The Fire Burns Bright

Name: The Fire Burns Bright
Author: A Little Indifferent

炉火正红

by A Little Indifferent (艾搭不理)

Status: Completed
Length: 1.0M Words
Genre: Urban
Subgenre: Urban Everyday
Updated: 2y ago
English: Request a translation

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Synopsis

A person’s life is like a lump of coal. Only by resisting the lure of superficial pleasures, enduring crushing pressure, and quietly growing stronger can you kindle a bright, fiery tomorrow!

This book faithfully records the rise of a coal-mining family worth tens of billions, giving readers a glimpse into how the first generation of wealthy entrepreneurs made their fortunes in the 1990s. The title itself is ironic: the wave of private appropriation back then made a great many well-connected people rich. You can think of the 1960s and 1970s as the groundwork this ordinary family laid for its rise. Making money always takes help from someone influential, but why would they help you? The twists and turns behind a multibillion-yuan family built by a kind-hearted man are worth examining closely!

This isn’t a wish-fulfillment novel. Readers unfamiliar with the period from sixty to twenty years ago may not understand it. Perhaps only those with coal miners in their families will find it familiar.

The story is based on a real family. The people I knew went from considering a cornmeal bun a treat to having a fortune worth tens of billions. Perhaps even in a dream, they wouldn’t have dared to write it that way!

Some say the biggest problem with the book is the protagonist’s love life. They think people’s relationships were simple back then. But I visited more than a dozen retired mine-level officials, and every one of them had dealt with women showing up at the mines with big bellies to make a scene. As a key enterprise at the time, the mine protected its workers in every way! It’s not that certain things didn’t happen. The leaders simply helped cover them up. If you didn’t live through it, you can hardly imagine how much the workplace cared for its employees back then!

Each story strives to portray the character of that era and the family’s journey from hardship to success. The early 1990s had its dark side, but that was part of the era. No one’s life is without...

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628Reads · 30 days

134.9kReads · all time

100Shelf adds, last 14 days

8.9Score

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It's definitely worth reading. The rating is absolutely wrong. Highly recommended. It's a very comfortable and realistic slice-of-life book.
9 likes3y ago
This book can be considered a pinnacle of online literature. The writing is simple, the language is vivid, and it is historically accurate. It is a rare masterpiece!
6 likes3y ago
The author's writing is of a very high standard, with firsthand investigation and research—a rare feat for authors these days, demonstrating a commitment to the reader. The protagonist is a good official; there aren't many black and white characters, making this a very difficult task, as blending in with the world is now the norm. I hope the author will bring us even better stories in the future! I don't understand why the book's score is so low.
5 likes2y ago
The character descriptions are good, and the source material is also excellent. I can't comment on the plot yet, but it seems fine so far; the main thing to watch is how it develops later. (In the popular fiction genre, this book is worth a try.)
5 likes2y ago
It's simple and unpretentious, not a time-travel or reincarnation story, and there are no cheat codes. Compared to people of that era, the protagonist is lucky and happy.
4 likes3y ago
It's rare to find such a realistic and explicit book in online literature. The author truly depicts a mining society for strangers, which is far superior to those pretentious and face-slapping system novels. The writing style is simple yet humorous, and I think it's worth reading.
3 likes1y ago
The reason novels exist is probably to provide psychological comfort, to find empathy and hope within them. Therefore, novels can be somewhat idealistic, but this book isn't overly exaggerated. Highly recommended.
3 likes2y ago
This book has lofty ideals, excellent character portrayals, and skillful writing. The historical depiction is realistic. It had the potential to be a truly outstanding novel. However, due to well-known reasons, that period of more than ten years lacked content, making the theme less prominent, and the character portrayals also lacked the biggest conflicts and contradictions. Therefore, I can only regretfully deduct one star.
3 likes3y ago
This book perfectly avoids all the pitfalls; the author is amazing!
3 likes3y ago
Absolutely brilliant, highly recommended! A unique style, the thought process is truly unexpectedly novel.
2 likes2y ago