Chapter 23 dream come true

When I first started writing this book, there was a question that kept haunting me—"What kind of blueprint for the future makes people leave their hometowns and go to Guangzhou and Shenzhen without hesitation?" So, I turned the time back. In 2000, the 1990s, and the 1980s, the eyes of the people in the past became more persistent and resolute, as if telling the sentence in "The Thief of Time", "To be a man, you must always letter".What to believe, I think, is to believe that Guangzhou and Shenzhen at that time could "realize their dreams". Dreams are so important. It is said in "The Fantastic Journey of the Shepherd Boy", "When I am sincerely pursuing my dream, every day is colorful, because I know that every hour is part of realizing my dream." .I discover things along the way that I never imagined, and if I hadn't had the courage to try what seemed almost impossible, I'd be nothing more than a shepherd."

People who have been repressed for too long will jump over like moths when they encounter a "hot land" to realize their dreams.In the earth-shaking social reforms, legends were born. Those stories nourished people's impoverished psychology and brought people hope and longing; those people became symbols of the times and wrote epic inscriptions for their successors.That era was full of passion, but that era was soon overwhelmed by another wave, and now Guangzhou and Shenzhen have entered a lost age from a golden age. What about dreams? ——Dreams become blurred, "urban fantasy" replaces dreams...

30 years of rapid development like a rapid march has worn away the vigor of Guangzhou and Shenzhen, and homogeneity has replaced innovation.The two cities are no longer the original "gold rush fields", but have become "arenas" with scarce resources.Guangzhou-Shenzhen, known as the "world construction site", squeezes the demographic dividend, making successive people struggle with each other in order to survive and gain a foothold. What is drifting away is the ideal life deep in their hearts. "New Weekly" editor-in-chief Xiao Feng said, "Pony Ma Huateng started his business with 500,000 yuan, but now, 500,000 yuan can only buy one bathroom in Shenzhen."One person said: "I have lived in Shenzhen for 9 years, and I am full of affection for this city. I worked hard here, got married and had children here, bought a house and a car here, and I have a lot of friends here. In Shenzhen, I have a family. A sense of belonging, a feeling of home! But I can’t realize my dream here. The cost of doing the same thing in Shenzhen is ridiculously high. The high housing price not only kidnaps my funds, but also kidnaps my life. Time and energy have kidnapped my dreams! Fragrant coffee, exquisite snacks, favorite books, lazy music, comfortable sofas, bright windows, warm sunshine, friends who take a nap, smiling shop assistants... This is a daydream I have had for seven years. I have told my friends countless times, but I am always squeezed into the corner of my memory by the so-called career and trivial matters! I am always looking for all kinds of things that cannot realize my dreams. Excuse - 'money, time, experience and opportunity' to let myself give up this dream."

A city should be a paradise where dreams are realized, not a hell where ideals are bound.When choosing a city, shouldn't we first ask what kind of life we ​​want?Instead of being bewitched by "expired" legends and deceived by the dazzling city halo. Later, when we tried to analyze Guangdong (Shenzhen, Guangzhou), we unexpectedly found many events that were difficult to explain but had objective driving factors.For example, in Guangzhou, there will always be new trends in this area, but it is not here that the general trend is formed.Just like Li Ning brand, foreign-funded enterprises, and pop singers all appeared in Guangzhou, but in the end, they did not stay in Guangzhou but went north.Another example is Shenzhen, which is very "unhuman". When the manufacturing industry in Hong Kong and Taiwan was invited, they were very considerate. However, the competition became fierce and the city developed, and these manufacturing industries became "sinners". Instead, he was disliked.

Moreover, the changes in Guangzhou and Shenzhen are too fast, and their changes are almost a symbol of China's reform and opening up, which is too immediate but lacks long-term.Watching Guangzhou and Shenzhen suffer from the "big city disease" - high housing prices, traffic congestion, strict household registration, and far away from home; on the other hand, there are development bottlenecks and turning points.I really feel that it is not easy for people who are in it. The big situation is beyond our control, and in many cases, we can find out how this process developed through historical review instead.However, our lives are in our own hands.If you feel out of breath, escape from Guangshen, for the dream of waving in his direction.