When things go wrong, there must be demons.
Since the beginning of the epidemic, there is a domestic old film from 34 years ago, floating like a ghost on the hot search list of Douban, and it flashes from time to time. It has become a weather vane for current affairs.
The film first hit the hot search on February 13.
Douban netizens are also very confused, watching strange things mixed in a number of popular film and television dramas, a 1986 movie.
The reason naturally has to be found in the movie and reality. So what happened around February 13?
On the same day, the public account of the "Supreme People's Procuratorate" also issued a sharp commentary entitled "Who is our enemy", which was merciless and directly pointed out: At the moment of the "epidemic", bureaucracy, formalism and virus are all our enemies.
OK, after grasping the realistic background, and then returning to this mysterious movie, you may be able to understand the reason for its hot search - [84· 85 years of T Province].
[84·85 years of T Province] more than thirty years of transgression echoes the present, which is nothing more than two possibilities. Or is it critical? It didn't exist, it was the main theme of the movie at that time; it could only be another possibility, forward-looking.
Click on the comments [84.85 years of T Province], "ahead" and "leading" are the two words that appear most often.
According to netizens 5 years ago, "30-50 years ahead", then the moment is when it is cashed in. In addition to Japan's [Akira], we also have movies that predict the future.
[84.85 years of T province] is a panoramic film reflecting the main theme of reform, and the story takes place in the city of C in T province from 1984 to 1985.
In a documentary manner, some major events in the reform of T Province were filmed, such as illegal land enclosure, high-priced purchase of useless equipment, and beatings by the families of high-ranking officials. Adopt non-linear narrative, multi-time and space cross-editing, three-dimensional parallel progress.
The most representative of these was an economic contract dispute.
The film begins with a national economic trial conference held by the Supreme People's Court in Beijing. At the meeting, the deputies proposed to put an end to the phenomenon of replacing the law with politics and directly introduce the grand background of reform. This is followed by a specific case in C City, T Province.
This wind-chasing teenager riding a motorcycle is called Cheng Ge, who is the director of the first factory of the T Provincial Machinery Corporation.
Da Shi Chang as Cheng Ge
In April 1983, he signed a contract with the Machinery Corporation: he contracted a factory with an annual loss of 400,000 yuan, and the legal representative of any factory for a period of two years.
Cheng Ge took over a factory and immediately implemented the responsibility system of factory director, breaking the system that the factory director had no power for many years and the party committee took care of everything. The results are immediate and the turnaround is turned into a profit.
However, his drastic reform measures impacted the concept of the older generation of revolutionaries, who chose to take the initiative, and the party committee of the headquarters decided to unilaterally terminate the contract in advance and remove Cheng Ge from the post of director of the factory.
Cheng Ge appealed to the court for this and took the Machinery Corporation to court. The Intermediate People's Court of C City decided to accept the case, and the presiding judge of this case is Guo Gang, the president of the Economic Trial Division, who has been appointed as the next president.
Ye Zhikang as Guo Gang
Three members of the party committee of the Machinery Corporation will appear in court for trial, including Li Tao, manager of the company, Ma Yu, secretary of the party committee, and Ding Feng, deputy secretary of the party committee.
A collision of old and new concepts, a game between the rule of man and the legal system, and the struggle to safeguard the dignity of the law began.
The first sin: capitalist misery
On May 3, 1984, the first hearing on Cheng Ge's economic contract dispute was held.
After the first factory made a profit, Cheng Ge paid various taxes and arranged floating wages and bonuses for employees. Workers work a lot, the most is more than 400 yuan per month, and the least penny is not.
This is a reason for the party committee to break the treaty, and it is also the first crime given to Cheng Ge: "This is digging up socialist corners and engaging in capitalism." It is okay to subsidize dozens of yuan every month, but subsidize hundreds of yuan, that is, to engage in money stimulation. ”
Cheng Ge counterattacked: "No worker is allowed to eat, this is the socialist distribution principle stipulated in the Constitution. I do this in order to combine the production of the factory with the vital interests of the workers, to arouse the enthusiasm of the workers, and to make the production of the enterprise better. Don't make big pot rice. ”
The second crime: abuse of power
At the second court hearing, the head office gave another reason for breaking the contract, and Cheng Ge dismissed the employees of the state-owned enterprise without authorization. Of the five employees who were fired, one of them was the brother-in-law of the provincial party secretary.
"I made a set of my own, it was simply lawless, and our party committee became his logistics department." He actually fired 5 state-run workers and abused his power, so we had to stop the contract. Removed him from his post as factory director. ”
Cheng Ge counterattacked: "During the contract period, the director of the factory has the right to punish the employees of the factory who do not obey the distribution, violate the law and discipline, and seriously violate labor discipline. ”
At the critical moment, The presiding judge Guo Gang added another knife: "Ma Yu, do you know the Economic Contract Law?" Please answer the content of Article 6. ”
"Please answer"
Ma Yu was in a state of limbo, unable to answer in half a day.
Guo Gang continued to press the question: "It seems that you don't know or forget." Do you know the other two? It seems that none of you have seriously studied this law. The Economic Contract Law states that the parties must perform their obligations under the contract, and neither party may terminate or modify the contract without authorization. ”
Ma Yu was furious and felt offended.
The third sin: destroying the purity of the team
Cheng Ge recruited 15 unemployed young people who had been released from re-education through labor for the first factory, and the party committee of the headquarters believed that these people would seriously affect the quality of the workers.
Cheng Ge counterattacked: "I think an enterprise should not only create wealth for the country, but also cultivate people and transform people for the country. For these young people who have lost their feet, if this unit does not want it, if that unit does not want it, will it not add more trouble to our society? ”
Ma Yu also questioned Cheng Ge: "Recruiting re-education through labor personnel is motivated by personal motives, wanting to gain fame in society, and also wanting to take advantage of the opportunity to use power for personal gain." ”
This actually poked Cheng Ge's sore spot, and he had to confess: "To gain fame is slander." Say there is a personal motive, then I admit it. My son once spent a year in re-education through labor and has not yet found a job. ”
The Fourth Crime: Ignoring Superiors
Entering the final round of trial, the presiding judge asked Ma Yu: "Do you think that the party committee of the head office unilaterally terminated the contract, do you think it is right or wrong?" ”
Ma Yu was bold: "We are Cheng Ge's superiors, and of course we have the right to revoke him. I don't think it's wrong to do so. ”
The presiding judge went out of his way to popularize the law, and said a large paragraph in a big way: "The Economic Contract Law stipulates that only the industrial and commercial administration organs and the people's courts have the right to terminate contracts, and the party committee of the head office is neither an industrial and commercial administration organ nor a court, so how can such a document be issued?" To do so is to intervene in the economy by administrative means. ”
Ma Yu, who had been suppressed from beginning to end, finally took out the killer skill, raised an eyebrow, and asked:
The question choked everyone present.
Even the judge panicked, and he even anxiously wanted to light a cigarette, while the camera swept past the big three of the party committee, their faces filled with the smiles of victors.
Although it was said that it was barely able to win back a city, the members of the party committee also began to be vague in their hearts. Because of the unilateral termination, it has caused economic losses of 570,000 yuan to the head office.
Public opinion in society is one-sided, and everyone believes that Cheng Ge is a bold reformer.
At this time, the party committee of the head office realized the seriousness of the problem and wanted to seek a private settlement. Cheng Ge once again refused to be private, and a large-scale public trial was imperative.
The final result is naturally Cheng Ge's victory: the legal fees are out of the defendant, the money lost by a factory is paid by the head office, and his contract is extended to ensure a two-year term.
The applause at the public trial was thunderous, and the verdict was unanimously praised.
Although the case is closed, its impact in T Province is unprecedented.
In many court defenses, the contradictions in the reform have been comprehensively seen. "Substituting politics for law and words for law," coupled with the obsolescence and aging of the concepts of some higher-level officials, are all obstacles to reform.
In 1985, The director from T Provincial Television, Wei Min, decided to make the "Cheng Ge Case" into a TV series. In the stage of preparing the script, he specially interviewed guo gang, the chief judge at the time.
Wang Weiping as Wei Min (left)
They meet at a shooting range, and Wei Min asks Guo Gang a sharp question:
Guo Gang did not answer positively, but took a gun and personally demonstrated to the recruits how to shoot. Then he said: "Article 5 of the Constitution stipulates that no individual or organization may have privileges beyond the Constitution and the law. ”
Wei Min continued to ask him, "Did we do it?" ”
Guo Gang continued to be silent, pacing all the way to the outside of the range, looking around to make sure that there was no one else, and then said: "If you said that you didn't do it in the past, then you must strive to do it now." This is the demand of history. ”
A year after the vigorous "Cheng Ge case", it was seen that Cheng Ge's two-year contract was about to expire.
At the end of the film, Guo Gang was transferred to the suburban court and failed to become the president of the Intermediate Court; the director of Cheng Ge's first factory had reached his term of office, and he was "legally" dismissed and suspended for viewing; the TV drama filmed for Min failed to pass the trial, and Taili asked for deletion; the wave of reform in the whole country was surging and they all had a bright future.
The director of [84.85 years of T Province] was Yang Yanjin, who was originally recorded on the spot under Xie Jin.
Yang Yanjin's previous works are all about private interests, wind and snow, known for their delicacy, are some art films that are far from reality, [small streets] [midnight songs] [distressed laughter] [two young girls] and so on.
[Side Street] (1981)
['84.85 in T Province] was a major breakthrough for him, and the original intention of making this film was, "Today's era is an era of reform, and our films should reflect this era." ”
['84.85 years of T Province] is not a simple political task, and it has filmed the momentum of reform, both the documentary-style calm and restrained narrative and the lens language of art films.
When the judge finally pronounced the verdict, the camera first focused on everyone in the auditorium, the atmosphere was set off to a climax, and then pushed behind the judge; as the trial results were read out one by one, the camera suddenly shook to the national emblem, and then slowly pulled back, returning to the auditorium again.
When shooting Ma Yu's residence, the camera pans sideways, from Ma Yu's dilapidated bungalow to the high-rise building next to it tens of meters. This contrast is more symbolic of the contrast between the old and the new.
An old comrade like Ma Yu, who has been a revolutionary all his life, is bold and loyal, and serves the people. The governor of T province also said: "We should always be servants of the people." If there is a day when the people are dissatisfied, it is because we see ourselves as masters, not servants. ”
But good comrades are not necessarily good decision-makers. Because of the aging of ideological concepts, he removed Cheng Ge from his post, and it cannot be said that the subjective motives are not good, but it is indeed wrong.
Policies are not laws, and policies are not laws. The deafening question in the film was asked twice, and both times they were blocked back. The answer is on the lips, but there is no positive answer.
The film raises questions and does not shy away from the contradictions of reality. Replacing the rule of man with the rule of law is a contest between old and new concepts. The new want to win, the old one doesn't want to lose. So a gentle collision of thought is inevitable, and this painful process can also be thrilling.
Although this is a story that takes place in a province, a city, and a factory, it is also a microcosm of the tide of reform in the mid-1980s, and it radiates to this day.
Who is bigger? The answer to that question more than thirty years ago has not yet been spoken, and the answer is fluttering in the wind.