In the era of media and the Internet, only a high-profile person can be seen, known, and noticed.
High-profile must be strong, not afraid of attack, on the other hand, the more attacked the more attention will be, the more it will become the protagonist of public opinion for a while, and anything will be a hot seller; high-profile is not only beautiful, but also brings a win-win situation of fame and fortune, so some people choose to be high-profile.
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But high-profile people can also be addicted, and high-profile people are often inseparable from high-profile, such as smoking and drinking, the better it is, the more it can't be lowered, and it will be uncomfortable to come down. But the media and the Internet are transient, scrolling, liking the new and hating the old. It's hard for anyone to always stand in the high register, so you have to keep tossing, hyping, building momentum, and making things happen in order to keep a high profile.
Some people think that being high-profile is a success, but it is not. Being high-profile is just a way to live in this day and age. Of course, everyone has the right to choose their own way of life, and there is nothing wrong with choosing anything.
As a result, others choose another way of living - low-key.
This kind of person does not like to be noticed by people in every move, every word is talked about, he does not like to be distinguished in front of people, and he does not like to be chased by the "paparazzi", entangled and besieged by fans, and exposed naked; they understand that in a society of goods and consumption, the price of high-profile existence is to be commoditized and consumed. In this way, people who are willing to keep a low profile will not be known or known, but they can do what they like in a down-to-earth manner, fully enjoy and chew their lives, and live a peaceful, stable and down-to-earth life. You ask him why he is so low-key, and he just smiles, like he loves someone and needs to explain it to others?
So: low-key in order to live in your own world, high-profile in order to live in someone else's world.
It's the same with culture. There is also a high-profile culture and a low-key culture.
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First of all, the business culture must be high-profile, only high-profile will sell hot, low-key who knows who will buy? However, what is hot cannot always be hot, it will sooner or later be replaced by something fresher and more fashionable. So, fashion is the darling of business culture. The most successful in the market are fashion goods. People say that fashion is created by creating momentum, and there are a lot of colorful bubbles in it, but commodity culture is not afraid of bubbles, because it only seeks the commercial effect at that time, the shock and strength of the moment, and does not seek lasting charm.
Therefore, it is difficult for another pure culture that pursues the charm of lasting life to become popular in today's era, but it will not give up its own pursuit for the sake of popularity. It is willing to be lonely because it is convinced of the value and meaning of this culture.
I have a lot of respect for some of my fellow writers. In a society dominated by the market, I am afraid that writers are the most calm group of people. They don't know where to hide on weekdays, they rarely stick their heads out to poke their brains, sometimes they don't see each other for a year or two, and they seem to have evaporated from the world, but they suddenly take out a book with hundreds of thousands or hundreds of thousands of words. When people read and discuss, they went somewhere silently. Only in this way can we write works that truly understand the life of society.
Writers are inherently low-key. They live in the deep wrinkles of society, but also in their own hearts and dispositions, so they can see the light in the darkness and the shadows in the sun, and the sore spots in the depths of the earth. They are not born to be star material, they don't manage themselves, they only create characters, and any thinker is like this: to keep a low profile in order to make ideas truly a kind of high-profile of the times.
Enjoy the low-key – quiet, down-to-earth, deep and timeless. Low-key is not to be forgotten by the margins, and it is not incompetent. On the contrary, only self-confidence can be low-key and content with low-key.
（本文来自网络，作者：冯骥才，版权归原作者所有！）