In 2019, "The Distance Between Us and Evil" was on fire. After HBO created a new reputation for Taiwanese dramas, the behind-the-scenes team once again launched an original series with myVideo.
is known as "the distance between us and the good"-
"Workers"
This drama is adapted from the best-selling book of the same name by Taiwanese construction engineer Lin Liqing, is the first time that Taiwan has a drama series featuring workers.
tells the story of the ironwork brothers Aqi, Aqin, the pattern worker Changzi, the strange hand Aquan, and a few friends who have dreams of making a fortune, playing one after another ridiculous and funny fortune scenes on the construction site.
Many netizens left a message after reading, "This is the masters I will meet in my work. It resonates too much", "I am grateful that I am living in the new era of Taiwanese drama", "It is definitely the next Taiwanese drama that I must follow. "...Z1z
Why is the audience so emotional?
Because the scenes in the book are the personal experience of the original author Lin Liqing, he recorded what he saw and heard during his ten-year career as a site supervisor.
outlines the daily details of the life and work of workers on the construction site in Taiwan from the perspectives of the three categories of "construction site, human world," "love fight," and "alive", so that these silent images and sounds at the bottom of society emerge. The sales volume of
this documentary essay reached 50,000 copies in 2018. After two years of polishing and adaptation,
has been in the top three of Google Taiwan’s popular search rankings once it was broadcast. The current rating of
Douban is 8.9. According to this trend, the overall quality should be comparable to "The Distance Between Us and Evil".
actor Li Mingshun , the drama most familiar to mainland audiences should be "The Couple of Condor Heroes" co-interpreted with his wife Fan Wenfang, and later appeared as a supporting role.
is like "Huang Yaoshi" in Chen Yanxi's version of "Sculpture of Gods", and Ah Ling's husband in the movie "Tropical Rain" recommended some time ago.
this time, in order to play the role of "Aqi" , I took two shades of the skin of my arm, worked hard to gain weight, ate a full 10 kg, and gave birth to a "March of pregnancy" belly. Belly;
also practiced Taiwanese hard, walked carelessly, spoke vulgarly, performed exceptionally, and restored the true state of a construction worker.
and him form the "Three Stupies on the Site", as well as the four-time Golden Bell Award finalist "Chang Ge" You Anshun, and one of the hip-hop group Big Mouth members Xue Shiling "Aquan".
As for actresses, there is Miao Keli, the strongest sister-in-law on the site, who is known as a professional householder who is pouring cold water. In fact,
has got rid of the virtuous image of the past and has the first-class skill in the drama.
Of course, the most surprising thing is that Lin Weijun , who has appeared in "Dolphin Bay Lovers" "One Hundred Percent", has a cameo appearance in the play, which made the audience eat a wave of memories.
The male protagonist Ah Qi is a construction worker with a low salary and not doing a proper job, but thinking about how to make big money all day long.
Aqi's family background is average. There is a dad who has been in bed for many years, a son who is preparing for college entrance examination, and his wife takes care of the family at home full-time.
One day, a brother on the construction site suffered a work injury. After Aqi and others sent him to the hospital, several people sat outside the temple to rest.
Brother Chang, Sao Chang, and Ah are all praying for blessings, only Ah Qi is looking at the merit box blankly, watching the pilgrims stuff money into the box one by one.
He suddenly had an idea, if he could buy a Buddha statue, wouldn't all the money for sesame oil go to him?
plus the Buddha statues don't need to be taken care of, no need to eat, and you won't get sick. Just find a place to make offerings. When thinking of this, Aqi already feels that the golden Buddha statue is waving to him.
, but it takes 250,000 to buy a Buddha statue. A few brothers can't make up a fraction of it, so they persuaded Aqi’s younger brother Aqin to "take a stake."".
Aqin’s younger brother Aqin is an ironworker on the site. He is hardworking and fine in workmanship. Z1z
Aqin is usually taciturn, but he often helps this hapless elder brother outside the house. There is no complaint, even if he knows that the eldest brother is not doing it every day. Practical daydreams are also left to him.
According to his words, as long as the elder brother is happy.
So every time Aqi speaks, Aqin will help him unconditionally, and this time is no exception. This is the case with
. Qi took his brother’s money, plus his and his brother’s private money, and bought an Erawan Buddha from an Indonesian who claimed to be a Thai.
Who knows that the Buddha statue was seized by the customs as soon as it arrived at the airport. A guarantee fee of 200,000 yuan was paid.
Aqi, without saying anything, went home and stole the title deed and went to pawn. Fortunately, he was stopped by the police in time at the bank, which prevented a fraudulent storm.
However, the local Qi flat out of 800,000 for no reason The interest also made Aqi feel bad.
Chang brother advised Aqi to work hard and stop doing so many moths, but Aqi just didn't believe in fate, and when he turned around, he wanted to raise pigeons, which was really speechless. Z1z
wants to say that Ah Qi is definitely wanting to get rich and crazy.
bought a bunch of health medicines a few years ago, but didn’t sell a bottle at home;
later said to invest in a claw machine. But in the end, it’s all about talking;
accidentally caught a live crocodile on the construction site, thinking about making the crocodile into a bag and earning millions, but I didn’t look at any of them. Nothing. Z1z
jokes like this are everywhere, and they are more exciting than one. Z1z
is almost fifty years old, and he even cares about his son asking for money. If he gets into trouble, he will let his brother clean up the mess, regardless of family affairs. My father has been in the hospital for a long time, and his wife is taking care of him.
Aqi is dreaming of her own spring and autumn dreams every day, even with Brother Chang and Aquan, dreaming endlessly.
But looking at them, you feel hated. If they don’t get up, they are eager to make a fortune, simply because they want to make the people around them a better life.
For example, Aqi will say, "When I have money, the first thing I do is to buy a plane and fly around with my wife." Z1z
is the same. Brother Chang dreams of sending his daughter abroad to study, Ah Quan wants to buy an expensive crocodile leather bag for his goddess, but the prerequisite for these things is to have money support.
In order to survive, sometimes he has to bow to reality. Even erase the dignity.
Like Ah Quan said, he never wants his own child in his life As a worker, it is God who decides whether they need dignity or not. The sentence
stung the audience's heart, and the real portrayal of the construction workers made people sad and helpless.
uses witty humor and tears in laughter to reflect the reality of the people at the bottom of society.
In fact, this is just the tip of the iceberg. Many people living at the bottom of society have a hard time.
Some people have to drown themselves in the smog in order to make more money for their families and feed their families;
Some people, even if their backs are bent by heavy objects, do not dare to fall down, because They are the pillars of a family.
These people have no culture, no advanced technology, no flattery, beards and horses, and no laws of survival, so they can only rely on manual labor in exchange for money.
However, no matter how hard and tired they are, they will not give up, because the hard-earned money is the hope of the family. In this drama,
is completely transmitting a belief: "Believe in fate, believe in yourself" . Brother
will have a moth coming out almost every episode, making the audience laugh.
But after the failure, they did not blame others, but cheered up and encouraged each other to start all over again and continueContinue toss.
Some viewers may be bored with this kind of tossing, but from another perspective, this is a kind of "unkillable Xiaoqiang spirit" , it is with these tossing that life will become more interesting.
As Aqi said, no matter where we are trapped, we always try to get out of this environment. No matter how bullied or persecuted by others, we believe that sooner or later there will be a bright future.
