was filmed for three years and aired in 14 days. Recently, Wong Kar-wai's first TV series "Flowers" has come to an end. In the ending of
, the prosperity of the past faded away, and everyone completed their own response.
"Mr. Bao", played by Hu Ge, got out of the trapped stocks with the help of the Qilin Society.
He fulfilled his promise to everyone, left the Peace Hotel, and changed from Mr. Bao back to Po.
Li Li, played by Xin Zhilei, helped Mr. A pay off all his debts. He was imprisoned for one year for fraudulently using his identity card and later became a monk at Nanhua Temple.
Lingzi, played by Ma Yili, left Night Tokyo to find a better self.
In the end, Abao failed to get together with Miss Wang. "Baozhu CP" looked across the Huangpu River at the completed Oriental Pearl Tower.
"Flowers" has come to an end.
Looking at "Flowers" now, it has undoubtedly become this year's hit.
But in fact, before this TV series was launched, many people were not optimistic about it.
Although the production lineup of this drama is very strong, it is a combination of famous directors + famous writers + famous actors.
However, whether Wong Kar-Wai, who is well versed in the film market, can make a good TV series has also made everyone very worried.
Especially after the release of several trailers, although the pictures were beautiful enough, many viewers did not understand what was being said.
For a time, the voices that badmouthed "Flowers" became louder and louder.
With the official launch of the series, "Flowers" has proved its strength with a series of outstanding results. In terms of ratings,
broke through 2 in just 10 minutes after the broadcast, reaching a peak of 2.6. After that, it ranked first in ratings for 14 consecutive days.
In terms of popularity, the popularity value on Tencent’s site exceeded 31,000, and the total number of barrage interactions exceeded 10 million.
Detavin's prosperity index is 3.065, surpassing last year's "Hurry Up" and setting a new high for the prosperity index in 2024.
received a total of 1,420 hot searches on the entire network, topped the hot list 266 times, and the number of Weibo topics exceeded 10 billion.
According to statistics from the Maoyan platform, "Flowers" has so far won a total of 70 championships, including the weekly top spot on the Maoyan drama popularity list and the daily top spot on the Maoyan drama popularity list.
As the series airs, "Flowers"'s ability to attract investment is even more amazing.
started with 10 ads in the first episode, and then soared to 11 ads in the 16th episode. On the day of the finale of
, "Fanhua" released a list of up to 40 advertisers on Weibo, which is rare in the industry. The reputation of
is also rising steadily, and the Douban score has risen from 8.1 to 8.4.
Moreover, this "flower fever" has also extended from inside the drama to outside the drama, and everything related to it has become popular. The novel originally written by
is very popular.
After watching the drama, many viewers still wanted to read the novel "Flowers". Sales of the novel surged in a short period of time, and the annotated version was sold out of stock in some Shanghai bookstores. The first season of the
stage play "Flowers" was officially launched in Shanghai. The box office exceeded 2 million yuan in just 3 hours, and the server was even squeezed and paralyzed for a time.
The food in the drama is very popular.
During the hit season of "Flowers", pork ribs and rice cakes became the top search item on the takeout platform, and takeout volume soared by 200%.
The canteens of many schools and companies have also decorated the same delicacies from the drama.
The landmark in the drama has become popular.
Huanghe Road, the main scene, has become a new Internet celebrity street in Shanghai, attracting tourists who are fans of the drama. The price of the same-style suite at the Peace Hotel where Mr.
Bao stayed increased to 16,800 yuan per night, and reservations for the prototype hotel in Zhenyuan were even scheduled to mid-January.
The old songs in the drama are also popular.
After the broadcast of "Flowers", not only Jacky Cheung's "Stealing Heart" occupied the soaring charts of major music software. The combination of
's songs and plot resonated with the audience, and also made golden songs of the era such as "Unrepentant" and "Looking Back" once again become popular.
is not only a hit in China, but also many movie fans abroad are eagerly waiting for the English subtitles of "Flowers" to be released online.
From these, we can see that whether it is the popularity of ratings or the breadth of discussion about the series, "Flowers" is a well-deserved hit drama at the beginning of the year.
Why is this movie "Flowers" so popular?
First of all, the face is beautiful enough.
After the broadcast of "Flowers", Wong Kar-wai's aesthetic style was the most praised online. At the beginning of
, the director used a lens to show the audience a prosperous and retro 1992 Shanghai New Year's Eve.
The neon lights on the street are flashing, and the overall color is an elegant and delicate golden color, which is warm and full of lively colors and fragrance.
After that, the texture, light and shadow of every picture have reached the level of a movie, and any screenshot can be used as a wallpaper.
It’s no wonder that everyone is attracted by Wong Kar-wai’s picturesque shots. After all, even the owner of a cigarette paper shop opening a bottle of Coke can capture the beauty of sparkling water.
Of course, the most eye-catching thing is the characters whose beauty is magnified under Wong Kar-wai's lens.
After the broadcast of "Flowers", everyone agreed that Wong Kar-wai left the most beautiful appearance as an actor.
The male protagonist Hu Ge showed his 360-degree handsomeness under Wong Kar-wai's lens.
is dressed in a black coat, and every look and every movement exudes the mature charm of the male protagonist.
As the three golden flowers in Shanghai, Lingzi, Miss Wang and Li Li all have their own beauty under the lens of Wong Kar-wai.
Lingzi, played by Ma Yili, is both philistine and affectionate. Every smile and every blink is full of stories.
Miss Wang, played by Tang Yan, her bright smile and charming language make people feel the unique charm of Shanghai's daughter.
Under the guidance of Wong Kar-wai, Xin Zhilei exudes her unprecedented charm.
In the drama, she plays the female boss Li Li, who is both charming and skillful, and her every move and smile can make people's hearts flutter.
The most important thing is that these pictures and characters are not only beautiful, but Wong Kar-wai also gives them a sense of story. In the scene where
and Mr. A are hugging each other at the beach, Xin Zhilei has tears in her eyes, showing a sense of resilience and brokenness.
This single scene condenses the first half of the character Li Li's life into it.
Reiko quarreled with Po because of the pearl earring incident. The director used three black scenes on the screen to gradually show Reiko's change in mentality.
Along the way, she went from expressionless to holding back tears, and finally broke up with the past years and Abao.
Reiko decided to bid farewell to the past, so she destroyed "Night Tokyo" and renovated it.
When the store was being smashed, the director interspersed scenes of Reiko and Abao opening a store together.
On one side is the broken reality, on the other side is the warm past. The cross-comparison of the pictures makes this feeling even more sad.
Not only is it visually beautiful, "Flowers" is also a masterpiece in terms of listening.
's original work "Flowers" is a Shanghainese novel. During the filming, Wong Kar-wai retained the language style of the novel and shot the work in Shanghainese.
Facts have proved that using Shanghainese is very correct.
Whether it is the accent of Shanghainese or the charm of Shanghainese language, the series has achieved a "stunning" effect.
And the BGM in the play was even praised by many netizens.
30 episode "Flowers" has a total of 57 golden songs, each of which perfectly fits the scene and character's mood in the play.
The song "Stealing Hearts" played on the night when Miss Wang was waiting for Po but couldn't wait for her lover.
Miss Wang's one-man show was accompanied by "Unrepentant", and "Sudden Love" was played when Reiko, a migrant worker in Japan, met Po.
It can be said that it is precisely because of this kind of vision and hearing that makes "Flowers" so beautiful.
Secondly, the inside is exciting enough.
"Flowers" can become a word-of-mouth hit. In addition to its beautiful appearance, the story behind it is also beautiful.
This drama is adapted from the Mao Dun Literature Award novel. The book has thirty-one chapters in total. There is no coherent story and the adaptation is simply confusing.
Therefore, Wong Kar-wai chose Po, the most ups and downs and most representative character in the novel, as the main line of the series.
What makes A Bao become Mr. Bao and become a trendsetter of the times overnight? This experience was not mentioned in the book, and Wong Kar-wai went to fill it in and improve it.
The final TV series only selected 1992 to 1993 from the decades-long timeline of the original work, recalling 1978 and other time nodes in the form of flashbacks.
The narrative background and main scenes are placed on Huanghe Road. Through the two introductions of the stock market and foreign trade, Mr. Bao’s story begins.
Whether it is the tone of the Peace Hotel, the rush for business on Yellow River Road, or the intelligence war in the stock market, under the director's lens, they all show the quality of a martial arts film.
allows the audience to see the hearty business wars, the overt and covert workplaces and the lingering emotions through "Flowers".
The most beautiful thing about "Flowers" is actually that it captures the vivid individuals of that era.
If the "Mr. Bao" played by Hu Ge is equivalent to the tree trunk supporting the core of the development of the entire story, then the characters who appear around him are like little flowers growing in the cracks. While
are each wonderful, they also embellish the vitality and vitality of the entire tree trunk.
The uncle played by You Benchang is the first noble person in Abao's life. He helps Abao change his career, start a company, and complete the first round of wealth accumulation.
Whether it is in business or life, Uncle Ye constantly helps A Bao.
told A Bao to do business with style, gimmicks and signs, and told A Bao to learn to take a step back when he was in trouble.
The three female characters closely related to Po are also remarkable.
Ma Yili plays the role of Lingzi, the owner of the Tokyo Hotel in Tokyo, who is shrewd, aggressive and versatile, with the unique style and shrewdness of Shanghai women.
She and A Bao have known each other since Wei Shi, so A Bao trusts her very much. She also loyally guards their common property as A Bao's last resort.
Miss Wang, played by Tang Yan, is Bao's trustworthy ally in the workplace. When Bao is in danger when he goes to Zhuji, she will drive desperately to save him.
They are comrades who have gone hand in hand. They have eaten pork ribs and rice cakes for many years, and they have also seen the scenery on the top floor together.
Because Abao can't let go of his obsession with his first love, the two of them end up "pork ribs, rice cakes, rice cakes."
Li Li, the owner of Zhizhenyuan played by Xin Zhilei, is quite mysterious, and her words and deeds reveal her ambition. .
She and Mr. Bao met each other in chess, but she remained calm even when the storm hit.
The relationship between A Bao and Li Li is also a complex intertwining of business and emotion.
Although there are various ambiguities and tumultuous relationships between Mr. Bao and the three female protagonists throughout the drama, feelings are not the most important thing in the drama.
They did not feel depressed after they hit a wall in their sincerity, but grew rapidly.
Reiko smashed the Night Tokyo, severed the relationship with Abao, and revitalized the Night Tokyo from scratch.
Ms. Wang left the foreign trade company and worked hard to develop. Her life creed changed from "I want to be a golden flower on the 27th like the master" to "I am my own dock."
This kind of relationship between a man and a woman, in which "it is better to have a career than to fall in love", is indeed rare in domestic dramas.
In addition, Dong Yong plays President Fan, Chen Long plays Tao Tao, and Papi Jiang plays Ling Hong.
Even the boss lady Lu Meilin played by Fan Tiantian, Manager Pan played by Tong Chenjie, and Mei Ping played by Wang Ju who will do anything to get the upper hand.
Every character is very vivid and unforgettable.
It is these characters who work hard and make progress like flowers, which constitute this "Flowers" that blooms with new vitality.
It is not surprising that "Flowers" like this can become a hit.
But the most important significance of "Flowers" is not only a beautiful work, but its appearance also has extraordinary significance for Chinese TV dramas.
At a time when domestic dramas are full of cutouts, watery plots, and exaggerated acting, "Flowers" has set a production benchmark for domestic dramas.
Wong Kar-wai, through his own practice, tells all creators that the key to making good works is attentiveness. In order to recreate the Yellow River Road,
built the main scene of "Flowers" 1:1. In order to show the best light and shadow of the characters, it was shot with a single camera. In order to restore old Shanghai, old objects were collected from many sources.
It can be said that Wong Kar-wai taught domestic dramas a good lesson through "Flowers".
CCTV commented that "Flowers" may become an "orphan", but Qingshi hopes that domestic dramas will emerge with more such "orphans". After
makes "Flowers" bloom, domestic dramas can also usher in hundreds of flowers blooming.
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