The screenwriter of "Flowers of that year": sun Li's Zhou Ying "has the Shadow of Deng Chao"

early Zhou Ying Gu Ling

the full moon, starring Sun Li, is popular on Oriental TV and Jiangsu TV. Judging from the current progress of the plot, after Wu Pin's death, Shen Xingyan began to launch a love offensive against Zhou Ying, but the two still could only "look at each other" in the end. In an exclusive interview with the Beijing News, screenwriter Su Xiaoyuan revealed that the reason why Zhou Ying will not marry for the rest of her life is not just for Wu Pin, the reason is very complicated. "there are subjective, objective and contemporary reasons, which is a pity." At the same time, Su Xiaoyuan believes that Zhou Ying in the play is similar to Sun Li to some extent, and some of her temperament is similar to Deng Chao.

Zhou Ying's "Wild Road" kills a path of blood

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< By virtue of her wisdom and originality, she built a collapsing "commercial building" into a business empire, and her righteous deeds and foresight are still widely spread in Guanzhong area. Some viewers reported that "I grew up listening to Zhou Ying's story from an early age."

after a carefree time in the early days, Zhou Ying took up the heavy burden and reorganized the Wu family's business after the tragic death of Wu Pin and the decline of the Wu family. And her success is also inseparable from her unique and aggressive character. In the view of screenwriter Su Xiaoyuan, there are few historical records about Zhou Ying, and her character, evaluation, as well as the nodes, details, and turning points of her life are all inundated by history, "so when digging this character, we can only push backwards. Why should a girl stand out? What kind of character should such a girl be? So it turned out to be the way it is now, and Zhou Ying relied on her 'wild road' to 'kill a bloody road' at that time.

talk about male lead

Zhou Ying is the most authentic self with Shen Xingqi

Beijing News: how did you conceive of Wu Pin? Are those small details, such as mending the moon and talking hand in hand with legs, written in the script?

Su Xiaoyuan: as a female screenwriter, his advantage is to think of each other as the image he or she wants, so there will be people like Wu Pin. On the contrary, male writers are better at writing female characters than female writers, such as Huang Rong and Xiao Longnu, written by Jin Yong, are classics. Talking hand in hand with legs is the character created by the actor himself, the display of the actor's ability, and the action designed by he Rundong after studying the characters.

Beijing News: how did you think of arranging Shen Xingyi, a lover whose personality was a little unreliable at first, for Zhou Ying for the rest of her life?

Su Xiaoyuan: director Ding Hei asked everyone to grow up from the very beginning, so he designed Shen Xingqi, followed by Zhou Ying to follow his own life step by step. Shen Xingqian is completely different from Wu Pin, including the kindness to Zhou Ying. There is a white rose and a red rose in every man's heart and a Shen Xingqian in every woman's heart. Zhou Ying is the best herself with Wu Pin, and she is the most real herself with Shen Xingqian.

talk about the heroine

Sun Li gave me a 200% Zhou Ying

Beijing News: how similar is Sun Li's Zhou Ying to your imagination and character?

Su Xiaoyuan: the similarity is 200%. Sun Li gave me an upgraded version of Zhou Ying. Part of it comes from Sun Li's own temperament, a girl who has not studied acting, but with her own efforts and talents to achieve today's achievements, Sun Li and Zhou Ying have similarities to some extent. In the play, Zhou Ying's temperament is somewhat similar to that of Deng Chao. I once joked that Deng Chao was more suitable for early Zhou Ying than Sun Li. Therefore, I think Sun Li's interpretation of the role of Zhou Ying may come partly from her family and from Deng Chao.

Beijing News: everyone is regretting why Wu Pin died so early.

Su Xiaoyuan: first of all, based on the truth of history, Zhou Ying was a widow in history and was widowed at a very young age. This is a story about a woman growing up. If Wu Pin, and even Wu Pin's father, Wu Weiwen, were still alive, they would have been a great help to Zhou Ying's personal growth. But their existence is harmful to the theme. Everyone dislikes Mary Sue, that is, countless men come to help the hostess, and then they succeed at the top of their lives without any effort.

Beijing News: however, as a person in the late Qing Dynasty, Zhou Ying had a relatively low social status and was also a widow. under the circumstances of limited historical materials, will Zhou Ying get the halo of the leading role in her struggle to become the richest woman? was the screenwriter given a golden finger?

Su Xiaoyuan: the halo of the protagonist is certain, because she is an unyielding woman. What our team has been trying to avoid is to let her open Golden finger, she is a certain talent, in character, pattern, mind, different from ordinary people, but she is still an ordinary girl. She still relied on tenacity, diligence and so much effort to get what she is today. So we asked Wu Pin and Wu Weiwen to "get the box lunch" very firmly, and did not regret it.

Beijing News: recently, everyone has been talking about the "Big Lady" play, and sometimes the "Big Lady" is inevitable, Mary Su. In the course of creation, have you ever thought about how to get rid of the plot of Mary Su's drama?

Su Xiaoyuan: every time I talk about the big lady, I have no choice but to say that Mary Su is even more aggrieved. I believe viewers who have seen the play will not have a label like Mary Su affixed to Zhou Ying. At the beginning, we saw that Zhou Ying was a very self-contained and independent girl, and it was difficult for such a girl to make her Mary Su. Zhou Ying walked down by herself step by step, without love or hatred for no reason. I think in the play how many boys like this girl, how many girls like this boy, is not the most important, character charm is more important than love and hate. If the charm of the characters is there, then the love for nature will come, and the hate for nature will come into being.

talk about history

the big historical nodes are all real

Beijing News: what is the percentage of real historical materials in this play? Apart from Zhou Ying, which other major characters are real?

Su Xiaoyuan: Zhou Ying, Wu Pin, Wu Weiwen, Zuo, Li and Baylor are all real, and Wu Huaixian is also real in history and is also a very important figure in modern Chinese history. The historical nodes and events in the play are real, including the marriage of Zhou Ying, the death of Wu Pin and the death of Wu Weiwen. There is no male in the family, and Zhou Ying alone props up Wu Jiacheng to become the richest man in Shaanxi.

Beijing News: is there any historical data for the commercial war and the families circling in the political whirlpool in the play?

Su Xiaoyuan: most of them are documented, mainly based on the contradictions between the Han ministers Li Hongzhang, Zeng Guofan and Zuo Zongtang, and the Manchu aristocracy after the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and there are also contradictions among ministers who advocate westernization. For example, Li Hongzhang and Zuo Zongtang often dismantle each other, and the big background is this part of history.