In the thirties of the twentieth century, China was plagued by constant wars and people's livelihoods.
But in Shanghai, it is still a scene of rampant materialism and drunkenness.
Wu Sunfu took Mrs. Wu from the countryside back to Shanghai to escape the war, but Mrs. Wu, who only accompanied the "Taishang Induction Chapter" day and night, could not withstand the dazzling and confusing exciting scenes in Shanghai and died suddenly.
Those who come to mourn come from all directions. Some talk about the war, some discuss business, and some focus on socializing, and even flirt with you and me......
Zhao Botao, a comprador capitalist who was good at speculation, approached Wu Sunfu and his brother-in-law Du Zhuzhai and enlisted them to form a "long position" in large public bonds, hoping to buy cheap and sell expensive in stock trading, and make huge profits from it. After Zhao Botao's many temptations, Wu Sunfu and Du Zhuzhai agreed to cooperate.
When I read this, I felt a chill in my heart. Old lady Wu died, and after all, she didn't see anyone who was really sad in her heart. Many people are called condolences, but the entertainment of the scene, the flirting of the flirtation, and the performance of the performance, even the relatives of Mrs. Wu rarely miss and feel sad. Even if there are those who are worried, it is because of the chaos of the times, not for the deceased.
The struggle for exchanges is also getting fiercer. The original alliance between Wu Sunfu and Zhao Botao turned into a situation of confrontation and fighting. Wu Sunfu is resolute and resolute, and he is quite bold in doing things. He dared to resist the control of imperialism and to confront Zhao Botao, the representative of the comprador bourgeoisie and the broker of imperialism. He's a businessman, but he's also a businessman with a backbone. Wu Sunfu will do his utmost to develop and revitalize China's national industry. In order to develop national industry, he opened a power plant, a rice factory, an oil mill, a money village, and a pawnshop in the countryside of his hometown Shuangqiao Town, although all of these were lost due to the war. However, he was born at the wrong time, and his ambition was difficult to reward.
Wu Sunfu still has the essence of a businessman. He brutally exploited the workers and peasants and hated the workers' and peasants' revolutionary movement. He had to seek compensation from the workers and peasants for the losses he had suffered in the operation of his enterprises, and for the failures he had suffered in speculation in public debt. When he desperately extended working hours, reduced workers, and cut wages, causing workers to go on strike for their right to live and live, his "face suddenly changed" and "the purple blisters on his face were hot one by one", which made people feel a kind of cruel horror.
Compared with Wu Sunfu, Zhao Botao is a typical image of an arrogant, treacherous, fierce, cruel, absurd and corrupt comprador capitalist. He will stop at nothing to achieve his ends. He made waves in the financial world and did whatever he wanted, and many entrepreneurs and capitalists, even landlords, were harmed by him. He was lustful and lascivious. Moral depravity and treacherous ruthlessness of character became a microcosm of the characters and circumstances of his contemporaneous time.
The war broke out everywhere, and the people were struggling to make a living, but Wu Shao's grandmother and her sister Lin Peishan still only saw the little love related to themselves. For some reason, whenever I see them leisurely and entertaining, I always think of a poem "The merchant girl does not know the hatred of the country, and she still sings the flowers in the backyard across the river". Maybe the two are not related, but I can't help but compare them.
Under the chaos of war, there is no prosperity. Everything is about surviving in the cracks. Entrepreneurs are always facing the crisis of bankruptcy, workers are always facing the problem of unemployment, and then there is no food and clothing.
There was a time before dawn when it was very dark, and there were no stars, and there was no moon. If you persist and endure the ordeal, you will usher in the dawn of dawn and the sun that warms people's hearts.