How rich do you need to be able to confidently wear street stall products?

There is an episode in the first season of "Ode to Joy". Fan Shengmei is preparing to attend a high-end cocktail party. She proudly and excitedly says to the little earthworm:

"Sister, today, I just want to pinch the tip!"

Unexpectedly, Qu Yaoxiang appeared at the door humming a tune, looking at Fan Shengmei and laughing, the sarcasm in his eyes clear.

Sister Fan is not stupid, she knows what it means when a rich second generation like Xiaoqu shows that kind of look. She was furious and wanted to refute, but her eyes caught the blinging authentic bag on Xiao Qu's waist.

Suddenly, Fan Shengmei was like a deflated rubber ball. She hurriedly hid the fake goods she was holding behind her back, wishing she could lower them into the dust.

At that moment, the things she had relied on to maintain her dignity were severely trampled to pieces.

We can’t say that Xiaoqu is wrong. She has faced family infighting since she was a child, and she hates the so-called plundering of girls. Buying designer bags is as common as eating and breathing.

But she sharply exposed the little Jiujiu hidden in Sister Fan's heart, making her and her room of high-end imitation goods invisible in front of her like mice in a trap.

Therefore, Sister Fan has always had no confidence in front of Xiaoqu.

But Guan Guan is different. In terms of expensive clothes, she was far ahead of Sister Fan, but both Xiaoqu and Andy admired her very much and were willing to help her learn and grow and help her answer professional questions. She is warm, gentle, and talented, like a breeze. Whenever Xiaoqu encounters something sad, he will come to her and say, "Baby, please give me a hug."

The life she longs for can never be filled with brand-name clothes or bags. Therefore, her confidence has never been supported by expensive appearance.

My friend told me about a girl in their school who had only three words in life: buy, buy, buy.

When she first entered school, she caused quite a stir in the school because of her good looks and ability to dress up. How many freshmen are fashionable? But at that time she only wore midriff-baring crop tops and wide-leg pants.

A friend told me that she bought an LV bag in the first semester of her freshman year. When she was carrying her to class, the girls' eyes were eager to stick to her.

Her family is in good condition, and she wears the same clothes almost every day. The boys who chase her and the girls who admire her can line up from the dormitory area to the teaching building. Every day she carries a small bag and wears high heels and walks by the roadside with her head held high, and she gets a lot of admiring or jealous looks.

I heard that one time when she was not at school, the person who was conducting a routine health check opened the door of her closet. There was a crash, and the closet full of brand-name clothes and bags overflowed, as high as a hill.

Everyone thought that she would remain so glamorous until graduation, but in her junior year, she suddenly became depressed and lost her former energy.

Rumors about her gradually spread. It turned out that her family was only middle-class and not as wealthy as her classmates thought. Because she is addicted to famous brands, she loses all her living expenses every semester as soon as she gets them. If she doesn't have enough money, she continues to ask for it from her family.

Over time, the family simply cannot afford it.

In addition, she never studied and failed more than ten courses in the final exam. Her family was so angry that they only gave her a few hundred yuan for food every month and threatened that she would not graduate if she could not graduate on time. Leave her alone.

Having no choice but to pick up the textbook. However, the foundation was already rotten, and no matter how hard I tried to catch up, I still couldn't get enough credits. Finally, I had no choice but to postpone my graduation.

The classmates around me are either continuing their graduate studies with excellent grades, or finding good jobs with substantial resumes. She was the only one, together with her cabinet of lifeless brand names, flipping through textbooks that she couldn't understand at all, looking forward to graduating soon.

She didn't come to the graduation dinner. When talking about her, no one is envious.

When I was attending a dinner party, I met a sister who was a company manager and had just turned 30 years old.

Before I sat down, someone told me that her family was very rich and the company belonged to her husband’s family.

Not only that, but my natal family is also one of the best in the area.

For such a proud girl, buying famous brands is like picking cabbage in the supermarket.

I thought she would be fully armed, but I didn’t know that she came here wearing only a shirt and skirt with no brand name visible.

Although she was dressed simply, her eyes exuded confidence and wisdom, making people want to get close to her and trust her for no reason. After sitting down, she sometimes listened quietly with a smile, sometimes told a joke to liven up the atmosphere, and sometimes made a sharp comment. The whole meal was relaxed, efficient and rigorous.

After the meal, the heads of several companies handed her their business cards, hoping to work together.

When I sent her home, I mentioned my previous guess, and she answered me with a smile:

“It’s not that I can’t afford famous brands, it’s just that no matter how expensive it is, it’s just It’s just a piece of clothing. As long as it’s elegant and decent, it can meet the needs of work and go out to social occasions. I know that many girls want to wear famous brands to enhance their aura. If you want to get an order for a Prada bag or a Cucci dress, you will definitely be spotted by someone at a glance. Just like Cinderella dressed up, her true colors will show up when the time comes."

Even if it costs thousands of dollars, , no matter if the bags cost tens of thousands, they are just clothes. Since it is clothing, it is meant to be worn and used by others. Don’t give it too many additional meanings, let alone make buying it your entire life.

There was once a show that summoned several rich girls and a working girl, dressed them in beautiful clothes, and put on exquisite makeup and hair. Then everyone stood in front of the stage holding a mask, Let the audience find out which one is the working girl.

The results could not be clearer. The rich girls are all dignified and generous, with natural postures, but the working girl is timid and extremely nervous. All viewers chose the correct answer.

Many girls are wearing Givenchy coats, carrying Chanel bags, and Alexander Mankiw high-heeled shoes. But you are wearing a plain shirt and jeans, sit in front of them, and your eyes immediately wander. I will despise you from head to toe.

If I wear famous brands, I am rich; if you wear street food, you are poor.

Leave aside your maxed-out credit card and Ant Huabei that no one wants to inherit. Even if you can afford these, if you have such an idea, it can only be said that you are rich, but not rich. .

Take away these externals, and your heart is pitifully barren.

A truly confident person never needs to be armed with a famous brand.

A friend who runs his own company earns enough money every year to buy a house full of famous brands, but what he likes to do most is to sit in the office wearing a cotton T-shirt and big pants that cost dozens of yuan each. BBQ stalls on the streets and everyone drinking draft beer.

We can also have our own confidence. Your knowledge, experience, experience, the way you treat others, the books you have read, the people you have loved, the roads you have traveled, and the scenery you have seen will all settle in your heart and transform into your confidence. .

We can consider arming ourselves with famous brands as a short-term requirement, but please don’t let shopping become your lifelong pursuit.

The real coolness is not the closet of limited-edition bags acquired through frugality—

It’s that I can afford to buy big brands, but I have the confidence to choose not to buy them.