xinmin art review | where does the down-to-earth quality of "song of ordinary people" come from?
2024-09-09
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the tv series "song of ordinary people" is very popular. it features three families and six characters, including elites from large companies and full-time housewives. it talks about the ways of the world and explores the ways of the workplace. because it is close to the present and not melodramatic or tear-jerking, it has gained high popularity and a good reputation.
as a mortal, you always have to worry. especially for the working class in first-tier cities who work hard with their own abilities, everyone has their own philosophy of making a living. the tv series, through artistic refinement, puts their trajectories together, the friction and integration between them, depicts the various aspects of life, and chants the songs of mortals.
young audiences can relate to the breakups and reunions of the couple li xiaoyue and na jun in the play. elites from large companies like na jun are familiar to the audience. they have high salaries, high ambitions, drive more expensive cars, buy bigger houses, and are considered "successful children" by many mothers. na jun may be working in data architecture. he has a clear structure in his life because "this is beijing, and there are many '985's. if you don't work hard to climb to the top of the pyramid, you will end up being a loser." for this reason, his plans are always one step ahead, such as living in a large flat before the age of 35 and marrying a young wife. his brother na wei asked him: what about after 35? na jun replied: there are new plans.
in the eyes of many people, this is a successful attitude towards life. but na jun encountered a clash of ideas from his girlfriend li xiaoyue. xiaoyue is smart, independent, capable of work, and knows the fun of life. she believes in the philosophy of life: life is not about lying down, but it is definitely not about being carried around like a puppet. after working overtime for a month without pay, she was fired from the company; the company where she was interning wanted her to come back to work and promised to promote her position, but she used a salary increase as a retreat and completed the formalization procedures as she wished. her friends understand and envy her, but her boyfriend na jun cannot agree with her "lack of ambition". the couple has reached a crossroads in life.
in today's workplace, people born in the 1990s and 2000s have gradually become the main groups. the characters of na jun and li xiaoyue portray two common portraits of ordinary people. whether they are winding up the alarm clock of life or relaxing it, they are using their own experience to comprehend the survival logic of people in the workplace and find the rules that are consistent with society. interestingly, after breaking up with li xiaoyue, na jun frequently went on blind dates with women who "matched his ideas", but he found that the other party was as motivated as himself and had the same high demands on material life, but after getting along with him, he could not find any interest in being with his girlfriend.
apart from the big apartment and the high position, what are the must-haves in life? the intelligent na jun seems to understand something. what is honey to one is not poison to me. while being in harmony with oneself, one must also learn to get along with others, especially those around him. life is short, and what is important in the hearts of ordinary people, two outstanding young people stand at both ends of the scale. in the latter part of the tv series, na jun's health lights up due to continuous overtime and staying up late, adding more weight to this topic that hits the current moment.
in fact, the elder brother na wei is the mirror image of na jun's future. as the vice president of a company with series a financing and holding stock options, he has everything that is standard for a successful middle-aged person in society. but with a little change, life will take a detour. na wei asked his younger brother: what about after 35? this sentence is also a question to himself. what is the must-have option for people in middle age? his confusion and passivity touched the hearts of the middle-aged audience who are currently persisting in the workplace. na jun's question has an answer, but na wei's is still to be found. maybe this is the meaning of life-the answer is floating on the road you are walking.
one ounce of gold cannot be put down, and a pile of chicken feathers cannot be picked up. "song of ordinary people", let us continue to watch and sing. (wu xiang)
