Paradise Is on the Left: Shenzhen, on the Other Side of the Sea

Neon is its crown and high-rise buildings are its scepter. Shenzhen, this boiling hot land, promises the world a paradise within reach. "The other side of the sea" was once the promised land that millions of souls longed for. However, when Typhoon Mangkhut violently tore open Pengcheng's gorgeous coat, the fate of the four families was suddenly overturned in the torrent of biting reality. The upstarts of science and technology are betting their souls on the edge of the capital cliff, small factory owners are suffocating and struggling in the loss of orders; the backbones of white-collar workers are broken by the sky-high prices of housing in school districts, and the breath of delivery workers is annihilated in the abyss of the food delivery road. Their wives and children were all involved in this cruel whirlpool called "struggle". Education tightens the neck, marriages are full of cracks, and hometown becomes an unreachable dream. Every time he struggled to save himself, he fell into a deeper trap; every weak glimmer of hope was immediately swallowed up by the ruthless storm. There is no myth of counterattack here, only the cold blade of betrayal, the loud noise of bankruptcy, the shadow of domestic violence and the silence of death. In front of strict class barriers, individual dreams are crushed to pieces. Kindness is rewarded with evil, hard work comes to nothing, and the bottom line of human nature is distorted and collapsed under the weight of survival. Open this book and stare into the abyss. This is not a song of triumph, but a tragic epitaph dedicated to those who sank. It completely tears apart the gorgeous robe of the "City of Dreams", exposing underneath the dense bones of dreams, the ruthless rust of reality, and the festering acne of human nature. While the sound of the tide in the bustling Shenzhen Bay is still there, those souls who once struggled to swim have already sunk into eternal silence. Heaven is on the left, and the other shore is forever on the other side of the sinking. Are you ready to look directly at the cold truth under this dazzling halo?