There is a question on the knowledge: What are the unknown occupations in the world?
One of the high-ranking answers was this:
"Wang Jicai, director of the militia post on Kaishan Island in Guanyun, Jiangsu Province, who died of illness on July 27, 2018, and his wife stuck to Kaishan Island for 32 years under extremely difficult circumstances."
Behind this short sentence is an extraordinary story created by ordinary people; it is also the love story of an ordinary couple.
On June 18, 2021, the movie "Island Keepers", based on the true story of "People's Model" Wang Jicai, was released nationwide. Starring Hou Yong, Liu Ye, Zhang Yishan and other new and old drama bones. The 2-hour film is plain and simple, and it hits the heart; the heartfelt and profound film makes Uncle Chai can't help but burst into tears.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="13" > do one thing well in a lifetime</h1>
In the film, Wang Jicai, who plays the "island keeper", is the film emperor Liu Ye.
He has contributed such classic works as "That Mountain That Man That Dog", "Blood Romance", and "No War in Peking".
But in recent years, not only have he made very few works, but even variety shows have rarely appeared, and his exposure rate is much lower than before.
This time filming "Shoudao Man", Liu Ye said that this is a "work that must be filmed" in his mind. From experiencing life on the island to the end of the shooting, Liu Ye spent more than a year.
Before the shooting began, Liu Ye had read a lot of materials and literature, and just by reading Wang Jicai's story, he had a sense of awe in his heart.
Because it is based on real people and real events, Liu Ye followed the director to collect style on the ground, from the first landing on the island to every flag raising, he experienced wang Jicai's inner strength rooted in the island in one exchange after another. In order to play Wang Jicai well, first of all, we must be more like Wang Jicai from the image. Liu Ye was exposed to the sea every day, and his skin was sunburned several times, red and swollen until several layers of skin were shed.
At the beginning of the shooting, Liu Ye had many "fake wounds" on his body and makeup that took two hours a day. After half a month of shooting, Liu Ye's wounds were stacked, and he couldn't tell which one was true and which was fake.
Wang Jicai ran on the island for 32 years, sometimes wearing no shoes. The rocks on the mountain are slippery and slippery, and Liu Ye must always remind himself that he "can't look at the ground." Because the real Wang Jicai does not have to look at the ground.
In order to achieve this effect, Liu Ye kept running around the island, not knowing how many times he had fallen.
Hou Yong, who plays Wang Changjie in the movie, said that he was "shocked" when he first saw Liu Ye's style. Black and thin, with a beard pulled, as if he were a savage.
Looking at the "Wang Jicai" in the movie who has dark skin and reveals a mouthful of Teeth of Bai Sensen, I can feel the intentions of the actors and crew.
Not only Liu Yepin, Gong Zhe, who plays Wang Shihua, although he is not famous, but his interpretation is perfect.
There is a scene of rescuing vegetable seedlings in a storm, and Gong Zhe's body is wet and shivering with cold.
Just in time she fell. When filming this scene, Gong Zhe was really injured. But she just simply processed it and then went into the shooting, she said, if it is the real Wang Shihua, even if she falls, she cares about whether the green vegetables can survive, rather than paying attention to her legs first.
Gong Zhe not only received Liu Ye's affirmation, but also received praise from the "Buddha-figure" Wang Shihua: "Gong Zhe This girl is very real, just like me. ”
An actor who has a sense of awe for his role can play this role well.
And to have a classic role in an artistic career is not to do this line in vain. Just like the sentence in the movie: "In this life, people will not lose their hearts if they do one thing well." ”
This sentence is also a sentence that Wang Jicai, the "island keeper", hangs on his lips.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="170" > real material, and the two of them have one thing in their lives</h1>
There are many local people who call Wang Jicai "island lord".
The name "Island Lord" always reminds people of Huang Yaoshi in Jin Yong's novels, coming and going like the wind and wantonly dashing. But the four "island owners" before Wang Jicai did the longest for 13 days, and the shortest stayed for 3 days.
Kaishan Island is only 0.013 square kilometers, which is not the size of two standard football fields. From the nearest coast past, it takes an hour to paddle.
There is no fresh water, no electricity, no food, no trees, some typhoons that rage all year round, and slippery reefs. Living creatures? Mosquitoes, snakes, rats, toads.
Before deciding to go to the island, except for the support of his old father, the whole family thought he was crazy.
At 8:45 a.m. on July 14, 1986, 26-year-old Wang Jicai went to the island alone with 30 cigarettes, 30 bottles of wine, and a little necessities given by the organization.
No one spoke to themselves, and looking around, it was all vast seawater, and that feeling could drive people crazy. Wang Jicai, who did not smoke originally, began to smoke a lot to relieve his boredom.
In the film, Wang Jicai has 3 dogs, and when he is fine, he and the dog crouch on the stone together to look at the distance.
The first time his wife Wang Shihua went to visit, she had to drag him home: "If others don't keep it, we won't keep it either!" ”
Seeing her husband's appearance, she was distressed. But Wang Jicai refused his wife's request. Wang Shihua was originally a primary school teacher, and she was about to turn right, she was fierce, entrusted her one-year-old daughter to her mother-in-law, and asked the organization to go to the island.
Thus began their days of "one thing in a lifetime for the two of them".
Every morning, the first thing is to raise the flag. Then patrol, check the tunnels...
Over 32 years, they wrote down 189 diaries, used 368 flags, heard more than 20 radios, and used more than 10 kerosene lamps.
Many people think that Wang Jicai is stupid.
Someone who wanted to smuggle smuggling came to him with a large pile of cash, but he said, "With me here, you don't think about it." ”
There is a scene in the movie where he sees a smuggling ship coming and immediately calls his wife to report to his superiors: "Flowers! The smuggling ship is here again! ”
He didn't want to bow to money, and some people wanted to make him bow his head with a stick. More than a dozen people surrounded and beat Wang Jicai, and every stick that hit him opened our hearts.
They saved many people, but they did not dare to get sick, did not dare to hurt. It was difficult to get ashore, and even the birth of the child was delivered by Wang Jicai.
In the movie, not only did they play their difficulties, but also showed the real hesitation and wandering of Wang Jicai and his wife.
They are not born saints. But it is precisely because they are just ordinary people that the feeling of "guarding the island is to guard the country, and guarding the country is to guard the family" is particularly moving.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="171" > real scene construction, reproducing 32 years of hard work</h1>
Wang Jicai stayed on the island for 32 years, 11,680 days.
In order to show the real environment in which the couple lived on the island and show the passage of time for 32 years, the crew spent more than 3 months in the early stage, almost at a 1:1 ratio, to restore Kaishan Island and complete the largest real island scene construction in China.
The outpost, the flag-raising platform, the auditorium, the tunnel, the wharf, all of them are real scenes, just to restore the most authentic Kaishan Island.
The filming location was also selected as an island, located in Pingtan County, Fujian Province. Like Kaesan Island, it is full of rocks and mosquitoes. Even every prop must reflect the "sense of age".
This film is based on real people and real events, and all shooting actions must move closer to the "real".
Therefore, they often shoot in extremely bad weather, and sometimes if they are not careful, they will be shot into the sea by the waves.
From the sweltering heat to the cold winter, typhoons, torrential rains, and huge waves are frequent visitors.
If we only look at the words, we will lament their bravery and praise their dedication.
But it is difficult for us to appreciate the hardships of Wang Jicai and his wife.
When these 32 years of time have become a scene of real light and shadow, their greatness and selflessness have truly been reflected.
I believe that many viewers, like me, are excited after watching the movie, and even burst into tears.
This is not only a story that celebrates a hero, but also a hero's love story. It's just that their love is not under the moon before the flower, and there is no sideburns.
Director Chen Li said that when communicating with Wang Shihua, she rarely mentioned the hardships of 32 years on the island, but always talked about Wang Jicai.
"Our old king" is a sentence she has been hanging on her lips.
They joined hands for half their lives, chewing up their suffering, supporting each other, relying on each other.
"He guards the island, I guard him, he guards the country, I guard the home."
What we often call "fairy lovers" is probably like this.
In this life, they miss the growth of their children, miss the departure of their parents, miss the marriage of their daughters, and even miss life and death.
On July 27, 2018, Wang Jicai suddenly fell ill while on duty and died of ineffective medical treatment, at the age of 58.
At that time, he did not think that a parting from Wang Shihua would become a farewell forever. He also did not think that his death would shake all of China.
However, these people and things that defend the country and do not care about their own lives should be remembered by the people of the whole country.
Sing forever.
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