Chapter 155: Hype
"Havoc in Heaven" has attracted praise from the audience, and there has been a lot of coverage in the newspapers.
believes that the movie faithfully restores the storyline of the original book, especially the actor Zheng Faxiang who plays the Monkey King, gives a high degree of affirmation, and feels that he has performed the essence of the Monkey King.
When it comes to Monkey King in the future, I'm afraid I will have to mention Zheng Faxiang.
What's more, although Zheng Faxiang is a native of the old city of Henan and studied Henan Bangzi, his father Zheng Changtai has performed in Shanghai for a long time and can be regarded as a Shanghai-style Peking Opera actor.
The newspapers in Shanghai regarded Zheng Faxiang as their own, and this Peking Opera martial artist who was down-and-out in Hankou became famous all over the world.
The most interesting thing is the realistic special effects in the movie, and mythological dramas have also been performed on the stage of civilized dramas, but compared with "Havoc in Heaven", it is not worth mentioning.
Heaven and earth, clouds and fog, moving mountains and seas, changeable, fairies and ghosts, gathered together.
made the audience stunned and enthusiastic.
They witnessed the transformation of Sun Wukong from an ignorant stone monkey to an arrogant and wanton peerless demon king.
It was not afraid in its heart, and dared to poke the sky into a hole, and finally, it entered the heavenly court and made trouble in the heavenly palace.
If there is no plot at the end of being pressed by the Buddha under the Five Elements Mountain, this is a completely cool text.
With the spread of word of mouth, more and more audiences are entering the theater.
Lin Zixuan also wanted to take the opportunity to make more money, so he made ten copies of the film, which could be shown on a rotating basis in more than a dozen theaters, all of which were equipped with projection equipment for sound films.
If other theaters want to screen "Havoc in Heaven", they have to spend money to renovate the theater, otherwise they can only watch other theaters make money.
At the same time, Zhang Shichuan's "Tai Chi Grandmaster" was also screened in the theater.
Although it has been praised for being a well-made kung fu film, and the martial arts scenes are more realistic than "Jinmen Hero Huo Yuanjia", it cannot be compared with the sensation caused by "Havoc in Heaven".
Since the release of "Jinmen Hero Huo Yuanjia", many film companies have launched kung fu films, which has led to aesthetic fatigue among the audience, so they are not interested in "Tai Chi Grandmaster".
Moreover, I am used to watching sound movies, I have developed an appetite, and then I go to watch silent movies, which feels like a diaphragm.
It can only be said that he was born at the wrong time.
Zhang Shichuan looked at the lively scene in front of the theater where "Havoc in the Heavenly Palace" was screened, and his heart was stunned.
Could it be that I also make a movie based on "Journey to the West"?
He thought about it and thought that this was a good idea, other film companies may have similar ideas, "Journey to the West" is very long, and it is completely possible to extract a story from it to write an independent story.
He decided to shoot the story "Daughter Country".
Actress Wang Hanlun has just joined Tianyi Film Company, and she can play the role of the daughter of the country, and this story has a glamorous color, which will definitely attract men to the theater.
Other film companies have their own plans, and some shoot "Pansi Cave", which tells the story of Tang Seng and the glamorous spider spirit.
There are also filming the story of Tang Seng and Jade Rabbit Spirit, and even some film companies are preparing to shoot the story of Zhu Bajie and Chang'e.
All in all, a group of movies that follow the trend are about to enter the filming stage.
Lin Zixuan is ready to take advantage of the popularity of "Havoc in Heaven" to discuss the significance of the character of Monkey King in the new era.
Sun Wukong may have various shortcomings, such as liking to show off, like to eat and drink, and like to act recklessly.
But its fearless and courageous spirit is very much in line with the spiritual needs of this era.
After China passed through the feudal society, the common people were accustomed to obeying the people, the wildness in their bones was worn out, they did not know how to resist, and they were oppressed by foreign powers and the Beiyang government and were indifferent.
This kind of numbness is written on the faces of ordinary people, who only hope to live in peace, as long as they can live, they are willing to endure no matter how much hardship they endure.
This is true even for the rich in Shanghai.
They lived a prosperous life in the concession, and they were satisfied, and they never thought that they could drive foreigners out, and they were even proud of having a relationship with foreigners.
This is an era of whitewashed peace, there are not many sober people, and most people are muddy.
Lin Zixuan didn't think that he could wake up the toiling masses with a single shout, he didn't have that ability, nor did he have that idea, he just wanted to say something with the help of the movie "Havoc in Heaven".
Maybe it works, maybe it doesn't, he just wants to say it.
However, if you want to arouse social discussion, a slap in the face cannot be heard, and someone must respond.
is like talking about cross talk, if there are funny actors, there must be funny actors, and the cooperation of the two can be regarded as a performance.
Lin Zixuan wanted to find a person who was against him, put forward his own opinions, another person refuted, and then refuted himself, so the debate began.
So, he found Ping Banya.
Ping Ban Yake was a good hand in the polemic, and it was he who was the first to launch an attack on "Xun Qin Ji".
Ping Banya understands the meaning of the big boss very well, which is a common trick in the literary world.
If you want to recommend a work, you have to cause controversy first, one person says that the novel is good, the other person says it is not good, two people quarrel around, arouse the curiosity of readers, they will buy it and take a look, and the novel is so famous.
In later generations, this method was called hype.
Lin Zixuan posted under a pen name, Sun Wukong has a fearless fighting spirit, and the current Chinese people lack this spirit.
Ping Banya said that Sun Wukong was just a wild and unchanging monkey, and he was a scourge in civilized society, so he was subdued by the Buddha.
Lin Zixuan discussed the topic of "wildness", believing that the Chinese people have lost their wildness and the spirit of the nation.
Ping Banya said that this is a distortion of the original work, and in the original work, Sun Wukong went to the west to learn scriptures after being subdued, which is a great merit.
Lin Zixuan went on to say that there is no hero who succeeds in rebellion in traditional Chinese novels, whether it is Sun Wukong or Liangshan heroes, one is suppressed and the other is surrendered, and now we need a hero who succeeds in rebellion.
Ping Banya retorted that a civilized society should adopt peaceful means and not act arbitrarily.
The two sides went back and forth, and in various newspapers and periodicals in Shanghai, they used various pseudonyms to engage in polemics, but they created quite a momentum and attracted other literati and scholars to join them.
Arguments for or against.
Is Monkey King a hero? Should Sun Wukong make trouble in the Heavenly Palace? Does the Chinese nation need to be wild? What should be done to resist tyranny?
These are the focus of discussion in the newspapers.
Lin Zixuan didn't know that just a dozen days later, the Jinghan railway workers held a general strike that shocked China and the rest of the world.
More than 20,000 workers on the Jinghan Railway all went on strike, and more than 1,200 kilometers of railway were paralyzed.
On February 7, 1923, the direct warlord Wu Peifu suppressed the striking workers by force.
Lin Xiangqian, chairman of the Jiang'an Branch of the Jinghan Railway Federation of Trade Unions, and Shi Yang, a lawyer of the Wuhan Federation of Trade Unions, bravely took justice, which is known as the "Erqi Tragedy".