The focus of the novel "The Wolf of Wall Street" is not the story, but the numbers. The local tyrant Jordan Belfort tirelessly tells you the price of everything he does. Every time he mentions what he has done, he always emphasizes how much money he has spent. The way of life is: spend money, show off his wealth, spend money, show off his wealth, spend money, show off his wealth... He uses this method to motivate employees to make money, and in this way to let service industry personnel respect him as a guest of honor. Pick up girls in this way to find a wife... In the movie of the same name based on the novel, these numbers have become glamorous mansions and costumes, a wad of cash, groups of prostitutes, and a sense of superiority. Leonardo Di Caprio and the employees who are always in excitement. The movie is full of carnival atmosphere, foul language, endless parties, eating, drinking, prostitution, gambling, in short, it is large-scale, heavy-tasting, and hilarious from beginning to end. Many people don't like this movie. They think it is money-seeking, empty, perverted, feel too good about themselves, and can't stand the unclear position of director Martin Sssex. In particular, the film also adds a comedy color, which portrays this degenerate life very interesting. I don't understand whether the director is propaganda or criticizing, whether he hates or envy this way of life. At the same time, he criticized Jordan himself for not being punished as he deserved. Instead, he made a lot of money by writing novels and making movies based on this experience. No matter how you look at it, the biggest magic weapon of this movie is reality. Most of its plots have happened in real life. Every character has a corresponding prototype in real life. Jordan’s model of getting rich was nothing new on Wall Street in the 1990s: He had a securities company with more than 1,000 people, and the company made a lot of money by manipulating the stock prices of newly listed companies. His life trajectory after getting rich is also very representative: buying a good car --- spending time and drinking --- cheating --- changing his wife --- buying all kinds of luxury goods --- looking for all kinds of physical excitement. Moreover, this is not just the story of Jordan alone. Wall Street is still singing every night. The big fish at the top of the food chain are still at large. More people, once given the opportunity, will become another Jordan. What the movie didn't mention is that the life of the local tyrants is not so perfect. Jordan described his life as rich and perverted many times in his novels. He has been repenting, repenting and abandoning his first wife, repenting of his lies, drug addiction, and sex addiction. He also knew that his behavior was abnormal, but he was uncontrollably sinking deeper and deeper. He said: "I seem to be driven to do everything, not because I really want to do these things, but because these things are waiting for me to do." He has always wanted to give up drugs and promised his wife many times. Never touch drugs again. He flushed all the drugs he took into the hotel toilet in Switzerland, and said to Danny, I quit and never smoked it again. The next day he wanted his driver to fly over from the United States to deliver him drugs. It can be seen that addiction is definitely not something ordinary people's willpower can contend with. Sure enough, Jordan's drug addiction became more and more serious. He became thin into a matchstick and his skin turned green. Later, he was in a trance and lost control of his behavior and entered the drug rehabilitation center. Jordan has also been living with worry: worried that his subordinates would be unfaithful to him; worried that his partners would cheat him; worried that his model wife would leave him without money (he said he had never had this kind of worry when he was with his first wife. Because he was just a poor boy when they got married); since being investigated by the detectives, he has been worried every day, worried that ill-gotten gains would be found out, and worried that he would be taken to prison at any time. The three-hour movie seems to have made a dream of a local tyrant, letting you experience the life of a local tyrant's extravagance and extreme desire, telling you that the life of a person who can spend more than eight lifetimes is like this, or, it is just like this. Would you like to live like Jordan? Or do you prefer to go home with a clear conscience every day in the dim subway like the FBI agent who is not motivated by money? This is a very real problem. Jordan has also been living with worry: worried that his subordinates would be unfaithful to him; worried that his partners would cheat him; worried that his model wife would leave him without money (he said he had never had this kind of worry when he was with his first wife. Because he was just a poor boy when they got married); since being investigated by the detectives, he has been worried every day, worried that ill-gotten gains would be found out, and worried that he would be taken to prison at any time. The three-hour movie seems to have made a dream of a local tyrant, letting you experience the life of a local tyrant's extravagance and extreme desire, telling you that the life of a person who can spend more than eight lifetimes is like this, or, it is just like this. Would you like to live like Jordan? Or do you prefer to go home with a clear conscience every day in the dim subway like the FBI agent who is not motivated by money? This is a very real problem. Jordan has also been living with worry: worried that his subordinates would be unfaithful to him; worried that his partners would cheat him; worried that his model wife would leave him without money (he said he had never had this kind of worry when he was with his first wife. Because he was just a poor boy when they got married); since being investigated by the detectives, he has been worried every day, worried that ill-gotten gains would be found out, and worried that he would be taken to prison at any time. The three-hour movie seems to have made a dream of a local tyrant, letting you experience the life of a local tyrant's extravagance and extreme desire, telling you that the life of a person who can spend more than eight lifetimes is like this, or, it is just like this. Would you like to live like Jordan? Or do you prefer to go home with a clear conscience every day in the dim subway like the FBI agent who is not motivated by money? This is a very real problem.
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