On April 26, the Mango TV variety show "Brilliant Garden" premiered. Actor Zhang Songwen's real life was put in front of the camera for the first time and fully documented. As Zhang Songwen himself said, "My life is not based on a script. ". From bargaining with the flower seller, eating home-cooked shiraz with the villagers, discussing how sheep dung is fermented, to discussing performances with new and old friends, and even starting "no physical performances" anytime and anywhere, "Brilliant Garden" follows Zhang Songwen's journey perspective, vividly and deeply showing the daily life of actors. The program will be broadcast on Mango TV at 18:00 and Hunan Satellite TV at 22:00 every Friday. In the
program, Zhang Songwen's "curiosity" runs throughout. When he encounters a flock of sheep on the way to buy flowers, and is curious about the whereabouts of the sheep dung, he will temporarily change his itinerary, get off the car, chat with the villagers, and even visit the villagers' homes. From time to time, Zhang Songwen learned about the lives of the villagers.
These moments of actively embracing life not only appear in the program, but also accumulate in Zhang Songwen's "not seen for more than 20 years." Old friends Lin Jiachuan and Yiwei Yiwei "revealed" past events. Because of Zhang Songwen's love for raising plants, he met and became friends with the "plant god"; because he was curious about literature and entertainment, he went to the forum to communicate with netizens, and finally became a forum moderator. . Zhang Songwen's profound understanding of life and meticulous observation have become the source of inspiration for Zhang Songwen's performance and creation, and have also created many famous scenes such as "washing hands in the fish tank" and blurting out the Cantonese "tangtangshuishui". He is passionate about growing plants and said, "Green plants growing in cities can only be protected from being blown down by strong winds if they are connected to the land." Zhang Songwen also specially set up the stage in "Brilliant Garden". In addition to "Garden Family" Zeng Shunxi, Ma Jiaqi and Jiang Peiyao of the Times Youth League, he also said that he would "find some new actors he knows and discuss performances together."
“I got along well with the villagers by giving them food to each other”, “He is quite easy-going, doesn’t he just eat and chat with us?” When the village chief and villagers of Xiaosu Village, Liqiao Town, Shunyi District, Beijing, talked about Zhang Songwen, it was like talking about their own neighbors. During the filming of "Brilliant Garden", we happened to encounter a wedding banquet in the village. Zhang Songwen specially dressed in red to attend the banquet. When eating at the open-air banquet, he skillfully prepared dishes and chatted with the villagers at the same table, "Do you live in the East or West?" and "You guys eat more." When asked by the program crew: "Is there any difference between (Zhang Songwen) and the TV series?" the village man said, "He wants to bring the TV series (character) here, who cares about him?"
It is not uncommon for Zhang Songwen to get along with the villagers in a "down-to-earth" manner. When purchasing new plants for "Brilliant Garden", I can not only discuss with the flower seller how to grow plants, but also unabashedly and skillfully bargain in front of the camera, "Can you please take less, I will buy more." After several bargaining "confrontations", the flower seller couldn't help but said: "Why are you so stingy?" Zhang Songwen also responded with a calm smile, "I am really stingy."
Whether it is eating at a rural open-air banquet, bargaining with the flower seller, or driving a three-wheel drive and greeting the landlord warmly at the door, he will apologize for carrying five kilograms of garlic to the house for weighing wheat... Just like Villagers said that Zhang Songwen separated the TV series from reality, and did not bring the characters into daily life, but into the interactions between people, which was "very good."
Text/Beijing Youth Daily reporter Zu Weiwei
