After reading the original book of "Crazy", I knew that the worst is not Gao Qiqiang, and the most "stupid" is Gao Qisheng

Wen 丨 Qing Xin Junyue

When did Gao Qisheng decide to pave the way for Gao Qiqiang with his life?

Not after Lao Mo died, but before Gao Qiqiang asked Lao Mo to return to Jinghai to get rid of Li Hongwei.

Pay attention to one detail:

In the play, before Lao Mo received Gao Qiqiang's call, he was eating instant noodles and drinking beer, while Gao Qisheng on the side knelt on the ground to divination, and after divination three times, he closed his eyes, and a tear fell from the corner of his eye.

What is Gao Qisheng divination? And why the tears?

With Gao Qisheng's domineering personality, what can make him so entangled, except for Gao Qiqiang, is his own life.

That is to say, even if Gao Qiqiang did not ask Lao Mo to go back to solve Li Hongwei, Gao Qisheng had already decided to return to Jinghai and let Gao Qiqiang "send" him to the police to whitewash his brother Gao Qiqiang.

The only surprise was that after he returned to Jinghai, he learned from Gao Qiqiang that as long as he killed Tan Siyan and Li Xiang, Zhao Lidong would help Gao Qiqiang.

At that moment, he changed his strategy - he died with Li Xiang and replaced Gao Qiqiang with Zhao Lidong.

In Gao Qisheng's view, this is the most favorable choice for his brother Gao Qiqiang.

First, he knew that Gao Qiqiang would not give up on him, but he didn't want Gao Qiqiang to kill Li Xiang in order to save him, the risk was too great, and it was easy to fold;

Second, even if he really kills Li Xiang, he may not be able to escape the punishment of the law, and it is still unknown whether Zhao Lidong can clear his charges of drug trafficking and homicide.

Instead of dragging Gao Qiqiang into the water, it is better to turn passive into active and exchange his life for his brother's future.

It was with this determination to die that Gao Qisheng returned to Jinghai with Gao Qiqiang on his back, forcing Gao Qiqiang to stage a drama of "righteous annihilation of relatives", and at the same time got rid of Li Xiang, allowing Gao Qiqiang to successfully catch up with Zhao Lidong.

Throughout Gao Qisheng's life, you will find that he only lived two things in this life:

First, I want to help my brother, and I don't even want my life for my brother; One is that I have had enough of the sin of poverty, and I can do whatever it takes for money.

And this doomed Gao Qisheng's tragic end.

"I want to go back to Jinghai to help my brother"

If it weren't for Gao Qiqiang, or Gao Qisheng was selfish, he might have had a completely different life, instead of returning to Jinghai and becoming Gao Qiqiang's path of sin

There is a main reason and a motive reason why Gao Qisheng returned to Jinghai without graduating from university.

The main reason is: gratitude and brotherhood for Gao Qiqiang.

When Gao Qiqiang was thirteen years old, his parents had an accident, leaving only three brothers and sisters to rely on each other. As the eldest in the family, Gao Qiqiang took on the heavy responsibility of raising his younger siblings, and used the 500 yuan pension given by his father's unit to pull Gao Qisheng and Gao Qilan together.

Compared with his younger sister, Gao Qisheng can better understand the suffering and hardships of his brother Gao Qiqiang.

Therefore, Gao Qisheng studied hard since he was a child, and was admitted to a provincial key university with excellent conditions, hoping that one day he would have the ability to leave Old Factory Street with his brother and live a better life together.

The cause is: what happens Chinese New Year's Eve.

That day, in order to keep the fish stall, Gao Qiqiang gave gifts to the Tang family brothers, but he was disliked by the other party. When he came to the door to ask for explanations, he was beaten by the Tang brothers and his face was swollen, and finally he was put into a detention center.

It was this incident that prompted Gao Qisheng to return to Jinghai a month after the start of school.

You know, before returning, Gao Qisheng did not know that Gao Qiqiang borrowed the name of An Xin to solve the problem of fish stalls, so he was anxious to return with PHS, a new way out in his eyes, in order to help his brother share the pressure of life, and at the same time take this business opportunity to change the fate of the family.

It's just that neither Gao Qisheng nor Gao Qiqiang expected that in order to open a PHS store, their fate began to develop in another direction.

"PHS store can not be wanted, my brother is the most important"

After Gao Qiqiang accidentally became the target of Xu Jiang's pursuit because of 20,000 yuan, in order to persuade Gao Qiqiang to agree to his participation in dealing with Xu Jiang, he made a ruthless move.

In the face of Gao Qiqiang's strong opposition, Gao Qisheng first pretended to give in, saying that as long as Xu Jiang did not move the PHS store, he would not participate in the matter, and then turned around and instructed Tang Xiaolong to set fire to the store, so that Gao Qiqiang had to agree.

The reason why Gao Qisheng has to go to this muddy water, on the one hand, is that he knows that with Xu Jiang's power, if he really wants to deal with Gao Qiqiang, he will not be spared, Tang Xiaohu is a living example, rather than becoming his brother's weakness, it is better to become a helper;

On the other hand, and most importantly, he doesn't want Gao Qiqiang to face it alone, he wants to help, and he believes that he can help.

For Gao Qisheng, the mobile phone store is his heart, but nothing is as important as Gao's brother Qiqiang, it is Gao Qiqiang who supports this family to have who he is today, so he can't watch his brother in danger indifferently.

At this point, Gao Qisheng became a "think tank" for Gao Qiqiang to embark on the road of evil in the early stage.

"High IQ crime"

I have to say that Gao Qisheng's joining has indeed given Gao Qiqiang great help. It was also his addition that allowed Gao Qiqiang to really succeed in overthrowing Xu Jiang.

This is proved by three things in the play.

First thing: the attack on the police.

If Gao Qisheng hadn't thought that the police would definitely confirm the suspect who attacked An Xin through DNA, think of a countermeasure in advance, persuade Tang Xiaolong to confess guilt, and find another person to apologize for Gao Qiqiang, Gao Qiqiang's story would have come to an abrupt end.

The second thing: get close to Chen Shuting.

After Gao Qiqiang and Tang Xiaolong's plan to kill Chen Shuting failed, in order to find out what handle Chen Shuting had in Xu Jiang's hands, Gao Qisheng, as Xiaochen's tutor, mixed into Chen Shuting's house and successfully obtained Xu Jiang's "handle", that is, the address of the driver who betrayed Bai Jiangbo.

It was also because of this incident that the Gao brothers successfully overthrew Xu Jiang.

Third thing: "guns"

The gun used to get rid of Xu Jiang and Cao Chuang was homemade by Gao Qisheng.

If it weren't for this gun, Lao Mo wouldn't have been able to easily sneak up on Cao Chuang and Xu Jiang. Once the fight started, let alone whether Gao Qiqiang and Lao Mo could retreat with their whole body, even if they could, the evidence left at the scene was enough for them to drink a pot. After all, there wasn't much time left for them to deal with the scene at that time.

In other words, without Gao Qisheng's gun, it is impossible to get rid of Xu Jiang and Cao Chuang so smoothly, and Gao Qiqiang cannot pick it so clean.

"Drug trafficking"

After Xu Jiang's death, Gao Qiqiang caught up with Uncle Tai through Chen Shuting, completely got rid of the identity of "fish seller", and became one of the top figures in Jinghai. And Gao Qisheng also rose to the top, his ambitions and desires continued to explode, and he even embarked on the dead road of "drug trafficking".

Why would Gao Qisheng go to drug trafficking despite Gao Qiqiang's wishes?

In the words of Gao Qisheng in the play, it was because PHS was eliminated, and he smashed hundreds of thousands of goods in his hands, in order to fill the hole, so he thought of drug trafficking.

This is indeed one of the reasons, but not all.

With Gao Qiqiang's power and financial resources at that time, he was fully capable of helping Gao Qisheng settle the account, even if it might hurt his bones, but he would not be helpless. After all, Tang Xiaolong was released from prison, and Gao Qiqiang and Chen Shuting made a move with a turnover of not less than 400,000 yuan per month.

In other words, it is not that Gao Qiqiang has no money, but Gao Qisheng does not want Gao Qiqiang to help. In other words, drug trafficking is not a cornered choice for Gao Qisheng.

And the reason why he concealed Gao Qiqiang's drug trafficking is for three reasons:

First, the money comes quickly.

Compared with honest operations such as PHS, drug trafficking is too fast to make money. In Gao Qisheng's words: "Brother, do you know? The profits were very high, and the addicted gang was like begging to send it to me. ”

People are like this, once they taste the sweetness of the "shortcut", it is difficult to earn conscientious money steadily.

Second, I don't want to lose face in front of Chen Shuting.

Gao Qisheng has always been uncomfortable with Chen Shuting managing Gao Qiqiang everywhere, and she looks like she is a family member, so he doesn't want to open his mouth and ask Gao Qiqiang for money to settle the account.

He knew that such a large amount of money could not cross Chen Shuting, and even if Chen Shuting was willing to pay, he was not willing to accept it. After receiving the money, don't talk about him, even Gao Qiqiang estimated that he had to look at Chen Shuting's face, which was the most difficult for Gao Qisheng to accept.

If it was Gao Qisheng in the past, he might still be willing to bow his head, but for Gao Qisheng now, except for Gao Qiqiang, he doesn't want to be controlled by anyone, and his sister-in-law can't.

Third, the way back.

In Gao Qisheng's view, drug trafficking is also a retreat for him and his brother.

Gao Qiqiang put all his thoughts on the construction group, but the construction group at that time was still Uncle Tai who had the final say. If Uncle Tai is unhappy one day, Gao Qiqiang may still be swept away.

Instead of pressing all the chips on Uncle Tai, it is better to take advantage of the opportunity to establish a business that belongs to the Gao family. In this way, he and Gao Qiqiang have a way out, but also can accumulate capital, buy shares of China Construction Group if necessary, or build their own business empire.

However, Gao Qisheng's abacus was still empty.

Meng Yu was accidentally involved in a drug trafficking case and was kidnapped by Zhong Asi, which also meant that Gao Qisheng's road came to an end. Of course, he can choose to listen to Gao Qiqiang's words and fly away. However, Gao Qisheng, who has become accustomed to the life of drunken gold fans and stars holding the moon, simply can't stand the hardship of escape, and he is even more unwilling to hide and live the rest of his life.

Therefore, he chose to come back and choose to help Gao Qiqiang turn the situation around with his already doomed ending, which was the last thing he could do for his brother, and he had no regrets about it.

human nature

When watching the plot of "Crazy" about Gao Qisheng, I kept thinking about a question: What caused Gao Qisheng, a young man with a bright future, to embark on this road?

Is it Gao Qiqiang? Or is he fed up with the sin of poverty, as Gao Qisheng said?

In my opinion, the latter is a little more.

There is such a detail in the play:

Cao Chuang once stopped Gao Qisheng, who came to "class" at the door of Chen Shuting's house, and while checking Gao Qisheng's school bag, he said meaningfully: "I just regret it, I didn't study well when I was young, otherwise it would be much easier to deal with those criminal suspects with knowledge and culture now." Isn't it? ”

To this, Gao Qisheng replied disapprovingly:

"Officer, I think your family living conditions since you were a child should be quite good, and a person with a low background like me doesn't even have the opportunity to play."

Savoring this sentence, this is the root of Gao Qisheng's further and more deviation.

In Gao Qisheng's view, all his choices, including involvement in gangs, murder, and drug trafficking, are just helpless moves to get rid of "poverty" and are the "persecution" of his original family. He is fed up with the sin of poverty, so he can only do whatever it takes, whether it is crime or evil, it is all ability, it is all ability, it has nothing to do with right or wrong, and there is no good or evil.

This is his perception of the world, and it is also the excuse he makes to convince himself.

As Cao Chuang said in the play: "The so-called origin is just a good excuse." ”

When people do bad things, or make choices that violate principles, they will find an excuse for their behavior, a reasonable excuse that is enough to convince themselves, so as to deceive themselves and escape the crusade of reality and conscience.

"Low origin" is Gao Qisheng's excuse for himself, which not only perfectly convinces himself, but also convinces others.

After the Gao family stepped on countless lives and turned over, Gao Qisheng did not have the slightest sense of guilt and remorse, but only irrepressible desire and the pleasure of revenge.

Maugham once said:

"Meanness and greatness, malice and goodness, hatred and love, can be mutually exclusive and exist in the same heart."

The same goes for Gao Qisheng.

From the perspective of being a family, he is a good younger brother, for the sake of Gao Qiqiang, he can give up his future and life, and devote himself to protecting his brother; But in terms of being a man, he is not a good person in the standard sense, he has done too many bad things for money, for desire, for self-esteem.

Therefore, for Gao Qisheng's ending, I have no regrets at all, I only feel that everything is his choice, so he must bear the results behind his choice.

Compared with the TV series, the ending of Gao Qisheng in the original book is more thought-provoking.

Gao Qisheng did not return to Jinghai on his own initiative, but was tricked back by his dear brother Gao Qiqiang. In this regard, Gao Qiqiang's reasons are:

"Everything I do is for this home! I have to report you to have a clean background, to change my political identity, to protect you. ”

For the future, in order to catch up with Zhao Lidong, in order to change a clean political identity, Gao Qiqiang personally sent Gao Qisheng to a dead end, and in front of everyone, he performed a great righteous annihilation, thus completely clearing the suspicion and making An Xin and others who wanted to trouble him shut up.

And Gao Qisheng, who learned of Gao Qiqiang's intentions, although surprised and angry, finally chose to kill his brother with Li Xiang, and his last words in the world were: "Big brother, take care!" ”

Human nature has always been the most complex thing in the world.

Everyone's soul is struggling on the edge of sin, whether to survive or destroy, to persevere or to fall, is unpredictable human nature, and it is a choice between a single thought.

Fortunately, there are people like An Xin, Li Xiang, Tan Siyan, etc., who still choose to stick to the goodness and justice in their hearts in the face of evil full of temptation and desire. It is also their existence that gives hope to those who wait for justice and light to those trapped in darkness.

Qing Xin Junyue is an emotional observer, book critic and film critic. Warm you with words, me.