Has anyone read the contradictory "Midnight"? Can you tell me the main content?

Mao Dun writes novels almost as if he were writing history.

The plot of "Midnight" is embedded in the real historical time and space from May to July 1930. It takes the contradiction and struggle between the national industrial capitalist Wu Gongsunfu and the comprador financial capitalist Zhao Botao as the main line, vividly and profoundly reflecting the social outlook at that time. At first, Zhao Botao interfered with Wu Sunfu's public debt speculation, and Wu Sunfu joined other capitalists to form a trust company, hoping to vigorously develop national industry, so he had a conflict with Zhao Botao. Zhao Botao relied on foreign financial capital as a backing and opposed Wu Sunfu at every turn. In addition, warlords fought, rural bankruptcies, factory workers sabotaged their work, and went on strike. Although Wu Sunfu and his associates tried their best and struggled desperately, they did not change the overall failure in the end. destiny. This tragedy shows that China's national industry will never develop under imperialist aggression, control, and oppression. The original work has a broad background, numerous characters, and complex plots; the language is concise and delicate, the characters have distinct personalities, and the psychological portrayal is vivid. Although this book is an abbreviated version, you can still appreciate the artistic style of the original work.

Some of the scenes described in the novel, such as public debt transactions, the battle between Jiang Feng and Yan, etc., are all well-documented and true historical facts. "Midnight" introduces this kind of non-fictional discourse into the novel, blends and complements it with fictional discourse, which should be said to be a quite bold and creative stylistic experiment. The epic character of "Midnight" undoubtedly benefits from the ingenious adjustment and combination of the two languages ??of "poetry" and "history".