In the 28th episode of "Flowers", Mr. Bao was gradually forced to a dead end by Qiang Mujie, and worked hard to raise nearly 120 million funds, but the boss of Ningbo withdrew 30 million, and Mrs. Lin withdrew 30 million, and in the end, only 60 million was left with a 1:1 ratio of Xiguo Investment, and Qiang Mujie still had at least 90 million in his hand in addition to the money to buy Zhizhenyuan.
So this battle has not been completely fought, and it can be seen that Bao is going to lose miserably.
Although the Shanghai Gang Kirin Club came to a wave of airborne relief for Mr. Bao in episode 29, the essence is still to copy Mr. Bao's bottom, so that Mr. Bao cut his flesh and cut it bloody.
Fortunately, Mr. Bao's negotiating ability is unique, and he used the garbage stock in his hand in a few words, so that the Kirin Club promised not to develop the land in Chuansha again, which not only preserved the 20 acres of land he bought with Fagen, but also obtained the right to use dozens of acres of land next to it.
So, did Mr. Bao calculate all this from the beginning?
My answer to this is that it is difficult to guess whether Mr. Bao was worried about the land at the beginning. But one thing is for sure, if you understand the number of goldfish on the table, you will understand that Mr. Bao had the worst plan from the beginning.
01: Why do you put goldfish on Mr. Bao's table?
The first scene at the beginning of this drama is that Mr. Bao was hit by a car and went to the emergency room in the hospital to receive emergency treatment.
In the end, the fate was saved, but the bone in one leg was broken, and he needed to be put in a plaster cast, and he had to recuperate in the Peace Hotel for at least a month.
It was also at this time that Mr. Bao bought a goldfish and put it in the fish tank that was placed on the table in advance.
Why did Mr. Bao suddenly raise goldfish, does this have anything to do with the catfish represented by Qiang Mujie and the salmon represented by retail investors?
The answer is clearly no. Mr. Bao never mentioned that goldfish has anything to do with catfish and salmon from beginning to end.
However, when Mr. Bao helped Reiko repair the roof, the narrator inserted such a paragraph about goldfish:
As a child, Betty loved to climb rooftops with me, and she said that every red-tiled house was a goldfish. She also said that the wind is water, and when the wind blows, every house swims. That day, I sat on the back of a goldfish, but it didn't move.
Obviously, the goldfish on the table is a memory, a memory exclusive to Mr. Bao and Betty.
Of course, Betty here does not refer to Xuezhi, whose English name is Betty, but to the little girl who could play the piano, like to collect stamps, and loved to wear princess clothes when Bao was a child.
This means that, to some extent, Mr. Bao may just think of Xuezhi as a shadow of Betty, after all, Xuezhi will also talk to him about stamps, also called Betty.
In this way, it is easy to explain that Mr. Bao suddenly raised goldfish, as the saying goes, people will always miss the good old days when they are not having a good time.
Therefore, the reason why Mr. Bao raised goldfish was because after the car accident, he couldn't help but think of the happiest time when he was a child, that is, the days when he climbed the roof with Betty and talked about stamps.
02: What is the metaphor for the change in the number of goldfish?
It is said that Bao is always an amorous person, because there is always a variety of women around him, haunting her. Especially Lingzi and Miss Wang, one of them is willing to block the knife for Mr. Bao, and the other is willing to quit his job as an "iron rice bowl" to accompany Mr. Bao to sell tea eggs.
But in fact, Mr. Bao still has a long-term side, which has not been discovered by everyone. Just like Mr. Bao's female neighbor Betty, in fact, she has disappeared for many years, of course, her disappearance has nothing to do with Mr. Bao. Because according to the description in the original novel, Betty's father was persecuted during the ten years of turmoil.
And Betty was pampered and raised by her family, and she has never been wronged at all, so her ability to resist blows is about zero.
Later, due to the pressure of life, she went to her hometown with her grandmother, who was responsible for taking care of her growing up, to find the treasure hidden by her grandmother, but she returned empty-handed.
Then, the family one, her favorite piano was also pulled away, and she began to dream of turning into a goldfish and jumping into the water with her grandmother.
Then, Grandma said that she had the same dream as Betty, and she also dreamed that the two of them would become fish together.
So one evening, Grandma and Betty ran to the edge of the Huangpu River, turned into a ball of light, turned into a goldfish, and flashed into the water.
Obviously, every time Mr. Bao is in a daze with the goldfish whenever he has something to worry about, he should mistake the goldfish for Betty and want to tell Betty about his grievances.
But later, when Mr. Bao and Qiang Mujie faced off to the death, there was suddenly one more goldfish in the fish tank, so who does this extra goldfish represent? That's right, it represents Mr. Bao himself.
Mr. Bao knew very well that he gambled all his net worth this time and pressed all his chips, and once the Qilin Club did not enter, he had no other way but to jump into the river.
Copo is not afraid at all, because in this way, he will turn into a goldfish and accompany Betty.
Thank you for reading, the above is to understand the number of goldfish on the table, only to understand the specific details of Bao Zong's worst plan at the beginning, it is not easy to comment on the drama, if you think it is well written, please give it a thumbs up, thank you