Rascal

Author: Wang Shuo
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: Three friends from the 1980s—Ma Qing, Yu Guan, and Yang Chong—seriously established the "3T" company, which specializes in helping people solve problems, entertain them, and bear their burdens. For example: organizing award ceremonies for young writers who want to give themselves awards, acting as a vent for wives, and accompanying girlfriends for lovers who cannot make it on time. What kind of economic benefits will such novel services bring? This book includes Wang Shuo's 5 short stories: 1. The Mastermind Three friends from the 1980s—Ma Qing, Yu Guan, and Yang Chong—seriously established the "3T" company, which specializes in helping people solve problems, entertain them, and bear their burdens. For example: organizing award ceremonies for young writers who want to give themselves awards, acting as a vent for wives, and accompanying girlfriends for lovers who cannot make it on time. What kind of economic benefits will such novel services bring? 2. No Sense of Decency At all "No Sense of Decency At all" is a sequel to "The Mastermind." It tells a seemingly absurd story where there are writers everywhere. In the novel, Wang Shuo uses his unique sarcastic tone to satirize this group of people. The emptiness and boredom of young people in the city are palpable. 3. Animals Are Fierce, Spiritual Life Is Dull During the Cultural Revolution, a teenage boy fell in love with making a "universal key." One day, he secretly entered a house and accidentally walked into a girl's bedroom, and he couldn't help but feel a strange, inexplicable desire in his heart. 4. Uncle Xu "Uncle Xu" is not an old gentleman; in 1980s China, he was just a taxi driver who made a little money early on. In the flow of urban traffic and crowds, he vainly upheld his so-called self-esteem and face, gradually losing himself in the tide of economic openness, and eventually became a tragic social dregs. 5. You Are Not a Vulgar Person "Flattery Studies" has a long history in China, originally originating from labor, as early as recorded in the "Book of Songs." By the 1990s, a group of restless, dance-like vulgar people around "Flattery Studies" in today's society have put this "marginal discipline" into practice, claiming to give "good dreams" to every service object. What kind of results will their "kind intentions" bring?