What kind of person is Wang Qinglai in "Happiness Comes to Ten Thousands of Houses"?

Wang Qinglai in "Happiness Comes to Ten Thousands of Houses" doesn't have any serious problems. He doesn't smoke, gamble, or cheat. He can't be counted among the many scumbag characters created specifically to intensify conflicts in movies and TV dramas.

But he is just a loser without any bad habits, because he has not received a good education, has never traveled far, and has no knowledge. His parents are farmers, and his ancestors have been farmers for generations. His inferiority complex was engraved in his bones, and he showed a sense of cowardice when facing the village chief who was one level higher than him. But at the same time, the narrower his views, the more he carries a kind of machismo, which makes him always PUA his wife.

Wang Qinglai later turned bad:

There are two main reasons for his bad behavior. One was that his colleagues caused him to be caught by the police. At that time, Wang Qinglai had just arrived in the city. By chance, he discovered the business opportunity of soliciting customers on a motorcycle. However, because his pricing for soliciting customers was low and he broke the unwritten rules of the industry, he offended his peers. Several unscrupulous colleagues took advantage of the opportunity of chatting with him to steal his motorcycle keys and reported the illegal act of privately soliciting motorcycles to the police. Wang Qinglai, who was unable to start the motorcycle, could only watch as he was arrested. This incident deeply traumatized Wang Qinglai. He began to realize that people can sacrifice others for the sake of profit. The other face of Wang Qinglai's brother in the city also made him feel chilled.

Earlier, the Wang family’s parents gave all of the more than 300,000 yuan that Xingfu and Qinglai had earned through hard work to Qingzhi to buy a house, and Qingzhi accepted it without any guilt. However, when the Xingfu family came to seek refuge with Qingzhi, Qingzhi's first reaction was to take his brother and sister-in-law to an express hotel instead of taking them home. He didn't even tell his fiancée that his brother-in-law came to the city.

The cold attitude of his relatives and the hurt caused by selfish villains made Wang Qinglai feel the harshness of the world in this city. However, he did not stick to his original intention, but chose to respect the survival rules of the dirty. He began to dislike Xingfu's monthly salary of 1,500 yuan. Unwilling to be rewarded for one's own efforts. When faced with employment difficulties, he set his sights on his younger siblings' father and went to his workplace privately to ask him to introduce him to a relaxed and decent job. However, this was only the beginning. He began to dislike his wife and believed that the bottom line of principles she adhered to was worthless.

"Happiness to Ten Thousands of Homes" takes rural revitalization as its creative theme. In the premiere plot, at a lively rural wedding, the new daughter-in-law He Xingfu falls into the turmoil of her younger sister's marriage. He Xingfu resolutely resists the old custom of marriage and wants an explanation for his wronged sister. Her courage is impressive. However, in the eyes of village party secretary Wan Shantang, He Xingfu's husband Wang Qinglai and his family, He Xingfu's grievance for his sister is unnecessary "making a fuss out of a molehill". The fierce collision of old and new concepts, the exciting confrontation between outsiders and conservatives, push the plot to the first climax, and the story is extremely watchable.