This is the content of "Me and the Rock Youth" published by Wang Xiaobo in "Sanlian Life Weekly" in 1996. It tells the story of Wang Xiaobo helping his sister and brother-in-law to persuade his nephew to give up rock music and pursue a serious path of study and employment.

Wang Xiaobo's nephew is very talented. Although he did not study hard, he was admitted to Tsinghua University. However, he does not have a serious career. He loves rock music and hopes to take root in rock music in the future.

This made Wang Xiaobo’s sister and brother-in-law anxious.

In that era, those who studied music had no good future and life was very difficult, let alone a good future.

My nephew has always regarded Wang Xiaobo as a role model, thinking that he gave up his major at Tsinghua University to pursue rock music and was as handsome as Wang Xiaobo who quit his job to become a freelance writer.

So it became Wang Xiaobo's unshirkable responsibility to persuade his nephew to give up music and follow the right path.

Key's "Andante Cantabile" and American female singer Mary Carey were brought up to persuade my nephew to change his mind and not engage in rock music after graduation and join a company to make a lot of money.

In fact, such sophistry was not Wang Xiaobo’s true intention. As a result, the smart child inexplicably agreed with Wang Xiaobo’s opinion based on his own understanding.

The nephew was convinced, and Wang Xiaobo felt particularly beautiful. He felt that with his sharp tongue and bright brain, he could start a second career - a professional ideological worker. If any children have something they can’t figure out, come to him!

In the end, he said that the purpose of writing this article was not to advertise for himself, but to tell everyone that there are various methods of ideological work, such as his combination of positive persuasion and black humor. Combined, it is a very good method of ideological work.

When I saw this, I wanted to laugh.

Wang Xiaobo, just pretend!

In fact, what you are thinking and what you are saying are not the same thing at all! You don’t think there’s anything wrong with young people engaging in this kind of inexplicable rock music. It’s reasonable if it exists, and there’s no industry that you can’t love or work in.

Even if you don’t want the iron rice bowl of Peking University and National People’s Congress, what’s wrong with engaging in art? ! But the fact is that Wang Xiaobo can change his career to this unprofitable profession, but his sister and brother-in-law's nephew can't. He can't let his children fool around, and he can't let his children endure hardship. He must be persuaded.

But why is it so awkward to do this? Maybe this is what it feels like to be different from the outside?

However, the smart Wang Xiaobo racked his brains to deal with his equally smart nephew, and did not hesitate to rise to the level of art to explore the painful industry of rock and roll. In the end, his nephew agreed to give up rock and roll and improve the company to make money. The big money was probably beyond Wang Xiaobo's expectation. He didn't expect his nephew to agree so quickly.

In any case, Wang Xiaobo felt a sense of accomplishment after the persuasion was successful. Even he was not sure whether it was all his fault that his nephew gave up rock music. But after all, the result was there and he should be allowed to let it go. Have fun.

Many years after Wang Xiaobo's death, his nephew Yao Yong still had a face of admiration when he mentioned his uncle and his encouragement to study.