Please allow me to start the article with the ending of the finale when Ms. Wang went to Lingzi's shop for a drink and Lingzi revealed her true feelings:
"Everyone says Mr. Bao is lucky and borrowed my luck. I never left. It's me. Afraid in case this is true.”
"Flowers" has come to an end. I have finished watching the finale.
At that time, Jin Yucheng wrote in the preface of "Flowers" of Wong Kar-wai's "Days of Wild": Tony Leung rides a horse in search of a horse, and the hero is old... Next, he combed his hair, with Panax notoginseng pink hair, and combed it neatly in front of the mirror. Finally, turn off the lights and wait and see, this half minute is the taste of Shanghai.
The finale of "Flowers" can be said to perfectly interpret the artistic conception of these sentences, which is amazing.
has no open ending. That's the ending.
No matter what Wong Kar-Wai will film in the movie version, the story of the TV series finale is complete.
The new Shanghai trendsetters are ups and downs. The story of Mr. Bao, Lingzi, Miss Wang and Li Li ends here.
After watching the finale, I was filled with emotions and could not hide my excitement.
I don’t want to brag, but this drama certainly won.
"Flowers" is on Douban, and the finale is over. It has more than 160,000 reviews, but it gave a high score of 8.2. It is certainly a phenomenal work at the beginning of 2024.
Facts have proved that many people have misread "Flowers", but Goose Factory got it right. When
premiered the series, he complained that "Flowers" was a middle-aged version of childhood. Now there are enough netizens to apologize to Wong Kar-wai to fill the 750-meter Yellow River Road.
The average Douban score of the "Little Times" series is less than 5 points. To say that "Flowers" is from the "Little Times" series is not to take the 160,000 netizens who gave "Flowers" a score of 8.2 on Douban.
Wong Kar Wai's "Laughing" drama series has frequently exceeded 30,000 views, and the pork ribs and rice cakes, thanks to Ms. Wang and Mr. Bao, have become a hit. In the early morning, 40,000 people were listening to "Stealing Heart" at the same time. No sound.
The TV series version of "Flowers" is Wong Kar-wai's "Flowers", not Jin Yucheng's "Flowers".
"Flowers" is not only the aesthetic ceiling of Chinese dramas, but what is truly unique is: it cannot be compared or defined with any previous domestic drama, it is unique.
1: About the finale
In the last episode of "Flowers", Mr. Bao walked out of the Peace Hotel that his uncle originally let him rent, looking at the Yellow River Road, thoughtfully.
A battle to defend Shanghai’s stock price has just settled.
Many viewers said that they didn’t understand it, so I’ll give it a try. Before the finale of
, the business war on Huanghe Road has entered a fever pitch.
Some people lost a hotel overnight, such as Boss Jin, and they could only fall from the sky.
And Abao was also pushed to the cliff.
His opponent is Mr. Qiang, who has gone completely crazy and can't hold back. Last time, Abao used his small skills to win big, and the two of them were evenly matched.
But this time, A Bao's clothing company is listed on the market. Mr. Qiang is murderous and vows to kick A Bao out of the company completely, so that A Bao can also experience the feeling of being "collected".
And the Qilin Society is also ready to make a move, with the oriole behind.
As for Mr. Bao, his uncle was angry. Li Li transferred all the three million transferred to Zhenyuan to his account. But Zhenyuan was lost, so Li Li could only cancel the guarantee contract. Mr. Bao finally Lin Tai naturally withdrew his financial resources.
At this point, Po can be said to be surrounded by enemies from both sides, ambushed from all sides, and the situation is definitely doomed.
Sure enough, the opening day of the clothing company came. On January 10, 1994, Mr. Bao wanted to hold shares and fight in the capital market. But this time his opponent was Mr. Qiang. Between the two of them, either you die or I There is no way out for anyone.
The problem is that Mr. Bao’s ammunition is far inferior to that of Mr. Qiang who is supported by a consortium.
Bao was soon at a disadvantage.
But the stock investors outside were going crazy, but Mr. Bao was still calmly drinking coffee on the window sill of the hotel.
Commander Cai asked Mr. Bao why he was not in a hurry. Mr. Bao said that he was still waiting and it was not the last moment.
Commander Cai said this is not the end?
But Mr. Bao is still waiting for a key third party - Qilin Club.
This is what many viewers don’t understand the most, thinking that Mr. Bao and Qilin are playing riddles.
The time Qilin will give Mr. Bao is 9:30 on the opening day. Mr. Bao has the final say before 9:30, and then Qilin will have the final say. That is to say, give Mr. Bao an ultimatum.
What is the mystery here?
is actually basically a game between Mr. Bao and the Qilin Club.
Qilin can take action, but it must follow their game rules, so until the last moment of the next day, Qilin will give Mr. Bao a 60-second countdown.
In this scene, Wong Kar-wai is obviously paying tribute to "Dark War" directed by Johnnie To.
The time Liu Qingyun gave Andy Lau to convince himself in the film was also one minute.
This time, Hu Ge said his lines more calmly than Andy Lau, without any rush, because he knew what Qilin wanted and what he was afraid of.
Sure enough, in the last five seconds, Qilin will count down to President Bao, and it will become President Bao to count down to Qilin.
And Qilinhui finally agreed to Mr. Bao’s request.
In the end, Wong Kar-wai asked Qilinhui to be the audience's mouthpiece: Mr. Bao is at the end of his rope, why should we help him?
And the answer of the boss of Qilin Club is also the ultimate answer to the question: not to help him, but to save yourself.
Why, it is actually a very simple stock market arithmetic question -
In this stock market war, Mr. Bao has a heavy position, not counting all his wealth, plus all the money Li Li gave him, it is estimated that there is about 30 million in funds. You need to know , that was 30 million in 1994.
was short-selling, the price fell by 8 yuan, and Mr. Bao lost 30 million.
If Bao Zong is liquidated in the end and A Bao is not saved, the stock price will plummet. If Qilinhui also increases leverage, they will also liquidate their positions.
And if the strong general wins this battle, from now on the stock market will no longer be dominated by the Qilin Club, and the home game will become an away game.
The so-called self-rescue actually refers to not only the winning or losing of the stock market, but also the power structure under the cards.
On the contrary, Qilin will come out and if the stock price goes back up, it will make at least tens of millions.
For A Bao, it is equivalent to renting a piece of land with 30 million.
Then there was a scene where Mr. Bao left the hotel, because this stock market war has come to an end -
Mr. Bao did not go bankrupt, but the clothing company worked in vain, and 30 million was lost. But the land is with tomorrow.
The strong will always lose miserably.
When Mr. Bao walked out of the Peace Hotel, he had a conversation with the doorman. The doorman got emotional and asked him - "Mr. Bao, will you come back?" Mr. Bao's eyes said everything.
As a result, what I think is the best scene in the finale of "Flowers" is presented to everyone.
On the Yellow River Road, the rapids of Shanghai Beach are surging. A once famous man steps out from the past storm with firm steps.
Looking back again, the clouds blocked the way back.
There is only the endless long road with Mr. Bao.
"Flowers" has come to an end.
2: Regarding the finale of Everyone
, this finale actually reminded me of that section of "A Dream of Red Mansions": It was like a bird that had eaten all its food and threw it into the forest, leaving a white patch on the earth. It was so clean.
looks happy, but is actually sad.
Let us talk about the endings of several protagonists.
Let’s talk about Abao first.
Mr. Bao did not go bankrupt in the end. He bet everything that Li Li would not betray him and would help him. In addition, Qilin would take action. Mr. Bao successfully defeated Mr. Qiang and allowed him to be "carried", but Mr. Bao He also left the Peace Hotel.
Only then did the audience understand what he said before: My retreat is Po.
From then on, he was no longer the boss, and chose to be the free-spirited Ah Bao.
He also has more than 100 acres of land in Chuansha. Of course, what he has planted is a bright future.
Let’s talk about the other main characters.
Abao's first love Xuezhi, played by Du Juan, did not survive the illness and passed away.
Uncle Ye said his final farewell to Po in the last episode and did not appear again.
But the ending of the TV series Uncle is far better than the ending of the original work. In the original novel, Zhongbao always loses everything, and his grandfather jumps off a building in despair. In the TV series, as long as the uncle is willing, he can farm with Abao every minute.
As for Mr. Qiang, his biggest mistake in life was to seek revenge on himself with the powerful strength of the group.
ended up in the limelight, but fell hard and was taken away by the public security organs to await punishment.
Li Li was also imprisoned. She returned to herself and was imprisoned for a year. After she was released from prison, she became a monk. This ending is consistent with the original work.
From the time Reiko ran away to when she came back to open a shop, her ending was already doomed.
It seems that the best "mixed" ending is Miss Wang who transformed into Mr. Wang.
Not only did she get the big order given to her by Mr. Bao, she also made a small fortune in the foreign exchange market by virtue of her poor information, but she made a name for herself in one fell swoop.
From then on, there was no longer Mr. Bao on Huanghe Road, but there was Mr. Wang. How does
evaluate the pros and cons?
Many people think Mr. Bao lost, but I think Mr. Bao won.
Between friendship and money, Mr. Bao has always chosen the former. When it comes to business, my uncle is really ruthless, while Bao always seeks kindness and gets kindness.
On the surface, Mr. Bao ended up empty-handed in both love and business.
The final ending is that he and Miss Wang watch the lights of the Oriental Pearl Tower across the Huangpu River together.
The emotional world is just one centimeter away, as far away as the Huangpu River.
And Li Li, when he kissed goodbye in the finale, it was obviously not Mr. Bao, but his teacher Mr. A. When Mr.
a's capital chain was broken, Abao led the fleet to "pick up the corpses". This is the truth about Li Li's revenge.
These two people are destined not to come together.
It is not difficult to see that the finale actually captures the feeling of flowers dying on the ground after blooming.
Everyone ended the show in their own way, leaving the audience with an empty perfect circle and loneliness. They couldn't help but recall the splendor and blooming flowers at the beginning, and even recalled the dozens of farewell concubines sent by Mr. Wei.
Who will remember Mr. Bao on the Yellow River Road from now on?
, you have to take a bow from the stage and find your true destination.
As soon as this plot came out, I don’t know how everyone felt. I was really filled with emotions. I have a deeper understanding of the original work of "Flowers" and the state of mind behind the original author.
No wonder, Jin Yucheng was relieved to hand over the novel to Wong Kar-wai, who was not the highest bidder.
The stories are different, the characters have different endings, and even the styles are different.
But the authentic flowery taste is the same.
3: About "Flowers"
When I first watched "Flowers", I was worried at first that Wong Kar-wai seemed to have gone too far.
As a 30-episode long drama, Wong Kar-wai rarely adopts a craftsman-style production method. It takes four years to prepare and more than three years to shoot. One scene can be shot nearly 40 times, and only a single camera is used because the actors are more beautiful in this way. ...
The bigger risk is: Wong Kar-wai has made 15 movies in 30 episodes, but will the audience be able to stomach the delicacies?
For Chinese dramas, "Flowers" brings the dreamiest imagination into reality. The core of Wong Kar-wai's creation is "romance", not only the story techniques, but also his shooting itself, which is a romantic adventure.
Fortunately, judging from the ending, "Flowers" at least did not lose commercially. The goose factory won the bet.
Wong Kar-wai did the trick standing up.
The whole drama "Flowers" seems to be told in a smooth way, but every twist and turn is the finishing touch.
People who can't watch it will give up after two episodes, but viewers who watch it, especially after watching a few episodes, will really get into the drama. The more you watch, the more addicted you will be. The more you watch, the more interesting it becomes.
This is of course because Wong Kar-Wai's delicacies are both on the outside and on the inside. The
table is a beautiful image.
The base of "Flowers" is carved and polished like a craftsman, and was shot by an Oscar-winning photographer. The neon lights from Yellow River Road to the front door of Zhenyuan were photographed in a blurry way. The tables in the restaurant are intertwined, and the doors, windows, and partitions block the light and shadow.
The graceful Li Li and Mr. Bao look at each other through the window. Shanghai under the lens of Wong Kar-wai can be described as radiant and romantic.
It is not easy for other TV dramas to have a theme song that makes them stand out. Wong Kar-wai just made the BGM of "Flowers" into a Chinese nostalgic golden song program: the feasting Yellow River Road, Coke, Cash Money, and Big Brother, with a strong imprint of the times. Paired with classic old songs such as "Looking Back Again", "Stealing Heart", "Let It Go", "Obsessed" and other classic songs, it makes the older generation have something to remember and the younger generation of audiences are fascinated.
Wong Kar-Wai’s aesthetics is by no means a deserved reputation.
is a good story.
The business war drama is the skeleton of the story of "Flowers".
From the hot sales of Sanyang brand T-shirts, Mr. Bao’s defense of Li Zhizhen Garden, to Mr. Bao and Mr. Qiang on the stock market, the plot is smooth and exciting.
Watching the whole drama, the plot is fast-paced and never sloppy. Several key conflict nodes are also rendered very movingly.
It turns out that Wong Kar-wai is not only a master of images, but also a master of storytelling. The
drama series doesn’t stop at business wars either. Instead,
completed a picture of the Qingming Festival along the river in Shanghai in the 1990s.
When the fireworks on Yellow River Road were narrated trivially, it also laid the warmest and most solid background of the whole drama.
html It turns out that business war dramas from the 0's could be filmed this way.can be tense or lively.
Before this, the audience and the industry were not sure: Can Chinese dramas be able and worthy of being so big?
The ratings of "Flowers" actually answer this question best.
Audiences are always willing to eat well. If domestic business war dramas and period dramas are shot like this, why worry about not having an audience!
4: Regarding the acting skills of actors
"Flowers", although there was a lot of discussion in the early stages of the show.
But judging from the results, many actors have discovered new screen charms through careful work.
It turns out that Wong Kar-wai has no script on set. The biggest reason is that he never lets the characters serve the story, but lets the story serve the characters.
As a result, many people contributed several highlight performances.
Just like Dong Yong said: It is a great fortune to cooperate with Wong Kar-wai.
says this not because Wong Kar-wai is a big name, but because he knows how to bring out the best in actors.
Especially Xin Zhilei, her performance far exceeded my expectations. First, she is beautiful.
Whether it is the bright and moving red dress when she appears, or the elegant and noble black dress at the end, wearing Xin Zhilei gives people the feeling of a beauty from the 90s pictorial.
Second, his acting skills are outstanding.
Li Li parachuted into Huanghe Road with 30 million yuan, hired the best hotel team with three times the salary, and stirred up the situation in Huanghe Road with a catfish attitude. She is a sassy, courageous, intelligent, and determined female boss.
But in the finale, it is an infatuated woman trapped in love. This kind of character conflict was actually played by Xin Zhilei just right.
The most unexpected one is of course Miss Wang played by Tang Yan.
On the Yellow River Road, which is full of "bacus sounds", Miss Wang is the most unscrupulous person.
But it is also the one who wins the most beautiful one in the finale.
In order to polish the role of Ms. Wang, Tang Yan stopped taking roles for three years and experienced the experience of "repeating a certain scene 86 times."
But many marketing accounts complaining about her acting skills are really wrong. Repeated filming is not the reason for poor acting. At that time, Tony Leung and Carina Lau also repeated filming of Wong Kar-wai's scenes to the point of doubting their lives.
repeated filming in order to polish the character to perfection. In the end, Tang Yan's performance was indeed completely different.
Even in the supporting roles, there are quite a few standouts, such as President Fan played by Dong Yong.
He was always laughing and joking, but the story line continued until the end, intersecting with the plot of the protagonist.
, a character who looks like an old fox at the beginning, becomes more and more cute towards the end. The kind of human touch that is nothing more than business and transaction cannot be stopped.
In the end, he acted out the eight words that Mr. Fan remembered by heart, "If a person wants to look like a pig, his heart will be clear", which is absolutely perfect.
Section Chief Jin, who plays Wu Yue after Magnolia, has few lines and no major scenes.
But in Wu Yue's subtle eye scene, he managed to express the perception of the female version of his uncle. The relationship between Section Chief Jin and his uncle in the finale was also memorable.
There is also the most aggressive role played by Fan Tiantian - Lu Meilin. She has completely brought this role to life. From then on, she should be among the top three candidates for similar roles in Chinese dramas.
and Wang Ju, their performances are more and more amazing each time, and this time they failed the class again, especially in the scene where Mei Ping finally meets her uncle,
her acting skills are not overshadowed by the veteran actors at all, which is really impressive.
But the wonderful performance of all the members did not overwhelm Hu Ge's acting skills.
After this drama, I personally think that Hu Ge has completed the real transformation of his acting skills after "Nirvana in Fire".
If it is said that Mei Changsu's acting skills exploded after perfectly matching his personal experience, it is somewhat beyond his level.
Then Mr. Bao of "Flowers" has really stabilized Hu Ge's acting skills into the position of a first-line acting niche.
Hu Ge's performance in the early stage highlighted a warmth.
treats others generously after being hit, gets along with his uncle and brother Tao Tao, and leads Xiao Lehui's old friends to make money in the stock market. What is inadvertently revealed is Mr. Bao's warm kindness.
After the stock market battle began in the second half, a stabilization was highlighted.
looks a bit elegant on the surface, but in fact he has a tough guy temperament.
No matter how many difficulties we encounter or how many setbacks we suffer, we always look forward without flinching.
But in the final scenes, Hu Ge completed the sublimation of his acting skills and performed the character's loneliness.
The flowers have fallen. Although it is benevolent and benevolent, there are still a few scenes where Hu Ge fully demonstrated Abao's loneliness.
Especially watching the scene where the Oriental Pearl Tower lights up with everyone, the more people there are, the lonelier Bao becomes when he is no longer Mr. Bao.
Hu Ge is Abao.
After Li Xiaoyao and Mei Changsu, Hu Ge also has his third, truly classic role.
Finally, it is You Benchang who has the best acting in the whole drama.
If I were to give his performance a score, I think a perfect score of 10 would not be an exaggeration.
Uncle Ye is a real businessman. He is decisive in the business field, employing people to move forward and not using people to move behind.
But many people misunderstood my uncle because of this. The more cruel he was to outsiders, the warmer he was to his own people.
He regarded A Bao as the continuation and incarnation of his dream, so when he saw A Bao being so affectionate in business, he left a sentence and angrily left:
"I tried my best to plan the Huangpu River for A Bao." What you are thinking about is Suzhouhe's business."
But if A Bao kills Miss Wang, A Bao is not A Bao.
Flowers are not flowers.
What exactly is "Flowers"? It’s the change of times, the warmth and warmth of human relationships, the Huangpu River that everyone can’t let go of, and the Suzhou River that they can’t cross.
I really like a passage from the uncle in "Flowers": "We are just ordinary people who work to earn some money, so we don't care too much about many things. Just work hard when you go to work and have a good rest after work.
Some people say hello It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter if you say you are bad.
Always remind yourself that in the eyes of others, you are nothing.
In front of your family, you are half the sky."
Life is just like this. After the "flowers" are over, life must continue.
Hu Ge said it best: at this moment, "no sound is the loudest."
