Chapter 41: The Controversy of the Afterwave

With the growing popularity of the "Hou Lang" video on station B, people are lamenting at the same time, but also bringing some controversy.

At the heart of the controversy is that the older generation thinks that young people are living in the best era, while young people think that they are being overwhelmed by the pressure of the current life.

When we were children, we envied the freedom of adults; When we grow up, we envy the carefree nature of our childhood.

When we go to school, we envy the profligate wreckage who doesn't go to school; Out of the campus, we envy the simplicity of the school.

Young people envy middle-aged people for their successful careers, and middle-aged people envy young people for their youth, just like Qian Zhongshu said, life is like a besieged city, many people want to go out, and many people want to come in.

This is also the reason behind the controversy of "Hou Lang", "Hou Lang" sees today's young people from the perspective of middle-aged people, and young people are under siege and can't see where they are envied.

Of course, "Hou Lang" caused a lot of controversy because people had problems with the positioning of this film.

Because in the video of "Hou Lang", it is said that the youth group shown is biased towards the wealthy class, and some netizens have calculated that according to the lifestyle in the promotional video.

The youth in the video go on a long trip, go to travel, and go to summer camp, and the cost is not affordable for ordinary families.

The actual situation is that many young people, especially those in rural areas, have never been out of the province, taken a train, or taken a plane before going to college or going out to work, let alone summer camps, traveling abroad, or studying abroad.

There is also the "Hou Lang" video advocating consumerism, which does not show the problems of contemporary youth, and the pictures in the video are all consumerist content, and they are all high-end consumerism.

Traveling abroad, deep diving, parachuting, going to the Antarctic, aerial photography, and racing are simply not the daily life of most young people, and few young people can really have the conditions to pursue these things.

And the video does not show the confusion, challenges, confusion and progress faced by contemporary youth at all.

Contemporary youth are not just above the middle class, and their real lives are not limited to these consumerisms.

The phrase "there is fire in the heart and light in the eyes" does not represent all young people, nor can it fully explain the confusion, challenge, confusion and progress of young people.

The video of "Hou Lang" belongs to pure chicken soup, without a critical spirit, the whole nearly four-minute video, more than 600 words are basically pouring chicken soup, there is no substantive content, and the energy density is very low.

There are no specific examples, no distinct characters and entry points, just all kinds of consumerism of eating, drinking, and having fun.

That's why the video of "Hou Lang" was questioned and criticized by many young people.

Let the word-of-mouth of the "Hou Lang" video show a parabolic decline.

"Resources, beauty, future, hobbies, a series of beautiful things in front of me, what a beautiful scene, I swallowed my envious saliva, and continued to stay up late to type the company's code."

He wiped away his tears of excitement and continued to write other people's novels all night, the beauty of youth and the brightness of the future belong to them.

"We may not be young people, at least not the group of young people, we have nothing."

"You look at the tone, content, and way of touting and envying the former waves, like the old fritters in the office praising young people for their ability to work, and then giving things to young people to do, and taking the benefits themselves?"

In the Houlang video, all things, in the final analysis, are just 2 words "spend money", everyone will spend money, but some young people have no money. ”

"I have seen the pervasiveness of capital infiltration, I have seen the corrosion of consumerism on the new generation of youth, I have seen the polarization of the young generation, and I have seen the high debt of per capita debt."

"I see the doors between classes that are gradually closing, and I also see the depressed youth who do not know where tomorrow is."

I opened my mouth wide and shouted, but it was someone else's voice, saying that "the new generation has the right to chase choices", saying that the weak will question and the strong will accept it. ”

"I was very strange, I went to the hospital, and the doctor told me that your vocal cords had already been removed, but it doesn't matter, the capital well-wishers helped you install a high-end audio, at least it can still make a sound, make do with it."

"I found that the saddest thing is not that the claws of capital reach out to ordinary people and no one speaks, but that no matter how loud the voice is, ordinary people think you are noisy."

"Everyone is a slave who is entertained to death, and the pig who knows how to think is the most painful."

"Because we have experienced it personally, we have experienced the cruelty of this era, the helplessness of life, and the right to choose only under pressure."

"In the video, forcibly representing us, exalting us, or even fictionalizing a contemporary youth, angry? Don't dare to show your anger on social media because there is no guarantee that everyone will empathize with you. ”

"Scolding, there is no correct public opinion, it is negative energy, and it can only be treated negatively."

"The former waves are really still detached from the masses as always, do you think the young people drink chicken soup now, although the young people are sometimes very sad and often laugh at themselves, but they are not ambiguous in their actions."

"Everyone is moving forward with a heavy load, they are all working hard, what else do you want from others, it is really 100% hard work to die suddenly at the workstation, this kind of chicken soup is really enough."

On the Internet, major online social media platforms have had an overwhelming discussion about the video "Hou Lang", and many netizens have criticized the propaganda in the video.

In the end, Station B couldn't withstand the overwhelming accusations and criticisms of public opinion, so it had to stop promotion and publicity, and gradually let the heat cool down, which was a failed plan.

Chen Hui didn't know what was happening on the Internet, he took a taxi and came to the market that specializes in selling cars in the imperial capital, the imperial capital automobile city.

In the Imperial Capital Automobile City, almost all the brands of cars are gathered.

Whether it's a luxury car or an ordinary car, whether it's expensive or cheap, you name it.

Chen Hui estimated the money he had earned in the past few days, and he planned to buy a BBA-level car.

It's not the kind of sports car that is tens of millions of dollars, but it won't be too cheap to drive.

After Chen Hui got out of the taxi, he walked into the automobile city, and first came to the Audi 4S store, which was very spacious and placed many new cars.

Chen Hui walked into the Audi 4S store and wandered around alone, I don't know if it was because he looked too young and dressed ordinarily.

So Chen Hui walked around the exhibition hall, but there was no salesperson to receive him.

As a last resort, Chen Hui could only greet him: "Is there anyone?" I want to see the car. ”