I have also studied that since the establishment of the film classification system in Hong Kong, there has been a type of movies that mainly focus on midnight screenings, which are the B-level movies that everyone loves to see.
The commercial highlights of this type of movie are eroticism and gore. Needless to say the former, who didn’t have a few favorite teachers back then?
The main bloody-themed fantasy series has outstanding selling points, the production and plot are relatively stylized, and the quality of the film mainly relies on the individual performances of the actors.
For example, Simon Yam's Doctor Lamb, Anthony Wong Chau-sing's barbecued pork buns, and even his first Best Actor award, when he defeated the incompetent Liu Ching-wan.
This shows the influence it had back then.
They are all adapted from real events and then exaggerated. Of course, most of their starting points are curiosity and commercialism. Of course, with the decline of Hong Kong films, this type of fantasy films have also disappeared due to endless self-repetition and shoddy production.
Now there are people who want to make a comeback?
Two days later, I saw Weng Ziguang who came to the door. He was in his early thirties and had a gentle temperament. My first impression was not bad.
"Sorry, my Mandarin is not very good." Weng Ziguang was very polite, took out the script and said with a smile: "I take the liberty of asking Senior Zhuang Wenqiang to help connect people, so..."
Su Ze waved his hand, took the script with both hands and said, "It doesn't matter. I'm looking forward to working with more talented directors. As long as the script is good, everything else won't be a problem."
Weng Ziguang nodded and relaxed inside. The person in front of him was not simple. Even though he was younger than himself, his status and strength should not be underestimated.
He can be called the strongest new generation actor in Mainland China!
"Traveling in Blood to Seek Plum Blossoms?" Su Ze was stunned when he saw the name on the cover. Is it a literary film?
"I have been writing this script for five years." Weng Ziguang said seriously: "It was adapted from a real incident in 2008. The prostitute Jiamei was killed by Ding Qitai, the body was dismembered, and some of the bones were mixed into butcher shops in the market for sale. This incident caused a stir in Hong Kong.
A huge sensation.”
"It can be called the most influential and vicious case in the past decade."
Su Ze frowned and asked, "Do you know that B-level movies are subject to particularly strict review in the Mainland, which means that they may not be released?"
"Yes, I understand." Weng Ziguang was obviously prepared and said frankly: "So the box office pressure of this work is very high, and the investment has not yet been fully funded. This is one of the reasons why I came to you."
Su Ze nodded. It's good to tell the truth. When talking about cooperation, we can get straight to the point and save everyone's time.
Without further ado, I started reading the script. Weng Ziguang didn’t say anything and waited patiently. He was expecting but also prepared to be rejected. After all, he was used to it in the past few years.
"Huh?" Su Ze became more and more interested as he watched. Unexpectedly, although this movie was about killing, it was filled with the characteristics of a literary film?
Just look at the shot design, close your eyes and imagine that all the scenes are like looking through a layer of light aqua glass, and the cruel scenes are cleverly dyed with poetry.
interesting!
In Su Ze's opinion, "Looking for Plum Blossoms in the Snow" is closer to a suspenseful crime film in terms of narrative technique. According to experience, the core of this type of story lies in the layer-by-layer approach to the truth.
There are no more than three suspense settings: Who is the murderer? How to commit suicide? Why to commit suicide?
The focus of "Looking for Plum Blossoms in the Snow" is obviously on the last question, that is, why did the murderer kill?
Rather than burning your brain with the detailed logic of not being able to see the guests, questioning the motive is often much more important than catching the real culprit. Because behind the motive, there must be a little-known corner where a deeper truth is stored.
Even a third of the way through the script, the real murderer Ding Zicong surrendered to the police station, admitted that he had killed Wang Jiamei, and described the murder process in detail.
What's strange is that the day Ding Zicong killed Wang Jiamei was the first time the two met?
It was just an ordinary transaction between them. There was no conflict of interest or emotional entanglement between the two before. How could it eventually lead to bloodshed?
Hearing Su Ze's question, Weng Ziguang said: "The answer Ding Zicong gave was because she wanted to die."
Su Ze's silence also caused the character of the investigator of the case, Officer Zang, to fall into deep confusion, and he decided to investigate to the end and find out the truth behind it.
In the end, through step-by-step investigation, I finally came into contact with the reality that was more bloody than the murder itself.
I couldn't help but read on. The heroine Wang Jiamei grew up in Hunan, and later remarried to Hong Kong Island with her mother. What I didn't expect was that after the family was broken, her entire life was broken.
In a place where land is at a premium, it is difficult for a new immigrant to integrate into it. And when a person feels that he is out of tune with the mainstream society, then falling to the bottom is a fate that is difficult to escape.
Poverty and loneliness gradually became the main characters in her life, but she was very ambitious and hoped to regain the dignity of life by making money. So she chose to drop out of school in the third grade of junior high school and wanted to be a model, but she failed repeatedly.
She passed out flyers on the street and worked as a waiter at McDonald's, but found that these ways of making money were too slow. In the end, she chose to sell her body. This was the only thing she could sell when she was struggling at the bottom and was young.
Earrings, clothes, shoes... these small material desires are always easy to satisfy. But what is more difficult than this is finding identity and spiritual belonging.
At this moment, like all adolescent girls, she encountered love at an inappropriate time.
Falling in love with a customer and thinking that this love will be reciprocated. However, all this is just an illusion.
I once naively thought that although money, status, and status cannot break through the shackles of social class, maybe love can?
But the reality is that the wall of class is much stronger than love!
I can only keep thinking about the moments with the guests. The scene is still so real, but the smell it exudes is on the opposite side of love.
Not long after, I met Ding Zicong on the Internet, a man who was also lonely and helpless. Like Wang Jiamei, he also had an unfortunate childhood, even more unfortunate.
When he was a child, he witnessed his mother's death in a car accident, which caused severe psychological trauma and contributed to his fragile, sensitive and violent character.
As an adult, he also struggled at the bottom of society and became a truck driver, making a living by transporting goods for customers. At work, he was called around and insulted by customers.
In life, he was called Fat Boy because of his ugly appearance and fat body. Even when he surrendered to the police station, even the doorman called him that.
In love, I also fell in love with a misunderstanding. The woman who was abandoned by the rich just came to him to seek temporary comfort, and when the clouds cleared, she disappeared silently.
You can imagine how much resonance there will be when two people with similar situations meet.
"Jiamei, are you afraid of death?"
"I'm not afraid. Sometimes I still think that it would be nice to die."
"Why?"
"Because living will hurt and hate, and living means thinking about how to live better every day. I want to be strong, but I will be tired, especially when I am alone."
Seeing the last conversation between the two, Wang Jiamei simply said three words: I want to die.
Then Ding Zicong only had three words: I'll help you.
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