What is causing today’s Chinese society to be “all about making money”?

Yu Minhong said this as early as 2017 or 2018, but everyone didn’t believe him. In the end, Yu Minhong even went to apologize.
Truly, Yu Minhong—this person—really built himself from scratch. Just like many people at the bottom, he doesn’t go in circles.
The first time I saw his remarks was when someone asked him: “Can New Oriental education really comprehensively improve students’ overall quality?”
Yu Minhong answered very plainly: “No. It’s just because the college entrance exam is test-oriented education. If tomorrow you issue a regulation that people who have swum across the Yangtze River can go to university, we’ll immediately launch swimming programs.”
Back then, I really admired this person—for having the nerve to speak.
Later, when he said that, I could vaguely feel the hidden danger that comes before economic prosperity turns toward decline.
To be honest, most people buy a house—not to speculate, but just so they can get married, have children.
More directly, it’s just to obtain the right to mate.
At that time, at that very moment, women had already begun attacking men on all fronts. I remember thinking: what if men really didn’t buy houses—would the real estate market collapse? Would it turn out like the United States did in the 20th century?
But I thought it probably wouldn’t, because back then I believed: men can’t leave women; they can’t refuse women.
Until these past few years, “female fist-wielders” kept shattering one system after another, and men really did start not consuming—I realized that what Yu Minhong said was very reasonable.
What’s worth noting is: this year, suddenly many women have popped up pretending to be “reasonable centrists.” I’m very curious—what were they doing before?