"Systemic" talk? trick?

Charlie 2022-04-21 09:02:17

How important is speech in the information age?

I have seen such a joke: the pastors of two churches started a discussion over the issue of "whether praying and smoking can be carried out at the same time". Because of the deadlock, the two decided to find their own church bishop for advice... However, But got two very different responses. The two of them asked:

Pastor A: "Can I smoke while praying?"

Pastor B: "Can I pray while smoking?"

The difference in communication and expression based on a certain purpose, expose the words for us How irreplaceable is technology in this era of disintegrating social trust systems. —Wall Street told me so.

The film "Wall Street", released in 1987, expresses the thinking of the existence of the global financial center - Wall Street and its survival law in a dramatic and slightly complicated way, and triggers the social trust mechanism in the operation of the capitalist financial system. Realistic discussions that cause damage. Taking the experience of a famous Wall Street figure as a clue, the brilliance and rotten cruelty of this network are vividly presented.

The release of the film received a huge response and gained a lot.

The financial crisis in 2008 was quite appropriate, which led the director to reorganize the production team in 2010, and invited the hero of the Transformers waste wood and LaBeouf, a young man with beautiful eyelashes who came out with a shrewd and cunning temperament. The pseudo-ending of the protagonist's imprisonment, unfolding the cycle of the net again and again in front of everyone -

the first part of "The Wall Street: money never sleep" with "greed is good" as its signature line, with the help of the financial crisis Ironically, at the beginning of the second part, the book "is greed good?" written after the protagonist was released from prison questioned the "purpose" that ran through the entire first part, and also established the film's strong suspicion. color.

A - J's book speech.

The first meeting of the two generations of protagonists was through the promotion speech of the previous generation of old J's book. Lao Jiang fully demonstrated his profound skills in language expression and depth of thought. Xiao J had been favored by BOSS as a 12-year-old before, and his ability to be a leading investment bank on Wall Street seemed insignificant. So, the smart little J took the initiative to get acquainted with the old J with a subtle respect for his future father-in-law and industry seniors.

This speech can be said to be quite exciting. After all, the students who have just graduated can be said to be a more critical group. Standing on the big BOSS of a generation of investment banks who used to be all-powerful on Wall Street, Lao J analyzed the basic maintenance of the US financial system with Wall Street as the core - greed, or the eternal consumer demand and enjoyment demand. This kind of demand has prompted some people to fall into the hedonic life brought about by loans non-stop, while idle bankers with more social capital are keen to use the savings of other people to issue loans and invest for profit. , chatting to get by - the most important thing is that no one is responsible for this series of actions, that is to say, the establishment of the credit system is entirely based on morality that cannot be measured quantitatively.

And this whole-of-society, irresponsible, "digital" speculation has formed bubbles in almost all fields. As long as there is a slight negligence, all the seemingly prosperous bubble economy will shatter and disappear. Moreover, just like the same pattern that repeated itself in 2008 after 1929, this persistent and repeated vicious phenomenon was called by Marx the "circular economic crisis of capitalism". I believe that every potential group of "political economists" in China - Chinese college students , are familiar.

"So, how to change the situation?" Old J's speech speed and tone slowed down - "Buy my book"

Old J explained the formation of the economic crisis in concise and sharp language, and dialectically criticized and predicted, and successfully put All concerns guide their own books. For the first time, a sales pitch based on a clear purpose was demonstrated. Bankers and Philanthropists? Ha ha.

B - Little J's revenge.

When I first met the profound skills of the old male protagonist, Old J, Xiao J was naturally not far behind. In order to take revenge on the chief investment bank CS who forced his life mentor and BOSS to commit suicide by lying on the rails, Xiao J used a despicable method that is both high-end and popular - spreading rumors. Within a few days, CS shares, which were built on trust, were hit by rumors of this series of rumors, with a direct loss of 12 million and damage to goodwill.

In this process, the subtle words combined with the information technology of high-speed transmission and the "international standard" of three people becoming a tiger, showed an extraordinary effect, which directly led to CS's head B finding Xiao J and throwing OFFER.

*B's room hangs a posthumous painting of the famous painter "Saturnalia Cooking Children".

Little J asked B: "what is your number" The number here refers to the number of assets that left Wall Street and simply enjoy life, B replied "more"

C - "systematic" scam

After receiving the offer from CS, Little J told old J's Trust is elevated to another level, and the full-scale deception begins here. Since then, I think all the words of the two J are aimed at achieving their own interests. And this seems to equate all the words in the play with "deception".

The most impressive talk is the scene in which Little J, under the cunning inducement of Old J, shows his "professionalism" of the wall street boy to his girlfriend W. At first, his girlfriend W, who was the founder and editor of a left-wing website, was very keenly aware of the reality that her boyfriend, Xiao J, was reaching out to her, and Xiao J also broke through the ambiguity, admitted her purpose, and introduced the "Superman" A popular American cartoon character with a sense of justice and social awareness, he is moved by his girlfriend W, and hits W's deepest dream. Of course, this is also a successful talk trick based on Xiao J's extraordinary intimacy with W.

The whole "Wall Street 2" revolves around bubble theory, as well as the wonderful words of Wall Street boys and the greed of human nature. When the movie ends, the final scam takes Old J back to basics for his grandson and "I'm a human". Can't help but give birth to a feeling that life is like a dream, but a white cloud and a dog. The more stressed theory, however, is that "selling" is what this credit-collapse society is all about. Investment banks persuade rich people to invest in companies with potential stocks, fathers persuade their daughters who have been hating for many years to reconcile with them, and even the left-wing websites of non-profit organizations publish unscrupulous reports in order to gain traffic... It's everywhere. How much of the talk is not about scams?

Life seems to be an activity of constantly taking out loans and saving the subprime mortgage crisis at the same time.

The film finally mentions that definition again, the definition of insanity. Doing the same thing over and over again, expecting a different result. As he said, according to this standard, most wall streeters are just lunatics, but many others need this kind of madness to reach the peak of their life-perhaps, this is the word of successful learning.

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Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps quotes

  • Julie Steinhardt: 1929. It'll get worse now, 'cause it'll go faster. Money markets will dry up, round the world by the end of the week. ATMs will stop spitting bills. Federal deposit insurance will collapse. Banks'll close. Mobs panic. It's gonna be the end of the world, Bill.

    [He whistles]

    Julie Steinhardt: See?

  • Gordon Gekko: You tell it from me, babe: Gordon Gekko is back!