Looking at Xu Zheng sitting in front of him, Song Zheng felt completely different from the person in his memory, although they were all braised egg heads, but now Xu Zheng still looks like a young boy, and he is not smiling in real life, and he is not as funny as in film and television dramas. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Xu Zheng's visit today was also expected by Song Zheng, when he was still filming "Crazy Stone", Xu Zheng once revealed to Song Zheng that he wanted to be a director, but Song Zheng did not agree or refuse at that time, but asked him to follow Ning Hao as an assistant choreographer for more than half a year to accumulate experience.

"What's the matter, are you ready?"

When Xu Zheng heard this, he immediately took out a thick script and said: "This is my script after repeated revisions, you see, I'll tell you the drama first, this film is the background of the Spring Festival, probably a mean boss went home during the Spring Festival, and met a migrant worker who lacked heart, the two of them took a plane first, but I didn't expect the weather to change~~~~~~~~~"

Song Zheng listened to his introduction, flipped through the script casually, and after ten minutes, he already had a score in his heart, and said with a smile: "I said Lao Xu, you are also starting to degenerate now? Xiaosan is true love, the wife doesn't mind her husband's infidelity, the teacher begs on the street for the students, and the conductor can run all over the hotel in order to find the lost owner, yes, truth, goodness and beauty should be preached, but this kind of truth, goodness and beauty is also fake!"

"What do you mean?!Oh, according to what you said, the junior wants to kill his wife, the wife wants to kill her husband, the teacher sells students, and the conductor swallows money privately, can this thing pass the trial?"

Xu Zheng despised Song Zheng's outlook on life, how did he know that Song Zheng had just followed Ning Hao to discuss the gloomy "No Man's Land" for a long time, and at this time he was wary and skeptical of everything.

Song Zheng also knew that Xu Zheng was telling the truth, and he had a "No Man's Land", if Xu Zheng's "People in Embarrassment" was fooled again, his company would be opened.

"People in Embarrassment" is such a classic movie, of course Song Zheng knows that Chinese films are successful cases with small and big, and if the movie wants to be small and big, there are two types of most popular, one comedy and one horror, but in China, horror films are basically dogs, so comedy is left.

Since "Crazy Stone" has swiped more than 100 million at the box office at a cost of 10 million, all major mountains, especially those new companies that have just stepped into the water, want to become the second stone.

And this "People in Embarrassment", although it is not as delicate as the stone, and even has some bloody grooves, such as the female teacher, which is sensational and painful, but in general, it is a sincere work.

In Song Zheng's view, the most successful thing about this movie is that the whole process is not brain-burning, the audience is very relaxed, the storyline and character setting are not complicated at all, and everyone can find such people and things around them.

Li Chenggong and Niu Geng, who seem to be two people with clear strengths and weaknesses, but they are very different under the reflection of reality, the big boss and the small migrant workers do not belong to a social class, and they are strong groups and weak groups in the eyes of the public, but in line with the principle of "the world has its own true feelings", the law of nature did not hesitate to give Niu Geng a "crow's mouth", a golden mouth that is accurate in all words, and does not forget to remind the big boss Li Chenggong of all kinds of mistakes from time to time, it seems to be an absurd comedy, but it is actually a realistic version of the education drama that tortures the conscience.

"People in Embarrassment" is such a film with tears in laughter and allegorical drama, at the beginning, it uses dramatic techniques to reflect the coldness and harshness of "successful people" in the business world, the "little three" problem, the difficulty of riding in the car during the Spring Festival, the arrears of migrant workers' wages, and the non-repayment of debts owed by enterprises.

Niu Geng seems to be small, but he follows Li Chenggong casually, like a mirror, more like his conscience, reminding him to see himself.

Perhaps, everyone has a "Niu Geng" in their hearts, who can "predict the future" in advance, and after acting forcefully, they are forced to fall back to their original places, just like Li Chenggong finally got rid of Niu Geng and fled in a minibus, but turned back when he encountered a collapse.

The warmth of the bonfire, the big scarf in Baotou, the comfort of the two clinking glasses when they had some wine, Li Chenggong always sighed that Niu Geng had a treasure chest where he wanted everything, in different situations, maybe a pack of instant noodles, a bottle of vinegar, and a bottle of wine can bring a strong sense of satisfaction and happiness.

Song Zheng could feel that Li Chenggong was happy from the bottom of his heart at this time, because he began to talk positively with his heart, and his body, mind and spirit were unified.

Everyone wants to have good luck, look at Niu Geng, maybe he will be simple to the end, always believe in going out to meet nobles, and hold the idea of luck, and finally be able to grasp the "heavenly opportunity" well and everything goes well.

Li Chenggong was embarrassed all the way, but he caught the jackpot in the lottery, this point is well buried, think about what he did in the previous stage, it is not difficult to understand the deep meaning of the screenwriter - he gave all his cash to the poor teacher!

If you want to seize luck, you must also understand the relationship between giving and taking, only by doing good deeds can you get good fortune, and those who are destined to help will not miss it, just like Li Chenggong turned back.

Along the way, the two are in the same situation, Li Chenggong can be described as full of difficulties, but Niu Geng is happy and always believes that "there is true love in the world", which can't help but give the audience a lot of inspiration.

Life is actually like this, it can't be smooth sailing, tribulations will come suddenly without prior notice, of course, there are successes, but you have to be more cautious, just like the lottery ticket that was blown away by the wind.

As long as you have a normal good heart, obedience, and optimism, you will be able to turn evil into good fortune, always be stable, and finally achieve your dreams, because you have touched all the people who can be impressed, and they will not bear not to help you.

Overall, this is a movie without any big ideals, but after it was released in a previous life, it unexpectedly received a lot of praise.

Many people say that this is a comedy that can make people laugh, which is already the highest praise for domestic films.

I must admit that Song Zheng also smiled when he watched it.

Xu Zheng and Wang Baoqiang are both competent actors, they know how to mobilize the audience's emotions, and their performances are also measured, unlike Huang Xiaoming and others who pretend to be tender as humorous and pretend to be cute as a sense of comedy, which won Song Zheng's great favor.

However, Song Zheng only laughed the first half, when the film was no longer satisfied with "funny", but tried to sensationalize and create the effect of "tears in laughter", he had to give up laughing, and even felt bored, feeling that this is another ideological domestic film, without entertainment spirit, full of anti-intellectualism, almost a foolish education lesson.

Of course, this is a bit demanding, in general, the basic structure of the film is still good, as a road movie, two men go through twists and turns on the journey, constituting the suspense of the story, as a comedy, a big money and a milkman, because of the disparity in social status, causing all kinds of embarrassment, these are the audience's laughs.

Originally, it was such a simple entertainment film, which felt pretty good, but on the contrary, Xu Zheng was full of ambitions and had to export some values in a commercial film.

And this kind of value is really naïve to be ashamed to talk about, and there are still many good people in the world.

This is a dialogue repeatedly recited by Niu Geng in the play, which summarizes the philosophy of this little person: be willing to live Lei Feng, and also believe that there is Lei Feng everywhere in the world, rather be deceived than suspect people.

However, as long as you have a little understanding of the national situation, you will know that this is nonsense, and those who drink this "ecstasy soup" will either be slaughtered or sold.

But the film insists on subverting people's common sense and making people abandon the rationality of "distinguishing between right and wrong" and vote for the belief that "there is love in the world".

The role of Li Chenggong exists to prove this set of "philosophy", he is the big boss of the company, has a wife, a beloved daughter, and a third child, but there is no sense of happiness, and finally under the arrangement of fate, he and Niu Geng met and walked together.

At first, Niu Geng's altruistic foolishness frightened him, but later he realized that stupidity is a virtue and a source of happiness.

When Niu Geng was cheated out of money by a strange woman, but still firmly believed that as long as he was good to others, it was worth being cheated, and later, it turned out that Niu Geng was right, the female liar was a teacher, in order to raise money for the treatment of orphans, so he made this decision.

Liars are good people, such a small probability of things happening, what else is impossible in the world?

Li Chenggong cried and gave all his money.

As a result, Li Chenggong was successfully educated to be a fool, and at the same time believed that "fools are blessed", and soon he was rewarded, originally he was having a headache about his "little three" forced marriage, but unexpectedly found that "little three" is also a living Lei Feng.

This "little three" went to Li Chenggong's house and secretly saw his wife, but he didn't cry, didn't make trouble, didn't hang himself, and disappeared automatically, the reason she gave was that Li Chenggong's wife loved Li Chenggong more than herself.

In other words, she lost in the stupid competition of "who is more Liu Huifang", and she was ashamed of herself, so she retreated.

This once again proved that Niu Geng was right, "there are still many good people in the world", so Li Chenggong stepped up his efforts and began to take the initiative to defend this great belief.

At the end of the film, Niu Geng took the IOU to collect the money, and in order to avoid Niu Geng's disappointment in the world, Li Chenggong secretly paid his own money, found someone to pretend to be a debtor, and paid off the arrears.

Li Chenggong has done perfect things and is very satisfied.

And he said, Who hath made him my creditor?

This sentence is too in place, Song Zheng was really drunk when he saw this.

When a discerning person sees this, his heart should be open.

The film is still promoting the official ideology, which has been speaking to society, from school textbooks to media propaganda, it has a variety of variants, and it penetrates people's brains all the time.

On the one hand, it condemns the capitalists for their guilt and asks them to discover their conscience, take the initiative to admit their mistakes, and help the poor and weak.

On the other hand, it praises the purity of the laborers, and asks them to sacrifice and dedicate themselves to the truth and move the strong.

I'll go~~~~~~~

Of course, this is a comedy, a human comedy with Chinese characteristics, and there is no need to be too strict about it.

Overall, "People in Embarrassment" is indeed a successful movie, and it is enough to be regarded as a classic, stories like this that happen on the journey are not new, such as Uncle Zhao's "Falling Leaves Return to the Roots", Feng Xiaogang's "No Thieves in the World" are all stories that happen on the road, but "People in Embarrassment" does not carry the dead on his back like the former and walk heavily, nor does it appear like the latter heroes from all walks of life.

The film is the story of two people who are involved in the crowded Spring Festival, they change planes, trains, cars, agricultural vehicles, ferries and other means of transportation all the way to Star City in various unexpected accidents, and meet all kinds of people and things on the way, and finally the poor heal the hearts of the rich, and the rich help the lives of the poor.

It can be said that the journey is indeed a good story carrier, whether it is a sad story or a funny bridge, whether it is a businessman or a student, it can appear on the way.

These appeared in the experience of two people stumbling, which did not seem so redundant, but cleverly won the double harvest of tears and laughter from the audience.

From airport security to hotel accommodation, from reunion with a female liar to winning the jackpot, the film takes the audience to laugh for a while, and cry for pity for a while, and the rhythm of the film is just right.

Whether the movie itself can be recognized by the audience depends largely on whether the movie can resonate emotionally with the audience.

I believe that most people who have experienced the Spring Festival have had more or less such an experience, the plane is postponed indefinitely due to the weather, the train is delayed or the road is banned, or the muddy and bumpy field path, these plots are easy to make many people empathize with the protagonist's embarrassment at the same time.

And this kind of relaxation is not shallow, and a lot of realistic people's livelihood and people's attitudes are also seen in the laughter, which is mixed with many recent hot topics, and it is these that make this film not seem so superficial and frivolous.

Although Niu Geng, a senior milker, was owed wages at the end of the year, although it originated from the recession of the dairy product market after the melamine incident, it also reflected the common social problem of migrant workers' wage arrears.

The female liar cheats and begs along the street, but she is actually a caring female teacher, which is also the most worthy of complaining about the whole film, but it is also the most touching and warm place.

In the original version, Zhang Xinyi's acting skills are extraordinary, showing this tear-jerking episode that is not too long is very full, exchanging the price of youth for the happiness of the children, a bit of a vacation, but it is really heartwarming.

In the end, about Li Chenggong's junior, many people say, how can there be such a good junior in reality?

Song Zheng also thinks so, and complains a lot, but if you think about it carefully, maybe after experiencing so many embarrassing things, Boss Li can better understand the importance of family, and under the infection of Niu Geng, a kind milkman, he also found himself on the way.

There is nothing bad about a happy reunion in the world.

I must admit that "People in Embarrassment" is the happiest domestic comedy that Song Zheng laughed at after "Crazy Racing", and he laughed sincerely.

It is a kind of laughter that comes completely from the heart, and it is not a smile because of conformity or perfunctory, it can be said that Song Zheng has a low laugh alone, but it will not be a low laugh in the entire screening hall, right?

What can happen is worthy of being called a joke, and the joke is not a whimsical or imbecile tickle, the closer it is to life, the more it can produce jokes, and it will resonate with the audience.

At this point, many so-called domestic comedies have seriously deviated from life, the audience is disappointed and even desperate, and some people even said: "In current China, only Ning Hao's two "crazy" movies are worthy of being called real comedies." ”

Facts have proved that Xu Zheng, the braised egg head, can also do it, not a copycat, not a spoof, not a ghost, but a comedy.

Some of the things in this film are a bit "too real", the chaotic Spring Festival, the noisy noise, the dense flow of people, the passengers who ask for refunds, and the seriously out of control, the "liars" emerge in endlessly, fake train tickets, crowded and disorderly passengers, out-of-control villagers blocking the bus, the traffic blocked after the collapse, the bridge is broken again, the road is blocked again, this kind of thing often happens in life.

And to soften it all together, let it happen in a journey, and not look pretentious, you can see the skill of this braised egg.

"People in Embarrassment" lives up to its name, and the story is embarrassing enough, so that the audience laughs again and again, and whenever Niu Geng's precise crow's mouth prophecy comes true, there must be a brother chanting words like "too spiritual!", "too strong!" or "oh my God".

Of course, it can make the audience smile, and it will certainly not be as empty as movies like "Three Smiles: Talented and Beautiful", and the best thing about this movie is that it shows the embarrassment of elite consciousness when it encounters grassroots culture, which is clever and natural.

Of course, Song Zheng wants to support good works, so he thought about it for a moment and felt that it was feasible, so he asked: "How much is the investment?"

When Xu Zheng heard this, his heart immediately became half steady: "The budget hasn't come out yet, it shouldn't be more than 10 million." ”

Song Zheng nodded and smiled: "Okay! I'll give you fifteen million, but this film doesn't seem to be suitable for filming now!"

Xu Zheng complained in his heart, in fact, after he finished filming "Crazy Racing", he planned to open this pit, but at that time, Song Zhengren was either filming, or in the United States, he couldn't find anyone at all, and he went to find other investments, but people were not very optimistic.

After all, what is popular now is blockbusters, and the investment is less than 50 million, and they are embarrassed to open their mouths, and the financier is naturally difficult to find, so Xu Zheng can only wait, wait, wait, until now, after going around in a circle, he still came to find Song Zheng.

"I'm going to shoot again in the second half of the year!"

"That's good, Ning Hao has a script over there, I think it's very good, the actor in it, I think you're quite suitable, shoot his movie first, and then you start filming, but you can start the preparation work in advance, and when the time comes, let Ning Hao be your assistant choreographer, which can be regarded as revenge!"

Song Zheng said it seemed to be ridiculing, but in fact, his real idea was that he was not at ease with Xu Zheng, Xu Zheng had no experience as a director, and the most important thing was that the director of the original version of "People in Embarrassment" was not Xu Zheng, but in the later stage of filming, he came to the main board to make a revolution, successfully usurped the throne, and squeezed the director into a puppet.

Let Ning Hao go over and stare at it, so that Song Zheng can rest assured!

After all, no matter how rich you are, you can't just throw it into the water.

Xu Zheng is a smart person, so he can naturally hear Song Zheng's extraneous voice, and he is also smart and did not break it, but smiled and said: "You just believe me like that!?"

Song Zheng also laughed and said, "I can't talk about it, the key is that the story is good, besides, do you have any ideas about the actors?"

The success of the original version of "People in Embarrassment" is one aspect of the story, and finding the right actor is another.

First of all, Wang Baoqiang who plays Niu Geng, he belongs to a typical, the style has remained the same since Xu Sanduo, the role of a kind and porcelain migrant worker is a true performance, compared with "No Thieves in the World", there are slightly more changes, and there is no big breakthrough, but there is no need, he is probably an actor framed by appearance, although he has been working very hard to play various roles, but it is often uncomfortable for no reason, this is also no way, the soul can go beyond the body, but the natural image is difficult to cross the light and shadow, at least not now.

Not to mention Xu Zheng, his ability to control comedy is innate, from Chuncan's pig brother to the boss of the embarrassing road, the authentic Xu-style humor has been carried out, no matter what the situation, he can open and close and relax freely.

"I want Bao Qiang to play Niu Geng, I think he is quite suitable!"

"You play Li Chenggong, I think you are quite suitable!"

After the two of them finished speaking, they couldn't help laughing, they didn't have much contact before, but now they actually found some tacit understanding.

"Okay! you go and prepare, find Su Wenwen for the project or something, she is responsible for this matter, and in addition, go to Ning Hao, the role in his hand, if you don't play it, it's really a pity!"

Xu Zheng nodded, and suddenly said, "Lao Ning's script, you don't have to worry about setting yourself on fire!?"

Song Zheng was stunned for a moment, and then understood, daring Xu Zheng already knew: "There's nothing to worry about, people have to do things if they live, his story is good, I'll invest, what about the future, it's a little early to worry now!"

Xu Zheng smiled and said, "Don't you be afraid that I will make "People in Embarrassment" into his "No Man's Land". ”

What's there to worry about!

Song Zheng really doesn't think this is a thing, first of all, Xu Zheng does not have Ning Hao's strong control ability, and secondly, Xu Zheng is considered to be in the system, the same thing, Ning Hao did it, it is called young and frivolous, Xu Zheng did it, then it is called law enforcement and breaking the law, a smart person will not do that kind of stupid thing.

Xu Zheng saw the information he wanted from Song Zheng's eyes, patted the script on the table, got up and said, "Okay, I'll go first." ”

Song Zheng sent Xu Zheng out, turned around and took out Ning Hao's "No Man's Land", put it on the table, looked at it for a long time, and then put it away.

"The Assembly".

Co-production with Lionsgate.

promised Lin Xinru's movie.

A co-production TV series with Shonan Radio and Television.

Variety shows.

Musical talent pool.

No Man's Land.

"People are embarrassed".

Song Zheng thought about it for a while, and couldn't help but gasp, in 2005, some companies were really busy.