Does anyone else not catch Chen Sicheng and Wang Baoqiang?

July 20, 2023 | Total Issue 3302

Chen Sicheng's "Disappearing Her" has a box office of 3.4 billion. The box office of "In the Octagon Cage" directed by Wang Baoqiang also reached 1.6 billion, with a Douban score of 7.4 points. These two films, which were released on about the same schedule and marketing topics always resonate at the same frequency, reaped a win-win ending.

Among them, Chen Sicheng and Wang Baoqiang, the brothers' friendship card of "not abandoning and not giving up", has played a role, although it is difficult to quantify, it cannot be ignored.

In 2007, "Soldier Assault" written by Lan Xiaolong and directed by Kang Honglei became popular, Wang Baoqiang and Chen Sicheng played a group of contrasting characters in the play, one is the clumsy soldier Wang Xu Sanduo who is honest and sincere, noble and Chedo, and the other is a smooth, clever and speculative sharpshooter who becomes a talent. Both are from Xiabanyan Tree Village, and were commented by fellow villager Wu Liuyi (played by Xing Jiadong) as "a fool, a jing".

Although there is a contrast between "ideal vs. desire" and "sincerity vs. snobbery", the fool Xu Sanduo is the only person who is truly treated by shrewd people, which touches many people. So far, Xu Sanduo and Chengcai have a lot of CP fans.

Some people say that director Kang Honglei's casting vision is really poisonous, going around in circles for seventeen years, and the life circumstances, brotherly relationship, and creative style of the two seem to have a magical overlap with the people in the play.

The movie "In the Octagon Cage" is Wang Baoqiang's "clumsy but sincere" turnover. Wang Baoqiang's own experience over the years and his desperate bet on this movie have made the public extremely distressed. "Protect our Baoqiang", "You can't see Baoqiang lose", "Wang Baoqiang wins once", "If only one person is allowed to sell miserable in the world, then this person can only be Wang Baoqiang"...

Everywhere the movie goes, the Chinese audience's true feelings for Wang Baoqiang's simplicity, just because Wang Baoqiang filmed "In the Octagon Cage", it is too similar to do his best to make 333 abdominal bars. Insiders called him, and the people he had cooperated with came to help, and netizens were also cheering for him in their hearts.

Li Chen, who played Xu Sanduo's teammate Wu Zhe in "Soldier Assault", and Li Yang, the director of "Blind Well", all starred in the film. Liu Ruoying and Andy Lau, who cooperated with Wang Baoqiang in "No Thief in the World", sang a promotional song for the film. Xu Zheng, who cooperated with the "Ji" series of movies, also stood for Wang Baoqiang.

Of course, the one who angrily brushes the sense of existence has to be Wang Baoqiang's brother CP - Chen Sicheng.

Shooting this movie, there is still Chen Sicheng's help and financial support behind it, the last time netizens found that Chen Sicheng gave money to Baoqiang, it was when Wang Baoqiang's divorce was in the trough. It is strange that two people with completely different origins, upbringing backgrounds and three views of personality can become friends and maintain a strong and close brotherhood for so many years.

The movie was launched at the same time, and the two worked hard to promote each other's movies on Weibo, recalling the details of their acquaintance and encounter, just like yesterday. It can be said that this kind of story of mutual support and meeting at the top is like "becoming a talent and Xu Sanduo" literature shining into reality, and netizens shouted "too good".

As a commercial film with a clear type, "Disappearing Her" has gone all the way to the box office, but the reputation is polar. Over the years, the public has been the same as Chen Sicheng's complex psychology, while recognizing his talent and ability to make commercial films, and willingly paying for the film, while being dissatisfied with his "shrewd" and "narcissistic greasy" image.

"He can make friends with soldiers like Xu Sanduo, and this will not be ruined by the sense of superiority that he can easily generate." This is the review plot of the A Brigade in "Soldier Assault", and Yuan Lang (Duan Yihong) commented on Wu Zhe's words, which were used by netizens in the "Wang Baoqiang and Chen Sicheng" CP literature, which is very appropriate.

Chen Sicheng and Wang Baoqiang are both actors-turned-directors, and their growth lines are intertwined. Interestingly, because of Chen Sicheng's "appreciation", "domineering protection" and "righteousness" of Wang Baoqiang, some viewers began to love Wu and Wu, and found Chen Sicheng's B-side - his reputation is constantly improving.

And the two movies focus on brotherhood marketing, which will not attract disgust at all. The audience is very used and paid for this rare brotherhood in the film and television industry, after all, it is seventeen years of CP kinetic energy, which has been tested by time, just like sincerity, it is a special move.

【Text/Flying Fish】