June 11, 2018, " The Richest Man in Xihong City " movie conference.
The press conference is meant to serve the movie. Everyone just needs to sing and create a good atmosphere.
At the press conference, the attitude of Shen Teng made people think.
When the host asked about his thoughts about the movie, Shen Teng, as the male protagonist, quickly walked to the supporting actor and separated himself from the female protagonist Song Yunhua.
He picked up the microphone and said innuendo:
""I especially can't stand some people who have no sense of humor, trying to grasp a comedy work. "
When the host asked who this person was, Shen Teng turned around with a smile. After taking a look at Song Yunhua, he joked to the host:
"If you ask me, I can still say it!"
This is not a hint, it is made clear.
Even after the movie became a hit, Shen Teng, who is known for his emotional intelligence, "questioned" Song Yunhua under the media's filming -
"How did you get the approval of the director?"
Why is Shen Teng like this?
It is reported that it was the third year after the popularity of "Charlotte Troubles ". Shen Teng's movie must be the biggest pie in the pie. The entire market has paid huge attention to this movie.
The original film "The Richest Man in Xihong City" is actually called "Capital Successor".
The male protagonist is Shen Teng, and the female protagonist is also a happy twist Ma Li . The project was established in 2016 and began to be promoted in the media the following year.
The news at that time was that the two Shen Ma combination had returned together.
But later as the movie started, the media discovered that "Capital Successor" was renamed "The Richest Man in Xihong City".
The original heroine, Ma Li, was replaced by Song Yunhua from Taiwan.
The heroine Ma Li has been finalized, why was she replaced by Song Yunhua?
Why was the title changed?
I think only "capital" knows all this.
Later, Shen Teng and Ma Li were silent for a long time, and they did not collaborate again until 2022's " Walking Alone on the Moon ".
Finally this year has come, and the Shen and Ma combinations have joined forces again.
As soon as the title of this movie came out, a sense of familiarity came over me -
"Capital Successor"
media broke the news that the appearance of this film was entirely to make up for the regret of missing cooperation with Shen Teng and Ma Li.
The words "reset and restart after "The Richest Man in Xihong City"" in the trailer further indicate the identity of the movie -
I am the "The Richest Man in Xihong City" back then!
Today, "Catch a Baby" has finally been released.
is also about spending money, but this time it’s the diamond combination of Shen Teng + Ma Li. How is the box office of
?
Needless to say, China’s number one box office actor + China’s number one box office actress, it would be weird if it didn’t explode.
"Catch Me" started screening on July 13, and it has been firmly ranked first in the box office list since its screening.
has still not been released today, but the cumulative box office has reached 490 million. I believe that by the time readers read this article, the movie will have already exceeded 500 million.
screenings + 500 million box office, such a niche text.
is officially released tomorrow, and the media is having fun.
Some guessed 1 billion, some guessed 3 billion, and some guessed it would break the box office record.
Anyway, don’t worry about it, it’s definitely not going to run after the summer season.
has a reputation that needs no mention. It has a lot of baggage, and laughter in the cinema kept coming. Some netizens said excitedly after watching it:
"I was originally disappointed with Happy Twist, thinking it was a bad movie. After watching it, I felt it was a heavy film." Tengmali has been ranked among the top three in recent years. "
is stable!
Shen Teng wants to add another highlight to his box office data.
So what is so good about "Catch a Baby"?
is nothing but funny, simply and directly funny.
Rich chicken baby, no hard work to eat
"The Richest Man in Xihong City" is about spending money, while "Catch the Baby" is about "hiding money".
"Ma Chenggang" (played by Shen Teng), who was born in poverty, struggled for half his life and finally became the richest man in Xihong City. The poor can't control how rich they become, and his eldest son is well-fed and well-dressed as soon as he is born.
Unexpectedly, he did not have good control over his strength and became an ignorant and ignorant boy.
Once the large player is exhausted, the small player cannot be neglected.
In order to replicate his own experience, Ma Chenggang took his wife "Chunlan" (played by Ma Li) back to the dilapidated rental house of his childhood. Taking advantage of the fact that the second son "Ma Jiye" had not remembered anything, he staged a "poor son".
This seems to be an old and shabby building, but in fact the neighbors and shops are all employees of Ma Chenggang.
They disguise themselves as various identities just to complete the illusion of being poor.
Ma Chenggang’s house is in dilapidated condition. Once the mechanism in the corner is activated, behind it is the vast combat headquarters.
Everyone is discussing the daily plan here, and my son’s daily script has been carefully arranged.
Ma Jiye grew up in a knitting background. His daily life seemed random, but in fact every step was a small theater.
For example, after learning English, he would bump into foreigners when he went out.
Foreigners speak English word for word, for fear that they can’t hear clearly, and we provide one-to-one guidance on oral English practice.
Or, just after returning home, I saw my neighbor’s aunt washing clothes with a washboard. While washing, she was talking about the principle of the washboard -
was to teach Ma Jiye.
In order to teach Ma Jiye to read, his mother, father, and grandma (Gu's) would stay up late at night to study with him every day.
After a while, light appeared in the books of the three people -
. They had been browsing on their mobile phones for a long time.
In this way, Ma Chenggang and Chunlan shuttled back and forth between the poor and the rich, working hard to expand the world in which Ma Jiye grew up step by step.
The poor pretend to be rich, and the rich pretend to be poor.
In fact, the principles are the same, and Happy Twist is very good at this strong contrasting background.
The movie has been crazy and hilarious almost from the moment Shen Teng and Ma Li appeared. One baggage after another, the frequency is so high that there is only a gap of three to five seconds, and it cannot stop at all.
The laughter in the cinema came and went without any gaps, and lasted for a full 2 hours.
To be honest, I haven’t seen a comedy of this level in a long time.
The combination of Shen Teng and Ma Li is both stable and funny. Even now, I can’t even give an example of an impressive one -
are all too funny after all. I can’t treat one favorably over another.
More importantly, the movie has no sensationalism, no shit, and no dumplings.
Perhaps the screenwriter knew that the pace was too big and could not stop, so it stopped abruptly at the moment when it was about to gain value. Instead, it gave the movie a relaxed and pleasant atmosphere and room for imagination.
Happiness is happiness.
This kind of happiness is neither heavy nor absurd. Based on realism, it gives you a little bit of playfulness from time to time, like a lullaby sung by Shen Teng and Ma Li.
Of course, "Catch a Baby" will still be somewhat controversial.
The biggest one is the core contradiction of the plot -
When a rich father pretends to be poor to educate his son, does it deprive him of his freedom of choice?
Before "Catch a Baby" was released, many media said it was very similar to the Indian movie "". After watching it, I discovered that it was actually more similar to "The Truman Show".
In order to keep his son grounded, Ma Chenggang kidnapped him in a huge scam.
Except for the blood relationship between his parents, everything in his life is fake. Even his grandmother is a hired educator.
You have to work hard even if you don’t have to suffer. Even when you were very young, you were bullied by your classmates because you had no money to pick up rags. As an adult, you have doubts about everything around you and you were misunderstood by your teacher as having a mental problem...
Obviously, Ma Chenggang’s education Plan overkill , completely abandoning his son's sense of autonomy and becoming his own self-movement.
This is exactly the same as "The Truman".
is just one consumed by the world and the other consumed by the love of the father.
But unlike "The Truman", "Catch a Baby" unfolds from Ma Chenggang's perspective, or to put it simply,
is the "perpetrator".
This shifted the focus of the movie. Many viewers expressed their incomprehension and believed that the protagonist interfered in his son's life and was a sinner of East Asian education.
Indeed, this approach is extreme and will definitely be criticized if it happens in reality.
But the question is, while the movie shows contradictions, does it also show introspection?
Just like the director of "The Truman", he regretted controlling Truman. Although the ending of "Catch a Baby" was hasty, the father also realized it at the last moment -
It turned out that his so-called love did not consider his son at all. Accept or not.
If you do this, you have completed the value-oriented task and there is no need to blame.
Regarding the issue of values in works, this is an eternal problem in the art world. Just like "Lolita", we should not just see this taboo, but also see the warning meaning behind it.
The same goes for "Catch a Baby".
My father was wrong, he knew it, and the movie showed it without praising anything.
If "Catch a Doll" is criticized because of its values, then "Lolita" and "The Truman Show" should all be criticized.
So, what are you spraying?
Finally
In short, "Catch a Baby" is definitely one of the most worth watching movies in the theater in 2024. The combination of Shen Teng and Ma Li played a stable role. The movie laughed from beginning to end, and there was no peeing for a second.
Just feeling the joyful atmosphere of the cinema is already worth the ticket price.
As for the box office, the Shen Ma combination has proved with its strength that if there is no capital, it will still be grasped when the baby comes.
"Catch the Doll", beautiful!
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