Whether money was important or not...
Everyone would have a different answer to this question, but generally speaking, there were two kinds.
The first were people in relatively strained financial circumstances. They believed money was very important.
The second were the wealthy. To the wealthy, money was not all that important.
Lin Qi looked at the plumber's simple, honest gaze. This question was actually rather difficult to answer, but Lin Qi respected everyone's desire to seek the truth, so he decided to answer.
"Listen, there isn't anything in this world that money can't accomplish."
"If there is, then it probably isn't something humans can accomplish in the first place, rather than something money can't accomplish."
"Although that sounds cruel, that's simply the truth!"
The plumber had been mentally prepared for this—or rather, he had gradually begun to sense the undisguised malice hidden deep within this world.
The priest in the church told everyone that all people were equal from the moment they were born until the moment they departed.
At school, the teachers told the students that every person's independent character had to be respected.
Only after entering society did people discover that all of it was a lie! Perhaps people were equal at birth and in death, but the time between birth and death was not necessarily equal.
Every independent personality should indeed be respected, but money could make people bend their backs.
The plumber said with some emotion, "So everyone is chasing after money. It's just that you walk ahead of money, while we run races alongside its shadow."
It was a very philosophical remark, especially the word "race."
It wasn't enough merely to keep up. There were plenty of other people around, and everyone was competing and racing.
The plumber took a drag on his cigarette and