Some time ago on The WeChat reading saw the book "The Water of the Waves", the Internet to understand, this book was published in 2001, the author Yan Zhen, the title of the book is taken from the pre-Qin folk song "The Song of the Widows" in the "Water of the Waves is clear, you can mao me; the water of the waves is turbid, you can muddy my feet." "Meaning: The water of the Canglang River is clear and can wash my crown; the water of the Canglang River is turbid, and it can wash my feet." The novel was made into a TV series as early as 2005, but it was banned due to the sensitivity of some of the content, and it was not broadcast on satellite TV until 2010 (several episodes were deleted).
Although this drama has been filmed for more than ten years, it is about the story of the official field in the eighties and nineties, and the picture quality does not look very clear, but the storyline is good, the content is real, the actors are in place, and after watching it, I feel that I am still unfinished. This drama Douban score is very high, the novel reputation is also bursting, I believe that the original must be more exciting than the TV series, more depth. (For time reasons, watch the show first.) ）
The story is about a graduate student who has just graduated from college, Liang Zhiyuan, who was favored by the director of the health bureau and stayed in the bureau on the day he went to report, but what people did not expect was that this kind of good thing in the eyes of others became another story.
The male protagonist is from the countryside, he is very upright, he is not accustomed to the struggle for power and profit in the organs and the fight for the heart, nor does he understand the sophistication of human feelings, like his Xu Xiaoman is kind enough to enlighten and help him settle the mistakes he made in the unit, he is not appreciative at all, but feels that she is troublesome and should not be managed, so the two people in love gradually have contradictions and estrangement, and finally break up.
He felt that he couldn't do what she asked for, he didn't want to be changed by her, but he didn't know that his way of doing things for people didn't work in the organs, and the result of this was a dead end. But this kind of thing can often only be understood by himself in the face of reality, otherwise according to his personality, it is useless for others to say anything. As his colleague Wu Guo said: He just hasn't lived to understand it yet.
Oh, yes! I watched the first few episodes and waited to understand what he saw in the later plot.
Years are merciless, people have feelings
The male protagonist later married a meek nurse Qin Mei, because he felt that Qin Mei was relatively simple and would not ask him to do this or that. It is true that the personalities of the two of them seemed to be more appropriate at that time, but the "reality" barrier was always inescapable. Before he was single, how to do, in this unit or department is not happy, you can change to another place, more money does not matter, when the official does not matter, because one person to eat the whole family is not hungry! But married, with children, things are more, first of all, the single dormitory is definitely not enough to live, the wife is pregnant, because the unit is too far from home, he wants to transfer her to the city hospital closer to home, need a relationship, but he did not, so he ran into walls everywhere, then he slowly realized that kind of helplessness, people whispered lightly, regret that they were opposed to the leader, otherwise they would not fall into the current step of the field. Although his wife did not say anything on her lips, she could hear this meaning inside and outside the words. (No wonder it has been said before that some men can only really mature after they are married and know the responsibilities and burdens of the family, which is really true, but only if he is a responsible and good husband who takes care of the family.) ）
Later, Liang Zhiyuan slowly began to change for the sake of life, for his wife and children, he felt that he could no longer do nothing like this, he had been depressed, he did not want to see his family suffer with him.
In the unit, he has become no longer confrontational with leaders, less extreme in dealing with people, and the relationship with colleagues has gradually eased, so work and life have become more and more comfortable.
Although he has slowly become sophisticated, his essence has not changed, he has always been very upright, and he has always remembered the teachings of the director of the wen bureau: never have economic problems (that is, to avoid greed), and do not be greedy, since ancient times heroes are sad to pass the beauty pass, but those who pass the beauty pass are the real heroes.
So later, although Xu Xiaoman was transferred to work in the same unit as him, he gradually kept a distance from Xiao Man in order to avoid people's eyes and ears. Because there are many pairs of eyes staring at his back, every time he is promoted in the bureau, he is one of the objects of promotion, he has to be careful everywhere, and if he is not careful, he will be caught by others.
When it comes to fame and fortune, they are indeed good brothers
In the end, Liang Zhiyuan went from director to assistant director, from assistant director to deputy director, and then after Director Wen retired, he was recommended to become the director. At this time, he needs to pay more attention to checkpoints in his work and life, because if he is not careful, he will be used by jealous people, and it is true that people have difficulties in high places, and they have to be careful everywhere, because there are always people staring at high positions.
As the male protagonist said later: it is tiring to live! Now I don't hate anyone anymore, because everyone lives not easily.
I think this should be a feeling of others to middle age, before he saw a lot of people, many things are not pleasing to the eye, but now he sees a lot.
But just when Liang Jeryuan's life was at its peak, Xiao Man's husband was sentenced to 15 years in prison for corruption and bribery, and Xiao Man also left the original city and never met Liang Zhiyuan again, but she was a woman that Liang Zhiyuan could never let go of in his heart. He knew that Xiao Man had always loved him, when they were young, she was good to him, thinking about everything for him, but at that time, Liang Zhiyuan was young and vigorous, did not understand this good, felt that she was troublesome, always asked him to do this and that, so he often quarreled with her, and finally broke up. Later, it was learned that Liang Zhiyuan was married to someone else, and Xiao Man married a classmate who had pursued her for many years, Zhu Tao, the head of the customs section.
"Years" stills Liang Zhiyuan Qin Mei Xu Xiaoman
Liang Zhiyuan feels that Qin Meiren is relatively simple, and there are not so many requirements for him, but the life after marriage has slowly changed her, Liang Zhiyuan said: Now she and Xiao Man are like a different person, Qin Mei, who did not have requirements before, has become more and more demanding because of the influence of life and the people around her, and Xiao Man has now become desireless and desireless for life.
Perhaps in Xiao Man's eyes, she wanted to have all the material and status, but she felt that it was not interesting. Life seems to like to joke with us like this.
In the play, Liang Zhiyuan said: When I have become what Xiao Man used to hope for, she doesn't like it.
I guess it's because Little Man feels that when people change their nature for their own desires and purposes, they gradually lose their personality. There are pros and cons to everything, fish and bear paws can not be both, when you get something, you will inevitably lose something.
Liang Zhiyuan and Xu Xiaoman in the play
The ending surprised me was Lao Luo, who had been obscure and indisputable in the bureau before, since he returned to his hometown grassroots health center, there was no such complicated interpersonal relationship at work, the life was leisurely and comfortable, and he also met a woman who knew cold and hot as a companion. Before in the organ, although he was a big talent, his personality made his talent nowhere to show, because he did not like flattery, did not like open and secret fighting, so he had been staying in the uninhabited data room for many years, originally planned to calmly mix to the pension, but did not expect to be stirred into the "muddy waters" in the end, so he did not wait until retirement to propose to return to the countryside to work in advance.
In the past, his family was not very happy, and his former wife was very dissatisfied with his state and did not care much about him in life, as he said later: Since returning to the countryside, he has finally tasted the taste of life.
When he died, Liang Zhiyuan and the people in the unit rushed to see him, only to see that the villagers were surrounded by the inner and outer layers in front of his house, and everyone's face was very heavy and sad, which formed a strong contrast and contrast with the pictures of people in their units playing cards and joking on the road when they came.
When I looked at the scene of so many villagers sending Lao Luo, I suddenly understood a truth: the meaning of people's life is that they must be useful to society in this life.
In the play, Liang Zhiyuan and Lao Luo have always had a good relationship, they are also teachers and friends, often play chess and chat together, and the most he said to Liang Zhiyuan is: People should know how to go with the trend, do not go against the trend.
A netizen said it well, he said that Lao Luo is a Liang Zhiyuan who has time to change in the future, he knows what to do to go up, but he understands that it is too late, and he understands that it is too late to practice it himself.
Therefore, when he saw Liang Zhiyuan, it was like seeing himself at that time, so he often gave him some guidance, hoping that he could go further and do more practical things for the people. In the end, Liang Did not live up to his expectations, and the story ended successfully.