The local authorities also rumored that his wife was only the deputy director of a department under the Municipal People's Congress. Faced with doubts, 29-year-old Zhou Senfeng asked public opinion to "give me an undisturbed growth environment".
Don't expect public opinion to choose to trust Zhou Senfeng. Netizens who have experienced countless similar corrupt versions, have countless corrupt imaginations and distrust the system will not stop questioning because of this. They will keep looking for doubts and continue to question. Although I believe that this outstanding young man has achieved today's achievements through his own struggle, I understand the anxiety and doubts of many netizens. A good feeling is that this is an era without anecdotes. The complexity of society, the unfashionability of people's hearts, the decline of morality, the suspicion between people and the general distrust have shattered everything that could have been a anecdote and a beautiful talk in the classical era, and rudely pulled down the moral altar and accepted the most demanding questioning and the most secular examination.
If 29-year-old Zhou Senfeng was born in the classical era, his age, his experience, his achievements and his qualities will definitely be discussed in the countryside. There are too many factors in his story that can be praised as anecdotes: he was born in poverty and was admitted to the university by his own efforts. There must be touching stories such as stealing wall lights and reading at night; I have achieved today's achievements through my own struggle and an open career, and I can also boast such beautiful talks as "the children of poor families are masters early" and "the sword is sharpened"; Then, after he became an official, his father still worked in the kiln to subsidize his family, which was another beautiful silhouette of "riches and honour don't change their true colors". In addition, his youth will also be widely praised as employing people in an eclectic manner and appointing people on their merits. Looking through the twenty-four histories, there are such beautiful stories in historical masterpieces. However, there are no anecdotes in our time, and the materials that can be handed down as anecdotes in the past have become the ingredients of scandals.
People doubt Zhou Senfeng's age, how he climbed to such a high position at such a young age, and how many "unfair" means he experienced. People doubt that teenagers in Zhou Senfeng are successful. Without a special family background, how can they be so successful, either by their powerful father or by their powerful father-in-law? People doubt Zhou Senfeng's status as a pauper. Is it a fake resume to gain sympathy from public opinion? Is it bought? Even "my dad is still working in the kiln to subsidize the family" has become a suspect. Is this a show? Our minds are full of dark speculations about scandals, intrigues, deals, power, performances and so on.
In fact, public opinion is aimed not only at Zhou Senfeng, but also at many things. Today, those inspiring stories in the classical era are regarded as scandals by our preconceptions. For example, poor college students secretly eat leftovers in the canteen, which was once praised as "plum blossoms come from bitter cold", but today it has become the target of people denouncing social injustice: why do poor college students get no relief from government departments and fall into the tragic situation of stealing leftovers? When a person has made some special achievements, public opinion does not praise his quality and learn from his spirit, but asks him if he has a rich father or if there are any transactions behind him. A good thing, people first do not praise its beauty, but instinctively question whether there is a motive to hide the sun afterwards. The story has become a classic exhibit in the history of the classical era. Those stories can no longer grow on the soil of our time, and our imagination has been insulated from the stories.
I don't want to write this to criticize such "scandal thinking". Under the current institutional background, I understand such social anxiety. Absolute power has not been curbed, and power has penetrated into the capillaries of society. Anecdotes that we can't believe and anecdotes that we don't have time to consume; Scandals break through our imagination again and again, and we have to make the worst guess about what seems beautiful; The decline of the basic order breeds a kind of almost abnormal distrust between people and society, doubting everything, dispelling everything, looking at everything with the mentality of "presumption of guilt", what kind of stories are produced in what era, and the generation, dissemination and acceptance of anecdotes need a certain moral environment. Corresponding to the moral ecology of our time, people may involuntarily imagine scandals. It is easy to doubt, but difficult to trust. It seems that we are not qualified to consume those beautiful words.
However, young people's efforts need to be inspired by anecdotes; The development of a society also needs the nourishment of anecdotes. When a child from a poor family can't see stories like "plum blossoms come from bitter cold" and "poor children take care early", every day is full of scandals like "work depends on rich dad" and "people from Peking University are not as good as Peking University". How can you dream in the dead of night? What kind of dreams will you have? What kind of dreams will this big country with rising ambitions have?