Recently a new drama, muffled to do big things.
The popularity was mediocre at the start of the broadcast.
Unexpectedly, I counterattacked by word of mouth all the way and became one of the hot lists of Douban.
Four episodes aired, and the rating soared from 8.6 to 9.1.
A group of netizens incarnated as tap water and sold Amway.
"This drama makes me empathize fiercely."
"My soul hid from me to appear in this play"
Today, let's talk about this poke in the hearts of ordinary people -
My Liberation Journal
If there is one sentence to describe this drama, it is "depressed and healing".
The reason why it is depressing is because the characters in the play are too real.
They are social animals squeezed by work, and their lives are not smooth everywhere.
The first scene in the opening chapter gives people a strong sense of substitution.
The heroine, Mei Zhen (played by Kim Ji Won), works in a large company.
She was always the most reticent at dinner.
Everyone was chatting excitedly about men and gossip, and only she didn't say a word.
True to the saying, "Human sorrow and joy are not the same, I just think they are noisy."
Colleagues have joined the company's internal interest groups, either for sexual encounters or for networking.
And Miyoshi is not here.
However, in order to fit in, she reluctantly attended a party.
But whether it's bowling or socializing, it's not what she's good at.
I can only look left and right awkwardly and pretend to be concerned.
In fact, Mei Zhen is not high cold and lonely.
It's just that in her opinion, the so-called interest groups are just meaningless team-building activities.
Just like the "quality development" that some companies call it.
Waste time and burn energy.
Obviously, it is off-duty time, but it still has to work overtime in disguise.
The hypocrisy of your colleagues is more torturous than the work itself.
In the words of Mei Zhen:
"All relationships are like work. Every moment of lucidity is labor."
In addition to the psychological exhaustion brought about by meaningless socializing, there is also the physical and mental consumption of a long commute.
Mei Zhen, the eldest sister and the second brother, are all "cross-city office workers".
To save money on renting, they live in Gyeonggi Province and work in Seoul.
Equivalent to living in Yanjiao, working in the CBD.
Commuting time is more than 3 hours per day.
Therefore, they are even more afraid to attend the party, and they may miss the last train home if they are a little late.
If they really want to return late, the three of them must agree to carpool home together.
The eldest sister has been living like this for 15 years.
The second brother rarely goes on dates with his girlfriend because it takes too much time to go back and forth.
Great youth is wasted on commuting, which is also a common annoyance of contemporary social animals.
Not long ago, an economist opened wheat and advised young people not to spend too much time on commuting, but to save time to invest in themselves.
It is conceivable that this "suggestion" was directly scolded on the hot search.
The high pressure of big cities makes saving money and time a dilemma that almost all social animals will face.
Don't rent near the company, although you can save a lot of money.
However, the commuting time is too long, which greatly compresses the life time outside of work, and the contradiction is born.
In fact, two years ago, there were survey reports.
More than 10 million people in China already endure an extreme commute of more than 60 minutes each way.
Topics such as "How painful is the long commute time" will cause heated discussion every time it appears.
There are even "stepping point kings" who need high-speed rail commuting.
They accurately calculate the time to get on the high-speed train, subway, and bus, because if they make a mistake, they often have to be several hours late.
Behind the title, it is also the bitterness that cannot be expressed.
Once the time of life is compressed, the investment itself naturally seems a little distant.
The love of the second brother also began to fluctuate.
Although he put a lot of effort into his work, he intends to make money to buy a car.
However, the business is difficult to do, the customers are brutal, and the "big cake" of promotion cannot be cashed out.
In order not to offend his superiors, he had to be on standby 24 hours a day.
Even when eating, you are forced to answer the small talk calls of your boss, wasting more than an hour in vain.
There is no time to eat with my girlfriend and watch movies.
Falling in love and talking can only rely on texting.
Even quarrels and breakups are almost so sloppy.
Work and love also seem to be difficult problems facing the social animals.
In the love roundup "Like You and Me Too", such a couple was observed.
When they went to the supermarket together, the girl buried her head in the work phone.
Only boys can complete the shopping activities.
What was originally a relaxing and sweet moment was suddenly intervened by helplessness and busyness.
When they returned home, they changed boys to deal with work chores, and the two often worked differently.
The topic of "does work hinder the love of contemporary people" has sprung up.
And it has resonated with many social animals.
Love is a rare product of social animal life.
Just like the big sister in the play, the concept of love is very representative.
In reality, she could not meet a good peach blossom, which made her lose her desire to choose a mate, and even hoped to return to the era of arranged marriage.
But ideally, she longs for the highest state of affection between men and women.
"Love each other bravely, face death bravely."
Every time she talks to her blind date about her view of love, she will scare the other person away.
She is always the one who is overlooked among many women.
The family is ordinary, and the looks are not outstanding.
The scene is frustrated, and the work is not smooth.
The male boss will give a lottery ticket to every female employee who enters the job, and she is the only one in the whole company.
There are also colleagues who come to look for stubble all day and press themselves.
No money, no love, is also the reason why her life is boring.
And Mei Zhen is even less interested in love.
Driven away by her passion and desire from her work, she closed her heart to everyone.
Preconceived notions of everything seem to lose the ability to appreciate others.
"Even if you like it a little bit, just think about it and you will find that they have something that makes me uncomfortable." 」
Under the big issue of these social animal troubles, there are many nuanced small troubles.
The lives of the three brothers and sisters are like being trapped.
Born in the country has no choice, friends have no choice.
The eldest sister will be irritable because of her own permed hairstyle, and the second brother will be annoyed because there is no cold air.
The little sister Meizhen is too gentle, so she is always degraded in love and work.
Live in the safe zone of fantasy happiness, reflecting on your own misfortunes and current situation.
The sentiment of "I'm sorry as a social animal" was amplified in these three brothers and sisters.
This kind of life is more or less permeated by almost every worker.
Saturated work and cumbersome socializing crowd out our time.
What's even more frightening is that it will gradually swallow up our enthusiasm and interest in life.
Pushes us into a hollow state.
Depression comes from these countless resonances.
Urban dramas that reflect realistic issues can easily be criticized for "selling anxiety" or falling into the cliché of "propositional composition".
However, this drama does not blindly render bitterness.
Instead, it gave this emotion an outlet.
Extremely depressed at the same time very healing.
Although the second brother's life is filled with work, he has a well-connected colleague who gives him room to solve the problem.
He would talk to his colleagues about his boss.
In the face of difficult customers, colleagues also gave him support.
In the vast city, there are not a few high-pressure workers like the second brother.
But they are all living bravely.
"They knew they could end everything with a single leap, but they didn't do it."
Still struggling with fate.
At the same time, the second brother also began to accept his inferiority.
He knew that the problem of feelings was actually in himself.
There was no time to spend time with his girlfriend, and he released the friendly pigeons a few times.
On the surface, it is used as an excuse to be too far from home and too busy at work.
But in reality, he knew that his girlfriend had a better option than him.
It was he who voluntarily abandoned the relationship first.
Although the eldest sister broke the jar on her mouth, she said that she only wanted to casually fall in love.
But she didn't decide to change herself because the man was always scared away.
The premise of loving others is, of course, to love yourself first.
She also finally decided to start facing the reason why she was always ignored and began to know herself.
Find out what kind of love style you are suitable for and what kind of feelings you want.
And the introverted social animal Beauty Zhen.
Although she is silent and reticent, she is sincere and knows how to stick to herself.
Let the seemingly unsociable solitude also become a unique shining point.
She also decided to change her current tedious life.
Liberate yourself from the miserable situation you are in now.
So she and several other introverted social animals formed the "Liberation Fraternity".
Do what you really want to do, not be vain and mean.
The first step to liberation was to first feel the comfortable life that she had never felt.
She began to express her emotions boldly.
And with Mr. Gu, who often comes to the house to help, there is a spark.
She took the initiative to agree to say hello to Mr. Gu when she met.
Let Mr. Gu like himself and worship himself.
On a thunderstorm night, I will rush to Mr. Gu's small wine stall and worry about his safety.
Even trying to understand the past that Mr. Ku has always wanted to hide.
The tasteless life is aroused by rich emotions.
Life has a bit of a human touch, and it is beginning to become clearer.
As the title goes, "My Liberation Journal."
What is true "liberation" for those trapped in a mediocre life?
Not to sculpt yourself into a standard template.
It's about living a life that's truly true to yourself.
Withdraw from the state of the walking dead and find yourself in your original form.
Like 22 in Psychic Journey.
She thought she was useless and would never find a "spark" to find.
As everyone knows, "sparks" exist in those ordinary but precious human fireworks.
Who says life must be successful?
Who says you have to be a man with all sides?
Loving life and saving yourself is more important than anything else.
After all, mediocrity is not the original sin of life.
Unhappiness is.
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