"Flowers" is the first hit in 2024...
The first TV series produced by director Wong Kar-wai, most of the Shanghai actors are in it, and it has been hotly searched since its launch. The home page of
is all about discussion, but the polarization is so exaggerated that it seems like we are not watching the same drama.
Some people say that every episode is of movie quality. Can we make 100 episodes? Some people also say, isn't this the middle-aged version of "Little Times"?
I never expected that despite all the quarrels, the biggest winner of this drama is Tang Yan. Her reputation has been reversed and everyone's aesthetics has been unified.
She plays Miss Wang, an employee of a foreign trade company, one of the first female white-collar workers in the 1990s.
is known as the "Oriental Pearl of Puxi". He is noisy and cute. He looks like a coquettish and cute person, but in fact he dares to love, hate and work hard to make progress.
Tiffany Tang also went all out to act this time, very clever. Netizens who used to look down on her couldn't help but praise: Before watching "Flowers", could Tang Yan know how to act? After watching "Flowers", Tang Yan! Get a prize!
Who doesn’t love Miss Wang?
When I only watched the first few episodes, my impression of Miss Wang was that she is a noisy girl.
The more I read, the more I realized that it was quite noisy, but it revealed sincerity, enthusiasm and vigorous vitality.
Miss Wang is a bright spot in the crowd every time she appears.
Big waves, a bright red suit, and high heels. Some people say that Miss Wang, you are so beautiful today. Miss Wang proudly puts her hands on her hips: When am I not beautiful?
Obviously, she can make a living by her beauty, but Miss Wang's dream is to have a career: , like the master, becomes a golden flower on the 27th.
No. 27 on the Bund, what is its origin? In the 1990s, it was a foreign trade building, a national unit. At that time, foreign trade was coordinated by the state, and the import and export indicators were all here.
Miss Wang was assigned here as soon as she graduated from SISU, and her mentor was the section chief. Not long after
met his client A Bao, they knew each other well and supported each other. With one hand in stocks and one hand in foreign trade, A Bao became the famous Mr. Bao, which also led to Ms. Wang's performance ranking first in the entire department and her first choice as section chief.
If you just have a good life, there is nothing to say except envy.
But some people say: The road to the Yellow River is changing, but Miss Wang is always positive and motivated, and dares to fight.
seems to be a coquettish crybaby. He just entered the 27th and helped the master to take off the stamps every day. He couldn't take them off and cried.
writes a review when he has done something wrong. He has been a good student since childhood and has never been able to write. He cries and writes while crying.
But in fact, she is very hard-working and extremely brave. Some people say she is Snow White, but Sheep thinks she is more like Sailor Moon.
was framed and transferred from the foreign trade building to the factory. The director of the factory thought she was a person with connections to experience life. He looked down on her and asked her to clean up the garbage in a warehouse. He even said cruelly: "If she can do it well, I will chop off her head." Play the ball."
She worked hard all night, and the next day she asked the factory director: Where is the ball?
An acquaintance met her in the factory and almost didn't recognize her. Miss Wang turned into a small Wang with a rainbow mouth and big waves. She changed her small suit into dusty work clothes. She placed orders in the heavy rain and ran around with her bag on her shoulders. .
She also learned to drive a truck, do electric welding, drive nails, and even worked extremely hard in the tug-of-war competition. No wonder some people say that Ms. Wang seems to have endless energy.
The grievances were later cleared up and devolution ended, but Ms. Wang was arrogant: It was right in the first place and she did not want to go back. The director of the
factory came to persuade her: We all eat at the pier in Hongkou. Miss Wang, you are an educated person. Your pier is at No. 27, even if it is not No. 27, then where is Mr. Bao?
Ms. Wang's first reaction was: "Why can't I be someone else's dock?" Her second reaction was: "I am my own dock."
She is also open and forthright in love and never suffers from internal friction. She dares to love. Hate, the number one pure love warrior on the Yellow River Road.
Mr. Bao went to Zhuji alone to discuss cooperation. It was dangerous. Miss Wang heard about it, flew downstairs, spent more than 20,000 yuan in savings to buy a car, stepped on the accelerator, and drove to save people.
I was so anxious on the way that I even crashed into the car. The front of the car was damaged but I continued to drive. When I saw that Mr. Bao was safe, I rushed over to him, crying and laughing: "I came to save you, I was afraid that you would be killed. ”
She likes Mr. Bao, but she cannot have emotional relationships with customers. Mr. Bao is ambiguous, but she plays it straight and says that as long as you can, I will resign and sell tea eggs with you.
There was no reply from Mr. Bao. She understood and immersed herself in her career. People said that she relied on Mr. Bao, so she went into business, hoping that one day, her name would no longer be linked to others.
As a result, when I held an investment promotion meeting to find partners, I found that there was no one to support me.
She reflected quickly and did not give up on herself after reflecting. She recognized the reality and started working. When the company
opened, Mr. Bao sent a luxury car as a congratulatory gift to compensate her for the car that was hit while trying to save him. Although she was short of money, she confiscated it.
Someone commented: Xiao Wang’s wealth is not because he has never suffered, but because he thinks highly of himself and puts himself first , whether it is money or love, at most it is a gift, and people are the ultimate Purpose.
After the reform and opening up
The confidence of the first batch of female white-collar workers
Miss Wang in the original work of "Flowers" did not have such great charm.
Wong Kar-wai made a drastic adaptation: " Miss Wang represents the confidence of Shanghai women, they are the first economically independent half of the sky in the country. We have retained Miss Wang's courage to love and hate in the original work, but changed her pursuit from extending life and giving birth to children. , changed to personal self-fulfillment."
Tang Yan herself said that when she was a child, her mother looked like Miss Wang.
After the reform and opening up, foreign trade buildings, foreign companies, and department stores provided many jobs for women. The first generation of independent female white-collar workers who emerged from here were far ahead in both aesthetics and spirit.
At that time, there was no anxiety about appearance at all. Women dared to wear it and dressed in all kinds of styles.
"Shanghai Fashion" magazine leads the trend and provides outfit templates for urban beauties.
There are also street photos from the 1990s. Just look at them and they look confident and energetic. The long guns and short cannons in Sanlitun and Taikoo Li are all leftover from those days.
Workplace dramas about female white-collar workers are also everywhere.
In 1994, "Miss Orpheus" was filmed by a female director and starred Ning Jing. was regarded as "the arrival of the golden age of prestige in white-collar society."
There is also "Chinese Misses in Foreign Companies", which tells the story of three Shanghai women working in Japanese and German companies.
The heroine Ou Xiaosu, played by Fu Yiwei, is very eye-catching when she appears and has a lot of personality. She quits her leisurely and stable job to take the exam for a foreign company to realize her own value.
fought confidently and bravely during the interview. Although he had no business experience, he had super strong willpower. dared to tell the interviewer: It would be a pity for you not to choose me.
also took pictures of female white-collar workers in Guangzhou, called "Miss Public Relations".
The heroine Zhou Ying is the public relations manager of China Hotel. Impressive viewers should still remember her wavy curly hair, retro makeup, pearl earrings and suit shirts.
and as an office lady, when she is overwhelmed to deal with various emergencies, she can calmly touch up her makeup and deal with it calmly after smoking a cigarette.
Even Sister Zhou is extremely busy and has to answer work calls in the middle of the night, showing impatience and restrained politeness, which makes people look forward to it.
Of course, the main thing is to look forward to the way they work, being serious, dedicated and cool.
Zhou Ying just took office. He convened two meetings with the department, one to introduce himself and one to assign work. The whole process was no nonsense, efficient and capable.
A hotel guest complained about poor service, but Zhou Ying resolved it with a few words. When faced with any crisis, she can always find a way to solve it.
is also very strong-willed and looks down on workplace politics. She is not used to the problems caused by her subordinates and the quarrels between senior executives and insists on being punished according to regulations.The other female white-collar workers in the
department are also very outstanding, including college graduates, former cadres of the Guangzhou Taxation Bureau, photojournalists from the Pictorial Agency, former dancers in art troupes, and high school graduates who have studied English by themselves.
They finally get job opportunities, so naturally they are not in love and give up easily for the sake of their family.
Someone worked overtime until midnight, and his boyfriend came to pick him up and said, "It's so hard, so don't do it. I have a fortune of hundreds of thousands. After we get married, you can stay at home and enjoy the happiness."
Girl: Who said I wanted to marry you?
In fact, Zhou Ying also has a fiancé who is rich, talented and loves her. He has painted more advanced cakes for her: After getting married, you can still do the job you like.
Zhou Ying: If that’s the case, why are you in such a hurry to get married?
They are not targeting love, but have their own pride, principles and judgment at any time.
Some netizens said that in 1997, she went to a relative's house in Beijing, and her relatives taught her that she should learn to serve her superiors when she was just starting her job.
The relative's daughter-in-law beside her, a logistics supervisor of a foreign company, with a salary of more than 8,000, looked disdainful after hearing this: "We are here to work, not to sell ourselves. Respect is required, but service is not necessary."
The first batch The fundamental reason why independent women with advanced ideas appear in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou is that economic prosperity has given women more job opportunities. Economic independence and career achievements have brought them self-identity, status, dignity, and the confidence to disobey.
Shedding the shell of urban beauties
Where does their vitality come from?
htmlIn the 1990s, "white-collar beauties" appeared frequently in the media. They were imagined by the outside world as having "comfortable work, high income, smart and confident, fast-paced work and high consumption of life".But female white-collar workers do not have a glamorous appearance. Without this shell, their spirits will dissipate. Instead, they have a vitality that has the confidence to live independently at any time.
Just like Ms. Wang, who later stopped working as a white-collar worker, she was also Mr. Wang who had the courage to go overseas and start a career.
No more ostentation, I can work with a table and two chairs. I have downgraded my consumption from private rooms in big hotels to roadside stalls. I eat spicy pork noodles and say with confidence: if I celebrate success often, I will succeed. When
company opened, Lingzi sent a congratulatory gift. said that it was not the number 27 that led to Ms. Wang, but that wherever Ms. Wang was, there was the number 27.
This female friendship was very touching because there was a sense of mutual sympathy.
Lingzi also waited for Mr. Bao, and then decided to leave, completely cut it off, and reopened her own restaurant. She did not rely on men and relied on her own skills. Doesn't she look like another Miss Wang who dares to love and hate?
Therefore, it is not just female white-collar workers, as long as women’s life path is no longer trapped in marriage, love and family, and the vast world opens to them, they will always find a way to find a foothold and have the confidence to make active choices.
html Another type of working women in the 1990s, there was a TV series specifically filmed called "Foreign Girls". A group of rural girls went south to work in coastal processing factories. Rounding up, this is the Shenzhen Women's Illustrated Book of 20 years ago. The oldest one in
is called Fengzhen. She initially made money and sent it home, but she also obeyed and planned to go back and get married. Unexpectedly, her partner set rules for her before marriage, saying that she should work hard and be obedient after marriage.
Fengzhen ran away and took a group of fellow villagers out to work again. They support themselves in big cities, work hard to make money, fall in love freely, and escape from their hometown where boys are valued over girls and women are exploited.
The drama also proposes an explosive new concept: emotional investment. That is to say, the boss's consideration and care for the female employee is actually to make her work harder.
The heroine did not indulge in the fantasy of a boss. She woke up from emotional investment and learned her skills to start her own business.
There are many people in this group, and the first magazine featuring rural women as the protagonist appeared in society, called "Farmer Girl Know-It-All". The first issue of
magazine encouraged women to leave the countryside and work in the city. It also told the sisters about the female manager of a roast duck restaurant in Australia, setting an example and giving people strength.The topics discussed in
are also avant-garde: "Chastity Memorial Arch for Rural Women", "Should Betrothal Gifts Be Canceled", "Conflict between Career and Family", "Labor Rights of Domestic Workers".
In the past, all narratives were centered on men. Now, women have become the main body, beginning to express their own voices and explore what kind of life they want to live.
After all, when the first batch of women entered factories, enterprises, and businesses, Nora's departure was not just an awakening of consciousness, but a real confidence not to look back.
Since then, countless girls have continued to find the courage to find a way out.
