1993 My China Entertainment Age

Chapter 14 "Farewell My Concubine" shines and moves to a new home!

1993, April 5.

Directed by Cheng Kaige and starring Leslie Cheung, Zhang Fengyi, and Gong Li, the movie "Farewell My Concubine" won the Palme d'Or, the highest award at the 46th Cannes International Film Festival.

This is also the first and so far only time that a Chinese-language film has won the award in the history of the Cannes Film Festival.

The appearance of "Farewell My Concubine" sent Cheng Kaige to the altar. After winning the Palme d'Or, he left his handprints on the Palais Palace in Cannes. An overseas Chinese shouted at him: "Thank you Cheng Kaige, you are so great!"

Hearing this sentence, Cheng Kaige pursed his lips and almost cried.

The fly in the ointment is that Leslie Cheung failed to win the best actor.

There are two main reasons for this: one is that "Farewell My Concubine" has already won the Palme d'Or, the highest honor at the Cannes International Film Festival, and the jury hopes to award other important awards (Cannes Best Actor) to other outstanding films;

The second is that an Italian judge named Claudia Cardinal deliberately voted for Leslie Cheung for the Best Actress Award.

Although Leslie Cheung missed the Cannes Best Actor by one vote, his performance in "Farewell My Concubine" was still highly recognized by the judges.

The movie star Gary Auman, who was the judge of this Cannes International Film Festival, rushed over to shake hands when he saw Leslie Cheung. Gary said that he was really wonderful. When Louis Malle saw Leslie Cheung, he always used "Wonderful" to judge him.

When the film "Farewell My Concubine" received the award in Cannes, Hou Hsiao-hsien also said excitedly to the reporter's camera: "Hua Guo movies are like the solar terms of spring, and a hundred flowers are about to bloom!"

Unfortunately, due to various factors, Leslie Cheung did not receive any nominations in domestic film festivals.

Although "Farewell My Concubine" is a domestic film, due to various factors, it cannot participate in the selection of Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers and other awards.

In Taiwan Province, "Farewell My Concubine" is listed as a mainland film and cannot participate in the selection of the Golden Horse Awards.

In Xiangjiang, "Farewell My Concubine" is not banned, but it is not considered a Xiangjiang film, nor can it participate in any selection of the Golden Image Awards.

An epic domestic film, in its own country, but not qualified for industry review, is simply a black humor.

Jiang Wen, who is preparing for the film "Sunny Day", originally participated in the epic film "Farewell My Concubine".

Because Cheng Kaige had invited Jiang Wen to play the role of Duan Xiaolou at that time, but Jiang Wen felt that playing Duan Xiaolou was not a challenge, so he wanted to play Cheng Dieyi. Cheng Kaige refused without thinking.

Jiang Wen said: "I have played Li Lianying before, and I understand the psychological state of characters like Cheng Dieyi better. If you don't try it, how will you know I can't do it?"

In order to persuade Cheng Kaige, Jiang Wen also specially found a rubber band to tie himself a ball head, with a middle-parted hairstyle, and the middle-parted hairstyle in front of him can just cover his big face.

After finishing the styling, Jiang Wen also specially asked someone to take a black and white photo and sent it to Cheng Kaige. Cheng Kaige was shocked when he received the photo, and was almost not poisoned to death by him. up.

Zhang Yimou, another well-known director in Huaguo, has just obtained the copyright of the novella "To Live" from the writer Yu Hua not long ago. The director of the feature film "To Live", the famous movie star Gong Li and the comedy star Ge You play the leading roles.

Since the main actors have film contracts, the film "To Live" will not start shooting until July. It is planned to finish filming in November and meet the audience in the first half of next year.

May 6st, morning.

Jiang Xiaofeng was called to Dadi Records to enter the recording studio to record his original song - "Those Flowers". Gao Xiaosong also came along.

Gao Xiaosong came here this time mainly to wait and see what level Dadi Records' adaptation of the song is.

As a result, Gao Xiaosong and Jiang Xiaofeng entered the recording studio and felt very happy and pleasantly surprised, because the arrangement of "Those Flowers" is really good.

The arranger of "Those Flowers" is Lin Hai, who graduated from the Central Conservatory of Music. He is the first Chinese national to enter the semi-finals of the Van Cliburn Piano Competition in the United States, and he is also an excellent composer at the moment , musicians, performers, and music producers.

After listening to the finished arrangement of "Those Flowers", Gao Xiaosong wished that his work could be arranged earlier.

And Jiang Xiaofeng entered the recording studio for the first time to record songs. When he put on the headset and heard his own voice, he felt very strange. He thought, is this my voice?Why is the sound different from what I usually hear?

In addition, Jiang Xiaofeng is not a professional singer, and his singing skills still need to be improved. He is very inexperienced, and his intonation, breath, etc. are not very good.

After one morning, Jiang Xiaofeng sang it more than ten times, but none of them met the producer Huang Xiaomao's request.

Of course, Jiang Xiaofeng wasn't completely useless, he also learned a lot of experience and some singing skills.

Under the patient guidance of producer Huang Xiaomao, Jiang Xiaofeng's intonation, breath, and voice position are all up to standard, but there are still many flaws that need to be practiced repeatedly.

Huang Xiaomao didn't urge Jiang Xiaofeng either, but comforted him and said, "Xiaofeng, don't worry, let's treat it as training today, you go back to rest today, and we will continue recording in two days."

"Good Mr. Huang, Mr. Lin... Thank you all for your hard work!"

After saying goodbye to Huang Xiaomao, Lin Hai and others, Jiang Xiaofeng and Gao Xiaosong left Dadi Records together.

Since the last farewell, the wealthy Gao Xiaosong has been looking for a chance to invite Jiang Xiaofeng to dinner.

Seeing Gao Xiaosong's enthusiasm, Jiang Xiaofeng didn't refuse, and readily agreed.

Gao Xiaosong was very generous, he invited Jiang Xiaofeng to a high-end restaurant, just the two of them ate, and ordered a whole table of dishes, including fish, meat, and wine.

When Gao Xiaosong learned that Jiang Xiaofeng was still living in a shabby house in a courtyard with a monthly rent of 30 yuan, he immediately extended an invitation to him: "Why do you still live there? If you can go to the Asian Games Village with me, you can live at my place. One person lives in one room, and there are four unoccupied rooms, so you go and live in whatever you want."

Jiang Xiaofeng felt that it was too troublesome. Even if he wanted to move out of the courtyard, there was no need to send him under the fence. He was fully capable of renting a better house, so he declined politely: "Xiao Song, forget it, I won't bother you!"

Gao Xiaosong hurriedly said: "No trouble. I live in such a big house by myself, and I feel panicked and bored. You go and live with me. We can take care of me, eat, drink, talk about music, and go out together. Picking up girls..."

Under Gao Xiaosong's earnest persuasion, Jiang Xiaofeng was also a little tempted, because compared with Gao Xiaosong's Huiyuan apartment, his living environment in Dazayuan was like a world away.

It's just that Jiang Xiaofeng always liked to be alone, and didn't like too noisy and noisy environments. He was worried that after he moved to Gao Xiaosong's place, he would not have a peaceful life to live in.

Because in Jiang Xiaofeng's impression, Gao Xiaosong is a libertine who likes to call out friends, sing and sing every night, who has wine now and is drunk now, and has no restraint.

After much deliberation, Jiang Xiaofeng still declined Gao Xiaosong's kindness, but with Gao Xiaosong's help, he rented a 2-bedroom, 1-living, 300-bathroom apartment with a balcony in Huiyuan Apartment, Asian Games Village, but the rent was a bit expensive. It costs [-] yuan a month.

Jiang Xiaofeng dared to live in such an expensive house mainly because he had just sold two songs to Dadi Records, and then took over the movie "Sunny Day", so the economy is still relatively ample for the time being.

Although Jiang Wen has not paid him a penny so far, Jiang Xiaofeng firmly believes that a big name like Jiang Wen still has a certain degree of credibility.

ps. Here is an Easter Egg Chapter of Jiang Wen's makeup test photos for everyone to enjoy.

(End of this chapter)