On April 1, the movie "The World of Grass and Trees" held a viewing ceremony with the theme of "Don't go to the boss, go to the heart" in Beijing. Director Gu Xiaogang brought Wu Lei , Jiang Qinqin , Chen Jianbin , Yan Nan, Ju Bozhan and other main creators appeared together. During the post-screening exchanges, many viewers shared with the creators their family members' experiences of being deceived, and some choked up viewers who hoped that their mothers would not be like Wu Taihua and "live her own life." The film was officially released today.
The movie "The World of Grass and Trees" tells the story of a pair of simple mother and son who came out of the mountains. Due to their desire to realize their own self-worth and their urgent need to integrate into the big city, they were taken advantage of by malicious people and deceived into the game. In the post-screening sharing, many viewers also said that they initially thought they were far away from pyramid schemes and health product sales scams, but through the film they discovered that this kind of good thing that uses "pie in the sky" attracts people into the trap, making it difficult to escape from mental control. Scams are all around us. The director also shared his original intention on the spot, because his family was once deeply involved in pyramid schemes. It was this experience that prompted him to shoot an anti-MLM film to remind more viewers to avoid being deceived.
In addition to the topic of pyramid schemes, the audience also mentioned more about the mother-son relationship between Wu Taihua, played by Jiang Qinqin, and He Mulian, played by Wu Lei, who redeem each other and rely on each other for life. An audience member said that she was almost in tears while watching the movie. When she saw Wu Taihua during the movie, she thought of her mother, "The most impressive thing about Wu Taihua's character is that she said that I lived myself. I was The first reaction was to think of my mother. My parents have devoted a lot to their children. I was thinking about when my mother would be able to live her own life." At the scene, Jiang Qinqin also shared his story with his parents, mentioning what everyone had seen before. The movies are all about lovers and children, but “very few people take care of our parents.” I hope that “during the Qingming Festival, I can take my parents to the cinema and spend more than 100 minutes with them.”
said in this interview During the post-screening exchange, the audience also shared their experience of watching the movie with the creators from their own perspectives, and even played online with the lead actor Wu Lei. "Anti-cheating" Mu Lian vividly reminded everyone to be careful not to be fooled. Some viewers also pointed out that the classic scene of Chen Jianbin standing aside with his hands on his hands when Jiang Qinqin and Wu Lei were arguing made him break into the "domestic entertainment loser track". Chen Jianbin responded with a smile, "I strive to perform well in this track." , surpassing other losers!" As the first anti-MLM film in China, director Gu Xiaogang even received a special banner written by the audience, "Watching the movie to understand MLM, save thousands of families", and the main creators also received orange cat dolls and plant element gifts one by one. , and even responded to the film's "meme" online. In addition to revealing the hot social topic of MLM, it also brought high-quality movie-watching experience to the audience through artistic expression.
Peninsula Morning News, 39 Degrees Video Reporter Li Hongbo
