Wong Kar-wai made movies and became a top director. Although his movie audience is a minority group, he is quite influential in the international film world.
I never thought that I would be able to see a TV series directed by Wong Kar Wai in my lifetime.
When Wong Kar-Wai came to shoot TV series, it was a dimensionality reduction attack. The film shooting techniques were used in TV series, which is quite advanced.
As soon as "Flowers" was released, the style was indeed very high, and the title sequence showed a full gold-plated texture.
The composition, lighting, camera movement, and narrative are all Wong Kar-Wai's high-end sense.
However, the controversy that followed was also very loud, because Wong Kar-wai changed "Flowers" so that it seemed to be completely different from Jin Yucheng's original novel.
only retained the line of Abao and made it into a Shanghai business war film.
is really good-looking, the plot is fast-paced and the information density is high.
Handsome men and beautiful women, feasting, flashing neon lights, business dealings, and capital fights are quite fascinating.
Ah Bao, played by Hu Ge, is young and has the guidance and support of experts. He is already well-known on the Yellow River Road. He is good at stock trading and foreign trade, and he is doing well.
The drama begins with Po being hit by a taxi on New Year's Eve, and someone is trying to kill him.
This forms the first suspense of the play, who wants to kill A Bao?
Mr. Fan, a small boss from Zhejiang, came to talk to A Bao to discuss business. However, due to the accident, he could not see A Bao, so he waited on Huanghe Road for more than three months.
After finally waiting, Abao asked him to meet. Abao arrived at Honglu and waited for him, but he insisted on staying in Zhizhen Garden.
Because Li Li, the proprietress of Zhizhenyuan, is opening a new store, she wants Mr. Bao, the biggest talkie on Huanghe Road, to be there.
If Mr. Bao is not present, then Li Li will have to work hard to retain Mr. Fan and achieve cooperation between Mr. Fan and Mr. Wei. The business that
Bao always wants to do must not be a small business.
What kind of business can Mr. Bao be interested in?
After a few episodes, Mr. Fan’s business was not revealed.
This creates another suspense.
So Li Li sent a cleaner to get information from Mr. Fan.
In this room, Mr. Fan’s business was about to be stopped by Mr. Wei. Over there, Mr. Bao was not in a hurry. Only Miss Wang from the foreign trade company was anxious.
What kind of medicine is Mr. Bao selling in the gourd? Are you really willing to give up your business and let others take the lead?
There are hooks everywhere in the play to attract people to take the bait, and they are full of expectations for the reveal of the mystery in the subsequent plot.
Besides the business, the biggest gimmick of the plot is Abao’s emotional line.
There are three women around Abao. One is Lingzi (played by Ma Yili), the proprietress of Night Tokyo.
Lingzi can be said to be Abao's confidante. According to her, they had a sexual relationship.
Lingzi is a shrewd Shanghai woman. She knows that she cannot ask A Bao for love, so she focuses on getting money from A Bao.
Nights in Tokyo are crowded with guests. Reiko relies on Po's relationship to sell high-priced meals, but she suffers losses every year and needs money for renovations.
Abao asked Lingzi to keep accounts, but Lingzi excused herself and said she didn't know how to do it and wanted someone to teach her, but she said she was too busy.
Night Tokyo's accounts are in a mess. In fact, Abao knows full well that all the money and water has gone into Reiko's pocket.
took out a piece of jewelry and asked Abao to coax Miss Wang. The price was 2,600, and asked Abao for 26,000.
Although she never forgets to get money from A Bao, Reiko may not have true feelings for A Bao.
When others were talking about Mr. Bao’s love affair, Lingzi’s hand suddenly stopped. Linghong complained that Tao Tao and A Bao were both sticky men. She would not want such a man. Lingzi’s movements were as if they were moving. These detailed actions and facial expressions all showed that Reiko was actually deeply attracted to Abao.
A Bao and Miss Wang (played by Tang Yan) are said to be a revolutionary friendship, but Miss Wang obviously does not have a revolutionary friendship with A Bao. Everyone can see that this fiery, innocent and passionate girl loves A Bao deeply. precious.
When he learned that Mr. Bao was in an accident and his life or death was uncertain, Mr. Fan told Miss Wang that he wished he could suffer for Mr. Bao.
Unexpectedly, Ms. Wang asked sharply, if Mr. Bao was blind, would Mr. Fan be willing to give his eyes to Mr. Bao?
Mr. Fan immediately became cowardly and said that if I had a business deal with Mr. Bao, there was no need to gouge his own eyes, right?
Miss Wang immediately said categorically, I do.
Ms. Wang was not just saying this, nor was she lying. Later, Mr. Bao went to deal with the Sanyang high imitation business alone. Ms. Wang was worried about his safety and immediately bought a new car for 25,000 yuan. She rushed to save people, but there was a car accident on the way. Almost died.
For A Bao, Miss Wang would really risk her life.
The scene of the two celebrating the New Year together is by no means an innocent revolutionary friendship. The color and atmosphere are extremely ambiguous.
Uncle Grandpa said to Abao, Miss Wang is too kind to you.
Uncle also told A Bao that he could not make much money in total. Isn't it because you are so interested in helping Miss Wang to improve her performance and get promoted to section chief? Do you want to ask her to be your wife?
I can only say that Miss Wang and Abao’s feelings were sublimated from their revolutionary friendship.
The last thing I have to say, and the most interesting one, is the relationship between Abao and the proprietress of Zhizhenyuan, Li Li. The ambiguity and tug-of-war between these two people,
, is the most interesting because their strategies, wisdom, and methods are so good that they are evenly matched.
The relationship between them started from competing with each other, and turned into giving favors to each other and returning favors to each other.
In the battle to defend the Yellow River Road, Abao did not hesitate to use his uncle's relationship to support Li Li.
Abao's narration said that Zhizhenyuan is doomed for me.
From this, we can imagine that Abao must have overpaid for Li Li and Zhizhenyuan in the later period, and may even have paid a heavy price.
Li Li, played by Xin Zhilei, is cool, mysterious, courageous and capable.
Different from her funny and "destroying character" in variety shows, Xin Zhilei in the play is a cold and noble image of a strong woman, and the role of Li Li is full of charm.
"Flowers" has two main lines, one is A Bao's business war, and the other is the relationship between A Bao and the three women around him. One side is money, the other side is beauty. The two lines are intertwined, and the rhythm of the plot is Fast and full of highlights.
Wong Kar-wai's first TV series, which weakened the literary and artistic atmosphere of the film, and the plot is particularly commercialized. Whether it is the lens, editing, light and shadow, and camera movement, it is full of Wong Kar-wai's lens aesthetics. At the same time, the narrative can be said to be quite mature and complete. , the details are exquisite and the plot is exciting. It is a rare good drama in recent times.
