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1905 movie network feature With the sound of the horn for the resumption of work in theaters, a host of new films have been unveiled, including many heavyweight IP sequels.On the third day of the resumption of work, the sequel starring Andy Lau and Liu Qingyun became the first film to enter the "New Year’s Eve", set for December 24, 2020.

A week later, the sequel starring Liang Jiahui, Gu Tianle, Wu Zhenyu and Lin Jiadong released a teaser poster and made a high-profile appearance.

One is that Qiu Litao and Andy Lau joined forces to defuse bombs for the second time to enter the New Year’s Eve file, and the other is that Wang Jing used the theme to bring Hong Kong film stars back to the film market. I believe that fans who have not gone to the cinema for a long time will be happy to see this. After all, Hong Kong films have once again rushed to the forefront of the revival of the film market, and we will soon be able to reunite with our idols on the big screen.

However, this surprise is also mixed with a subtle and complex emotion, that is, although the lineup is still strong, are these starring stars too familiar?

Déjà vu! The iron star has dominated the screen for 30 years

Judging from the lineup of these two new films, we have seen Andy Lau, Louis Koo, Wu Zhenyu, Liu Qingyun, Liang Jiahui, Lin Jiadong, Jiang Haowen… This batch of male actors over 50 years old still sit firmly in the starring position with their excellent acting skills and undiminished popularity – the last time I saw Andy Lau as the starring role was last year, he cooperated with Koo Tianle and Lin Jiadong, and we will see him starring in the second half of this year;

The last time I saw "public welfare model worker" Gu Tianle, there was also his starring role last year (with Wu Zhenyu) (with Lin Jiadong and Lin Yu) (with Liang Jiahui and Lin Jiadong) "Apostle Walker 2" (with Zhang Jiahui and Wu Zhenyu) (with Jiang Haowen)…

The last time I saw Wu Zhenyu, in addition to "Home and All Things Shocked" and "Apostle Walker 2", there were also;

The last time I saw Liu Qingyun was when he starred in (with Zhang Jiahui) and;

The last time I saw Leung Ka Fai was last year when he starred in "Chasing the Dragon 2" and;

The last time I saw Lin Jiadong’s movie was also the works I just mentioned last year: "Anti-Corruption 4", Anti-Drug 2 "," Dragon Chasing 2 "…

The last time I saw Jiang Haowen, in addition to the gold medal male characters in the above-mentioned movies, there were also Du Peng, who had an aura no less than Chen Chong last year, the Kuomintang officers in "Liberation: Final Rescue", and the agents in the hospital’s transfer network this year. They were representatives of the continuous expansion of drama in addition to the traditional police and bandit model.

Of course, let alone Jackie Chan, the pride of the Chinese in the world and the leader of kung fu films; Donnie Yen, who has been playing until today with "Ip Man"; Tony Leung, who is not an honest god in literary films but has been playing from Hancheng and Tokyo to Europe; Zhang Jiahui, who has fallen in love and killed with Gu Tianle and Liu Qingyun in multiple film series; Guo Fucheng, who is in his 50s as a young and middle-aged painter without any sense of incompatibility; Zhou Yun-fa, who has evoked the climax of fans again and again with classic scenes such as "Unparalleled"; Ren Dahua, who is still difficult to get rid of the inherent image of the gang boss after his literary and artistic life; Qin Pei, Zeng Jiang and Lu Haipeng, who are irreplaceable "old men" in Hong Kong films; in addition to Jiang Haowen, the other golden green leaves – Huang Rihua Miao Qiaowei, Liao Qizhi, Lin Xue…

Having said so much, if you "taste it in detail", except for Stephen Chow who retreated behind the scenes, Jacky Cheung who gradually faded out of the film industry, Liming, Nicholas Tse, Zhang Zhilin who transitioned from the film industry to variety shows, and Leslie Cheung who accidentally left us, it seems that most of the leading lineups of Hong Kong movies are like yesterday. Ten years ago, twenty years ago, thirty years ago… These familiar faces are active on the big screen.

Even at last year’s Hong Kong Film Awards, the average age of the five best male actors nearly reached the average retirement age of 59. Where are the young people, one might ask?

Helpless? The business experience behind the newcomer of flowing water

It is true that young Hong Kong actors are still there, and their acting skills are not inferior when shooting opposite big-name male actors. They also have a good understanding of the characters, and even have a good way of acting in line with the image. Just like Li Zhiting, who started from a high starting point and later transformed into a business route, just like Zhang Jicong and Cai Hanyi, who took one step at a time, but except for Li Zhiting, most of them can only play some supporting roles. Moreover, the group of young actors in Hong Kong is far less than the population base of the golden age of Hong Kong movies, and it is difficult to produce enough outstanding elements without sufficient denominators.

Even Lin, who was once popular, could only come forward with the ruthless villain in "Anti-Corruption Storm 4", and finally became the oldest young hero in history, Zhang Wuji – similar to him are Zheng Jiaying, Tan Yaowen, etc., obviously in the year of the war, but only in supporting roles.

So far, we have seen a hint of the generational development of Hong Kong male actors: the ironclad leading role has been firmly seated by the big names with excellent acting skills and still popularity, and even the old male stars, so that the number of Mesozoic and newcomers who are not dominant at all have only supporting roles and small-cost productions.

Behind this phenomenon is undoubtedly the over-reliance of some investors on commercial value – in order to ensure box office returns, only mature actors are invited, familiar templates are used, and familiar light and shadow flavors are prepared. They dare not and will not give newcomers a chance, which leads to the repetition of "dishes" and the stagnation of "flavors" in disguise. In other words, investors’ attitude towards movies is more like an assembly line commodity than a one-of-a-kind work of art.

In the long run, although the commercial box office of the film has been guaranteed for a certain period of time, the exploration of art has been stagnant, which not only goes against the artistic nature of the film, but also will not benefit the commercial film box office that draws nutrition through artistic innovation. Just like the well-conceived "Peerless" still pins its selling point on the feelings of 30 or 40 years ago, rather than creating a new "Peerless" memory.

In other words, it has been imitated since 1986 and has never been surpassed.

Movies are like this, but why aren’t the actors like this?After winning the award for "The Thief of the Years" in Berlin, the directorLuo QiruiOne word came up: the Hong Kong spirit. "The Hong Kong spirit is a spirit of hard work, forge ahead, flexibility and self-improvement," he said. For decades, Hong Kong films have prided themselves on the "Hong Kong spirit" under the Lion Rock, which has become an extremely important theme in films, even beyond the existence of famous directors and stars.

So we have the optimistic and confident "Time Thief" that does not lose hope in the aesthetics of violence, "one step is difficult, one step is better" in the face of adversity, "McDull" that believes that tomorrow will be better, and "Little People Dream Big" under the reflection of the spirit of Hong Kong…

Perhaps the most valuable asset for young actors in Hong Kong is not the opportunity to cooperate with famous directors and celebrities, nor the ever-changing salary income, but the generations of seniors who have come all the way, illuminating the Lion Rock and illuminating the path under each actor’s feet.

If movies can do this, why can’t actors?

Editor/Mao Shiyang

"Isn’t it a bit of a middle school to use an ancient costume drama to say that people are born equal?" Hearing the reporter’s question, the screenwriter Wang Tie’s mind was agitated.

"It’s really idealistic, but I don’t even dare to dream, and there’s no way forward," he replied.

Like the theme expressed by "Qing Yu Nian", the adaptation process of this drama also revealed the idealism of the main creative team. For the first time, the production model of five years and three seasons was proposed, and for the first time, the cultural collision of modern people in the ancient environment was visualized. The production of "Qing Yu Nian" was full of experimental meaning.

Fortunately, as of now, the legendary costume drama "Qingyu Nian" jointly produced and produced by Tencent Pictures and Xinli TV has obtained a score of 8.0 from 83,000 Douban users, which is a double affirmation from drama fans and original fans.

In the past, there were always many glitches in the adaptation of male-frequency novels, such as the characters in the background board, the adaptation is divorced from the original novel, and there is no feeling of the original novel, but these problems seem to be basically solved in "Qingyu Nian".

Wang Qinian, Teng Zijing, Lin Gong, Cheng Jushu… These characters who were similar to NPCs in the original novel came to life in the series "Celebration of More Than Years", becoming more three-dimensional, promoting Fan Xian’s transformation from being alone to challenging established rules, adding a sense of life to the original novel.

From words and deeds to thoughts, "Qing Yu Nian" was filmed from the perspective of Fan Xian’s modern people, giving birth to a large number of jokes, which inadvertently touched the heartstrings of the audience. "The sense of humor comes from the character’s character and experience. If you try to be funny, the audience will not laugh." Director Sun HaoOne Entertainment ObservationSay.

Retaining the cool points and suspense in the novel, Fan Xian and Emperor Qing are like two sides of the same coin, pushing the plot to switch back and forth between easy banter and dignified and cold. Under the appearance of the comedy of "Qingyu Nian" is buried the stubbornness of knowing that reality still maintains idealism, which can be called "half a cool drama".

▲ "Celebration of the Year" poster

Gamified storytelling, how to get down to earth

Men’s frequency novels often have millions of words, depicting many levels around the growth of teenagers, similar to the upgrade of the game to fight monsters, the most attractive thing is the blood and burning, but the daily update of the writing method on the Internet has also caused many vague supporting roles, only appearing in a certain level of the male protagonist, setting off the wisdom and bravery of the protagonist, and then no intersection.

The characters are loose and have no characteristics, the male protagonist’s customs clearance is too smooth, and there is no spiritual connotation. These are all taboos for film and television presentation.

In order to solve this problem, previous male-frequency IP adaptations of dramas would habitually join emotional dramas to make up CP, or join difficulties according to the routines of previous dramas, and were eventually attacked by the original fans. What’s more, the order of appearances of the original characters was completely disrupted, and the content of the novel was mixed into dozens of episodes. The result can be imagined.

In such a context, how "Qingyu Nian" will be adapted has attracted the attention of the audience and the industry.

In 2017, Tencent Pictures proposed a production model of more than 100 episodes in five years and three seasons, which has a certain experimental meaning. Adhering to the story method of heavy theme and easy telling, while ensuring the plot content of each season, is a test for the creative ability of screenwriters and directors and the ability of producers to operate.

▲ "Celebration of More Than a Year" crew

"There is a lot of risk and difficulty in developing a series around one IP. Due to the discontinuity of the creative time, it brings greater challenges to the development of the script, the performance of the actors, the scheduling, the setting and the post productin. But we are still willing to explore and try," Chen Yingjie, vice-president of Tencent Pictures, said in an interview.

Will Zhang Ruoyun, Chen Daoming, Li Qin and other actors continue to star in the second season? These remain to be seen. But the arrangement of multi-season shooting allows the adaptation of "Celebration of More Than Years" to return to the creation itself, without rushing to present anything, and there are few changes that deviate from the original spirit.

"The original novel itself has different highlights. In the first season, we first made the characters appear. Fan Xian kept guessing who was behind the scenes and who killed Ye Qingmei, which made the audience curious." The director Sun Hao met the screenwriter Wang Tie for the first time, and the two discussed the general framework and plot direction of the first season of "Qingyu Nian", and determined the tone of the heavy story to be easy to tell.

In the more than 20 episodes that have been broadcast in the first season, Wang Qinian, Teng Zijing, and Fan Siche have contributed a lot of laughs, and there is a deep core hidden behind the careful consideration.

For Fan Xian, the relevant files of Teng Zijing’s family were transferred from the investigation institute just out of friendship, and the latter quickly knelt down and expressed his willingness to repay with his life.

Fan Xian and Tanzhou’s grandmother are estranged from each other on the outside, but they are actually close. Wang Qinian seems to be greedy and stingy, but he is actually kind and soft. After the screenwriter Wang Tie’s streamlining and refining, Fan Xian, his relatives and guards have many character reversals. The audience is slapped in the face by their own presets every minute, and the character who was KO at first also has memory points.

For example, Lin Gong, the second son of the prime minister suspected of plotting the assassination of Fan Xian on Niulan Street, received a box lunch as soon as he appeared in the original book, but in the episode he showed his many encounters with Fan Xian and his love for his sister Lin Waner.

"When creating characters, I will put in the audience’s perspective. If you want to remember a person, you must see his most distinctive side, what is different from ordinary people. Then you can explore his life-like side. If you only do the first step, he is just a special person. Only when you do the second step will the audience feel that he lives by my side and has lovely and vivid emotions." Screenwriter Wang Tie has created many character reversals in "Celebration of More Than a Year", and some characters strive to be remembered by the audience even if they only have a few scenes.

Cool is very simple, it is rare to leave an aftertaste after a cool experience. The fullness of the supporting characters in "Celebration of Yunian" makes it present the appearance of a group portrait drama, not just the brilliance of a person.

▲ "Celebration of the Year" poster

Science fiction costume drama?

Another highlight of the adaptation of "Qingyu Nian" is the joke produced when Fan Xian, who holds modern ideas, does not blend with the ancient environment.

After Fan Xian knew that Lin Waner was his fiancée, he happily trotted all the way and danced modern dances, and the modern languages such as "Good Man Card", "SF Express" and "IQ Basin" that popped out of his mouth, which made people laugh. The use of background music such as electronic music and Western classical music also increased the style of "Celebration of More Years".

"When Fan Xian is alone, when he is angry about what happened to his friends, his emotional expression must be modern." Under the lens of the director Sun Hao, Zhang Ruoyun plays Fan Xian before a date, soaking himself in the fragrance of "five-spiced duck" and calling the second prince "second child", but in other unfamiliar occasions, he maintains ancient etiquette.

The series "Celebrating More Than a Year" retains the passages in the original novel in which Fan Xian won praise from literary people with Tang poems such as Du Fu and Li Bai, while adding more modern details of his life. These passages are the first time in the video adaptation of online novels.

In general, in online novels, people with modern thinking appeared in ancient times, relying on their knowledge advantages, earning a reputation for talent with Tang poetry and Song poetry, benefiting the people’s court with agricultural technology and chemical experiments, and merging Kyushu Xiongba with modern military theory. This made it easy for readers to feel excited and also caused a major difficulty in film and television adaptation.

In recent years, a number of male-frequency IP-adapted online dramas broadcast in specific historical time and space have directly depicted the adventures and upgrades of the protagonists in the ancient environment, without focusing on highlighting their modern behavioral psychology.

The special feature of "Qingyu Nian" is that it uses the theme of science fiction to give Ye Qingmei and Fan Xian, two people with modern thinking, the rationality of adventure in a specific historical time and space, and also lays the foundation for the playful madness of the series.

Screenwriter Wang Tie is rightOne Entertainment ObservationFrankly, when I first received the adaptation task, I was torn for a while and hesitated to follow the previous adaptation convention. In the end, I decided to keep the sci-fi elements in the novel, "Qingyu Nian" can’t do that, its core is the collision of modern people and ancient civilizations. If the original setting is removed, the series will become a nondescript thing. "

In the novel "Qing Yu Nian", Fan Xian’s mother can make sugar and glass, which brings modern business system and intelligence agencies to Qing, and also plants the natural contradiction between his son Fan Xian and class rule. This is the origin of the story. Only by retaining this setting can the original feel and tragedy be preserved.

▲ "Celebration of the Year" stills

"If there is any difference between’Qing Yu Nian ‘and previous period dramas of the same genre, it should be the reason why he and his mother appeared in that world. He didn’t suddenly appear and inexplicably enter this body. Our setting is different from before," said the screenwriter Wang Tie.

Do you want a venue or actors? Production constraints

Interestingly, "Celebration of More Than a Year" and the costume comedy "Once Upon a Time There Was a Spirit Sword Mountain" broadcast at the same time both used directors who had previously directed modern dramas to create an atmosphere that is both ancient and modern.

Multiple light-chasing shots, similar to comic-style editing, distinguish "Qingyu Nian" from traditional costume dramas.

In the 12th episode, Lin Waner and Fan Xian recognize each other with their true identities. The woman holds a knife in one hand, guarding the psychological defense line of the ancient woman, and Maimai asks Fan Xian if he takes himself seriously. Ancient and modern marriage concepts collide with sweet sparks, and some netizens in the bullet comment ridiculed, "The director must have filmed a romantic drama before!"

Previously, he directed modern urban dramas such as "Big Man When Married" and "Big Girl When Married". He graduated from the Performance Department of Shanghai Theater Academy. Sun Hao’s advantages in grasping emotional relationships and performing are reflected in "Qingyu Nian".

Considering the large number of actors in the play, in order to facilitate everyone to enter the play as soon as possible, Sun Hao prepared a kit for each actor to assist in the performance in advance. At the same time, after discussing with the two protagonists in the play, Fan Xian and Emperor Qing, he set the two performance keywords of "dissatisfied" and "light weight". Fan Xian did not kneel to the emperor to kneel to relatives and friends, and regarded the powerful and common people as the same. Emperor Qing wore a gauze with loose hair, but it could intimidate the ministers.

▲ "Celebration of the Year" stills

In order to devote more time to the performance, 80% of the scenes in "Celebration of More Than a Year" were filmed in Duyun, Guizhou, where there are few extras. Some scenes that require a lively street scene can only be presented in a flexible way.

"For example, when the second prince and Fan Xian met on the street, we created a habit for him to like chatting in quiet streets," said director Sun Hao.

Although there is still room for improvement in production, from the current situation, "Qingyu Nian" has indeed found a new way in the male-frequency IP adaptation.

　 　1905 movie network news At 12:30 noon today, director Feng Xiaogang released an open letter to Wanda Group Wang Jianlin on Weibo, using Pan Jinlian’s tone to attack Wanda Group because the former leader left to go to Huayi, which caused Huayi’s films to be 30% lower than the average of major theaters in the country. The most direct influence was directed by Feng Xiaogang. Its language is also very sharp: it has affected Chairman Wang’s hegemony over the world, and the little woman is a big crime.

　 　 "There is a small company called Huayi," Feng Xiaogang said in the open letter. "In order to save the fate of its destruction, a small corner was dug from your group – no, no, Chairman Wang, forgive the misnomer of the little woman, the corner of the small wall is not considered, it is just a small piece of wall skin." The implication that Wanda Group’s former executives left to Huayi caused internal dissatisfaction. Since then, Huayi’s films have been banned by Wanda Cinemas, and Wang Jianlin has been mocked for being "childish in business without talking about business". The current chairman of Wanda Group is Wang Jianlin, and according to people familiar with the matter, the former Wanda executive involved in the incident is Ye Ning.

　 　 Later, Fan Bingbing also forwarded the Weibo post from Director Feng to express his support, saying that "movies are not easy, and it is important to help each other."

Fan Bingbing Weibo screenshot

　 　 Then, Wang Sicong responded to Feng Xiaogang and said: You are only allowed to squeeze out others, are we not allowed to be displeased? And warned Feng Xiaogang that if the box office is good, we will of course increase the number of films.

　 　 Then, Feng Xiaogang quickly forwarded Wang Sicong’s Weibo, saying: What I like most is your open-mindedness and honesty! And questioned the principle of Wanda’s dedication agreement.

　 　 However, the matter did not end like this. Huayi Brothers issued an official statement saying: As a listed company, the decision should be made to protect and respect investors as the first premise. As a listed film company, it should promote excellent films and industries as its own responsibility. Wang Zhonglei then forwarded Wang Sicong’s Weibo response, taking Du Yang, the former director of Huayi Brothers’ film marketing, and the former co-general manager of Huayi Brokerage Company as an example, saying that the personal flow in the industry is very normal. And the words also expressed their anger.

Lu Chuan, the famous director, also later expressed his views on the incident: "If a loud and noisy uproar can be transformed into attention and scrutiny of the film itself, this may be the greatest blessing for the film; if the empty ground is left with chicken feathers and melon rind, and the film is stranded on the beach alone, this is the greatest sorrow for the filmmaker." Lu Chuan went on to compare "I Am Not Pan Jinlian", a critical realist film that has undergone rebirth, to the local "120 Frames" and "Intermission". Finally, he also expressed his blessing for the film’s box office.

Screenshot of Lu Chuan Weibo

　 　 "I Am Not Pan Jinlian" was officially released today (November 18). The average of the film in other cinemas across the country is more than 40%. At present, Wanda’s cinema line-up is 30% below the average. And according to the current schedule, "I Am Not Pan Jinlian" has only three movies in the major cinemas of the Wanda Cinema Chain Golden Field, one of which is a VIP show.

Screenshot of real-time theater layout

　 　 "I am not Pan Jinlian" after several months of publicity, the film has accumulated a very high degree of attention, the release income has been 75,000 scheduled, the national average of more than 40% of the film, as of press time, the film’s real-time box office has exceeded 20 million, which is almost the first day of "Billy Lynn’s Midfield War" box office results.

Next page: Full text of "A Letter from Pan Jinlian to Mr. Wang Jianlin" issued by Feng Xiaogang Weibo