Chapter 22 Don't be trapped by money!

Shanghai is different from Beijing, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen.She is too special. The special thing is that as long as you have money, this city is a real paradise on earth; otherwise, it is absolutely hell, and you will never be reborn—unless you can also win 259 million in the lottery. So, here comes our problem. In the introduction part, the other two books use the struggle stories of celebrities, but in Shanghai, you can’t find similar "legends"-most celebrities are either rich or expensive, at least not short of money Hua, then staying in Shanghai will definitely earn respect and make you feel comfortable. Who would dare to "escape from Shanghai" in a Shanghai dialect (meaning the behavior of using sensationalism to win praise)?The answer is, no!

And if a celebrity doesn't run away and wants to stay in this city without complaint and start from scratch, then he will definitely not become a celebrity.This is why Yu Zhengsheng, secretary of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee, wanted to ask "Why can't Jack Ma come out of Shanghai", because it is really too difficult to start a business in Shanghai. Entrepreneurship is usually a process from low to high, from small money to big money.It's a pity that Shanghai just looked down on small money, and she squeezed it dry without spending it. This is our embarrassment, but also the embarrassment of this city.Therefore, we can only look for examples around us-they are all excellent ordinary people, at least they can make a difference in their respective areas of expertise, but Shanghai is not suitable for them at this stage, and expensive consumption seriously exploits the "fledged people". For those who are rich, if the only thing left in their lives is to care about everything and bury their heads in making money, and nervously break a penny in half to spend, then there is indeed a feeling that the road is going to the dark.

Don't be trapped by money!This is the feeling we hear the most when we collect and sort out the examples of these ordinary people. When our colleagues were sorting out the illustrations for this book, they found that many photos about Shanghai are not really able to show the "expensive" and "luxury" of the city.A friend who came to Shanghai to watch the World Expo went around the Bund. He said that except for a few buildings that are more European-style, it seems to be not much different from Changsha.I said, it's no use just looking outside, you have to go in.Once you go there, you will know that the things inside, just by looking at them, you will feel that you are "despised" by that pile of things.

Shanghai is not an upstart, her expensiveness is in her bones, and she accumulates bit by bit, and slowly you will realize that if you have no money, it is really difficult for you to be accepted by this city. Because I am in Shanghai, I feel very different from the other two cities when compiling this book "Shanghai is Too Expensive".But we are not afraid that after seeing more and more "bloody" facts, we will be disgusted and disappointed until we lose the courage to continue and "escape" from Shanghai.Because this book is not "alarmist", and we have no intention of urging you to stay away from Greater Shanghai, but we feel that it is necessary to let those who have already entered face the reality and find an exit for their future; A map, you really need to know how many traps and organs are hidden in this "Magic City".