the siblings in the tv series "youth against the wind" are ideal versions of ourselves丨the creators talk
2024-10-01
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"youth in the wind" is based on the daily life of oil field children in the late 1990s, and tells the youth growth story of a teenager born in linqi oil field. a few days ago, cheng maomao, one of the screenwriters of the play, said in an exclusive interview with a reporter from the beijing news that three generations of his family have worked in the oil fields, and the prototype of this story is also based on his life in the oil fields. cheng maomao said frankly that everyone has troubles and sorrows in their youth. looking back now, those moments that once felt like the sky was falling will slowly pass away. "we uphold a positive attitude towards life and want to write youth stories with our own characteristics, show different youth looks, and tell stories about more ordinary and ordinary people. we hope to present those youthful years full of warmth and beauty."
"youth facing the wind" tells the story of youth growth of oil field teenagers.
to this day, he still has blood suppression against his younger brother.
beijing news: it is said that the main characters of the play, the siblings cheng miaomiao and cheng yaya, come from you and your brother cheng mengyan, the two screenwriters. is this the origin of your creation of the story?
cheng mao mao:cheng miaomiao and cheng yaya are just very similar to us in personality traits and are idealized versions of ourselves. they are more courageous in the play. our childhood was indeed spent in the oil field. it was like a unique little world with its own hospital, school, police station, and lively market. the oil field is our eternal hometown in our hearts, but with the relocation of the oil field, the scenes carrying our beautiful memories have gradually disappeared, and we can never go back to our hometown. therefore, we chose to use the special way of creating this drama to touch those warm and beautiful memories.beijing news: which plots and characters in the play have real prototypes?
cheng mao mao:this story is rooted in the oil fields where we once lived, so there are indeed many people and things that we can learn from. for example, miaomiao's good friend hu qiumin is based on my good friend. we were inseparable when we were kids and naively thought we would play together for the rest of our lives. however, with the relocation of the oil field, our parents were assigned to different places. there was no internet at that time, so we could only agree to write letters to each other after we got to the new place. to this day, i am still asking for news about her. there is also li si, who has also been my brother’s playmate since childhood. his real name is not li si, but his nickname is fourth brother. he has been naughty since he was a child, has dreamed of being a hero, and always talks about protecting us. in fact, he is a very kind-hearted boy. but the prototype is not exactly the same as the character in the play. just like my friend hu qiumin, her family environment is very happy. her father is a very cute man. he sometimes pretends to know qigong to amuse us children. in the play, hu qiumin's parents remarried. this was a kind of family combination in the oil field at that time. at that time, many employees worked 20 days a month with 10 days off. this work rhythm resulted in many people being unable to have a normal married life. life. a couple divorces after experiencing a series of frictions. the social public opinion environment at that time and the real need for another person to help take care of the children will make the divorced make a quick choice again and find someone to live with. this kind of marriage based on practical needs rather than emotions has caused many reorganized families to still have a lot of trouble every day, which has had a great impact on the children.
beijing news: in the first few episodes, the sibling combination of miaomiao and yaya was impressive. they were either trying to deal with each other or on the way to deal with each other. what do you think of the characters and relationship between these siblings?
cheng mao mao:this comes from real life interactions between my brother and i. we have often been at each other's throats since childhood, but we are siblings, and the bond of family ties cannot be broken. my younger brother has lived in a small room since he was a child, wearing my leftover clothes and using my used stationery and school bag. today, i still have a strong bloodline suppression on him, and my brother will still give priority to my feelings. in his heart, i am even more authoritative than my mother. he can act like a baby in front of his mother, but it is not easy to act like a baby in front of me. now i am still strictly supervising my brother's weight loss, and even teach him a lesson. my tall and tall brother is still obedient.
li qing plays the younger brother cheng yaya.
going to hong kong to see central is a childhood wish
beijing news: why is the story set in 1997? does it have any special significance? including the setting of going to hong kong.
cheng mao mao:in our childhood memories, the return of hong kong in 1997 was undoubtedly an extremely important event. at that time, everyone was immersed in the joy of celebrating with the people across the country. this time point allowed the audience to enter that era most intuitively and quickly, evoking everyone's common memories of the era. moreover, we watched a lot of tvb dramas when we were young. those dramas can be said to be our childhood enlightenment to the outside world. it has always been our childhood wish to go to hong kong and see central in the tv series.
beijing news: after watching the first few episodes, some netizens commented that they felt that the life in the drama, including decoration, was better than the scenes in the 1990s that everyone remembered. is the life of oil field kids better?
cheng mao mao:in that era, the life of oil field children was indeed relatively rich in material aspects. the oilfield base implements collective living, and the two-income family has a fixed income every month. the entire oilfield will do its best to provide logistical support for everyone. after all, the oil workers' work is very hard and tiring, and they need to be free from worries. in the play, the three main families are viewed separately. in order to allow the two children to have their own rooms, cheng's mother transferred her job to the flower house and moved their family to this abandoned courtyard with a small attic. li si's family was a relatively wealthy family at that time. the main financial income was brought by his mother niu lingling. she was a self-employed owner of a restaurant, so in addition to better decoration, there would also be some items from niu lingling's restaurant. relatively high-end tobacco and alcohol. hu qiumin's home was a two-bedroom apartment that was common in factories at the time.
the prototype of cheng pengfei is my father
beijing news: at the beginning of the series, the plot of the father played by tian yu playing with hand-made coffee is very impressive. is this plot from real life? were there any parents in that era who loved hand brewing?
cheng mao mao:the character cheng pengfei played by teacher tian yu is based on my father. my father is not from the oil field. he came to the oil field after getting married because he liked my mother. he was one of the few college students in that era. he often engaged in small hobbies at home. he was often misunderstood by others in the oil field before, but his father always insisted on his small pleasures in life. the character cheng pengfei is just like my father in life. he is a very self-consistent and open-minded person. the scene at the beginning reflects his uniqueness, just like li dahai is always calling to report and arrange work; yang songbai has almost no job because of offshore oil production. in that era, there may not be many parents who loved hand-brewed coffee, but dad cheng was such a unique existence. he interpreted his love for life in his own way.
tian yu plays cheng pengfei.
doing a group performance is like cooking a new year's eve dinner
beijing news: what is the biggest challenge in the entire creation?
cheng mao mao:the biggest challenge is to create group relationships. this work involves a large number of characters, and we expect each character in the group portrait to be relatively complete and independent. how to give each character appropriate words in a limited space so that they have similarities but also have their own characteristics is a difficult problem. for example, the children have the same core, like each other, and have many similar habits, but they have different stories behind them because their families are different. doing a group performance is like cooking a new year's eve dinner. you should try to make it delicious and nutritious for everyone. of course, the charm of group portraits is that when you finish writing each story, you feel as if you have experienced the lives of a large group of people. the difficulty and charm of this kind of creation coexist.beijing news: in terms of the choice of starring actors, how similar are sun qian, zhai zilu, liu lin, and tian yu to the characters in your mind during the creative process?
cheng mao mao:the actors sun qian, zhai zilu, liu lin, and tian yu are very similar to the characters in my mind during the creative process. the first time i met sun qian, i naturally felt that she was cheng miaomiao. zhai zilu himself is a very thoughtful person, but he can play the somewhat silly and heartless li si very well. the performance of the two teachers liu lin and tian yu was even more natural. my father is also an otolaryngologist. he often faces patients who cannot hear clearly. he will patiently and loudly explain to the patients over and over again. he has passed away now, but seeing teacher tian yu's performance is like going back to my childhood and seeing my father still working in the oil field hospital.
beijing news reporter liu wei
editor tong na
proofread by zhao lin
