are college students. I am afraid that it will be even more difficult for an industry like ours to find suitable personnel.

My business friends are basically complaining about the difficulty of recruiting, and the newspapers say that it is difficult to get a job. There must be something strange about it.After I posted on Weibo about the difficulty of recruiting people for catering, I roughly understood what went wrong.

Many people say that serving dishes after college is not only due to the lack of leisure time due to the particularity of the catering industry, but also makes it hard to hold up your head when you say it, and you may not find a boyfriend or girlfriend.Some people say this: Although the income of small white-collar workers is not high and the pressure is very high, they can always hang out with friends on weekends.

You see, this is not a problem of difficulty in employment, but a problem of difficulty in choosing a job.When I was abroad, I really didn’t think there was anything wrong with serving dishes. Especially, many college students didn’t think this job was so unbearable, no matter whether they worked part-time during holidays to earn pocket money, or temporarily used waiter jobs as a transition after graduation. Everyone takes it for granted.Serving others and being served by others are two sides of the same coin. Treating the service industry as a low class is probably not what a modern youth does.

The meaning of this is not to say that all college students should serve dishes, but that in the process of engaging in the service industry, not only can they see all kinds of human emotions, but they can also exercise their sense of service.In fact, when we walk in society, professional ability is of course very important, and service awareness is sometimes more important. Unless you are so important that others cannot ignore it, or it is so unimportant that no one cares, otherwise, serving others is The most important lesson in your career.

And the attitude of being a human being established in this kind of service awareness is often beneficial for a lifetime, and can benefit others.I have a friend born in the 80s who also worked in a restaurant for a period of time after graduating from university. Although he is not particularly successful now, he is still considered a high-level white-collar worker.During the Sichuan earthquake, he participated in the rescue work of the Shanghai GM Chengdu Angkola Post-80s Che Youhui. When he came back, he told me that this rescue was not to cause trouble, but to truly serve the victims and cooperate with them. Good formal rescue, these consciousnesses and behaviors are not unrelated to his work in the service industry.

As far as my personal understanding is concerned, if our society is to become a civil society, in addition to adhering to our own rights and unremitting pursuit of morality, we must also have a sense of service, understand the needs of others, and understand the needs of others. Feeling.A society with modern values ​​is bound to be a polite and knowledgeable society. Even if you don’t work as a waiter all your life, you might as well start with this job—this is really not my job advertisement for my industry.

locked in a cage for money

As soon as the Spring Festival travel season began, there was a lot of news about trains, from train tickets to mineral water, and now finally on the issue of boxed lunches.

A reporter took part of the bullet train to experience the problem of eating. The 10 yuan box lunch was cut off, the 8 yuan eight-treasure porridge was cut off, and the instant noodles were not available. The staff explained that they had already sold out.A flight attendant said, there are 15 yuan of instant noodles, would you still buy a 40 yuan box lunch? At the end of 2011, the Ministry of Railways required to ensure that passenger trains have mineral water below 2 yuan and lunch boxes below 15 yuan, and the supply must not be cut off.

It is really shameless to say shameless about this matter, and it is really helpless to say helpless.Over the years, I have traveled more by plane and less by train. I usually choose high-speed trains and high-speed trains. I have no chance to enjoy long-term rides. I don’t know how much the box lunch on the train is. It seems that the things on the train are more expensive. of.However, this thing is also more common at the airport, anyway, things in these places are not cheap.

To be fair, there are economic reasons why things are expensive in these places.Whether it's a train or an airport, they all belong to a closed space away from competition, and what they sell is this location and scarcity.The location of the airport is often far away from the urban area. If you want to buy something, there is no room for price comparison. The train is naturally more ruthless. After getting on the train, it is completely self-contained and cannot get off at all. This gives the railway department a closed cage to grab room for money.

I remember that in the first few years, some cheap fast food was introduced to the airport because of my dissatisfaction with the airport. For example, there is KFC in the Capital Airport, but the location is remote, and there are no promotions that other stores usually use.This also shows that in a field where sellers have an advantage, pricing power belongs to them.This is the shamelessness of putting customers in cages and stealing money.

But helplessness is rarely mentioned.The food and beverage outlets in the airport are probably not inherently expensive, it is forced out by the high store fees, and we learned from the reporter's interview that the low-level employees who sell food and beverages on the train, their income comes from wages and commissions, If they sell for more money, they will earn more.With the help of this temporary monopoly, they naturally struggled for their own income.This is indeed not their fault. After all, what they can get is a small head, and they will not be the ones who really make money.

You see, resource-based monopoly will cause such a result, and this result really cannot be solved in the way of market economy.After all, not everyone can build an airport, and not everyone can lay a railway. As long as there is such a resource-based monopoly, this kind of problem will definitely arise.

I am not criticizing the role of the market economy, but to explain that under certain circumstances, relying solely on market means cannot solve the problem. At this time, adjustment and management from the government must be needed to make things more rational.This rationalization itself is also relative. Even in foreign countries, the food and drink at the airport and on the train will be relatively high, but it is not as ridiculously high as here.

Based on this matter, I would like to discuss the issue of the boundaries of government power.In the eyes of many people who believe in the free market, as long as everything is handed over to the market, comprehensive rationalization will naturally occur, and the main role of the government is to be a supervisor and server.This concept is correct in most fields, even in the oil industry, which is related to the country's strategic resources.In this regard, this kind of thinking cannot achieve the purpose of benefiting the people, and it will inevitably require the intervention of government power.

However, the government’s intervention in economic activities should be limited by this. Only in places where the market cannot reach, the government’s power can form a positive effect in order to increase the overall happiness of society. If this commandment is not followed, it should have an effect Some places cannot be used because of interest groups, and if they manage indiscriminately where they should stop, the world may be in chaos.This is precisely when it should strike again, depending on whether it really wants to, and there is no other reason to escape responsibility.

Nowhere to rest the hearts of parents
A few days ago when I got up in the morning, the manager in charge of my e-commerce business called and said that something happened to Fonterra, a New Zealand milk powder giant. A certain batch of raw powder was suspected to be contaminated with botulism. There are a total of eight milk powder manufacturers. There are 3 companies involved in China, and Keruikang, a well-known milk powder brand, has issued a recall order for two batches of milk powder.Unfortunately, milk powder happens to be one of the items in my online store, and Keruikang is still selling well.Of course, we must pay attention to this matter. Fortunately, there are no products of those two batches.

It took another day to find out that this batch of Keruikang milk powder was directly recalled without even being put on the shelves, and the government also suspended the import of milk powder from New Zealand.Naturally, the business in this area cannot be done, but the loss of Sangyu and the gain of Dongyu, the sales volume of the Japanese milk powder I run has soared. At present, it has more than four times the original sales volume, which is more than enough to make up for the loss.When the British "Daily Telegraph" interviewed me about my views on this matter, I reported this "good news" to it, but the other party was also speechless for a long time.

There are a total of eight milk powder companies involved. Fonterra first found the problem in self-inspection and reported it to the New Zealand government. Then its subsidiary Keruikang notified the recall situation. At this time, the other companies involved have not spoken yet. .In the next two days, other companies came out to announce that their products were recalled or that they were fine, but Abbott Milk Powder still wanted not to reveal their identities, and they were not spared in the end.

What many people don’t know is that Fonterra is the largest raw powder supplier in the world. Although the so-called “New Zealand Milk Source” milk powder has a variety of brands, the raw powder is probably provided by this company.When melamine was exposed that year, it was also attributable to this company.This time something happened to it, no matter how much it handled it in accordance with business ethics, it was still criticized by the domestic media, as if the accident of foreign milk powder could prove that "the world is as black as crows" is a universal truth.

Personally, I still trust such a company, even if something like this happens to it.It's not that I distribute its products - I distribute four brands of milk powder, they are not the best sellers - but if we see how things are handled, we will find that such a company has qualified business Morality, this is reported to the New Zealand government by itself, instead of quietly notifying various manufacturers to take it off the shelves and replace it.Had it done so, it would likely have avoided such an uproar and would have far less economic damage.

Doing business will always encounter problems of one kind or another. Even space shuttles, which are cautious and high-tech, will go wrong, let alone mass-produced industrial products?I have also been in business for many years, and I have never seen a company that has never had an accident, especially a large company, the greater the probability of an accident.However, the handling after the accident is very different. Whether a company is trusted and whether a government is responsible is probably reflected here.Recalling the actions of our local manufacturers and the local government after the melamine incident, it is estimated that even if such an incident happens to a company like Fonterra, if the two are compared, such a company can still be trusted.

The point is that this kind of trust is no longer limited to one type of milk powder, but extends to all milk powder, as long as it is foreign. This is why after this milk powder accident, the sales of other brands of milk powder in my store began to increase.Let's put it this way, as long as the child is his own, parents who probably have some connections or little money will not let their children eat domestic milk powder.

And once this kind of trust is established, it is difficult to break, especially in the environment where domestic milk powder or other products are in a situation that cannot be trusted. How can it be possible to hit foreign products in one accident and protect domestic brands? convoy?Banknotes are votes, and what is elected is public opinion.

Install an attendance machine for parents' home

There is a law that seems to have begun to be implemented called the "Law on the Protection of the Rights and Interests of the Elderly", which stipulates that children should "go home and have a look". This is very confusing.

It is in some sense doubtful that such a law would be of any use.For example, how to qualitatively and quantitatively confirm that "often" is a problem, one week, one month, half a year?Of course, going only once a year is by no means "frequent".But one of the most important characteristics of the law is predictability, that is to say, after breaking the law, everyone should know what kind of punishment they will receive. Laws that cannot be quantified are often not really enforceable laws, or some kind of law that can become a "basket". "The law, as free as you want, has become a certain prerogative of judges.

In fact, when we think about it, how to prove this law is enough to cause headaches. It is estimated that even if you go to see your parents, you probably won’t keep the round-trip ticket or shopping invoice. Well, the other party said that you didn't see anyone, and I'm afraid that this matter can only be obtained by installing a fingerprint punching machine at your parents' house. Could it be that the sales of this thing have not been good recently, and administrative promotion is needed?
Speaking of the difficulty of proving evidence, some people in the legal profession believe that this kind of law is basically not for ordinary people, but for elderly people who bring lawsuits in court. It can be used as a basis for punishment. If you don’t go back and read Elderly, as long as your parents have no objection, the law will not take the initiative to take you to your parents' house by the police or the aunt of the neighborhood committee.This is of course reasonable, but there is still a problem here.

Visiting the elderly includes respecting the elderly and caring for the young and other things that are basically moral in society. It is true that abuse of the elderly violates the law, but whether it is "often" or not is basically a default relationship between the personal living environment and the family. It is regulated by the moral level. The law should be in a state of inaction in this regard. Even morality itself cannot be punished. It is promoted through rewards and cannot be prevented through punishment.Elevating the moral level to legal provisions, it really cannot be said that the concept of the legal system has made much progress.

More importantly, is it reliable to use this kind of law to restrain people's behavior in modern society?The society we are facing is a place where the pace is getting faster and faster. The experience of doing business in these years can prove an old saying: sailing against the current, if you don’t advance, you will retreat, or you will keep going forward, or you will be eliminated.As a member of the society who has no choice but to be coerced by society, sometimes it's not that I don't want to be filial, but I can't.This is still in the same city as their parents. Those migrant workers who are not in the same city as their parents may be suspected of breaking the law.Treating a helpless situation as an illegal act, this law is really impersonal.

As for good wishes such as guaranteeing workers' family leave, I am afraid that the workers themselves will not recognize it.In a company, if you take a vacation, unless you are unimportant or in a state-owned enterprise, there is really no redundant person who can replace your job. Many people will even give up the normal annual leave, let alone this kind of family leave.Putting a law that cannot be enforced here is equivalent to putting everyone in a position where they can be convicted at any time. What does this mean, I am afraid I dare not think about it.

I think that if the legislature really wants to rectify certain social phenomena, they should not start with such nonsensical laws, but seriously study the causes of this phenomenon. If they don’t have time, I have a few suggestions for you. its reference.

First of all, should we change our household registration system?Let the increasing number of urban migrant workers bring their parents to the city to live a normal life.Secondly, should social security be improved?Many people dare not take vacations or leave their jobs. What they fear is that they will not be able to survive in case of unemployment or other situations.Third, why don't we try to change the family planning policy?A child is desperately carrying his life, so naturally he will seldom visit the elderly. Two children will relieve this state to some extent.

There is one more important point.We always see in the news that all kinds of heroes never enter the house three times, and their parents are sick and die and stick to their jobs. You can’t promote this kind of value while emphasizing another kind of value with the law, can you?It was too schizophrenic too.

Don't consume our civilian heroes

Just a few days ago, a Hangzhou bus driver, Mr. Wu Bin, was driving on the highway when a broken brake wheel smashed the window and hit Mr. Wu Bin, causing Mr. Wu serious internal injuries on the spot.Master Wu endured the pain and parked the car safely to ensure the safety of the passengers. He eventually died of his injuries.

After the incident was reported by the media, all kinds of compliments poured in.A certain newspaper even interviewed me and asked me to share my thoughts on it.In fact, after seeing Master Wu's behavior, the first word that came to my mind was not such big words as hero and feat, but these two words: profession.As a driver, it is a high degree of professionalism coupled with the driver's instinct to stay calm in the face of danger and stop the car according to the operating procedures after being injured. A hero is definitely a hero. In terms of professional ethics, he is a civilian hero.

What is the so-called professional ethics?This is the minimum standard that a person must achieve in a certain profession, and it is also the highest pursuit of a person during this profession.It's very simple, that is, those who sell meat guarantee to sell good meat, and those who raise pigs raise pigs according to the regulations, just like the slogan "Genuine goods at a fair price, no deception" on the shops in the old society, it is regarded as having professional ethics.Do you think it's difficult?It doesn't look difficult, but in fact it is quite difficult at least here.

Someone once said that we are a "mutually harmful society". In short, the butcher knows that the meat he sells is not good, so he doesn't eat it, but he buys vegetables from the vegetable vendor instead. , and it's hard to say whether the vegetable vendor's dishes are sprayed with some kind of brightener.At the same time, a person who didn't know that vegetables and meat were poisonous bought them innocently, but his job was to sell poisoned milk powder, and the vegetable and meat sellers had children at home.This is the true portrayal of the mutual harm society, and this is just food, and other aspects are not optimistic.

When actions driven by professional ethics become a rarity in a society, Master Wu's behavior naturally has a distinctive meaning.It should be said that Master Wu's behavior will be regarded as a hero everywhere, just like those firefighters who rushed into the fire without hesitation. They should be civilian heroes and can be commemorated, but they will not be elevated to a certain level.

It is very regrettable that such a civilian hero seems to be officially consumed again.A certain nerve of the official responded quickly, and all kinds of honors came one after another, and even the posthumous title of "revolutionary martyr" was used.This makes people laugh and cry. The revolution can’t be said nonsense. Driving on the road has nothing to do with the revolution. If it really has the connotation of the revolution, I don’t know whose life it is morally.

An article in the Global Times said that the rebuilding of a good society depends on the common people at the bottom. It said that the common people at the bottom of Chinese society are still very kind. The above facts also show that there is a broad and deep foundation for a good society at the bottom of Chinese society.”

This is true in theory, but in fact it is absurd.The formation of a mutual harm society did not happen overnight. This is a Liangshan society, not a benevolent society.There is no kindness at the foot of Liangshan, and there is a lot of protection money.Mutual harm for protection money is probably the only choice for many people.In this environment, what kind of benevolent society is being talked about, and it is also required to be spontaneously generated from the bottom of the people, I really don't know what it means.

And even this spontaneous budding was immediately hijacked by the government in various ways and incorporated into the pantheon of official goodness, greatly reducing the appeal of civilian heroes.Many people and things that can really increase the kindness of society have finally become tablets and role models under the propaganda that the official has no aesthetic ability, so that people lose the ability to recall their own kindness.Under this kind of hijacking, civilian heroes also changed their tastes.

Controlling is a joke
In a sense, housing prices are the top priority of Chinese people, and also the pain of urbanites.Some time ago, "Guangzhou Daily" published a piece of news titled "Qing Lu died of love because she couldn't afford a wedding room, used cockroach medicine to cook hot pot and stabbed each other." They both committed suicide after starting the house. First, they put the cockroach medicine in the hot pot, and then washed the pot with water to see if they didn’t die. Then they stabbed each other. As a result, the girl died and the boy survived.When I read this news, I shuddered completely, because I couldn't imagine how two people should feel when eating poisonous hot pot. It is a kind of prolongation of the death process.It is even more terrifying to kill your lover with a knife.If the housing price has driven people to this point, I think some decision makers should really try the hot pot of cockroach medicine.Of course, I hope that the cockroach medicine is still effective this time.

Regrettably, this kind of thing did not happen, but a former Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development expert came out and said: "Everyone's understanding of the implementation of the policy and the goal of the policy is not accurate. Housing prices have maintained steady growth, and the word 'growth' is there."

In fact, the expert said a lot of reasonable things in this interview with the media. It is unfair to single out this sentence. .

The reason why we are being scolded is actually that we, as ordinary people, have a misunderstanding, that is, the word "regulation" in our opinion means that prices should be lowered so that ordinary people can afford houses.Many people don't pay attention to the specific wording of the so-called "regulation", but they just have such a preconceived impression.But this impression is wrong, at least in the foreseeable future, house prices can only rise but not fall.

From the very beginning, too much expectation has been placed on real estate, which has become an important pillar of China's economic growth. Especially in this state, most local governments should have been technically bankrupt long ago, because they gave banks The collateral is often land. If real estate prices fall, technical bankruptcy is completely untechnical and can only be a naked bad debt.In recent years, in order to stimulate economic development, the government has printed a large amount of banknotes. These banknotes must be deposited by an industry, and real estate is the best deposit.

Moreover, real estate is not a single industry. There are so many upstream and downstream industries that it is hard for outsiders to imagine. A large number of enterprises rely on this industry to support them. Once the price falls, they don’t even need to cut prices by half. As long as the price is reduced by 20%, the overall economy will inevitably suffer.Many people think that they can afford a house when the real estate price falls. This is completely an illusion. Once the price of the house drops to the point where low- and middle-income earners can afford it, our current economy must have collapsed. If you You are lucky if you still have a job at the time, and buying a house should not be in your expected plan.

Although I sympathize with the young couple who took drugs and stabbed each other, I must also say: it is unrealistic to plan to buy a house at a very young age, even in foreign countries where the income ratio is relatively high, just graduated or just working It won't be easy to buy a house for a few years.

But whether it is the young couple or the common people's misreading of "regulation", one thing is reflected, that is, it is really difficult for us to see the hope of being able to afford a house with normal income growth and future expectations.In the eyes of many people, "regulation" that may be effective can only be "ridicule" in a certain sense.

The reason is very simple, because too many interests are involved. The government is not only the owner of the land, but also the maker of the entire rules, and the ultimate beneficiary. There is no impulse to cause them to focus more on the real economy In terms of the revitalization of land finance - land finance comes in quickly and there are many gray areas, which will inevitably lead to the impulse of high corruption.

Therefore, the "regulation" expected by the whole people is actually a game for teasing you. In the seemingly reasonable economic deduction, there is a connotation that cannot be said, cannot be said, and dare not be said.I still have the same question: who should use cockroach medicine to cook hot pot?

human rubber band

According to media reports, it was learned from the No.16 meeting of the Standing Committee of the Shenzhen Municipal People's Congress that the "Regulations on the Promotion of Gender Equality in the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone", which had received much attention before, deleted the 10-day parental leave, "male "Caring Day", women's flexible retirement and other regulations, that is to say, the humanization regulations that were widely praised at the time have deleted some of the most important content, and it is hard to say how much effect they can have.

But it cannot be said that the idea of ​​canceling these provisions is completely unjustified.For example, "if a family has a baby under 3 years old, new parents can enjoy 10 days of 'parental leave' every year". The specified time is as long as 10 days, and the current business situation is not good, which is not conducive to economic development, so it is requested to delete the relevant content.Chen Di, chairman of the Shenzhen Municipal People's Congress's Legal Affairs Committee, also said that after careful research, the Legal Affairs Committee believes that under the current circumstances, increasing incentive holidays will increase the burden on companies; at the same time, due to the longer holidays, companies will be more reluctant to hire female employees. , thereby hindering the employment of female employees.

Statutory holidays should be stipulated by the state, and should not be stipulated by local governments. It is basically nonsense. In fact, many places have special regulations due to their own special circumstances. Regional holidays such as the Torch Festival in minority areas are examples.Sure, it's a holiday for minorities, but having a baby isn't something every year, everyone does.Local ordinances provide for this aspect and do not necessarily violate the principles of local legislation.

In fact, concerns about the economy are the more important reason.If holidays are officially stipulated, whether workers use them is one thing, but it is another matter for companies to implement corresponding wage and other policies according to statutory holidays.Just like working overtime on various festivals, you get normal wages for rest, and double or triple wages for overtime work.If there are more holidays, the company will naturally have to pay more wage costs. Anyway, there will be no one in the position, or there will be less money on the account.

It is really touching that relevant departments in Shenzhen are so considerate of enterprises.Based on its special geographical location and preferential policies, Shenzhen has become a special economic zone in China. It is not necessarily wrong to think about everything from the perspective of enterprises.But no matter what business is run by people, some workers’ rights were sacrificed in order to develop the economy back then. Now it’s hard to think of humanization, and the economy is tightened again. The result of the see-saw between the two is the rubber band of human nature. It retracted again.

In fact, I personally agree with another reason, that is, long holidays will make companies reluctant to hire female employees, thus hindering the employment of female employees.

This reason is a real phenomenon. Due to their own physiological characteristics and the state's protection of female fertility, women are indeed at a disadvantage in the workplace.I also run a business myself, if one day my competent colleague suddenly told me that she was going to have a baby, I would probably feel a "hum" in my head.If you can't go to work for several months, it is not only troublesome to find someone to replace you temporarily, but it may also cause some jobs to break.I remember it was said in the news that some companies require female employees not to have children for a few years. Although it seems quite inhumane, if you don’t run a business, you really don’t know the helplessness.

How to solve this problem, to be honest, no one has a solution, unless the human reproduction mode changes, otherwise this is an unsolvable problem.In fact, I have an idea, that is, if the company provides such holidays and benefits, this part can be offset against some taxes.We know that corporate taxes are still quite high now, and if we can reduce or exempt some of them in this way, companies will not suffer losses and workers will enjoy benefits.Of course, taxes will be less.But you can't think about charging more money and humanized management at the same time, without delaying both sides, right?
Those poor Chenghua pigs
Two days ago, there was a news saying that we might not be able to eat authentic twice-cooked pork again. This is because authentic twice-cooked pork is made from a breed of pig called "Chenghua pig" through various cooking techniques. , but this kind of pig is now rare, mainly because of the meat yield and the feeding cycle, most farmers no longer raise it.

This is really not good news for the majority of foodies.Of course, most people have never eaten authentic twice-cooked pork, because authentic twice-cooked pork not only needs some special pig meat, but also needs bean paste from a certain place and a special combination of onion and garlic. "Eating" has always been very particular.

It is not surprising that there is one less authentic dish. In the long history of mankind, many famous things have been lost. For example, the famous "sow breast stuffed with thorn sea urchin" in ancient Rome, you just restored it The charm of this dish, presumably not too many people dare to eat it.But the disappearance of a type of pig is more puzzling, especially when the pig is actually quite valuable—after all, twice-cooked pork is still delicious.

If this news is correct, there are several reasons for the disappearance of this pig breed.

First, publicity is certainly not enough.By the way, how many people who read my column know how to make authentic twice-cooked pork?Its material selection, ingredients, and cooking can only be mastered by a professional foodie like me, and you may not know why this kind of pig meat is suitable for this dish and other dishes.

Second, consumers are still quite sensitive to prices.Although our economy has developed rapidly in recent years, it must be admitted that our burden has become heavier and heavier, and social security is really not that good.In this state, I am afraid that many people are not happy to spend more money to buy special pork for a mouthful of authentic twice-cooked pork.

Third, let’s assume that you have no worries about food and clothing, and you are willing to spend money to taste the delicacies in life, but you may still have a doubt: Is what I spent a lot of money on is the real Chenghua pig?Unfortunately, this may be the most important reason, that is, in the state of lack of integrity, many people dare not believe that they can buy real goods. As a rational economic person, our most likely choice is not to spend such money. A lot of money to verify that I am not being regarded as a fool.

This last question is a real question for consumers.So far, our food safety has been besieged on all sides, and this has also led to the phenomenon of excessively high credit costs.In any field, high quality and low price are just a gimmick, and the real value is what you pay for. If you really see high quality and low price things, it is at most a means to tempt you to continue to consume. Reflect the real value of the commodity.

But what we often see here is that high prices do not necessarily mean high quality, but low-priced products are used to fill up the number, and even some famous merchants will charge up with inferior products. Consumers cannot be experts. After being fooled a few times, they will still be fools. That's something no one would do.At the same time, if any type of product can become famous, people will follow up immediately, and soon this market will be spoiled, and there will be a large number of cases of fake products, and finally this market will be abandoned.

A state like this breed would not have occurred if it hadn't been so often the case.Because if there is a society with good credit, there will be consumers who like and can afford this kind of pork, and the farmers can also make reasonable profits because they can sell it at a high price, so they will not all turn to raise cheaper meat. Pig breeds with larger quantities and shorter breeding cycles, everyone gets what they need in the market, forming a good ecology.

The only consolation here is that the government has a plan for the protection of farmed species. Even if farmers no longer raise certain species, there are special institutions to maintain the basic population of this species.This is probably a state of exhaustion.From this point of view, maybe when the society turns around, those of us who never forget the authentic twice-cooked pork will have the opportunity to taste that taste again.

Why don't migrant workers get on the 120 bus
Two days ago, someone broke the news that at noon on November 11, a migrant worker died after lying under the Zhengbian Road overpass on Zhongzhou Avenue in Zhengzhou City for more than 30 days.During the period, people from 20 and the aid station came and went, unwilling to accept them.This news certainly aroused the indignation of many people. After all, we are the second largest economy in the world. It is said that every citizen cannot be provided with free medical care. It's a good deed.

Seeing the raging public opinion, the 120 emergency center in Zhengzhou came out first to respond: they did receive calls from citizens, they also dispatched emergency vehicles to the scene, and they did conduct basic checks on them, and when the patients did not go to the hospital, the first aid The doctor in the car also gave the patient the only 5 yuan in the overalls.Later, they received a call saying that there was no response from someone, so they went out again and found a dead body with no vital signs. They handed it over to the police and evacuated.It was not stated whether the two trips were aimed at the same person, but it looked like the same person.They said that if the patient is unwilling to go to the hospital or does not need emergency treatment, they will not take the person away.

I personally believe what the 120 emergency center described.In fact, this situation is not surprising. If you think about it, if you are a city resident who suddenly becomes ill, you must not be afraid to be taken away by the 120 ambulance. After all, most urban residents now have social security, even if you don’t have social security There are a few relatives and friends. In short, we can still afford part of the medical expenses, so we will not be afraid of going to the hospital.

But let's imagine how a migrant worker who goes to the city thinks about it.He does not have much experience in urban life, even if he has been in the city for many years, he will not understand the logic of urban life, because his work and life are various construction sites and surroundings, living in this city, but outside of this city life .He will not know a fact that has been realized in many places: if you really have no money at all, in this case, you can also pass certain procedures to allow you to exempt or partially exempt certain treatment fees. If the people come over, the assistance they give you should be free of charge.

I remember that many years ago I helped a public welfare organization publish a free book "Handbook for Migrant Workers Migrating to the City", which talked about various legal and administrative issues they may face, and what they should do to protect themselves s right.Did it mention how to protect myself in such an extreme situation? I don’t remember it anymore. It seems that I didn’t mention it. After all, social assistance at that time was not as large as it is today.

Things like social security and social assistance do not belong to wine, so don’t be afraid of deep alleys. You have to let others know what you are doing and how they can enjoy this benefit.It should be said that in many of our life experiences, it is difficult to recall how we have enjoyed such social benefits. Sometimes we can only rely on ourselves in society and it has become a certain fixed impression.

Therefore, I would suggest that when governments at all levels apply for those work permits, they should also distribute a booklet to migrant workers who are going to work in cities, which clearly states where they should get help and how to maintain it if certain situations happen. own interests.Only after doing this for a period of time will they feel that they are really a part of this country, not just strangers in this society.

It is not easy to go up and down to the countryside

Ding Lei, the boss of NetEase, went to raise pigs. At the beginning, it was basically regarded as a joke in the industry. After a few years, everyone began to take this matter more seriously, and it was also seen that Ding Lei is a good entrepreneur. It's really not the same as other people's thinking.The trend in recent years has become more and more obvious, that is, the cultivation, breeding and sales of agricultural products will become more and more high-profit industries.

In fact, in recent years, more and more industrial and commercial enterprises have begun to consider or have already implemented investment in agricultural projects. In view of the backwardness of our policies, it was proposed in the recent No. [-] Central Document to encourage and guide urban industrial and commercial capital to rural areas. Develop the planting and breeding industry suitable for enterprise management.The person in charge of the Department of Rural Economic System and Operation Management of the Ministry of Agriculture recently stated that in the future, on the basis of adhering to the household contract management system, it will guide urban industrial and commercial capital to invest in agriculture and rural areas, and adopt methods such as companies plus farmers, companies plus farmers professional cooperatives, and contract farming.

Hearing the word lead gives me a headache.Things like capital have a sense of smell, and it is the basic common sense of commercial society that there will be profits wherever there is profit.Given that the prices of agricultural products continue to rise, and food safety has become more and more important to Chinese people, some companies have already begun to invest in this field. Ding Lei’s pig raising is nothing. The reason why he can be regarded as a benchmark is because of the Internet and pig raising. It’s just that the contrast is too big. It’s like a supermodel suddenly became a bus conductor, but there are still many companies that quietly enter the village and don’t want to shoot. They have already started the rural land enclosure movement.

In fact, for industrial and commercial enterprises to invest in rural areas, what is most needed is not guidance, but the removal of binding policies in this regard.One of the most should be lifted is the land ownership restrictions.

Many companies interested in investing in rural areas know that the most likely problem now is the issue of land property rights.Theoretically speaking, rural land does not belong to individuals, but to collective ownership.This collective ownership system is similar to the state-owned system of urban land, that is, there is no real property owner, and it becomes whoever manages who owns it.Although there is a land contract management system, property rights are still not clear enough.

If rural land wants to generate benefits from large industrial and commercial investments, it must be operated on a large scale.Collective ownership has its advantages in this aspect. For example, if you negotiate with each village and township, you can get a large area of ​​farmland for operation, but this is where the problems often arise.Since the benefits are not directly returned to the farmers, it is not uncommon for them to be held back by the so-called "collective" managers. Many agricultural investments in the form of contracting will encounter opposition from farmers, and serious cases may even trigger mass incidents, eventually leading to investment failure. .

Another situation is that when the enterprise has been investing and operating for a period of time, the local collective owners covet its profits and forcibly take back the farmland, resulting in a large number of disputes.These problems caused by unclear property rights make many companies dare not increase investment in agriculture.

In view of the land ownership system we currently implement, it is really impossible to privatize it immediately. Only by carrying out some reforms with private property rights can we really revitalize rural land, such as permanent tenancy rights, which means that it is still legally collectively owned. , but the permanent attribution of the right to use is carried out, and then the farmer who owns the permanent tenancy right of the land is given the right to dispose of the land.

The identification of property rights of permanent tenancy rights is also beneficial to China's urbanization process.Now the empty-nest situation in rural areas is serious, and the income from the land is often insufficient, and migrant workers rarely enjoy various social security in the city. In addition to the income, it can also supplement the shortage of rural social security and relieve its worries.

If you are still worried about industrial and commercial enterprises annexing a large number of rural farmland and depriving farmers of their interests, we might as well look at this matter in reverse: if industrial and commercial enterprises use rural farmland for compensation under the framework of perpetual tenancy rights, compared with those that are collectively owned and actually managed All the substantive mergers of the former are at least much better, and the benefits for farmers will be much greater.This kind of worry itself is a false problem, a false worry under the discourse of ideology.

When will the conflict between doctors and patients stop?

A female doctor in Hebei fell to her death, and the scene was extremely strange.According to the news, it was the female doctor who accidentally fell from the third floor when leaving the room through the window, and the rescue failed and died.This mode of describing the scene is unheard of to me, and it probably creates a journalistic style: all the truth is told, but it is full of absurdity.

In fact, this incident is no different from other doctor-patient conflicts. Because of a medical incident, the female doctor was threatened, beaten, and then she tried to leave the room through the window, but unfortunately fell to her death.This point was mentioned in the news, but it was said in another way, so that I, a spectator, felt very uncomfortable.It's not that the Chunqiu brushwork can't be used, but it can't be used in this way.

I don't plan to do any analysis on the cause of this medical incident, except that my medical knowledge is only at the level of buying cold medicine for myself, and more importantly, what caused the conflict between doctors and patients to become so intensified today The extent is far more concerning than the straightness of an individual case.

It is said that a doctor should be a highly respected profession, from ancient witch doctors to doctors in modern developed countries.After all, this is a profession that controls our lives, and they spend much more time learning their own livelihood skills than other professions, and their social status and income are also higher than the average level of social white-collar workers.But here, the image of doctors is not like this. When we are sick and seek their help, while listening to their medical advice, there is always a voice in our hearts reminding us: Is there a kickback for the medicine he prescribed?If you have an operation, what size red envelope is appropriate?

If it is said that this is the consequence of the decline of the moral level of the whole people, I personally do not agree.I have dealt with the hospital a few times, and it may be because the doctors I met were all good doctors. The red envelopes are definitely not accepted, and the attitude is very sincere, and I can think of ways to help you save money.I personally think that this group, in a sense, has a relatively high moral standard in this society, no matter how terrible it is in the hearts of many people.Note that I'm talking about this group, not those individual cases.

This is due to the pride in their work itself.Just like in those years when I was a reporter, although I sometimes left red envelopes for car expenses after attending press conferences, I asked myself that I had never made fake news against my conscience, and most of the colleagues I knew did the same.But the image of journalists is also evil at certain times, and has not become the conscience of society.

This situation should be the result of the distrust that pervades the entire society.We know that even if doctors themselves clean their bodies out of a sense of professional honor, and most journalists write news out of conscience, they cannot change the society's impression of distrust of these groups, and this distrust is not only aimed at these two groups. A group where almost everyone lacks trust in everyone.

The work of a doctor is highly professional. In a country with a relatively high degree of mutual trust, if I do not have this kind of professional knowledge, I will trust people with professional knowledge. There are two aspects to ensure my trust in them: institutional constraints, morality bottom line.Institutional constraints are a tragedy in themselves, because after the industrialization of medical care, hospitals have a stronger desire to generate income, and under the pressure of the economy, their institutional constraints will inevitably become a formality in name only.

And if institutional constraints cannot actually operate, the moral bottom line can only be upheld by individuals.But we also know the famous saying: A good system can turn bad people into good people, and a bad system can make good people into bad people.The overall environment is like this, and the personal moral bottom line can only achieve results in a small area, and cannot change the overall state.

Therefore, before this state of mutual trust is changed, the conflict between doctors and patients will continue.In fact, all kinds of social contradictions will continue, and the contradiction between doctors and patients is just a microcosm of the whole society.

Why Beijing lost 60 temporary residents

Among the various allusions left by Bai Juyi, the most well-known one is probably the story of people making fun of his name.It is said that when he was young, he took his poems and articles and went to the capital to find a certain boss. When the boss saw his name, he said "Migui in the capital, and Baiju is not easy." After reading the article, his attitude changed, and he felt that he could write such a handwriting People who live in the capital can also live in this place in the capital.The capital city at that time was not Beijing, but rice in Beijing was relatively expensive, which may be the same in ancient and modern China and abroad.

Recently, there is a data that seems to be somewhat related to Beijing Migui.The Beijing Municipal Bureau of Statistics released the main statistical data of all districts and counties in 2011. The data shows that the temporary population of Beijing is 825.8 million, a decrease of 2010 compared with 60.According to the data of various districts and counties, Xicheng District has the highest average salary of on-the-job employees, with an average annual salary of nearly 11 yuan.

60 people is not a small number, roughly equivalent to the population of a county town leaving the hot land of Beijing.In the past two years, there was a saying called "escape from Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou", which was about this situation.We don’t know whether many people fled at that time, but judging from the situation last year, this relatively large-scale escape has begun.

The reason why this figure is related to Migui in Beijing is because the cost of living in Beijing has indeed risen sharply in the past two years.Unlike me, a native of Beijing who has a house and a car, many migrants need to spend on renting a house, which often becomes the largest part of their living expenses.The lower the income, the greater the proportion of expenditure in this area. Unless you work as a waiter in the catering industry, this is basically in charge of food and housing. If some small white-collar workers remove the expenses such as renting a house, the remaining I'm afraid the money is not much higher than the waiter - by the way, even if the food and housing are in charge, it will be more and more difficult for my restaurant to recruit people.

Another reason is that not all rice in the capital is expensive, but the government does not intend to let you save this part of the cost of living.For example, in the past two years, many small white-collar workers called ant tribe rented together. As a result, the government vigorously rectified the phenomenon of joint renting and group renting, and even demolished this kind of residential area by means of demolition.Speaking of group renting, there are indeed many security risks, but if these people who want to realize their dreams in Beijing don't even have a place to stand, maybe China will lose a few future big entrepreneurs.

In addition to this visible "rice price", there are some invisible things that are more expensive, such as Beijing household registration.

Speaking of which, the most important role of household registration is personal identification, but due to the inequality of economic and financial investment, the gold content of household registration is different.A household registration in a city like Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou is roughly equivalent to a passport in the United States or Canada, and there are many benefits behind it that cannot be enjoyed elsewhere.At least in terms of education, there is complete inequality. If the parents work in Beijing, not only will the children have to pay a lot of money to go to school, but they will have to go back to the place of origin to take the exam in the future.Everyone must know the admission score in Beijing.For this alone, the floating population is far from being able to compare with the locals in Beijing.

At the same time, people with non-local household registration in Beijing are subject to many restrictions on buying cars and houses.Buying a car in Beijing now requires a lottery. Unless you have paid taxes in Beijing for more than 5 years and have social security certificates for many years, you are not even eligible for the lottery.It can be said that Mi Gui on the surface is more or less tolerable, but this kind of Mi Gui in the dark is simply a kind of discrimination.When people with nonlocal household registration feel that there is no hope of being treated fairly, it will be a matter of time before they leave.

If nothing else, this trend will continue to worsen in the next few years. In addition, the future economic situation is not optimistic, and the urge to flee may become stronger.No one likes to be in a place where there is no hope for them.But for a city of Beijing's size and status, without a steady stream of migrants, I'm afraid there will be no hope.

Refreshing Golden Rice
As early as a few months ago, the Golden Rice incident in Hengyang, Hunan Province was exposed, and then we saw all kinds of denials appearing. The basic pattern is consistent with the process of official denials.But just recently, the spokesperson of the Ministry of Health made another response to the "Golden Rice" incident that revealed the results of the investigation last week, and will strengthen the management of scientific research projects to prevent such incidents from happening again. "This incident revealed that a small number of scientific researchers have weak legal awareness, lack of self-discipline in scientific ethics, and poor supervision of individual scientific research projects by the project undertaking unit."

The reason why the Golden Rice incident touches people's hearts is that although this experiment used rice approved by the United States, it was brought into the country by overseas researchers without informing the Chinese children and parents, and added it to the children's meals.In other words, the rice was eaten by the child without the permission of any institution and without the knowledge of any parent.The way this matter was handled is also quite interesting, with each family subsidizing 8 yuan.

Let's not talk about whether the 8 yuan should be paid by the government, but let's talk about what makes this matter so frustrating.

Genetically modified agricultural products have appeared a long time ago, and many products have already penetrated into our lives.Whether this thing has long-term harm, it should be said that it is still under debate.We laymen have no right to speak about this, after all, this is a very typical scientific problem.In any case, neither of the two aspects convinced a layman like me, and both felt that some of their logic was not self-consistent.As an ordinary person, you can only choose not to eat or eat less before there is no conclusion.

But there are parts of this that we laymen can understand, and that is whether or not the subjects should be told what they are doing.This does not belong to the category of science, it belongs to scientific ethics.

I remember that there is a very reasonable saying: things like war are too important to be left to the soldiers.What this means is that war is a major national event, and it cannot be completely left to the soldiers to decide. The bounden duty of soldiers is to fight, and their way of thinking is a deliberately cultivated war thinking.But fighting a war is not a good thing. If the subconsciousness of the guiding ideology is to use force, we will not be in the current world here.Even in Japan, which was militaristic back then, some people have said such a famous saying: Once a war starts, the thinking should be how to end it.

The same goes for science, "Science is too important to be entirely up to scientists".The difference between modern science and the pre-scientific era is that no matter how hard you tried in the pre-scientific era, the most you could do was blow up your house. At this time, many "results" of scientific research are more terrifying than atomic bombs.For example, physicists are discussing what a "vacuum" is, and maybe one day they will create one in some particle accelerator, and then this thing may destroy the universe-this is like science fiction, but it says Not necessarily true.

Under such a powerful science, it is necessary to pay attention to scientific ethics.Some people say that science is the spirit of seeking truth regardless of everything. This is a compliment to science and a warning to science.Similar to the ethical dilemma encountered by human cloning, many scientific researches are not without forbidden areas, which are some humanistic morals that currently constitute the social consensus.If only science is put first, society is in danger of disintegrating.

For example, if we accept that this kind of behavior of conducting experiments without notice is justified, it will inevitably first revise the moral view of our society, that is, some people can deprive them of their rights and conduct experiments arbitrarily, because the scientific truth-seeking spirit Already higher than the personal survival, health value.Once this idea is acquiesced, our society will probably become a Nazi concentration camp.

Therefore, the question is not whether Golden Rice is safe or not, but that such experiments must be approved and informed. This is a completely two-level issue, which cannot be covered by science and safety.By the way, in this farce, some science popularizers secretly changed concepts and used the safety of golden rice to confuse the scientific ethics that must be adhered to. It is hard to say that such science popularizers really intend to popularize science. Like a trumpeter.

Who will pay for oil quality
As a permanent resident living in Beijing, I really felt like a human vacuum cleaner some time ago.During those days, my mood was as bad as the dirty air outside, and I felt that I was living on a non-human land.Although there were more than 2000 million people in Beijing with me, and the air in the whole country was not good at that time, but this kind of thing probably can't feel better just because there are many people who are also unlucky.

Later, I heard that it was not entirely due to the heating in Beijing in winter, nor was it entirely due to the fact that there was no wind and rain during that time, but that there were too many cars in our city.This matter is also easy to handle. The government has parked one-third of official vehicles, and we can also take the bus without driving.

Thinking about it again, it must be wrong. I have lived in many big cities in the world, and I have never seen such a scene.New York has more cars than Beijing, but the air looks good.By the time I thought about this, some experts had already come out and said that it cannot be blamed entirely on too many cars, but on the poor quality of fuel in China.This is really infuriating, because we are burning the most expensive fuel in the world and driving the most expensive car in the same class, and finally found out that it is not that we are not environmentally friendly, but that we have not been given this opportunity at all. .

Then one of the two barrels of oil came out to respond. The nonsense of this response is probably invisible to laymen.They said it was not their fault, but that the national standard itself was not high, so they did not refine it for the better.This seems reasonable at first glance. After all, companies follow national standards. It is really unrealistic to say that companies should raise their own requirements for products.It may still be possible in a field of perfect competition. Two barrels of oil basically monopolizes the market. It is considered a great grace for them to produce according to the standard. It must be a luxury to expect them to keep improving.

But if you have the patience to carefully review the formulation process of the national standard, you will find that the two barrels of oil are the ones leading the standard. Under the name of two barrels of oil.Setting standards for themselves, and then saying that this is a national standard, they can only abide by it, which is also a wonderful business.

Generally speaking, it is normal for industry leaders to participate in formulating the rules of the game, but this normal phenomenon has a more normal result, that is, industry leaders use their own resources and technological advantages to raise the entry threshold, making it difficult for competitors Enter this field, or pay a greater price.But here we are just the opposite. They have lowered the threshold for themselves, mainly because there is no competition at all.It's hard to see this in other fields, except maybe the standard of milk.

That being the case, if we want to establish an environmentally friendly fuel supply system, we must break this monopoly state, and maybe it will also bring down our oil prices.If this cannot be done for the time being, at least outsiders should be invited to take the lead in adjusting the national standards, and it is best to directly invite foreign experts to do this.This is not to worship foreigners, but in China's current environment, it is very likely that the makers of these standards will be bribed.In fact, to put it bluntly, there are relatively mature standards in foreign countries, and it can be directly copied with less modification.

Let's talk about something else here.China's reform and opening up has made great achievements, but various problems have also emerged, and these problems are often not caused by reform and opening up or any defects in the market economy, but are precisely caused by insufficient market opening.The large-scale pollution caused by the quality of oil products in China is one of the examples in this regard.

Once it is allowed to kidnap and become bigger and hard to return, the entire economy will be dragged into it.For example, if the funds needed to improve the quality of oil products are needed this time, two barrels of oil will imply that the funds will be obtained through the price increase of oil products.Over the years, they have seized a large amount of private wealth through monopoly. It is probably some kind of miracle that they are still doing this kind of thing now. I don't need to say more about the impact of rising oil prices on the national economy and people's livelihood.Now that things have happened, how to break this chain is probably a question that the ruler must think about.

It's not milk powder shortage, it's panic

Hong Kong saw another "milk powder shortage". I can't remember how many times I heard this kind of news in the past two years.I have written several comments on the quality of milk powder, and I still feel a little unable to write until today. It’s not that I can’t analyze and interpret, but I say the same thing almost every time, which even annoys me.

These words are roughly like this: Since the melamine incident broke out here, we should be able to learn a lesson, right?As a result, within half a year, melamine reappeared in the rivers and lakes, and the most terrible thing was that the batch of milk powder that had the accident back then was able to flow out without being destroyed.The pattern of accidents is exactly the same, they are all discovered and then concealed and not reported.

Speaking of one thing may not be able to destroy confidence in an industry, but many things add up to basically distrust an industry.For example, after things like tainted milk powder came out, not only did the dairy industry not learn from the pain, but through the industry association controlled by its own strength, the standard of fresh milk in China was lowered.This matter sounds incredible to you. Generally, industry bosses formulate relevant rules and try to use high thresholds to increase the competition cost of competitors. When have you ever seen such a thing?This is probably a commercial miracle with Chinese characteristics.

I've said this more than once in my column, and the problem is that absolutely no one listens to me, or anyone with basic rationality.The current shortage of milk powder in Hong Kong has nothing to do with milk powder and Hong Kong people. It is the panic of mainland tourists.Presumably this logical relationship is easy to understand. Although you can’t always eat imported milk powder, as long as you have the opportunity, you can eat less domestic products and try to eat as little as possible.Even if you don’t need it yourself, if your relatives and friends hear that you are traveling in Hong Kong, many of them will probably ask for such purchases, not to mention that the neighboring city of Shenzhen is also a city with a large number of young people, so it is more convenient to go directly to the port to purchase.

Since you don't listen to these words, let's talk about something else, such as economics.

The biggest transaction cost in our mainland is credit cost.I myself run an agricultural product company. When buying products, people are unwilling to sell to their own companies. They say it is easy to do business with foreigners, and they should pay on time. When they are sold in the market, they are struggling at the beginning. , others do not believe that you are dealing in safe agricultural products.Many people think that China is currently polluted so badly that there is no safe agricultural product. More people think that you can buy green food certification with money. Why should I believe you.Let’s just say there are safe agricultural products, and many of them are special offers. How can you get them?
You see, this is the state of the market after integrity is lost.In fact, there have been many food safety crises in foreign countries. There was even a company in Japan that went bankrupt due to dairy quality problems. It was a very large company.But what we can see is that the entire industry has not collapsed, at least there is no large-scale purchase of foreign products.

The only reason for this situation is that consumers have confidence in their business environment and social environment. They also hate food safety problems, but they believe that their system can ensure that at least next time no one dares to take it lightly.The country's confidence, the government's confidence, and the society's confidence can be fully reflected here.When a society is built on this kind of confidence, they will not be afraid of any challenge, and a society that looks prosperous but actually mistrusts each other is already in crisis.Where to go, we should make a choice.

house and dog
A house is the top priority in many people's minds, and there is even a saying that "the mother-in-law just needs it", but in the eyes of some people, a house is not as good as a dog.This man lost a dog, and he is willing to give a house to whoever finds it.Although it may not be particularly valuable, this man is not a big money either.

Therefore, "Looking for Dogs" was launched on Weibo. Its basic structure is as follows: stop writing a column, and find a dog.About 360 lines have been said once. My "not writing a column" is not outstanding, and my income is not enough.Of course, it is definitely not considered malicious to say that these teasers have any malice, but the difference in value between a dog and a house is of course quite obvious.Since there is a contrast, there is room for ridicule, which is understandable.Some people say it's hype, but even so, there are some things that can give us a little inspiration.

Probably many people can't understand the feelings of human beings towards pets sometimes, just like many people talk about love, but few people can reach the level of Liang Zhu and Romeo and Juliet.Sometimes human beings are not devoted to their own kind. Isn't there a philosopher who said, "The more people I know, the more I like dogs"?In fact, I have different attitudes towards various pets. For example, I changed this sentence to "The more dogs I know, the more I like cats"-I keep cats.

In the final analysis, this is an emotional matter, and the price of this thing is the most difficult to measure. In the end, who is more expensive and who is cheaper than who is different in everyone's mind. Some people think that it is good to be alive, and some people think that freedom is better than Life is worth cherishing more. This ideal is not difficult to understand. If you understand this, you should also understand why some people are willing to give up a house in order to return their pets to their side.

I might as well say a few more words about values.

Once upon a time, our values ​​here were relatively constant, such as the bad wolf and the good rabbit, which completely obliterated the differences between people due to education, environment, reading, and perspectives of thinking.When a society cannot tolerate the existence of other values, many old people know how terrible this society is, because they have experienced the "Cultural Revolution".

In fact, there was an incident in the 80s of the last century: a certain lady was shot for hooliganism because she organized several underground dances and had sex with several men. Does it sound unbelievable now?Before her execution, she said that the future society will tolerate me.Every road that human beings walk that does not tolerate aliens is covered with such corpses, and then makes us feel how stupid it was to be narrow-minded.In order not to look so stupid, it should be a must to admit the existence of multiple values ​​and lifestyles from now on.

(End of this chapter)