"Ideal City" director Liu Jin and actor Sun Li are on the set.
Director Liu Jin
In this play, there are not only the "Jianghu" crush on "Macey New", but also the tricks of "Old Fox" and "Little Fox", and the confrontation between "Ming Rules" and "Hidden Rules". Director Liu Jin said that it is a bit like the modern version of "White Deer Plain".
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"Every cost table is a relationship table."
"The cleanliness of the cost table is the cleanliness of the project."
"The way of the world, right and wrong, must be contrary to the change? Is the cleanliness of the cost really contrary to the world? "
Directed by Liu Jin and starring Sun Li and Mark Chao, the realistic workplace drama "Ideal City" is being broadcast. In this play, there are not only "Jianghu" crush on "Macey New", but also the tricks of "Old Fox" and "Little Fox", and the confrontation between "Ming Rules" and "Hidden Rules".
Liu Jin, director of Ideal City, said in an exclusive interview with the reporter of Zhongqing Daily and Zhongqing.com that when he saw this story, he felt a bit like "the modern version of Bailuyuan".
In "Ideal City", Yinghai Group is surging. From top to bottom, from the chairman to the newcomers in the workplace, everyone not only sees different scenery, but also draws different conclusions.
"At this age, I will have a lot of reflections on life. Many things are not black and white, and many people are not simply good people and bad people. This story satisfies my own desire to express. I made "Ideal City" to wake up more people ‘ The ideal of sleeping ’ 。”
Liu Jin said with emotion: "Most people are full of ideals when they are young and inexperienced, but how many people forget their initial heart and lose their ideals when they walk?" How did you lose your ideal? When did you lose it? "
If the audience who has seen "The Ideal City" can ask themselves these questions, they will be satisfied and feel that the play has not been filmed in vain.
"You and I both become mediocre in giving up." Liu Jin said.
Zhongqingbao Zhongqingwang: What are your ideas for shaping this story?
Liu Jin: First of all, it is true. At that time, the tone I set for myself was that I must be "highly restored". We can have our aesthetic feeling, but it must be in line with the industry attributes. In the modeling part, I think the role of Su Xiao should be "submerged" in the crowd, not "she is an actress".
Secondly, setting scenery. In the play, "Tiancheng Architecture" is an extensive and poorly managed company, so it is very old, showing a sense of obsolescence, with the feeling of the 1990s. It was not a very dynamic company at first, and it didn’t change the weather until Su Xiao came.
The whole light of "Tiancheng Building" will be darker, which not only presents an old feeling, but also has a depressing atmosphere, which is also because Su Xiao’s "Tiancheng" is her darkest moment. Because of Xia Ming, Tianke Building is well managed, so its style is more modern and younger, and the whole environment is better than Tiancheng. When I went to the "head office", I added solid wood elements to the scenery to create a feeling of stable atmosphere.
Zhongqingbao Zhongqingwang: In The Ideal City, the heroine doesn’t wear makeup, wears a jacket and carries a backpack. Is this also for the sake of realism?
Liu Jin: The makeup of the actors in our play is very light, and they basically don’t wear makeup. How many people who really work in the cost industry make up? Run to the construction site every day, without makeup.
Nowadays, many people have been completely conquered by "Meitu" and "Beauty", even taking pictures has to be beautified, and they can no longer see their true selves, let alone the real society. I made a special request for "Ideal City", trying to restore the truth, and realism should first be "realistic".
After the broadcast of "Ideal City", I saw someone say that the heroine’s clothes are so rustic, which also annoyed me — — As actors, they are all fragile, and girls are all beautiful. The admirable thing about Sun Li, an actress, is that she obeys the feeling of drama. She is a "character walker", and she believes in characters and drama. Sun Li said: "I don’t look good, there is no problem, because I am playing a role, and I am shaping a role." I like her very much and respect her very much.
A good actor is called shaping, which is different from an idol. Sun Li is a good actress, a real actress. She is shaping the role, making the audience forget Sun Li and remember Su Xiao in The Ideal City.
Zhongqingbao Zhongqingwang: In the past, the audience’s impression of urban workplace dramas was more glamorous and exquisite.
Liu Jin: Right. Nowadays, people often say the word "suspension", saying that some film and television dramas are not real life. I think every industry has its own attributes, such as investment banking, which looks glamorous on the surface. But in this society, there are not only these glamorous high-income people, but also ordinary office workers who live and commute to work. We can see that most ordinary people are very simple.
Zhongqingbao Zhongqingwang: What kind of experience is it to shoot a workplace drama from a female perspective?
Liu Jin: I didn’t consider the female perspective. Now we all talk about social equality, that is, equal rights between men and women, and women can be the chairman of the board of directors in enterprises. At the social level, there is still a misunderstanding about women. For example, in the later plot, Wang Mingyu will say, "Women will whine all day long, endlessly." This is his misunderstanding of women. Nowadays, many men in society have misunderstandings about women.
Zhongqingbao Zhongqingwang: The architect plays an "unpopular" role in the film and television drama. How to balance the professional sense and artistic creation of this drama?
Liu Jin: The script of "Ideal City" has been done for many years. When I got the script, it was very mature, and it was well controlled professionally. As a modern drama, it should reflect people’s hearts and society; And all the stories of workplace drama should revolve around an industry, which is where you work, so you should be very familiar with this industry. When we were filming, there were always industry consultants in the group. How to make each prop? What are the drawings like? All events have a basis. Knowledgeable people can’t find fault. If you are interested in this industry, you can continue to study it, but we are not responsible for introducing this industry clearly. After all, an industry drama is not a documentary or a science and education film.
Zhongqingbao Zhongqingwang: Su Xiao, played by Sun Li, has always been tenacious. Is that attitude of working hard in her workplace what you want to express?
Liu Jin: It is very difficult for a person to insist on what he wants, not just to shout a slogan. If you want to stick to it, you really have to be very resilient and work very hard. You will be discovered only if you are excellent. This is also my own life feeling, and I think this is the right path. Su Xiao was beaten down again and again and stood up again and again. There is a scene in which Su Xiao washes the dishes and sees a bug struggling on the edge of the whirlpool. It is particularly tenacious when it is washed down by the water again and again, and always tries hard to escape. Later, Su Xiao fished out the bug and released it. At that moment, Su Xiao’s interaction with bugs represented many people wandering in big cities, and they were all struggling.
Zhongqingbao Zhongqingwang: What are the elements and characteristics of workplace drama to make the current audience empathize?
Liu Jin: It is very important for the creator to make all the characters interact and empathize with the audience, so that the audience has a sense of substitution. At the same time, the workplace drama should be realistic. In life, everyone can only see themselves and not others. "Ideal City" shows a "God perspective", which allows the audience to "see themselves" and others at the same time.
There is a saying called "See heaven and earth, see all beings, and see yourself." I prefer realistic themes, and I also want to express them in this respect. I think TV drama creators, who are engaged in the work that affects the human soul, should seriously sink, establish correct values and strive to create more excellent works that can stand the test of time.
Zhongqingbao Zhongqingwang reporter Shen Jiequn Source: China Youth Daily
