In this life, what people fear most is not poverty, but being poor and bending their backs.
Lin Fugui came to this city carrying a trolley suitcase, all his belongings plus a bill with a debt of three thousand. Renting the cheapest single room, riding a second-hand electric car to work, he was ridiculed in public by his boss, urged by his stepmother to buy a house and a car, and compared with "other people's children" by his neighbors. He had no background, no noble people, all he had was a bill and a breath he was holding.
He met Su Jiani, a woman who has seen the cruelty of money and the essence of money. She told him that financial freedom is not a number, but six levels: the first level is a test of desire, the second level is a test of patience, the third level is the most dangerous middle-class trap, where 90% of people fall here, using highly leveraged houses and unstoppable consumption in exchange for an exquisite falsehood - the fourth level is a test of arrogance, the fifth level is a moat, and the sixth level is true freedom.
This is a story about ordinary people starting from scratch. There is no halo of the protagonist, no windfall from the sky, only accumulation one by one, saying no to "forget it, spend it" again and again, and slapping those who have stepped on him in the face one after another.
But what's more important than a slap in the face is: when the number finally arrived, Lin Fugui understood one thing - money can't buy dignity, but it can give you the confidence to say "no". And that confidence was what he really wanted in this journey.
There is food in hand and no panic in mind. This is not just one person's story, it is a journey that every ordinary person deserves to take.
