In 1990, Cheng Xiaodong's "Qin Figurines" was filmed, and two leading actors, Gong Li and Zhang Yimou, were guests of Hong Kong's most popular talk show "Tonight No Defense".
Gong Li, who had just debuted, was too shy to speak in front of the three entertainment industry bigwigs. Zhang Yimou, the big director sitting on the side, looked also very uncomfortable.
While crossing his legs and dragging his cheeks obliquely with one hand (this posture was probably the poss used by mainland artists at that time, the domineering and exposed Jiang Wen, the same was true when he was young), the facial expression was almost zero, seemingly deep, but in fact it could not be let go.
Compared with zhang dadao, who is in full swing today, gong huang who is full of aura at the Venice Film Festival, this interview can simply be called "black history".
Huang Xia is still very optimistic about Gong Li, and when introducing Gong Li, she said that she walked very well, her body language was very good, and I thought she would be able to be popular in China for half a day.
Ni Kuang didn't seem to hear clearly, and continued to ask Gong Li's name, and Huang Xia quipped: "Gong Li, it is her father's name that is consolidated." Ni Kuang said, "Her brother should be called Consolidated."
The two sang a harmony, but in fact they were ridiculing Gong Li's name, the so-called "selling fame and fishing for reputation (profit)", which contained a strong derogatory taste.
As a result, Gong Li said stupidly: "Yes, my brother's name is Consolidation", Huang Xia was very surprised, laughing, it is really called Consolidation! However, it is useless to "sell", but also to have "profit". Such a word game will indeed make people dizzy.
In this issue, because of the visit to mainland artists, Ni Kuang has a common language and is quite interested, and he has been asking endlessly.
Ni Kuang asked Gong Li when she entered the film industry, and Gong Li said that she was admitted to the Central Academy of Drama at the age of 19.
Ni Kuang had personally experienced the mainland's examination system, and when he heard about it, it was not easy to shout this.
Gong Li was selected in the examination for the play in the exam that year, and was selected in a thousand-to-one situation. Huang Xia felt incredible after listening to it, and asked Gong Li why you think you could be selected, Gong Li replied very vaguely: "Maybe the teacher feels that I have a future for development." ”
Uncle Xia refused to give up and continued to ask, "Where is the development prospect?" ”
This sentence could make the young Gong Emperor stumped, and he said for half a day: "This... How to say it? Glancing up at Zhang Yimou, he lowered his head and smiled shyly, like a country girl. Cai Lan smiled politely at the side.
At this time, Cheng Xiaodong rushed to the rescue, interjected the topic, and asked Ni Kuang: "I heard that you never changed the script when you wrote it?" ”
Ni Kuang said I never changed. I am a very subjective person, and I do things according to my own subjective will. Asking me to change the script according to the director's opinion, I will be very painful.
Zhang Yimou asked incomprehensibly, "Then what if the director doesn't shoot according to your script?" Ni Kuang replied that it didn't matter, anyway, I had already received the money. The director can change it as much as he wants.
This should be the biggest difference between Hong Kong filmmakers and mainland filmmakers.
Hong Kong people pay attention to reality and do not seek to make a name. The creators of the mainland are more upright and care very much about their reputation. Just like Gong Li later starred in "Tang Bohu Dian Qiu Xiang", he refused to be funny.
Ni Kuang also told a very interesting thing. Ni Kuang said that his famous work as a screenwriter was Zhang Che's "One-Armed Knife", Zhang Che watched it, let Ni Kuang modify, Ni Kuang did not agree, Zhang Che only had to change it himself.
After the revision, Ni Kuang joked that only five words in the script were mine: "One-armed knife, Ni Kuang", "This is how my famous works came about." ”
Subsequently, Ni Kuang asked Zhang Yimou, you studied photography, how did you become a director? I know that the hierarchy of every position on the mainland is very strict, and it is impossible to jump from a cinematographer to a director.
Huang Xia interjected, "Did Wu Tianming (the original director of Xi'an Studio) help you a lot?" ”
Zhang Yimou replied: "That is for sure", saying that the promotion system is actually not explicitly stipulated. If the director of a film studio thinks you can be a director, you can direct a movie right away.
Even if it is a field note, the director thinks you can do it, you can become a director immediately. Of course, first of all, you should be more informative. After hearing this, Ni Kuang was full of praise and bluntly said that this system is good and this is better than the cadre system.
After Ni Kuang finished asking, he went to Huang Xia's provocative festival. Huang Xia asked Zhang Yimou, do you think your directing ability is good or Cheng Xiaodong is good. Zhang Yimou wanted to perfunctory past and said: "We are two different, different styles. ”
Huang Xia heard such an answer and was very dissatisfied: "Of course it is not the same, he wears a black dress, you wear a red, talking is equal to nonsense, farting." ”
Zhang Yimou couldn't hide from it, and could only explain: "I shoot action movies, the kind with strong suspense, or special effects, I definitely can't shoot him, I can only shoot this kind of literary and artistic film." ”
Huang Xia still felt that he did not get the answer he wanted, so he turned to Gong Li and asked, do you like action movies or literary films? Gong Li replied to Fengyuan even more: "I like it a lot."
Huang Xia was much gentler to the girl, and calmly asked: "I like everything, this sentence is very similar to diplomatic rhetoric, no, I have to speak from the heart." ”
Gong Li had to say all the films he starred in, one by one analysis, "Red Sorghum", "Jaguar", ah, said that he had never seen anything in the world, but after filming Cheng Xiaodong's "Qin Figurines", he felt very eye-opening and very good. (Meaning I prefer action movies.) ）
Uncle Xia showed a satisfied smile and said, "The director is well directed." "People have to admire Huang Xia's true disposition, and even eccentricity must be so blatant."
At the end, Ni Kuang suggested that we should talk about "Red Sorghum" for a while, I like this movie and I like this novel.
"But I don't feel like this movie shows the wild spirit of the novel?" Ni Kuang's funny questioning really confused Zhang Yimou. This is a difficult question for anyone to answer.
Zhang Yimou did not react this time, and hastily blamed the reason on the sorghum field. The reason is really funny.
Only to see Zhang Yimou said with a serious face, because we didn't have so much money when we shot it, and the sorghum we planted was very limited.
Ni Kuang symbolically "Oh" a sound. I remembered my experience in the northeast, when the sorghum fields were boundless, and the wind blew like a wave, so great. "Can't find this kind of live-action shooting now?"
Zhang Yimou said that at that time, it was possible, but now it cannot be found. After dividing the fields into individuals, everyone can plant whatever they want, even if they grow sorghum, it is only a small piece.
Blame the wild spirit on the prop of "sorghum". Maybe Zhang Yimou at that time really had nothing to say.
Originally, every guest who visited had to say a classic quote, but this time Gong Li did not speak, and was replaced by Huang Xia: "Happiness is like sprinkling perfume, sprinkling more people with their own incense." ”