Judging from Han Shu restaurant, why is Liu Bei more popular than Cao Cao?

The story of the Three Kingdoms, whether from history or literature, from Gaotang to folk, has always been a hot topic. Countless people have been deconstructing, retelling and joking about it, and have been discussing the endless possibilities and topics of the Three Kingdoms.

Recently, a costume sitcom "Han Shu Restaurant" adapted from the story of Three Kingdoms has been released and is being broadcasted by iQiyi. The starting point of this play is quite ingenious. It compares the country to a kind of business, the birthday of a restaurant, and the dispute between the three countries has become the annexation business competition between Shu Han, Cao Wei and three restaurants in the East. All three restaurants want to bring each other down and make their business bigger and bigger. Is the theme used skillfully?

The play skillfully uses several key figures in the Three Kingdoms. Zhuge Liang, who was originally resourceful, calm and serious, has become Zhuge Youcai who still has many ideas but is serious and funny. ? When a maiden has an oath, she will marry Hero Lang in this life. Sun Shangxiang became a lively, clever and lovely undercover Sun Xiangxiang; Liu Bei, a master of straw sandals, became a poor shopkeeper Liu Daer; As famous as Zhuge? Feng Chu? Pang Tong became a charming beauty spy Pang Fenger; Guan Yu, who rode alone for thousands of miles, became a lovely second uncle Guan Haonan; The macho man Zhang Fei became a salty and sweet woman Zhang Xinting; Zhao Zilong, who is brave and good at fighting, has become Zhao Changsheng and a friend of women who love fashion and brag. Although it can be seen that some adaptations are bold, the big logic and framework are not divorced from the story of the Three Kingdoms. For example, Liu sophomore is still more popular than Cao, the shopkeeper who symbolizes Cao Cao. For example, Zhuge Youcai finally promoted the cooperation between Shu Han and Oriental Restaurant and defeated Cao Wei Restaurant.

Since running a country and fighting a war is like doing business, we might as well analyze it from the perspective of business view. Why is Liu Bei more popular than Cao Cao in the Three Kingdoms?

What kind of boss is Liu Daer? All employees can become brothers and friends by knowing others and being kind and sincere. When he was ready to give up hanging in the restaurant, all he could think about was not leaving the mess to the employees. Such a caring boss is hard to find with lanterns!

What kind of boss is shopkeeper Cao? Serious suspicion, distrust of employees, love to use sinister means. First of all, it is not a glorious act to send Pang Fenger as a spy to Han Shu restaurant to sabotage it. Moreover, during this period, the shopkeeper Cao couldn't wait for his eyes to grow on Pang Fenger, asking about the progress 10086 times a day, and completely distrusted Pang Fenger to let her go. But also bully Pang Fenger in various ways. What will happen if you don't do it well? Who can stand such a boss?

One is Liu sophomore, who is as kind and considerate as his big brother and uncle, and the other is Cao shopkeeper, who is scheming and treats you as one of his own. Who will you choose as the boss? The answer is naturally obvious. Therefore, a boss like Liu Sophomore, even if his business is in jeopardy, will still be followed by die-hard employees, and he will also recruit Pang Fenger, which is his outstanding point.

So it is the same for this concept to be replaced by the story of the Three Kingdoms. Liu Bei won by knowing people and being good at their duties, while Cao Cao lost by being suspicious. After all, only by winning the hearts of the people can he win the world!

However, from a historical point of view, Liu Bei is more popular than Cao Cao because he is grounded.

Cao Cao is not only a famous politician and strategist, but also a famous writer. He can be described as a martial arts master, a hero at that time and a master of honesty. Therefore, in the upper class, Cao Cao has always appeared as a positive image and won the praise of many people. He reformed many evil policies in the Eastern Han Dynasty, suppressed the strongmen, developed production and practiced the system of reclamation. He also urged land reclamation, advocated the rule of law and thrift, so that the devastated society began to stabilize, recover and develop. ? Dynasties after the Three Kingdoms often paid attention to selecting talents from the descendants of Cao Cao, and Cao Jia's title of Chen Liuwang remained until Nanqi. Until the Tang Dynasty, many descendants of Cao Shi were celebrities, such as Cao Ba, a great painter who was contemporary with the great poet Du Fu.

But in the civilian society, the image of Cao Cao, including Sun Quan, has always been inferior to that of Liu Bei. For example, Su Dongpo recorded in Dongpo Zhi Lin that the children in the native land were poor and needy, and needed money to make them sit together and listen to the old saying. To say three things about state affairs, I heard that Liu Xuande was defeated and some people were crying; When you hear that Cao Cao was defeated, you will sing with joy. ? This shows that it appeared in the Northern Song Dynasty? Respect Liu and demote Cao? Phenomenon? . Another example is the posting of the door god. Most of the pictures posted by the people of the Three Kingdoms are from the Liu Bei Group. For example, the door gods worshipped by Henan people are Zhao Yun and Ma Chao of Shu during the Three Kingdoms period. The door gods worshipped by Hebei people are Ma Chao and Ma Dai. In addition, there are Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Huang Zhong and Wei Yan. Often become the object of door gods. On the stage of national drama, Liu Bei Group is also a positive figure, while Cao Cao is portrayed as a white-faced traitor. For another example, many industries in China like to find a granddaddy for themselves. Pawnshop, fortune-telling, candle-making, sericulture, silk weaving, and pastry industries are all based on Guan Yu? The shoemaker treats Liu Bei as his grandparents, and the pig slayer treats Zhang Fei as his grandparents.

Liu Group is really too grassroots and grounded, not only grounded, but also their stories are more legendary and inspirational, so Liu Bei's reputation among the people is often much higher than that of Cao Cao.

So let's go back to our business point of view. Liu Daer's restaurant is a small restaurant with small profits but quick turnover for civilians, and shopkeeper Cao may need some spending power to dare to go to a high-end restaurant. Do you think there are more civilians or rich people?