Although "Flowers" directed by Wong Kar-wai has been very popular recently, the audience's reviews are still mixed. Wong Kar-Wai's works, because of his strong personal style, have always had the same response from the audience.
Although the cast team of Wong Kar-wai's "Flowers" is very attentive, the strong Hong Kong and Republic of China styles in the play, as well as the depressing atmosphere in the play, seem to be shrouded in dark clouds.
Also, Hu Sheng and Xiao Mao in the original novel were all cut off in Wong Kar Wai's version of "Flowers". Even if the original work "Flowers" is adapted into a business war drama, business wars are not all about trade and the stock market. Without technology, industry, agriculture, animal husbandry and fishery, trade and the stock market would have no support.
Without the support of scientific researchers, workers, farmers, animal husbandry and fishermen, what can business elites do? Does the hotel still have something to make or sell?
There are too many characters in the original work of "Flowers" and their relationships are too complicated. Wong Kar-Wai's version of "Flowers" only has 30 episodes, which may not be able to be arranged. At the same time, in order to highlight the business war, the two lines of Hu Sheng and Xiao Mao were removed. Therefore, Wong Kar-wai's version of "Flowers" is not a period drama.
htmlThe biggest feature of 0's period dramas is the combination of grand narratives and the changes in the fate of the characters, with multiple angles and multiple parallel lines. Only in this way can the audience look far and see clearly and clearly, and truly understand the interactive relationship between the changes of the times and the fate of the characters.period dramas should not only film the elites, but also the masses. On the big stage of time, there cannot be only elites and no masses.
Therefore, it is very necessary to reshoot "Flowers", but I don't know any mainland director who is willing to shoot it. It would definitely be the best if directors like Li Lu, the director of "The Human World", or Mao Weining, the director of "The Ordinary World" could make it.
If a mainland director comes to film it, I hope the script can be adapted like this.
The first male lead is Xiao Mao, the second male lead is Hu Sheng, A Bao is the third male lead, and the rest, Uncle Ye, Mr. Kang, etc., are all supporting roles. The first female lead is Xiaomao's wife Chunxiang, the second female lead is Husheng's wife Bai Ping, and the third female lead is Wang Mingzhu. The rest of Reiko, Li Li, etc. are all supporting roles.
The fate and ending of the characters have also been greatly adapted.
Male No. 1 Xiaomao: After
was laid off, with the help of Husheng, he united with several workers and colleagues to contract a piece of land in the Northeast to plant Canadian peas, blueberries, mustard, lentils, rapeseed and other crops. These products are the supply Shanghai market.
At the beginning, Xiaomao and his team were small and had no planting experience, so their yield and income were not high. Later, through exploration, the output and quality improved. In addition, Husheng and others helped promote it in Shanghai. Gradually, many local people in the Northeast also joined in. Their income increased a lot. They also established a company called Peking University, and Xiao Mao became President Mao.
Male No. 2 Husheng:
is the same as in the original work. He is also a lawyer and has helped Xiaomao a lot.
Male No. 3 Abao:
will continue to speculate in stocks, but he will no longer be involved in foreign trade. In 1998, due to a misjudgment, Abao's stock holdings shrank significantly. In addition, he used leverage to trade stocks, and he suddenly became a pauper. Abao, who had no choice but to listen to Hu Sheng and Xiao Mao's advice, went to Xiao Mao's place to raise Canadian bison. Later, Abao untied his stocks and sold them all. From now on, he would no longer trade in stocks and concentrate on raising cattle.
No. 1 female Xiaomao’s wife Chunxiang:
Although it was difficult to give birth, she survived, but the baby was not saved. After Po went to Northeast China to grow vegetables, Chunxiang stayed in Shanghai alone, doing odd jobs here and there, and later promoted the vegetables grown by Po and his family. By chance, Chunxiang picked up an abandoned baby and adopted the child. In 2004, Chunxiang died of a heart attack due to long-term fatigue. The child adopted by Chunxiang will take the adoptive mother's surname.
’s second female wife, Husheng, Bai Ping:
did not go abroad, but because Husheng was threatened by his agent’s opponent, the mental pressure was too great, and the couple was forced to divorce. In 2003, Bai Ping died in the line of duty while fighting the epidemic. Husheng hugged his photo and cried for three days and three nights. After that, he fell into a trance and fell into the Huangpu River. Fortunately, he was rescued by a brave man.After Bai Ping passed away, Husheng quit his job as a lawyer and worked with Ms. Wang in domestic trade selling vegetables. Wang Mingzhu, the third female of
:
was still engaged in foreign trade. Later, she was diverted by her employer and switched to domestic trade. She also helped Xiaomao distribute vegetables. Wang Mingzhu chose to divorce her husband Hongqing because of his cheating. After Chunxiang's death, Wang Mingzhu later married Xiaomao.
Reiko and Li Li:
These two supporting characters still open restaurants. At first, they rejected Xiao Mao’s Northeastern Canadian vegetables, but then gradually accepted them. Lingzi and Li Li both run restaurants and speculate in stocks. Later, because the speculation was too bold and the leverage was too high, I lost everything. When they were preparing to transfer the hotel, Xiaomao and the others took possession of the hotel, and they stayed in the hotel to work.
Later Lingzi married A Bao, and Li Li married Husheng. None of them were able to have children of their own, but each family adopted one.
If "Flowers" is shot like this, the cast team will arrange it like this:
Male number one Xiao Mao: played by Huang Zhizhong, Wang Lei or Lei Jiayin;
Male number two Husheng: played by Guo Jingfei or Qin Hao;
Male number three Abao: Huang Xiaoming or Deng Chao plays;
female number one Chunxiang: played by Jiang Xin or Li Xiaoran;
female number two Bai Ping: played by Chen Shu or Chen Hao; female number three Wang Mingzhu: played by Sun Li or Jiang Qinqin.
In "Flowers", one more character needs to be added, a village party secretary in the Northeast, played by Wang Zhiwen.
In this way, the TV series "New Flowers" has completely broken away from the sadness of the original work and the style of the Republic of China in Wong Kar-Wai's version, and has returned to the human world, the earth, and the public.
