few days ago, a good friend who had been studying in Beijing for more than a year wrote on his QQ signature. After reading it, I know how to smile. You don’t know. For more than a year since this little sister went north to school with her schoolbag on her back, I don’t know how many times she said "I miss Guangzhou" and "My future is in Guangzhou". This time, she finally wanted Set the hands of the watch back to "Beijing Time" and spend the warm winter openly. wish her well.
Compared with the slow heat of my little sister, Philip in "Welcome to the North" is a "hot fast", imported copy that is not made by my hometown Dianbai.
Philip, who is a post office chief, tried every means to apply for a job transfer to the warm South in order for his depressed wife to live in a better environment. He even pretended to be disabled and tried to hide from the sky, but he failed in the end. As a result, the unlucky Philip not only did his job transfer be in vain, but was transferred to the northern town of Berges by the company's paperwork, a hellish place where the legendary "can freeze your toes", where the residents are rude. , Savage, rude and full of "Northern" accent. In short, all the rumors are ruthlessly showing that there is not a place for southerners to stay.
So, with great fear of "North North", Philip crawled towards Bergs at a snail speed of sixty hours.
However, after only experiencing the panic of the first night, the optimistic Philip discovered that this small city is not a legendary hell. It is not a land of ice and snow. Although the residents and his subordinates are full of "North and North" accents and there are communication problems, They are friendly, enthusiastic, and dedicated, and they don't bully outsiders like the rumors. His subordinates even brought him furniture, filling his empty home. What's more interesting is that the Bergs people actually think that the South is very cold, and their expressions of compassion are the same as when they talk about the North. Ha ha.
Just as Philip began to adapt quickly, the phone rang and it was his wife Julie. When Philip was excited to tell his wife thousands of miles away that the environment and residents here are good, the preconceived wife actually thought Philip was lying, covering up the tremendous pressure he was under. In desperation, Philip had to "spit out bitterness" to his wife and described Berges as a barren land "this scene should only be in hell". Unexpectedly, after a lie, his wife actually cared about Philip more than ever, and said, "I am proud of the sacrifice you made for the family." She froze Philip on the other end of the phone, and didn't know how to answer. Later, Philip attributed his wife's concern to "distance produces beauty."
Like science, a lie is a double-edged sword. As long as it is used properly, it can also form powerful productivity. In order to cater to his wife's preconceived ideas, Philip woven a hellish picture of Bergs. He didn't think that it was this kind of "complaining" that rekindled the passion between husband and wife. So, on the weekend two weeks later, when Philip returned to the "warm" family in the south, his wife actually cooked a lot of his favorite foods to make him "replenish his body", and his son Rafael was also very serious. Counting father's toes are still missing. How warm this scene is. The dumbfounded Philip couldn't bear to tell the truth, so he could only continue to drive back to the "talkative" Bergs. This time, his speed was as high as 160 hours! The two old acquaintances, the uncle of the traffic police, relentlessly handed over the beef jerky again. I guess that the uncle of the traffic police must have been secretly injured at the time: "Thank you for your support for completing this month's tasks and the revenue generation work of the traffic police brigade!"
Returning to Begues again, Philip has become accustomed to using French fries as lunch. He has become friends with Anthony and other subordinates of Oedipus. They cooperated harmoniously and had a pleasant gathering, and successfully established the "Harmonious Post Office" demonstration unit. Thus, a scene of the drama happened. One day, Anthony was going out to deliver a letter, and Philip followed out on his bicycle. He vowed to teach Anthony to decline the drinking invitation of the residents—he wanted to help Anthony to stop drinking. Unexpectedly, after knocking on the door several times, Philip not only couldn't help Anthony "stop the wine", but he couldn't resist the test first, and finally even knocked on the door to beg for alcohol and drink, and ordered Anthony to "press people with power". Drinking... After drinking enough, the two actually did what drunks love to do in broad daylight. They stood on the bridge and pulled off the trouser chain to "pour water" into the river. Ah's didn't pay attention to urban management and Chuangwen at all! What's even more exaggerated is that they drove drunk and played life and death speed with the police uncle after having a good time. As a result, Philip's car crashed into an unlicensed stall next to him, which almost didn't cause a traffic jam. After getting up, he was handcuffed by the police and taken back to the police station. "Ah you, I was sent south of the post office, the mayor is bigger than you, you dare to arrest me? How much do you alarm?" Perhaps, Philip was sleepy mind flashed such a dialogue ......
Star The master solemnly pointed out that the happy time passed very quickly, and it was time to say goodbye. This sentence also applies to Philip. When he was quite excited to announce to his staff that he had no activities in the evening, the beautiful female staff (forgot her name) reminded in a low voice that today is the weekend, don't you need to go home? Yes, it's another weekend, it's time to go home...
But wife Julie still thinks that her husband has been tortured in the north, so she even invited her husband's friends to the house to cheer for Philip who came home on the weekend. Watching his wife's "humble" from the heart, and accepting the caring embraces of his friends, Philip was really moved-is this girl crazy? I said that she had a good life in the north, she didn't believe it, but she had to take for granted that he lived an inhuman life in the north. In fact, Philip didn't refuse this hard-won and sweet moment that was earned by running thousands of miles. Isn't he waiting for this moment?
What makes Philip even more crazy is yet to come-Julie actually wants to live with him in Bergs! In this way, all the lies about Bergs are self-defeating! He could not foresee his wife's reaction after learning the truth, so of course he strongly opposed it. After the persuasion failed, Philip, who was eager for his wife to go north, actually directed and acted in a very difficult car accident (please watch the video to evaluate the difficulty of the car accident by yourself). However, Philip's conspiracy to destroy the car finally turned into a mitigation plan. He could not dispel his wife's desire to go with him resolutely. He only delayed her going north by one day-just one day later, Bergs staged a show for all residents. Participate in a good show.
After hurriedly returning to the post office, Philip called all the staff in for an emergency meeting, fully exposed his guilty conscience about deceiving his wife, and begged everyone to lend a hand. However, the staff's reaction was surprisingly indifferent. One by one, they got up and walked out of the office, leaving Philip, who was dumbfounded, waiting for the embarrassing moment to come-you are too unreasonable, the boss is in trouble, you actually slip away one by one. ! See how I clean up in the future!
The train from the south came to a halt slowly, and the crowd on the train poured out like a tide. Philip stood on the platform looking around like a kid who did something wrong at school. He was eager to find his beloved wife in the flow of people, but he didn't know where to take her to find the legendary "Hell-like Bergs." ".
The next development can be described as a turnaround. After he hugged his wife in every way and was about to tell the truth, the yellow mail van at the post office suddenly stopped next to his wife, the door opened, and a small group of "North North" headed by Anthony surrounded Julie. Putting Julie into the car with extremely suspected van robbery...
So, the legendary Bergs appeared in front of Julie in an orderly manner-a rude country boy, an old house, a run-down mining area, a strange way of life... …Everything made Julie feel uncomfortable, and she finally realized how difficult it was for her husband to be here! However, the "bad" conditions not only prevented Julie from retreating, but also strengthened her determination to meet her husband, which was beyond Philip's expectations.
This accident sparked a controversy between Philip and Anthony about "men". They agreed that Philip turned around and told Julie the "Truth of Bergs", and Anthony cut off the "Oedipus complex" that had entangled him for 35 years, and boldly confessed to his former lover.
When Philip returned to the broken house, he found that Julie was no longer there. He didn't know that at the post office not far from the mining area, the beautiful staff had already told the truth to Julie. At the same time, Anthony plucked up the courage to propose to his mother, who had a strong desire for control, to stand on his own. Then, my mother rushed to the post office to "confess defeat" to the female staff member through the glass—"He chose you!"
Maybe "distance produces beauty." In fact, it is not distance that produces beauty, but distance reflects and magnifies beauty. Beauty is an emotional birthmark in human beings. It is born with it and does not need to be produced, only to be discovered. Master Xing said that at the moment he died, he tried to look at the world with his heart and eyes, and found that everything in the world was seen more thoroughly than ever before. Emotional birthmarks cannot be light-sensitive with the "naked eye". You must use the "mind eye" to find the most mysterious field of mankind. When Julie and the others are busy working together every day for work and firewood, the naked eye is enough, and the "mind eye" cannot be used. And when Philip went to northern Xinjiang, the chattering Julie said like an initiation: "I am proud of the sacrifice you made for your family." She didn't know that when she said this to the lover on the other end of the phone, she was not only proud of herself, but also the husband who was in the "purgatory on earth". He proudly assumed the responsibility of a man.
Comedy is a happy ending. Of course, not only Philip and his wife were reunited, but also Anthony, who just got rid of the "Oedipus complex". Speaking of Anthony, one must talk about the clock tower from the Middle Ages.
Although Sarkozy insisted on meeting with dl and caused dissatisfaction among the Chinese people, you have to admire the extreme humor and romance of the French. The clock tower used as a warning assembler is actually designed as a giant "piano" that can play music. The bell ringer must have at least eight levels of piano to be competent (please watch the video for the specific shape of the clock tower). Anthony is the piano artist. Every time he hits the "keys" passionately against the score, the beautiful bells ring through the small town of Bergs...
This night, that "small square", that towering tower In the bell tower, the sweet bell rang again. This time, instead of telling the time on time, Anthony's Love Charge was played. The banner that cascaded down like a waterfall, the female staff's surprised and sweet expressions, Anthony's "falling from the sky" and Philip's "retirement", jointly opened the prelude to Anthony's love...
"Most people who come to Bergs will cry twice, the first time is a newcomer, and the second time is parting." This sentence, Anthony said to Philip twice: the first time, Philip, who was a newcomer, disapproved and smiled; three years later, Philip's family wanted to transfer to the south "as wished", and the two brothers hugged each other tightly when they parted, and it was touching. Deep. Coincidentally, the "classic lie" that Xing Ye also mentioned twice in "A Great Westward Journey", although each has its own meaning, but different routes lead to the same goal. Emotions, the birthmarks inherent in human beings, the chilling forces of race, politics, and time and space cannot obliterate its existence.
If "Welcome to the North" is measured by the standard of "tragedy is to tear up good things for others to see", the film can also be interpreted as "tragedy". For example, when Philip’s family tried their best to transfer to work in the south, chance made a joke with them, and the family had to look thousands of miles away; when Philip began to take root in Bergs, an envelope once again uprooted the home from here , The new home is the southern part that I dreamed of three years ago. Three years have passed, and history has gone through a cycle and returned to the starting point. Nothing seems to have changed, but everything is completely different-should I comfort the Philip family with "the long-cherished wish is fulfilled" or "there is no lasting feast in the world"? The so-called tragicomedy are nothing but viewpoints and angles.
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I don't know whether "northern" has a special meaning in the West, I only know that "northern" is an unattainable word for China. The old saying "stands to the south" means that the emperor sits north to south, with an imposing power over the world. From ancient times to the present, almost all Chinese regimes have attacked from north to south to unify the country. Experts have analyzed that China's terrain is high in the north and low in the south. Northern soldiers have a great advantage in attacking from high to low, and southern soldiers are difficult to resist. For another example, the shining Big Dipper, like Marxism-Leninism, guides our way forward. Even Hong Kong, the once invincible international metropolis, "looks north toward China". The "North" is a scarce resource. Whoever masters the "North" has the commanding heights. Therefore, "Welcome to the North" is a matter of seeking skin with tigers in China. Don't believe it, otherwise there will be no bones.
The differences between dialects and accents exist in every country, and misunderstandings and conflicts between different dialects often cause a lot of jokes. This is certainly not an accent of laughing at someone. For example, the chicken and the duck said that we think the scene where the two can't communicate with each other is very ridiculous. In addition, there is a very "post-80s" love motto: It starts because of misunderstanding, and ends because of understanding. In fact, I think the truth should be that it started because it couldn't find the north, and it ended because it couldn't find the north. Therefore, many people believe that chaos is the appearance of love, and illusion is the source of happiness.
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back to my little sister. She often urges me to visit her in Beijing, especially when she is in "Beijing can't find North". I said, wait until I have money. She asked me when I would have money. I said, God knows.
It's cold, welcome to the south.
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