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It is impossible to simply comment on this TV series that runs through 40 years of Chinese history.

I paraphrase a Chinese review that highly encapsulates the strengths of several different aspects of this TV-series, and his views agree with mine: this is the most daring description of ordinary civilian life that I have seen so far, the most sad and helpless story for me.

The following is paraphrased, please forgive me for the inaccurate translation.

This is a Chinese chronicle "Historical Records" (since 1948-1988), this is a "Les Miserables" which background is cooperated by the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, this is a report on the results of socialist experiments, this is a survey on the planned economy that makes people unemployed, and the market economy makes people live, this is a record of two generations of intellectual young people being coerced by the political party and reduced to pawns and destroyed, this is the contrast between the speculators of the times and those who adhere to the faith, and this is a debate on the questioning and defense of the regime. --- pay tribute to the tragic fate of the older generation of intellectuals, to history, to screenwriters!

This TV show triggered self-compassion for my own midlife crisis.

Yes, you may not encounter the sad life in this series, but you will definitely get older. Even the most powerful people will get old, and when that time comes, how to live decently?

It does suck to have your wife and children die abnormally and your best friend die in a car accident like Wang Xiang in this title, but it's even worse to face your own old age. The good thing is that the screenwriter gives a more positive and optimistic attitude, which seems to encourage us viewers not to be afraid of getting old. But specifically for each individual, it may not always be that easy.

Frankly, I've started to have to face some of the signs of aging, my mind gets older sometimes, and trying to act young seems to make me cringe because appearances can't hide it.

Let's hope I get the same optimistic ending, like the ending line: look forward, don't look back!

Snapping my fingers once in a while, shattering the distance between the distant past and reality.

This soap opera is underestimated.

I saw a comment today and I think it makes a lot of sense: Many people watch comedies just to laugh and don't care if the story is profound. If comedy is too satirical or close to cruel reality, it may actually make people unhappy.

But I think this is regrettable because the core of comedy is tragedy. This TV series has made me cry for several episodes, which should be said to resonate with my soul. I think if you have the patience to watch from the first episode of the first season, you will naturally agree with my viewpoint that every workplace worker or white collars have the same of John Hu's pain, worry, and anxiety. Thank you to the creative team of this TV series for allowing us to laugh at the bitter workplace life.