After experiencing the storm of " Crash Landing of Love ", have you come out? Faced with the upcoming gap, what drama is worth catching up at home? This has to be mentioned that the discussion in South Korea is also a big hit, and the "Smooth New Year drama" in 2020 "Itaewon CLASS".
Chinese people may have heard of several famous attractions in Seoul, South Korea. Gyeongbokgung Palace . Watch the guards, Myeongdong shopping, and Seoul Tower . But if you like to experience exotic culture, Itaewon is a place that must not be missed. This is the place where the most foreigners gather in Seoul. Various specialty cafes and bars can also be found here. Of course, the consumption is a little higher.
"Itaewon CLASS" is an Korean drama adapted from the manga. The trailer shows that the male protagonist Park Se-ro and several partners open a tavern in Itaewon, trying to create their own sky. It looks youthful and energetic, but he shoulders a heartbreaking past. The meaning and visible details contained in the entire work are definitely not something to describe in a few words. The following is to peel off one by one.
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Once again criticized the social structure mastered by the chaebol
The male protagonist Park Selo founded the tavern to confront his father's former boss. However, the boss is rich and can easily buy any real estate. Park Selo's father, like many typical Koreans, entered a large enterprise to work until he was old and retired. He served in the same enterprise throughout his life. The main reason is that the large enterprises have many benefits, good salary, and some protection. This is human nature. However, 40% of South Korea's GDP comes from the top ten enterprises, commonly known as chaebols, including Samsung, Hyundai Motor, LG, Lotte, etc. It is equivalent to that enterprises control the lifeline of the country. Even the government wants to give them three points. Even if the government has financial difficulties, they ask for help. chaebols provide more job opportunities.
Park Se-roo founded a tavern and confronted large enterprises, but it seemed overestimated, but it was a collision and criticism of the traditional system, implying that in South Korea under the control of chaebols, young people in would have to fight against with their determination to be broken.
"Itaewon CLASS" Chairman Zhang, the big boss of the catering chaebol, uses his wealth and power to seize everything in the world.
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Whether hereditary politics can be broken by professional managers
The huge gap between the rich and the poor in South Korea makes young Koreans claim to be living in hell North Korea, not to mention that "Parasite" has already described it bloodily, and the existence of chaebols has allowed wealth to be continuously hereditary. The three major groups in South Korea are all in the hands of a single family.
In order to end hereditary or avoid the company becoming a tool for family struggle, companies will start to hire professional managers to take over the family business. In the play, they also try to propose this concept and break the vicious cycle of hereditary property and class replication. But will it come true? It can only be said that it should be difficult to achieve in Korean society.
The evil and arrogant rich second generation Zhang Genyuan in "Itaewon CLASS" is also the heir to the Changjia Group.
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Youth entrepreneurship has begun to emerge
Although chaebols control South Korea's economy and make young people point to the government's inaction, the South Korean government has begun to encourage young people to start businesses in recent years, hoping to reduce South Korea's youth unemployment rate. For example, the current president Moon Jae-in has expanded financial assistance and tax incentives for young entrepreneurial enterprises after taking office, including loans that do not need to be repaid for failure in entrepreneurship, and entrepreneurial fund coupons, etc.Although Park Se-ro of "Itaewon CLASS" only graduated from China Middle School and had a criminal record, he saved up all kinds of rough work and money from running ocean fishing boats with his hard work. He opened his own tavern when he was 29 years old and chose Itaewon, which had such a high rent. Although it was difficult to start a business and no one else was optimistic about it, practiced ideals more passionate than a slam dunk master based on his beliefs. It depends on how he lost all the doors to the crowd with the help of the store manager Zhao Yirui. Zhao Yirui is also a weirdo. He is extremely smart and talented and beautiful, but he gave up on a prestigious university and went out to work directly, which also reflects that young people now do not agree with the tradition of studying in a good university and entering a large enterprise.
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Korea's unique rental culture
is very direct in China. If you can't afford a house, you need to rent it. Sign a contract, press a deposit of 1-2 months, and pay a fixed rent every month; however, it is not only that in Korea, there are full rent, monthly rent, and half-month rent. If you are renting a store, it also involves the distribution of premiums, how can you not be exploited by the homeowner? There are two episodes of "Itaywon CLASS" about Park Se-ro's store being bought and facing the crisis of moving. It depends on how he attacks and defends the owner, and at the same time, he has to quickly calculate the expenditure. I can't help but admire his head.
Tips
Full Rental: It is a unique culture in Korea, which means paying a large deposit to the landlord. In addition to water, electricity, gas management fees, etc. during the contract period, there is no need to pay the rent, and you will get the deposit back after the period.
month rent: same as in China. Half-monthly rent: If you can't afford the full rent, you can also pay a larger deposit, and then talk to the landlord about a lower rent than the monthly rent, and you can also pay the rent every month.
premium: Unlike margin (deposit), it is the interest price paid by the new tenant to the old tenant when the store lease is transferred, indicating that he has taken over the interests of this good location or the intangible assets of the store.
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Korean drinking culture
Many male friends may be moved by father and son in the first episode when watching "Itayon CLASS". In fact, the statement is not long, but it can leave a deep impression. One of the scenes is that the father teaches Park Se-ro how to drink: holding a bottle in his hand and pouring wine for his elders, not being able to fill it all, and then letting his elders pour wine for you, and then turning his head aside to drink it, which is "polite".
Drinking culture is popular in Korea. After work, I see that office workers at roadside snack stalls are usually frivolous and soybean, even for simple women to have dinner together. Therefore, I need to learn a set of "rules" of drinking since I was a child, not to mention company dinners (meeting for food). It is common for stalls 2-3 after dinner.
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All kinds of discrimination are not surprising Although Korea's popular culture is at the forefront of the world, it is deeply rooted in traditional Confucian culture, and the social atmosphere is relatively conservative, and the status of men and women is still unequal. Women are generally expected to leave their jobs and take care of their husbands and children at home after marriage, and this is only the most basic. In "Itayen CLASS", we can also see that the unfriendliness of diverse genders and other races are influenced by the idea that men must pass on their family line. LGBT groups such as comrades and transgender people are difficult to be treated equally, because not only will they be subject to strange eyes, but they may even involve family members, friends, or services companies will be affected by this. Shenli Tavern chef, he worked hard to make money in order to undergo a sex change surgery. Comic-style passionate shooting techniques If you watch it before, you feel that this drama is too knowledgeable and cannot be read for free, think about when we read the comics! Do you have that kind of experience, and you can easily read a certain comic, but you seem to get something? This is how it feels like "Itaewon CLASS".
Although there are many foreigners in Itaewon, they are divided into "levels" and there are discrimination and stereotypes, such as "as long as you are a foreigner, you will definitely speak English", so Tony, who comes from Guinea in Africa and only speaks French, accidentally crashed into a tavern as a working student; another example is that nightclubs prohibit dark-skinned foreigners such as Africans and Middle Easterners from entering. Even if you are a fluent Korean mixed-race child, as long as your skin color is wrong, you are embarrassed, you are not "Korean". 7
Revenge, Xiaoxiami fights against the giants, coupled with the classic car accident scenes in Korean dramas, youthful and passionate mutual K, lines that hit your heart one by one, combined with the No. 1 expression of actor Park Seo-joon , although the same expression, the eyes can see emotions such as wavering, perseverance, anger, etc. When he faces the oppression of the group's boss, he can still stick to his ideals and not be defeated by adversity. It sounds very old-fashioned plot, but a loyal audience's words: "Itayen CLASS" straightforwardness is our unattainable ideal in life, so it becomes very attractive, making everyone want to watch Park Se-ro fight to defeat his opponent together.
actually dismantled the Korean name of the male protagonist, Shilu (se-lo-yi). In addition to the direct transliteration, the two words 새로 originally mean "new" in Korean, representing a new chapter, a new beginning, and a new life. blossoms and bears fruit in this magical place of Itaewon. Let's join this new world of Litaewon.
