In the 80th edition of "Shanghai Beach", who is the final winner?
Many people's answer is Ding Li.
Why?
At the end of the story, Xu Wenqiang was dead on the street, Feng Chengcheng was far away, and Ding Li dominated the beach.
However, in a few years, he jumped from a small minions in Zhabei District to a prominent figure in the Ten Mile Ocean Field - to be Hua Dong, earn money, play with women, and attract the dual firepower of Feng Jingyao and Nie Ren Wang, doubling his strength, not enough to earn?
He went from a street pear vendor to a number one figure in the French Concession;
He moved from a rat-infested shantytown in Zhabei District to a luxurious apartment on Xiafei Road;
He went from poverty when he couldn't take a sip of tap water to holding countless bills in his hands;
He walked out of the "background" of others, until he became the focus of the whole audience, accepting all envy, all admiration, all admiration like God, this way, is not worthy of a "win" word?
Speak slowly.
01
At the end of "Shanghai Beach", Ding Li helped Xu Wenqiang, who had been shot several times, and shouted Brother Wen in his mouth, what was going on in his mind?
Experience told him that Xu Wenqiang's life was not guaranteed.
Who did it?
Those who can be so arrogant in the French Concession are naturally the French.
Because the recent Shanghai is too calm.
Before Xu Wenqiang walked out of the door of the restaurant that killed him, he had already told him that Shanghai was a place that was not calm enough. Only chaos can bring the developing forces under control.
What are the French most afraid of?
It was Xu Wenqiang and Ding Li who joined forces.
Behind Xu Wenqiang was the old subordinate of the Nie Ren King, and Ding Li inherited the power of Feng Jingyao. At that time, the two were evenly matched, but it was advantageous to control, and now the two major forces converged, almost flattening the beach, how can the French rest assured.
So they want to muddy the waters.
In any case, Xu Wenqiang and Ding Li can only keep one.
In this case, the French took up a machine gun and shot Xu Wenqiang, who happened to walk out the door.
Why did Xu Wenqiang come out?
Because he and Ding Li made a bet, whoever approached the door first would leave Shanghai.
Xu Wenqiang has no intention of wandering on the beach adventure game. The wife is dead, the lover is gone, and the lover has lost his life for himself. The revenge has been repaid, the debt has been paid, what else is worth nostalgia?
He was willing to give up half of the country he had fought to Ding Li, who was more suitable for being the boss.
He came out the door to prepare for a cigarette, but before it was lit, the gunshots rang out.
For the French, it doesn't matter who the muzzle of the gun is aimed at, it's more important when the gun is fired.
In Xu Wenqiang's words, this is called the arrangement of fate.
When Ding Li rushed out the door to help his Brother Wen, he would definitely flash a thought——
Thankfully, it wasn't me who died.
02
This is not the first time that Ding Li has gained pleasure from the news of Xu Wenqiang's death.
In that year, Xu Wenqiang betrayed Feng Jingyao and fled all the way to Hong Kong. News came from Hong Kong that Xu Wenqiang would undoubtedly die if he fell off a cliff. Ding Li heard this, and a trace of imperceptible joy flashed at the corner of his mouth.
Later, he confessed to Feng Chengcheng that it should not be one thing, and whether he wanted to or not was another.
Why shouldn't it?
Because at that time, it was Xu Wenqiang who led the stupid boy who sold pears all the way to the position in front of him. Without Xu Wenqiang, there would be no Ding Li.
Why is it hilarious again?
Because Xu Wenqiang fell in love with the person, he also liked.
Why has the audience always hated Ding Li's personality?
Because everything he does is making way for "desire."
He was still living in a dilapidated house in Zhabei, poor and full of rats, do you remember what was on his bedside?
A portrait of Feng Jingyao cut from a newspaper.
He pasted the portrait against the wall and stared at it when he couldn't sleep.
He was fantasizing about the life of the big man Feng Jingyao, although he did not know a single character, but from word of mouth, he pieced together the life of a successful person.
He wanted to go to the Seventh Heaven, take a car, eat well, dress well, and shake hands with Feng Jingyao.
Before meeting Xu Wenqiang, this was Ding Li's highest dream.
In just one year, his dream has doubled.
As a result, Ding Li had a new dream.
He wanted to spell out a life like Feng Jingyao.
You will find that although it is Xu Wenqiang who leads Ding Li, Ding Li has always been Aimed at Feng Jingyao.
Feng Jingyao is Ding Li's only idol.
This can also explain why when Feng Jingyao pursued and killed Xu Wenqiang, Ding Li finally chose to side with Feng Jingyao.
Feng Jingyao once said, Ah Li, do things with your own ideas.
Xu Wenqiang once said, Ah Li, sometimes people can't show their sharp edges.
Ding Li once said that in this line of work, the heart cannot but be hard.
Step by step, Ding Li climbed to his dream position.
He could not give up the wealth in his hands, and naturally could not give up his goal for anyone.
Even if it comes at the cost of one of Vincent's fingers.
03
What does Feng Chengcheng mean to Ding Li?
It means victory.
For an ambitionist, everything in life can be judged by winning or losing.
When I knew Miss Jia, because I was fledgling and reckless, it was a failure.
When he first saw Feng Chengcheng, Ding Li loved her beauty, and had no choice but to have Xu Wenqiang first. Not wanting to turn around later, he actually became the son-in-law of the Feng family. This is a victory.
From failure to success, it just echoes Ding Li's career curve.
At that time, he was Xu Wenqiang's small class, illiterate and did not understand the style. When I went to Visit Miss Jia's house, I was holding a bouquet of white chrysanthemums in my hand.
Later, he became the second person in the Feng Jingyao Group, knew how to read books and newspapers, and knew how to use red roses to win Feng Chengcheng's heart.
Feng Chengcheng said, you don't waste time on me.
Ding Li said, if you don't marry for a day, I will always have hope.
Feng Chengcheng said, every day like this, you are tired and I am tired.
Ding Li smiled and replied, every day I see you, I am too late to be happy.
Feng Chengcheng said, you are becoming more and more flamboyant.
Ding Li said, the first time I saw you, I fell in love with you.
From a big old man who only lets the singer sing "Eighteen Touches" to a gentleman who wears a top hat and talks deeply about love. If it weren't for the sword-rattling married life, I think Ding Li would probably be able to disguise itself for a longer time.
He learns quickly, and naturally he is timid.
On the night of the wedding, he got drunk. I woke up to see my newlywed wife sitting by the window in a daze.
How, thinking about your old lover?
If you marry me, you shouldn't always worry about Xu Wenqiang.
Remember who you are, Mrs. Ding.
Ding Li's married life with Feng Chengcheng is full of suspicion, bad language, and even violence. The sweet moments that belong to the two of them are really few.
Ding Li inevitably went from success to failure, and he became a wretched creature with suspicious and inferior self-esteem.
So he lingered in the bed of more women, and used a short conquest to make up for the frustration of the marriage.
He's just a guy who can't lose.
04
How do you define success or failure?
Feng Jingyao was once prominent, but he still had to die under Xu Wenqiang's gun.
Xu Wenqiang once had unlimited scenery, and he could not escape the fate of violent death on the street.
So, what about Ding Li?
I saw him rise tall, I saw him feast on guests, and I saw him collapse.
The so-called pursuit of dreams is nothing more than a game of adventurers.
Once you're on the road, you lose the possibility of stopping.
Ding Li once said that Shanghai is like this, a rise and fall, overnight may be rich, overnight, may also have nothing.
He also said that I would die on the beach.
The times have created Shanghai Beach, and Shanghai Beach has never belonged to any one person.
There is no such thing as an absolute "nice guy" in Shanghai Beach, nor is there an ultimate winner.
Xu Wenqiang said it well-
Believe me, Shanghai is a place that cannot be calm.
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