"Article 20", Han Ming changed from a small staff member who looked at the face of the leader to a hero who changed the world.
He can win because of his idealism, and even more so without the support of big leaders.
Many times, Han Ming lacks heroism. He can change, Zhang Guisheng's death is the fuse, Lu Lingling's suspension has an important ignition effect, and Han Ming's unextinguished idealism is the foundation.
Let's talk about Zhang Guisheng's death first.
The main reason for Zhang Guisheng to petition was not for himself, but for his daughter Yaya.
Zhang Guisheng's father and daughter have very different values, and Zhang Guisheng, like most adults, gives up right and wrong for the sake of pros and cons. And Yaya, like Han Yuchen, who is anti-bullying, must distinguish between right and wrong in everything, and people must pursue fairness and justice.
When Yaya played Zhang Guisheng's voice, Han Ming felt guilty, self-blame, and agreed. All kinds of complex emotions add up to make him cry.
Here, the film gives Han Ming a lot of close-ups, indicating that he was touched.
After this scene ended, Han Ming immediately went to review the information of Wang Yongqiang's case. From Zhang Guisheng's death to focusing on Wang Yongqiang's case, this is a major change for Han Ming. From this day on, Han Ming is no longer a robot who enforces the provisions of the law, he believes that the law is "the legal situation of the Heavenly Reason", and he wants to change the world.
Han Ming, as the co-prosecutor, was originally the deputy prosecutor Tian who wanted him to contain the idealist Lu Lingling.
However, the script did not follow Tian's assumptions.
Let's talk about Lu Lingling.
After Hao Xiuping committed suicide by jumping off a building, the procuratorate wanted to hold Han Ming and Lu Lingling responsible.
Deputy Inspector Tian told Lu Lingling personally: "You are not the host, what should you say and what you shouldn't say, you have a number in your heart." ”
The subtext is to let Han Ming take the blame.
However, Lu Lingling was the purest idealist in the procuratorate, and she did not accept Deputy Inspector Tian's advice and took all the responsibility on her own initiative.
It seems to be a teenager, but this is her best solution.
Why?
Because Lu Lingling has long realized that Han Ming is more suitable to be the presiding prosecutor than herself. The evidence is that on the day Hao Xiuping went to find Dayong, Lu Lingling said this to Han Ming in person.
This is Lu Lingling's heartfelt words, and it is also a recognition of Han Ming.
Lu Lingling knew that Han Ming's attitude towards Wang Yongqiang's case was very ambiguous. He wants to change from a temporary employee to a regular worker, so he will look at the face of the leader, and he is an idealist in his bones, so he will support Lu Lingling, but he will not explicitly support Lu Lingling.
Lu Lingling sacrificed herself to protect Han Ming, and had some meaning of roasting Han Ming on the fire - I sacrificed my future to protect you, if you don't seek justice for Wang Yongqiang, you will feel guilty for the rest of your life.
Han Ming realized that Lu Lingling was kidnapping him in morality, so when he talked to Lu Lingling alone, he was not very moved, but very emotional.
Let's look at their conversation:
Han Ming: I just want to be safe, I want to change from a temporary position to a formal one. I don't expect anything from me, so why should you expect from me?
Lv Lingling: Let me tell you why I have expectations of you? Let me tell you why, at that time at school, you beat the senior who molested me, you just don't apologize, even if it affects the distribution, you don't care. I thought you were ~ love, impulsively, but you told me that it wasn't. Han Ming, it was you who told me that all the right things have a price. But you can't stop doing it because it comes at a cost. Just by what you said at the time, remember?
Lu Lingling knows Han Ming too well, this is a hot-blooded idealist.
Although more than 20 years have passed, Lu Lingling knows that Han Ming, who has been beaten by society, will act in the eyes of the leader, but she still believes that Han Ming's idealistic temperament of "I am not changed by the world, but want to change the world" has not been extinguished. Lu Lingling wants to use the way of sacrificing herself to ignite the flame of the ideal in Han Ming's heart to change the world.
Han Ming was very emotional, but he was persuaded by Lu Lingling.
Finally, let's talk about Han Ming's idealism.
As soon as Han Ming reported to the procuratorate, he was reused by Deputy Tian.
The new unit has a leader who is reused, and most people will perform positively. However, at the meeting, Deputy Inspector Tian and Lu Lingling went toe-for-tat, Deputy Inspector Tian hoped that Han Ming would be able to support himself, Han Ming understood what Deputy Inspector Tian meant, and hurriedly pretended to call the past.
This behavior shows that Han Ming is not a person who blindly looks at the eyes of the leader, he also has his own persistence, and he did not speak to Deputy Jian Tian, that is, his idealism has not been extinguished.
It can be said that Han Ming and Lu Lingling are actually all the way.
The difference is that Lu Lingling is used to playing straight balls, rampage, and youthful spirit. Han Ming has been beaten by society, he understands strategy, and he understands the world.
Kangcun Diao people gathered to make trouble, Deputy Prosecutor Tian and Lu Lingling did not succeed in appeasing, Han Ming directly said that this should go through the judicial aid process. Of course, Han Ming understood that they did not meet the standards of judicial assistance, but he did so as the fastest way to resolve the conflict.
This behavior proves that Han Ming's brain is active, and the work experience of more than 20 years of working in place has given him rich practical experience.
The government was later willing to pay for the people of Kangcun, which shows that Han Ming has great leadership behind him.
Among these big leaders, there are Wang Jian and Zhao Hall.
Han Ming may not know that the big leader wants to reuse him, so he is still a timid grassroots worker in the film. More often than not, he's a guy who doesn't distinguish between right and wrong for the sake of pros and cons.
"Twenty-one" lays out a total of three lines, Zhang Guijun's defense case, Han Yuchen's opposition to campus bullying, and Wang Yongqiang's anti-killing village bully case.
Behind every case, there are children.
If it weren't for his daughter's insistence, Zhang Guisheng would not have insisted on petitioning.
However, it was not his son who returned to school to bully, Han Ming would not let his son apologize to the teaching director without distinguishing between right and wrong.
If it weren't for the treatment of his daughter, Wang Yongqiang would not have borrowed usury from the village tyrant.
There is a line behind Article 20, parents and children, corresponding to middle-aged people and minors.
Middle-aged people talk about pros and cons, and minors see right and wrong.
The values are different, so the story is wonderful.
On the day his wife was imprisoned, Han Ming couldn't answer the child's question about righteousness and bravery, which was also his pure and rational side.
However, Han Ming, who is middle-aged and has been beaten by society, also knows that most things cannot only be seen as right and wrong, but also weigh the pros and cons.
Because he knows that the world is not as simple as black and white, and there are many gray areas that cannot be said or said badly.
Han Ming knew that his son was right to act bravely, but for a long time, Han Ming hoped that his son would apologize to the abuser, which was a performance of weighing the pros and cons, which was a common mentality of middle-aged people.
Minors look at the rules of the world, but they don't quite understand that there are unspoken rules that only fit the operation of the world. Han Ming couldn't tell his son about the unspoken rules he had experienced over the past twenty years, so he had no choice but to remain silent.
At the end, Han Ming made a generous statement, and we were very moved, but we also knew that Han Ming's ability to change the world was not the inevitable result of idealism. Idealism is of course indispensable, but what is even more indispensable is that there is a big leader behind Han Ming who wants to be idealistic.
Han Ming can clearly see the silent support of the leader, but his son Han Yuchen still can't understand it, and one day, he will be able to understand it too.