"Fairy Tale King" Zheng Yuanjie remembers very well that Shuke and Beta first met on December 30, 1983, "In 1982, I first created the story of Shuke, when he was still alone, and then, at the beginning of 1983, I wrote the story of another mouse Beta, the two mice did not see each other until the end of 1983, to be exact, on December 30, Shuke and Beta met." As a result, Zheng Yuanjie said in an exclusive interview with a reporter from Beijing Youth Daily that he was full of expectations for the movie "Shuke Beta: Pentagon Flying Saucer", "This work was chosen to be on the big screen on December 30 this year, which is also meaningful, a full forty years have passed, and the combination of Shuke and Beta has only met everyone in the cinema for the first time, which is like celebrating their 'forty not confused' birthday." ”
"The Adventures of Shuke and Beta" is Zheng Yuanjie's classic work, in 1989, the cartoon "Shuke and Beta" became a childhood memory for many people after it was broadcast, and in 2019, the new version of the animation "Shuke Beta" directed by Zheng Yaqi was launched, and the cumulative number of views on the whole network exceeded 4.5 billion. Now, directing the movie "Shukebeta Pentagon Flying Saucer" again, Zheng Yaqi said with a smile that he also fulfilled his wish to see his father's works in the theater.
At one time, he was resistant to the adaptation of the work
Over the years, Zheng Yaqi has been developing the fairy tale works of his father Zheng Yuanjie for IP. In 2005, Zheng Yaqi founded the magazine "Pipiru" and re-planned the "Pipiru Mobilization" series, and in 2012, he established Beijing Pipiru Mobilization Culture Technology Co., Ltd. to operate the full range of Pipiru copyrights as CEO. Over the past decade, he has increased sales of his father's work 20-fold.
Although Zheng Yaqi respects his father Zheng Yuanjie very much, he does not report everything to him, Zheng Yuanjie smiled and said that he was the one who passively learned the news, "The authorization of my work is given to Pipiru Company, and they are responsible for all IP film and television adaptations." Sometimes, I would go to their company, and the plans posted on the wall would allow me to see their plans for the future, and it was from above that I learned that Shuck and Beta were going to make a big movie this time. ”
Zheng Yuanjie admits that she was once resistant to the adaptation of her work, "I once said in a magazine in the 90s that I couldn't bear to witness others 'dismembering' my own work. However, as time went on, Zheng Yuanjie's perception also changed, "I realized that just as the once unimaginable functions of mobile phones have now become commonplace, the medium of film and television can also be a powerful tool for the dissemination of works." It allows children to contact and understand the work more intuitively through sound and light. As far as I know, some web series and cartoons have a rather impressive number of views, which undoubtedly proves the positive impact of film and television adaptations on the distribution of works. ”
In 2019, Zheng Yaqi "quietly" became the director of the animated film "Shuke Beta", which surprised Zheng Yuanjie, but was also very gratifying, "Actually, my daughter Zheng Yafei is studying Xi film at the University of California, Los Angeles, and is currently studying for graduate school, I thought her development in this field would be more natural." But unexpectedly, his son Yaqi became the director 'first'. ”
Zheng Yuanjie recalled that one day in 2019, his son called him and said that he was going to the house to pick up a bicycle. "I asked him what he was for? Yaqi said that he wanted to experience life and prepare to be the director of the animated film "Shuk and Beta". I was a little anxious at the time, and I said, 'You are a director?, you have never studied, not only have you never studied directing, you have not even studied!' I told him no, and Yaqi choked me: 'You have never studied writing either.' I checked later, and it is true that many big directors are not from professional classes, so I asked Yaqi to send me a rough cut clip to see, and when I looked at it, I felt that it was 'done'. ”
The requirement for adaptation is to "respect the original"
Therefore, when she learned that her son was going to make a movie about Shuke and Beta, Zheng Yuanjie's mentality was much calmer. He laughed and said that among the huge readership, there are people who are helping themselves to check the gates, "My request is to 'respect the original work', after a certain episode of the "Shuke Beta" cartoon was filmed and submitted for review, I was proposed to revise it, thinking that some content does not respect the original work. When I heard about it, I was very happy and proud. I suspect that this is because my readers have grown up, and the oldest of them is probably 55 years old, and they have a deep impression of the original book and, by chance, are on my side. ”
Zheng Yuanjie believes that the difficulty in adapting "The Adventures of Shuck and Beta" into a big movie lies in the difficulty of reconciling the mouth, "This work has six generations of readers, and their expectations must be different." The post-70s, post-80s, post-90s, post-00s, post-10s and post-20s generations all have their own unique perspectives and expectations. I think it's more difficult, but fortunately, the screenwriter and director have made a lot of innovations on the basis of the original book to make the story more in line with the tastes of modern minors, which is handled quite well. ”
Zheng Yuanjie has already watched the movie "Shuke Beta: Pentagon Flying Saucer" and is very satisfied, "If film and television works want to succeed, the key lies in story and language. In fact, no matter how technology develops, a good film still needs to rely on an excellent literary foundation, and the film only presents the charm of the literary work to the audience in a more intuitive way, and in these two points, the film does a good job, and I applaud the Pipiru company and the film and television team, who dared to try and put in great efforts. I believe that this film will bring joy and emotion to the audience, and I hope that it can become a classic work and remain in people's hearts for a long time. ”
Zheng Yaqi was the first reader of Shuke and Beta to pay tribute to their father, Zheng Yuanjie, in the movie
Zheng Yuanjie and Zheng Yaqi, father and son, are full of feelings for Shuke and Beta, "The Complete Biography of Shuke and Beta" was created for a total of 13 years, with a total of 366 episodes. At that time, after each episode, I would read it to my son and revise it according to his reaction. For example, if he's almost asleep listening to it, I know something needs improvement. Yaqi has been familiar with this work since he was a child, and the idea of the pentagonal flying saucer is also related to him. As I was writing, I asked Shuck and Beta to try out all the human means of transportation, such as aircraft carriers, helicopters, and tanks...... Once, when playing frisbee, Yaqi said that they should have a new tool like a flying saucer. I said that someone had written about flying saucers, and he said that you should write a different flying saucer, so we called it a pentagonal flying saucer. Therefore, Yaqi is the first reader of Shuke and Beta in the world, and the story of choosing a pentagonal flying saucer for this big movie is also related to this special complex. ”
In the previous cartoon "Shuke Beta", there is Zheng Yaqi's love and tribute to his father, for example, on the ceiling of Shuke's room, a photo of Zheng Yuanjie when he was young in the Air Force is pasted Xi; And in "Shukbeta: Pentagonal Flying Saucer", the film also incorporates some "tribute" passages, "For example, my classic remarks in the original book are presented in the tone of the people in the play, and I believe that these plots will make old readers feel more intimate and bring a knowing smile." ”
In addition, Zheng Yuanjie was also invited to dub in the film. He laughed and said that it took a hundred times to record just a few lines before passing, "I am dubbing the role of an announcer on a TV station, and there are not many lines, but I don't like to read it, and second, I always feel that I usually speak too differently, so I always laugh." In contrast, my granddaughter passed it all at once as a voice actress, which made me feel deeply inadequate. ”
Don't "roll" your child, what parents need to improve is themselves
For educating children, Zheng Yuanjie has a unique and eclectic understanding. When Zheng Yaqi was 8 years old, Zheng Yuanjie told him: "Before the age of 18, I will give you what you want, and after the age of 18, I don't care about you, but what I want you give me." Zheng Yaqi stopped going to school after graduating from primary school, and Zheng Yuanjie wrote 10 sets of textbooks for him. In the end, Zheng Yaqi, who only had a primary school diploma, relied on self-study and self-discipline to successfully manage his father's intellectual property into a cultural brand with an income of more than 100 million yuan.
Talking about the current education of her granddaughter, Zheng Yuanjie said, "We have adopted a combination of school education and family education. To educate children to look far away and be able to foresee the future in ten years, the two most important points are, one is good moral character, and the other is rich imagination. ”
Zheng Yuanjie said that "The Adventures of Shuck and Beta", whether it is a book or a film and television work, is trying to tell children one thing, that is, the background may not be chosen, but the choice of life path is in our own hands, and good moral character is the magic weapon in life. "In my contact with many successful people, I have deeply realized that although the competition may be very fierce at the beginning, involving appearance, family background, education, IQ and emotional intelligence, etc., in the end, it is definitely moral character that determines the outcome of the game. If a person's moral character is in question, then no matter how good they are in other aspects, they will eventually fail.
Zheng Yuanjie's granddaughter is now in the fifth grade, "She has a wide range of hobbies, and in addition to my fairy tales, she also likes other anime works. She is interested in design and seems to be interested in this direction in the future. I told her that with the development of artificial intelligence, a lot of design work may no longer require human labor. She asked me if she didn't have a design career when she grew up, and I told her that theoretically, some professions might disappear, and I suggested that she work more on her imagination because it can't be replaced by AI. I said, "Go and see all my grandfather's works, more than 300 books, more than 20 million words, all of which are based on imagination, and the stories in them are all bizarre, and this is the embodiment of imagination." ”
When it comes to the current social competition incentives, parents and children are inevitably "rolling", Zheng Yuanjie said that "rolling" is inevitable, but we must pay attention to the direction and do not roll up those abilities that artificial intelligence is destined to replace, "For example, it is impossible to participate in future competition by memory alone," 'Back work' is basically useless, and the most lacking thing in artificial intelligence is imagination, if you have a rich imagination and can connect seemingly unrelated things, then you can become a leader in the industry, because everything in the world is actually connected, but people often ignore this. ”
In addition, Zheng Yuanjie believes that parents need to improve themselves not to "roll" children, "In fact, every child is the shadow of parents, and if the moral character of parents is flawed, then the child will be fully reflected." Parents are the most important role models for their children, not just sending them to a good school or spending money on various Xi make-up classes. Parents' words and deeds will affect their children, including neighborhood relationships, family environment, etc. Communicating with your child at the dinner table is also a good opportunity to educate your child that they don't understand anything when they are young, but they have insight into everything. ”
Zheng Yuanjie took her daughter's growth as an example: "When my daughter was in her third year of high school, she graduated first in her grade. She reads books and basically memorizes them all while flipping through them, and she is a child who loves exams infinitely, and I often say, am I holding the wrong one? I don't seem to have this gene in my family before. Actually, when my daughter was in school, I never told her to work hard, I just demonstrated to her through my own actions, I always said in my heart, Zheng Yuanjie, you have to work hard. I used to be a fat man of more than 200 pounds, but in order to accompany my daughter in the third year of high school, I decided to lose weight and lost 50 pounds in 7 months. It is more effective for parents to be perfect than to expect or force their children to be 'perfect'. ”
Zheng Yuanjie believes that from the perspective of children, there is no essential change in each generation, but it is definitely better from generation to generation, "Although the tools of their lives have changed, for example, today's children prefer mobile phones and games, but the essence of human beings has always remained the same, and the pursuit of good quality has also remained the same." ”
The first profession is as a writer, and the second profession is as an ostomy
As the king of fairy tales, Zheng Yuanjie herself was only a "primary school dropout", and was expelled for changing the essay "Early Birds Have Worms" written by the elementary school teacher to "Early Worms Are Eaten by Birds". However, this did not affect his Xi subsequent study and study, and he took a path of his own and found a new way. Today, Zheng Yuanjie still likes to explore the unknown, and he revealed that his current focus has changed, "From the next batch of printed books, my resume will be changed to the first profession is a writer, and the second profession is an ostomy artist." ”
Regarding the new identity of "ostomy", Zheng Yuanjie told reporters: "My father is 92 years old this year and was diagnosed with bowel cancer in May. For treatment, my father underwent a major surgery, including an enterostomy, in which the excrement is separated directly from the opening in the abdomen and into a bag. After the surgery, I have been taking care of my father for seven months now. During the care process, I was the one who changed the pouch, and I began to delve into ostomy products. I found that although there are a variety of ostomy products on the market, they are generally more expensive and have complex designs, my father's ostomy bag is 80 yuan a piece, and if you use one a day, some patients with limited financial conditions cannot afford it, and they even have to use garbage bags and adhesive strips instead. ”
And in order to experience this need and comfort, Zheng Yuanjie even tried to use these ostomy products herself. He carried his father's used ostomy products in his arms and found room for improvement, "I decided to develop a more practical and inexpensive ostomy product. At present, it is preparing to apply for a patent and name it 'Shuke brand ostomy products'. I have already been contacted by an internationally renowned ostomy company looking to purchase this patent. ”
Zheng Yuanjie said that her future goal is to provide better care products for "ostomy people" in China. Currently, there are 1.3 million ostomy people in China, and this number is growing at a rate of 150,000 per year. On the other hand, Zheng Yuanjie also wants to warn people to avoid intestinal diseases through written works, "The so-called 'medical treatment before disease', I hope to tell people the importance of preventing bowel cancer, for example, avoid eating marinated foods and barbecue, avoid sedentary lifestyle, stand up and move at the right time, don't stay up late, etc., these changes in life Xi habits help prevent the occurrence of bowel cancer." ”
Text/Beijing Youth Daily reporter Xiao Yang
Editor/Qiao Ying