“Wo Ju” is an adaptation of a novel about recent skyrocketing housing prices in Chinese cities – especially in Shanghai – and the effect of real-estate fever on young Chinese men and women in today’s get-rich-by-any-means China. Through the soap opera, viewers get a sense of how the Chinese dream has begun to center around property ownership rather than education or love, and how this change has been transforming Chinese society, sometimes in startling ways.
《蜗居》这部片其实是改编自一部小说，书中描述了当今不择手段追求财富的中国，城市 —— 尤其是上海 —— 房价飞涨以及房地产狂热对中国年轻一代的影响。通过这部剧集，观众能感受到中国人的梦想是如何从求学和爱情向物质转化的，而这一切又是如何（有时以某种惊人的方式）在改变中国社会的。