TV series "Flowers" has ended, the audience's enthusiasm remains unabated.
In the drama, Abao, played by Hu Ge, successfully counterattacked in a crisis situation, and his story stayed in the hearts of the audience like a legend. Starring Hu Ge, Ma Yili and others also posted farewell messages on the final day of "Flowers".
The ratings of the TV series have been soaring since it was aired. Director Wong Kar-wai also posted a message saying, "In ten years, we will see each other again."
"Flowers" is Wong Kar-wai's first TV series. The Sunglasses King even admitted that he has been working on this drama for ten years.
Admittedly, as a TV series adapted from a novel, "Flowers" has faced tension and controversy between book fans and drama fans since its launch. But no matter how it is discussed, Wong Kar-wai's sense of camera and deep sense of story during filming made the TV series "Flowers" once synonymous with popularity.
While "Flowers" became popular, many viewers discovered that many trademarks related to "Flowers" have appeared.
In addition to the registered names of the TV series "Fanhua" and "Shanghai Fanhua", many classic characters and plots in the TV series such as "Miss Wang", "Bu Xiang", "Sanyang", etc. have been registered as trademarks. Up to more than 200.
When we focus on the registrants of these trademarks, we will find that most of the applicants are Zedong Office Co., Ltd. After further research, you will find that behind this company is a film production company related to Wong Kar-Wai. When
registers a trademark, it covers different categories, from transportation tools to clothing, shoes and hats, and even convenience foods.
"Flowers" related trademarks are involved in many fields, which is enough to show that Wong Kar-wai attaches great importance to the "Flowers" trademark.
As a hit drama at the beginning of the year, "Flowers" tells the story of the complicated business wars in Shanghai. As a group drama, it does not deliberately exaggerate the halo of the male protagonist and belittle others. Instead, it vividly portrays the common progress between each character and the struggles in pain.
People meet by chance and fight side by side. They are rare nobles in each other's lives and the ultimate passers-by.
The plot of "Flowers" is compact and natural, and it also expresses the atmosphere of Shanghai city under the tense plot atmosphere.
Even CCTV commented that this kind of drama can show the level of a unit drama with just a few episodes at random. The quality of the series should not be underestimated. "Flowers" may become an orphan in a long period of time. .
The TV series has been widely praised by all parties after it was broadcast. There is no doubt that "Flowers" will bring considerable economic benefits to the relevant creative team. It is a normal choice for Wong Kar-Wai's production company to register the relevant trademarks first to prevent them from being stolen and used for profit. But in addition to safeguarding their own interests, many viewers have also speculated that Wong Kar-wai has plans to film a companion piece or even a sequel to "Flowers".
In fact, from the thanks given to all parties by the crew of "Flowers" at the end, it can be seen that there are still many advertisements in the play. The content published on the official Weibo contains several waves of thanks to advertisers.
After clearly feeling the response and revenue brought by "Flowers" in the audience market, many fans of the drama began to call on Wong Kar-wai to make a sequel to "Flowers" to make up for the audience's "unhappiness" with the character.
Strong advertising support, urgent and concentrated trademark registration, and high audience love have made calls and speculations for a sequel to "Flowers" intensifying. The audience has asked the crew and actors in various aspects, and they are concerned about whether the second part of "Flowers" will be filmed.
From the description of Li Li's future character direction by the food consultant of "Flowers", maybe there will really be a second and third part of "Flowers".
Some viewers discovered that when Wong Kar-wai signed the copyright related to "Flowers", he also included the right to use the film version. This made Wong Kar-Wai's behavior of registering the trademark first be understood by many people as a business plan.
Jin Yucheng, the author of the novel "Flowers", also said in an interview before that the film copyright of "Flowers" does exist, but there is currently no news from Wong Kar-wai that a movie version has been filmed.
In the current chaotic market that excessively pursues economic interests and ignores the quality of works, the success of "Flowers" has undoubtedly given the current domestic TV series a direction for excellence.
Wong Kar-wai's "Ten Years of Sharpening a Sword" has indeed put a lot of effort into the visual presentation of the picture and the polishing of the actors' lines.
As a work with strong market potential, "Flowers" received a final Douban score of 8.3 points. The same style of "Spare Ribs Rice Cake" in the play and the filming location were constantly checked out.
Wong Kar-Wai's registration of the "Fanhua" trademark may indeed be out of consideration for the benefits brought by the later stage of the TV series. But for such a high-quality drama that is loved by the public, a movie version and sequel are more in line with the public's expectations.
Are you also looking forward to the broadcast of "Flowers 2"? Do you think Wong Kar-Wai is eager to register a trademark? What is his purpose?
