Chapter 644: Deserving of history(1/2)
The premiere of "Father" at the Capital Theater achieved unprecedented success, touching all the audience and colleagues in the capital's literary and artistic circles that day.
On the second day after the performance, the praise from major media in Yanjing came overwhelmingly.
The drama "Father" adapted from Lin Chaoyang's novel of the same name was premiered at the Capital Theater last night. This narrates the life of Lao An, a patient with Alzheimer's disease,
In order to take care of his father Lao An's old life, his daughter An Xin wanders between warmth and collapse.
The moral dilemma and emotional overdrawn of caregivers are interpreted to make people feel comfortable, interpreting human entanglements different from similar subjects, presenting a more cruel truth in reality. It is heartbreaking, but touching. It is also touching. It is "Guangming Daily"
"Father" redefined the creative paradigm of family-themed dramas with its pioneering narrative experiments and deep humanistic care. When the anchor point of memory disappears, only love and dignity can resist the lingchi of time. "China Youth Daily"
Compared with the rational reports that have high praise from several ZY-level media, the report of "Yanjing Daily" is about "Father"
The praise is even more explicit.
The article reads: Zhu Xu, who plays Lao An, fully presents the process of an arrogant old man retreating to a helpless "old child" with precise body language and emotional outbursts. His ingenious performance is heart-warming and adds another classic role to the history of Chinese drama.
When talking about the drama itself, the article praised it like this:
The ultimate tension and emotional sublimation of drama stage art have given "Father" a more touching charm.
It will surely be permanently engraved on the classic monument of the People's Art Theater like "Teahouse", "Longxugou" and "The First Floor in the World".
The premiere of "Father" won praise from the Yanjing media industry, and the cheers of drama fans were also enthusiastic, but the praise of drama fans was more reflected in the pursuit of dramas.
The premiere is full and tickets are hard to come by, and it is not rare for the People's Art Theater drama.
But the popularity of "Father" is undoubtedly even more enthusiastic. In the week after its premiere, whenever the Capital Theater releases tickets, they often sell out within a few minutes.
Except for a few people who can get tickets, most drama fans can only return without success.
Those few drama fans rely on not luck, but stayed in front of the ticket booth one day in advance.
When tickets were released on the third day of the performance, the reputation of "Father" fermented. The drama fans who were queuing up to buy tickets at the entrance of the Capital Theater were enthusiastic and suddenly collapsed the ticket booth. Fortunately, no casualties were caused.
The next day, this incident appeared on the Yanjing Youth Daily, forcing the People's Art Theater to send multiple security personnel to maintain order when the "Father" is released in the next few days.
These days, a strange scene has gradually formed outside the ticket booth, and people are queuing up day and night.
Whenever someone passes by here, he will always be curious and ask a few questions. As he asks and answers, he can't help but be amazed that the drama has such great charm.
People's word of mouth has further encouraged the popularity of "Father" in Yanjing City.
At the same time, due to the popularity of "Father" by drama fans, the scalpers at the entrance of the Capital Theater also became rampant.
The tickets that were originally worth 10 yuan were called to 200 yuan and 500 yuan - the most expensive tickets on the first floor 5 to 10 rows and the front row of the second floor were even called to more than 1,000 yuan.
Even so, whenever a scalper appears, he will be scolded by some drama fans who are not short of money while quickly snatching them all.
After a week of performance, the influence of "Father" has spread from Yanjing to the Tianjin and Hebei region.
That evening, Dongdong took the composition and found Lin Chaoyang and complained: "Dad, can you write an essay?"
Dongdong transferred from Xiangjiang to the mainland and attended Yan University Affiliated High School.
A few days ago, he found Lin Chaoyang and said he wanted Lin Chaoyang to tutor him for his essays.
When Lin Chaoyang heard this, he said that this was his strength, so he tutored him with confidence for two days.
As a result, the results of the quiz today were released. Dongdong only got "25 points" for the essay with a full score of 40. He felt very depressed and came to ask his old father for his crime.
Lin Chaoyang flipped through the paper with some depression, looked left and right, horizontally and vertically, and after a long time, he finally made a puzzlement, "It shouldn't be!"
"What should you do or not, it's not possible. It's not embarrassing to admit that you don't know."
The adolescent boy was full of distrust of his father, which hurt Lin Chaoyang a little. Finally, he realized what his brother-in-law had felt before.
"Your father, I have written all the novels of millions of words!"
"Novels are novels, and compositions are essays. Besides, you have written long novels. How many short stories have you written?"
"I-your dad's short stories won the national award."
"You're all old calendars, so you explain it to me. Why did you get 25 points for this composition?"
Anyone who has written an essay knows that it is difficult to write full marks in this thing, but it is also difficult to write low marks.
25 points are equivalent to just passing the exam.
"You wrote the composition, I'm just tutoring, or you have a big problem."
The father and son were dissatisfied with each other. In order to regain their face, Lin Chaoyang decided to give his son a good tutoring of writing knowledge.
His son, Lin Chaoyang, wrote an essay that was just passing the qualifications, and it made people laugh at him when he told it!
While the father and son were talking, the bodyguard Xiao Sun took the two of them into the yard.
"Jicai? Are you a rare guest?"
When Lin Chaoyang saw the person coming, his face showed surprise.
After saying hello, he pulled Feng Jicai into the house.
After chatting, I learned that Feng Jicai was coming to Yanjing to watch dramas this time.
"Father" has been performing for more than a week, and the popularity remains high. The Federation of Literary and Art Circles followed suit and got more than 200 tickets, and Feng Ji happened to get one.
"Your drama is so popular. Now it's a hot topic in Tianjin. It's hard to find a ticket. Who can watch it?
I wish I could tell the world."
"Exaggerated, exaggerated."
"Nothing exaggerated at all." Feng Ji took out his ticket, which was for tomorrow night. "Do you know how much I spent on this ticket? It took two meals before they told them to give it to me."
"Haha! If you want to watch a drama, just call me?" Lin Chaoyang said with a smile.
Feng Jicai shook his head, "Now "Father" is so popular. Even if you are a screenwriter, you have to pay favors to get tickets, right?"
The popularity of "Father" is almost a record-breaking. Even in the early years of the 1980s, the People's Art Theater and the Capital Theater rarely have such bustling scenes as it is now. It is not a problem for Lin Chaoyang to get a few tickets.
Feng Jicai thought so, it was really because he was kind-hearted.
"It's really unexpected that the adapted drama "Father" will be so successful. Your skills are really admirable!" Feng Jicai said again.
"Actually, I didn't expect it. It should be said that the narrative and structure of the story itself are more suitable for the drama stage.
When Liu Jinyun from the People's Art Theater came to me, I thought about it and thought that this novel was more suitable for drama adaptation."
Feng Jicai said, "This proves your ability and vision even more. I saw that the drama is popular this time, and your novels may also be popular again."
"This is unrealistic. The influence of drama is still too small, not a movie."
"At least this will happen in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. Do you know how many young people around me are now thinking about going to Beijing to watch "Father"?"
Feng Jicai's confident tone made Lin Chaoyang feel a little unsure. Is the influence of the drama "Father" so great?
The two chatted for a while, and the nanny came to call for supper.
Seeing that Lin Chaoyang and Feng Jicai's topics were always around the drama, Dongdong couldn't help but say, "Dad, please help me get a few tickets."
"What do you want to do for a ticket?"
Lin Chaoyang asked this question knowingly, but who told the boy to speak rudely to his father just now?
"All my classmates want to watch this drama."
Dongdong just transferred to Yan University Affiliated High School and got a few tickets to "Father", which happened to be a good relationship with his classmates.
"You kid is quite clever! OK, I'll call you back."
Two more days later, less than ten days before Xiangjiang's return, and the whole country was full of expectations. There are more and more topics about Xiangjiang's return in the media.
On June 25, after the preview of several major cities, the "Opium War", which has been hyped up by major media across the country, finally held its premiere in Yanjing.
The premiere was hosted by the Minister of Political Affairs and Minister Qian of the Honglu Temple. The government paid attention to "Opium War" for the first time in the history of Chinese films, and its connotation was self-evident.
Before the movie was released, the publicity work had been ongoing for more than a month, and in the past two years, domestic media have been constantly hyping up.
"Opium War" is popular as soon as it was released, and there is a lively scene inside and outside the cinemas in major cities across the country.
Two days later, "Opium War" premiered in Hong Kong, and the location was selected at the Lin Cinema Theater in Tsim Sha Tsui. Lin Chaoyang rushed back to Xiangjiang from Yanjing to show his support.
At 5 pm, there were many fans in front of the Tsim Sha Tsui Cinema.
The premiere begins with stars shining. Cheng Long, Jet Li, Chow Yun-fat, and Stephen Chow, all the heavyweight stars of the golden generation of Xiangjiang movies appeared. The light curtain composed of flashes did not dare to stop for a moment, for fear of missing any star.
The lineup of celebrity guests who came to the premiere of a movie was so powerful that even the Golden Horse of the Hong Kong Island could not reach the Golden Horse of the Bay Island. Paparazzi who were used to entertainment news could not help but be amazed.
There is more than that to amazed these paparazzi. The media interview area where the premiere of movies was occupied by entertainment reporters in the past was different today.
Not only were reporters from well-known newspapers in Xiangjiang such as Ming Pao, South China Morning Post, Ta Kung Pao, but nearly 100 reporters from heavyweight media at home and abroad such as Xin H News, Global Times, Asahi News, United Daily News, Sing Tao Daily, etc. attended the event.
There are also Star TV and Phoenix TV's cameras live broadcast throughout the entire process.
"I have lived for so long, and today I saw what a big scene is!"
Aliang, a paparazzi in Ming Pao Weekly, couldn't help but sigh, maybe the scenes of big-name international film festivals in Europe and the United States may be even bigger, but Aliang has never seen them. Today's premiere of "Opium War" is the most massive premiere ceremony he has ever seen in his life.
After saying that, he saw Lin Chaoyang and his wife appear on the red carpet, and the camera lens immediately locked the couple.
Lin Chaoyang and Tao Yushu rarely appear in media cameras on weekdays, but the premiere of "The Opium War" today is different.
The return of Xiangjiang is imminent, reflecting how Xiangjiang was ceded back then, "Opium War", which is released. It is not only a response but also a gift, but also a historical popularization and patriotic education for the majority of Xiangjiang people.
To be continued...