No one has a windfall or a rich one.
Especially for workers who are experiencing late work being deducted wages, workplace struggles forced to work overtime, and emotional life.
To have a heavenly gift to get rid of the predicament in front of you is really a dream that will wake up laughing!
In Hong Kong in 1989, there were 3 workplace beauties who were experiencing these difficulties, and they were also good sisters, facing a windfall, but they had trouble sleeping, cup bow snake shadow, several times because of the 10 million windfall to be a thief and even quarrel, almost became a "plastic sister flower".
They are workplace sister flowers, they can be late and overtime together, spit and spoof workplace oppression together, drink a drink together, and fantasize about getting rich overnight...
But when they really have 10 million heavenly windfalls, the evil in their hearts also appears along with their greed and timidity.
The Cai Gen Tan records that "a person who is greedy for a single thought is sold to be soft, saizhi to faint, grace to misery, defilement to defilement, and ruin a lifetime of character."
This means that as long as people have the idea of greed for selfishness, they will change from fortitude to weakness, from wisdom to confusion, from charity to cruelty, from purity to filth, and tarnish the character of a lifetime.
Today I would like to introduce you to the 1989 Hong Kong film: Rhapsody of Part-time Work.
"Rhapsody of Part-time Work" is an urban comedy film directed by the famous Hong Kong director Qian Yongqiang and starring Zheng Yuling, Wang Zuxian and Lin Yilian.
It tells the story of 3 friends who work in the same company: Becky, Angie and Cindy face their own life difficulties, unsatisfactory workplaces, trying to fantasize about getting rich overnight to solve the current predicament, when they really have a windfall of 10 million, the story and the journey of their hearts and minds.
In 1989, Zheng Yuling, Wang Zuxian and Lin Yilian were really full of collagen, and the 3 goddess-level actors staged a heartache experience of laughing workplace workers for us.
In the 1980s, it was the golden age of Hong Kong, the economy developed rapidly, the stock market prices continued to rise, and Hong Kong films and records swept the mainland.
Although more than 30 years have passed, the shots in the film do not have the slightest sense of violation, which is a true portrayal of contemporary workers.
01, late to work is deducted wages, workplace struggles are forced to work overtime, emotional life is a chicken feather of the workers
At the beginning of the film, the director presents the daily life of Hong Kong workers in the 80s through the rush to work of the three heroines.
Becky (Zheng Yuling), who drives a car, eats bread and drinks coffee to work, lives in a government apartment building and lets us know at a glance that she comes from a privileged family.
Cindy (Lin Yilian), who is crowded in the bus, looks like a small citizen of an outsider.
Wearing a pearl necklace and dressing up fashionable, Anji (Wang Zuxian), because she did not catch the bus, climbed the railing and cut a short way to the company, which can be seen that she came from a typical Hong Kong ordinary citizen's home.
Then the camera brings together these 3 girls with very different personalities and different origins, because in addition to queuing up to register in the office building, they also have to punch in the office.
But even rushing to the company in a hurry made them 10 minutes late.
Not only did the company's leader " Wu Zetian " ask them to lecture, but they were also deducted from their wages.
This scene should hit the hearts of many people in the workplace.
Both aggrieved and helpless.
The most unfortunate is Anji, who is jealous of her female colleague Chicken Feather Ying, who just takes revenge on Angie by means of being late and asks Angie to help her work.
It is also a scene in today's workplace!
The beginning of the film simply and clearly explains the personalities of the three girls and their dissatisfaction with the workplace, paving the way for the future.
Have to praise the director, awesome!
A good movie, like a good novel, is attractive at the beginning.
The film uses 3 people to complain about the company and female colleagues in the toilet, 3 people eat fast food and drink a drink together during the lunch break, and their good sister image is like the recess of our student days.
Then through the brief exchange of their phone calls, we can know that in addition to the workplace is not as good as the accident, the 3 of them have their own troubles in life.
Becky is an independent woman, advocating "love is precious, free price is higher", her family have immigrated to Canada, Becky because she did not like Canada to persuade her father to return to Hong Kong, she dreamed of living in a villa to drive a famous car to the life of a Filipino maid.
Cindy has a timid and weak personality but has the industriousness and frugality of a traditional Chinese woman, and lives a cohabitation life with her boyfriend in a meticulous way. But her cohabitation life is not good, almost like a nanny and a maid serving her boyfriend, she also realizes that it is wrong, but she can not solve it.
And Angie is a typical urban girl, very hip, like fashionable clothes, and talk about long-distance love with her boyfriend, boyfriend in Canada, often fool her, and when he earns money, he will take her to Canada.
They all believe that only money can solve their immediate predicament.
So, 3 girls bought the lottery together and looked forward to winning the jackpot.
02, a sudden 10 million Hong Kong dollars
After paying their wages, they met as usual to watch a movie to relieve the pressure, but Angie's work of being forced by the chicken feathers was not yet completed, so the 3 people did not watch the movie to help each other go to the company to work the night shift.
Just when the 3 people tacitly cooperated and finally finished overtime, Angie accidentally kicked the paper bag placed next to the desk.
It doesn't matter if you don't look.
Take a look.
Startle:
The bag contained 10 million Hong Kong dollars in cash!
After being surprised, scared and decided, the 3 girls decided to take the money home.
"No one has a windfall or wealth, he must take risks"!
This money not only brought them a beautiful vision of the future, but also laid the foundation for disasters, invisibly they were involved in the company's infighting, but also disrupted their daily lives.
Just as the three of them were planning how to spend the money, Angie, who likes to read novels, did not agree to spend it, but Becky proposed to "wait 1 month to see the situation before spending", if no one pays attention to the money within 1 month, then divide it equally.
During the 1 month of waiting, all 3 of them lived in Becky's house, guarding the money together and waiting for the penny after the wind and waves calmed down.
The scene of 3 people lying on the bed covered with banknotes is a classic!
They also just think that with money, they can get rid of the unsatisfactory workplace and the real life that bothers them.
The director projects the hearts and minds of the public, which greatly satisfies people's desire for money.
But it also shows the troubles caused by the 10 million dollars through the actions of Becky and Angie.
The night they picked up the windfall, Angie couldn't sleep with excitement; while timid Cindy had nightmares about being chased and killed by masked men; only Becky behaved normally.
But the next day, although they still went to work normally, they were all manifestations of thieves' hearts.
In order to inquire about the news, Angie took the initiative to invite a male colleague who had been rejected by her to dinner.
And Becky, in the face of the pursuit of male colleagues, she also refused, but in order to inquire about the news, she also had to sacrifice hue to accompany male colleagues to eat and fish.
They all started to do things against their hearts, and at one point blamed each other, and even complained about why Angie kicked the 10 million cash.
But it's also a blessing in disguise.
The director's ingenious arrangement transforms the 3 girls from the excitement and good expectation of picking up money into the fear and fear of ill-gotten gains.
And Zheng Yuling, Wang Zuxian and Lin Yilian also performed a wonderful portrait, not only playing the women's desire for money in the workplace, but also showing the simplicity and innocence of the girls, after all, their conscience triumphed over greed.
In the end, in order to be at ease and not to go to jail, they gave up the 10 million Hong Kong dollar windfall, but they also reaped their own small happiness.
Angie recognized the scumbag boyfriend through 10 million, ended the painful long-distance relationship, and began a happy love affair with male colleagues.
Cindy taught her boyfriend a lesson through 10 million, and it is time to start their equal cohabitation life.
Becky didn't seem to be affected, but it was a pity that the new car had already paid the deposit, and she also got along with the male colleagues who pursued her.
And the money in the Cindy rag doll seems to tell us that it is better to have money!
03, play back to the original form of calmness
There is no resignation, there is no owner not to do the west family, after some farce, the 3 girls finally understand that to face the reality, down-to-earth is the right way.
As Angie said, "Actually, I can afford these clothes"!
The Cai Gen Tan records that "those who descend demons first descend from their hearts, and those who bow their hearts will retreat; those who control the balance first control this qi, and those who are calm will not invade the outside."
This means that those who surrender demons must first surrender the evil thoughts in their own hearts, and when the evil thoughts in their hearts are subdued, all the demons will retreat; those who control the affairs of the world must first control their impetuous qi, and when the impetuous qi subsides, the external disturbances will not invade.
Some critics think that this movie has a very pleasant taste (a famous Hong Kong novelist, about Women in the Hong Kong workplace), just like the well-known "Xibao", Xibao is a very tragic character, "Xibao": under the rich support of the mother, the daughter became a lover, saying that "everything is not worth it", but the 3 heroines of this movie, although they also have the influence of their original family and society on them, they are all independent individuals after all, they all have their own thoughts, complaining, work and life are going to continue!
The yellow sorghum dream of these 3 urban women tells us:
Dreams can occasionally be done, because what is the difference between a life without dreams and a salted fish?
But we also have to recognize the reality, the dream will eventually wake up one day.
Don't be ambitious, have the courage to break through yourself, don't lose that innocent beauty!
The famous writer Mo Yan said:
The most taboo thing in the world is perfect.
If you look at the moon in the sky, once it is perfect, you will be tired; if you look at the fruit of the tree, once ripe, it will fall.
Therefore, everything must always be left with a lack of points in order to be persistent.
That's what life is all about.
Only when it is not full can there be room for upward mobility; only when it is small full can there be the motivation to move forward.
Life is small and full, small is full!
Xiao Man is the best state of life!
(The pictures are from the movie "Rhapsody of Part-time Work", invaded and deleted)