On the first day of the Lunar New Year, I went to the cinema to watch the "Hot and Hot" that I had in mind.
At present, the film has been bought by Sony Pictures for global distribution, and it has become popular abroad, and the Douban score has also increased from 78 consecutive points to 80。
In addition to being moved, there are few words that can express my feelings after watching the movie.
Not only me, but the entire theater was reluctant to leave for a long time after the movie ended.
At this moment, I realized that the Jia Ling in front of me was no longer the single image of the "comedy cross talk actress" in front of the audience.
She's a good director, she's a disciplined actor, and she's anyone she wants to be.
It's awesome.
How important is it to win once? In the movie "Hot and Hot", Le Ying played by Jia Ling gave people the feeling that they were blocked everywhere at the beginning. In the 10 years since I graduated, I have hardly worked, and I lie on the sofa every day, and the biggest amount of exercise is to walk from one end of the sofa to the other. My cousin, who works at a TV station, wanted her to be on the show and help her find a job by the way, but she couldn't say a complete sentence for a long time. In the face of her sister's ridicule, she scolded at most and let the other party punch the cotton. 
She is used to wrapping herself in thick fat, in her comfort zone, eating, sleeping, and dodging. 
On the show, she dissected this reason to the audience:It feels good to everyone, but it always hurts. 
Many times, Le Ying is cautious, humble and cowardly, and after saying a word, her eyes must be looking down. She is kind and kind to everyone around her, so good that she is even a bit of a people-pleaser. She longs for the affection of her family. But the younger sister in the family is strong and domineering, and even when she asks for her, she is arrogant, and she takes it for granted that Le Ying helps her. She hopes to have love shelter. But when she was betrayed by her boyfriend and best friend, she didn't scream hysterically, but just swallowed a big sip of beer. 
The cousin took revenge on her for using Heen, and she just lay on the ground, a drop of hot tears flowed out. Even, living with Haokun played by Lei Jiayin, the other party enjoyed her good, but never refused to admit that she was his girlfriend. For all this, she just paid silently and left silently. She doesn't know revenge, she doesn't know how to resist, she only knows how to wrap herself in layers, and then in this shell, she becomes numb, pessimistic, and desperate. There's a scene in the movie that I remember very well, she eats kebabs, her eyes are empty, her movements are stiff, and she walks through the block, through the coastal path, through the bustling city. 
The kind of heart in her body that wants to stand up but can't be supported by the mud, and the learned helplessness that wants to win but is always defeated by life, is vividly reflected. Haokun asked her, which is more important, 30,000 yuan or winning once? Her answer was,Win once. 
Why is it so important to win once? If you've ever experienced that situation where you always lose, if you've experienced chicken feathers in a fucked life, if you've experienced that learned helplessness, you know how important it really is for them to win once. 
Since the ending is a loss,Why bother punching? One of the episodes that resonated with me the most was when Le Ying was in despair, jumping off the balcony in the storm. She didn't die. Looking at herself in the mirror, she had been cowardly for more than 30 years, carefully currying favor with others, and suddenly broke down and cried. She could feel the pain. She could finally feel the pain. She lives under this layer of "fat protective cover", and she finally awakens at this moment! She suddenly understood that all the negativity, expectations, and tolerance of others are internal friction for herself, and her life has come to an end, and she is not even afraid of death, so she will simply go crazy. She was determined to become a boxer.
Not to prove anything to others, not to fight for breath, but only for yourself. If you don't have a foundation, then practice! If the weight is not up to standard, then lose it! If you don't have the money to pay for tuition, then borrow! If you are not qualified, then you will always let yourself be qualified! At this moment, actors Jia Ling and Le Ying seem to be the same person. The love for Haokun is gone, the resentment towards his relatives is gone, and all the injustices he has suffered are gone. All her attention was transferred to herself. How many kilometers did you run today? Can a barbell be lifted? The left fist has power, but what about the right fist? Life and movement, into the flow, reached the best state.
My favorite image is when she walks through the long corridor and looks at her past self in the mirror, and at that moment, time seems to be divided into two dimensions, and the chubby, cowardly self is smiling and waving to her now, giving her a thumbs up. Punch, strike, fall, stand up ......Although she fell in embarrassment, although she lost her balance, although she lost consciousness, she knew that her life was different. As the saying on the Internet goes: if you decide that you deserve suffering, then the light will inevitably shine on you. I remember that when she was beaten by the other party and her nose was blue and her face was swollen, my sister sitting in the audience said something something along the lines of: "I'm sick, since I know I can't beat it, why do I have to punch it?" "Yes, since you know that the ending is a loss, why do you want to fight? Because after being reborn, Le Ying already knew what she wanted at this time, and she wanted to go. What she wants is not a literal win or loss at all, but a gesture, a gesture of throwing a fist at life, a gesture of uncompromising. In the face of the injustice of fate, swing your fist!
Facing the chicken feathers of life, swing your fist!
Face everything around you and swing your fist!
Just like the circle of friends posted by Le Ying, as long as you understand the meaning of punching, you have already won once. When you see that a soul can carry its physical body over mountains and mountains in this way, break out of its cocoon into a butterfly again and again, and gush out so much determination and strength, you will believe in the meaning of having life in your own hands.
Although hard,But I still want you to live a hot lifeLe Ying's father met Le Ying in the restaurant, and he sandwiched a piece of meat for her, but instead of eating the meat, she ate the onion she had sandwiched. My father said, "It's hard for you to do this, but you're really different, it's completely different from before." Only Le Ying herself knows what she has experienced and what she has paid for becoming like this. It's hard, but I still want to live that hot life. When Haokun saw the slimmed down Le Ying, he really began to be moved, and he invited her to eat bullfrogs. However, Le Ying smiled chic and said bluntly: Actually, I don't like to eat bullfrogs. The moonlight was hazy, the shadows of the trees were swaying, she walked lightly in the cold moonlight, walking alone, towards the unknown future, running hard, without looking back. She finally learned to express herself and truly love herself. She has the most innocent kindness, but she also has sharp edges and corners; She will shake hands with the world and know how to resist the wounds brought by others.
The English name of the film "Hot and Hot" is "You Only Live Once", which literally translates to "You can only live once". I think this is also the truth that director Jia Ling wants to tell us about life. You only live once, so it doesn't matter what, it's okay to be ridiculed, it's okay to cry, it's okay to fail. What matters is, have you lived a hot life, have you made your life hot? I thought of Li Xiaogang, who was reading poetry at the construction site. Even though he was covered in mud and dust, even with exhaustion and hardship, he still lived in this life, reciting his favorite poems and books aloud. At that moment, all the dust, mud, and exhaustion ceased to exist, and he was in his own voice world, being his own emperor.
I remembered the owner who played the piano at his roast duck shop. In between the meals of the guests, he sat alone in the corner, stroking the piano in his hand and playing it elegantly.
Even though the life in front of us is heavy and difficult, as long as we learn to love and feel, we will definitely be able to taste the sweetness in these various tastes. At the end of the film, Le Ying was not cheated by God. She didn't win the competition, didn't succeed in her career, didn't get a "beautiful man", didn't get rich, didn't make her family and friends look at her differently, and didn't change society, but she just reconciled with herself. We have made worldly definitions our goal. You can't get into a good university, you can't find a satisfying job, you can't afford to buy a house, and you can't live a rich life. These are actually the normal state of life. But this does not mean that we, ordinary beings, are failures. There are no criteria for success. In this long life, even the most ordinary life can be lived a shining and hot life. Don't humbly please others, don't be swayed by others, follow your own heart, accept everything, reconcile everything, and strengthen everything. Each of us must learn to bravely abandon the illusion of being loved and learn to truly love ourselves. As Jia Ling said in a later interview: What we are looking for in our lives is the lifestyle we like and the person we want to become. Even if you take a few detours, it's okay to spend a lot of time on the road, and it doesn't matter if it's different from what others expect. As long as you're on your way to being yourself, that's enough.
Life has always left us bruised. But in the end, those places that are injured will definitely become our strongest places.