Chapter 57 The Cost-effective Theory of Money
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Xiuying said childishly that today's events made her deeply feel her own shortcomings, which is a difference in 'dimension', which makes her eager to understand, so that she can find a sense of security. A typical characteristic of Korean women is that they feel proud of their men...... Therefore, most Korean women are reluctant to choose a man who is not as good as themselves. This creates a very simple contradiction, that is, when you meet your friends, you will feel very embarrassed. Don't think it's a woman's problem, everyone has their own vanity, especially in front of South Korea's national character where 'face is more important than life', a family with strong women and weak men will basically not be happy. Even in order to achieve such a purpose, he would rather marry a man who is much older than himself.
But then comes another problem. If the man is too strong, the woman will worry about whether it will make the man empathize and fall in love because of her own shortcomings...... Or because of age, men like younger and more beautiful women, even if this happens, most women will choose to accept it, and there are very few Korean women who are really divorced because of this. In this case, a woman's situation will be a little bleak, and she will begin to worry about whether she will be abandoned by an excellent man because she is not worthy.
Xiuying's current psychology is almost like this. She couldn't find her place and felt a lot of insecurity at the same time. She can't help Ah Jiu like Sunny does, and she can't be as smart as Taeyeon...... She's not the kind of petite person IU who is suitable for spoiling, and she can't even say that she does her best when it comes to getting laid...... In short, she felt that in addition to spending a lot of money on Ah Jiu, she had almost no positive effect on him. In such a situation, she was even thinking about whether she would need such a woman if she was a man and she was Ah Jiu.
Therefore, she really wanted to fill herself, and wanted to make herself 'useful' relative to Ah Jiu. Even if it can't be useful, at least it must be able to 'understand' what he says. Not like now, not to understand anything, like a fool.
"Alas......" Ah Jiu originally thought that he hadn't made love for many days, so he took advantage of the hazy moonlight tonight to have a good intimacy...... But looking at this posture now, if you don't make it clear, Xiuying won't sleep obediently. Ah Jiu was also a lot less 'energetic' by her, so he simply sat up...... However, Xiuying didn't let him get up, pulled him and hugged him, rubbing naked in his arms, Ah Jiu slapped her buttocks, and said angrily: "Is this to let me say it or not let me say it, and still bring such temptation?"
"Okay, I'm not going to make a fuss. Xiuying looked like a good baby, looking at Ah Jiu honestly, waiting for him to explain these truths to herself.
"Hmm...... How to say it. Ah Jiu thought for a moment and said, "Actually, it's a bit difficult to say about money...... Hmm," Ah Jiu paused and said, "I'll just tell you what I think, you can listen to it casually, and you don't have to be like me." ”
"You speak first. ”
Ah Jiu smiled helplessly, touched Xiuying's hair, and said, "I, I only came into contact with money after I was eighteen years old." I used to live in a temple and didn't spend any money, so I didn't have such a concept when I first came into contact with money. What really made me know about money was when I was hungry, but I didn't have the money to buy food. Master told me that those who practice martial arts cannot burn, kill, and loot, and although I have never used money, I have no money, but I know that food needs to be bought with money...... So that's when I learned the importance of money. ”
"From then on, money was about the same as food in my eyes. ”
"For a long time, money in my eyes was to give me enough to eat...... As long as this degree is satisfied, it is actually fine. So I was in Korea for three years, and most of the time, I didn't think about making money, I just needed it, so I went to find a way to work and make some money, just enough for it. People may think that I am having a hard time, but I have never felt that way myself...... It's not that I don't have the ability to make money, it's that I don't feel like I need it. ”
Ah Jiu looked at Xiuying, who was a little ignorant, and said, "You don't need to have this kind of thought, just listen to it." ”
Xiuying nodded, and Ah Jiu continued: "Later, my opinion on money slowly changed to that I need this money to meet the needs of my women and keep them from worrying about it...... That's why I keep asking you to spend my money, because the reason I make money is to spend it for you, and if you don't spend it, then what's the point of the money? And I'm not so picky about what to eat, I have the money to eat some meat, but I don't have the money to eat ramen, how can I do it......"
"It's so useless...... Xiuying slapped him, but he wasn't really angry, kissed him gently, and continued to ask, "What about later?"
"Later...... When I find that there is so much money that I can't spend it and you can't spend it all, I have to reconsider the value of the money. Ah Jiu thought for a moment, reached out and took his mobile phone, opened the online banking, and logged in to one of his accounts. showed it to Xiuying, Xiuying took it and took a look, although she was mentally prepared, she was still dazzled by so many dots. I counted it twice, and I said I was wrong...... Ah Jiu said: "You see that there is so much money in this account now, but I want to eat a hamburger now, and I want to eat it in the next second, can I eat it?"
"No, I can't......" Xiuying shook her head, if you want to eat a hamburger, it's not difficult to spend money to have it delivered, but the next second you want to eat it...... That's unlikely.
Ah Jiu continued: "This is the problem I found, I found that the value of money has a lot to do with whether you use it or not, and whether you can use it or not. One million won, I go to a fast food restaurant, I can eat a lot, but I take one million won to spend in Antarctica, I can't buy anything. For example, I have a lot of money, a lot of money, but I still have to eat like the poor every day, I still need a home, I still need friends, I need a job...... So what does this mean? It shows that many factors of human existence cannot be done with money. You have a lot of money, but you still have to do a lot of things by yourself, such as eating, such as now I hold you like this, all of which are things to do by yourself, so it seems that the value of money has decreased. At this point, it becomes that we cannot lack money, but after satisfying the standard of living, the value of the extra money is infinitely close to zero. ”
"At this time, what is the role of money?"
Ah Jiu threw out a question, and Xiuying thought for a moment, shook her head and couldn't answer. Ah Jiu continued: "At this time, the nature of money has begun to change. First of all, its essence remains the same, and it is still an exchange tool. But what it exchanges is no longer limited to entities, but something that cannot be defined, such as power. Moreover, it will turn into a ticket. Tickets to enter certain circles, when you have 100 million won, you can consider renting a house entirely, when you have 1 billion won, you can consider taking out a loan to buy a house, and when you have 10 billion won, you can live in a wealthy area...... It's all tickets, and with this ticket, you can reach people at higher and higher levels. The last one I can think of, like this bet tonight. What money brings to you is more of a qualification. You can not care about 100 billion when you are qualified to sit at the table and throw 5 billion, 10 billion chips at will, each chip, may be money that a person will not make in his lifetime, but you can throw it at will...... This is a qualification. ”
After Ah Jiu finished speaking, he looked at Xiuying and asked, "Is it desirable?"
Xiuying nodded heavily and said, "I can't do it." ”
"It's only when you can't do it that you feel yearning. Ah Jiu smiled and said, "There is nothing worth aspiring to, let's not analyze this matter from various angles, just the simplest angle...... How many times will you play a game like this in your life? Even if you want to play, who will play a game of 100 billion yuan a day? In other words, this so-called qualification is just a few times in a lifetime...... You have more time, no matter how much money you have, you still have to live the same life as ordinary people, you still have to be well fed and clothed, and you still need lovers, friends and relatives...... The difference may be that you are richer, you eat better, you dress more beautifully, you have money, you have less trouble in life, and your friends love you more...... Is there a big difference? So what do we really need for the money? Or as I just said, like a curve, when the value for money is at its highest, that is, ...... We get to the point where we have about the standard of living, which is, I need a house, I buy the house I want, I need a car, I buy this car, how much money can I spend each month, I have that money in my account...... In this way, it is the time when the money is the most cost-effective, and now you understand what I said, what I mean differently?"
"Hmm......" Xiuying listened to what Ah Jiu said, her head couldn't keep up with her ears, and her eyes were a little dazed...... Ah Jiu looked at her and said, "Don't say it, you have to ask, and you don't understand it if you ask...... Well, what are you doing?"
"I want to sleep, I'll think about it tomorrow. Xiuying hugged Ah Jiu and said coquettishly, Ah Jiu tightened the sleeping bag, hugged Xiuying in his arms, and said lovingly: "Okay, sleep." ”
Xiuying climbed on top of Ah Jiu, kissed him, looked at him with a little blushing with shame, and leaned into his ear: "I'll ...... tomorrow morning." Okay?"
"Hmm......" Ah Jiuhan laughed, and Xiuying's face turned even redder.
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When Ah Jiu and so-young were going to sleep, it was already past twelve o'clock, but in the girls' generation dormitory, Taeyeon hadn't slept yet.
It's time to return, and instead of sleeping together in a huddle, Taeyeon and Tiffany resume their original assignment, with everyone returning to their beds, and Taeyeon and Sunny in the same room. Sunny goes to bed late every night because she has to play a game. Sunny basically didn't want to stay the course on anything, and it was easy to give up. So far, there are only two things that she has been able to insist on, one is Ah Jiu, and the other is the game. She is very cautious in choosing the game, but when she chooses, she has to get through. But some games can't be played in a day, so she gave herself a schedule of how long she has to play each day and how much progress she has to play every day...... It's not about playing more for herself, it's about letting herself play less, because if she doesn't, she's likely to play until dawn every day......
The alarm clock is set to remind Sunny that it's time to go to bed. Sunny looked at the remaining power, it was almost time to turn off, reached for the charging cable and plugged it in, opened the bedside drawer to find two drops of eye drops, and laid the pillow to lie down...... Suddenly, after catching a glimpse of Taeyeon's side, there was still a faint light, as if Taeyeon was also playing a game under the covers, Sunny couldn't help frowning, climbed off the bed, walked barefoot to Taeyeon's bedside, and pulled her quilt opener.
Taeyeon was looking at her phone in a daze, when she suddenly felt the quilt being pulled away, and her first reaction was to buckle the phone off. But Sunny's reaction is obviously more sensitive than her, Sunny reached out and snatched the phone from Taeyeon's hand, Taeyeon was busy trying to snatch it back, but Sunny had already looked at it, threw it to her, and said, "What else should I do, what kind of daze when you look at the photo, you call him, he must fly too." ”
The photo on the phone is Ah Jiu, or Taeyeon secretly took it, the day Ah Jiu slept on the sofa in the Girls' Generation dormitory, he was sleeping.
Taeyeon picked up the phone and turned it off, a little flustered by the bump, seeing that Sunny kept looking at it, he argued, "I won't call him, now he must be with so-young...... I'm not going to be such a bad person. ”
"Yes, I don't want to be a bad person. Sunny laughs and climbs onto Taeyeon's bed, pulls her to the ground, and puts his arms around her waist. Taeyeon doesn't have anything to do with Sunny, but she doesn't like it. Because she often slept with Tiffany, and when she was with Tiffany, she was attacking, and when she was replaced by Sunny, she was affected and felt awkward.
"Taeyeon, I've been hesitating to remind you," Sunny said seriously as he looked at Taeyeon, "Don't you think you've neglected him during this time because of work......?" Are you really not worried?"