The truth behind Gogarin's interview with American vegetable farmers in "The Road of Life", is it irony or flattery?

From an objective point of view, his path to becoming a journalist was a little too smooth and smooth compared to the setbacks Gogarin had endured before.

Not only because I can't buy a train to return to my hometown that day, but I meet and meet my ex-girlfriend and old acquaintances.

With the help and advice of old acquaintances, he also successfully entered the nationally renowned newspaper "Popular Evening News" with a good score of second place.

Although he did not become a journalist as he wished, he was favored and appreciated by Chief Editor Lin, and he was deliberately arranged to the proofreader position for training.

It was a little embarrassing to make his debut after the experience

Perhaps to help Liu Qiaozhen, who later came to Shanghai to see her daughter, or perhaps to make up for the previous setbacks in Gaojia's life.

In any case, Gao Garin, who settled down in Shanghai, not only got the care of Aunt Yao, but also could afford to rent a loft for 30 yuan a month and buy a black and white TV set for 100 yuan.

Such living and expenses are very comfortable even for a Gao Garin who just got a job in 1989.

It's just that for a person who can't cook for himself and can only eat out, is it really appropriate for him to spend money so lavishly?

In any case, at a topic selection meeting of the "Popular Evening News", editor-in-chief Lin deliberately left Gao Garin a chance to show himself.

And Gao Garin was not the editor-in-chief, and he had already prepared the idea and choice of interviewing foreign vegetable farmers.

It's just that his phrase "listening to the uncles and aunts in the vegetable market" is a more debatable statement.

Because if it is really as Gogarin said, the greenhouse vegetables grown by foreign vegetable farmers are still rare varieties.

In those days, it was almost unlikely that these dishes would end up in ordinary people's homes, and more would become hotel purchases or special offers.

Growing foreign vegetables and growing greenhouse vegetables is not fiction

In fact, when the author delved into this plot about foreign vegetable farmers, I found that it was not completely fictional.

Although it is true that this vegetable farmer first came to Shanghai in 1988 (the time in the play is 1989), in fact, he really started his vegetable growing career in China in the early nineties.

And the waterch farmer in Gao Garin's mouth is actually the Lan Jieshi who won the Shanghai "Magnolia Memorial Award" in 2015.

The "Magnolia Memorial Award" here is not the well-known TV drama award, but an award specially established by the Shanghai Municipal People's Government to recognize foreigners who have contributed to Shanghai.

Similar to the "Magnolia Memorial Award", there are two awards: "Magnolia Honorary Award" and "Shanghai Honorary Citizen".

Generally, most of the Magnolia Honor Award winners are selected from among the Magnolia Memorial Award winners.

However, it was quite a surprise that this vegetable farmer named Jesse Howard Long received this honor.

Because before that, he had planned to give up growing vegetables in China and go home.

Although Lang Jieshi, who had just arrived in Shanghai, saw a business opportunity in the foreign vegetables that could only be imported, he lost out to the so-called brigade on farm plots and the characteristic non-compliance of the time.

This not only made Longjes suffer serious losses in the early days of his business, but even the huge cultural differences between East and West made him physically and mentally exhausted and frustrated.

In the end, Longjes chose to give up his dream and prepare to return to his home country with his new wife.

At this time, the news that Lang Jies chose to go back to his home alarmed the city leaders in charge of agriculture in Shanghai at that time.

It's a bit embarrassing to say.

When Langjes brought more than 300 new varieties of foreign vegetables to Shanghai and China, no one bothered and paid attention.

But when he chose to give up under the "torture" of the brigade, it attracted the attention and help of all parties.

Even the leaders at the time said to him: You have opened up a new way to grow vegetables in Shanghai, and I thank you on behalf of the government, which will create good working conditions for you.

Perhaps this story of Guan Vegetable Farmer in "The Road of Life" is based on the article "LONG, don't go" in the "Liberation Daily" at that time.

These deep meanings are not flattering, and it is extremely ironic

When I learned about the story of Longjes, when I turned to the story of Gogarin in "The Road of Life".

From this, I tasted some irony or irony.

An American who was originally a full-time transnational trade representative gave up his good life and chose to use technology to find business opportunities in China.

A rural child who was destined to be a farmer all her life, did not believe that she could only be a farmer all her life, and chose to change her fate with knowledge.

These things, which were originally regarded by Gogarin as always coming out of the sky, have become golden chicken mothers who lay golden eggs here in Longjes.

The fate that Gogarin wanted to get rid of all his life has become a career in this foreigner where he has to gamble with money.

It is difficult to say what kind of mentality Gao Garin paid attention to this vegetable farmer who was passed down in the mouth of the vegetable farm aunt.

Is it to admire the ideas and practices of this seagar farmer? Or is it just that this topic is topical and entertaining?

When Gogarin went deep into these familiar fields, when the first interview report in Gogarin's life was actually a foreign farmer who grew vegetables.

What kind of state will his heart be?

Of course, this is also a pity that "The Road of Life" does not focus on Gogarin's mental activities in this regard.

It's just that such a topic, such a real historical event, is cleverly put into the story so that this history looks more believable.

That's all.

Write at the end

As an ordinary reader or audience, or even a self-media person who does not become a climate.

I don't have subjective good or bad opinions about works like Life or The Road to Life and the stories told in them.

But from an objective point of view, although Gao Garin has endured so many hardships, he finally succeeded in establishing a road in Shanghai, which can be said to be the end of his life road.

But compared to some "life" that seems to be more like being shoehorned into him, the story of this vegetable farmer may better show the main theme of the "road of life".

Even if he can't be parallel to Gao Garin, Liu Qiaozhen and others as the main line, it should still be very good as a side story with a third-party narration.

After all, this Mr. Longjes, although he came to China to grow vegetables with the purpose of making money, and once wanted to give up and return to the United States.

But he eventually persevered, and won the recognition of the Shanghai Municipal Government, and awarded him the "Magnolia Memorial Award".

From this point of view, he is at least a contribution to the city of Shanghai, and it is also worthy of recognition and praise.

It's a pity that "The Road of Life" seems to only point to the point of the story of this seabud, and does not want to dig deep into his ideas.

Is it because he is afraid that such an image of him will form too strong a contrast and contrast with Gao Garin, Gao Shuangxing and others trying to get rid of rural hukou and become a Shanghainese?

Just like Gao Minglou on the one hand to send Gao Shuangxing to the university to become a Shanghainese even if he broke the law, on the other hand, he was very angry and angry at the words and behaviors of those who looked down on rural people.

Is all this sarcasm or compliment? Or nothing, just thinking too much.

The above is my understanding and perception of episode 25 of "The Road of Life", more wonderful analysis, let's see you next time!

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