I have read the novel "The Distant Savior" a long time ago. In terms of literature alone, the novel cannot be considered the best, but the novel is told through the mouths of the protagonists Ding Yuanying and Rui Xiaodan. The many truths revealed sparkle with thoughts and are shocking.
Let’s first talk about Doudou, the author of the novel. Doudou is very low-key. Even when her novel "The Distant Savior" was made into a TV series "The Way of Heaven" and caused a sensation, she didn't seem to show up much. , and it is rare to find any news about her online. Searching for the writer Doudou on Baidu, the introduction is also very brief:
Doudou, female, Chinese name Li Xue, born in 1970, high school education. When the author was seventeen, he met a good friend, Li Hongying, through work (this person's outlook on life, values, personality, moral character, and way of thinking all had an important influence on the author). In 1990, Li settled in Europe. Since then, Li has continued to send Doudou a large number of reference materials. Every time he returned to China, he told the author some social life that was unfamiliar to him. The author started writing the novel "Betrayal" in June 1995 and completed it in August 1997. The book "Betrayal" was serialized in the magazine "Woodpecker" in issues 1-4 in 2000. In 2000, the author was an ordinary worker with a husband who could stay together forever. In December 2011, he completed the full-length political novel "The Sky in the Red Dust" and sold it in July 2013.
It can be seen from the introduction that Doudou is not highly educated. Doudou met the strange person Li Hongying and was inspired by her to write good works. The source of the author's creation itself has some legends and mysteries. The color actually complements the mysterious color of the novel itself.
The stories in the novel are extremely legendary. The author’s thinking is broad, the layout is precise, and the brilliance of Buddhism shines through the lines. It is dazzling and breathtaking to read.
The protagonist of the novel, Ding Yuanying, is portrayed by the author as a strange person. He cracked the code of Chinese culture, managed tens of millions of private equity funds, used the Chinese stock market as a cash machine, and made a lot of money for the Germans. Special profit. Later, because he felt that it was unkind to help foreigners plunder the Chinese stock market, he took the initiative to dissolve the private equity fund. His share of the funds was temporarily frozen, and he fell into a difficult life. As for the prototype of Ding Yuanying, some readers have speculated that Dou Dou is based on the famous stock trading blogger "Tangled in Zen" on Sina Blog. The online introduction to "Zen in Tangle" is as follows:
Zen in Tangle: A contemporary strange man, a person who always only wants to stand and hopes to explore and show all human potentials and possibilities. His true identity is currently unknown. . He is bohemian, erudite and talented. He claims to be the world's number one blogger. From 2002 to 2008, he published about 1,848 online works under different identities, covering religious culture, poetry and poetry, literature, history and philosophy, current affairs and economics, music and art, mathematics, science and technology, etc. Field, with its bold style, sharp language, subversive and perspective thinking, and revealing the essence of things, is the spiritual mentor of many netizens.
Among the many articles about Zen in Mao Zhong, the series of articles "Teaching You to Stock Stock Trading" have received the greatest response. The world is grateful and calls it "Mao's Theory". The tangle theory is fundamentally different from Dow, Gann, wave and other theories. The tangle theory uses classification as its basic structure and does not involve God-like speculation. Through pure geometric definitions of parts, pens, line segments, centers, trends, etc., the seemingly chaotic and disorderly specific level trends are scientifically and uniquely described.
Who is the true identity of Chan Zhongshuo? Some netizens have always suspected that he is Li Biao, the trader of Yi'an Technology at that time. The following is a simple analysis: From "Happy Number Girl" to Chan Zhongshuo In recent years, Chan Zhongshuo has been very active on the Internet. The "girl who likes mathematics" was once very popular in Tianya, and was known as the "number-loving girl". When "Xishusu Girl" wrote her article, her language was harsh and the title was eye-catching, and she soon turned the Tianya Forum upside down. Later, I started a blog on Sina under the name "Guozhong Shuozhen". The language style changed a lot. It was not as aggressive as "Xishu Nu", but the writing style was still eye-catching. Since Mao Zhongshuochan started his blog, some netizens have always suspected that he is Li Biao (the trader of Yi'an Technology at that time).
Chen Zhong said that Zen is Muzi
Chen Zhong said that he wanted to start a magazine. Soon, Qingdao Muzi Venture Capital Company participated in the founding of "Fund Analysis" and "New Finance". Li Biao is the chairman of Qingdao Muzi Venture Capital Company.
After the launch of "Fund Analysis", senior consultant Muzi often wrote columns in "Muzi's Viewpoint". These articles all come from the blog Taizhongshuozen. Just because it was published in the magazine, some text has been modified in some places.
Even a few years ago, Chen Zhongshuo Zen miraculously predicted that the global financial crisis would be triggered by the U.S. subprime mortgage crisis in the second half of 2007, which was comparable to the world financial crisis in 1929; in 2005, his miraculous prediction of the stock market At the bottom, there will be a magnificent bull market soon; in 2007, it was judged that the stock market had peaked shortly after 6124.04 points. Because of his repeated success in miraculously judging the turning points of the stock market, he has many fans on the Internet. His fans are called "Tangmi", and his fans call him "Zen Master". In 2008, the "Zen Master" revealed that he was suffering from nasopharyngeal cancer. In order to know the true identity of the "Zen Master", Maomi launched an investigation. It wasn't until "Fund Analysis" published a eulogy that the mystery was finally revealed. It turned out that Chan was Muzi who was said by Tang Zhong.
Matan Zhongshuochan has expressed many times on his blog that in addition to stock trading, he also mainly does venture capital, and he should always look at projects. After Maozhong Shuochan became seriously ill, his last article was written on October 10, 2008, and has not been updated since. Many people who claim to be Li Biao's classmates have left messages in memory of Li Biao on the Mao Zhong Shuo Zen blog, and some have written articles in memory of Li Biao on their own blogs.
Based on the above, it can be determined that the "talking about Zen" is Li Biao, the trader of Yi'an Company who stirred up the situation back then, and it is very likely that someone gave Li Biao's materials to Doudou, and Doudou used Li Biao to As a prototype, he wrote the sensational "The Distant Savior".
The opening chapter of "The Distant Savior" sets the stage for the appearance of the protagonist Ding Yuanying.
When Rui Xiaodan's best friend Xiao Yawen was chatting with Rui Xiaodan, she described Ding Yuanying as "a devil or a ghost, but not a human being". At first, it not only aroused Rui Xiaodan's curiosity, but also attracted her attention. whet the reader's appetite.
Later, because Ding Yuanying wanted to live in seclusion in the ancient city after disbanding her private equity firm in Frankfurt, Xiao Yawen asked her best friend to find a house for Ding Yuanying to rent in the ancient city, because Rui Xiaodan worked as a criminal police officer in the ancient city.
While looking for a house for Ding Yuanying, Rui Xiaodan's curiosity drove her to get to know the strange man Ding Yuanying step by step. The more she got to know him, the more she liked him. In the end, Rui Xiaodan took the initiative to devote himself to pursuing Ding Yuanying. At first, Ding Yuanying refused because he was used to being free and loose. He had left Jiao and did not want to wade into this muddy water again. But later, he surrendered under Rui Xiaodan's powerful offensive. The two began a sweet love and cohabitation life in the ancient city.
Rui Xiaodan understood deeply that she could not capture a strange person like Ding Yuanying, a prodigal son from the end of the world, for the rest of her life. So Rui Xiaodan asked Ding Yuanying to give her a gift so that she could remember it in the future.
The gift Rui Xiaodan wants is not an ordinary gift. What she wants is Ding Yuanying's intervention to compose a myth in the ancient city and compose a myth of poverty alleviation for the extremely poor rural Miaowang Village in the ancient city, Feng Shijie's hometown.
Ding Yuanying agreed to Rui Xiaodan's request and did what he said, thus defining the method of poverty alleviation as "killing the rich and giving to the poor."
Ding Yuanying and Rui Xiaodan, together with Rui Xiaodan's other best friend and her hotel partner Ouyang Xue (the two opened a hotel together), as well as ancient city audio enthusiasts Feng Shijie, Ye Xiaoming, and Liu Bing, gradually... Founded the Metrics Audiovisual Company, with Ouyang Xue as the chairman, Ye Xiaoming as the general manager, and Ding Yuanying as the behind-the-scenes director.
In addition to this story line, in order to enhance Ding Yuanying's "wonderful person" image, the author of the novel also specially inserted another heavyweight character, Han Chufeng, general manager of Zhengtian Group. I personally feel that the character Han Chufeng was deliberately used by Doudou to enhance Ding Yuanying's "wonderful man" image. In the novel, Han Chufeng admires Ding Yuanying so much that he would ask Ding Yuanying for advice when encountering big problems. Han Chufeng was one of Ding Yuanying's important investors in Frankfurt's private equity fund. Ding Yuanying's private equity fund made huge profits, netting Han Chufeng 1.88 million marks. From then on, Han Chufeng had no doubt about Ding Yuanying. After the old president of Zhengtian Group passed away, although the old president's will allowed Han Chufeng to succeed him as president, the two vice presidents of Zhengtian Group refused to accept it and wanted to compete for the position of president. Han Chufeng fell into an embarrassing situation.
He went to Ding Yuanying for a drink and asked for advice. Ding Yuanying gave the advice of "no fighting", saying that he should step out of the way and let the two vice presidents go over first and let them fight among themselves first. Han Chufeng would only do practical things. After a long time, everyone would be able to tell who is who. Those who do practical things, and those who compete for power. For the position of president, Han Chufeng bet Ding Yuanying with the price of his BMW car of 700,000. If Ding Yuanying's strategy did not work and Han Chufeng failed to win the position of president, Han Chufeng would be compensated with 3.5 million at odds of 1 to 5. This bet was a joke, but it turned out that Ding Yuanying's strategy was correct. Han Chufeng became the president of Zhengtian Group as he wished. He also regarded the joke as a promise and gave the BMW car to Ding Yuanying. This is another successful enhancement of Ding Yuanying's "wonderful man" image after private equity funds. The existence of Han Chufeng hints at the strength of Ding Yuanying's circle of friends, and also indirectly explains Ding Yuanying's role in the upper class. Otherwise, the identities of Feng Shijie, Ye Xiaoming, Liu Bing, Xiao Yawen, Ouyang Xue, and Rui Xiaodan are not enough to explain Ding Yuanying's powerful structure. Therefore, Han Chufeng was the perfect wedge to elevate Ding Yuanying to the altar.
Ding Yuanying made careful arrangements for composing the myth of Miaowang Village, once again demonstrating Ding Yuanying's superhuman wisdom. Later, the entire business war with Lesheng Company followed the plan originally formulated by Ding Yuanying. He is like Zhuge Liang who predicts the future and has everything figured out in advance.
Ding Yuanying’s idea of ????poverty alleviation is to “kill the rich and give to the poor” and snatch meat from the wolf’s mouth.
He targeted Shenzhen Lesheng Audio Co., Ltd., a leading domestic audio manufacturing company, and concentrated on grabbing meat from the mouth of the wolf Lesheng.
The final outcome was just as planned by Ding Yuanying. Metrics won the lawsuit against Lesheng, and Lesheng had no choice but to cooperate with Messrs.
The entire plan of "killing the rich and giving to the poor" was perfectly designed by Ding Yuanying. He was like the hand of Tathagata Buddha, and nothing could escape from his palm. The only thing that surprised him was Liu Bing's suicide. He gave Liu Bing a way out, but Liu Bing used it to blackmail Ouyang Xue. In the end, he found out that it was a trap set by Ding Yuanying to test him. He couldn't think about it and committed suicide by jumping off the building. He became the representative of the frog at the bottom of the well that Ding Yuanying said "can only climb on the edge of the well to take a look" and a model of small farmer consciousness.
There are two exciting parts in the book. One is that before deciding to implement the "Kill the Rich and Help the Poor" plan, Ding Yuanying and Han Chufeng went to Mount Wutai to ask questions. On the way to ask questions, Han Chufeng and Ding Yuanying discussed the plan of "killing the rich and helping the poor". Among them, Ding Yuanying gave a specific implementation roadmap for "killing the rich and helping the poor". The original text of Ding Yuanying said this:
"Le Sheng does not need to use a shield because of the sharpness of the spear. I have neither a spear nor a shield." We have no shield to attack, so we can only borrow Le Sheng's spear. I think, set up a stall in Beijing, use Berlin, London, and Paris as shills, let Schreck Company be the thugs, and let the court. , the media made a fuss and made the Piaget Electronics Company fall into the trap. It is possible to get some luck from Lesheng Company. The core lies in a little cleverness. Once the little clever article is done, it can induce the great wisdom of Lesheng Company, and Hidden in the little cleverness is great wisdom and foolishness."
This passage is really courageous. Ding Yuanying seems to have the world in his hands and can turn the clouds and rain. This passage is a bit like the Longzhong pair given by Zhuge Liang when he came out of the mountain. Before he came out of the mountain, he already knew three parts of the world. The same goes for Ding Yuanying. Before Wutai Mountain asked, he had already planned everything that would follow. He went to Wutai Mountain to ask questions just to seek peace of mind before the Buddha. The subsequent development of the story was exactly as Ding Yuanying imagined, without any difference.
The second is the wonderful dialogue between Ding Yuanying, Han Chufeng and Master Zhixuan on Mount Wutai, which shines with the wisdom of Buddhism. The following is an excerpt of the most exciting part of what Ding Yuanying said:
“The so-called True Sutra is the ultimate method that can achieve Nirvana. It can be understood but not sought. It can be practiced in order to become a Buddha. In seeking, it can be understood as clear nature. In knowledge, it can be practiced to control one’s nature. It can be realized and implemented in one’s nature. The mind generates laws, and the cultivator uses the laws to control the mind. Although those who have faith but have no evidence will not suffer bad consequences, they will live in the mind of the cause and effect. If they arise and die in this way, they will not reach Nirvana.
The Buddha is the awakened nature, not a human being. Everyone has the awakened nature, which does not mean that the awakened nature is a human being. The appearance of human beings can be destroyed, and the awakened nature has no birth or death. That is, the awakening is manifested, that is, the obstacles are covered by dust, and there are no obstacles. Obstacles to Nirvana, the Buddha with perfect awakening and practice is the Buddha with the human form of Buddhism. Perfection ends, that is, it is not infinite. If the Buddha has limit, it is not Amitabha Buddha. The Buddha Dharma is immeasurable, that is, the awakening and practice is limitless. There is no such thing as ultimate perfection. Buddhism is divided into stages. From a profound point of view, it is said to be a natural way to achieve the Tao. The way of the Tathagata is inconceivable, that is, it is not culture. From a superficial point of view, it is a teaching that guides people to be good. Good and evil are inherently related to each other, that is, I and all living beings. It's culture. From the point of view of sentient beings, greed is used to control greed, and illusion is used to control illusion. Although it does not destroy corruption and depravity, it does not hinder the compassion that soothes the soul. "
Another wonderful part is the dialogue between Rui Xiaodan and Wang Yangming when she was trying the death row prisoner Wang Yangming. Some of the discussions on Christianity in it can be called classics and are also a highlight of this novel. Here I I won’t repeat the excerpts. Interested readers can read this novel carefully to ensure that it is beneficial to read it.
The author of this article, Doudou, understands Buddhism and Christianity and analyzes traditional Chinese culture in the novel. , the discussion of cultural attributes, strong culture and weak culture shines with the light of wisdom. The author Doudou's erudition, careful thinking, and the layout of the entire novel are all so amazing that it is difficult to imagine the author. As an ordinary girl with only a high school education, she has such a wealth of knowledge and wisdom. No wonder there are many forums on the Internet dedicated to discussing "Tiandao", and some people specially compiled the classic lines in the novel into "Tiandao Quotes". This novel needs to be read over and over again, and the classic sentences in the text should be pondered over and over again. I believe you will gain a deeper understanding and appreciation every time you read it.
However, the ending of the novel is too sad, and Ding Yuanying loved it deeply. Rui Xiaodan encountered gangsters during the execution of a mission. Under the huge disparity in strength, Rui Xiaodan perfectly interpreted the most fearless spirit of a criminal police officer. She had a gunfight with three gangsters alone, and in the end her legs were blown off and her face was disfigured. . Rui Xiaodan, who had a strong personality, shot herself after making her last phone call to Ding Yuanying. The author did not explain clearly in the novel, leaving it to the readers to think. However, if you read the full text, you will feel the reason for Rui Xiaodan's suicide. Her heroic dream came to a perfect end. At the same time, the most important reason was that she couldn't bear to see the man she loved so much looking at her miserable appearance for the rest of her life. She didn't want to drag him down, and she didn't want to drag anyone else down either. , she is a person who will not accept pity from others. She wants to leave the most beautiful appearance in the heart of her lover.
The TV series "The Way of Heaven" made from "The Distant Savior" is composed of two of my favorites. Powerful actors Wang Zhiwen and Zuo Xiaoqing co-starred. They brought to life the roles of Ding Yuanying and Rui Xiaodan in the novel. Once this TV series was released in 2007, it immediately caused a nationwide sensation. Readers who have read the novel are recommended to watch it. It is really a rare TV series, because it is different from ordinary TV series. It can inspire you to think and let you see different things.