From childhood to adulthood, we can always hear such words: as long as we work hard, we will one day be able to achieve our dreams.
Too many inspirational film and television dramas, too many fever success studies, and countless examples of success through hard work in real life.
In the past two years, even variety shows have been the same, multi-talented people have to constantly fight to debut in a group, and stars who have long been famous and rich must continue to ride the wind and waves for their dreams.
Too many slogans and chicken soup just make us must insist, we must work hard, but we do not say what kind of "persistence" is reasonable persistence, what kind of "effort" is effective effort?
Today, let's talk about this movie that insists on working hard for the dream -
I just haven't gone all out yet
I'm just not serious yet.
"I just haven't given it my all." This sentence has been said by many people, whether it is a feeling or self-comfort, this sentence is said, things seem to be not so bad, as long as you work hard, you can still see hope.
That's what the protagonist of the story said to himself.
Shizuo, 42, quit his job last month, and even though the family still has a daughter in high school and an elderly father to support, he doesn't seem to be in a hurry.
In the morning, I wake up and play games at home, and in the afternoon, I go to a convenience store to work part-time as a casual worker.
The old father looked at the son who was not a tool and sulked, and the 17-year-old daughter did not care, and also took the initiative to give shizuo flowers with pocket money.
But what good does society have for middle-aged waste wood like Shizuo?
The young people at the convenience store always jokingly called him "store manager", because the real store manager, Xiao Jingxiong, was round; the female companions at the fraternity also mocked him for not doing his job.
Shizuo always asks himself that he resigned because his job is not what he wants to do, so what is his dream?
Thinking about it, he had the answer: "The goal is to become a cartoonist!" ”
caricaturist???? Not to mention his age and creative inspiration, Shizuo can't even be considered a professional painter!
This infuriated his old father, but Shizuo said that painting would be painted.
There is determination to be determined, but it is unrealistic for middle-aged waste wood to want to become famous in a painting, and paintings that have been up for a long time can never escape the fate of being killed.
Every day, the father looks at his son who is not doing his job and is almost angry. But Shizuo's friends were very supportive of him.
Fa Komiyata admires Shizuo very much, although Shizuo is unreliable, always rubbing rice, running trains with his mouth, but he is a good middle-aged man with dreams.
And himself, although he has a decent job and a stable income, and he does everything, but his life is tasteless, and he eventually falls behind.
The yellow-haired brother who used to work with Shizuo also supported him in painting.
Huang Mao is a young man in his early twenties, does not want to work and does not want to study, it is not that he is lazy, but he can't find his goal, every day is very sad, and he feels at a loss about life.
Shizuo, on the other hand, has a goal and dares to act, and they all admire him.
In fact, many people are very similar to them:
May be unremarkable, useless, at an important juncture in life, but still have nothing to do;
You may not worry about eating and wearing, bright and beautiful, but you don't want to go on step by step in your heart;
It may be muddy and idle, but in fact, the heart is sensitive and anxious, and it is impossible to see where the future direction is...
There may also be people like Shizuo, who have found a goal and begun to work hard, but the dream is still far away from him.
Doesn't it mean that you can succeed if you just keep working hard? Why can't I do it myself?
His drawings have been repeatedly rejected, and the comic artists of the same age on TV have retired to enjoy life, and they have not even reached the threshold.
Fortunately, there are still daughters who still support him, and his father only loses his temper on the surface, which allows Shizuo to regain his confidence and work harder to create.
His painting skills are getting better and better, but the editor still does not use it, and Shizuo comes to Miyata and Huang Mao for advice, but the two can't say where it is good, nor can they find anything wrong.
Thinking about it, since it is not my own fault, I can only blame fate! Shizuo quickly found a "master" to tell fortunes, and the "master" casually made up a stage name for Shizuo to change his fortune.
Since then, Shizuo has had a new name "Parson Nakamura".
Shizuo's repeated submissions finally impressed the editors, and the new work "Three Hundred Years of Life" was not only adopted, but also appeared in the newcomer magazine in one fell swoop. The name "Parson Nakamura" seems to really bring good luck.
Shizuo is blind everywhere with his stage name, his daughter is happy for him, his father still scolds him for not doing the right thing, but he is happy for his son behind closed doors.
But life has never been smooth and smooth, and when he continued to deliver the manuscript excitedly, he learned that the former editor had resigned.
The new editor is not so good at talking, she directly told Shizuo that these paintings are nothing at all!
I just drew the truest thoughts in my heart, why is it always not accepted and not understood?!
It was hard for the salted fish to turn over, and this time it was back in a pool of stagnant water.
He finally realized how life could be as long as three hundred years, without so much time for people to enjoy, and there was not much time for trial and error!
Disillusioned, he walked into a massage room and did not expect to meet his daughter who was ready to work afterwards!
Surprise, embarrassment, sadness, heartache, all kinds of emotions mixed together, Shizuo can only flee into the wilderness. He rolled down the steps, and his past with his daughter flashed before his eyes...
Yeah, spending all day daydreaming about my own inadequacies, forgetting to care for my daughter.
It's just that those pictures haven't been finished yet, And Shizuo has already fallen all over his body covered in blood...
On the other hand, Miyata was encouraged by Shizuo, and finally raised the courage to resign, opened a bakery, and started a business with Huang Mao.
He finally found what he wanted to do, and his wife and children reconciled with him.
Shizuo, on the other hand, finally realized his negligence toward his family and his escape from reality after being seriously injured.
He did not go all out to work for the family, and did not pay wholeheartedly for the growth of his daughter.
This time, he wants to go all out to be a good father and live a serious life with all his might!
He took the form of a father for a long time and asked his daughter to quit that job, and he shouted at the distance that he would have to draw cartoons seriously in the future, and his life would really begin!
We all live in a high-pressure era, we will not see the direction, can not find the motivation of life, and will be like Shizuo taking the first step of change but do not know how to go on.
No one knows if Shizuo will make a comic debut in the future, just as we don't know what our future will be.
There is nothing wrong with sticking to the rules, and it is even more courageous to be brave enough to chase dreams.
Although life is not three hundred years, there are definitely thousands of roads to go, no matter which road we choose, please go seriously, okay?! Go all out okay?!