When the rules of society are embodied in money, it's really shuddering

Katheryn 2022-09-19 19:26:18

The story of The Nile Hilton Incident in the movie The Nile Hilton Incident takes place in 2011, a year when the 1.25 revolution occurred in Egypt, and President Mubarak, who had ruled Egypt for 30 years, was overthrown. By the end of the film, the streets were filled with protesters, and Mubarak's portrait was erased.

Cairo at night is chaotic, dirty, and looks like a savage growth. The police officer Noredin drove the car into the street like this, the purpose was not to maintain law and order, but to collect protection fees from door to door.

After the homicide at the Hilton Hotel, he shoved a thick wad of cash from the victim's wallet at the crime scene into his arms. I don't know if I should thank him for this action, but a photo development list in his wallet caught his attention. From this small photo development sheet, the victim's behavior of seducing and extorting high-ranking officials and wealthy people was led out, and the witnesses and the real murderer who killed her were also found.

The process of solving the case is very simple. What is complicated is the complicated relationship between the rich and powerful in Egyptian society, as well as various unspoken rules. It really shudders when the rules of society are embodied in money. Noredin wanted to take the suspect from another police area and was stopped by the patrolling police. After he put money in the other's hand, he solved the problem immediately. Until the end, the mastermind behind the murder was released because of a large sum of money. Although Noredin was angry, he could do nothing about the unspoken rules that penetrated into the bone marrow of Egyptian society, and he was the beneficiary and loyalist of such unspoken rules.

From this movie, I think of the three northeastern provinces. The northeast is cold to minus 30 degrees, but the topic of the northeast has been hotly discussed. From the time when a girl from the Forestry University chartered a car to Xuexiang and had a car accident, various negative news continued. Xuexiang tour guide slaughtered and beat people, Shenyang traffic police punished unclear number plates, Mao Zhenhua sued the Yabuli Management Committee, etc.

"Southern Weekend" mentioned in the report "Northeast People Breaking the Pass", "According to the statistical bulletin of Liaoning Province over the years, at the end of 2015, the resident population of Liaoning Province was 43.824 million, a decrease of 90,000 compared with 2014. At the end of 2016, the population continued to A reduction of 46,000 people." The population loss in the Northeast has caused pensions to "penetrate the bottom". "The "Annual Report on China's Social Insurance Development 2016" released by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security not long ago shows that the accumulated balance of Heilongjiang Province in 2016 has been fully spent, and the debt is 23.2 billion yuan. In addition, Jilin and Liaoning provinces also appeared for the first time in 2015. In the same year, the income could not cover the expenditure.” In terms of economy, taking Heilongjiang as an example, “Heilongjiang Governor Lu Hao once introduced a set of data: Compared with 2012, the energy output value of Heilongjiang decreased by 158.7 billion yuan.” From the perspective of economic and social In all respects, the three northeastern provinces are under enormous pressure.

The reason for this is that many people have mentioned the current concepts and various unspoken rules of Northeast people. In an article that is no longer easy to see, he said, "In the system, there are establishments, and these six words are magical in the Northeast." In an open recruitment of the Harbin Sanitation Bureau to the society, there were more than 10,000 positions in 457 positions. 41% of the 7,186 people who entered the formal application process have a bachelor's degree.

Harbin in the daytime fireworks

The reason why these six words are so magical lies in the unspoken rules that operate behind them. Within the system, more social resources and interests can be given priority. And it is not easy to enter the system. "After passing the written test and entering the interview, the 200,000 yuan will always be spent to buy a road." "However, if your family does not have people with hands and eyes, the 200,000 yuan you are If you can’t spend it, you are destined to miss the system.” So this conservative and rigid concept and ubiquitous unspoken rules have firmly imprisoned the three northeastern provinces and lost their vitality. This also led to "more Northeasterners are still going out". If things go on like this, a vicious circle will inevitably form.

At the end of the film, Mubarak's portrait is smeared out. In 2012, through legal and constitutional elections, the Egyptians brought the Muslim Brotherhood to power, and Morsi was elected Egypt's first truly democratically elected president. But he was ousted again a year later. If this concept of relying on relationships and unspoken rules for self-interest does not change, no matter who takes the lead, there will be no positive changes in life and social order.



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The Nile Hilton Incident quotes

  • Gina: I am an artist.

    Gina: But the people who have money want to buy me and lock me up in a golden cage.

    Gina: Even if you have the key, you can't run away.