Liu Jin and Jin Niu Bottle (right)
Jin Niu bottle (right) and Zhou Bingde (middle) are reading the script.
Ji Guanlin
"The true feelings of husband and wife, war friendship, comrades’ feelings, life and death feelings, etc. are vividly in front of us, and the revolutionary passion of loving the party, patriotism, love for the people and love for the family is rippling among them … …” The three-episode radio series "Big Love in the World" starts from the perspective of Zhou Bingde, niece of Premier Zhou Enlai. By showing the family life of Zhou Enlai and Deng Yingchao, it tells the love story of their sacrifice and great love, and shows the audience a vivid image of Premier Zhou.
A few days ago, the play won the excellent works award of the 15th "Five One Projects" for spiritual civilization construction with its distinctive and meaningful theme, rich and valuable content, novel and interesting narrative and well-balanced and tense structure.
Plot: Please invite Zhou Enlai’s niece to check the script.
Recalling the creative process, screenwriter Jin Niu Bottle said that before writing, he was struggling for inspiration and thinking about how to tell Premier Zhou’s story more fleshy and loved by young people. Wang Sile, a daughter born in 1980s who is also a screenwriter, recommended a piece of Zhou Bingde’s speech material to her. In his speech, Zhou Bingde mentioned that Zhou Enlai had sent many postcards to Deng Yingchao. Behind one of the postcards printed with the image of German revolutionary couple liebknecht and Luxemburg, Zhou Enlai wrote: "I hope that the two of us, like the two of them, will go to the guillotine together in the future."
Jin Niu Bottle was deeply moved by the plot that "the virtuous couple are like-minded and willing to die hand in hand for the national justice". In her view, there are many movies and TV plays in China that reflect Zhou Enlai’s revolutionary feelings of devoting all his efforts to death. She hopes to tell the love story between Zhou Enlai and Deng Yingchao from a brand-new angle and strive to portray a more three-dimensional, realistic and lovely revolutionary image.
In the end, in the three episodes of "Love the World", stories such as "Walking in the Snow", "Sending Plums", "Tears for the people" and "Refusing to be polite and honest" were connected in series, among which there were many details in the ordinary lives of Zhou Enlai and Deng Yingchao, and the story of "losing children twice" made many listeners cry.
Jin Niu Bottle told the Yangcheng Evening News reporter that in order to polish the script, she and her daughter read the complicated historical materials: "In this process, the most difficult thing is how to touch the real life of a great man." Fortunately, Jin Niu Bottle finally found Zhou Bingde himself to check the script: "Sister Zhou Bingde is very patient. She has been reading the final draft from the first draft. She will study every name and time, and many details of life in the play are also derived from her story."
Line-up: Please invite the big shot Liu Jin and Ji Guanlin to give a voice.
A good play is inseparable from an experienced creative team and a strong cast. Rui Wang, the director of this drama, is a national first-class director, and his dozens of radio dramas have won various national awards. Zhou Enlai in the middle and old age in the play was played by Liu Jin, a film and television drama performance artist. As a famous special actor, Liu Jin once played Premier Zhou in many film and television dramas.
In order to invite Liu Jin to star, the crew of "Love the World" got in touch with Liu Jin a few months before the recording, and the two sides hit it off and set a schedule. Jin Niu Bottle revealed: "At first, we were a little uneasy, because the labor cost of radio dramas was far less than that of TV dramas. As a result, Teacher Liu Jin generously said, ‘ I want to play this play without compensation ’ We are very touched. "
Liu Jin said that as an actor, Zhou Enlai is undoubtedly the most important role in his life: "I have presented various images of Premier Zhou in different historical periods in various art forms such as TV dramas, movies and dramas. Up to now, there have been sixty or seventy, but radio dramas are the first attempt, which can be regarded as a fulfillment of my wish."
"Very moved, many tears" is Liu Jin’s first feeling after reading the script, especially Premier Zhou’s plot of "losing two sons". "The first time was during the early revolutionary period. Premier Zhou found that Deng Yingchao had aborted the child without authorization and lost his temper, which was rarely shown in TV dramas and movies before. Later, Deng Yingchao lost her child during childbirth and could no longer have children. Zhou Enlai apologized to Deng Yingchao one after another, holding back great grief and comforting: ‘ As long as there is a revolution, what if there is no revolution for you and me? ’” Liu Jin said with emotion: "People can still have such a mind when they are most sad, which shows how thorough a proletarian revolutionary Premier Zhou is."
In the play, Deng Yingchao is played by Ji Guanlin, a post-80s voice actor who was once known to the audience as the voice of many popular costume dramas such as Empresses in the Palace’s to the sky kingdom. Jin Niu Bottle revealed: "She was also under pressure at first, because this role is very difficult, and her voice spans from youth to old age, and she has high requirements for actors … … Ji Guanlin found many pieces of Deng Yingchao’s voice in film and television dramas, and tried to figure it out repeatedly. In the end, she successfully shaped this role. The voice image she created was full of variety and charm. "
Form: Expand the audience’s imagination space through sound.
In Jin Niu Bottle’s view, radio drama is the art of sound, unlike movies and TV series, which can show the characters figuratively. It can only show the plot through sound, which puts high demands on the creators, but it also provides the audience with greater imagination: "What makes me most gratified is that the drama has received a good response after being broadcast, attracting many young listeners, and they also expressed their views on the revolutionary historical theme repertoire to me in the live interaction."
Liu Jin, who recorded Premier Zhou’s radio drama for the first time, concluded: "This drama spans a long time and shows Premier Zhou in life rather than in historical events. This is a premier with true temperament and true feelings." Liu Jin said with emotion: "You can’t shape characters through pictures and shapes. It is really difficult to challenge only by relying on sound." He revealed the experience of this dubbing: "The Prime Minister has a special tone. He is from Huai ‘an and has been in the Northeast for a long time, so he speaks with a mixed accent … … However, we can’t completely imitate the historical recording materials. We should not only let the audience know that it is Premier Zhou as soon as they listen to the voice, but also let the audience feel that it is an artistic image, and then use the intonation to connect and integrate, highlighting the feelings of the characters … … In short, all aspects must be considered in order to fully develop the imagination of the audience. "
Liu Jin said that "Great Love on Earth" won the praise of the audience and gave him confidence to "implement more radio drama plans about Premier Zhou’s theme". Jin Niu Bottle also said that "Big Love on Earth" can make more young people contact with such vivid revolutionary education themes and approach that touching revolutionary years: "Knowing the way, we can cherish the present and grasp the future." (Yangcheng Evening News reporter Ai Xiuzhen)