Ming Yun 命运

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The large-scale television drama "Ming Yun" (Destiny), modeled on thirty years of reform and opening up in Shenzhen, recently completed filming in Shenzhen's Daya Bay. Written by the famous author Lu Tian-Ming and starring Li Xue-Jian, Gao Ming, Zhu Xi-Juan, Chao Li-Chuan, Ding Hai-Feng and others, the series has been listed by the Propaganda Department of the CPC Central Committee as a key tribute film commemorating the thirtieth anniversary of reform and opening up and the sixtieth anniversary of the founding of New China.
The series depicts the arduous course of establishing the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone. Yang Xin-Gui, director of the Literature and Art Bureau of the Propaganda Department of the CPC Central Committee, believes that "Ming Yun" is a monument built by the people of Shenzhen, with reverence and gratitude, for Shenzhen and for China's reformers — an epic work looking back on that arduous and glorious course of reform.
Lu Tian-Ming: the real screenwriter is the people of Shenzhen
After "Heaven Above" and "Snow Without Trace," Lu Tian-Ming once again turned his gaze to real-life subject matter. "The real screenwriter of 'Ming Yun' is not me, but the people of Shenzhen. Without Shenzhen there would be no such drama." He used the word "difficult" three times in a row to sum up the hardships of creation. "Every family and every person is a witness to and participant in this history, and to move and engage them is the first difficulty; the events of thirty years of reform and opening up must be condensed and distilled, which greatly tests a writer's command — that is the second difficulty; a political novel easily becomes superficial illustration, and then people don't want to watch it — that is the third difficulty." Lu Tian-Ming said that if, after thirty years of reform and opening up, there were no work reflecting this glorious history, it would be a disgrace for contemporary Chinese writers. "No matter how difficult it is, I will persist in 'cutting a bloody path out' — this is my responsibility and mission."
Li Xue-Jian: this drama is sure to have good ratings
"If I were allowed to be born a thousand times, I would wish to be born on this land; if I were allowed to die a thousand times, I would wish to die on this land!" This line spoken by Li Xue-Jian in "Ming Yun" echoed for a long time in the hall, striking heavily on everyone's heart. Yet in interviews he was very modest: "I'm not very good at expressing myself. I have one pursuit — to use my roles to make friends with the audience, to explore life, reform and opening up, and the fate of the nation."
The Shenzhen party secretary Song Zi-Nan whom Li Xue-Jian plays in "Ming Yun" is a fictional figure, yet embodies many Shenzhen party secretaries and mayors. He is an upright and staunch Communist who dares to cut a bloody path out, a man who dares to slam the table before his superiors, who keeps the people in his heart and puts serving them first, and who finally, ill, retires from public life — a tragic hero. Li Xue-Jian said that everyone has a hero they love in their heart, and likewise a hero city they love. Shenzhen, though young — not yet thirty — has long since become a hero city in people's hearts. "Whether writing the script or shooting the series, 'Ming Yun' took a great risk. Everyone talks about ratings now, but I firmly believe this drama is sure to have good ratings."