Chapter 263: Indirect Ambition, Continuous Living and Waiting for Death
Bruch was still unconvinced and said, "But it's not like here in the West, right? What is the gap between the rich and the poor? Look at us here, the rich die of wealth, and the poor die of poverty!"
Xiao Peng shook his finger. "It's all the same. Last year, a bank in our country released an annual report. According to that report, 80% of its total assets were held by 1.8% of the people, while the remaining 98.2% of the people held the remaining 20%. So, isn't the gap between the rich and the poor even more terrifying here?"
After hearing Xiao Peng's words, everyone fell silent.
Xiao Peng said, "Why do they say shutting down the internet can protect your IQ? If you open the internet, you'll find that everyone is rich, everyone is a tycoon, and everyone has a high income! What if you believe that represents everyone's income? Haha, you'll either start comparing yourself to others, or you'll spend a lot of money on credit cards and loans, becoming a 'debtor' with a mountain of debt. Isn't that how my friend's fiancée and he broke up? All happiness comes from comparison, and all unhappiness comes from comparison. It all depends on what you compare yourself to!"
Moreau was silent for a moment and then snapped his fingers: "Philosophy!"
Bruch said angrily, "Fuck, flattery is my job, okay? You're stealing my job! But boss, I think your friend did a wise thing. It's right to break up with a girlfriend like that!"
After he finished speaking, Xiao Peng and the other two raised their middle fingers to Bruch's face.
After they learned about the breakup between Shao Feng and Miao Pei, a debate broke out at home. The men said they should do this, while the women scolded Shao Feng for not being a man. The only man who stood with the women at the time was Bruch!
Bruch sneered, "Didn't Deborah force me to take sides? By the way, Morrow, you can find a Chinese woman to be your wife. The women there are gentle, virtuous, and family-oriented! Right, Boss?"
Xiao Peng thought for a moment and said, "I can't say it's completely wrong. After all, my brother and his wife have been in love since they were classmates. They have been through thick and thin together and supported each other. But when I returned home this time, I found a little problem."
"What's the problem?" Bruch asked in confusion.
Xiao Peng was silent. After a while, he said, "Don't tell anyone what I said, or the women's rights group will come and cause trouble for me."
"It's just the four of us chatting, who would spread it out?" said Walter, who had been silent on the side. He didn't speak but was listening.
Xiao Peng said: "I discovered a problem when I returned to China this time: women in our country, especially young women, are in a state of being 'praised to death'."
"'Too much flattery'?" Bruch's eyes widened. "What does that mean?"
Xiao Peng thought for a moment and said, "I've discovered that the mate selection criteria of young Chinese girls are really simple. They want the man to have a house and a car, an annual income of one million, be modest, polite, educated, handsome, suave, tall, powerful, bold, and careful. But he also has to be unattached. Men who have been in a few relationships are scumbags, and only with them can this be their first love. They have to be successful in their careers and take care of the family every day. They have to buy them everything they want and be willing to spend time and money on themselves. They also have to listen to their wishes and treat them like daughters. They have to be able to tell the difference between different lipstick shades, otherwise they're straight... There are dozens more requirements, so I won't go into them, but that's the gist."
Bruch was dumbfounded. "So your mate selection criteria are 'simple'? Where can I find a man like that? Boss, do you think you have a chance?"
Xiao Peng spread his hands. "I have no chance. Doting on them like daughters? Come on, they're all first-timers and no one has any experience with spoiling naughty kids! And what's that 'If you love me, you have to tolerate my mischief. If I don't do it with you, who else will I do it with'? If a girl said that to me, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to help but slap her in the face! It's okay to play with women like this, but let me spend my whole life with them? Unless I'm crazy!"
"Boss! Don't say that!" Moreau said quickly, "You dive all day. What if you really lose your mind one day?"
"Walter, help me beat him!"
"yes!"
Xiao Peng lit a cigarette and said, "Short video apps are all the rage right now. They're full of all sorts of so-called 'relationship experts' and 'relationship mentors,' and all these opinions are spouted from their mouths. What's their purpose? To get women to spend money! They instill in them consumerist ideas, saying things like 'Girls should buy whatever they want, and if they don't spend money, they'll get old.' And then they push women into positions they shouldn't be in. They're constantly bombarded with brainwashing messages like 'There are no ugly women, only lazy ones,' and 'Women are born noble, and their spending should be worthy of their efforts.' When women see that it makes sense, they rush to buy. But what if they don't have money? They take out credit cards and loans, and end up in debt."
"Eventually, they think they're good enough, and they start looking for 'boyfriends like everyone else's boyfriends,' the kind I just mentioned, 'making a million dollars a year, with a car and a house.' Then they focus their energy on dating and finding love instead of learning and improving themselves. They intermittently have lofty ambitions, but constantly live a life of idleness, all in the name of finding that one man who can make them soar to fame... Okay, actually, men are like this too! There are quite a few of them! But compared to that, it's really more common among women!"
"Well, you can't say these girls aren't learning or making progress. They love reading articles, too, but they're all about things like 'Chinese Men Are Unworthy of Chinese Women,' 'Symptoms of Male Male Transgender Cancer,' and 'If a Guy Does the Following, You Should Break Up With Him,' and they believe them wholeheartedly! Add to that a few close friends who believe this, and it's endless! The end result is that while they themselves aren't particularly impressive, their expectations of the opposite sex are incredibly high. They're very tolerant of themselves, each of them feeling unattainable, yet incredibly demanding of those around them. They want relationships but are also very picky."
Bruch was silent for a moment after hearing this: "If they continue like this, they will definitely be in trouble!"
Xiao Peng smiled bitterly and said, "The key is that China still has more men than women. As long as this young girl is not as ugly as Moreau, she will have more or less people pursuing her when she is young. Walter, if Moreau dares to refute, go ahead and beat him... Anyway, the behavior of these men pursuing them only confirms their fantasy of self-proclaimed nobility, and then they continue to be picky. Besides, there are fewer women in China, and when they are older and have had enough fun, they will find someone to take over. So they will see which honest man dug up her family's ancestral grave in the previous life and then marry him. Gradually, they become the ordinary middle-aged women who are neither high nor low, who are the ones I loved to mock when I was young. But I have to be grateful that there are more and more girls like this, otherwise how could it be so easy for me to pick up girls?"
"Oh my god, that's brilliant!" Moro exclaimed. "Boss, are you a friend of women?"
"Walter, Bruch, help me hold him down. I'll do the beating myself this time!"
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