Wang Shuo, a famous Chinese writer and screenwriter, made him famous for the two books "Animal Fierce" and "The Stubborn Master", and he has collaborated on many excellent works in the follow-up, which have become the collective memories of the post-70s and 80s.
In the 90s of the 20th century, he was invited by the United States to live in the United States alone for about half a year, and he wrote what he saw and heard in an article "I stayed in the United States for half a year".
90年代的美国治安还可以
Different from the United States, where zero-yuan purchases are frequent and homeless people are everywhere, Wang Shuo felt that the security was not so bad when he went, and he had a certain sense of security.
"Originally, I thought that the crime rate in the United States was very high, and the subway in New York was described as the source of evil, so I didn't dare to take the subway at all, so I had to pay a lot of money to call a taxi.
One night I finally mustered up the courage to take the subway once, and found that I still felt quite safe, probably because they thought I was Vietnamese and kept me away.
One thing is even more telling, I was walking alone next to my office building in Manhattan one night when I was confronted by a black man, and I was a little scared of what would happen.
He got around before I did, and we walked around just across the street, which was a bit funny to think about. ”
那半年过得还算舒心
Wang Shuo summed up his life in the United States for half a year: "In short, nothing unpleasant happened in the past six months, which may be the reason why I am not familiar with the people here.
If you are not a very aspiring person and just want to live a down-to-earth life, then this country may be more suitable for you, "you don't violate me, I won't violate you", that's it.
I also came across a report that every family in California is burdened with more than 1,000 U.S. dollars a year for the education and health care of illegal immigrants, which shocked me. ”
为什么王朔没有留在美国
Wang Shuo later explained why he chose to return to China, which was based on age and conceptual considerations: "But I didn't choose to settle in the United States, mainly because my age is too embarrassing to go up or down."
First of all, 40 years old is too young for retirement, and if I am over 60 years old, then I think this will be a good choice, after all, the quality of life here is still obvious to all.
But it's too old to be in your 40s, and if I'm only in my teens or twenties, I might want to start a new business here, but there's a little too much to think about right now.
Another point is that I still have self-esteem in my heart, so I can't do this kind of thing with a shy face to compete for jobs with locals. Since I was a child, my family has taught me not to take other people's things and not to eat other people's things. ”
环境日新月异
Wang Shuo's article was written around 1997, and now the environment in the United States has already undergone earth-shaking changes, including attitudes towards immigrants, public security, and so on.
However, it is not difficult to see from the content of this article that Wang Shuo still has a good impression of the United States, but this phenomenon is not surprising, after all, the United States was indeed very attractive to the literati of that era.
I don't know if Wang Shuo, who is now over 60 years old, has changed his view of the United States, but it would be great if he could write another article.