Smart people, idiots and bastards

Archibald 2022-01-09 08:02:17

In the story of a pure man, the two women appearing in it are an absolute match.
Jack is definitely a smart person, sensitive and conservative. He has clear goals, clever means, and good at compromise. At the same time, he has his own principles and bottom line, abides by the rules of the game, pays attention to the family, and the most important thing is that he can introspect. Constantly revise one's own path.
Sensitivity made him rich, and when he realized that there was an infinite wealth in front of him, he immediately used various means to firmly grasp this opportunity, and really made the little ideas of two bastard geniuses into a career.
Conservation saved his life. In many crises, instead of taking risks, he found a way to survive within the rules of the game. It is precisely because of his calmness and restraint that he made so many friends. In order to survive many crises, even if everyone finally believes that he is a great partner.
But introspection is the source of his happiness. He keeps calmly observing, thinking, and questioning. This is the magic weapon for him to take good care of himself from the scent of the flesh in the wine pond.
Buck and Wayne are two bastards, addicted to drugs, sex and money. They have no goals and no principles. If they can't be rich, they will be full villains, but the bastards are not stupid. One of them has an IQ of 187, and the other was an excellent veterinarian. They are not stupid at all, and it is precisely because they are lawless bastards that they are slanted and creative, and it is precisely because they have a high IQ that they can realize this idea.
Soon they became millionaires.
But they are bastards, and we bastards who have no ambitions, the rest of life will naturally be a mess, and there will be worse things waiting for them in the future.
The lawyer Jerry is a complete idiot and a bastard. This guy is unprincipled and cunning like a fox, but his eyesight is too short. He is absolutely untrustworthy. It is because everyone knows he cannot be trusted, even though he wants money. But he could only watch the wealth slip away from him, and finally lost his life because of it.
There is a line in it that I think is very good-One has to be careful when he choose his partners. I think this is not only about business, but also about life and family. Isn't the wife the man's partner for the rest of his life? Although Jack chose a woman who didn’t show up much, and her appearance and figure were not as good as the wild flowers later, but obviously his wife is a woman who values ​​the family very much, likes husband and child. Such a woman may seem boring, but it is definitely worth relying on. Her home is an eternal harbor. Her husband never has to worry about a fire in the backyard or her children being herded. Although Jack cheated on the way, he quickly lost his way and returned to his wife’s embrace. .

I think the story is complete and interesting, and there are even some very funny sections. For example, the Middle East terrorists become the "pistol group" of a certain adult actress. The Americans use this to fight terrorism, which is really a serious spoof. The characterization is a little worse, rather blunt.
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  • Audrey Dawns: I think there's just too much emphasis on guilt. All this guilt, guilt, guilt. Guilt for what? I'll bet if you ask any old timer in one of those old folks homes, they'd tell you they regret the stuff they didn't do. Not the stuff that they did do.

  • Curt Allmans: Get out. Now. Yesterday, if possible.