In my thirties, I finally understood the essence of human society.
The essence of human society is that a small portion of people reap the rewards of the majority.
How do we see the lives of the rich?
Live in high-end luxury apartments, ultra-luxury hotels, buy yachts, private jets, enjoy high-end meals, and be with the most beautiful girls.
These things are provided by the lower-level workers.
They take the fruits of the labor of most people for their own enjoyment.
And how does all this work?
It cannot be separated from the essence of money.
In fact, behind money is the valuation of labor.
When a person has enough money, they no longer need to work at all.
You just need to enjoy.
If everyone becomes rich, no one would want to provide services, such as city sewer maintenance, food delivery, farming, or providing medical services.
So, the upper class will use various ways to stop the poor from becoming rich.
So how do we stop this?
Let's take the bottom-level white-collar workers as an example.
A white-collar worker in Beijing earns 10,000 yuan a month.
Apart from the 3,000 for rent and 3,000 for food.
Only 4,000 yuan left.
Then instill the values of light luxury and branded clothing.
He might end up with nothing left at the end of the month.
Then he will continue to work in his position, creating value.
If this person rises a level, they become a super worker.
A monthly income of 50,000.
What awaits him are high housing loans and expensive childcare costs.
In the end, it's still the suffering working people.
What if he advances again and earns a million a year?
Well, what awaits him is investment and wealth management.
Through investment and wealth management, stocks, funds, etc.
Let him lose everything.
Let him study K-line indicators, Federal Reserve news, and economic cycles.
Every promotion here has strong obstacles, just like the trials of ascension in Taoism.
And only a very few can break through the obstacles.
Just like passing through a sieve.
We usually call it class crossing.
If you cross to the top layer, you can become a rule-maker, enjoying the best services and life.
This is the operating law of this society.
So as an ordinary person at the bottom, how can one ascend?
Relying on diligent work is obviously impossible.
I can only rely on gambling.
That's right, it's gambling.
If you want to ascend, you can only gamble.
Gambling won leads to ascension.
Gambling loss leads to demotion, even to irreversible ruin.
Entrepreneurship, rebellion, gambling, local dog memes.
It's all gambling.
This is a choice where one general's success comes at the cost of countless bones.
Many people have taken this path, but the vast majority fail and cannot ascend.
We see Liu Bang's success.
But most rebel groups end like Chen Sheng and Wu Guang, with failure.
We have seen many successful entrepreneurs like Liu Qiangdong, transforming from losers to successful businessmen on the Forbes list.
But most entrepreneurs who fail end up delivering food or express delivery, or even jumping off buildings.
You can see many marshals enjoying Ferraris.
But more little marshals are riding electric bikes.
So I'm not encouraging everyone to gamble here.
Just telling everyone this truth.
But there is another way to ascend, which is with the help of benefactors.
If you receive help from a benefactor.
You might directly level up.
For example, Zhu Bajie from Journey to the West.
The lazy and indulgent Zhu Bajie directly earned the favor of the Golden Crow.
Teach the highest level spell, the 36 transformations of Tian Gang.
Then heaven made him the Marshal of the Heavenly Pavilion.
So, you must cherish your benefactors.
Be humble and be a good person.
This will increase the chances of receiving help from benefactors.
That's all.
Or provide services contentedly and live out this life.
Either find a way to break through and achieve ascension.
The road to ascension is fraught with difficulties, but I am willing to try.
I want to become the reaper instead of the reaped.
If one time doesn't work, try two; if two doesn't work, try three.
Although I have failed countless times and have been brought back to my original form.
But I hope to succeed at least once.
I am willing to keep gambling.