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Write on the front
Today's book is a book that can make people laugh and snicker - Cai Lan's sketch collection "I Decided to Live Interestingly".
In the middle of the night, I looked at the lamp and couldn't help but laugh out loud, and my lover asked me, what are you laughing at? Listening to the tone, he was still a little unhappy (you know he is the kind of man who will occasionally snore in the middle of the night and call me up and fall back to sleep, on the grounds that I am afraid that I will suddenly die in the suffocation caused by snoring.
Just when I was looking at the spirit, I was worried that no one said, since he asked, I took the opportunity to read a paragraph, after a mouthful ~ listen, he smiled quietly, it is considered to understand long live, hahaha!
▲ The picture comes from the inner page illustration of "I Decided to Live Interestingly", illustrated by Su Meilu
At first, I came across the book, which was at the Sisyphus Bookstore near my home, picked it up and hurriedly flipped through an article, thinking it was interesting, because I was in a hurry, and quickly left. When I opened it again, I was reading it in a straight way, or I borrowed books from the library and came back.
When I was a child, the teacher said that "books cannot be read without borrowing", which means that only by borrowing books can we know the preciousness of books, and we will not throw them aside when we look at them twice.
Now there is another interpretation of this sentence, those books that you did not need and did not think about whether to spend money and silver to buy, if you just have the opportunity to borrow and flip through, often have a windfall.
Borrowing books to read can break down the personal reading barrier to a certain extent. But the limitations of being a person still have to be gradually broken through, such as from a good teacher, making a good friend, reading a good book, and finally going through years of experience.
The above four points can basically be achieved in this book today.
▲ Book cover, picture from the Internet
Theoretically, the following is to share the contents of the book, but this book is very special, really "see the words as the face", the unity of people and books.
Citing Jin Yong's "Preface to Cai Lan is a Truly Dashing Person" written by Jin Yongxia for this book, "Although Cai Lan has a wide range of friends, there are still many people who do not know him, if you read my short article and admire him, want to enjoy listening to the pleasure of listening to his conversation, and may not have the opportunity to sit next to him and drink, then read a few essays he wrote, and the results are almost the same." ”
So, today I put the writer's profile in front of me.
▲ Jin Yong and Cai Lan, the picture comes from the Internet
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Author Profile
Cai Lan, born in Singapore on August 18, 1941, graduated from a Japanese university in Chaoshan Province, Guangdong Province.
Jin Yong said that he was "knowledgeable and knowledgeable, he knows everything, such as piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, wine, wealth, eating, drinking, gambling, and literature and movies." In movies, poetry, calligraphy, golden stones, and the way of eating, it can be said that it is a first-class mastery. ”
▲ Cai Lan, the picture comes from the network
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Literati writer - Cai Lan
Cai Lan is a famous literati writer, along with Jin Yong, Ni Kuang, and Huang Xia, known as the "Four Talents of Hong Kong".
At the age of 14, Cai Lan published her first film review "Madhouse" in Singapore's Nanyang Business Daily, and officially began to write in the 1980s, and launched many works, first writing columns in Oriental Daily and Ming Pao, and later writing essays and food review columns after the founding of Next Weekly and Apple Daily.
His writing, known for his essays, has been published in more than 100 works since 1983, including "Cai Lan Talks About Life", "It's Better to Live a Life Willfully", "Eat Well Today" and so on.
Old friend Ni Kuang said, "He is a very ancient literati, and from him you can clearly feel the shadow of the ancients, especially like the literati of Wei and Jin, informal, dashing and free." ”
▲ The four talents of Hong Kong in their youth - from left to right, in order, Cai Lan, Jin Yong, Huang Xia, Ni Kuang, the picture comes from the Internet
▲ In 2018, Ni Kuang and his wife, together with Cai Lan, went to mourn their common old friend Jin Yong, and now the "four talents" are only Ni Kuang and Cai Lan, and the picture comes from the Internet
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Foodie, businessman - Cai Lan
Cai Lan is currently the honorary president of the World Chinese Healthy Diet Association, a famous gourmet, a life home, and is known as the "God of Food".
He was invited as the general consultant of the Chinese food documentary "China on the Tip of the Tongue";
▲ Chen Xiaoqing, the general director of "China on the Tip of the Tongue", took a group photo with Mr. Cai Lan, and the picture came from the Internet
He is also a successful businessman who combines food with business and establishes a business operation model, and the Business Review Network says that "combining the dual identities of gourmet and businessman just right, Cai Lan has done more successfully than everyone else."
▲ One of the pictures of Cai Lan's books is "Qi swallowing mountains and rivers Haina Hundred Bottles", illustrated by Su Meilu, the picture comes from the Internet
In 2007, Cai Lan Food Fang Restaurant was opened in Shenzhen;
In 2008, he hosted the TVB TV program "Cai Lan Sigh Famous Dishes";
In 2009, he joined hands with Shenzhen Satellite TV to create the food ace program "Cai Lan Food Shang";
In 2010, he published the latest collection works "Cai Lan Food Map" and "Cai Lan Wine Tasting";
In 2011, he first released the new book "The Restaurant That Life Must Go to" and "Cai Lan Business Classic";
In 2012, he hosted the ATV tourism and catering program "Cai Lan Asia Yile Ye";
In 2016, he published "Cai Lan's Travel Food"...
▲ Foodie Cai Lan, picture from the Internet
Sitting on words and deeds, in terms of action and execution, Cai Lan is first-class! It is also because of this that he can turn his love into a business.
Ni Kuang described him as "these careers, coupled with the daily writing, of course, there is a very rich income, but looking at his lavish way of spending money, I can't help but sweat for him." Of course, it was very redundant, and for decades, I only saw him Yu Hua Yu Yu. ”
▲ Cai Lan and Ni Kuang, the picture comes from the Internet
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Filmmaker and TV presenter - Cai Lan
Cai Lan has also been involved in the film and television industry, and has been a film executive producer for 40 years.
Cai Lan's father was the head of Shaw Film Company in Southeast Asia, and he grew up as a theater dean and developed a great love for movies, going to Japan to study film choreography during college, and after graduation, he entered Shaw Films as a production manager.
Commercial films such as "Dragon tiger brothers", "City Hunter", and "Fuxing Gaozhao", which were popular in Asia at that time, were all supervised by Cai Lan.
He also single-handedly developed the career of his old friend Ni Kuang as an actor. In the movie "Wesley and Yuan Zhenxia", Ni Kuang starred as a writer, in the movie "Warblers Dance", Ni Kuang played a drunken prostitute, and in "Declaration of Life", Ni Kuang played a drunken old doctor, and in "Zombie Doctor", he was a Taoist who caught ghosts.
Why do I know so well? It's all written in the book "I Decided to Live a Fun Life."
▲ Ni Kuang, an actor who was brought to his debut by Cai Lan, the picture comes from the Internet
In addition, Cai Lan is also a well-known TV host. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the famous late-night talk show "No Defenses Tonight" must have heard of it.
The atmosphere of the show is relaxed and humorous, like an old friend gathering, talking about everything up and down, and celebrities from all walks of life are also generously analyzing the inner world in the show, and the host of the show is three of the "Four Talents of Hong Kong", namely Huang Xia, Ni Kuang and Cai Lan.
▲ From left to right, Huang Xia, Zhang Guorong, Ni Kuang, Cai Lan, the picture comes from the network
▲ The host of "Tonight Is Not Defensive", from left to right, is: Huang Xia, Cai Lan, Ni Kuang, put it now, each is a fresh meat level male god
Popular star brothers Zhang Guorong, Zhou Runfa, Jackie Chan, Guan Zhilin, Wang Zuxian, Maggie Cheung, Zhong Chuhong, etc. are all guests.
OS: Hey, what about good focus on reading? Forgive me for really can't help but blame the author's life is too wonderful!
▲ Zhang Guorong and Zhong Chuhong stills in the movie "Across the Sea", Zhou Runfa is also starring, and the picture comes from the Internet
-- Summary --
The above (1)(2)(3) are the core of Cai Lan's resume, and they are indispensable. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to write a book like "I Decided to Live Interestingly."
When filming, he treats the film as a "big toy", finds the best place to shoot the location, recreates the best wine and dishes of the year, lets the actress wear the best cheongsam, and always explores more joy of life with the player mentality.
After leaving the film industry, he concentrated on food, writing columns everywhere, food, travel news, flowers, birds, fish and insects, and even all kinds of thorny emotional issues, all kinds of topics he was at his fingertips.
To quote Ni Kuang at the end of this book, "Taking "Truth" as the True Meaning of Life, Only Seeking True Love in The Heart": "(Cai Lan's) Many of these identities are real, not false titles, and each identity has a lot of factual support. ”
"There are not few people I know, and there are many people with extraordinary talents, but if he can deserve these many identities, it is still only him, Cai Lan!"
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Contents of the book
At the time of the publication of this book (June 2017), Cai Lan was 76 years old, a rare age, and did not exceed his heart's desires.
Confucius said that seventy years old is a stage in which subjective consciousness and the rules of being a human being are integrated, and in this stage, moral cultivation reaches the highest state.
▲ Cai Lan wrote calligraphy, and began to learn calligraphy and seal engraving at the age of 40 or 50, studying under the calligrapher and seal engraver Feng Kanghou, the picture comes from the Internet
Therefore, if you did not read Cai Lan before, if you start reading now, you will definitely gain; if you have read it before, you must read it now, because there is always a new wisdom of life growing in the book.
The whole book is divided into four parts, namely -
I decided to live a fun life
In this part, you will see the naked heart of an old naughty boy.
In the article "Practice, Enjoy Your Own Life", he said: "I have long been very open to the concept of having children. ... If you want to live for the words of others, it is also a very sad thing. ”
In the article "Live the Days I Want to Live", he said: "I don't know whether writing is torture or elegance, but I know clearly that the writer's career is to live the life I want to live." ”
▲ Cai Lan image illustration, the picture comes from the network
Only when you live because of it is wonderful
This section is mainly about men, women, and men's clothing aesthetics.
In the article "Tips for Talking to Girls", he said, "It is not difficult, but there must be conditions." The condition is that the expression must not be obscene; the condition is that the clothes are at least clean and neat; the condition is that you have a hundred percent confidence in yourself. The final condition is that your dough is as thick as it gets. ”
In the end, he did not forget to give the conclusion: "People who have the courage to try say: the failure rate is almost zero. ”
It seems to be talking about affairs, but in fact, it is still emphasizing valuable qualities such as self-confidence, courage, practice, and persistence.
▲ Cai Lan's "May You Be the Best Woman" inner page illustration, the picture comes from the Internet
Eating, drinking and having fun is the most academic
The third part of the content is that an old foodie is teaching everyone how to taste life with taste buds, and the "iron triangle" of tobacco, alcohol and tea is naturally indispensable.
In the article "Eating, it is also a kind of learning", he said, "Eating is a very personal act. What's the best thing to eat? Mom's is the best to eat. That's for sure. What you have eaten since childhood, this impression is deeply imprinted in your mind, always the best, and can never be found. ”
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Old friends, mostly legends
The fourth part is mainly about friends who have been with each other for many years, admiring each other and cherishing each other. If it is made into a movie, it can be directly named "A House of Friends", or "Liberal Arts Student Version of The Big Bang Of Life".
▲ Stills of the American drama "Friends", the picture comes from the Internet
In the article "The Strangeness of Jin Yong", he described Jin Yong's eating preferences very interestingly. He said, "The recipe that Huang Rong came up with was strange. The eating habits of the author, Mr. Jin Yong, are very normal. ”
Jin Yong's favorite fruit is watermelon, when he goes to Chinese restaurants, he likes to order sour and spicy soup, and he eats Hangzhou dishes. Even how Jin Yong picks his teeth must be carefully explained, "He often inserts a toothpick on his index finger and middle finger, and walks step by step like stepping on stilts."
I want to say that Jin Yong is not weird, and Cai Lan's writing style is an eccentric!
▲ Mr. Jin Yong eats watermelon, the picture comes from the Internet
In the article "He Played Hard in Every Age", he said that there were many eras in Ni Kuang's life — the carpenter era, the Hi-Fi era, the goldfish era, the shell era, the mistress era and the immigration era.
He can become an expert in every era, but once it is over, he never looks back, and he does not feel sorry at all, this is his personality.
Then he told the story of how he took Ni Kuang to the road of acting, and the first half of the article was introduced, so I will not repeat it here.
▲ Ni Kuang played a writer in the film "Wesley and Yuan Zhenxia" produced by Cai Lan, and the tuxedo and round-rimmed glasses he wore were all purchased by Cai Lan with him
In the article "The Most Loving Yellow Xia", he told the story of his old friend Huang Xia in Las Vegas who married a female secretary 17 years younger than himself, Miss Yunnie.
The article adopts the technique of first-person retelling, the words are full of flowing talent, the old man and the strong man finally hold the pride of the beauty, and the narrator does not forget to joke and ridicule everywhere, and the sense of picture is very strong.
▲ Huang Xia, a male musician, songwriter, writer, host, singer and actor in Hong Kong, China, died of illness in November 2004. The image comes from the Internet
At this point, the four talents are all said. Among the writer's friends, there is also an article dedicated to the story of visiting the Gulong family with Ni Kuang and Sanmao.
He wrote that "Cologne is never 'drinking' wine, he is 'pouring' wine, without mouthing straight into the stomach", revealing the true cause of death of Cologne in a storytelling way, although it is caused by excessive drinking, but there are many twists and turns in the middle.
Although the brush strokes are light, it also reveals Mr. Cai Lan's sorrow for the death of his former friend. At the end of this article, there is an excerpt from the original text, and it is not expanded.
▲ Gu Long and Ni Kuang, plus Sanmao, the three are close friends, Cai Lan was responsible for supervising the production of the Gu Long novel copyright movie "Xiao Shi YiLang", the two knew earlier than Ni Kuang
What impresses people most about this part of the content is that although several friends are talented literati writers, they do not look at each other, but add color to each other and support each other everywhere. This is also one of the reasons why the reputation of "Hong Kong's Four Talents" has been passed down for a long time and has flourished.
Talent is on the one hand, personality charm, posture in the world is also an important factor in the flow of talent.
It is enough to know oneself, and Cai Lan is undoubtedly lucky and happy. Of course, first of all, he is also a person worthy of being befriended, a wise man who relies on various friends to endorse, write and sketch for him verbally, and the image is already quite plump, jumping on the paper and interesting and interesting.
▲ From left to right, the writers Li Chun'en, Jin Yong, Cai Lan, and Ni Kuang, traveled to Japan in 1991, and the picture comes from the Internet
In addition, Cai Lan also wrote that although they had known each other for many years, they later learned by chance that the other party was the lovely friend of the owner of the loan shark company, "Adulterous Tang";
Mr. Ding Xiongquan, a famous painter who wrote about his lifelong wandering skeleton, huge style and high artistic attainment, but was willing to teach him the skills of color use;
▲ The works of Mainland painter Mr. Ding Xiongquan, the picture comes from the Internet
Writing that in order to make delicious private dishes, he did not hesitate to run to the mainland to select chickens, return home and then stew the chicken solidly for a night, it seems that life is exquisite and comfortable, but initially he made a fortune by picking up garbage with his wife...
Friends are all different, but everyone has a story, and each is a legend. Just by reading from a book, you can also understand a lot of life wisdom.
The ancients said that looking at his friends and knowing him as a person, from this point of view, Cai Lan can also be called a legend.
This is not a dry goods book that can teach readers to quickly get a certain thing, nor does it have the practical effect of successfully studying books for promotion and salary increases; if the status of the thesis and academic achievements, it seems that it cannot be talked about.
But it is a life guide that allows you to take a broader view and have a more ambitious mindset after a smile.
May each of us have fun and have fun on this one-way trip in life!
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Bibliography published information
Title: "I Decided to Live a Fun Life"
Author: Cai Lan
Publisher: Beijing Times Chinese Literature Bureau
Publication date: June 2017, 1st edition
Read the version
Excerpt 1 Article "True Old Friends Are The Touch of a Lifetime"
Brother Ni Kuang laughed: "The words of two kinds of people in the world cannot be listened to, one is the doctor's, the other is the wife's." ”
"Without a doctor and a wife, life is not good." Mrs. Dong fought back.
"Let it be said that to live freely, the words of those two kinds of people cannot be heard; to live in health and happiness, the words of both kinds of people must be listened to. My emphasis is on health and well-being. Don't listen to the doctor, don't get health, don't listen to the wife? Hum! Women nagged and absolutely did not get comfort. ”
When Ni Kuang said this, the men in the seat applauded in agreement.
Excerpt 2 Article "Gu Long, Sanmao and Ni Kuang"
Once, all three of us (Gu Long, Ni Kuang, and Cai Lan) were in Taipei, going to Gu Long's house to chat, and the other one here was the novelist Sanmao.
That night, Sanmao was wearing shoulderless clothes, snow white skin, ni Kuang and Gu Long couldn't help but look at it, secretly ran behind her, one two three, two bites on the left and right shoulders together.
The cute Sanmao was not angry, haha laughed.
It was Gu Long's most glorious days, he supervised the production of movies, and the TV series kept writing. Living in a mansion, Ma Zai has several leanings, and Gu Long is like a leader of the underworld.
He was short and fat, with a particularly large head, as big as Ni Kuang's brother's one and a half, with a small mustache and a little bald hair.
"I like Yankees, and I invited one in that recent play, and it's so beautiful." Gu Long said.
"There's never a foreign woman in your novel." Sanmao asked, "How did it appear in the movie?" ”
"Anyway, I came up with it, and it doesn't matter if I have more." Gu Long smiled, "Who dares not add to me?" ”
……
The topic returned to Sanmao and Gulong.
"Sanmao and I went to Taichung to give a speech, and there were seven or eight thousand readers, and Sanmao was really popular, and there were several professors of comparative literature that day, and when everyone introduced themselves, they all said that they graduated from so-and-so university. When it was my turn, I could only stutter and say that I was just an elementary school graduate. Sanmao was very kind to me, and she said to the audience: 'I haven't even graduated from elementary school.' Brother Ni Kuang fell into memory.
▲ Writer Sanmao, picture from the Internet
Excerpt 3 Article "Adulterers are also cute to the extreme"
At this time, his friend Lao Xu also came, and after hearing Lin Dayang's words, he said: "To deal with this situation, it is best to ask him to go to the adulterous Tang." ”
"You're talking about Brother Tang?" I was surprised, "How did he have this nickname?" ”
"Turns out you don't know what the adulterer Tang is for?" Old Xu said, "Everyone knows that they have to find someone to let go of gaoli, and the one who can put it most happily is the adulterous tang." ”
Ah, I really can't imagine that Brother Tang is a loan shark, and his image does not match the person who puts usury at all.
At twelve o'clock, the wall clock rang, and Brother Tang walked in.
To show that I already knew about his profession, Xiang Tang said, "My friend's friend wants to borrow money." ”
"You must not borrow money from people!" Brother Tang said with a righteous spirit, "Those who let go of the high profits are all traitors!" ”
"What do you mean by that?" I asked.
"Asking people to borrow money, they can't ask for it in the morning, that kind of person who sleeps until eleven or twelve o'clock and gets up, goes to tea first, and doesn't go to the finance company until 3 p.m., and can't find him on Saturday!" Brother Tang scolded, "However, if your friends really want to borrow, they have to find this kind of person, you cultural people must not lend money to others, you don't know how to take it back!" Adulterers naturally have ways to rape people! ”
"Some adulterers are also very good at drinking Pu'er, don't you think?" I smiled and asked him.
Brother Tang took the lead: "Yes, some adulterers, quite like to drink Pu'er." ”
It was so cute that I walked over and hugged the adulterous tang.
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Quotes from Cai Lan
Living, eating and drinking is also a kind of respect for life.
Genius must be there, but luck is still the most important thing for success.
Basic training, always rigid, all basics are not the same is interesting. When you are mature, there will be changes.
Everything is learning. Fine, that is, experts, writing articles about ancient and modern pillows, is also a pleasure.
A moment of brilliance is better than a lifetime of mediocrity. Face it bravely, and die with dignity; die beautifully.
I am long retired and have learned to retire since I was very young. I have always felt that there is not enough time, I can only do something for a certain period of time, when to start, when to end, follow the fate.
You always have to live, and you have to live without complaining, and it is better not to complain than to live without complaining. There are too many complaints, and people are getting old.
I think that those who can get ahead must have the experience of asceticism when they are young, and what they get can be cherished, and they can enjoy life more.
Until now, I know that what I thought was my favorite thing was the one I disliked the least. I've done something wrong in my life that took me forty years to know it was wrong, and now I'm starting to do what I really like.
Improve the quality of life, live happier and happier today than yesterday, and be happier and happier tomorrow than today, that's all, this is the meaning of life, the true meaning of living.
Supplement: Illustration in this article by Su Meilu
Living on a small island in Scotland, she has illustrated Time magazine and Cathay Pacific Magazine, and she has also painted many English editions of children's books, which is highly respected in the international publishing world.
His work was named one of the top ten picture books of the 2008 new York Review of Books.
▲ Su Meilu, the author of the inner page illustration of Cai Lan's book, comes from the Internet
References: "I decided to live interesting" by Cai Lan, Beijing Times Chinese Literature Bureau; "Tonight Without Defense" Baidu Encyclopedia; Cai Lan, Baidu Encyclopedia; Ni Kuang, Baidu Encyclopedia; Huang Xia, Baidu Encyclopedia.
The pictures in the text come from the Internet
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