Chapter 257: Year Pig
"Hero" is definitely a cross-generational work, with the same sense as a weather vane, of course, this is from a commercial point of view.
Prior to this, domestic commercial films were barren, only Feng Xiaogang's comedies barely had some appeal, and the others were all literary films, of course, so many fans, not everyone liked dull literary films, so the domestic film market was once at a low ebb.
Since "Hero", the domestic film market has gradually recovered, growing at a rate of twenty or thirty percent every year, which can be described as a rapid advance, and it was not until about 06 that it gradually slowed down.
Of course, while making rapid progress, the quality of movies has gradually declined, so that as long as Chinese people mention domestic films, everyone grits their teeth with hatred, because domestic films are almost synonymous with bad movies, just like the reputation of Chinese football.
Among the major directors that Chen Shi knows, almost every one of them has made a big bad movie. Even the national teacher director Zhang Yimou has made a two-person sketch-style bad movie like "Three Guns Shooting Surprise", not to mention other directors, Feng Xiaogang's "Night Banquet" and "Private Custom", Chen Kaige's "Wuji" And so on, it can be said that under the lure of the commercial market, the major directors have fallen, of course, there are directors who really insist on making literary films, but the status cannot be compared with these few, those who are just shooting some banned films, currying favor with Europeans and Americans abroad, often promoting domestic stains, so there is a certain market and a little influence, of course, in the domestic market, they have no right to speak at all.
The plot of "Hero" is very simple, starting from Nameless entering the Qin Palace, and then starting with Nameless Memories, as well as King Qin's speculation, in the narration of the two of them, a scene of assassinating Qin came, and finally Nameless gave up assassinating Qin and was shot by ten thousand arrows.
The plot is very simple, but the director has adopted a different method of telling, coupled with gorgeous pictures, wonderful fights, beautiful scenery and other elements, so that this movie has suddenly become the talk of the streets.
After watching the movie, the whole family walked out of the theater, and the parents said that the picture was good, but they didn't know what it was talking about. Chen Shi smiled, his parents are illiterate, and he can't even listen to Mandarin completely, this year is okay, if he has not been exposed to TV before, then letting them listen to Mandarin must be like listening to a book from heaven.
Of course, Chen Shi brought his family out to watch the movie just to be lively, not to see any far-reaching significance, besides, although a film like "Hero" is a cross-era work, it does not have too profound core meaning in it, just look at the excitement, which is also the meaning of the existence of commercial films.
In their opinion, as long as it is a movie, it is necessary to pay attention to the profound ideological core, and it is necessary to pay attention to the exploration of human nature, etc., in short, the theories of major celebrities make ordinary people more and more confused, and they don't know what to do at all, and of course they don't like it.
To be honest, Chen Shi had seen "Red Sorghum" by the national teacher Zhang Yimou, but in comparison, he liked "Hero" more, although "Hero" in the critics can never be compared with "Red Sorghum", but, as an ordinary person, "Hero" is much better.
Although "Hero" is very popular, it did not affect Chen Shi's family's indifference to this matter, although they watched the movie, they only talked about it that night, and their parents didn't like it very much, because they didn't understand it at all, although the younger siblings understood it, they just thought it was good, but then they completely forgot about it, because this is not a movie that people will never forget.
A few days later, Christmas came, and Chen Shi had already discussed and determined the Christmas promotion with everyone.
As a businessman, no matter what kind of festival you have to step up your use, either a discount or a promotion. Although Christmas is a foreign product, young people like it unusually, although everyone doesn't know how to spend Christmas and what the meaning of Christmas is, but this does not affect everyone's crazy behavior in the center of this day.
Of course, you have to have a good time, so on Christmas Day, Santa Claus is hung on the streets and alleys, some are decorated with a tree, some are a rag doll, and some are in the shape of a balloon.
There are also many in the vicinity of Chen Shi's house, and after his parents saw it, they were very puzzled and asked Chen Shi, "What festival do they have?"
Chen Shi explained the origin of Christmas to his parents, but he didn't know much, so he simply said: "It was a foreigner's festival, and it was only recently heard, and young people like it very much." โ
My father frowned and said, "What's so good about a foreigner's holiday? If you don't have a good holiday, you have to have a foreigner's holiday, what is wrong with these people?"
Chen Shi smiled and did not answer, of course he would not have any opinion on this. He is not a fashionista, and he will not abandon his festival to go to a foreigner's Christmas or any carnival Valentine's Day and so on.
Our country has a long history, what kind of festival is not? Qixi Festival is our own Valentine's Day, Christmas also has, but everyone does not pay attention to it, we have so many saints in ancient times, just find a saint's birthday can have their own Christmas, why must we follow foreigners to spend their Christmas?
Many people don't even know what Christmas is all about, so they start to make a fuss, and if Jesus in a foreign country knew what kind of expression would it be?
After Christmas, it is New Year's Day immediately, and New Year's Day is not too lively, because the family has begun to prepare for the New Year, if it is in the countryside, someone has already begun to kill New Year's pigs, and now, Chen Shi's family has no pigs, and there is no way to kill New Year's pigs, so parents always complain.
Chen Shi thought for a while and said to his parents: "Let's go buy a New Year pig to kill!"
My father and mother were immediately interested, and hurriedly asked, "Where can I buy it?"
Since Chen Shi put it forward, of course he has already thought about it, he said: "Go home and kill, by the way, invite the neighbors to eat, we didn't kill the New Year pig last year, so we didn't invite everyone to eat once, this time I want to go home and kill a New Year pig, and bring it back after making bacon in my hometown." โ
The father was overjoyed and said, "Okay, this thing has to be done, buy a pig to kill, and it will be lively." โ
The mother did not object, she fully supported this, and then it was left when to buy the pigs, where to buy them, when to start killing the pigs, to go back in advance and ask for help, etc.
After discussion, the parents first went back to invite good people and set a good date, and then Chen Shi tried to find a way to inquire where there was a New Year pig, and it was necessary to get a pig back.
Chen Shi didn't have much opinion on this, but he was a little at odds with his parents about where to buy New Year's pigs.
Parents mean to go back to someone to ask, to see who has a few more pigs, to buy one back, but Chen Shi believes that you should find a regular pig farm, because you don't raise your own pigs if you buy them in the countryside, you don't know what they have eaten for the pigs raised by others, maybe the pigs are sick, in the regular pig farm, it is raised through a series of procedures such as sterilization and vaccination, so you can rest assured.
However, the parents think that the pigs in the pig farm are more uneasy, because the pigs grow up eating feed, not grain, so pork is not good.
Indeed, Chen Shi also admitted that the pork in the farm is too far away from the pigs raised by the farmers themselves, and the feed is to urge the pigs to grow up, and the grain does not have this effect, so the pork that grows up slowly is more vigorous, the meat is more fragrant, the fat meat has more oil and water, and the taste is of course better.
Chen Shi said that he was not too much of a parent, because the two of them were extremely resolute, and they didn't listen to Chen Shi's advice at all, and even called his uncle and asked him to help ask first, and then go back to see it again.
In this regard, Chen Shi shook his head helplessly, so he had to toss them casually.
If you want to go home to kill the New Year pig, of course, you have to deal with the business in the city first, so the parents went to Lao Wang to explain, so that Lao Wang looked at it carefully, but Lao Wang was really not responsible, so the two of them discussed hiring a new person to take care of things, and finally found an eldest sister in the vegetable market to be responsible, Lao Wang is still the same as before, only responsible for making braised meat, and he doesn't have to worry about the business at all, so no one will care about him when he drinks every day.
After taking care of the business matters, the parents set off before the younger siblings got out of school, and asked Chen Shi and them to go back in a few days, and wait for them to buy pigs and invite good people to come back together.
Chen Shi was relieved only after agreeing to his parents and taking them to buy tickets and personally sending them on the bus.
After sending his parents away, there were suddenly fewer people in the family, and he felt very cold, Chen Shi was suddenly a little unaccustomed, but this situation was not too long, a day or two later, without the constraints of his parents, the family went to a lot of liveliness, younger brothers and sisters should play, and no one would take care of them, Chen Shi would never urge him to do his homework as long as his younger brother's grades were good, as for his sister Chen Ying, Chen Shike never wanted to make her a talent, as long as she was happy, she couldn't read, and dreamed of being a big star, Chen Shi had no choice but to help her a little, so now he is working hard to do a good job in his entertainment companyใ
Of course, his entertainment company is managed by Xiao Gao, when he first filmed commercials, and now he has made a TV series, under Chen Shi's suggestion, Xiao Gao is filming "Dragon Babu" as a director, it is said that it is almost finished, and it will definitely be done at the end of the year, and it is estimated that it will be on TV next summer, Chen Shi is very satisfied with this.
When my parents left and school was about to end, my younger siblings were very happy, playing late all day, resting at nearly eleven or twelve o'clock, and calling them to get up the next day.
Without her parents at home, Li Yalian took on most of the housework, of course, her sister was also helping, and Chen Shi occasionally helped them.