《中國(guó)合伙人》：創(chuàng)業(yè)路上的友情歲月

I thought Chan Ho-sun’s latest movie, American Dreams in China, would be a more masculine version of Zhao Wei’s So Young. But not quite, as it turns out.

我曾以為陳可辛的新作《中國(guó)合伙人》會(huì)更像一部男版的《致青春》。但事實(shí)證明并非如此。

Although the film depicts a nostalgic campus life full of idealism for the future and the impulses of love, the story is more about starting out after innocent youth has faded.

雖然片中回顧了那段充滿青春理想與躁動(dòng)激情的校園生活，但《中國(guó)合伙人》更側(cè)重于講述幾位年輕人告別青春、離校后的創(chuàng)業(yè)生活。

Through the intertwined destinies of the movie’s protagonists, the audience witnesses a triangle of friendship, career ambitions and personal dreams seemingly collapse as three best friends desperately try to tie and twist these elements together.

透過(guò)主角們交織在一起的命運(yùn)，觀眾們見(jiàn)證了當(dāng)鐵三角友誼、職業(yè)抱負(fù)與個(gè)人理想面臨破碎時(shí)，三位好友是如何竭盡全力地將它們重新糅合在一起的故事。

That’s why Wang Yang (Tong Dawei), one of the three best friends, who start a business together, shares this lesson of life: “Never start a business with your best friends.”

這就是為何作為鐵三角之一的王陽(yáng)(佟大為飾演)在經(jīng)歷與好友共同創(chuàng)業(yè)之后，分享出這樣的一條人生經(jīng)驗(yàn)：“千萬(wàn)不要跟最好的朋友合伙開(kāi)公司。”

He may be right. After all, no matter how close they are, differences in their professional and personal aspirations can drive friends apart. Every individual has a distinct outlook on the world and their future, which determines the trajectory of their career and life.

或許他說(shuō)的對(duì)。畢竟，不管朋友多鐵，不同的職業(yè)抱負(fù)與個(gè)人理想足以令好友分道揚(yáng)鑣。每個(gè)人的世界觀與理想各不相同，這些也決定了各自事業(yè)與生活的不同軌跡。

Without knowing of Meng Xiaojun’s (Deng Chao) struggles in the US and his disillusion toward the country, there’s no way Cheng Dongqing (Huang Xiaoming) can understand why Meng is pushing all the agendas so hard. The parting of the invincible trio, to some extent, is predestined.

因?yàn)閷?duì)于孟曉駿(鄧超飾演)在美國(guó)打拼的艱辛以及他的美國(guó)夢(mèng)碎這一現(xiàn)實(shí)一無(wú)所知，成東青(黃曉明飾演)沒(méi)法理解為何孟曉駿如此堅(jiān)決地推行自己的計(jì)劃。在某種程度上，所向披靡的鐵三角注定要以解散收?qǐng)觥?/p>

Even so, despite these differences, friendship always prevails. Cheng’s difficulties become a podium on which the three friends stand together. It’s through the emotional connection they developed over many years that they finally overcome their differences and reform the alliance.

即便如此，雖然存在各種分歧，但友誼總是能戰(zhàn)勝一切。成東青的人生低谷使得鐵三角重聚首。正是這份經(jīng)營(yíng)多年的友誼，使得他們最終克服了種種分歧，再鑄鐵三角。

What the film tries to convey is the triumph of brotherhood, which dates back to our naive, passionate youth when unconditional bonds of emotion are shaped.

該片試圖通過(guò)回顧充滿深厚情誼的純真激昂的青春歲月，來(lái)向人們傳達(dá)出“兄弟情誼戰(zhàn)勝一切”的主題。

So the film was never about business after all.

所以，本片終究不只是一個(gè)創(chuàng)業(yè)故事那么簡(jiǎn)單。