1993 My China Entertainment Age

Chapter 84 For the first time cross-border as a director, Bing Bing and Jia Zhangke!

May 4st, morning.

The MV of Jiang Xiaofeng's new song "Escape from the Tiger's Mouth" officially started filming in Yanjing.

It was Saturday, and Jiang Xiaofeng spent 10 yuan to invite his girlfriend Taohong to be the MV heroine of the song "Escape from the Tiger's Mouth".

Jiang Xiaofeng had no choice. Since Taohong couldn't accept his money, he could only give her money in the name of asking her to help film the MV.

At first, Tao Hong still disagreed. She felt that she was Jiang Xiaofeng's woman and should not receive Jiang Xiaofeng's salary, and wanted to help Jiang Xiaofeng shoot the MV for free.

Jiang Xiaofeng said to her: "Where is this going? If I find someone else to take pictures, I will give them money. You are my girlfriend. Why should I treat you badly?"

"If you really don't want to take my money, and really don't want to cooperate with me, then I'll find someone else to shoot, and I'll give the money to someone else, anyway, you don't care too much."

Tao Hong knew Jiang Xiaofeng was sulking as soon as she heard it, and she also reflected on whether she was a little too screwed up, and asked timidly: "But... 10 yuan is a bit too much for a MV?"

Others definitely don't have this price, and Jiang Xiaofeng is the only one who is willing to spend this money on his own girlfriend. Other actresses will not exceed 1 yuan at most.

Jiang Xiaofeng didn't want to argue with Taohong on this issue, so he said angrily: "You can just say whether you want to shoot or not. If you don't want to shoot, and you always have to worry about these and other things with me, you might as well stop shooting. I'll find someone else to shoot."

Without waiting for Taohong to answer, Jiang Xiaofeng continued: "I will give you two choices now, either take the money to shoot, or don't shoot, you choose."

I don't know if it's because of being together frequently recently, but Tao Hong feels that Jiang Xiaofeng's temper is getting stronger and stronger, and she gets angry every now and then.

Of course, Taohong also has self-knowledge. She knows that most of the time, it is because her personality is too strong and she is unwilling to accept Jiang Xiaofeng's "charity" to her, which leads to the unhappiness of both parties.

In fact, Tao Hong also knew that Jiang Xiaofeng was just a bit machismo, and he didn't want material things for her, and he didn't mean to "support" her, he just wanted to be nice to her and give her money to spend.

In order not to disappoint Jiang Xiaofeng, Taohong also decided to change herself. In front of Jiang Xiaofeng, she put aside her proud self-esteem and promised Jiang Xiaofeng to take money to shoot the MV of the song "Escape from the Tiger's Mouth".

Seeing Taohong's transformation, Jiang Xiaofeng was also very pleased, so he didn't say anything more.

It is worth mentioning that the MV director of the song "Escape from the Tiger's Mouth" is none other than Jiang Xiaofeng himself.

This is Jiang Xiaofeng's first crossover as a director, and it feels quite fresh and enjoyable. When I first started filming in the morning, because I didn't have much experience, my thoughts were a bit confused, so I only took four or five shots.

In the afternoon, Jiang Xiaofeng had improved a lot, especially in terms of rhythm and control of the scene.

Although as an MV director, Jiang Xiao has no experience and no skills to speak of, but he has never eaten pork but has seen pigs run. He has seen many other people filming it, so he naturally wants to try it himself.

Liu Xiaoqing once told Jiang Wen that directors are not learned, they are made.

Jiang Xiaofeng felt that what Liu Xiaoqing said was very reasonable. He always believed that as long as he was an individual, he could be a director.

Many directors in China, including Zhang Yimou and Feng Xiaogang, and later Jay Chou, Gao Xiaosong, Han Han, Chen Sicheng, etc., they did not learn to direct at the beginning, because they have more contacts and rich experience, they are all capable of directing This job.

Jiang Xiaofeng thought, as long as one person can be a director, why can't I?So I shot it!

Fortunately, the filming process of the MV "Escape from the Tiger's Mouth" was smooth, with the assistance of photographers, lighting engineers, field managers and other staff. Jiang Xiaofeng only needs to follow his own ideas and let them obey his command.

These days, the MVs of many singers are very fragmented, with no storyline, and the language of the camera is not strong. Just shoot some breakup scenes, or shoot some scenery, and you can cut it into a MV.

In the MV of Lao Lang's song "Love in the Wind and Dust", there is a girl holding a camera in it, and Gao Yuan made a guest appearance when he went to play with Lao Lang.

There is no other reason why Gao Yuan cameo as the heroine of the MV of the song "Lian Lian Feng Dust", just because Gao Yuan put on makeup and lipstick that day, and the director thought she was pretty, so he took her in.

However, Jiang Xiaofeng only filmed the MV for the song "Escape from the Tiger's Mouth", and did not intend to continue to direct the remaining 9 songs.

In Jiang Xiaofeng's view, professional things should be done by professionals.

For example, the MV director of the song "The Heart Is Too Soft" was recommended by a friend, a MV director named Jia Zhangke.

However, Jia Zhangke is not a director, but a student of the Literature Department of Yanjing Film Academy.

When Jia Zhangke was in school, in order to realize his childhood dream of being a director, he organized the "Youth Film Experimental Group" and started film practice.

In the winter of 1994, Jia Zhangke, a sophomore at Yanjing Film Academy, planned to shoot the feature film "Xiaoshan Going Home", which won the Best Feature Film Award in the Short Film Competition Unit of the Hong Kong International Film Festival.

Because of lack of money, Jia Zhangke would often take on the MV shooting work of some songs, and over time, he became well-known in this circle.

In the memory of his previous life, Jiang Xiaofeng didn't know much about Jia Zhangke, only that he was a film director who often won awards abroad.

So, when a friend introduced Jia Zhangke to him, Jiang Xiaofeng agreed without even thinking about it.

The MV heroine of "The Heart Is Too Soft" was recommended by former manager Wang Jinghua. Her name is Li Bingbing. She has just come to Yanjing for development.

Because it was recommended by Wang Jinghua, and because Li Bingbing had a good image and good acting skills, Jiang Xiaofeng didn't refuse.

Li Bingbing was not well-known at this time, and he was looking forward to being happy when he learned that he could cooperate with a big star like Jiang Xiaofeng.

In the process of filming the MV with Jiang Xiaofeng, Li Bingbing called out "Brother Feng" one after another, not to mention how affectionate they are. I don't know, but I thought Jiang Xiaofeng had a good relationship with her.

In fact, Li Bingbing was born in 1973 and was 2 years older than Jiang Xiaofeng, but when Li Bingbing called him "brother", Jiang Xiaofeng didn't resist and thought it was quite interesting.

The only thing that made Jiang Xiaofeng feel a little uncomfortable was the way Li Bingbing looked at him, exactly like the way a cat sees a fish and wants to pounce on it immediately.

In fact, this is also normal. A big star like Jiang Xiaofeng needs good looks, talent, money, fame, and whatever he wants... Mostly women like it.

However, Li Bingbing didn't just call Jiang Xiaofeng "Brother Feng", she also called her Ren Quan and Brother Quan.

After filming the MV for the song "The Heart Is Too Soft", Li Bingbing didn't cut off contact with Jiang Xiaofeng after he got the salary. He even took the initiative to visit Jiang Xiaofeng's courtyard with some fruit.

Seeing Li Bingbing appearing alone at the gate of his courtyard, Jiang Xiaofeng was also a little puzzled. He remembered that he didn't seem to reveal his address to Li Bingbing, so he asked Li Bingbing, "How do you know I live here? Who told you?"

Li Bingbing replied with a smile: "It's not easy. I found out on the set that many people know that you live in Houzhai Hutong."

Hearing Li Bingbing's words, Jiang Xiaofeng suddenly realized that this courtyard house is no longer safe, and it is not suitable to live here for a long time, otherwise it will attract the "patronage" of media reporters sooner or later.

As the saying goes, whoever comes is a guest. After Li Bingbing came, Jiang Xiaofeng didn't chase Li Bingbing away, and even boiled water for her to make tea.

Li Bingbing was not idle either, looking around in the yard.

After looking around, Li Bingbing sat beside Jiang Xiaofeng and asked curiously, "Brother Feng, you live in such a big yard by yourself, it must be difficult to take care of it, right?"

Jiang Xiaofeng denied it with a smile: "That's not true, I usually ask someone to clean it."

Li Bingbing joked with a smile: "Brother Feng, do you still lack a mistress in this yard? If you don't mind, I can help you take care of it."

Faced with Li Bingbing's direct and bold statement, Jiang Xiaofeng was not too surprised or flustered, but just replied with a smile: "I said Bingbing, you look down on yourself too much."

"With your looks and acting skills, you can become a star casually in the future, and asking you to take care of my yard, wouldn't that be a big deal for a small talent."

(End of this chapter)