Reflections on the incident of Shanghai celebrity Pinduoduo

Recently, there was a WeChat article, which generally said that the author was lurking in the "Shanghai Ladies' Group" and found that in order to shape the image of celebrities, these people rented * * * for many people to disguise an illusion of exquisiteness and luxury. They or dozens of people fight for the Bulgari Hotel for several thousand yuan a night, and then put the bed flag with the Logo of "Bulgari" on their bodies, or six people fight for an afternoon tea for two at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, posing carefully in exquisite and sexy clothes, and posting it on the public platform with beautiful words for a period of time. Not only hotels, but also luxury cars, designer bags and even stockings are amazing, and these behaviors are all for taking pictures. As for what the photo is for, it goes without saying.

The authenticity of this WeChat is open to question, and the screenshot of WeChat group chat exposed in this article is also artificially made. But this phenomenon of "Pinduoduo celebrities" does exist.

In order to learn about beauty, I sometimes browse the little red book. Some people criticized the platform for showing off wealth before. Indeed, the life shown by Xiaohongshu is much more "exquisite" than other apps. All kinds of unimaginable show off wealth, luxury cars and beautiful women, manor villas, these must be true or false. In that article, I saw dozens of photos taken by people in luxury hotels, especially these days. This story has spread so widely that you can see it with a few strokes as soon as you log on to the platform. These photos look exquisite, but obviously they are not everyday life, because the postures and positions of these "celebrities" are very close, almost identical.

When it comes to showing off wealth, vanity and fake exquisiteness, it is not illegal. At best, it is a personal choice, not so elegant taste. However, some "celebrities" try their best to shape such people, not only to satisfy their vanity, but also to attract rich men, or to shape the image of independent women to teach successful studies and sell lessons to cut leeks. This is no longer in the category of bad morality, and it has already involved breaking the law. We should vigorously condemn and despise such people and create a good atmosphere of truth, goodness and beauty.

However, at the same time, we should also learn from it. On the one hand, we should never cheat others' feelings and money in this way, but should stand on our own feet and create a better life with our hands. On the other hand, we should also reflect on whether we have a strong desire to show off and superiority, and whether we should restrain ourselves with stricter requirements when we condemn others from the moral high ground.

I don't need to mention the former, but I learned about the latter from the video of Teacher Luo Xiang. In the video, Mr. Luo Xiang commented on this matter from different angles. He mentioned that 50% people around him have similar vanity, showing off their knowledge, morality and children, and showing off that they have seen through fame and fortune. In the video, he still has some words that are thought-provoking. I have excerpted them below.

After watching the video, I learned to reflect on myself, be strict with myself, be lenient with others, and examine myself before accusing others.

But there is another question I want to think about:

Should we condemn, criticize and laugh at the vanity of "Shanghai celebrities" Is there a measure? If this girl just likes this vain life, even if it is fake, she feels happy and satisfied, and is willing to spend money to take photos of the hotel and pretend to be a celebrity, but the money of the hotel is earned by herself, and she never thought about influencing or endangering others. In this case, should she be blamed? I think if I have the opportunity to go to such an expensive hotel, I will also want to dress up and take pictures as a souvenir. Most of us are vain. We all have vanity sometimes, but to different degrees. But if we don't condemn and stop this phenomenon, will it encourage the bad atmosphere in society? It is absolutely wrong to cheat feelings and money, and there is no need to discuss it.

I think sometimes it's not just right or wrong, but also good or bad. This kind of excessive vanity is not right or wrong without hurting others. Of course, you can say that this is the freedom of the other party, but you must do what you can? What we want is freedom of happiness, peace, justice and order, not freedom of abuse. Only by promoting beauty and abandoning ugliness can society make continuous progress.