Chapter 38 Carry a Mazza and sit anywhere

Nowadays, the media frequently publishes rankings, ranging from the world's top 100 richest companies and top 100 companies, to the entertainment industry, literary circles, and even various consumer products. It is very lively.Ranking, in fact, is a question of seat; and seat, is actually a question of social status.Many people, especially young people, attach great importance to and are very sensitive to ranking, seat and social status.First of all, I like to talk about the rankings. I was in the subway car and heard two young men arguing loudly which brand of sports car is the best in the world. The girls debated which order of designer clothes the two European specialty stores sold in the first place.In fact, according to my estimation, at least for the time being, they do not have the financial ability to consume those commodities.not yet

Being attached to the edge is already a rare treasure, and we are always "inventoryed". If we can get a little bit of edge, the sense of pride and superiority will become even more high-spirited and difficult to restrain.I know a fashionable young man who claims to have graduated from the No. 1 middle school in Beijing and went to the No. 1 university in the country. Although his wish to study abroad at the No. 2 university in the United States has not yet been realized, he has already made a name for himself in the world. The seventh-ranked multinational company works as a white-collar worker in a Beijing branch, and its salary income ranks third in the same industry.He only wears the world's fourth-ranked brand-name suits to get off work, and he only goes to the world's fifth-ranked coffee chain store to drink the world's sixth-ranked freshly ground spray coffee after work.Back at the residence, he only reads certain books that have been listed in the New York Times Book Review for more than 20 consecutive weeks (he can always get it), and only watches VCDs that are in the top 10 box office charts in the United States (sorry, There is no way to find the real product, it is a pirated version), and he only listens to the latest songs in the European and American pop music charts (he downloaded it from the computer)... His latest girlfriend is said to have a relationship with the Chinese who is the world's number one media king His wife looks a little similar, and loves to read the top three novels among the latest top 50 Chinese literary circles, but their education, occupation, family background, etc. can't seem to find the factors listed in the top 10, so their relationship How long it will last is hard to say.This fashionable young man was very tired from life, and he was unable to buy tickets for the front row seat of the concert performed by the world's third-ranked band. He was persuaded to buy a side seat on the side of the top floor, saying that it would be possible. Saved several times the money, but the ears can still be enjoyed, he was so angry that his face was splashed with red, and then he thought that the performance venue ranked first in Beijing after all, so he refrained from arguing with the box office.

The reason why this fashionable young man associates with me is, among other factors, that I also had a seat, which is what interests him most.But sometimes I complained about his overemphasis on seating, and he launched a "self-defense counterattack".Once he even said meanly: "You are now being excluded from almost all the rankings, so you are pretending to be so chic! By the way, it is not completely absent from the rankings, to be precise, it is all positive You are famous in the rankings that are , teasing, and teasing, but you are not famous in some negative and teasing rankings, no wonder you reject the rankings so much!" He said with an exaggerated expression, amused I laughed out loud.

Seats, rankings, and posting lists are inevitable for the whole society.Today's society is evolving toward diversity, and there is more than one space where people can be active. As far as literature is concerned, professional writers who have been sealed can publish books, and people who have not joined the Writers Association can also publish books, and often Those who were sealed and enjoyed the benefits did not publish books because they could not write, and those who did not have any titles and benefits published books because they could write and were popular; the original works can only be published through paper printing, and that would take three years. Now anyone can dump their works on the Internet, and a new breed of online literature has emerged; the government has an official literary order, literary seats, and literary awards, while the folks have a folk literature market,

Literary gardens, literary rankings, and folks are divided into many types, the media is one, and the word of mouth is another.These various seats, rankings, and postings constitute a flowing and developing literary landscape, which is very lively, stimulating literary consumption and driving literary production, which is gratifying.But as far as the author is concerned, I think that we should take things lightly, such as seating, ranking, being on the list, winning awards, and applauding, including booing, being on the bottom list, being booed, being hidden, etc., because in the final analysis , The reason why you write is that your heart wants to tell, since you can gurgle out from your heart, you have already obtained happiness, cherish yourself with a broom, enjoy yourself, and you can stop here without regrets.Of course, all things that flow naturally from the heart, because of the interlinkage of human nature, will always meet confidantes in the vast crowd, and the number of confidants will increase at a time, causing a sensation, so someone invites you to the top seat, ranks you among the best, and brags about it. This is a great joy, but you must also understand that seating, ranking, and being on the list are mostly instant prosperity. It is hard to say what position the old man of time and the goddess of history will give you in the end.Some people say it very harshly, but it enlightens people soberly: "Don't think that you are epoch-making, in fact, the epoch has crossed you out!" , The list is outside the corner, but in that corner, you can be in touch with your confidantes. This life, this text, are not like ordinary flowers and grasses, they have their own dignity and value, so why envy the bustling place?Of course, sometimes there will be booing. First of all, you should understand that booing is a kind of reaction. If you don't make any noise, how can you boo?Hooting can make you reflect, correct, adjust, and improve. Of course, if there are both positive and negative, and both positive and negative lists are included, it means that you have achieved a real success, please work harder. !

That fashionable young man and I gradually had more common language.I told him that according to my life experience, the happiest state is not having to go to any "place" to fight for a seat, not worrying about where others will rank me, especially not worrying about not matching any rankings .The above cited literature as an example. In fact, in any field of life, being able to "sit in the front row", be listed in the "Top 100", "Top Ten", and often be named on the list is only a few people can enjoy "Successful banquet", moreover, often the final attendees are not the ones who strive for success. It is a rule that "if you want to plant flowers, you will not bloom, but if you don't want to plant willows and willows to make shade".Young people ask me: Don't you want to be aggressive?Is life supposed to stand on the sidelines all the time and not be able to sit comfortably?I replied that, of course, you must be enterprising.But aggressive what?To strive for a job within one's ability, to strive for a life of food and clothing, and to pay a certain price for this, especially when you are young, is a necessary thing, but more importantly, it is to strive for a kind of kindness to people and to nature. Friendly, simple and refreshing life realm.I said that I have worked hard for many years, and I dare not say that I have made progress to this level, but my neighbor, Lao Pei, is just an ordinary custodian. He has nothing in terms of seats, rankings, and being on the list. Maza—that is, a simple foldable stool without a backrest—spends his life with pleasure.There are not enough benches in the park, and the benches in the green space are often full, so he never has the anxiety of competing for seats with lovers and idlers. Wherever he goes, under the shade of a tree, by the lake, he just puts his horse aside and enjoys a leisurely stroll. .This Spring Festival, when he went back to his hometown, he only bought a hard-seat ticket without a seat number, but he carried a small mat, sat in the door opening of the carriage, humming songs, and spent more than ten hours happily without thinking about anything People are in soft-seat boxes or in large planes.He has no immediate family members in his hometown, and the two dolls from the Hope Primary School donated by him and their families were the ones who went to visit.He doesn't ask the media to report his good deeds, and in terms of what he has done, even if the rankings are not at the top, there are not many vivid plots and stimulating factors.I tried several times to compose a novel based on his story, but I couldn’t dig out the thrilling details. He is such a life that sits everywhere with a Maza, but he is like a light, better than any hero on the list. Jun, can illuminate my heart even more.Deep down in my heart, I saw the anxiety that I huddled with but didn't dissipate: Why didn't those seats invite me to sit?Why did you leave me out of the ranking this time?Why did the posters cut me off?When can I truly have a calm and indifferent soul like Lao Pei, who only regards giving to others as happiness?

That evening, a young friend went downstairs with me, and from a distance, I saw Lao Pei sitting on his pony horse. It was on the edge of the green field, and a bicycle repairer was "deaf" a wheel ( restore it to a perfect circle), Lao Pei seemed to be chatting with him casually, so that the repairing process would not be so boring.When I pointed it out to my young friend, he tilted his head for a while, then nodded and said, "Well, it really should be painted into a painting! Put up a Maza and sit anywhere - if this painting is taken to the Venice Biennale, it will definitely be ranked at No. Within the top six!" I couldn't help but curl my mouth.