Unconsciously, another year has passed. I didn't expect this blog to be registered for a year, and it hasn't been updated much. After all, I am a person without much ink.
Speaking of this year, it has been quite busy. I have been involved in several major projects and finally witnessed the complexity and treachery of human nature. From the top executives to the responsible persons below, and even to the competitors, almost everyone is wicked. Lies encountered sincerity, entanglement of power and money, the balance of personal connections, and in the end, the villains won. For people like us who are honest and want to participate in the project, our fate was predetermined from the beginning. The script was already written, but we didn't know. We always believed that we could definitely win the project, invested money, spent energy, and gave our all. We played supporting roles or even clowns in the play, only to be laughed at by the audience outside the stage.
Looking back on the whole experience, I really underestimated the role of "human nature" in it. "Once there is appropriate profit, capital becomes daring. If there is a 10% profit, it will be used everywhere; with a 20% profit, it becomes active; with a 50% profit, it takes risks; for a 100% profit, it dares to violate all human laws; with a 300% profit, it dares to commit any crime, even risking being hanged." I learned this paragraph in junior high school politics, but I only realized its treachery after experiencing it personally. This paragraph, as a footnote to "Capital", I think, can also be a footnote to "human nature".
The entire government system, whether it is personnel appointments or work implementation, has its own set of rules. The starting point is good, but it encounters "human nature". "Wherever there are people, there is a world of rivers and lakes." In government projects, wherever there are people, there is money and interests. Leaders are also human, as well as staff members. They all have needs and desires for power, money, and so on. This is understandable. The problem lies in the fact that power and money often complement each other. Those with power often gain more benefits, and to gain power, often a large amount of money needs to be invested.
"Be virtuous when poor, and help others when successful."
After spending a lifetime climbing up, is it really just to serve the people? If that is the only ideal, then being a grassroots cadre is the same, as it is also serving the people. It's just that in the process of promotion, some people are content. After enjoying the benefits brought by power, such as housing, transportation, medical care, and education, they choose to stop there and continue to serve the people. But the majority are not satisfied with the status quo. They want to "rise to the top while others are left behind." Or perhaps, their "rise to the top" is achieved through the means of "leaving others behind." How can they justify the "support" they gave when they were struggling? At the very least, they owe an apology to the skyrocketing price of Guizhou water. Looking around the world, no country is spared. Most of them have become part of the majority, after all, this is human nature.
There are only three ways to gain benefits: exchange of interests, monopolization of resources, and harvesting the weak. In this process, it is destined to harm the weak at the bottom, the ordinary people like you and me. Politicians gain benefits outside of their official duties, and these benefits can only come from businessmen. Businessmen provide benefits, and their only goal is to gain more profits for themselves. Politicians need money, businessmen need money, where does the money come from? It can only come from the hands of the people who need services, as politicians often claim. Or it comes from cutting corners in engineering projects (China Railway Eighth Bureau), or from over-reporting budgets and fabricating needs (7.15 million sculpture), or from direct plundering (Huiboshi).
"I saw him build a magnificent building, I saw him entertain guests, I saw his building collapse."
On the website of the disciplinary inspection commission, there are updates on investigations and punishments almost every day, proving that many domestic officials can hardly escape the fate controlled by "human nature". Looking back, I gradually became relieved. At least I can spend weekends with my children, have a late-night snack when I'm hungry, and enjoy happy moments with a few friends. After leaving work, I still live my own life. In my work, I was assigned scripts by them, and outside of work, they were assigned scripts by others. Everything comes at a price.