Chapter 314
We are discussing power, but there is also affection in the family
The audience's attention turned to Ling Suisui, who picked up the microphone and answered:
"In fact, these two questions can be answered together. First of all, let's talk about the issue of marrying a son-in-law. I feel that this term is rarely used in modern times. This is the 21st century, not the old society. Moreover, Bai Wei is a self-made entrepreneur. Given her family situation, she is not qualified to be called a 'wealthy family'."
"I guess the meaning you want to express when you use this word is different from its meaning in the old society."
The audience member who asked the question nodded, and she organized her words: "It's the kind of questions... whose surname should the child take, whose family will we spend the Spring Festival at? Between Bai Wei and her future husband, who will be the breadwinner and who will be the homemaker in the future? But this doesn't seem to be accurate enough..."
Ling Suisui helped her summarize: "If we understand marriage as members of two families coming together to form a new small family, what you want to ask is, in terms of intergenerational inheritance, whose previous family will be the center of this small family?
"Yes, yes, yes." The audience nodded repeatedly, "Senior Sister, this is what I wanted to say."
Ling Suisui continued, "Whether it is Bai Wei or her parents, they definitely want to make their family the center, or compared with the traditional family model in East Asia, the 'mother's family' should have more say."
"From Bai Wei's perspective, I don't need to explain the benefits of doing this to her. I'm sure everyone can guess it. From her parents' perspective, the small family is centered around Bai Wei, so they can continue to use the power in their hands."
"According to sociological explanation, power is a special kind of influence between people. The person who holds power must have one or more people who can use his power."
"In a patriarchal system, if Bai Wei leaves the family by getting married, her identity will change from being her parents' daughter to someone else's wife. The children she gives birth to will be her parents' grandparents, and their influence on their daughter and grandchildren will be severely weakened by traditional concepts."
"It can be understood here that if there is no one to use the power, then the power in their hands will naturally become invalid. In fact, Bai Fei appeared with his wife and children, making Bai's father and mother become grandparents, which gave them a sense of security to some extent. This family has completed the intergenerational inheritance, and they will not face the situation where the elders' power has nowhere to be used."
The audience asked: "Does this mean that in their hearts, Bai Wei was a substitute for this kind of inheritance before, and now that the big name in their hearts is back, the substitute that is no longer needed can be sold."
Hmm...it seems a bit objectified? Ling Sui thought about it.
"This metaphor can help us understand, but it is too one-sided to generalize. I think the relationship between parents and children is not that simple. This kind of emotion is more complicated and entangled. We have been discussing power, but there is also family affection in the family."
"Let's go back to what you just said - if Bai Fei is not found, can Bai Wei realize her situation?"
"In my discussion with the director, this question was discussed the longest, and it was also what I thought about most when perfecting Bai Wei's character in my mind. Director Yan said that this was a Schrödinger's existence. As long as she thought about it, she would find out. If she didn't think about it, then this matter would not be exposed."
Audience: "Bai Wei is a bit self-deceiving?"
"A little bit." Ling Suisui commented, "Bai Wei is not someone who lives in an ivory tower. When she was working hard for her career, she must have realized the unfair treatment women receive in society. Now that the Internet is so developed, she may have come across similar information."
"Will she think about her situation at home, or be thankful that she is an only child? I think she sees her family as a paradise and a private plot of land, and subconsciously doesn't want to think about these issues, but after Bai Fei appears, she has to face them."
Yan Siling continued: "So Bai Wei was very repulsive to Bai Fei. After Bai Fei came back, she felt like her bubble of fantasy had been burst."
"Sister Sui's understanding of the role is really accurate. I asked her what Bai Wei's attitude is towards her family, and she told me that she had no idea where to start. Bai Wei is very strong in her career and strikes hard at her competitors. She also wants to win at home, but she can't use this attitude of defeating others to get along with her family. Wow, I felt at that time that it really touched my heart."
After thinking about it for a while, the audience also felt that this description was very apt. It fully demonstrates that Bai Wei's mentality has changed. The unreserved trust between her and her parents no longer exists, but she still retains some of the restraint and entanglement of family affection.
This makes the audience feel that Bai Wei is not a stereotyped character who shouts slogans in a specific subject matter, but a person with flesh and blood who lives around us.
Zhang Haoyu said nearby: "Actually, my sister is softer towards my parents, but harder towards me. I felt that when we were acting, my sister gave me the feeling that she really wanted me to obey her."
Gu Size glanced at him sideways. Bai Fei rarely called Bai Wei "sister" in the movie, but he called her "sister" all the time outside the play.
This young man is quite good at cooking.
"A little bit." Ling Suisui admitted, "Because she and you don't have much emotional foundation."
Zhang Haoyu made a sad expression and the audience laughed.
After a few more rounds of questions, it was almost time for the event to end. Although the audience was reluctant to leave, the creators still bowed and left the school through the backstage passage under the escort of security guards.
Ling Suisui and Yan Siling were walking and chatting, and she saw a girl walking towards them out of the corner of her eye. The security guard reached out to stop her, but Ling Suisui saw that she was wearing a film academy jacket and asked the security guard to let her pass.
"What can I do for you?" she asked.
The girl said a little embarrassedly: "Sister, I am a fresh graduate of the directing department... I have a question that I really want to ask you, but there were too many people raising their hands, so I was not called."
"It's okay, then you can talk here." Ling Suisui stopped and waited for her.
The girl swallowed and seemed to muster up the courage to speak: "I want to make a short film about feminism, but the budget is a bit high. My boyfriend said he could pay for it. But he has a friend who... He said that I was filming about independent women, but I was still spending men's money... Although my boyfriend said he was joking, I still... I feel very uncomfortable."
Yan Siling opened her mouth slightly. She wanted to say that this kid had not experienced the harsh treatment of society and did not know how difficult it was to attract investment. When you meet an investor, just shoot first and that’s it, don’t worry about what others say! Besides, if your boyfriend is willing to give you money, it’s because he is happy to do so. Why does this friend have such a strong possessiveness over other people’s wallets?
But she knew that this was not what the other party wanted to hear.
Ling Suisui listened carefully and then smiled.
"Don't fall into their trap," she said. "First of all, you are a director. Someone gives you money to make a movie. It's an investment in you. If you succeed, he gets the profit. If you fail, he should also bear the risk. Apart from your boyfriend-girlfriend relationship, this is the rule of our industry."
"Another very important point is that you should not turn yourself into an island. What is an independent woman? Why are there no independent men? Why is it natural for men to be supported by their partners and families? If you accept help from men, you are not independent enough."
“Humans are social animals. Once you start to retreat, the space left for you will only get smaller and smaller. If we want to make a certain voice, what we should do is not to cut off the options, but to strive for the resources around us to create more possibilities.”
The girl stood there in a daze. Ling Suisui and others, who had limited time, had already taken the lead.
In the car, Yan Siling recalled this incident and whispered to Ling Suisui:
"This junior sister...could it be that she originally wanted you to invest money in her?"
It’s no wonder Yan Siling thinks this way, because her experience has become a joke in the film school. The picture of her choking up at the awards ceremony in Berlin was made into an emoticon package, and people on WeChat Moments were forwarding it in the hope of finding a mentor, imagining that an investor would give her money right away.
"It's possible." Ling Suisui looked out the window, "But I'd rather think in the wrong direction."
**
In mid-April, the box office of "Unmarriageable Sister" in mainland China exceeded 300 million yuan, and the platform predicted that the final box office would be 540 million yuan.
Although both are European III award-winning films, the predicted box office performance of "Sister" is only one-third of that of "The Worry-Free Hero", but considering the subject matter and audience, this is already an excellent and outstanding result in the niche track.
Some black fans even said that Ling Sui is getting worse and worse, and they don’t even bother to care about her. It would be a waste if her IQ level was cured. A movie with such a small budget can generate 500 million at the box office. I wonder how many colleagues are jealous of Fengshou Media.
If the leading actor is changed, let alone whether the box office can exceed 100 million, it will be difficult to even keep the screening schedule.
Despite Ling Sui's popularity, despite the fact that she specifically sought out Zhang Yun, despite many fans requesting to see the film and the box office being boosted during pre-sales, "The Sister Who Can't Get Married" still didn't get a particularly good screening schedule, and it managed to achieve a box office share of more than 40 with a screening ratio of less than 20.
Yan Siling now does two things every day when she opens her eyes: one is to check the movie box office, and the other is to search for movie reviews on various Internet platforms. No matter whether it is good or bad, as long as she thinks it makes sense, she will forward it to the main creator group chat.
Of course, the vast majority of reasonable and logical comments are positive. She gets nervous and jumps up and down when she sees the subject matter, and she doesn't care at all what the other person says.
When Ling Sui opened his mobile phone, he saw that Yan Siling had forwarded a new film review.
[Check in for the achievement of watching "The Sister Who Can't Get Married" for the third time! This movie is really the best of the year in my mind, and I have a new experience every time I watch it. So, even though this is my third time writing a movie review for Sister, I still have a lot of new stuff I want to share with you.
Let me review first. In the first article, I wrote about the two siblings Bai Wei and Bai Fei. I strongly called for future works in the domestic entertainment industry that are labeled "love and hate" to use them as a template. Without this kind of ruthlessness and impulse to strangle each other, how can it be called love and hate! Do not use this tag to flirt or act coquettishly!
In the second article, I analyzed in detail Bai Wei's micro-expressions every time she went on a blind date. The full article is also known as Ling Sui's Acting Awards. I also dared to give Sui Huang an inner OS and analyzed what kind of partner she wants to build her ideal family.
As for the third article we are going to write now, let us turn our focus back to Bai Wei’s family. This time I want to write about Father Bai. Being taciturn is just his appearance. Being honest and dull is not something he has at all. In fact, he is the hidden Lao Deng in this family. 】
Ling Suisui was just glancing at it casually, but when he saw this, he put down the coffee in his hand and started reading carefully.
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