"For the sake of victory, fire at me", when the hero Wang Cheng pulled open the explosive canister and rushed to the enemy group to die with them, he shouted with anger in his eyes, shaking the Chinese generation after generation.
Hero Wang Cheng
And Wang Cheng, who has also become the most memorable hero of Chinese cinema, if he counts second, no one dares to call him first.
In 1964, the film "Heroes and Children" produced by Changchun Film Studio, which was released for nearly 60 years, is still a classic that the Chinese people cannot forget, and it was adapted from Ba Jin's short story "Reunion".
The prototype of the hero Wang Cheng is Zhao Xianyou, a special meritorious martyr of the Volunteer Army. He led more than thirty volunteer soldiers to annihilate 562 M troops in three days and three nights, and finally held his position. His body was buried with Huang Jiguang and Yang Gensi in the Shenyang Martyrs Cemetery.
Zhao Xian has a statue
Choosing who to play this special hero, the leader of the long shadow can be difficult, they believe that the hero Wang Cheng must be played by a burly, majestic and upright actor.
But director Wu Zhaodi does not think so, he believes that heroes are basically ordinary warriors, if you simply pursue the image of Gao Daquan, although the appearance is pleasing, it is not vivid, and it cannot catch the audience's heart.
When he saw the diminutive Liu Shilong, the director's eyes lit up, and he seemed to see Wang Cheng.
"Do you have the confidence to play the hero Wang Cheng?" Director Wu asked Liu Shilong.
Liu Shilong thought for a moment and replied seriously: "I am not a hero, but I will work hard to play a good soldier of Chairman Mao."
After thinking about it for a moment, he continued:
"Director, please rest assured, I don't argue about steamed buns."
Wang Cheng in "Heroes and Children"
Liu Shilong was born in 1930 in a revolutionary family, his father Liu Zongjin was a small intellectual, after the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japan, he resolutely threw himself into the pen, joined the guerrilla group and served as a captain, his mother served as the president of the Women's Rescue Association, and his sister Liu Zizhen was also a guerrilla.
When his whole family was in a revolution and left unattended, he was sent to the army by his father at the age of 9, and because he was too young, he was sent to the joint school by the army to study and concurrently served as the chief's service soldier.
In his 12-year military career, he participated in countless battles, so he was also wounded and meritorious, and at the age of 16 he joined the party in the line of fire on the battlefield, he could write and fight, he could not only kill the enemy, but also sing and dance and know musical scores, and later gradually became the leader of the Erye 48th Division's Cultural and Labor Regiment.
Later, he was sent to the Southwest People's Drama School to study, and after liberation, he and Pang Xueqin and others became the first batch of trainees recruited by the Performance Research Institute of the Central Film Bureau (the predecessor of the Beijing Film School), and he, who was born in the military, wrote in the graduation assignment:
"We must strive to create the image of a soldier."
Liu Shilong's military experience attracted the attention of director Wu Zhaodi, who tried his best to defy public opinion and insisted that Liu Shilong play the combat hero who did not appear much in the film, but affected the whole film.
Hero Wang Cheng
And Liu Shilong also cherished this opportunity, although he stayed in the army since he was a child, in order to better penetrate the role. He still packed up his backpack and returned to his original company, from standing guard, sentry, bomb dropping, assassination, and other items, to participating in training without missing a beat, and stayed in the company for more than three months.
When filming the scene where Wang Cheng rushed through the gunfire and smoke, the photography team arranged 108 explosive points, and when the official shooting was made, the wind direction suddenly did not follow the plan, and all of them burned towards Liu Shilong.
His eyebrows burned out, his sideburns burned away, a few large bubbles in his arms made him in pain unbearable, he was in the fire, his eyes were even more choked open, he wanted the director to shout stop, think about it: "Film is very expensive, shouting 'stop' the economy will suffer losses, I can't shout, I want to learn from the hero, anyway, I can't burn myself." ”
Liu Shilong endured the pain, personally experienced the taste of "hero", and did not do it again and again, and after the makeup artist glued his eyebrows, he rushed to the sea of fire again and again.
Wang Cheng in the movie "Heroes and Children"
After gritting his teeth to shoot this scene, Liu Shilong's whole body and arms had countless blisters, and he was silent, and he applied some red potion himself.
And the hero Wang Cheng, under the interpretation of Liu Shilong, has become the most classic hero image, which is still unforgettable.
In 1960, Liu Shilong, who has always been willing to be a green leaf, starred in the movie "Hongyan" for the first time, playing Li Yunfei, a village postman like Lei Feng, who sent letters to the sparsely populated Changbai Mountain for ten years, in order to truly reproduce the difficult scenes, the crew took the rugged mountain road where no one walked.
In order to highlight the difficulty of Li Yunfei delivering mail in the vast snowy field, the crew filmed in the cold of more than 20 degrees below zero.
At that time, there was no stuntman, in order to reproduce it realistically, Liu Shilong jumped down from a 9-meter-high cliff and was seriously injured at the waist, but he endured severe pain, did not tell anyone, and persisted until the end of the scene.
Stills from "Wild Goose"
In 1959, various localities set off a wave of gifts to the tenth anniversary of the National Day. Guangxi's opera "Song Xian Liu Sanjie" was very popular with the locals and attracted the attention of the famous lyricist Qiao Yu, who sought cooperation from changchun film studios, and the leader of Changying sent director Suri to Guangxi with him to write a script.
At that time, the newly established Guangxi Film Studio intended to put Liu Sanjie on the screen, and it happened to be a hit with the Changchun Film Studio, and decided to co-produce "Liu Sanjie" between the two film studios.
Movie "Liu Sanjie"
After several rounds of selection, Liu Sanjie's actor initially set 4 candidates, while Fu Jinhua of the Guangxi Color Tune Troupe was particularly prominent because of his excellent singing and acting, and Ah Niu Ge was also played by actors selected by the Guangxi factory.
But director Suri believes that the success of this film has a lot to do with the female lead. He felt that although Fu Jinhua's singing voice was sweet, his mouth was a little big when singing, and his image was not perfect.
Huang Wanqiu, who was 16 years old at the time, although she looked beautiful, was too young and had no film performance experience, and I was afraid that she would not be able to play the role of Liu Sanjie.
Left: Fu Jinhua, right: Huang Wanqiu
Suri couldn't make up his mind, so he sent samples of the four candidates to Beijing and asked the leaders for advice. Tian Han, who was the director of the Arts Bureau at the time, recommended Huang Wanqiu from Guilin to play Liu Sanjie.
Huang Wanqiu, who auditioned with makeup, has a beautiful image that conquers all people, but she plays with the originally chosen Brother Niu, which seems out of place.
Director Suri decided to cater to Huang Wanqiu and re-select the actor who played Ah Niu, the film takes place in Guangxi, and most of the scenes are related to water. Ah Niu has a lot of boating, swimming, and even going into the water to catch fish, and it is necessary to choose an actor with good water characteristics to play.
At that time, there were few male actors who could swim in the long film studio, and Liu Shilong, who had good water properties, was notified of the audition in the factory.
Brother ANiu in "Liu Sanjie"
He thought that Liu Sanjie was a model worker, until when trying on clothes, Liu Shilong was a bit dumbfounded.
He asked the makeup artist, "How is it a costume play?" Isn't Liu Sanjie a model worker? ”
The makeup artist was also humorous and told him: "Liu Sanjie is a model in ancient times, not a model in the present."
And Liu Sanjie's actor Huang Wanqiu, the first time to make a movie, can not find the character feeling, do not know how to shape the character, was scolded by the director for being too stupid, so the warm-hearted Liu Shilong became her acting instructor.
He told Huang Wanqiu that there is no need to memorize large lines, the movie is shot one shot at a time, the lines are too dead to remember, the image is also stereotyped, not as good as the scene temporary play, but there is a new meaning.
Brother Ah Niu and Liu Sanjie
Director Suri, who was a pioneer, was accidentally burned when carrying boiling water, the movement was very inconvenient, and Liu Shilong, who was not afraid of hardship, not only had to teach Huang Wanqiu to act, but also became the director Suri's messenger and executor of the shooting scene.
At that time, it was three years of natural disasters, everyone could not eat enough, Suri saw that Liu Shilong was very hard, quietly sent a sweet potato to him, reluctant to eat Liu Shilong, divided the sweet potato into four parts, and sent it to the lowest level of the scene to fill the hunger.
There are many mosquitoes in Guangxi, and Liu Shilong, who has a bad memory, is afraid of forgetting words on the spot, which not only wastes film, but also affects the progress of filming.
Every night, he tore the content he was going to shoot the next day from the script, pasted it on top of the mosquito net, flashlighted it, and read it repeatedly.
He said: "I am a stupid bird to fly first, I can't delay everyone's time on the set, and I can't waste film." ”
His life-like performance portrays Ah Niu's loyal and kind character, as the green leaves in the film, the sense of proportion is properly grasped, setting off the wit and perfection of the protagonist Liu Sanjie.
Brother Aniu
After the release of "Liu Sanjie", it caused a huge sensation and was called a three-beauty masterpiece of "human beauty, song beauty, and jingmei".
The film has not only conquered mainland audiences, but also achieved success in Hong Kong, Macao and Southeast Asia where there are Chinese.
"Guilin Landscape Jia Tianxia", with the popularity of Liu Sanjie to become famous at home and abroad, her actor Huang Wanqiu, overnight red and purple, Liu Sanjie's success, can not be separated from Liu Shilong's help, and Liu Shilong also became famous for playing Brother Ah Niu.
Liu Shilong's first wife, Lu Min, was three years younger than Liu Shilong, and her father, Lu Shen, was an old revolutionary.
The two were classmates of the Central Film Bureau's Acting Research Institute, and in 1954 they were assigned to Changying as actors, and after marriage, they had a son, Liu Xiaolong.
Wang Shilong and his first wife, Lu Min
Lu Min has starred in films such as "Shangrao Concentration Camp", "The Fire is Red", "Satisfied or Dissatisfied" and so on. Because the two are actors, often go to all parts of the country to shoot dramas, long-term busy, time together is not much, long time, feelings gradually estrangement, and finally lead to divorce.
In the filming of "Liu Sanjie", Liu Shilong likes Huang Wanqiu, this beautiful and gentle little sister; Huang Wanqiu also likes this handsome and good big brother.
However, Liu Shilong thought that he had divorced and brought his son, she was 13 years older than her, she was in Guangxi, she was in Changchun, and the two places were too far apart, making this relationship seem unrealistic.
Stills from "Liu Sanjie"
In that era when his feelings were not exposed, he could only hide his love for Huang Wanqiu deeply in his heart.
Director Suri saw his thoughts and encouraged him to confess to Huang Wanqiu, but all kinds of concerns made him always stop moving, so Suri scolded him: "The happiness in hand has flown away."
Liang Yin, Liu Shilong and Huang Wanqiu
During the filming, Liang Yin, who played Liu Sanjie's brother, was the same long film actor as Liu Shilong, and the two were also good friends, and when chatting together, Liang Yin often confided in him about the troubles of the family.
Liang Yin's family of three generations, with a large population, has been crammed into a small two-bedroom apartment for many years, and has not been solved many times to the factory.
Liang Yin, left as the brother of "Liu Sanjie", right as Yang Platoon Leader in "Visitor on the Iceberg"
Hearing the distress of his friends, Liu Shilong thought to himself, my family population is smaller than his, but living in a three-bedroom apartment, it is better to directly exchange housing with Liang Yin, which can solve his family's difficulties and reduce the burden in the factory.
In 1963, Liu Shilong finished filming "Independence Brigade" in Tianjin, and his friend wanted to pursue the Mongolian dancer Mang Shuangying, so he asked Liu Shilong to bring her a letter and three pounds of peanuts and rice.
At that time, the Jilin Provincial Song and Dance Troupe where Mang Shuangying worked was not far from the Changchun Film Studio.
Who expected, the moment she met Liu Shilong, Mang Shuangying fell in love with him at a glance, and she also learned about Liu Shilong's heroic deeds from the mouths of her colleagues.
"Mom Wants Me to Get Married" promotional photo
In 1956, when Liu Shilong was filming "Mother Wants Me to Marry" in Changli, Hebei Province, when the film projectionist Yang Yuanji went down to the river to take a bath, he was accidentally washed away by the turbulent water, and the people next to him were frightened and did not dare to go into the water to save people.
At the moment of the first attack, Liu Shilong, who was passing by, risked his life and jumped into the rapids, saving Yang Yuanji, who was in a coma.
Subsequently, he gave Yang Yuanji artificial respiration until the other party woke up.
Liu Shilong in "Mother Wants Me to Marry"
Knowing that Liu Shilong was divorced and unmarried, Mang Shuangying decided that Liu Shilong did not marry, but instead took the initiative to pursue him.
However, Liu Shilong felt that the two were not suitable, he had divorced, with a son, 9 years older than her, and his salary was one level lower than her, how Nai, Mang Shuangying did not care about these at all, he was very good to Liu Shilong and the sons born to his ex-wife.
In 1966, the two married, after marriage Mang Shuangying gave birth to two sons, Mang Shuangying is a good woman who cares for the family, and regards Liu Xiaolong born to his ex-wife as his own, she and Liu Shilong Qinser and Ming, husband and wife are very loving.
Liu Shilong and his second wife, Mang Shuangying
Liu Shilong in life is a very upright person, he will not be inflammatory, and he is also very loving and supportive of future actors.
In 1972, Changying recruited students in Harbin, and Liu Shilong, as the chief examiner, was very optimistic about Chi Zhiqiang, who graduated from junior high school, and thought that his personal image was outstanding and he had certain acting talents, so he was admitted by force.
The first on the right is a group photo of Chi Zhiqiang and Chen Chong and others
Chi Zhiqiang has had outstanding performances in movies such as "Xizhao Street", "Small Characters", "Entrepreneurship" and so on, and quickly became a popular student.
When he became famous at a young age, his career gradually entered a better state, but he did not expect that because of the "crime of flowing M", he became the talk of people after tea and dinner, and he was also imprisoned.
Almost overnight, Chi Zhiqiang went from being a popular actor to becoming a prisoner of the order, and his life also fell to the bottom.
Chi Zhiqiang
Chi Zhiqiang in prison once wanted to end his life.
After learning of the situation, Liu Shilong, a servant of the wind and dust, came to visit him in prison, and the two of them separated the table, and Liu Shilong said: "I do not represent myself, I represent the factory to see you."
Hearing the teacher say this, Chi Zhiqiang was crying loudly, and the long shadow was the place where his dream first arose, but he was now a prisoner in prison, and the future was probably out of touch with it.
Although Liu Shilong hated this student who had been recruited by the public opinion, he was not angry and ruined his great future.
However, looking at Chi Zhiqiang, who looked frustrated, his heart softened, and he had to comfort him: "Don't be discouraged, don't lose confidence, as long as you are at ease to reform and change the past, there will still be a future in the future."
The two met for more than an hour, twice as long as agreed, and it was this conversation that made Chi Zhiqiang have the hope of life and the direction of future development.
In prison, Chi Zhiqiang created classic songs such as "Tears in the Iron Window" based on his personal experience, in order to wake up the world, and the "Tears of Remorse" album launched after his release from prison was even more sensational.
Tears of Remorse album
However, everyone's life will not go smoothly, and Liu Shilong, who has always been kind to others, has also been ruthlessly hit by fate.
The eldest son Liu Xiaolong in the army training, suffered a car accident resulting in high amputation, and the ex-wife Lu Min committed suicide in 1976, the heavy responsibility of taking care of Liu Xiaolong is all on Liu Shilong's body, many years later, only 36 years old Liu Xiaolong unfortunately died young, poor Liu Shilong, tasted the taste of white haired people sending black haired people.
Liu Shilong
In 1999, Mang Shuangying, who had just turned sixty, felt unwell, and soon after, he was diagnosed with leukemia, although Liu Shilong took good care of his wife, the next year, Mang Shuangying, who was only 61 years old, left him forever.
Liu Shilong, who was too old to be old, suffered many misfortunes in his life, experienced the tragic life of losing his son and wife, which caused his spirit to suffer a huge blow, and finally survived the difficulties under the care and encouragement of his two sons.
In 2002, when Liu Shilong participated in CCTV's 6 sets of "Flowing Golden Years", he mentioned his wife Mang Shuangying, and it was still difficult to hide his sadness and could not help but choke back tears.
This scene was seen by Chang Jiarui in front of the TV. Born in 1964 in Taiyuan, Shanxi, Chang Jiarui married at the age of 23 and had a son with her husband. At the age of 34, her husband died in a car accident on a business trip.
The third wife, Chang Jiarui
Seeing the widow of the idol in her heart, she pitied her with the same fate, she knew the pain of losing her beloved, and her mind began to live, she called the Changchun Film Studio many times, and under the soft and hard bubble, she got the contact number of Liu Shilong's family.
On the phone, she told Liu Shilong that she wanted to be his life partner, and the age difference between the two of them was 34 years old, which made Liu Shilong feel unreliable, so she directly rejected Chang Jiarui's pursuit.
However, Chang Jiarui is unwilling to give up, her father is the same age as Liu Shilong, and also supports his daughter in pursuing Liu Shilong; Sons in middle school also support mom's choice.
Chang Jiarui
Therefore, Chang Jiarui sincerely wrote a long letter to Liu Shilong and attached a photo of himself.
Receiving a reply from Liu Shilong, Chang Jiarui flew to Changchun, like a fan seeing an idol, and gave him a warm hug when he saw Liu Shilong.
In order to fulfill the friendship of the landlord, Liu Shilong then accompanied her to Changbai Mountain, and the relationship between the two quickly warmed up.
The following spring festival, I heard that Liu Shilong was hospitalized due to heart discomfort, and Chang Jiarui rushed from Taiyuan to accompany Liu Shilong, who was sick and hospitalized.
Chang Jiarui and Liu Shilong
In June 2003, 73-year-old Liu Shilong married Chang Jiarui, 39.
Chang Jiarui wrote an article commemorating Mang Shuangying based on Liu Shilong's memories, and her tolerance and generosity made Liu Shilong very moved.
On September 16, 2017, Liu Shilong won the Lifetime Achievement Award of the 31st Chinese Film "Golden Rooster Award". At this time, he was lying on a hospital bed and could not come to the scene in person, so he had to be accepted by his son Liu Xiaoyang.
Liu Shilong lying on a hospital bed
After 11 days, Liu Shilong passed away at the age of 87.
Throughout the life of the old man, from the hero on the battlefield to the hero Wang Cheng, although he has superb acting skills, he is not as good as his true colors, and a trophy cannot cover the beauty left by the hero to the world.
Finally, I wish the hero all the best!
Liu Shilong
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