I didn't want to be an actor

Shen Liang doesn't like "Flowers" very much...

In comparison, he prefers "The Long Season".

Interestingly, the original work of "Flowers" is about the same era as "The Long Season". "Flowers" is about the little people in the dilapidated alleys in the prosperous Shanghai, the helplessness in the great era, and the confusion pushed by fate.

The tone of "The Long Season" is exactly the same - the decline of Northeast China in the 1980s and 1990s, and the ruthless abandonment of the times, a generation or even several generations of people are circulating in the wheel of fate, the helplessness of little people, the life of little people...

Then the lens of "Flowers" adapted by Wang Jiawei is indeed beautiful, but it is only the lens that leaves the deepest impression on people.

"The Long Season" gives you a feeling of reading a literary masterpiece when watching it, which is very rare in many TV dramas. Only those high-quality movies can give people this feeling.

"The Long Season" has achieved this, and "Flowers" is a little bit lacking after all.

To put it bluntly, many shots in "Flowers" are invalid shots, which are basically useless for the plot and character portrayal, and are very distracting to the audience. They are shot purely for show...

The original author Jin Yucheng is cursing in his heart. A novel that carries the weight of the times and is full of helplessness about fate has been changed into a love story between a Jack Su male protagonist and three women...

In addition, the bond between Wang Jiawei and his works is actually an aesthetic relationship.

The entire drama "Flowers" uses medium and close-up shots, with blurred backgrounds, and often push-pull zooms in this scene. Many times, its lens movement reveals a sense of unpredictability.

The purpose of this shooting technique is to avoid the interference of external information of the times and focus more on shaping the emotions of the characters.

So you can see in "Flowers", from the leading actors to the supporting actors, the acting reputation has reached a new level.

In fact, it is not how well the actors perform, but the lens helps them complete the character shaping.

The shooting technique represents the director's attitude. He wants to shoot aesthetics. But the core of the story of "Flowers" is obviously not all about aesthetics...

This is completely different from "In the Mood for Love", "The Grandmaster", and "Chungking Express".

Therefore, many people who like Wang Jiawei think that "Flowers" failed...

It failed here!

Fans of the original book of "Flowers" are looking forward to "Flowers" to shoot the Huangpu River rolling forward every day, the Oriental Pearl Tower lighting up on time every day, and the flowers will not wither, it just depends on who they bloom for...

No!

It is also difficult, because in Shanghai at that time, the franchise obtained by relying on relationships and resources must be protected by a golden bell, and who shoots and how many people shoot is a very important matter.

Can you shoot these?

Therefore, it is really not an easy task for the screenwriter to spread "correct values", show personal struggle, take into account the emotional line, and fit the background of that era to the greatest extent. I still admire this kind of person who can do something that is both necessary and necessary.

The movie "Flower" is still very bold, arranging these story segments with failed endings.

And after the land was covered with white, many protagonists and supporting characters went to different worlds and could start over.

It gives the audience a feeling that various stories have indeed happened and are still happening between heaven and earth. Not every event can bear the ideal fruit in someone's heart. It doesn't matter. The way of heaven is ruthless, but it is endless.

From this perspective, "Flower" is not bad!

But such a drama is not worth Shen Liang's two or three years of time.

As an actor, he does not lack that reputation...

He doesn't really want to work with Wang Jiawei.

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In fact, several Hollywood blockbusters were released in late August and early September, "The Player", "Summer Friendship", "Tomorrow's War", "G.I. Joe: Snake Eyes Origins"...

I thought it would pose a threat to "Life Events".

In addition to the fact that "Player" snatched the box office champion from "Life Events" for two days, it was snatched back on the third day...

"Player" is a movie about the awakening of game NPCs...

Paper people are also lives;

Xiaoqiang's life is also a life!

It's really speechless. Can't Hollywood care about reality?

You can even shoot the awakening of black people!

As for the plot, it plays with trendy stalks, follows the most old-fashioned routines, uses the best actors, and shoots a boring popcorn movie...

But "Player" is already the best Hollywood blockbuster with the best reputation this year!

On the third day of its release, it was still surpassed by "Life Events", which has been released for 30 days, in terms of single-day box office. It can be seen that the audience is really not interested in Hollywood blockbusters.

Oh, as of September 6, "Life Events" has been released for 39 days, with a cumulative box office of 4.72 billion...

If nothing unexpected happens, it should exceed the predicted 4.9 billion!

However, on September 10, "Peak Explosion" will be released, which will definitely attract attention...

...

"Miracle" crew, seeing that "Peak Explosion" is about to be released, Shen Liang has no intention of asking for leave...

Even Wen Muye couldn't help it: "The movie is released, don't you need to promote it?"

"No," Shen Liang said: "I have been live broadcasting "Peak Explosion" every night these days, and I have to take some online interviews..."

"Don't you need to run offline?"

"...If I have to run, I will take two days off, go to BJ, attend a press conference, and take a few interviews, that's it!"

"Two days is enough?" Wen Muye didn't quite understand: "...When "Dying to Survive" was released, Xu Zheng, Zhang Yu, Tan Zhuo, Wang Chuanjun and I traveled to more than 30 cities across the country!"

"You were more popular at that time to do offline roadshows, but the current environment doesn't allow that... And I don't think I need to do so much marketing. To be honest, the release of my movie will definitely be big news, and those who are willing to watch it will definitely buy tickets..."

Wen Muye glanced at him, and then said: "...Yes, you are the top star in the domestic entertainment industry!"

"What's wrong?" Shen Liang felt that this was a bit reluctant: "Did they find you?"

Wen Muye sighed: "...Well, they said, pay attention to your emotions, and when appropriate, follow your opinions!"

This is the producer receiving the news...

Although "Miracle" is a mission film, the producer is Ning Hao's bad monkey...

Compared to Wen Muye, they are more willing to believe Shen Liang's sense of smell!

After all, Shen Liang has a lot of works, and Wen Muye only has one "Dying to Survive", which was three years ago.

Shen Liang waved his hand; "Don't worry, I have no more opinions on this movie, you can shoot it however you want..."

"You can raise any opinions... We can discuss it together..."

"I told you, I have no opinions... This is your movie, not mine... Just do your best, if ten times don't work, then twenty times!"

"You said that, you still have resentment in your heart."

Shen Liang shook his head: "You don't understand me, if I have resentment, I will express it on the spot... These days, my emotions are very stable... I won't talk to you anymore, I'm going back to live broadcast!"

Wen Muye watched him leave... and sighed.