1993 My China Entertainment Age

Chapter 21 Turning on the phone, dusk at the Summer Palace.

On August 1993, 8, with Jiang Wen as the director, the movie "Sunny Day", which was adapted from Wang Shuo's novel "Fresh Animals", officially held its opening ceremony in Yanjing.

This day is the birthday of the writer Wang Shuo. Jiang Wen asked people to post two lines of particularly conspicuous characters at the opening ceremony: "The sun is always shining, Master Shuo is always awesome."

Both Wen Jun and Liu Xiaoqing are the producers of this film. Liu Xiaoqing is responsible for the daily capital operation of the crew, and Wen Jun is responsible for the physical investment of film, machinery and equipment.

Liu Xiaoqing appeared in a red outfit, full of ambition, and Wen Jun was in a suit and leather shoes, but because of his short stature, he looked like a short winter melon.

Because Wen Jun is from Xiangjiang, according to the customs of Xiangjiang, cold pig's head, melons, pears and peaches were offered at the opening ceremony.

The photographer of the film is Gu Changwei, who is known as "Asia No. [-]".

Gu Changwei entered Xi'an Film Studio in 1982 after graduating from the Photography Department of Yenching Film Academy, and started his photography career as a photography assistant.

His photographic works creatively use photographic modeling methods, use a lot of natural light, and seek a style that is closer to the means of realistic expression. This photographic style is properly combined with the cultural proposition of the "fifth generation" director of Huaguo film.

The film "The Beach" directed by Teng Wenji, the film "The King of Children" and "Farewell My Concubine" directed by Cheng Kaige, and the film "Red Sorghum" and "Ju Dou" directed by Zhang Yimou, all of which are full of shock or some kind of distant Artistic conception, pushing Huaguo movies onto the world stage.

In Jiang Wen's words, with a top photographer like Gu Changwei as the background, no matter what the film turns out to be, at least the cinematography must still be of a high standard.

Jiang Wen, who became a director for the first time, was also full of pride. He gave a lot of impassioned official speeches to everyone, and invited Wang Shuo to come on stage to express his guiding ideology.

This is the first time Jiang Xiaofeng has seen the writer Wang Shuo himself in reality.

As far as Wang Shuo's appearance is concerned, it is quite different from Jiang Xiaofeng's expectations. He has a flat head, a baby face, white skin with rosy skin, a large area is white, and a small area is red. Sleeve shirt, with a pleasant expression, suddenly flashed a trace of indifference in his eyes.

However, Jiang Xiaofeng learned later that Wang Shuo was very shy in front of strangers.

This is very similar to Huang Fei, who is also a well-known diva. They both feel that the two of them are very arrogant and unreasonable, but in fact they are naturally stage fright.

Later, some actors and singers also imitated them. They went on stage without looking at the audience, and their words were rude in interviews, but their sense of proportion was not as good as theirs, which often caused the media to be violent.

Under the cheers of the crowd, Wang Shuo, like a shy big girl, stepped onto the stage shyly, and said with a blushing face, "It's not easy, let's do it like this!"

Immediately afterwards, the production crew set off a lot of firecrackers, the smoke filled the sky, and the artillery fire continued. Since then, fireworks and firecrackers have been banned in Yanjing.

After the opening ceremony, the filming did not start immediately, because Jiang Wen, Wen Jun, Liu Xiaoqing and others all accompanied Wang Shuo to dinner and celebrated his birthday.

Because the first day of filming was a night scene, Jiang Xiaofeng was not idle, and asked Taohong to visit the Summer Palace.

It is worth mentioning that the Summer Palace is the most complete preserved royal palace.

Before that, Jiang Xiaofeng had been here with the former landlord's son, Xiao Li.

As an authentic young man from the capital, Xiao Li once told Jiang Xiaofeng that if you want to date a girl in the Summer Palace, you must go in the afternoon, because the most beautiful time in the Summer Palace is at dusk.

Jiang Xiaofeng thought at the time that if he had a girlfriend in the future, he must bring her to the Summer Palace to enjoy the beautiful scenery at dusk.

So, this time, Jiang Xiaofeng called Taohong without hesitation, and came to the Summer Palace before the sun set.

In the Summer Palace at dusk, there are no tourists and no hustle and bustle. The setting sun shines on Yuquan Pagoda and illuminates Kunming Lake full of fireflies.

The long seventeen-hole bridge is like a rainbow crescent moon, the copper bull lying quietly by the lake is shining with golden light, and the lake and mountains are changing with light and shadow, making the whole garden look so peaceful and euphemistic.

While admiring the beauty of the Summer Palace, Jiang Xiaofeng secretly observed the peach rainbow beside her. Under the afterglow of the setting sun, her white and delicate face looked beautiful and hazy.

When passing the Seventeen-Arch Bridge, Jiang Xiaofeng couldn't bear the impulse in his heart anymore, and boldly took Taohong's jade hand.

Perhaps it was because the sunset in the Summer Palace was so beautiful that it was easy to get intoxicated, Tao Hong didn't break free, but lowered her head shyly, letting Jiang Xiaofeng lead her.

Jiang Xiaofeng was very excited. Not long after he led Taohong away, the palm of his right hand was wet, so he switched to the other side and continued to hold Taohong with his left hand.

After walking like this for a while, Jiang Xiaofeng led Taohong to the lakeside, and stared at each other beside the stone fence, with tenderness and love between lovers in his eyes.

Jiang Xiaofeng felt that fate was very strange. When he was in Shaolin Temple, he never imagined that his first love girlfriend would be Taohong in front of him.

It's not that Taohong is not good. In Jiang Xiaofeng's opinion, Taohong is actually very good, and he is very good in every way. He is surprised because his ideal type is not Taohong, but Zhou Huimin.

However, these are not important anymore, because at this moment, when facing Taohong, Jiang Xiaofeng's heart was moved, and that was enough.

Thinking of this, Jiang Xiaofeng took a breath, trying to adjust his disordered breath, then lowered his head, and kissed Taohong's soft, ruddy lips.

This time, Taohong also fell completely, and hugged and kissed Jiang Xiaofeng tightly.

Everything around is quiet, as if time has stood still.

His tenderness and strength, her fragrance and softness.

The setting sun melts gold, and the rays of light in the evening are reflected in the lake, showing a piece of gold. The breeze ruffles the surface of the lake, creating beautiful ripples. The golden water waves shimmer in the lake, like two young hearts rippling.

Because the first day of filming was at night, Jiang Xiaofeng and Taohong didn't dare to stay in the Summer Palace for too long, and they left the Summer Palace reluctantly after dark.

After finishing their date at the Summer Palace, Jiang Xiaofeng and Tao Hong had a simple dinner outside, and then took a car to the shooting site according to the crew's arrangement.

On the other side, after celebrating Wang Shuo's birthday, Jiang Wen drove to the scene in his convertible sports car.

Behind the sports car, followed by a row of trucks, mighty.

Er Yong, the production director sitting in the co-pilot, asked Jiang Wen who was driving the car: "Are you nervous?"

Jiang Wen said duplicity: "Don't be nervous, I forgot to be nervous!"

Er Yong looked back at the headlights of a large car, and said excitedly: "This is quite exciting for us!"

Like Er Yong, Jiang Wen is actually very excited, because he is looking forward to this day, it is no longer a day or two.

Jiang Wen became a director because he was dissatisfied, not because of his working status as an actor, but because of his dissatisfaction with the state of the film.

When Jiang Wen collected many films and watched many films, he kept thinking that there might be another kind of film, another way to make a film.

Jiang Wen remembered that when he was an actor, he had a very arrogant idea now, forget it, let him try it.

At that time, Jiang Wen felt that he didn’t seem to understand anything. He had already made 10 films, and he had participated in scripts and editing, so he knew a little bit anyway. It really makes you the director and leaves the decision-making power in your hands. , is different.

It’s like when you watch other people driving, you have been sitting by the side, you think you know the road very well, and you have driven it secretly once or twice, but you really handed over the car to you, and there is no one next to you, so you panic and go It feels like the police on the road are staring at you, but they aren't staring at you at all.

You worry every time you turn a corner, is this a one-way street and you can't go?But in the end, it may be due to being too tired, and due to the backlog of various conflicts, Jiang Wen developed a rebellious mentality.

Jiang Wen cursed inwardly, "Fuck it, I'll drive, anyway, that's it, then stepped on the accelerator, drove the sports car, and rushed to the set.

(End of this chapter)