This should be regarded as Fan Zhiyi's third "breakthrough" in the entertainment industry.
The first two are: the interview with the Chinese men’s football team that is recommended to be recited in full, especially “What is the current level of Chinese football?” “Do you know if you don’t have the ability?” “The Thai team lost to Vietnam and then Myanmar” and “Little High Belt” The ghosts, demons, and subcultures led by golden phrases such as "It's pretty good" and "I don't even need to lose my face" are often heard and constantly updated.
The second time was at the "Tucao Conference" in March 2021. When he was on the same stage with Zhou Qi, Guo Ailun, and Yang Ming, he used an overused expression to describe, "Killing crazy." "How bad can they be? Let Chinese football save them!" Hupu, which is not common in national language programs, doubled the lethality of the general's sarcasm. However, most of the jokes are still derived from that interview in the early years, and in the two above-mentioned times, the voices were still spoken as "insiders" in the sports industry. Until this time...
Post Office Hong Kong drama, Fan Zhiyi appeared in the fourteenth episode of the TV series "Flowers". When he wowed Miss Wang, I had a reaction of "Huh? Hahahahaha". Because this drama has been attracting Wong Kar-Wai's appetite for so long, although I have always known the actor who plays the leading role, I haven't paid much attention to the list of supporting stars. When watching dramas online with friends, everyone suggested that there must be a guest appearance by a representative figure from the Shanghai sports circle, right? Sure enough, the candidate who can convince the public the most has arrived.
But in the first two episodes, I personally felt that Fan Zhiyi did not have any acting skills. Although the character of the "factory tyrant" in the foreign trade warehouse in the drama only required him to act in his true colors, after all, he is an amateur without any professional training, and he is all "letting go". ", there is no "receipt". On the contrary, as the plot progresses, Lao Fan is obsessed with face (passing ice cream to ask Ms. Wang to give him some face in front of others), strong on the outside but dare not say a word when watching Lu Meilin take out the treasure), and tenderhearted (the last farewell in the sunset). (Cheer up "Hongkou Xiaowang") and other character traits are exuded, and the character becomes three-dimensional at once, and Fan Zhiyi did a good job in interpreting it.
As an "original party" who read the original novel "Flowers" in 2013 when it was first published, the TV series I have seen in the past two weeks are closely related to the novel and the two stage plays written by Wen Fangyi. Very sparse work. But represented by Fan Zhiyi, most of the actors in the play gave wonderful performances in Shanghainese, which not only deeply resonated with the audience in Shanghai and surrounding Wu-speaking areas, but even many friends who were not familiar with Shanghai were fascinated by watching it. , indicating that they have indeed gained a deeper understanding of this city and the spiritual temperament of these people. Why is
like this? Let’s start with the character Fan Zhiyi.
The feud between "Yangpu Lao Fan" and "Hongkou Xiao Wang"
When Lao Fan and Xiao Wang met for the first time in the play, Lao Fan, who regarded himself as a leader, wanted to kill the arrogance of this arrogant girl and took the initiative to ask her: " Where are you from, Yangpu or Zhabei?" Xiao Wang replied arrogantly: "From Hongkou!" This question and answer involved three of Shanghai's former "Northern Four Districts" that were not mentioned. One is Putuo District, which we will talk about later. The reason why it is "in the past" is because Zhabei District has been placed under Jing'an District since the end of 2015.
Although the "North Fourth District" can be considered within the scope of Shanghai's central city, they all belong to the "lower corner" as Shanghainese call it, which is different from the "upper corner" of old money - that is If you search on Xiaohongshu, Citywalk with Mandarin and Shanghainese commentary will charge you starting from 520 yuan for three hours. As for "Xiajijiao", it is often associated with inelegant architectural styles such as "shanty towns" and "rolling dragons". To put it nicely, it is an area that better reflects the style of Shanghai’s working class; to put it worse, there are more hooligans, gangsters, street hustlers, and blue-collar working people.
But there is also a chain of contempt within the "Northern Fourth District". Although Hongkou District is the smallest among them (in fact, it is the second smallest in the city, only larger than Huangpu District), it has a completely different temperament from the other three districts.Because this area had been designated as a concession since the Tongzhi period of the Qing Dynasty and was not officially returned until the victory of the Anti-Japanese War in 1945, Hongkou has always had a certain "foreign style". In addition, Lu Xun, Mao Dun, Guo Moruo, Nie Er and other celebrities in the cultural and artistic circles have a history of living here. Although Hongkou also has a large number of dilapidated new workers' villages, it still has its cultural, refined and middle-class side.
Even Miss Wang’s alma mater, SISU (when she graduated in 1987, it was still called Shanghai International Studies University, and it was renamed a university in 1994), the school headquarters is also located on Dalian West Road in Hongkou District. Considering that her parents could buy her a car with 10,000 yuan at that time, and that her family also supported her when she quit her job to start a business, Ms. Wang is a girl from a wealthy family who has never left Hongkou for more than 20 years in her life. Now that she is working in a dock warehouse in Yangpu, she can be regarded as a "princess in distress".
Where are the factories of "Yangpu Laofan" and "Hongkou Xiaowang" that are unfamiliar to each other, located? An attentive friend pointed out that the high-rise building of the Shanghai Cable Factory was seen in the picture, which led to the inference that this place is in a corner to the north of Fuxing Island. This is a very remote and desolate place in Yangpu District. It is said that it is regarded as a strategic reserved area in the planning. This is where Chiang Kai-shek boarded the cruise ship, passed through Zhoushan and then arrived in Taiwan. He never came back.
Lao Fan probably couldn't figure out how the exquisite white-collar workers from Hongkou were assigned to this place, so he only asked about Yangpu and Zhabei districts. Although after the two became acquainted, Lao Fan's statement of "living downstairs with Fan Zhiyi" when he introduced himself was somewhat surprising, but it actually coincided with Fan Zhiyi's own life trajectory. Fan Zhiyi was indeed born in Yangpu District at the end of 1969, but he actually lived in Sichuan North Road in Hongkou (Xiao Wang also said that he lived on Sichuan North Road in the play) and Kongjiang New Village in Yangpu - the two districts were adjacent to each other. His football journey began at the Hongkou District Sports School, and was later transferred to Pengpu Primary School in Zhabei District to participate in youth team training. It can be said that his early experience spanned three of the "Northern Four Districts".
’s experience after becoming famous is relatively clear to everyone. In 1987, the year Miss Wang graduated from SISU, Fan Zhiyi was also officially selected for the Shanghai football team. Later, under the coaching of Xu Genbao, he created glory in the 1990s with the Shanghai Shenhua team. The home game was at the Hongkou Stadium, within walking distance of Miss Wang's alma mater. I would like to call it the "King of Hongkou". From his days as a player to today, Fan Zhiyi has a lingering aura of green forest and wild grass. Sometimes he even behaves vulgarly and brutally. In some aspects, it is also a reflection of the native temperament of the "Northern Fourth District" - without any praise or criticism, just trying to present it objectively. ; And most of the time, they are weirdly cute.
Fan Zhiyi talks about major sports events in Shanghai during the "Flowers" era
and continues the above. Because the two districts where Lao Fan and Xiao Wang are located are close to each other, many clues are inevitably intertwined. Xiao Wang went to university in Shanghai Foreign Language School in Hongkou District, and his uncle was imprisoned in Tilanqiao in Hongkou District. Xiao Wang’s master, Section Chief Jin, was a flower at Fudan University and went to university in Yangpu. "Fourth District" is a unique advantage for several other companies. In the early years before Line 18, we would take the subway to Jiangwanzhen Station on Line 3, and then walk or take a quad bike to the North District Student Apartments on Wudong Road for our daily cross-district commuting.
Speaking of which, Jiangwan Town is a street under the jurisdiction of Hongkou District, but New Jiangwan City, Jiangwan Stadium, and Fudan University Jiangwan Campus all belong to Yangpu District. To my friends from outside Shanghai, does it sound like a tongue twister again?
The reason why I say this is to trace back to the era when the story of "Flowers" took place, Shanghai hosted a very influential international comprehensive sports event (at least that year)-the first East Asian Games in 1993. It was also another important move of my country's "sports diplomacy" after Beijing became the host of the Asian Games in 1990. Its importance can be seen from the fact that the then president personally attended the opening ceremony and announced the opening. However, due to the serious homogeneity of the East Asian Games with other events and limited influence and participation, it was determined to be restructured into the East Asian Youth Games in 2013, and the first session was not held until 2023.
However, in 1993, the whole city of Shanghai was enthusiastic about welcoming the East Asian Games. The three comprehensive stadiums that were responsible for the main competition tasks were Hongkou Stadium, Jiangwan Stadium and Zhabei Stadium in the "North Fourth District". Hongkou Stadium also assumed the responsibility of hosting the East Asian Games. Opening Ceremony. In addition, the Shanghai Stadium (commonly known as the "Ten Thousand Sports Center") located in Xuhui District hosts many indoor events. When the NBA preseason came to China for the first time in 2004, the Shanghai station games were arranged here. Yao Ming's earliest systematic basketball training was at the Xuhui District Youth Sports School.
You may still remember what Fan Zhiyi said when recalling the glory of the men's football team in the 1990s, "I basically never lost when playing in Japan." Although it was proven false at the time (the Chinese team had a record of 2 wins, 1 draw and 5 losses against the Japanese team from 1992 to 2002), the Chinese team defeated the Japanese team 3-2 in this East Asian Games. It was indeed our first victory in the intercontinental competition of that era. Once he successfully showed off his muscles in front of the Japanese team. However, Fan Zhiyi was not in the lineup at that time. The East Asian Games were held in May 1993, and Fan Zhiyi, who was already the main force of the adult national team at that time, was playing in the Asian qualifiers for the 1994 World Cup. Unfortunately, the penultimate attempt of the last century failed.
Of the above three comprehensive stadiums, except Hongkou Stadium, which is still active in the public eye as the home stadium of Shanghai Shenhua, the other two are somewhat lonely. In October 1997, the Eighth National Games was held in Shanghai, and the Shanghai Stadium (commonly known as the "80,000 Stadium") was built. In the following 20 years, it has hosted many large-scale sports and entertainment events in Shanghai. , and even became the home stadium of Shanghai Harbor Team for a time. However, the Haigang team will move its home court to the Pudong Football Stadium in Jinqiao starting from 2023. Although Metro Line 14 is directly accessible, it is indeed very far; and as Jiushi Group takes over the Shenhua team, Shenhua will also move its home court starting in the 2023 season. The larger Shanghai Stadium. Therefore, the Hongkou Stadium, the busiest in the "Northern Fourth District", may also cause a scene during the concert.
During the time period when the TV series "Flowers" took place, there was another major event that Shanghai sports fans have to mention. There is a band in Shanghai that sings in Shanghainese and gathers and breaks up again called "Circus on the Top Floor". They have a masterpiece called "Shenhua Oh Shenhua", which contains this line: "November 5, 1995 When the number arrived at night, the taxi drivers collectively honked their horns and cheered." (To the effect: On the night of November 5, 1995, the taxi drivers collectively honked their horns and cheered.) The significance of that night to Shanghai football and Shanghai sports has already been No need for any pale words to elaborate. I don’t know how many boxes on Huanghe Road that night were reserved for cheering and venting fans.
That night, whether in the drama or in reality, Fan Zhiyi must have been drunk.
Some other hot and cold knowledge that has little to do with Fan Zhiyi
Because most of the first-line entertainment stars graduated from professional schools such as China Theater, Beijing Film Academy, and Shanghai Theater Academy, the actors from Shanghai this time made their second appearance in the industry with "Flowers" , entertainment and education online posts in Shanghai began to dig deeper into their high school alma maters. After all, that can better represent the group portrait concept of "Shanghai people". Under the concept of "Shanghai people", what kind of unique growth have each of the lively, flexible and individual protagonists and creators had? course.
For example, the acclaimed screenwriter Qin Wen graduated from Caoyang No. 2 Middle School, the best high school in Putuo District. Putuo District is regarded as a housing price depression and an education depression in the central city of Shanghai (you can judge this yourself), so Caoyang No. 2 Middle School is unique. This school's football team is also very strong. The women's national football players Zhao Lina, Zhang Xin, Yang Lina and Tang Jiali all come from here. Caoyang New Village, also located in this area, is also the largest workers' new village in Shanghai built after the founding of New China. In Abao's prequel, when he was riding a bus to pursue the conductor Beidi, he was a worker's son living in Caoyang New Village.
In fact, I have been paying attention to the original novel "Flowers" for a long time because the author Jin Yucheng talked about his life experience in Caoyang New Village in an interview, which happens to be the place where I have lived in Shanghai for the longest time.Around 2017, I even saw a guard uncle who looked a lot like Mr. Jin Yucheng at the gate of the community. I even suspected that he was some relative of his. But later I changed my house and moved to Taopu, also in Putuo District, where Lu Meilin’s best friend Du Genhong ran a transportation business in the play.
Like them, Zheng Kai, who plays Boss Wei, also studied in Putuo District, studying at Jinhua Middle School affiliated with East China Normal University (schools affiliated with East China Normal University are generally of higher quality), but he was admitted across districts at the beginning of this century. After entering Jianping Middle School, one of the best in Pudong New Area, Shanghai junior high school students can fill in "0 choice" to apply for high schools in other districts in the college entrance examination. Boss Wei (although he is portrayed as a Haining businessman) is radical and even a bit reckless. He is indeed a portrayal of the "Pudong spirit" in the early days of reform and opening up, but he obviously acted too hard. Jianping Middle School on Gushan Road is right opposite where I work.
Although the Putuo Gymnasium located on Caoyang Road is small, it reminds me of a sports past. When James Harden came to China for an event in 2019, he was stopped by the traffic police for riding a scooter on the streets of Shanghai without a helmet. His destination at that time happened to be the Putuo Stadium. Caoyang Road is often very congested, so battery cars are a good choice.
Hu Ge attended Shanghai No. 2 High School in Xuhui District for both junior high school and high school. Coincidentally, Yao Ming also graduated from here. Because there is only a 2-year age difference between the two (Hu Ge 1982, Yao Ming 1980), under normal circumstances, it is impossible for Hu Ge not to have noticed this outstanding junior. Moreover, although the appearance of the two people is not in the same category, their gentle and friendly temperament without losing humor, does it give you the feeling of "learning from the same school"?
Papi Jiang, who plays Ling Hong, attends the Third Girls' Middle School in Shanghai. It is a relatively unique school in Shanghai. As the name suggests, it only recruits girls. Historical and cultural celebrities such as the three Song sisters and Zhang Ailing all graduated from here. But one of the things that impressed me the most was that the ancient school idol drama "Sixteen Years Old" was filmed here. Ji Xueping, who later became a famous host, as a student of the school, played the protagonist Bai Xue in the TV series (given to her The dubbing is by another famous host Yuan Ming). Although this drama was not a hit when it was broadcast in 1990, it can still be regarded as a youthful memory for a generation.
Moreover, doesn't it coincide with the timeline of "Flowers"? The youthfulness and confusion on campus are often seamlessly connected with the jungle laws of the adult world outside campus, allowing you to grow up through all the hard work. A few words of "encouragement" like Fan Zhiyi's from time to time may make each "Hongkou Xiaowang" more experienced.
