I'm not just a director

Can Stephen Chow sing?

The answer is yes.

When talking about Zhou Xingchi, the audience will basically think of funny, witty and the king of comedy.

Or the classic line of repentance in "Westward Journey".

Stephen Chow's movies have accompanied generations of people through countless spring, autumn, winter and summer, and they are the well-deserved "King of Comedy".

But few people know about his love for singing.

As early as 1992, the first clues were revealed in "92 Happy Events" starring Huang Baiming and Wu Junru.

In the film, Chang Huan, played by Zhou Xingchi, sang the song "Why Did We Meet Before" to help his eldest brother win back his sister-in-law.

The song in this movie was recorded by Zhou Xingchi himself, and the sound has a sense of vicissitudes of life.

In "Tang Bohu Spots Autumn Fragrance". Among them, in order to get close to Qiuxiang, Tang Bohu disguised himself as a servant and sneaked into Washington, which regarded him as an enemy.

He had to sing a "rap" in order to disguise his identity.

This rap can be said to be quite classic, and made Mrs. Hua admire him with admiration.

In addition to marveling at Zhou Xingchi's advanced comedy effects, what is even more amazing is his singing skills.

I'm afraid he is the only one who can rap such an "awkward" song so smoothly and with an unpretentious sense of comedy.

As for the drama version of "The Romantic Talent Tang Bohu" that was released later, Xiao Ming was handsome and handsome, but unfortunately the focus was all on being cool.

There is also a soft advertisement "Braised Chicken Wings Are Delicious" that also appeared in "Tang Bohu Orders Autumn Fragrance".

The lyrics are funny and refined, and the melody is magical. I have hummed it in my mind tens of thousands of times without realizing it...

The most beautiful song Zhou Xingchi has ever sung is "Domestic Lingling Paint", released in 1994, starring Zhou Xingchi and Yuan Yonglin.

Zhou Xingchi played the piano and sang "Li Xianglan" with his heart.

Whether it is from the technical point of view of this song or the difficulty of singing it, Zhou Xingchi has the ability to be as good as the singer.

A deep and aged voice, rich and affectionate.

It feels like you can feel the stories he tells, and people can't help but listen.

What's even more surprising is the clip of him playing the piano...

Zhou Xingchi walked slowly to the stage. Jiang Peian shook hands with him and handed him the microphone in his hand.

"Hello everyone, I am Zhou Xingchi."

Zhou Xingchi bowed to the audience, which immediately caused all the audience to scream.

"Master Xing, I've finally waited for you!"

"I can actually see Master Xing singing on stage in my lifetime, it's worth it!"

"Master Xing, I love you, I like you so much!"

The fans in the audience shouted Zhou Xingchi's name loudly, but he just nodded and smiled. The spotlight shone on him, and his white hair looked particularly dazzling.

The prelude of music played slowly, and the smile on Zhou Xingchi's face gradually faded, and a hint of deepness appeared instead.

"Damn it, it's actually this song."

"Damn it, didn't this hit me hard in tears?"

"Master Xing is really good at choosing songs...I suddenly thought of Fairy Zixia and Supreme Treasure."

Listening to the prelude of the music, Zhou Xingchi slowly closed his eyes and gently placed the microphone to his mouth:

“The past is gone and will never come back again, the red fallen leaves are buried in the dust.

The beginning and the end are always the same, you are floating in the sky outside the white clouds..."

"The Love of My Life" was co-created by Lu Guanting and his wife.

This classic love song is touching and tender yet bitter and melodious.

Coupled with the sad parting scene in the movie, people once again feel that "life is made up of regrets."

It is said that when Lu Guanting was writing "The Love of a Lifetime", Liu Zhenwei said that this love was fruitless for five hundred years.

Hearing this sentence, Lu Guanting got goosebumps all over, and the melody came out when he got home at night.

When Tang Shuai was creating the work, he was also moved by "Five Hundred Years of Love Suffering", and it only took him two hours to complete the creation.

Maybe when you tell others the name of this song, not many people may know it, but there must be very few people who have never heard it.

When the ending of "Westward Journey" came out, many fans didn't know about "The Love of a Lifetime".

I just remember that this sad song would sound when the empty desert appeared on the screen.

On the stage, Zhou Xingchi was still singing affectionately. His voice was relatively low and full of emotion, and a faint melancholy spread from his singing to the surroundings.

Jiang Peian stayed quietly in the corner, sighing in his heart.

The regrettable love between Fairy Zixia and Zhizunbao in "Journey to the West".

As everyone knows, in real life, Zhou Xingchi and Zhu Yin ended up not being able to love each other.

The two got acquainted in "Fight Back to School 2", which is Zhu Yin's debut.

If "Play Back to School" is the seed of the love between Zhou Xingchi and Zhu Yin,

After that, "Journey to the West: The Great Sage Marries a Wife" showed the two people going from falling in love to breaking up.

Although the two have never announced it to the public.

“The sea of ​​suffering stirs up love and hate, and it is difficult to escape fate in this world.

Blind date is inaccessible, maybe I should believe it is fate..."

On the stage, Zhou Xingchi's voice suddenly rose, but his expression became more and more depressed. The vicissitudes of his singing voice was moving.

"Behind the humorous and uninhibited appearance, there is a deep and affectionate heart. After listening to this song, I feel like I have gotten to know Mr. Star again."

"I feel the same way. The feeling of brokenness that Master Xing has on stage is really amazing."

"Master Xing, I will always be your fan and support you forever!"

After singing the song, the fans in the audience shouted Zhou Xingchi's name loudly.

Jiang Peian knew it was time for him to appear.

He walked up to Zhou Xingchi, and when he got closer, he noticed that Zhou Xingchi's eyes were a little red.

"Is Director Zhou okay?"

Jiang Peian avoided the microphone and asked quietly.

Zhou Xingchi smiled and shook his head. Then he adjusted his posture, picked up the microphone and said in Mandarin:

“I hope everyone will support Director Jiang’s films, he is a very good filmmaker.

Although the types of movies we shoot are different, I can feel the sincerity of both filmmakers through his lens.

Everyone supports him a lot, thank you. "

After speaking, Zhou Xingchi smiled and nodded to Jiang Peian, handed the microphone in his hand to Jiang Peian, and turned around to leave the stage, his back looking very lonely.

Jiang Peian watched him step off the stage, took a deep breath, adjusted his condition, and said with a smile:

"Do you think it sounds good or not?"

"Sounds good!"

"One more song!"

"Master Xing, let's play another song!"

Fans shouted Zhou Xingchi's name loudly, while Jiang Peian stood there and waited quietly.

This song "Love of Life" really sings Zhou Xingchi's true feelings.

The emotions inside are very complex, equivalent to the famous scene when host Chai Jing interviewed him.

Jiang Peian believed that when Zhou Xingchi was singing on stage just now, he must have thought of someone...

"I declare that tonight's premiere of "Painted Skin" has come to a successful conclusion. Thank you, thank you to the audience and friends who are watching the live broadcast. Thank you."

Jiang Peian invited the creative team to go to the stage one by one to take a curtain call.

"Ah, is this the end?"

"Damn it, this is the first time I feel like time flies by so fast."

"Director Jiang, please finish it later. I haven't had enough of it yet."

The audience in the audience shouted loudly to stay. Jiang Peian joked:

"Farewell, let's finish it honestly, before we get fined by the gym later."

"I'll pay you to book the stadium for a whole day, no, a week!"

Suddenly a buddy shouted loudly from the audience.

Hearing his words, the audience became enthusiastic again.

Jiang Peian smiled bitterly and said:

"Thank you, this rich man, I will ask you to sponsor me next time I hold a premiere."

"Hahaha."

The audience burst into laughter. Although they were reluctant to leave, they could only watch Jiang Peian and others leave.

After Jiang Peian went to the backstage to explain his work, he quickly rushed to Han Shanping's side in front of the stage.

"Good boy, this show is really exciting for you. I haven't seen such a novel show in a long time."

Han Shanping said with a smile. It could be seen from his expression that he was very satisfied with today's party.

"Haha, thank you, Director Han, for your support. Since you think I have the potential to host a party, why not let me organize the Spring Festival Gala next year?"

Jiang Peian joked.

"Nonsense, can you handle a party like the Spring Festival Gala? You should just keep making movies."

Look down on this old man.

But Han Shanping really didn't accuse him wrongly.

Can anyone become a director of the Spring Festival Gala?

In the early 90s, a competition mechanism was introduced for the Spring Festival Gala, and Spring Festival Gala directors had to bid from now on.

This is a good thing, it brings more ideas and creativity to the Spring Festival Gala, and also gives more opportunities to young CCTV directors.

At that time, 36-year-old Zhang Ziyang became the first director of the Spring Festival Gala to bid for the post.

In fact, Zhang Ziyang had already made some fame on CCTV earlier.

At the New Year's Day party in 90 directed by him, a sketch called "Supernatural Guerrilla" became popular all over China.

In 92, the CCTV New Year's Day Gala directed by him won the second prize of China's th "Starlight Cup" and also won the "Starlight Cup" Best Director Award.

Except for 93, the 98 Spring Festival Gala had the highest average ratings in the entire 1990s.

Back then, in order to win the bid to direct the Spring Festival Gala, director Meng Xin found six cultural companies to make separate plans.

It unfolds against the background of the return of Hong Kong Province in 97.

That year, she "spend a lot of money" to create "Meet in 1998" tailored to the theme of "Hong Kong Province's Return".

This song has been sung to this day.

Although the bidding stage had its glory days, by the mid-to-late 90s, the competitive bidding system began to show signs of collapse.

Later, although it was also formally a bidding process, it was essentially designated by the leadership.

By 2011, bidding had been completely abandoned in both form and substance.

Back then, the chief director was directly appointed, and starting from this session, the selection of the Spring Festival Gala chief director completely returned to appointment.

As for the new round of appointments, the most interesting and surprising thing was the 2014 Spring Festival Gala.

In 2014, CCTV handed over the responsibility of the Spring Festival Gala to Feng Xiaogang, which made the outside world feel that CCTV had truly begun to "open the door to host the Spring Festival Gala."

In fact, this is not the case. Feng Xiaogang is still appointed as a "high-level general".

But this time, high-level officials expanded the scope from CCTV to the whole society.

And a year later, Feng Xiaogang handed the director back to Ha Wen, the director of the previous two sessions...

Therefore, when facing Jiang Pei'an, Han Shanping would say that he was fooling around.

The general director of the Spring Festival Gala is so easy to be chosen. Judging from previous years, these are all internal selections.

You, a "layman", still want to squeeze in? It’s not easy to get you to participate in the live broadcast of the Spring Festival Gala. I also want to be a director!

"Haha, don't be so excited, Mr. Han. I just said casually that there is a banquet tonight. Why don't you go and have some dinner?"

Jiang Peian said with a smile.

Hearing this, Han Shanping glanced at the secretary beside him.

The secretary was very discerning and said immediately:

"Leader, you will have a meeting with the group leaders later. The meeting is scheduled to start in two hours."

Hearing this, Han Shanping said helplessly:

"I want to go too, but they are waiting for me over there and I can't leave for a while. When you have time, come to my house and I'll ask your aunt to cook you a delicious meal."

Hearing Han Shanping's words, the secretary glanced at Jiang Peian in surprise.

Is this the leader's private invitation to Jiang Pei'an? He also asked Jiang Pei'an to call the leader's wife aunt.

It seems that Jiang Pei'an will have to be taken care of in the future.

The secretary knew something, and Jiang Pei'an certainly understood the reason.

He smiled and said:

"Haha, that's okay. I'll bring two bottles of good wine to your door another day. Then we can have a good drink."

Han Shanping glanced at him and said:

"Bring wine with you, but don't mess with those twists and turns."

"I know."

Jiang Peian said with a smile.

"Okay, you young people go and play, I'm going back."

"I'll see you off."

"Forget it, you are the protagonist tonight, entertain them well."

Han Shanping waved his hand and refused.

Zhou Xingchi on the side also hurriedly stepped forward. Seeing that he looked like he had something to say, Han Shanping said with a smile:

"I know what you want to say. Come to the group to see me tomorrow. If anything happens, we can talk openly tomorrow."

"Ok, I see."

Zhou Xingchi smiled and nodded.

……

Jiang Peian led a group of people to the hotel where they would have dinner today.

On the wine table, people were drinking and drinking. As the protagonist, Jiang Pei'an was naturally the center of the conversation.

"Thank you for your support today. I would like to toast you all a glass of wine. Thank you for coming from afar and showing your kindness to us."

Jiang Peian raised his glass and made a toast.

"Haha, Director Jiang is too polite."

"I wish "Painted Skin" a big hit!"

"Director Jiang, I respect you."

While everyone was drinking happily at the wine table, the outside world was already turned upside down by the premiere ceremony of "Painted Skin".

"Damn it, Director Jiang is so generous. The movie still has to wait until midnight to go online? If you don't say anything, go to the cinema now."

"My day, when I first entered the cinema, it was full of people. It's already eleven o'clock at night, brothers. When I asked, they were all here to watch "Painted Skin"."

"Damn, the first National Day is just like the Chinese New Year, "Painted Skin" is so popular!"

"Let's just say, is this movie a must-see? After watching the live broadcast at home, my boyfriend insisted on coming to the cinema!"

At eleven o'clock in the night, all the major theaters in Beijing were crowded with people.

Many people rushed to the counter to book tickets immediately.

"Two tickets for "Painted Skin"! A big bucket of popcorn and two iced Cokes!"

"Fortunately, I called in advance to book the tickets, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to get the tickets."

...(End of chapter)