A few years ago, e-commerce was so fierce that supermarkets were almost photographed dead on the beach, and the more ancient business form of going to market would inevitably fall into the "death" theory. Surprisingly, young people in the city have found a new way to join the mar

A few years ago, e-commerce was so fierce that supermarkets were almost photographed dead on the beach, and the more ancient business form of going to market would inevitably fall into the "death" theory. Surprisingly, young people in the city have found a new way to join the market trend. At the current market, who is selling and who is shopping? Is going to the market really a "mental massage"? The

documentary "Storytelling at the Market" was carefully created by the documentary team of the Fujian Radio, Film and Television Group Satellite TV Center of the national food documentary "Breakfast in China". It was planned for two years, traveled to six provinces, and encountered 36 stories. It was an immersive visit to the market. A fragrant collection that tells the story of knowing how to feel cold and how to feel hot.

Poster of the documentary "Market Storytelling"

html On June 17, at the advance screening held in Fuzhou, chief planner Hong Lei said: "How long has it been since we focused on the ordinary people who are peddlers and peddlers? They are Who? They are janitors, hawkers, umbrella menders, pot menders, couriers and cleaners. Many times they have failures, poverty and illness. When we record them, we are not recording others, but ourselves. ”

Why go to the market?

What is going to the market? A thousand market-goers always have a thousand answers. Among them, "affordable", "human touch" and "fireworks" are the ones that appear most frequently. The "Breakfast in China" team, which has been surrounded by fireworks, also went straight to the theme, using the perspective of cameraman "Chen Tiehan" to immersively experience the various behaviors of all living beings in the market.

Shaanxi Jiaodai went to a big market, with potato glutinous rice cake, tofu curd, cold skin, fairy powder, lala powder, glutinous rice noodles, scallion pancakes, fish and fish... a table full of them, only 48 yuan. It’s so delicious and so affordable that you can’t help but feel hungry!

Stills from the documentary "Storytelling at the Market"

In Feixian County, Shandong Province, you can buy a green onion, a piece of watermelon, a piece of shrimp skin, or a piece of thousand-layer cake...all for free! It’s free to try it! The owner who sells kidneys not only gives free kidneys, but also comes with liquor! This kind of free tasting experience is also very popular in the market. "Try before you buy and you will know what is good." The lively human touch means that no matter you are an "I" or an "E", you can find your own corner in the market.

Stills from the documentary "Storytelling at the Market"

Compared with the "coldness" of the supermarket, when going to the market, the hot and sweaty fireworks hit people's faces and bodies. Each stall is steaming from morning to night, and the heat exudes the unique "territory atmosphere" of the place: Daji in Feixian County, Shandong, where nature "grows wildly"; Daji in Jiaodai, Shaanxi Province, is a "carbon water paradise"; Hainan's Xinglong Market offers "freedom of fruit"; Shenyang's Fortune Market offers a "sauce world"; Yunnan's Lancang Market offers "exotic delicacies"; Sichuan's Niu Buddha Market is full of "ancient town style".

Cyber ​​Mall allows you to place orders with one click at any time anywhere in the world. You can avoid the rush of traffic and crowds, so why rush to the offline gathering?

"In a semester or even longer class, you and the students gradually become familiar with each other, just like the tea leaves are slowly brewed, and the fragrance of the tea permeates the time. This is a subtle and interesting process. This is what the cyber classroom is all about. "The aura that cannot be possessed." This is a fragment of critic Chen Peihao's thinking about "the emotional fission and transformation that has been, is, or will be experienced" after the epidemic is over (see "Tianya" Issue 3, 2023, "Emotional Turn and Thoughts on Life". ). In his opinion, face-to-face communication between people can stimulate "aura". Wang Shengzhi, the chief director of "Breakfast in China", noticed this article and was inspired to create "Market Storytelling".

What kind of "halo" is this? The creative team of

said that you will have your own answer only if you rush. "Market Storytelling" may be the spark that makes you excited. On the day when

was screened, Chen Peihao thought after watching it, "The title of "Market Story Meeting" is very interesting. It is not a story record of the market in the traditional sense, but the experience of going to the market in the Internet era. I thought it should be lively and lively , noisy going to the market, is a collection of life scenes. I didn’t expect it to be a highly thoughtful and emotional response to the times.This film talks about the anti-dwelling and anti-atomization situation in the post-epidemic era. Going to the market is when people go to the market to meet and even fall in love. "

While going to the market and listening to the "story meeting"

Wang Shengzhi felt that what he saw in "The Fair Story Meeting" was of course not only the richness and diversity of the market, but also the hundreds of kinds of life in the market that were even more unforgettable.

episode The "Sheep Soup Sister" Liu Zeyu who cooks the top-ranked mutton soup in Feixian County in the market

is not only outstanding in appearance and craftsmanship, but after the customers finish the soup, they don't rush to leave. They sit for a while and listen. Seeing her lover Wang Fanyi's care for her, the old couple walked through the grindstone of life together, turning love into a pot of long-tasting mutton soup. There is something unique and delicate about her hairstyle. This exquisiteness may come from the traces left by her former position as an executive of a famous multinational company, Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company. Why should she put aside her glamorous and air-conditioned identity? The natural wind blows on the street? Brother has the answer after many experiences.

There is also a self-media person, Geng Rongpei, who goes to the market from morning to night. He searches and broadcasts various eye-catching events and people in the market, and "goes to the market" online. He is eager to get a piece of the traffic pie. He is one of the thousands of "Internet celebrities" who are good at gimmicks, but he is not a completely campy person who is good at cooking but cannot interact with the audience. The uncle conveniently bought the old lady’s unsalable apricots… In his words: “Even though he is living a miserable life, he can’t bear to see the suffering of others. "

Hundreds of Lives in the Market

Yang , executive director of "Market Storytelling", has been fond of documentaries for many years. He admired a passage: Documentaries are like the sharpest scalpels of this era, cutting open the surface of society, and then Let the audience get into the fabric of life and see the details that have been ignored by us.

"Market Story Meeting" wants to express that the market is not the same as the quiet years, there is human kindness in the fireworks, and firewood, rice, oil and salt under the fireworks. A piece of chicken feathers may be trivial, but it is full of unparalleled wild power.

Poster of the documentary "Market Story Meeting"

It is reported that the six episodes jointly produced by Fujian Radio, Film and Television Group Satellite TV Center and Tencent Video are based on the theme of "Market". The themed wild documentary "Market Storytelling" will be launched on all platforms from June 22, 2024, premiering on Tencent Video at 18:00 every Saturday; Straits TV at 22:25 every Saturday, and Southeast at 21:15 every Monday Satellite TV continues to broadcast

.