Black-Hearted Shopkeeper: My Customers Come from All over the World

People like to hear and see things, but if you don't like them, who do you think they are? People in Shanghai love Pingtan, Huai Opera, and Yue Opera. Why do you, a Beijinger, want to approve it? Leaders can have preferences. Some people like to watch theater, some people like to look at paintings, and some people like antiques. What does it matter? We say it's good after watching a play, but it doesn't necessarily mean it's good. Our words are unreliable. Everyone has their own preferences, so how can they be used as a standard? Art must be approved by the people. As long as the people like it, it has value; if it is not anti-party or anti-socialist, it is allowed to exist, and there is no power to ban the performance. ——Zhou Enlai This novel and its characters are purely fictitious. Any similarity is purely coincidental and should not be imitated.