Cheng-Yu, Wang Yang (teaching American English thinking) and Meng Xiaojun (in charge of study abroad consultation and visa).
Although the prototype is these three people, there are actually many adaptations. For example, Xu Xiaoping should not be a student of Peking University, Wang Qiang and Xu Xiaoping have both been abroad, and Wang Qiang should get along well in the United States.
As an ordinary audience, I can't talk about professional issues such as film production. I can only talk about my feelings. I have watched this film for three times, so I will supplement it every time I watch this answer.
1. "Chinese Partner" is a film that pays tribute to private entrepreneurs in China, and it is very good.
2. Countless plots in the movie, including "too young and naive", Meng Xiaojun's sentence "The change our generation needs most", the desolation of Su Mei's sentence "Did the world change us or did we change the world" on the street in America, Wang Yang's shouting "What have we become now" after the wedding, and the final "Time Story" all emphasize the same theme.
What kind of people are private entrepreneurs in China? I think Feng Lun (himself) has made it very clear in the film: the mentality of young ladies, the treatment of widows and the pursuit of women's federations.
What hardships these people experienced and what gray things they did in the 1990s finally led to their present wealth and status. I think everyone knows at least a little. In fact, the film also mentioned that Cheng started running a school illegally. Of course, what the film doesn't mention is that Lao Yu and the police chief in Haidian District should have a good relationship (it is estimated that many teachers in New Oriental have said this paragraph).
Therefore, due to various reasons, a film that should have been related to the "Chinese Dream" has almost become the gray history of private entrepreneurs in China; Originally a film to pay tribute to private entrepreneurs, it has almost become a film to write books for them and wash away the gray history; What should have been a movie about "youth and dreams" has almost become a movie about "money talks".
Not bad, almost.
It is better to say that these people were in those years than that the film conveyed incorrect three views.
Being forced to do nothing, running schools illegally, making stars and infringing copyright are all things that New Oriental has done and is still doing. What makes New Oriental different is that it is now larger, listed in the United States, and its founders have gone to be angels. Those who engage in illegal business on a small scale (for example, those who sell pirated New Oriental textbooks and pirated videos of New Oriental teachers at the entrance of New Oriental headquarters) may not make as much money as the increase of New Oriental share price 1.63% last night, which has greatly increased Lao Yu's wealth.
In the past, slam dunk magazine commented on Jordan: Michael Jordan is the best player and the worst player. New Oriental is the best private school in China and the worst in China.
So you say "Chinese Partner" is not good? I think it may be that the marksmanship is too good. We think success should be like New Oriental, like Cheng, and it is the counterattack of the terrapin. Many successful private entrepreneurs are better than Cheng.
Are "Chinese partners" similar to "social networks"? Like, too like. It is said that Chen Kexin deliberately imitated The Social Network, perhaps because their stories are very similar. Cheng and Mark are both local turtles in the university, and Meng Xiaojun and Eduardo are both successful people inside and outside the school. The two founders have completely different views on the development direction of the enterprise, but in the end, the terrapin put the successful people on the shelf. Coupled with the plot of infringement, I have to say that there are many similarities with Mark's story.
As Yu's direct brother (fuck, this statement is too pretentious) and as a part-time job of Yu, I still have very complicated feelings about the film "Chinese Partner".
On the one hand, I know many stories about Lao Yu's hard work before and after he started his business. It is still very touching to watch movies with his alma mater as the background in graduation season.
On the other hand, although it can be regarded as a semi-fiction and semi-documentary, it is indeed a bit utilitarian, and it is not too much to say that the three views are not correct. Under the theme of "Youth, Dreams", this film hides three utilitarian viewpoints.
But this is the story of Lao Yu, and it can also be regarded as the story of most private entrepreneurs in China.
Finally, add one more sentence. We can see what the elders who followed Lao Yu in the farmland are doing now. Maybe we should really remember what Wang Yang said at the wedding, "Don't start a company with your best friends", and don't call them good friends when brothers and sisters have turned against each other.