The screenwriter of "Little Woman" may not have such a meaning, but unexpectedly conducted a social experiment.
A family that is too poor to repair windows, and a family whose mother will steal the cost of her younger daughter's school trip. The eldest sister unexpectedly received 2 billion won and was also involved in the murder case and the chaebol conspiracy. The dark and realistic bottom-level life and the fast-paced plot advancement have made the reputation of episodes 1 and 2 full of reputation, and the Internet is well received. The ratings of the Seoul Capital Circle broke through 8.519% in episode 2, and the ratings of the 6th remained at 8.338%.
But if you look at the audience's comments, you will find that starting from the third episode, the reviews showed an avalanche-like decline. Kim Goe-eun 's eldest sister "Wu In-joo" was struggling for a while after discovering that the dead sister Hua Ying left her 2 billion, she struggled for a while. She also found that there were unfathomable forces and conspiracies. However, in the process, not only did she tell the person she had the 2 billion for the first time (although it was out of trust in Hua Ying) that she had the 2 billion, but she also walked around and wore the most expensive shoes to find a family planning to support her younger sister In-hye to study abroad. She took out a large amount of cash and put it on the table, which obviously made the other party wonder "Where is the money coming from?" (It turns out that because of this, 2 billion was stolen.)
these behaviors made netizens scold the lack of IQ, but as an accountant, she didn't know how to deal with huge sums of money and was not socialized enough. As for the second sister, "Renjing", he is a righteous demon. He knows that his sister needs money to use the surgery, but he is reluctant to use the stolen money. Someone in the comment section even said, "The eldest sister is really brainless. Is it not the bottom of society who doesn't think about it?", "Spend money like a nouveau riche, and it's only a matter of time before being targeted by others.", "The eldest sister is an ordinary citizen of the lower class. She has never seen the world and can't do anything when encountering major events." "The second sister's self-esteem of not using dirty money is the poor. The poor I know are very strong and self-esteem. I don't know why."
There is an emotion that the rich can digest, but the poor can't overcome
The 2 billion is not only a test for the characters in the play, but also a test for all audiences. In the face of money, especially in the face of irresistible numbers, can you put your original position in your heart about dignity, intelligence, justice, morality, etc.?
Think further, why do we hope that In-joo can get the 2 billion without being discovered by anyone, buy a stable house belonging to the three sisters, and watch the sunrise and set together to enjoy the fireworks on earth, and no longer be restrained everywhere because of poverty? It is because of resonance, because of projection, because we are too aware of the difficulties of life, and we hope that the gifts falling from the sky can be firmly caught.
BBC has a very excellent documentary "BBC Following 49 Years: 7 Years of Life of the Poor and the Rich". The director chose 14 children from different classes to follow and record their lives every 7 years until they are 56 years old. The seven children of the rich family basically go to private schools. Among them, Andrew and John, who are wealthy, have started studying at the Financial Times at the age of 7. After graduating from Oxford University, one became a lawyer and the other became a partner in a law firm at the age of 35.
Interestingly, Peter, who also graduated from Oxford University and was from the middle class, first became a teacher and then changed to a government civil servant. Although the development cannot be said to be bad, he still belongs to the middle class. At the end of the documentary, the director asked everyone the same question: "Do you think class exist?" Everyone answered the same affirmative answer. The conclusion of the film is that 93% of people in this world cannot change their destiny. Being poor is born poor, being rich is born rich, and being born rich is born for life at the age of 7. Only 7% of people do different behaviors, which may change the world.
The essence of money is "right to choose"
Many people may also remember the almost crazy worship of further studies in the once popular Korean drama "Sky Castle": spending money to collect information on admissions and finding famous teachers and tutors. A mother said to her child, "If grades drop, go to death!" Another movie "High Class Lies" directly satirizes this plot: When receiving parents, the noble international school said, "We let children learn not only English, but also golf , horse riding, and symphony. You have seen "Sky Castle" "City of the Sky"? That's the success of middle and upper-class children. People in the upper-class circles will not try their best to take the entrance exam for medical universities like them, because after graduating from a medical university and becoming a doctor, they still get a salary."
The so-called "rich" true essence is "choice". The richer you are, the more choice you have. These children from wealthy families are not very good at studying hard, because they do not need to climb up with a diploma, become academic masters, and do not need Fei Taofei's certification. They are often able to receive the influence of sports or art very early on, and even the aesthetics and the natural human connections that exist everywhere in life are more solidified inside and outside.
I saw a picture on the Internet before. The first two sentences were "Scientists discovered that children who often go out to see the world have a much higher chance of success than others." Successfully aroused curiosity and looked down. "After a lot of investigations, scientists concluded that their families are usually richer." I couldn't help but laugh.
If marriage is a second reincarnation, what exchange would you like to exchange?
In "Little Woman", Inkyo confessed to his childhood sweetheart Zong Hao: "When we were 24 years old, I really wanted to study abroad, and you obviously didn't want to learn, but you just had to study abroad because you had nothing to do. You also said that if you marry you, I could go, and suggested using your father's money to study together. Do you know how much I hate you?" For some people who are rich to the point of being at the same time, the problem that cannot be solved without money is the only problem of how much money it costs.
In fact, in the movie " Lu Binghua " 33 years ago, Gu Aming once said to his teacher, "The children of rich people seem to be good at everything." Anyone who has watched the movie knows that it is not necessarily the children of rich people who are really good at it, but giving the award to the children of rich people can bring more explicit or implicit resources to the organizer. There will never be any mistakes in adding icing on the cake.
So, back to "Little Woman", In-joo got a huge sum of 2 billion yuan and wanted to buy the first thing she wanted was not a house, car or investment, but a high-end winter coat! Insensitivity to money and lack of power are all caused by the growth environment.
She actually tried to turn her life around with marriage. Indeed, sudden class jumps usually occur in women through marriage. (Males may also be envious, so the famous saying "Auntie, I don't want to work hard anymore.") Marriage is an economic platform that promotes transactions between supply and demand between both parties or multiple parties and maximizes the opportunities for life development.
However, although many people agree that marriage is the second reincarnation, there are still many prerequisites: those who stand out from the crowd, excellent academic qualifications, or enter a good workplace and other fields of getting to know excellent people, are not all easy to achieve. Recently, another drama just allows you to reincarnate immediately and transform from a dirt spoon to a golden spoon. "Life Victory Group/Golden Spoon" throws up a topic: Since poverty is a failure game without a winner, when you can change your life and transform into a rich second generation immediately, but you have to abandon your original family and everything, are you willing?
You are not angry if you are treated unfairly? Because you are too good at enduring
The father of the male protagonist Li Chengtian in the play is an unpopular poor cartoonist, and he also owes 400 million yuan in debt because he helps others with insurance. He studied as a weak child and had to endure the beating, bullying and extortion of wealthy children.This is the appearance of poverty that we can imagine in the drama. Li Chengtian didn't fight back when he was slapped by his classmates. He said, "I wish I could punch you right away, but I won't do this because I don't have money. If I beat you, I have to give you money." This is like Wu Renjing's senior reporter in "Little Woman" who once said to her, "Don't you feel angry if you are treated unfairly? Is your family very poor? Because you are too stubborn." The lack of chips and the right to choose are similar.
But one day, the choice came, and Lee Seung-ten sold the next magic golden spoon that could "exchange parents" with others for 30,000 won at a mysterious street stall.
Li Chengtian didn't think about it for a long time. Perhaps because of the hard work, the urgent need in life, and the dramatic faced the crisis of dropping out, he chose to become a classmate Huang Taiyong, a super rich second generation rich. This identity can not only retaliate against his classmates who bullied him, reverse Li Chengtian's fate of being dropped out of school, but also help his original family pay off his debts (although he was rejected). We also see that, who was already good at studying and quickly understood the concept of difficult investment, had a high-intensity and strict requirements on his father in a wealthy family, but in contrast, Huang Taiyong was almost forced to collapse by his father, and he was always trembling in front of his father. Is this kind of identity change all relief for both people?
Interestingly, Huang Taiyong was arranged to have various professional courses every day and had to have dinner with the French ambassador's family in his spare time, he told his dependent bodyguard that he envied Li Chengtian, thinking that Li Chengtian could live as much as he wants, sleep as he wants, read online comics freely, and have a lot of time to control. What he didn't know was that the poor Li Chengtian was not free at all: after school, he not only had to help his classmates do homework and submit evaluations to avoid being bullied, but also had to work in convenience stores and go to take delivery to make money. What is he really able to control? Looking at it from another perspective, it might be fine if Li Chengtian really wants to put himself in a mess, but when he becomes Huang Taiyong, he is under pressure to inherit the family business, is he willing to bear or enjoy the open and secret struggles in the family? Can he really choose to lie down and not ask about the world at will?
Resources and opportunities are indispensable roles in everyone's academic experience and even the entire life. We also hope that vested interests in all systems can give back a little more and take on social responsibilities. Class solidification may be difficult to change, but people's hearts can be warmed up and only some watering is needed. Just like the orchid "Robber Princess" introduced by Chen Huaying, who died mysteriously in "Little Woman", to her elder sister Wu Renzhu, it is very inconspicuous now, but once it blooms, it will look like a real princess, even more brilliant than any flower.
