Beijing Daily Client | Reporter Qiu Wei
The TV series "The Years of the Great River" on the theme of reform and opening up is being broadcast on CCTV. From the official launch of the first part of "Dajiang Dahe" in February 2018 to the present, Wang Kai has spent 6 years interpreting the ups and downs of a character's struggle, and he regards Song Yunhui as one of the important roles in his life. From a mountain village baby to a college student, from the technical backbone of a state-owned enterprise to the head of a factory, the protagonist Song Yunhui has grown up all the way in the "Big River" trilogy, which is a unique and unforgettable experience for any actor, and the filming that lasted 6 years also made Wang Kai and Song Yunhui gradually integrate.
The final chapter story lacks the aura of the protagonist
"The Years of the Great River" is the third part of the "Great River" series, adapted from Anai's original novel "The Great River Goes East", which is also the final chapter of the "Great River" series. The series of works "Great River" closely follows personal destiny to write the history of reform and opening up, does not avoid the contradictions and problems of the times, does not avoid the multifaceted nature of human nature, and uses the spirit of reform and opening up to shoot the theme of reform and opening up, and the trilogy has received high ratings of 8.8, 8.8 and 8.4 respectively. Song Yunhui, the soul of the whole play, is also regarded as one of the most representative characters in the works on the theme of screen reform and opening up in recent years.
In Wang Kai's eyes, Song Yunhui's character fate is like a tortuous and fluctuating line, in the first two parts of "Big River", Song Yunhui has successes and setbacks, but the twists and turns are basically small fluctuations, and the whole is upward. And "The Years of the Great River" is a story of bottoming out, Song Yunhui in this drama is less high-spirited in the past, and even a little discouraged, the character was sent to Pengyang from the East China Sea at the beginning, serving as the director of the pesticide factory, not only experienced a huge gap, but also various difficulties and setbacks followed, the helpless Song Yunhui stepped into the trough of life step by step, but still adhered to the original intention of hard work to lead everyone to research and development, so that the pesticide factory came back to life.
In Wang Kai's view, Song Yunhui is a growing character who has learned different skills at different stages of his life. When he first evolved the factory, Song Yunhui worked hard alone, and later he learned the strength to unite everyone with light and dust, and slowly he learned to manage and exercise his leadership ability.
The performance goes with the heart and everything goes with the flow
Wang Kai thinks that many of Song Yunhui's qualities are indeed very similar to himself, "When I first took on this play, I felt that there were many similarities with him, we were all children from ordinary families, without any background, and we relied on our own beliefs to persevere to the end." In this process, you will also encounter some help, plus luck, and then realize your ideals and life values. ”
When filming the first part of "Big River", in order to get close to Song Yunhui's state when he was a student, Wang Kai, who was already thin, lost more than 10 pounds. When filming the second part, in order to reflect the maturity of the character, Wang Kai ate a little fatter. In the third part, Wang Kai admitted that he understands Song Yunhui more and more, and he feels that he has gradually integrated with the character, and everything goes naturally, "I can understand what he decides and what he says, Song Yunhui seems to be another me in parallel time and space." ”
In the first two parts, Wang Kai interpreted Song Yunhui and some deliberate designs, such as arching glasses with his nose. In the third part, Wang Kai no longer needs to start from the outside, but dig inward and portray the changes of the characters from the inside. He admitted that he no longer has any fixed performance methods, everything follows the role, "I am familiar with him, and the audience is also familiar with him, as a growth role interpreted for so many years, Song Yunhui no longer needs me to do any deliberate design to make the audience remember him." ”
Pay tribute to thousands of Song Yunhui
From the young and stubborn college entrance examination candidates to the leaders of state-owned enterprises who are old and have "almost no shortcomings", the "Big River" trilogy draws a huge growth arc to show Song Yunhui's life path. Wang Kai believes that Song Yunhui's appeal comes from the charm of the character itself, although he has experienced a lot of things and has been smoothed out by life and society, he has persevered in what should be insisted on, and he has the tenacity given by the times. "I appreciate Song Yunhui's spirit of not admitting defeat. He will take concrete actions for his ideals, even if there will be many difficulties and obstacles in the process, he will never just talk about it. What touched me the most was the spirit of not hitting the south wall and not looking back, and doing everything to the end, which should also touch most of the audience. ”
After 6 years with the "Big River" series, Wang Kai has been accompanied and grown together with the characters. He lamented that it took everyone 6 years to complete a particularly serious and good work, which is a particularly remarkable thing. "We're like parts on a big machine, everybody is working in their own position. And every moment of filming will also bring Wang Kai a particularly deep feeling, "Today we can have such a happy life, which is inseparable from Song Yunhui, who refused to admit defeat in that era, we should make such a drama to record and pay tribute to the tenacity and hard work of our father's generation." ”