In the fairy tale "The Frog Prince", the frog was kissed by the princess and became a prince. But in real life, there are more frogs who can't wait for the princess and can only struggle on their own.
The movie "Mr. Dashing" begins with home and ends with leaving home, and home is destined to be a short-lived foothold.
All sentient beings are suffering, and only self-transit.
01 The man who came home
With the sound of the rumbling whistle, the wanderers who were wandering outside docked with the ferry.
Dashing, a short, chubby, ordinary crew member with a great contrast with the name. In the camera, he is like the you and me around us, pushing into people and looking for him everywhere.
Xiao Xiao arrived at the shore with the large army, and told his companions about his future plans, and when the work was over, he would take root and no longer drift, and he would no longer be a footless bird.
Full of joy and joy to bring gifts home, sister Ah Zhen is very happy, but the mother is cold, after listening to Xiao Xiao said that after resigning, blame Xiao Xiao for not showing up.
She also complained that Xiao Xiao had been wandering outside for three years, but she did not write to her family, and she did not care about her family at all. Dashing did not explain, just took out the expensive mink hat in a flattering way, hoping that her mother would be happy. And my mother was just cold and sarcastic: I can use it when it snows in Hong Kong.
Dashing sadly put away the hat, ready to rest, but found that his mother rented his room to teacher Huang who taught, Xiaoxiao had nowhere to go, could only borrow wine to dispel his sorrows, but accidentally resolved the embarrassment of Teacher Huang and his girlfriend, after the two became acquainted, Xiaoxiao followed Teacher Huang back to his home.
Her mother was still opposed to Xiao Xiao going home, but she couldn't hide her worries about Xiao Xiao in her heart, and secretly let Ah Zhen take a thick quilt to cover Xiao Xiao.
Later, Xiao Xiao explained that it was not that he did not write a letter, but that he could not stop the tears as soon as he wrote a letter, and finally ended with tears wetting the letter. Mom listened to the explanation and eased up. No more cold noodles.
The days are like a river, flowing calmly, the family is happy and harmonious, guarding the snack shop, doing the taxi driver business that comes and goes, although the money is not much, but the happiness is idle.
But that calm was soon broken, and the government informed them that their shop was illegal and would soon be demolished. They either move away or build new houses.
You think that the years are quiet, but in fact, the river is rushing. Beneath the calm waters of the lake, there are actually hidden undercurrents.
02 Life-saving plan
Dashing out of the boat, overseas drifting work has a good salary, a part of the money originally saved plus the money for the mother, can afford to build a new house. However, without any business experience, he started a business and listened to the advice of others, and as a result, he lost a lot of money. Now that we need to build new houses, we are stretched thin.
Teacher Huang gave him an idea, he proposed to renovate the snack shop, as a teacher he has a source of customers, when the time comes for the students to come to dinner, so that the problem will be solved.
Xiao Xiao sought help from Ah Guang, a taxi driver who had a good feeling for his sister, and Ah Guang found his driver friend in order to please his future uncle. The crowd gathered firewood and the flames were high, the decoration was completed quickly, and the snack shop was also opened in full swing.
She works as a chef during the day and becomes a love tutoring expert at night, helping to solve the love problems of middle school students.
They intend to raise enough money to build new houses before demolition.
At this time, Xiao Xiao also met Miss Fang, who was separated from her husband, and the two often met, and when they came and went, Xiao Xiao also had a different affection for her.
He is like a frog prince waiting for the princess to wake up, full of hope for love.
Life is like a mountain that rises and falls, and there is the wilt of the low place, and there is also the exuberance of the high place.
03 The turning point
Dashing small shops operated for a long time, the surrounding merchants look profitable, but also have followed suit, the same is the catering industry, the competition is fierce, soon, the dashing small food shops will go out of business.
At the beginning of the investment in the renovation, the cost was not recovered. As the demolition date approached, Dashing gradually became uneasy.
He thought about it and started running boats again. Moreover, this time the sailing route will pass through the war zone. The departure date was also advanced, only a month before his departure.
The future is unknown, like a small boat sailing in the sea, and I don't know when it will be the end.
Before leaving, he decided to confess to Miss Fang.
He brought roses and told his sweetheart the story of the Frog Prince, saying that when he was a child, he had the opportunity to become a prince, and no girl hated him ugly and did not want to kiss him, he has always been a frog.
Miss Fang giggled, and she thanked her for the dashing companionship she had been with these days, but she figured it out and decided to go back to her husband and give each other a chance.
The roses with the roses were also prevaricated to be used to give a friend who loved to dress up as a gentleman.
Life is two-sided, surprise and fright, and you never know which one comes first.
04 Distant ships
In order to make a living, Dashing still has to leave his hometown.
The original dashing disliked Ah Guang's income as a taxi driver was unstable, and he was worried that his sister would suffer hardships when he married. But the sister felt that Ah Guang could make her happy, and that was the happiness that money could not buy, and that was enough. Dashing eventually agreed to her sister's marriage.
At the beginning of the film, most of the time is cold, and only in the sister's wedding period, the whole film has a warm tone, and also indicates the sister's future happy marriage.
The day of parting came, and dashing was on its way. The plan can't catch up with the change, Dashing still has to leave, this time can't realize the desire to be with the family.
At the end of the film, the mother brings up the mink hat and chases the boat to tell the dashing hat that it is warm, and hopes that he is safe and will come back early. With mixed feelings, he knelt down at the bow of the boat, in the direction of his mother on the shore, and prostrated his head three times.
As the ship went farther away, Dashing once again embarked on the journey.
"Mr. Dashing" abandons the gunfights, giants and erotic themes of Hong Kong films in the late 1980s, has no exaggerated background, abandons exaggerated shooting methods and techniques, and honestly tells the story of small people. The male protagonist played by Zheng Zeshi is not a handsome little student, he is well known as the "fat cat" series he plays, his fat, humble image, and the people we meet every day overlap, he may be a migrant worker who has just graduated from college but is unemployed, a person who works hard in the unit but has not been able to appreciate, he is the epitome of thousands of ordinary people.
Life is about constantly creating problems and then solving them. Faced with the same problem, ordinary people have to force themselves to have the skills to deal with problems due to limited resources.
Every ordinary person has a tenacity in him. In the face of mortgages and car loans, ordinary people work harder, constantly develop their potential, and force themselves to survive.
Just like the thousands of office workers in the subway, like thousands of dashing, most of them are burdened with pressure, but what does it matter if the pressure comes, don't be afraid, grit your teeth and stand up.
No big deal, the next day was a new day, and the sun was rising as usual.
Things tend not to get better, but they don't get any worse, but to get past it is to win.