In the summer of 2016, Zheng Jun launched the Hollywood team. The animated film " Rock Tibetan Mastiff " that took 6 years to be released, and finally received a box office of less than 40 million yuan and a rating of 6.9.
seems to be reasonable?
is not the case.
The investment before and after the film is as high as RMB 334 million. According to the usual box office share ratio, the film company ( Huayi ) has only received about 15 million.
This means that the loss of "Rock Tibetan Mastiff" exceeded 300 million yuan.
A real Waterloo.
It was not until three years later that the " Shanghai Fortress " that closed the door to China's science fiction again went online, which made it look slightly less awkward. So where exactly did the problem appear?
Is rock decline in recent years, or is it a problem with the film itself?
may have both.
According to the latest news, the 12-episode web drama " Rock and Roll " will officially land on iQiyi on October 11 to start its premiere journey. I have said so much before, what does it have to do with this web drama?
In my deep memory, my first impression of rock is still Cui Jian .
On May 9, 1986, Cui Jian sang a song "Nothing" at a concert of 100 singers held at the Beijing Workers' Stadium . It was on this day that he announced the official birth of the Chinese rock music .
Until now, Cui Jian's songs such as " Fake Monk " and "The Flower House Girl" are still highly popular.
Later, I reached the age of truly being able to perceive some rock music spirit. Dou Wei , He Yong , Zhang Chu , the name "Three Heroes of Demon Rock" has long become a legend. The most common thing I hear every day is Xu Wei, Wang Feng .
The era is rolling forward.
Time has entered 2022. Is this 12-episode web drama "Rock Mad Flower" a masterpiece that can truly evoke deep memories of rock, or is it just a family ethics drama with rock skin?
I tend to the former.
In an era when rock music flourished and "superporate" the female rock band "crazy flowers" were once very popular. The lead singer of the band
is a "strange woman" named Peng Lai.
In order to continue pursuing the musical dream in her heart, Peng Lai came to the United States thousands of miles away. She thought that on that land, her rock music would regain the soil suitable for survival.
reality is extremely skinny.
My daughter is only 6 years old during the day and is raised by her ex-husband. She wanders alone in a foreign land and lives a down-and-out life. In a blink of an eye, 12 years have passed, and the times have changed. Her ex-husband passed away, and her daughter has reached the age of rebellion at the age of eighteen or nineteen.
Penglai had no choice but to choose to return home.
This is simply a musician who pursues his dreams, a typical life journey.
She has a highlight moment that responds to all the time, she has a happy love that everyone envies, and she has the joy of becoming a mother for the first time, but there seems to be a big gap between musical dreams and love, family, family affection and survival.
The drama is directed by the famous director Li Jun .
Li Jun, who graduated from , the director department of Beijing Film Academy, is different from many directors who are persistent in artistic pursuits. He went into business in the 1990s and more than ten years afterwards. This experience has given him a broader vision.
As early as 1997, Li Jun released his first work "Love in Shanghai". Although he was affected by business after
, his energy was dispersed, when he returned with all his might, the broadcast of "Chinese Divorce", "Please Turn on the Mobile Phone", and " Peace Hotel " successively allowed Li Jun to firmly hold the position of a well-known director.
At the same time, the drama is also an "high configuration" in terms of cast.
first, Yao Chen (played by Peng Lai)
Although she has performed poorly on the red carpet of the film festival recently, as an actor, Yao Chen has always spoken with her works. Whether it is the "Wulin Waizai" that made her famous, or the pinnacle of the spy drama " Lurking ", her performance can always touch people's hearts.
Even "All Is Good" from the previous two years has become a screen-watching work.
This time, Yao Chen will challenge the image of a "rock girl middle-aged woman". Her already cool personality and image, coupled with strong smoky makeup, is definitely the most sincere breakthrough work in recent years.
Second, Changyuan (played by Dacui)
was born in Changyuan, a crosstalk family. His grandfather was a famous crosstalk actor Chang Baohua . Although he performed on the same stage with his grandfather when he was a child, he did not embark on the road of crosstalk as an adult. Instead, he joined the comedy group Happy Twist .
After attracting attention because of the role of Meng Tejiao in " Charlotte Troubles ", Chang Yuan entered the film and television industry like Shen Teng. This year, he appeared in "The Wind Rises Longxi" or " Lone Moon ".
Third, Zhuang Dafei (played by day)
Zhuang Dafei, who is still studying in the Performance Department of Beijing Film Academy, was . As early as 2012, she was only 11 years old and made her debut with "The Old Man's Wish". This time she and Yao Chen played a mother and daughter, which was very interesting.
Fourth, Zhao Ziqi (played by Chen Yue)
When she was young, Zhao Ziqi starred in many film and television dramas directed by Zhao Baogang with the image of an intellectual lady. In recent years, as she grew older, most of her roles as middle-aged women such as her mother.
Fifth, Yuan Hong (played by Luo Jun)
Once with Hu Ge , Yuan Hong, who has worked with many times, in addition to his "fairy love" with Zhang Xinyi , has enough representative works in terms of film and television dramas, such as " Ordinary World " and " Step by Step 1 ".
No. 6, Wei Qing (played by grandma)
In the movie " I am not a medicine god ", Wei Qing plays an old lady who contributes one of the famous scenes in the film. Although she is often just a supporting role, she can always interpret the role very well.
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is written at the end:
When Peng Lai returned to China, facing his daughter whom he had not seen for many years, although they were mother and daughter, they were more like strangers, and the friction between them never stopped.
However, the two have a common pursuit - rock dream.
Therefore, although this "Rock Flower" tells the transformation process between mother and daughter's family relationship, it is definitely not a simple bloody family ethics drama. The chemical reaction between several actors is also worth looking forward to.
