Chapter 322 Audience Perspective
Since the reform and opening up, the economy and spiritual outlook of the entire Chinese nation have experienced rapid development.
With the rise of the trend of going to the big cities in the south to make money and pan for gold, in recent years, not only people from various rural areas, but also many people in towns have gone south to work and do business.
Conservative people still hold on to their "iron rice bowls" and stay in their comfort zone, while those who are smart and courageous have actively or passively resigned from their jobs that seem to be iron rice bowls these days, amid people's incomprehension, and headed to big cities with full of enthusiasm and energy.
Although many of them failed and returned to their hometowns in disgrace, the majority of them still achieved successes of varying degrees as long as they dared to work hard and stand at the forefront of the times.
During the New Year holidays, those who made money by wandering south would return home with bags of fine clothes and all kinds of new and rare things from the outside world, allowing the local people, who were still in a state of ignorance, to glimpse a trace of the great era in these new and rare things.
After entering the 1980s, the three major gadgets of the previous decade, sewing machines, bicycles, and watches, were replaced by the three major gadgets of the new era, refrigerators, televisions, and washing machines.
In view of the gradual popularity of TV series that can enrich the spiritual needs of the masses, relevant departments have also begun to gradually introduce many TV series from Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan and South Korea, so that people who own televisions can broaden their horizons and enrich their entertainment time.
Even in remote rural areas, there are many families with good living conditions who own a color or black and white TV. When night falls, this family will be like a small movie screening, crowded with people who come to watch TV series.
Whether it is Hong Kong martial arts dramas or Japanese modern dramas, people all enjoy watching them.
Among them, children are the most enthusiastic. After watching martial arts dramas, they dance with joy and think they are martial arts masters. After watching modern dramas, they envy and learn and absorb everything in them, feeling the infinite charm of opening their eyes to the world.
The popularity of televisions and TV series made some smart people see business opportunities, and video halls capable of playing videotapes were opened one after another in various places.
The youth inspirational idol TV series "The Thousand Faces of Girl" was co-produced by Su Yun in Japan when she was young and then introduced back to Hong Kong for broadcast. With Su Yun's efforts, it was once again introduced by relevant departments and included in the broadcast plan of mainland TV stations.
After some Mandarin dubbing, the former "national lady" finally walked from the big screen to the small screen, and met again on TV with thousands of families who missed her and cared about her.
At the same time, it also brings up the history of the 1980s when Japanese and Hong Kong dramas were popular in mainland China.
The owners of video studios have always kept up with the times. As soon as "The Thousand Faces of the Girl" was broadcast, it was sought after by the whole nation, but everyone was worried that two episodes every night were not enough to watch. So for their own sake and for the sake of their customers, the owners of video studios rushed to buy the Cantonese dubbed version of "The Thousand Faces of the Girl" to provide their customers with a "sneak peek".
Of course, reservations for the Mandarin dubbed version are also on the agenda - Su Yun's works have always been beautiful and classic. The six-in-a-row gift pack of "The Perfect Match", "Artificial Intelligence", "Memoirs of a Geisha", "The Sixth Sense", "Léon: The Professional" and "The Fault in Our Stars" in the movie going to the countryside plan are still the popular Spring Festival packages in many cinemas. Every year at this time, many people will call friends or simply bring their whole family to the cinema for a Marie Sue movie marathon.
Unfortunately, since the copyrights of Su Yun's subsequent films are all in the hands of Zhao's company, except for "The Rooftop Postman" which was introduced to Shenzhen for screening through special channels, other regions have not been able to obtain the relevant broadcasting rights.
In view of this situation, if people want to watch the grown-up National Daughter, they can either ask their relatives and friends who work or do business in the south to buy the movie tapes for them, or wait for the video hall to buy the tapes of these movies, and then spend money to watch them: although there are some differences from the theaters, Su Yun's later films basically do not have the same shocking scenes as "Artificial Intelligence", so you can still enjoy it on a small screen.
However, compared to young people who know how to and are willing to go to video halls to watch videotapes, most middle-aged and elderly people are still accustomed to going to movie theaters, or waiting for the village-organized screenings during festivals.
Now, the emergence of "The Girl with a Thousand Faces" has given many people a sense of freshness and hope: with the TV series leading the way, the subsequent movie should be introduced soon.
Watching the TV, Su Yun, who looks like a rich lady, and Nakamori Akina, who is obviously a timid poor girl, are in a confrontation with each other. Coupled with the carefully selected supporting roles and the meticulously polished production quality, the audience who saw such a high-quality modern drama for the first time exclaimed in enjoyment.
Today's TBB martial arts dramas excel in aspects such as the actors' acting skills and the rhythm of the plot, while aspects that require funds, such as the scenery and shooting techniques, are rough and wild and no less than movie-level quality. In addition, the time period is in ancient times. Even if it is released in China, where the entertainment level is lacking, it has received high praise, but there is still a little gap between it and the public.
The Japanese youth inspirational dramas introduced at the same time were different from those in the mainland, both in school and in the workplace. Therefore, even though they attracted a lot of audiences, the reviews were lower than those of martial arts dramas.
Until the emergence of "The Thousand Faces Girl" - this TV series, the main character of which is a poor genius girl's counterattack and struggle, the subject matter is chosen from acting, which is something that many people want to understand but are difficult to understand, but can be loved by everyone. Coupled with the basic foundation that Su Yun had laid in the past, it is equivalent to a fusion of the strengths of the above two schools, and thus once again created another film and television myth that attracted thousands of people to watch the show.
Such film and television myths are always accompanied by some hilarious anecdotes: in rural areas, many timid girls followed the plot and boldly fought for places in school arts performances; in towns, every time the gg time of "The Thousand Faces Girl" came, many areas would experience a temporary water shortage due to the sharp increase in the number of people going to the toilet.
After washing his hands quickly and turning off the low-flow faucet, little Zhou Xin happily put on his schoolbag and ran home. He saw that his parents, who were usually very busy at work and occasionally gave up watching TV, were already sitting in front of the TV at home.
"Will 'The Thousand Faces of the Girl' be aired earlier tonight?" Xiao Zhou Xin asked, nodding his head: Sometimes, due to some unexpected circumstances, the broadcast time of a TV series will be advanced or postponed.
"No, there is a big competition tonight, so the TV series have been temporarily cancelled." Zhou's father is a projectionist in a movie theater, so he can be considered a "film and television industry insider" and heard from a friend the news that all TV series have been suspended due to the Olympic Games broadcast.
"Ah?! Why is it like this?" Xiao Zhou Xin's voice and her pretty face are like two different people. Her voice is usually a little rough when she speaks normally, but when she shouts, it sounds even more unpleasant like a duck's voice. "I've been waiting for a long time. It was shown in the trailer last night. Tonight should be the story of Sister Su Yun playing Ya Gong!"
Knowing that her adorable only daughter was a fan of Su Yun, Zhou's mother, who worked as a salesperson in a department store, quickly stuffed a bag of candy she had bought in advance into her daughter's hands and coaxed her softly, "I heard that Su Yun will also be singing on stage after this competition. You can still see Sister Su Yun tonight!"
"Really... OK." Zhou Xin was finally calmed down by the candy and the fact that Su Yun would still appear on the TV. He ate candy with a pout and said, "Although I have changed my dream of becoming a singer into a movie star because of Sister Su Yun, she sings very well, too. By the way, I can sing her songs, too—"
Even movies and TV series can be pirated and brought into various parts of mainland China, let alone Su Yun’s songs.
However, because most of Su Yun's songs are in Cantonese and English, the rare Mandarin song "Thousand Years of Love" is the most popular. Nine out of ten young people and children can hum a few lines of it.
But the problem is that "Thousand Years of Love" is a typical song that looks easy but is not easy to sing well. People without skills or talent are prone to breaking their voices and singing out of tune. Of course, in reality, there are not many people who are good enough to perform on stage. Most people just sing it for their own amusement, and most of them sing it in a heart-wrenching and soul-wrenching way...
There is no doubt that little Zhou Xin's performance in front of his parents was of a quality even more terrifying than the howling of ghosts and wolves.
If Su Yun was really here, she would probably sigh again: Why do actresses with top acting skills all have the heart of a soul singer...
However, the person present was not Su Yun but Zhou's father and mother. Although their daughter was cute and silly, she was their own and they could not abandon her. So they could only endure their daughter's life-threatening singing with difficulty, and then silently held each other's hands and encouraged each other to persevere with their eyes.
When the song ended, Zhou's mother quickly stuffed a candy into her daughter's mouth and clapped her hands, saying, "Our little girl sings really well, but didn't you say you wanted to be a movie star like Sister Su Yun?"
"Yes, I want to be a movie star like Sister Su Yun in the future. I also want to win many awards like her!" Little Zhou Xin raised her little pointed chin proudly.
After being coaxed by his parents to play for a long time and eating half of the whole bag of candy while playing, little Zhou Xin felt a little thirsty, so he stood up and prepared to get some water.
What I didn't expect was that when I looked up, I saw my parents sitting in front of me, watching the pictures on TV, crying silently.
Xiao Zhou Xin looked at the TV curiously: she saw another team coming out, but with the familiar black hair and yellow skin, which was obviously different from the previous team members, but with the same physical features as her.
The subtitles on the screen were a little obscure and profound for a ten-year-old, but the Mandarin commentary, which had been translated and revised, was clear to her: After 52 years, the red flag finally flew again over the Los Angeles arena...
"We are back...we are back again!"
"The Chinese...are back!"
In the poorly soundproofed building, if you shouted a little louder you would be cursed by the neighbors. But tonight, for some reason, these cries with crying voices not only did not lead to curses, but instead led to a new round of shouting.
Then, these cries with crying voices also gathered one after another into shouts filled with thousands of complex and surging emotions. In this brightly lit sleepless night, accompanied by the soaring motherland and the dreams of tens of millions of people, they flew over the mountains and rivers, over the foreign wanderers separated from the coast and blocked by cliffs, to respond to those red hearts that were far away in the world but close in heart.
This worldwide appearance made many people around the world begin to understand that the dragon sleeping in the far east has gradually opened its eyes, which have experienced many vicissitudes but are still wise and invincible, amid the unanimous calls of its descendants.