On September 16, 2017, at the award ceremony of the Golden Rooster Awards for Chinese Films, Feng Xiaogang won the "Best Director Award" and Deng Chao won the "Best Actor Award". At the award ceremony, Feng Xiaogang gave Deng Chao a big hug.
This seemingly ordinary hug instantly made all the media in the audience boil. Almost everyone's eyes widened, unable to believe what was being seen in front of them.
Why would this already ordinary hug surprise the media that has experienced great winds and waves? What is the significance of this embrace of the century? Today we will pick up the meaning behind Deng Chao and Feng Xiaogang's hug.
Things have to start from 2006, when Feng Xiaogang, who was very famous at this time, was very successful because of the success of filming "Party A and Party B", and the popularity was unprecedented. Followed by the filming of a large number of works such as the New Year film "Not Seen, Not Scattered", "Endless". Without exception, they have all been recognized by the market.
Feng Xiaogang felt unprecedented pressure and joy. Needless to say, Joy proved his strength at the box office. Stress comes from inner dissatisfaction. He is not willing to be trapped in the old road of "Fung comedy", bent on proving that in addition to Feng's humor, even if he shoots other styles, he can still crush other directors a few streets.
Feng Xiaogang is a person who has an idea and is going to do something. The biggest characteristic he gives people is the sharpness. It Xiao Gang once said that I don't have much time in this life, I can't live according to other people's wishes in this life, I want to live my life. So Feng Xiaogang transformed, he filmed a costume drama film "Night Banquet", a huge publicity, unprecedented brilliant scenes, still can not escape the fate of the street.
Netizens criticized this drama that is full of A-list stars, a bad movie. More netizens joked that if it were not for the blessing of zhang ziyi, Wu Yanzu, Ge You and other first-line celebrities, this drama would have no point of view. The implication is self-evident, all for the star's appearance.
Looking at the douban and other ratings, without exception, all of them have labeled this drama as bad plot and bad lines.
For a time, Feng Xiaogang, who was standing at the peak of his career, was devastated. Painfully, Feng Xiaogang decided to shoot another movie to prove his strength and prove that the audience just did not understand appreciation. So after careful consideration, Feng Xiaogang chose the war-themed movie "The Gathering Number".
As for why the theme of the assembly number was chosen, it mainly came from the recommendation of the host Zhang Guoguo. When Feng Xiaogang got this novel, he read it overnight and was immediately overjoyed. He thought the novel was brilliantly written. If it can be adapted into a movie, it will definitely be fire.
So Feng Xiaogang bought the film and television drama copyright of this novel non-stop, and then found someone to adapt it into a script, and then found an investor, patting his chest to ensure that he could make the movie a fire.
In fact, "The Gathering" is the first war film directed by Feng Xiaogang, and it is also a proof that he urgently needs to "turn over" to prove that he can shoot any theme film. In order to make the movie more realistic, Feng Xiaogang gave up the domestic special effects company with a lower price, and found a foreign team specializing in the production of special effects, and made a charter production.
The production team has it, the money is there, the script is there. The only thing missing now is the character actors. Thinking about it, Feng Xiaogang felt that Zhang Hanyu, who has always been out of the circle as a tough guy, is the best candidate for the male protagonist.
The male number one candidate has been selected, and the male number two has not yet waited for Feng Xiaogang to finalize. Huayi, as a shareholder of "Gathering Number", recommended Deng Chao. Feng Xiaogang pondered, Deng Chao is also a heat, after all, at that time, "Young Bao Qingtian 3" also made Deng Chao angry.
But it was this decision that laid the hidden danger for the subsequent rupture between the two people.
At that time, Deng Chao and Sun Li had not yet come together. At that time, Deng Chao was pursuing Sun Li, and just when the filming of "The Gathering Number" began, Deng Chao also took over the TV series "Sweet Honey" with Sun Li. At that time, Deng Chao, who was chasing after his love, put more energy and time on the drama "Sweet Honey". Feng Xiaogang, who originally complained a lot about Deng Chao taking over two dramas, often couldn't see Deng Chao on the set, which made him angry.
Not only that, during the intense shooting of "Gathering Number", there were more media reports that Deng Chao developed the role in sweet honey to reality, and Sun Li really became a couple. As a result, various official announcements further reduced Deng Chao's time, which was already busy.
This further deepened Feng Xiaogang's dissatisfaction, coupled with the fact that on the set, Deng Chao was often absent from time to time, which made Feng Xiaogang intolerable. It was not easy to get to the "Gathering Number" to win, the whole crew was desperately announcing for the "Gathering Number", Deng Chao was good, the press conference was frequently absent, and he also took over another drama "Human Love".
Feng Xiaogang's patience was completely exhausted, and he felt that Deng Chao was too bad. In this film that he shot with all his heart, he didn't care about it, looking at the attitude, he didn't put himself in his heart at all.
At the next MTV festival, Deng Chao's riotous operation completely became the last straw that crushed Feng Xiaogang.
At the opening of the MTV festival in 2007, "The Gathering Number" had been finally consolidated and ready to be released. At this time, Feng Xiaogang needed propaganda too much. It happened that it was Deng Chao's turn to speak on the stage, but Deng Chao did not publicize the "Assembly Number" but instead confessed to Sun Li in public. The love affair between the two people had been boiling over, and this official announcement immediately made the media interested, and all the flashes clicked and clapped.
Feng Xiaogang in the audience, his face turned from yin to sunny and from sunny to yin. He was so angry that he almost vomited blood, Deng Chao was too much, and he didn't have any professionalism at all. In the end, Feng Xiaogang, who couldn't bear it, after taking the microphone of the media, still asked about Sun Li and Deng Chao's love affair, Feng Xiaogang immediately turned his face, "Since no one is interested in movies, don't waste time." ”
After saying that, he directly threw up his hands and left with the crew, leaving only Deng Chao, who was confused, standing in the same place with an embarrassed face.
Feng Xiaogang's ruthless face made Deng Chao, who was red-hot at the time, also feel that he could not get off the stage.
After a series of twists and turns, "The Gathering Number" was released as scheduled, and the major cinemas on the same day were full of praise. Feng Xiaogang finally proved himself with this movie, and the bull he bragged about, came true. And Deng Chao, with his perfect script and solid acting skills, won the crown of "Best Supporting Actor" in one fell swoop.
However, Feng Xiaogang, who has always been angry with Deng Chao, did not mention Deng Chao at all when facing the Hundred Flowers Award ceremony, but praised the male advocate Hanyu vigorously. Claiming that Zhang Hanyu is dedicated to shooting, it is self-evident that Deng Chao is not responsible.
This made Deng Chao, who had originally felt aggrieved, also begin to complain about Feng Xiaogang. Since then, the two have been strangers. In the next dozen years, the two have never collaborated on any film or television works. Although they can see it on the surface, in private, the two are secretly fighting.
December 24, 2012, is a bustling Christmas day. The streets and alleys are crowded with people. It is the best time for the movie to be released, and many directors are trying to catch up with this day. Among them are Deng Chao's self-directed and self-acting "Villain Angel", and the drama film "Old Cannon" starring Feng Xiaogang.
But on this day, the weather vane changed. Deng Chao's painstakingly filmed "Villain Angel" suffered Waterloo on the day of its release, and its reputation plummeted, and the Douban score was too low to be watched. More netizens clamored that if you can score a negative score, you must give it a negative number.
When netizens concentrated their fire to bombard Deng Chao, some netizens found that Feng Xiaogang stood up.
However, Feng Xiaogang, who stood up, did not defend Deng Chao, but on the contrary, he successively praised and complained about the comments of "Villain Angel".
The netizens of the good thing pulled out Feng Xiaogang's careful thinking, but Feng Xiaogang understated a sentence, hand slip!
In the face of the reporter's pursuit and blockage, asking Deng Chao's views on Feng Xiaogang's praise, Deng Chao could only helplessly reply: I believe that Feng Guide slipped his hand and made no mistake! Feng Dao's belly, I understand.
But three years after this incident, in 2015, because the popularity of "Run Bar Brothers" was unprecedented, the program team took the opportunity to shoot the movie of the same name, Feng Xiaogang said bluntly in an interview with the media, this is "opportunistic", basically punching Deng Chao's face.
Although Feng Xiaogang was very euphemistic, Deng Chao felt that he could not bear it any longer. So he published a long article on a social platform, and outside the words, he was also satirizing Feng Xiaogang's "chicken thief". For a time, let the melon-eating masses have different interests.
However, as he grew older, Feng Xiaogang gradually entered the goal he had set in his heart. He became an all-round director, whether it was a New Year' Celebration, comedy or action plot, as long as he made it, it must have a box office. So that later when shooting movies, he often said a sentence, I just want to make my own film, I lost money, it's a big deal that the next one I make a commercial film to help you earn it back.
On the other hand, Deng Chao and Sun Li not only had a prosperous career, but also had a happy life. Deng Chao has successively filmed excellent works such as the popular "Mermaid" and gained a large number of iron fans.
The contradiction between Deng Chao and Feng Xiaogang is more like the noisy and mischievous family of a child. After experiencing more storms, I will suddenly discover how childish it was. Although there have been quarrels, there have been dissatisfactions, there have been festivals, but those are all real emotions. Unlike now, I learned to hide, learned to disguise, even if it is very unfriendly, the surface is still harmonious. It looks even more hypocritical.
The entertainment industry is true and false, false and true. Perhaps from beginning to end, Feng Xiaogang intimidated Deng Chao, but only to vent his dissatisfaction for a while, in the depths of his heart, the two had admired each other. After all, one is a famous director and the other is a famous actor. It should have been Bole and Maxima, and they felt sorry for each other!