Li Sheng has a very different outlook on life from everyone else. He believes that since Heaven granted him another life, he should say goodbye to the drudgery of being a wage slave. Faced with the world's crooked doctrines about striving and working hard, Li Sheng says, "If I'm rich and powerful, I'll indulge myself. If I'm poor and lowly, I'll let myself be changed. If someone uses force, I'll give in; if someone tempts me with beauty, I'll go along. If nobody hits me, I'll confess; if they hit me, I'll cry. I won't suffer hardship, and I won't work. Life is only thirty thousand days, so I'll just get through one day at a time. The biggest mistake in life is wanting it all; half-rich, half-poor, and half at ease is best. Rather than pushing myself, I'd rather cut myself some slack. They all look down on me, and, as it happens, I don't even try to prove them wrong. No one supports my lofty ambitions, and I can't get anywhere on my own. Everyone laughs at me, and, as it happens, I'm the biggest joke of all. Rather than push myself, I'd rather cut myself some slack. Gold always shines, but unfortunately, I'm just scrap metal. Nobody can take advantage of me, because I'm no use to anyone." As a member of the royal family, he should be enjoying a life of comfort and pleasure. But can Li Sheng hold on to his principles in the face of the times? This book, the first anti-grindset novel, will usher readers into a new kind of "wage-slave life."
