Chapter 22 postscript

I didn't want to write it at first, but I should write one, after all, I have written so many words. I remember some time ago, when I went to CCTV for a face-to-face interview, the host asked me, how did you feel when you finished writing? In fact, I have asked myself this question many times, happy, excited, depressed, anything is possible. But when the moment comes, I just feel, not feel. Not hypocritical. How should I put it, because I always feel that writing this stuff is too small a thing.However, someone soon told me that your book has been on the best-seller list for a few days, months, years, and then hundreds of thousands of copies, and then millions of copies. He said that in the 30 years of reform and opening up, the circulation of this book can be ranked among the top fifteen.

Is this interesting?To be honest, it's kind of interesting. Unshakable, there are media, newspapers, periodicals, magazines, TV stations, from fashion to society, from leisure to current affairs, from the central government to local governments, from China to foreign countries, to borrow a certain comrade's words, even pet magazines will come to you.On average, several visits a day, the questions asked are roughly the same, over and over again, there are always a few questions, and I have to memorize them several times a day. For a boring person like me, who wants to talk to me, it’s just a errand, I understand .

The appearance is sloppy, and I have also been dragged to several TV forums to talk about the so-called history (similar to story clubs) that is quite popular, quite popular, and can be understood by people. Of course, I have to ask what should be asked. You may have to talk about it. This is boring, boring, and you have to keep messing around. I always feel that I am a very ordinary person. I can’t be found when I throw it in the crowd. I put it on the arrest warrant. I guess no one can remember it. I still feel this way. If I am remembered today, I will be remembered tomorrow. People forget that many people know today, but they will not know tomorrow, so the so-called postscript, so-called impressions, so-called acceptance speeches and other boring, nonsense, self-deceiving, nonsense, rest.

So next, say something that needs to be said. First of all, thank you very much. I remember Comrade Ma Weidu once said to me that many people in this world have reasons not to like you.Because you became famous too early, became famous too much, and were too young, it makes sense that people don't like you, so no matter how much people hate you or tease you, you have to understand, you should understand. I think this sentence makes sense, so all along, I don't care. But what moved me was that the general public should still like me. I have always received the help of many friends. Without you, I would not be able to survive today. Thank you, thank you very sincerely.

thanks. Then there is experience, if you want to ask me, what success experience and principles of life, I think, there is only one point, be honest, write books diligently, nothing else. Over the past few years, I have been writing every day, and I have never dared to be negligent, not causing trouble, not making trouble, even under the so-called reputation, I have never slackened. Do some advertising, the cost can reach six figures, and you can earn it easily. I ignored it.Because I am not a businessman. The publisher personally calculated to me that because I insisted on publishing the unpublished part for free, the annual royalties lost can reach seven figures, not including pirated editions and various unlicensed texts.

I still insist, because I believe that this is an era of freedom. Everyone has the freedom to watch or not to watch, and also has the freedom to buy or not to buy. No one should be forced. This is my principle of life, and I always adhere to it. Maybe many people think it is a disadvantage to do so, but I believe you have seen the result. Well, there is also history. Now that I have written history, I have to talk about my views on history. There are only a few sentences left, let’s forget about the false, let’s talk about the real thing. Many people asked, why read history, and many people answered, take history as a mirror.

Now let me tell you that it is impossible to learn from history. Because I found that history has not changed, technology has changed, clothes have changed, diet has changed, these are all shells, and nothing inside has changed. The crime is still to be committed, the person who should be killed will still be killed, Yue Fei will die, Yuan Chonghuan will die, and after another thousand years, he will still die. Everything happened because it happened for a reason, and those who can transcend history are called history as a mirror. However, we cannot transcend after all because of our own desires and weaknesses.

We all know all the mistakes, but we can't get rid of them after all. Those that can be changed are called shortcomings, and those that cannot be changed are called weaknesses. By the way, there are still people who can transcend history. We call such people saints. If you can understand the above words, you understand it, and if you don't understand it, you will treat it as crazy. Finally, let me talk about my own thoughts. Because I have seen a lot of history, I have a sense of history as a person. Of course, this is a civilized way of saying it. Roughly speaking, it is pessimistic.

This is not a joke. Although I am often humorous, I am very pessimistic about many things, because I often watch history (just like many people watch TV dramas). The difference is that in the ancient texts I read, there are only tragic endings. Without exception. For each person, his rise to prosperity and his downfall are decades for him, but for me, there are only a few pages. He is very good in the first page, and he is cowardly in the next page. The same goes for Dynasty. It's boring, it's boring. But I insist on humor because I understand that no matter how hopeless the world is, you have to be hopeful yourself.

Life is not as short as some people say, in fact, sometimes it is very long, especially for those who are suffering, it is so long that you want to die. But I insist, no matter how desperate, no matter how sad, every morning when I get up, I must say to myself that this world is very good and powerful. This sentence is not said when you are full of hope and bright, but when you are desperate, helpless, painful, and confused. Believe that you are a brave man. Because you are alive, and alive, you have to move on. Someone once asked me, how do you know so many things that you shouldn't know, and how do you have the feelings that so many people in their sixties and seventies have.I said I don't know.Director Tian Qinxin, who was rehearsing the drama with me, said that I read too many books in my previous life, and I was so aggrieved that I wrote it in this life.

I have nothing to say. Will you still write?It should be, I feel that I can still write, and I can still write. After all, I am still very young, it is too early to retire, and I can still eat. Before continuing to write, take a break, tired and flustered. Yes, the world is still very interesting. Finally, I would like to give you a poem about index fingers. What I want to tell you is roughly in it. I wrote it in my twenties, and I was still in my twenties after writing it, which is interesting. Yes, the world is still very interesting.