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A masterpiece that is three years late, the movie "More than Endless" is officially announced, and Zhang Songwen wants to be canonized again?

This early spring is indeed the spring that belongs to film and television people.

Because of a phenomenal hit "Crazy", when it comes to Zhang Songwen, everyone knows.

And because of the same explosive "Three-Body Problem", when it comes to white guests, everyone knows it.

And just recently, the movie "More Than End" co-starring Zhang Songwen and Bai Ke has finally been officially announced.

This is a great joy for many fans who love the two of them.

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Is time burying works a false proposition?

To be honest, "More Than Endless" is not a new film.

Because as early as 3 years ago, it was filmed, but due to masks, it could not be released as scheduled.

At that time, many viewers felt disappointed after hearing about it, and with the repeated epidemic, the producer gradually lost his enthusiasm for release.

Now the popularity of "Crazy" and "Three-Body Problem" has rekindled the hopes of the producers.

While the audience was still immersed in the ups and downs of "Crazy", he immediately arranged for "More than Endless" to meet the audience.

To be honest, this movie has been waiting for a long time.

You know, after the filming of "More than Endless", it has crossed the ocean to shine in the European and American film markets, and has been shortlisted for competition units at many film festivals such as the Venice Film Festival and the Toronto Film Festival, and has received continuous praise.

Director Wang Jing also won the "Fei Mu Honorary Best Director Award" at the Pingyao Film Festival for this film.

Don't get me wrong, this Wang Jing is not another Wang Jing, and people are proper post-80s.

Don't look young, but quite talented, otherwise you won't be recognized by Jia Zhangke.

For this fellow villager and apprentice, Director Jia showed the sincerity of Shanxi people, not only served as the film's producer, but also made a cameo role in the film.

As for the photographic soundtrack, there is nothing to say.

All the big coffee in the industry, with such a team to escort, the success of "More than Endless" is without suspense.

Although I haven't had a chance to see the full version until now, there are indications that this movie is definitely worth looking forward to!

SARS in 2003 left a painful memory for the Chinese people, just like today's new crown pneumonia. The content of the film is also related to the virus, which is about the injustice and discrimination encountered by hepatitis B patients.

At that time, there were no smartphones in China, and no one would realize how the Internet would change our lives.

The easiest way for the public to get news is to read newspapers.

People buy a newspaper from the newsstands that can be seen everywhere on the city streets, and walk and sit in the bedroom to learn about the major events in society.

Due to the misunderstanding and lack of public understanding of hepatitis B, many people regard hepatitis B as a flood beast, and once they learn that someone around them has tested positive for hepatitis B, they immediately stay away.

Not only do they not eat together, but they even become cautious when speaking, and hepatitis B patients are discriminated against in employment, further education, etc., and some people lose the opportunity to change their fate.

Some people may not believe it, at that time, there were more than 100 million patients who tested positive for hepatitis B in China.

Such a huge scale even exceeds the population of many countries.

These hepatitis B patients have encountered various unfair treatment in society, and every hepatitis B patient has a poignant story behind it.

A journalist, keenly aware of this, wrote "China's 120 Million People's Anti-Discrimination Claims" after detailed interviews and investigations.

Subsequently, the article was published in Newsweek, and this person was Han Fudong, a reporter from Southern Metropolis Daily.

A stone stirred up a thousand waves, and after the publication of the article, it caused heated discussions in the whole society, that is, this article made the Chinese people suddenly understand that the life of hepatitis B patients is so difficult?

It is gratifying that Han Fudong's righteous speech has finally paid off.

At the beginning of 2010, the relevant departments of the state issued the Notice on Further Standardizing the Enrollment and Employment Physical Examination Program to Safeguard the Enrollment and Employment Rights of Hepatitis B Surface Antigen Carriers, and hepatitis B patients finally ushered in spring.

Wang Jing was deeply touched when he heard about this, and he decided to make a film based on this. After a series of preparations, in 2019, "More Than Endless" started smoothly.

02

What is the ultimate weapon to impress the audience?

Journalists have long been a respected profession who present the truth of events to audiences through detailed investigations.

Their respect for objective facts, a sense of justice and responsibility are the professional spirit of journalists, and a large number of young people are full of yearning for this profession.

Jack Ma once said: "Dreams always have to be, what if they come true?" ”

If you have a dream, you should take advantage of your youth to break in, how about not having a high education, as long as you are willing to work hard, you can also live a wonderful life, such as the protagonist of the film, Han Dong (played by Bai Ke).

He comes from a small town in the northeast, and the black water of the White Mountains has created his tenacious character, and although he is only a high school graduate, it does not prevent Han Dong from having a soft spot for the journalist industry.

He came to Beijing with his dream and his girlfriend Xiaozhu (Miao Miao) and became a member of the tens of millions of Beipiao tribes.

Needless to say, life is harder, but more importantly, becoming a journalist is harder than you think.

Fortunately, Han Dong met the noble man in his life, Huang Jiang (played by Zhang Songwen).

Huang Jiang, a veteran journalist, saw from Han Dong the persistence that a media person should have, so he moved his compassion and let him become an intern reporter for the Kyoto Times.

Uncle Chai knew Baike because of the "King Sledgehammer" he played before. 7 years ago, the online comedy "Never Expected" was loved by thousands of people, and a large part of the reason was because of Baike's wonderful performance in the play.

So much so that for a long time, he was branded as a comedy, in fact, we are superficial, and this Shandong guy brings everyone much more than that.

Many people may not know that Baike has also had excellent results in dubbing.

When he graduated from college, he partnered with several roommates to form the dubbing group CUCN201.

This dubbing combination remade the Chinese version of the dubbing for "Funny Comic Day and Harmony", in which Internet hot words such as "I will take a go" and "not powerful" came from their mouths.

To this day, we can still hear these words mentioned from time to time.

This time, Han Dong, played by Bai Ke, is a motivated young man with faith and ideals, he knows that his identity as an intern journalist is not long, and if you want to remove the word "internship" from the front, you need to write a good press release.

To this end, he collected news clues everywhere, just to be able to write a good press release and turn it positive as soon as possible.

By chance, he came into contact with "hepatitis B surrogate", which is a huge chain of interests involving many aspects.

He learned that the misconception of hepatitis B in society has become a huge obstacle faced by the special group of hepatitis B patients in terms of employment and further education. From the unit to the school, a hepatitis B test certificate is required, and if the test report is positive, your future will be much bleaker in an instant.

As the saying goes: demand determines the market.

Some hepatitis B patients, in order to be able to get a normal physical examination report, can only find someone to replace themselves for blood tests, which has given birth to the profession of "hepatitis B test".

Illegal inspection, this is common sense that every adult knows, but there is no way, in order to have a good future, everyone can only take risks.

On the other hand, the proxy examination provider also made a profit by providing false physical examination reports for hepatitis B patients, and Han Dong keenly felt that this was a very valuable piece of news and decided to conduct an in-depth investigation into this matter.

Huang Jiang was so supportive of his idea that he even set aside a page for him in the newspaper.

Just as Han Dong was about to publish this article, he suddenly realized that the deep-seated reason behind the proxy examination was the society's discrimination against hepatitis B patients.

In many cases, the problems brought by hepatitis B to patients are simply not as good as the discrimination against hepatitis B patients in society. Just like the sentence in the article "China's Anti-Discrimination Claims for 120 Million People": What are the consequences of a person being discriminated against? It's that no matter how hard you try, it's useless.

Just before the newspaper was about to be typeset, Han Dong decided to withdraw the manuscript.

Huang Jiang was greatly disappointed by his impulsive behavior, and Han Dong, who was originally full of promises, was expelled from the newspaper and lost his job. At the same time, other media also reported on the proxy inspection, which attracted the attention of the police.

Han Dong's friend Zhang Bo, a hepatitis B carrier, was admitted to graduate school after unremitting efforts.

Just when Zhang Bo thought that he could change his fate, the heavens joked with him, and Zhang Bo was expelled from the school and left sadly because he provided the school with a fake physical examination to prove the East Window incident.

Han Dong, who suffered successive blows, did not become depressed, as the line in the movie said: "Instead of surviving, it is better to burn calmly."

He continued to collect cases of hepatitis B patients, eventually writing a lengthy press release, "Anti-Discrimination Claims for 100 Million People."

At the critical moment, it was Huangjiang who helped Han Dong, and this article appeared on the front page of the Kyoto Times, causing widespread concern in society.

03

Do good actors rely on traffic, or on acting skills?

This film is Wang Jing's debut, don't look at his previous work as an assistant director for Jia Zhangke, accumulated experience, but this time to single-handedly pick the beam, it is still a big challenge for him.

What's more, this serious theme uses the narrative style of commercial films, and the requirements for directors to grasp details are even more than before.

Fortunately, Wang Jing is talented, and he tells this somewhat dark story vividly and vividly, which resonates with people.

"More than Endless" has also been screened in a small range of internal screenings in China, and all audiences who have seen the film have given it a high evaluation.

Some people say that it is like "I am not the God of Medicine".

Indeed, the theme of the film at first glance is somewhat similar, all through some unknown social issues, reflecting the difficulty of patients' survival.

It's just that "More Than Endless" is more prominent than the former, it does not have so many sensational scenes, but presents this problem to the audience through the perspective of a media person.

The calm and objective narrative style makes this movie more outstanding in terms of presentation, no wonder it is popular among so many insiders.

Bai Ke's acting skills in the film are worthy of praise, in the shot, he is a dusty servant, in order to run the news in a tired state, messy hairstyle has aroused the empathy of many Beipiao people.

Especially in the face of hepatitis B patients, the irrepressible sympathy under the eyes makes people deeply feel the conscience of a media person.

"More than Endless" not only reflects the survival of hepatitis B patients, but also makes people have more respect for those journalists who are righteous in their chests, which may be the true connotation that the film wants to express.

Let's look at Huang Jiang, played by Zhang Songwen, who is an experienced media person.

Han Dong's growth is inseparable from his promotion, and when Huang Jiang saw Han Dong's love for news, he boldly gave Han Dong a platform to play.

It's just that due to his age, he may lack the sharpness of some young people, but this does not prevent Huang Jiang from still adhering to the original intention and persistence of media people in his heart.

Excellent acting skills have always been Zhang Songwen's biggest hole card, if you carefully consider his performance, you will find that this person has been perfected in character shaping.

No wonder that back then, Zhang Songwen was able to change from a probation student at the Beijing Film Academy to a teacher who stayed in the school to teach, is such an excellent actor, and has also had the sad experience of being rejected by hundreds of crews without a scene to film.

Fortunately, he loves acting and has never given up, as he once said, "tomorrow will be fine".

Now he has worked hard, for Zhang Songwen, Uncle Chai just wants to say: I really look forward to every wonderful performance of him.

If there is something unsatisfactory about "More than Endless", it should be the promotional poster of the movie.

The audience has already discovered that there are only Zhang Songwen and Bai Ke on the poster.

Could it be said that this is the work of a double male protagonist? In fact, there is also a heroine in "More than End", she is Miao Miao who plays Xiaozhu.

Xiaozhu is Han Dong's girlfriend, in order to help her boyfriend realize his dreams, she has paid a lot, if it were not for Xiaozhu's encouragement, Han Dong would never have succeeded.

Three years ago, when the film was released, the poster was Miao Miao and Bai Ke.

It's just that because Zhang Songwen has been too popular recently, the film party replaced Miao Miao's avatar with his face in order to rub the heat.

Although this thing sounds very uncomfortable, this is the reality, the entertainment industry is the king of traffic, and whoever is most loved by the audience can stand in the C position.

Similar things are not uncommon in the entertainment industry, in 2022 the movie "Four Seas" will be released, Shen Teng, who has only 15 minutes of scenes, occupies the C position of the promotional poster, and the heroine Liu Haocun has disappeared.

Even more ridiculous is the movie poster of "Blue Life and Death Love".

This work is a remake of the Korean drama of the same name, and the protagonists are Jiao Rui, Xu Kai, Zhao Lusi and Meng Meiqi. Interestingly, the latter three were not famous when the movie was filmed, and by the time the movie was released, they were already famous.

In order to attract attention, the film party gave three people a large close-up in the poster, and the first actor Jiao Rui only had a small figure in the lower left corner of the poster, and he couldn't even see his face clearly.

Some netizens hold grievances for the male protagonist, doesn't the protagonist need a face if he is not red?

It stands to reason that Miao Miao also had a brilliant experience, she was born in dance, her body is graceful and delicate, and a "Fanghua" makes her shine.

However, in recent years, she has been busy getting married and having a baby, gradually fading out of the entertainment industry, and the considerate Zhang Songwen is estimated to have seen the lack of posters, and enthusiastically posted all the main creator photos on Weibo.

At the same time, it can also be seen that a person with excellent character and virtue, no matter how popular he is, he will always know how to be considerate of others.

Written at the end:

People should strive for ideals in this life. Just like the name of the movie, more than endlessly.

Because people live this life, there must be something worth sticking to. It's like a journalist in a movie who takes risks in order to report news that is beneficial to society.

It is also like the medical staff who have been fighting on the front line during the mask incident in order to save lives and help the wounded.

Uncle Chai thinks that this inspirational film is destined to become a dark horse in the film industry in 2023, I hope that after watching the film, you will also have the courage to fight for your ideals, come on friends!

【Text|Frozen】

【Editor|Xiang Wanwan】

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