Cover News Reporter Xun Chao Intern Mo Molei [Talk about Art·Character Profile] Chen Mingzhang, director. His film and television director works include "MVP Lover", "The Prince Turns into a Frog", "Destined to Love You", "Du Lala's Promotion", "Carat Lover", "Love in Spring", et

Cover News Reporter Xun Chao Intern Mo Molei

[Talk about Art·Character Profile]

Chen Mingzhang, director. His film and television director works include "MVP Lover", "The Prince Turns into a Frog", "Destined to Love You", "Du Lala's Promotion", "Carat Lover", "Love in Spring", etc. Currently, the urban romantic comedy "You Too Have Today" directed by him is currently on the air.

Director Chen Mingzhang

In the field of idol dramas, director Chen Mingzhang has taught audiences step by step about love for 20 years. He directed "The Prince Turns into a Frog", "Sheep Star", "Destined to Love You", "Carat Lovers" and "" Works such as "Meet Wang Lichuan " have accompanied countless viewers through their youth and realized the sourness and sweetness of love.

Now, in early 2024, Chen Mingzhang returns to the screen with "You Too Have Today", which has attracted a lot of attention. The drama combines the necessary elements of an idol drama, including a cold boss, an innocent rookie heroine and an eccentric love story. It focuses on the vertical profession of "family lawyers" and explores the issues of cohabitation property disputes, divorce property division, and inheritance of children's inheritance. and other typical cases, showing the hot spots and pain points of marriage and love in current society.

's "all sugar and no cruelty" tone of the series, coupled with the contrasting comedy effect of "You Too Have Today", has been praised by many viewers as "the electronic mustard to start the new year". It currently has a Douban score of 7.2. Some netizens commented: "It's a sweet drama, it's comfortable and stress-free to watch, it's very eye-friendly, and it's full of details." "This drama can be called my recent electronic mustard. The plot and appearance are all online, and the most important thing is that the shots and pictures are great." They are all very comfortable."

"You Too Have Today" stills

Reject artificial sweeteners

Create an "organic" idol drama

"You Too Have Today" is adapted from Ye Feiran's novel of the same name. In the play, Cheng Yao (played by Zhang Ruonan), an innocent girl with a dream of being a lawyer, is accepted by a top law firm, so she decides to move to a place closer to the company where she can work better. Unexpectedly, the landlord rented two rooms for one room, and Cheng Yao had a quarrel with another tenant. It turned out that that person turned out to be Qian Heng (played by Chen Xingxu), the boss of Cheng Yao's law firm. As the two got along day and night at work and life, they went from not dealing with each other to caring for each other, and gradually sparked the spark of love. After going through ups and downs, Cheng Yao grew up to be a qualified lawyer and got into a happy marriage with Qian Heng.

"I want to make an organic idol drama and reject artificial saccharin." Chen Mingzhang has complicated emotions about the label "idol drama". He admitted that now is an era when "idol drama has become a derogatory term" and "idol" The label "drama director" also caused him trouble. "I've heard a lot of ridicule like, 'You're just an idol drama star.' Sweetness, rather than deliberate romance.

Stills of "You Too Have Today"

In his opinion, it is just a drama in which actors "sprinkle sugar and fall in love" and can only be regarded as a "children's drama" rather than a real "idol drama". However, there are currently too many sweet idol dramas on the market, and this situation where a single drama type occupies a large proportion is not good for the health of the drama market. Chen Mingzhang hopes that by "writing people" and creating vivid characters, the audience will have the patience to watch the drama because they like the characters.

The stills of "You Too Have Today"

convey laughter and emotion while maintaining authenticity

"You Too Have Today" is also a light comedy work that has been evaluated by netizens as "pure laughter". Chen Mingzhang bluntly said: Comedy is the genre that interests him the most, and it is also the most difficult subject matter that he considers because it needs to "bring laughter and touch to the audience without losing the sense of reality." But making a "good comedy" is quite attractive to him. "In the early days, I worked as a drama director, including many idol dramas, all based on comedy. I always considered myself a comedy director, and I also wanted to bring touching and laughter to the audience."

The opposition between the male and female protagonists "Ice and Fire" in the drama, It is also a type of comedy operation.What makes Chen Mingzhang happy is that both Chen Xingxu and Zhang Ruonan successfully controlled the characters when interpreting their roles. "The two of them are very similar to the characters. Chen Xingxu doesn't even have to act. Standing there, he looks like Qian Heng. He himself Her acting ability is also very strong; Zhang Ruonan has her own wild strength and is particularly suitable for the character background of 'Cheng Yao'."

Stills of "You Too Have Today"

For serious young actors, Chen Mingzhang is always willing to tolerate and help. "The collaboration between Chen Xingxu and Zhang Ruonan this time showed me that they are serious. They are never late and they all memorize the script." Although the two leading actors have very different personalities, during the early rehearsal process, Chen Mingzhang saw their hard work and confidence. "They are all people who are willing to overcome difficulties and perform actively. I am also willing to spend time with them. It is quite worthwhile."

Stills of "You Too Have Today"

[Dialogue]

Cover News: Over the years, shooting idols Has the original intention of the show changed? What is the significance of idol dramas to the real world?

Chen Mingzhang: When I first entered the industry, there was no concept of "idol drama". I only started to put some of my own thoughts into it after I slowly explored and matured. I hope that my work can be seen by more people, so that after enjoying the romance, the audience can gain something, not just a sweet smile. Many people ask me if I am a romantic by nature and believe in love by nature. No, I am not. It's because I don't believe in love that I shoot love. I hope everyone can live in a very pleasant world when they look at my works. But when you turn off the TV, close the computer, open the door and go out, the real world is not like this.

cover news: How does produce idol dramas that women like?

Chen Mingzhang: Maybe I am a detail-oriented person, I am more careful. For example, this "point" is very good, but the "line" does not hold true. If you want the "line" to hold true, you have to rely on many details. I am a director who likes to capture and amplify details. In addition, I actually don’t have that much “gender awareness”. Who has the advantage when it comes to love? ! I don't have so many men and women in my heart, but I care about details, because it is always the details that impress people.

cover news: "You Too Have Today" is an idol drama that also involves the lawyer profession and social topics. How to reconcile romance and reality?

Chen Mingzhang: It is indeed difficult to operate . Many idol dramas only use the lawyer industry as the background, and the essence is to fall in love. But each of our cases has some representation, and they give the product some expression. When we work on legal cases, we try to be as realistic as possible, and at the same time, we incorporate some romance and joy into the realism through music and rhythm. Our cases also organically follow the emotional process of the male and female protagonists, and each case will cause collisions and changes in the concepts of the male and female protagonists. Until the end, the female protagonist defeated the male protagonist to a certain extent and completed the shaping of the character arc. The male protagonist will also realize that his previous ways were wrong. Therefore, every case is indispensable, which also proves that our script is very organic in consistency. It is recommended that everyone watch every case carefully when watching the drama.

cover news: What kind of emotional resonance can the love between the male and female protagonists of bring to young audiences?

Chen Mingzhang: I think every couple ends up becoming their significant other. In real love, the characters progress and change by thinking about each other, being influenced by each other, and the two people grow together. To a certain extent, living as the other person, I think is the greatest romance. Qian Heng will also become very cute in the later period. He was arrogant at first, and then slowly became warm-hearted under the influence of Cheng Yao, even a little arrogant like a little princess. It turns out that Feng Feng Huo Huo Cheng Yao has become more and more mature, and even finally defeated this gold-medal lawyer who has never failed. This is also a kind of equality in the relationship. This era often talks about equal relationships between men and women. If an assistant lawyer associates with a very powerful lawyer, everyone may feel that they are not equal.But in the process of handling cases and getting along with each other, the two gradually became equal. This is an internal and external equality. Cheng Yao finally made Qian Heng understand that many things in the past were wrong, so this was quite enjoyable to watch.

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