Miao Che is one of the few positive characters in the book, he has always upheld justice, and his final promotion to vice president can be said to have justice served. In this financial circle full of all kinds of intrigues, Miao Che has always maintained his innocence.
Su Jianren's death and Xie Zhiyuan's imprisonment are all related to Zhao Hui and Wu Xianlong's involvement, but Miao Che has never participated in it, maintaining the original justice and kindness.
Zhao Hui ostensibly promoted Miao Che, but in fact he wanted to further attack and weaken the power of the supervision system. Because Miao Che, who has justice in his heart and dares to tell the truth, is a huge threat to Zhao Hui and Wu Xianlong's plans.
However, Miao Che still chose to stay in this system, and with a righteous heart, he did his best to play a positive role and influence. Although Miao Che's promotion originated from Zhao Hui's calculations, from another point of view, justice and kindness were also affirmed and praised.
Zhao Rui was dumped: the love fairy tale was shattered
Zhao Rui and Tao Wuji's love was originally as beautiful as a fairy tale, but after Zhao Rui's eyes regained vision, this relationship was calculated by Jiang Rui. Jiang Rui didn't love Zhao Rui at all, but simply regarded her as an object to play with to obtain Zhao Hui's resources and support.
Behind all these calculations is Zhao Hui's encouragement. He knew Jiang Rui's purpose, but in order to make his daughter happy, he not only connived at Jiang Rui's hypocritical relationship with Zhao Rui, but also asked Jiang Rui for nothing and gave him all kinds of help and resources.
Zhao Rui's innocent first love ended in vain, and she finally realized that the so-called fairy tale love was just her own wishful thinking.
30-year-old Zhou Lin married 50-year-old Zhao Hui: sexually transformed red sorghum
The marriage between Zhou Lin and Zhao Hui can be regarded as a sexually transformed version of "Red Sorghum". Zhou Lin loves Zhao Hui deeply, even in the face of all kinds of despicable calculations and tricks, she still chooses to believe in Zhao Hui, and she does not hesitate to sacrifice herself to whitewash and redeem Zhao Hui.
And deep in Zhao Hui's heart, the true love has long been left to the deceased Li Ying. For him, Zhou Lin is just a heart-warming passerby and episode in his life journey, a gentle township that can be relied on, but not a real destination.
This is destined to be a love that ends in tragedy, Zhou Lin looks through the autumn water, and it is difficult to compete for the position of the deceased Li Ying in Zhao Hui's heart.
Tragicomedy under fatalism
The original work seems to try to explain the joys and sorrows of life through a fatalistic perspective, explaining Zhao Hui's step-by-step fall as a last resort.
In order to save his daughter's eyesight, he had to choose to cooperate with Wu Xianlong to carry out all kinds of illegal activities, and the goodness of human nature could not escape the clutches of this fate.
However, this fatalistic explanation is too simultary and one-sided, ignoring the complexity of human nature. Zhao Hui's choice is not the only one, he can also choose the side of justice, but he is indecisive.
We can't use the so-called "last resort" to excuse his various sins, which is essentially a tragicomedy under the operation of fate, and more warns us not to violate the goodness of human nature because of selfish desires.
Reflection: True love when it stops hurting
The chaos reflected in "A City within a City" also reminds us to reflect on the bottom line of being human beings. What Zhao Hui has done is irreparable, what we should really do is not to start the first step of harm.
At the same time, love should not be taken advantage of, love needs to be equal and sincere by both parties, not unilateral or illusory twists and turns. Let us find strength in reflection, stop hurting others, and walk in true love.