This story starts off with people respecting him since he became rich as they were disgusted by him when he was a criminal and poor. One passage he said when he got arrested for profiteering, “our names appeared in newspapers; our pictures were posted on the streets.” That was one of the matters I learned while I was in China as they took crime seriously and a form of punishment was public humiliation. Liu went through much adversity with rejection from people, work, and school, but he found a way to get rich. It’s interesting to point out that money “can change your personality” because it has been known that money helps brings out your true self, whether it’s good or bad. It also makes people think differently about you. Money can be used for power, but it all depends on how the individual uses the power. Power to other people can turn into attraction. Such an attraction that no matter what that person in power does, the other person is still attracted to them. For instance, when Liu slaps the mother-in-law, but she does nothing to combat it or tell her daughter. Money can be a scary issue at times if abused, but it is all about self-control.
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