Zong Qinghou consumes less than 50,000 yuan a year, and he can't even afford to raise a working boy. The rich don't consume, and the poor go to ** to earn money?
Zong Qinghou passed away on February 25, 2024. In the general report, he was praised for maintaining a simple life style as the richest man. I criticize this view and exhort the whole society to resist the thrift of the rich. Because the simplicity of the rich leads to unemployment for the poor, the consumption of the rich is the opportunity for the poor.
Resistance to hardship and simplicity is the only way to move from an agrarian society to a commercial society. Hard and simple was once our fine tradition. It originated in an agrarian society and cherished natural resources such as grain. Save a grain of rice today and you will be able to make food tomorrow. In the era of self-circulating smallholder economies, the habit of simplicity and frugality is effective and necessary.
After entering the commercial society, the relationship between people and people underwent a fundamental reorganization. In the industrial chain, people are connected by assembly-line cooperation. Savings by consumers will inevitably lead to a decrease in the income of producers, and further to the income of everyone in the chain. Only when consumers increase their consumption intensity can they increase their incomes.
Entrepreneurs, or wealthy people, have made a lot of money by running a business. The most obligatory is to return the money earned to the society through sufficiently high-intensity consumption, increase jobs, and increase the income of employees. This is called the return of fallen leaves to the roots. If a piece of land is harvested without fertilization, it will eventually be compacted and no longer productive.
After returning to Zongqing. He consumes less than 50,000 yuan a year, and can only barely support 1 job, completely failing to fulfill the responsibility of being the richest man to feed the society. Isn't it good that he added some money to the high-speed rail to sit on the empty first-class seats, to reduce the pressure on the railway company to lose money, and to give the second-class seats to those who need them? Conversely, what benefit did the money he saved for his modest sake benefit the onlookers?
If I had to give Zong Qinghou a piece of advice, I would like him to develop some strange hobbies. For example, he paid to pull up a Yue Opera crew to sing every day to support the inheritance of traditional culture. Another example is to ask 100 servants to serve him in food and daily life, which not only supports these 100 people, but also drives others to expand their employment through their living expenses.
To sum up, the new era has entered the commercial society, and the concept of the agricultural society should be changed. The ordinary people should give flowers and applause to the rich who spend a lot of money, and white eyes and boycotts to the inconspicuous Zong Qinghou.