Love is a beautiful dream only when it is smashed with money

Veronica 2022-03-29 09:01:02

Aside from the Asian form, this story is still the American dream at heart - as long as you are brave, as long as you persist, as long as you fight, you will get everything you want and more.

Although I am deeply moved for Hollywood to produce such a movie with all-Chinese actors, but think about it, this "everything goes well" story has little to do with love, but has thousands of entanglements with money. It can be said that if you haven't seen perfect love, it's because you don't have enough money.

At the beginning of the story, the female protagonist didn't know anything about the male protagonist's family background. When she was shopping and chatting with her mother, she mentioned "a good Chinese man who sends all the money he earns home". In her vision, the male protagonist is a good man. A filial son from a poor family, going to see his parents is nothing more than having a meal and chatting together. Whether it was because of American thinking or subconscious indifference, she never thought that she might need to be "approved", and she also didn't think that she might need to bring a gift to her elders. At this point in time, she has a slight sense of superiority to the male protagonist.

Then, the plot took a huge turn from taking the first class on the plane. The self-confidence accumulated by the heroine over the years was severely hit. She never imagined that the ordinary man beside her was actually the fifth diamond king. However, poverty limits the imagination of the heroine. The rich in her mind and the "rich" of the hero are not the same word. Under the repeated pressure of the people around her, the heroine finally feels the most irritating crit in her life. . As the youngest professor of economics in the history of New York University, we don't know whether it is the power of love, but there is no doubt that "identity needs to be recognized" has aroused the heroine's mentality of never admit defeat. Even the king of cards can be done, what is a mere local tyrant.

Being able to work as a professor in European and American countries, the heroine herself is not very poor. It is not difficult to see from the beginning that she complained that the hero always finished the desserts she ordered. Therefore, her competitive spirit is more important than obtaining Wang Laowu's family property. If you say that the old lady is not beautiful, the old lady will show you the beauty. Don't want to let the old lady integrate into the upper class society? It doesn't matter, the old lady directly entered the aristocratic circle with her talent. Combined with what the heroine said to the hero's mother before she took the initiative to let go, there is only one meaning - rich is amazing, and your son is not worthy of me. Is this true love? It's a fight to win.

Let's talk about the male protagonist, what did this rich and invincible noble son do for love?

Not to mention the sudden surprise of the first class cabin, the plane arrived at the male lead's site. He clearly knew that the female lead did not come from a wealthy family, and she was not someone who often went to and from upper-level cocktail parties. She took the female lead to the family banquet and let her find friends by herself. Sent to the scene, and did not think about clothing, accessories, shoes and hats for her at all. Is this intentional to embarrass girls in front of their families?

As soon as I entered the door, the servant brought a water tray for washing hands. The hostess thought it was okay to drink it. The host's reaction was not to drink it with the hostess to take care of her face, but to explain to the hostess in front of everyone that she couldn't drink hand-washing water. . Is it really appropriate to be so upright in front of everyone, no matter if the people around you are staring?

Take the female lead to see her mother and grandmother. The male lead's original words are "this is my friend", but he did not say that this is my girlfriend, although various gossip news has already filled in the word "female", But it's really different if you don't say it yourself. Fortunately, the female protagonist's Chinese is not good, and it is estimated that she did not understand what the male protagonist said.

The female protagonist accidentally spilled red wine on the male protagonist's shirt, such a good opportunity can be taken to visit the room, but the male protagonist does not. He chose to entrust the heroine to his unreliable cousin and let his mother change clothes with him. Isn't it rebellious? At this time, he was well-behaved. His mother said that he could not bring people home to live in. He simply refused to let his future partner see his childhood room.

The bachelorette party before a friend's wedding is held separately for men and women. The male protagonist neither entrusts the female protagonist who is unfamiliar with everyone to a female friend, nor does he care about how the female protagonist is playing in the middle, even after the female protagonist clearly stated that there was a dead fish incident, the male protagonist never thought about it. Investigate what happened. Also, he didn't tell the girls that his ex-girlfriend would appear on the show. This gentleman is not big-hearted, he just doesn't care at all. Caring about someone and believing in her abilities are two different things.

Judging from the conversation between the male protagonist and his friend Kojima, the reason why he is willing to give up the family business and return to the United States with the female protagonist is that he is sure that his family will compromise. Counting the incompetent brothers and sisters around him, no one can compete with him for the family business. He has long decided that this is not a multiple-choice question of fish and bear's paw. It is not so much love that he has been reluctant to let go of the heroine, but rather a curiosity. The hero himself mentioned that the heroine is different from everyone around him, and he wants to rebel against his mother's authority. It is not difficult to combine Imagine the psychological significance of this marriage to him.

On the day of the friend's wedding, the heroine invited by the hero himself did not reserve a seat at all. The heroine continued to dress and make up herself and asked someone to send it to the scene, and was even mocked by the hero's mother that the front row seats were full. This pot really doesn't belong to the male protagonist's mother. The wedding is the wedding of the male protagonist's friend, and the male protagonist is also the best man. How could there be no way to reserve a seat? Completely disregarding the situation, I saw the heroine in the front row actually had a face of surprise, and the heroine actually said "I Love You" in a deep mouth. Excuse me? ! One of you is covering up that you forgot to reserve a seat, and the other is showing off that you can get a seat no matter what, this TM has half a dime relationship with love. True love can't do that.

As for the male protagonist calling the female protagonist's mother and chasing after the plane to propose marriage, the story has already entered the fairy tale atmosphere of Hollywood. Think about it, the heroine is the one who won the card king at the beginning and the mother-in-law by mahjong at the end. There is nothing she can't win. And the male protagonist, who was born with thousands of mansions, is what he can't have at the same time. One after another weddings piled up with millions of gold and silver, everyone was moved to tears.

Recalling the scene where Shen Teng set off fireworks in "The Richest Man in Xihong City" to disturb the hearts of beauty, love is really the hardest and easiest emotion in the world. If you spend enough money and your wealth lasts long enough, no matter who you meet in this beautiful dream of love, you can keep it safe for the rest of your life without waking up.

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Crazy Rich Asians quotes

  • Rachel Chu: Thanks for meeting me here.

    [Eleanor eyes the other two women at the mahjong table]

    Rachel Chu: Don't worry about them. They're half-deaf and they only speak Hokkien.

    [Long pause as Eleanor reluctantly settles into her seat]

    Rachel Chu: My mom taught me how to play. She told me mahjong would teach me important life skills: Negotiation. Strategy. Cooperation.

    Eleanor Young: You asked me here, I assume it's not for a mahjong lesson.

    [Shows her tiles]

    Eleanor Young: Pong.

    [Snidely remarks]

    Eleanor Young: My mother taught me too.

    Rachel Chu: I know Nick told you the truth about my mom, but you didn't like me the second I got here. Why is that?

    Eleanor Young: There is a Hokkien phrase 'kaki lang'. It means: our own kind of people, and you're not our own kind.

    Rachel Chu: Because I'm not rich? Because I didn't go to a British boarding school, or wasn't born into a wealthy family?

    Eleanor Young: You're a foreigner. American - and all Americans think about is their own happiness.

    Rachel Chu: Don't you want Nick to be happy?

    Eleanor Young: It's an illusion. We understand how to build things that last. Something you know nothing about.

    Rachel Chu: You don't know me.

    Eleanor Young: I know you're not what Nick needs.

    Rachel Chu: [pauses] Well he proposed to me yesterday.

    [pauses]

    Rachel Chu: He said he'd walk away from his family and from you for good.

    [pauses]

    Rachel Chu: Don't worry, I turned him down.

    Eleanor Young: [sighs] Only a fool folds a winning hand.

    Rachel Chu: Mm no. There's no winning. You made sure of that. 'Cause if Nick chose me, he would lose his family. And if he chose his family, he might spend the rest of his life resenting you.

    Eleanor Young: [after a long pause] So you chose for him...

    Rachel Chu: I'm not leaving because I'm scared, or because I think I'm not enough - because maybe for the first time in my life, I know I am.

    [Choking back tears]

    Rachel Chu: I just love Nick so much, I don't want him to lose his mom again. So I just wanted you to know: that one day - when he marries another lucky girl who is enough for you, and you're playing with your grandkids while the Tan Huas are blooming, and the birds are chirping - that it was because of me: a poor, raised by a single mother, low class, immigrant nobody.

    [Shows her tiles. Gets up. Walks to her mom, who turns and glares at Eleanor]

  • Astrid Young Teo: It was never my job to make you feel like a man. I can't make you something you're not.