I Am an Onion

Liu Guicong was born in a mountain village in southern Shaanxi. He was nicknamed "Rotten Scallion" by his fellow villagers when he was young. He was ordinary and humble, unnoticed, but he had a stubbornness and a strong heart rooted in the mountains. In Chishui Mountain Village in the 1990s, the barren land trapped a generation's footsteps, but it could not trap the youth's ambition and aspirations. With the simplicity, sensitivity and stubbornness of a country child, Liu Guixian grew up in the suffering of fireworks. He has seen the warmth of local people and experienced the coldness of life at the bottom. Walking out of the mountains, he stepped into urban campuses and went to schools in ancient cities, where he met his true first love and gentle confidant, and formed a brotherhood that lasted for half his life, leaving endless regrets in his youthful ignorance. After joining the WTO, he rode the tide of the times and entered the business world. He rushed to his career with passion. From a poor young man with nothing, he worked hard to become a famous entrepreneur. He was sitting on wealth and fame, but gradually lost his true heart in the torrent of fame and fortune. Heart games, business traps, emotional entanglements, and marital rifts followed one after another. Once his prosperous career collapsed, half his life's hard work was in vain, and he fell into the darkest valley of his life. With his glitz and glamour gone, the middle-aged Liu Kyu-hyun sheds his youthful violence and utilitarian obsession, and reconciles with the past in solitude and introspection. He put down his obsessions, returned to the fireworks, took root in life, dug deep into his heart, and finally understood his life - everyone in the world is a green onion in the world, born in the mundane world and returning to the ordinary. They are not ostentatious or eye-catching, but they stand in the wind and live endlessly. This is a history of the growth of contemporary ordinary people spanning more than thirty years. It describes the changes in the countryside, the regrets of youth, the ups and downs of the city, the ups and downs of the business world, and the redemption of middle age. It uses restrained and realistic writing to describe the struggle, loss and rebirth of a generation in the torrent of the times. 1. Real-time documentary: It spans thirty years of changes in the times, connects rural reform, urbanization, the Internet wave, national entrepreneurship and other era nodes, fits the real social picture, and is highly documentary. ​ 2. The ultimate character arc: The protagonist has no cheating or cheating, and completely presents the complete life arc of "young blood - youth pursuit of profit - middle-aged collapse - self-redemption", which is true, three-dimensional and highly resonant. ​ 3. Pure literary and realistic tone: rejecting clichés and refreshing writing, focusing on psychological portrayal, description of human nature, life details and the texture of the times. The writing style is restrained and delicate, with both pyrotechnics and ideological depth. ​ 4. Universal empathy theme: focusing on the struggles and growth of ordinary people, describing the difficulties of breaking out of poverty, the regrets of youth, the vanity of fame and fortune, and the reconciliation of middle age, adapting to the empathy of readers of all ages. ​ 5. Complete closed-loop narrative: The plot of the book is complete and echoes from beginning to end. The metaphor of "onion" is used throughout the text. It has advanced intentions and a healing ending. There are no unfinished chapters and no gaps. It is suitable for publishing, IP adaptation, and popularity in the circle. Intention: The time span spans more than thirty years, from the rural areas of southern Shaanxi in the 1990s, through the millennium campus era, the university's entry into the WTO in the 2000s, the entrepreneurial wave in the 10s, to the middle-aged return to life in the 20s. There is no cheating, no drama, and no fantasy in the whole process. It records the ups and downs of ordinary young people from poor families in a purely literary and realistic way. It focuses on the four core themes of class breakthrough, disillusionment of ideals, gains and losses of human nature, and self-salvation, and completely presents the epitome of the fate of the next generation in the era of urbanization.