On the first day of 2024, the comedy movie "The Annual Party Can't Stop!" " came to Chengdu for a road show. Screenwriter and director Dong Runnian, screenwriter and producer Ying Luojia, and actors Dapeng, Baike, Zhuang Dafei, Wang Xun, Sun Yizhou, and Li Naiwen appeared on the scene to interact with Chengdu fans.
Several main creators sent New Year blessings to the Chengdu audience. Dapeng was carrying a backpack with "Happy New Year" printed on it. He said to the audience: "We are together on the first day of 2024. I wish everyone a happy New Year."
New Year's Day Among the several new films released this year, "The Annual Party Can't Stop!" "Four days after its release, the cumulative box office has exceeded 300 million yuan. At the same time, the film scored 8.0 on Douban, making it the highest-rated film in this period. Many viewers said that this is a funny and heart-wrenching comedy. The film is very real and expresses the feelings of migrant workers.
The film tells the story of Hu Jianlin (played by Dapeng), a senior fitter who has been an "advanced worker" in a standard parts factory for many years, and was transferred to the group headquarters by accident. He was incompatible with the working environment of a "big factory", but he continued to suffer from various ridiculous misunderstandings. After being promoted, from "blue collar" to "gold collar", he teamed up with HR manager Ma Jie (played by Bai Ke) and outsourcing employee Pan Yiran (played by Zhuang Dafei) to reveal the truth at the company's annual meeting.
It is reported that when filming the classic rap scene at the annual meeting of the film, the actors such as Dapeng and Baike were sick and had a fever. However, the shooting plan had been set long ago and there were a lot of extras, so the actors had to give their best. Every time after performing a performance, Dapeng would go to the audience to inhale oxygen. After inhaling oxygen, he would return to the stage to sing rap...
Speaking of this scene, Dapeng said that the actor was fulfilling the director's request and found it in the movie. Suit your own role. This is a movie about an annual meeting, and the climax scene is in the annual meeting part. "The director wrote the lyrics very clearly, and our rap also touched the hearts of many people. They wanted to say it, but they didn't have the chance to say it, or they didn't dare to say it." If you want to use the movie to let everyone vent, this is one of the reasons why so many people support our movie now."
Returning to Chengdu for the road show, Wang Xun hopes that the audience in his hometown will "get excited" about this film. Some viewers said that although Zhuang Zhengzheng, played by Wang Xun in the movie, is a villain, he is not annoying and can even generate sympathy.
Wang Xun said that Zhuang Zhengzheng was "too clever to be mistaken for his cleverness, too smart to be a little bit of a thief, a thief has a little bit of stupidity, and a bit of stupidity is also a bit stupid." Screenwriter and director Dong Runnian once revealed that Zhuang Zhengzheng's story line was inspired by a social news story about a homeless man who sneaked into the tea room and storage room of a large factory and ate and drank for a month without being discovered.
What’s interesting is that in “The Annual Meeting Can’t Stop! "The chairman of the board is played by Ouyang Fenqiang, the "Jia Baoyu" in the 1987 version of "A Dream of Red Mansions". Ouyang Fenqiang once recommended this film on Weibo: "This is a comedy film with ideological connotations, which brings together the migrant workers. Helplessness, sadness, ideals and perseverance are reflected. I believe more people will enter the cinema, and I hope it can accompany ordinary migrant workers to welcome the first ray of sunshine in 2024."
Red Star News reporter Zhang Shihao editor Li Jie
