Original introduction:
In 1930s, China was a different scene in urbanized Shanghai, despite the depression of people's livelihood and constant wars. Here, there are people who are drunk and dream of death, intrigue and intrigue, and all kinds of people who agree.
Wu Sunfu, who runs a silk factory, came to Shanghai from the countryside with his father, Mr. Wu, to escape the war. The confusing urban landscape made Mr. Wu, the old man who stayed at home, deeply stimulated and died suddenly. Wu Fu held a funeral, and all the dignitaries in Shanghai came to offer their condolences. They gathered in the living room to inquire about the war, talk business and socialize.
Zhao, a comprador capitalist who is good at speculation, found Wu Sunfu and his brother-in-law Du Zhuzhai and wooed them to form a huge public debt "bull stock", hoping to buy cheap and sell expensive in stock trading and reap huge profits from it. Tu Chu-chai hesitated, so Zhao revealed to him his plan to manipulate the war with money. Wu and Du decided to follow Zhao. This cooperation, with a small wave, finally succeeded.
The struggle of the exchange is becoming more and more fierce. The original alliance between Wu Sunfu and Zhao turned into a situation of confrontation and struggle. As a force to contend with Zhao, trust companies have formed a struggle between Zhao as a "cow" and the company as a "bear". Zhao took a fancy to Wu Sunfu's fat, and when he was short of money, he wanted to swallow Wu's property.
After several rounds of competition, Zhong Yi lost 80,000 yuan and stumbled to a halt. At this time, Wu Sunfu's funds became increasingly tight, and he began to exploit workers' labor and deduct wages. With the arrival of a new round of strikes, Tu's introverted tactics of disintegrating workers' organizations were discovered, and Wu Sunfu was caught in a dilemma of internal and external pressure.
Zhao wants to invest in Wu Sunfu's bank. Wu is determined to fight for it. He even mortgaged his silk factory and mansion to make public debt, with the last resistance as capital. He finally knew how difficult it was to develop national industry in China. Concerns about personal interests made him involuntarily involved in the speculative market of short selling.
The public debt situation was critical, and Zhao manipulated the management of the exchange, embarrassing short seller Wu Sunfu. Almost desperate, Wu Sunfu pinned his last hope on Tu Chu-chai. At the critical moment, Tu Zhuzhai turned to Zhao's side. Wu Sunfu is completely bankrupt.
This article comes from the modern and contradictory midnight.
Extended data writing background:
Midnight, originally named Sunset, is a modern novel by China, with about 300,000 words. Mao Dun began to write from June 193 1 year to February 5 1932, with a total of 9 chapters.
Some chapters were published in Novel Monthly and Literature Monthly respectively. For more than half a century, Midnight not only has a wide readership in China, but also has been translated into more than ten languages, such as English, German, Russian and Japanese, which has a wide influence in the world.
The writing intention of Midnight was related to the debate on the social nature of China at that time. At that time, there were roughly three statements: first, China society was still semi-feudal and semi-colonial, workers and peasants were the main force of the revolution, and the revolutionary leadership must be in the hands of the * * * production party; Second, China embarked on the capitalist road, and the anti-imperialist and anti-feudal tasks should be undertaken by the China bourgeoisie;
Thirdly, it is believed that China's national bourgeoisie can survive and develop between the national democratic revolutionary movement led by the opposition to the * * * production party and the bureaucratic comprador bourgeoisie, thus establishing a European-American-style bourgeois regime.
Under this historical condition, there is no doubt that there is an urgent need for an epoch-making and correct analysis of China's present situation and way out, and it is still a literary field inspired by people. As far as the author is concerned, Contradiction always adheres to the creative idea of "literature expresses life", and the creation of this theme also conforms to this point.
Based on this social reality, political needs and the author's position, the theme of Midnight-The Final Failure of the National Bourgeois "Enterprise Kingdom" represented by Wu Sunfu tells us that China did not embark on the capitalist road, and the national bourgeoisie in China could not lead the China Revolution. China's ultimate way out should be realized through the workers and peasants revolution led by the proletariat.
About the author:
Mao Dun (1July 4, 896 ~ 198 1 March 27, 2008), formerly known as Shen Dehong and Yan Bing. Han nationality, Tongxiang, Zhejiang. China is a famous modern writer, literary critic, cultural activist and social activist, one of the pioneers of the May 4th New Culture Movement and one of the founders of revolutionary literature and art in China. 1896 was born in wuzhen, Tongxiang county, Zhejiang province on July 4th.
This is the land of plenty in the south of Taihu Lake, and it is the most developed agricultural area in modern China. It is adjacent to modern Shanghai, and it is also a place where people gather. This has made Mao Dun brave in facing the world with an open cultural mentality and exquisite writing style.
During the Cultural Revolution, I secretly wrote the sequel to Frost Leaves as Red as February Flowers and the memoir The Road I Walked. Mao Dun died on March 27th, 198 1.