Is it necessary for today's men to talk about dignity?
Some men, have a stable job, a complete family, do not smoke or drink less socializing, but introverted, wear a mask during the day to be a person, come home from work at night to deal with trivial trivia, a little careless, light aunt demolition, heavy schizophrenia.
Some men, after unemployment, are not high, low is not enough, the mortgage is overdue, it does not matter, there is a little money in the pocket to take people to drink, forcing the wife to borrow online loans for him to repay the debt.
Some men, after losing their jobs, try to survive and pull their children to grow up, but the children are taken away by their ex-wives who live a glamorous life after divorce.
"The Piano of Steel" is one of the few excellent Chinese films in recent years, and its positioning is "family love comedy", which is actually through the shell of "family affection" to tell the life course of laid-off men to find their dignity.
In the film, Chen Guilin's dignity has suffered at least three blows.
After Chen Guilin (Wang Qianyuan) was laid off from the steel mill, Dong Laxi pulled together a small band and ran "commercial performances" everywhere in the town to make a living, the band was not large, fully equipped, and even had a lead singer. However, "menkoro" is the norm.
"Chen Guilin" is the name given by his father, which means that he hopes that he can be like the landscape of Guilin. But the opposite happened, after Chen Guilin was laid off, his wife ran away with the "selling fake drugs" man, he took his daughter and his sick father to live in the factory dormitory alone, he wanted to train his daughter to become a pianist, but he could not afford to buy a piano, so he had to rely on the relationship to let his daughter sneak into school at night to practice the piano, one day the deeds were revealed, and the father and daughter helplessly bid farewell to the practice room.
In order to encourage his daughter to continue practicing, Chen Guilin made a fake piano out of wood, hoping to take Beethoven as an example to let her daughter "have a piano in her heart", but it was not long before her daughter stopped doing it, and practicing the piano was boring, not to mention this silent fake piano.
Chen Guilin's wife jumped out again at this time, and she can provide a more superior growth environment for her children.
Including buying a piano.
Later the daughter decided:
"Whoever buys me a piano, I'll follow!"
Speaking of this, Chen Guilin's dignity has been set at a price, in the eyes of his daughter over the years, it is not as good as a piano, in short, in order to keep her daughter, he must give her a piano!
In fact, in the beginning, they didn't want to make a piano...
Steal the piano, short and fast
This piano is the first time that Chen Guilin's dignity has been touched.
Shuxian (Qin Hailu), who is also a laid-off worker, is the lead singer of Chen Guilin's band, both of them are divorced, and they often mix together after being laid off, and they have the same fate and love for a long time; the two have been to the point of talking about marriage.
That day, Shuxian said to Chen Guilin:
"Even if your piano comes out, do you dare to guarantee that your daughter will not leave with her mother?" I think it's better to talk to her mom than to follow you. ”
Chen Guilin said indignantly, "You are all the same, too realistic!" ”
"Am I realistic? ... Yes, how realistic I am, you go to steal the piano and I will give you the wind; you go to buy the piano and I will give you money; you have a whole bunch of people to make you a piano, I don't sing good songs, and in this broken factory, I have to give you the whole meal to eat, I am so realistic. Chen Guilin, old lady, I will give you the words here, today this piano you just made, your daughter you can't keep! ”
A few words washed Chen Guilin clearly. Where there are good years, but someone supports you.
This was the second blow suffered by Chen Guilin.
Later, when making the violin, Shuxian and Wang Kangmei (Tian Yu) were assigned to a group and were responsible for cooking rice and cooking. That day, Wang Kangmei told a joke to Shuxian, which made her happy, Chen Guilin looked in his eyes, thinking that Wang Kangmei was also single, and his heart flooded with vinegar.
That night, Chen Guilin went to Shuxian's house, but she did not expect that she would not let him enter the door.
"Someone from the house?"
“……”
"The old king next door, right?"
Suspected of being dug into the corner, this is Chen Guilin's dignity, the third time he was hurt.
The background of the story of "The Piano of Steel" is the "wave of layoffs" in the 1990s, when people often said:
"Layoffs are not a loss of face."
But in fact?
Chen Guilin, after being laid off, his wife left; there was no money to buy a piano, and his daughter left; the "second spring" of feelings was almost unsure.
Fat head, after being laid off, he became a casual, playing mahjong with women and stealing cards and being caught.
Ji Ge was slightly better, became a party lord after being laid off, occupied an old factory area and became the boss of the underworld, but he was often interviewed by the police.
At present, the decline of men's dignity probably begins with "earning less".
Salary of five or six thousand, but also carry a mortgage with a baby, in the first few tier cities is difficult to survive, a little miserable, but also looked down upon by women.
Salary of five or six thousand, but also carry a mortgage with a baby, in the latter few tier cities to survive stably, miserable, women do not know contentment.
"Manhood during the day, hard at night."
Wow! ~