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Simu's upbringing in a traditional Chinese education family is discussed, highlighting the strictness and high expectations of his parents. The impact of his parents' mindset and traditional culture on his career choices is explored, with the message that success should not be narrowly defined. The role of chance and fortune in shaping one's life is emphasized. The importance of allowing children to choose their own career paths is discussed, as well as the challenges faced by Simu in pursuing his passion for acting. The topic of the hard truth about love is briefly mentioned. Sure. In lots of contents explained, we can see that Simu is in the setting of growing up in a family that follows typical traditional Chinese education. His family jumped on the backbones of some cultural stereotypes and expectations, such as enrolling their son into Chinese school just because Amy, the daughter of their co-workers, had been put into Chinese school, right? Yeah, I can tell that traditional Chinese education is tough. We can see that Simu grows up in a classic traditional Chinese education family. Some Chinese elders have really high expectations for their kids. I remember he mentioned, okay, so he writes this part in his book, My parents have faced harsh realities in their upbringing that molded them into incredibly hard-working individuals. To them, no amount of work I did was ever enough. Good was never good enough. It had to be perfect. Whenever I bought a home at A, they would ask, why not A plus? My dad, in particular, had impossibly high standards. From here, we can tell that Simu's parents were very strict with him. For me, this happened when I was in elementary school in China. My dad got mad at me because I only got 79% on Chinese tests. He yelled at me, but the difference is he didn't hit me and didn't use any swear words, which I think means I grew up in a much better environment. Because my parents, growing up with traditional Chinese education, they knew how painful it was to grow up in a harsh and strict situation, so they didn't want to bring that trauma they experienced in their generation to me. How about you? So, same here. Luckily, my parents are not that strict in my grades and some of my decisions, but since everyone might have similar experiences, so sometimes you just might have those words from others, so I can still relate to his feelings. I remember when I was small, my grandma always compared me to one of my relatives' daughter, which is from China, because her level playing piano is more higher than me a lot, then she always only learned from that person's daughter, so I can still relate to his thoughts and his feelings. I can tell why. However, after hearing your experience and your story, I can tell this book does really gave readers a lot of impact. Which part did the book impact you the most? The part that impacted me the most is actually Simu's parents. I think they reviewed having a steady, well-paying job as the only path to a successful life. They narrowly defined success as entering a traditional career field, like being a doctor or scientist. But this is not what children really want. I don't think so. I believe we should try new things, such as Simu Liu tried the acting industry. Even though his parents didn't support him, he became a successful actor in the end. So, I think it's not just high-paying, stable profession like doctor and scientist that represents success, but all careers are equal. People can try what they want, learn new things, and do what their passion is without pressure. That is the real success. Wow, what a powerful speech! I know, right? I like how you point out that is the real success. I know I'm smart. What do you think about the story? I would say the task most impactful to me is the message of becoming the master of your own extraordinary and third-person tense. After reading the book of Simu's journey, I can tell how big impact a fortune or a chance can bring into people's life. Because of chance and fortune, Simu found his love doing acting and got into an acting career. But who knows, like a kid growing up in Chinese traditional education family, never get anything related to acting or writing to found his thing while walking around for his job. I can truly understand how life can always get changes, unpredictable and variable. It can be affected by something we already own but also sometimes from our society or surrounding in the future. Oh yeah, that's interesting. I do agree with you. So actually, both of our points do have a resonance. Like not just seeing a kid but also us, there's just something that we can't change and control. Especially a kid, it's hard for them to argue with their parents or else. We can't expect anything in them. But also, like you said, Simu's parents' mindset, stereotypes and traditional culture, also future and fortune. And how about topics? Is there any specific thing brings you this fall? Of course, I think parents should not infer with their children's future career choices. This will only make the children more rebellious. For example, Simu said, What I'm trying to say is, I'm really happy I'm not a doctor. So take that, mom and dad. At that time, Simu's parents were very much against him wanting to become an actor. This didn't stop Simu from becoming an actor in the end, but it made it difficult for him to ask his parents for help. His parents said that they would support Simu in everything. In fact, they still hoped that Simu would have a more stable job, such as an accountant, a doctor, a scientist, etc. This reminded me of my grandma, who once said she will never intervene in my future career choices. But when I told her that I want to be a detective, she said detective was dangerous job. When I said I want to be an athlete, she said athlete would be in a lot of pain when they get old. Later, I told her that I want to become a therapist, psychological therapist. She said that this job will involve dealing with many depressed people and would negatively affect me. However, because my parents grew up in a different generation from my grandmother, except from not recommending me to become an athlete, they basically never stopped me from choosing careers. Then that's a good thing, actually. Because unfortunately, Simu's situation is kind of different from yours, right? So, topics that I think I got differently about is kind of different, but mine is the hard truth about love. It's one of the topics that got me divorced, and I think it's complicated. And the quote that brings me that thought is when Simu raised his voice and yelled out the word, and said, I don't want it anyway. Oh, I remember that. That's when Simu started acting out, taking back to his parents and refusing to do his homework. Simu's parents yelled at Simu and complained he is a loser because of how they invest everything in him, but Simu wasted time on useless things, spoiled and squandered all those efforts and money.