Today, I recommend a classic domestic movie to you, Douban 9.3 points, second only to "Overlord Farewell", better than 99% of the feature films - "Back to Back, Face to Face".
This film is china's best "official field appearance", and The Chinese officialdom is only a model or microcosm of society, Chinese philosophy of life is thoroughly explained by this film, so I think "Back to Back, Face to Face" is a must-see workplace bible for everyone.
It satirizes reality with a sharp and humorous tone.
The protagonist of the story is Wang Shuangli, the "acting curator" of a small city cultural center.
The two coolest words in the world are "agent", with the right to lead, without the responsibility of leadership.
Wang Shuangli acted as an agent for several years, thinking about the turn of the right day and night, and every time the new curator transferred from above was taken away by him.
The question is, where did Wang Shuangli come from with the ability to call the wind and rain so much?
A few years of agency work is not in vain.
At the cultural center, he cultivated a group of die-hard iron fans, saying that the ugly point was the claws and teeth of eagle dogs.
Representative figures Lee Accountant and Monkey.
For example, look at how these three men cooperated to get rid of the new leader.
The first new curator to be transferred was called Lao Ma, who had previously been at the township grassroots level, and this time he had come to the big city.
When he first showed his face, the old horse patted Wang Shuangli's shoulder, meaning please take more care.
Wang Shuangli responded politely on the surface, but in fact he had secretly planted thunder.
Long before the old horse entered the city, Wang Shuangli investigated him clearly.
The weakness of the old horse is the house in the city.
In front of the leaders, Wang Shuangli was very cheerful and suggested that the house of Li Accountant be distributed to Lao Ma.
In front of Li Accountant, he beat a rake upside down, saying that the old horse tried to occupy the house, which was typical of divisive provocation.
The importance of an accountant in charge of finances in an organization is well known.
In the blink of an eye, Accountant Li stood on the opposite side of the old horse and hid the needle in the cotton wool of the conference.
The monkey is also an "old-school and conservative" master, bent on getting closer to Wang Shuangli and publicly ridiculing the photos taken by the old horse.
In the whole cultural center, only Lao Luo stood alone in the team of old horses.
Not because of seniority and ability, not because of temperament and knowledge, but because of Lao Luo's "messing" handle in Wang Shuangli's hands.
Finally, the battle horn sounded.
At the mobilization meeting of the new leaders, Lao Ma was talking with interest, and Wang Shuangli said "Adjourn the meeting," and the crowd dispersed.
The audience who holds real power is clear at a glance.
Bullying and flattering is the skill of people like Wang Shuangli.
In front of the leaders, Wang Shuangli was the right and left arm to assist the old horse; and the reality was that the old horse was dug by Wang Shuangli everywhere.
For example —
In the project of renovating the old house into a dance hall, Li Accountant asked the construction party to stop for a while and then dig the foundation after demolishing it. By the time the city demanded that the ballroom construction site must dispose of garbage quickly, the scene was a mess.
The old horse was confused when he saw it, and the task given by the leader was destroyed in his own hands.
As soon as Wang Shuangli's eyes rolled, a "brilliant plan" immediately came up with it.
"Surrounded by plastic sheets, the eyes are not clear."
It is written on the top that it was built by Zhenhua Construction Company"
Isn't it very graphic?
It's common to make small reports—
The Personnel Bureau dragged the old horse to help arrange a post for the daughter of the bureau chief.
Wang Shuangli appeared to be righteous and recommended the position of deputy director;
Behind his back, he knew how hot the position of deputy director was.
In this way, the old Mali is not a person, and he has done bad things with good intentions.
When the old horse was counted down, it was when Wang Shuangli and the servants asked for credit.
Borrowing a knife to kill people, taking the sheep by the hand, and fighting back, Wang Shuangli did everything to the extreme.
Finally, under the accumulation of a series of events, Lao Ma became a "negative model" in the eyes of the leader.
After the Game over, Lao Ma stepped down, and Wang Shuangli continued to act as the acting curator.
The plot sees here that everyone should understand Wang Shuangli as a person.
As the acting curator, he wielded real power; and the word agency allowed him to circumvent his obligations.
Can be secretly damaged and never tear in front of the face.
As an absolute male protagonist, Wang Shuangli is a person with both ability and skill, but he still cannot turn right, precisely because of the political struggle secretly carried out by the upper echelons. The fact that capable people are not promoted by political struggles, and at the same time, they are also using the same political means to toy with people who are inferior to themselves, which is the ugliness and sadness of China's unique officialdom culture. The two-faced king Lishuang deserves everyone's repeated deliberation, and after everyone fully understands this persona, then go to see "Back to Back, Face to Face".
"Back to Back, Face to Face" was released in 1994, when the stars were shining, and it is a bit of an exaggeration to say that it is a legendary classic, but it is definitely enough to fish it out alone. As soon as the film was released, it won the awards: the Best Feature Film and Best Actor Award at the 2nd University Student Film Festival, the Best Actor Award at the Tokyo International Film Festival, the Best Director and Best Co-actor Award at the 15th Golden Rooster Awards, and the Top Ten Chinese Films at the 14th Hong Kong Film Awards.
You may not believe it when you say it, the director is Huang Jianxin, who shot "The Great Cause of Building the Country" and "The Great Cause of Building the Party".
In 1985, he shocked the film world with his debut film, The Black Cannon Incident(also a satirical film about bureaucrats).
In the movie, the official is as big as the tone of speech, as small as the posture of holding a cup of water, he portrays it to the extreme.
In the end, "Back to Back, Face to Face" tells a story of the sesame yamen change.
But it is like a small sparrow with all its internal organs, through which China's thousand-year-old official society has been dissected. After this film, Chinese political satire films are very rare, and there are even fewer such delicate and realistic portrayals.
When it comes to official culture, many people are disgusted and disgusted.
But for us ordinary people, this film changes our view of "officialdom".
It tells us in a weight-lifting gesture that the political system is also an ecosystem.
All ecosystems are in line with darwinian evolution, metabolism, survival of the fittest.
In a political system, for something that is useless, the system will evolve it. So why are there so many people in the official arena who occupy the pit and do not? This is due to the unique operation of this system.
Those who can do it once and for all are able to see through and grasp this law.
At the end of the movie, Wang Shuangli's wish to become the curator is still disappointed, and some people ask why?
In short: those who take the mass line will not be able to fight and go up the line at the upper level.
In selecting and promoting cadres by higher-level leaders, in addition to giving gifts and dragging on the relationship, they also hope that there will be individuals who can coordinate the overall situation, rather than those who are good at playing tricks and engaging in politics.
Before the first time Director Ma took office, the director talked with Wang Shuangli.
Roughly speaking, you have a very active mind and can do anything like that.
The implication is that the leaders understand what you do below.
After all, they all climb up step by step, just like junior high school students watch elementary school students, don't play with this small group and gang for me.
Therefore, a scheming and power-playing person like Wang Shuangli is not suitable to be their curator, nor will he be promoted.
Wait until his mind is clean and he won't make some messes before he thinks about it.
I believe that everyone has experienced: although the superficial atmosphere of Internet companies is very relaxed, the internal undercurrent is surging and office politics abound. Because any organization will involve money and a future, standing in the wrong line, saying the wrong words, paying homage to the wrong docks, it is not a matter of going back and rewriting a contract.
So "Back to Back, Face to Face" is a ukiyo-e of all living beings.
But it is by no means a trick to encourage people to calculate others and learn promotions and raises, but to teach us to see through the flickering and refuse to be stupid.