I have a buddy who is in Chengdu.
He makes over 20,000 a month,
one of the top workers.
He works tirelessly all year round,
with overtime, business trips, and late nights alike.
To be honest,
aiming for 300,000 a year,
for workers, that's already pretty good.
The problem comes later.
He worked hard for two years,
saving a total of 600,000.
Just when he felt pretty awesome,
he finally moved forward a bit by "relying on himself."
But when he looked back,
the house he bought,
dropped by 1,000,000.
It's not just on paper,
it's real money evaporating.
What does that mean?
It means that in these two years
he worked for nothing,
and even lost 400,000.
You say he doesn't work hard?
He worked so hard that his life was nearly at stake.
You say he isn't excellent?
Making over 20,000 a month,
is already the ceiling in the eyes of many.
But reality is this cold.
The speed of working
can't keep up with
the fluctuations in asset prices.
While you're desperately saving money,
the world is rearranging itself at a faster pace.
That's also why,
now many people are starting to break down:
it's not that they don't work hard,
it's that hard work,
in the face of certain systems,
has no longer determined the outcome.
This might not be what some want to hear,
but the facts are laid out there.
You can continue to believe
"as long as you work hard, things will get better,"
you can also start thinking about a question:
If you rely solely on your salary for your entire life,
who exactly are you racing against?
