In 1986, Zhang Yimou spent 800 yuan to buy the film rights of "Red Sorghum", which was originally scheduled to be played by Shi Ke of "Fat Buttocks", Gong Li also wanted to fight, Zhang Yimou let her come to the hotel to audition.
This time, Zhang Yimou was moved, and he asked Gu Changwei: Do you think which of them has an advantage? Gu Changwei honestly replied: Of course, Gong Li has more flavor.
Because of this sentence, it changed the fate of Shi Ke and Gong Li.
Gong Li, who was just twenty-one years old at the time, became popular because of "Nine Children". Won the first Golden Bear Award of her acting career.
However, Shi Ke missed "Red Sorghum" and did not become popular for a long time after that. I have been shooting some supporting roles, and even sometimes as a dragon set actor.
Zhang Yimou is the eldest in the family, and he also has two younger brothers. Zhang Yimou's father and mother were both public officials, and at that time, they were considered to be well-off.
It's just that both younger brothers have some physical disabilities. The parents pinned their hopes on Zhang Yimou.
At that time, Zhang Yimou had always been very inferior because of his birth problems. Fortunately, when he was in junior high school, he met a female classmate Xiao Hua who fell in love with him.
This Xiao Hua played a great role in Zhang Yimou's life.
She not only accompanied Zhang Yimou to the countryside together, but also took the initiative to take care of Zhang Yimou, washing, cooking and doing everything well.
In order to improve Zhang Yimou's food, she used the 10 yuan her parents gave her every month to buy Zhang Yimou good food and supplement nutrition.
Zhang Yimou wanted to apply for the Beijing Film Academy at the age of 28, but his age was too much.
It was Xiao Hua who used his brother's connections, and it was also because of Zhang Yimou's own photography talent that the Beijing Film Academy admitted him out of the box.
After Zhang Yimou graduated, he originally worked as a cinematographer in a film studio, because "Old Well" lacked actors, he played as a substitute actor, but he did not expect that his luck was so good that he won three film emperor awards with this movie.
He already liked photography, but he chose to be a director.
His first film was Red Sorghum. In order to make a popular movie, he also worked hard to find a suitable novel.
Less than four months after Mo Yan published "Red Sorghum", he was caught by Zhang Yimou.
Zhang Yimou first called Mo Yan: "I want to buy the copyright of your "Red Sorghum" and make it into a movie, what do you think?" ”
He was originally quite weak-minded, afraid that he would be lonely and nameless, and mo Yan, a great writer, would not agree.
In fact, he thought too much, and Mo Yan was not famous at that time. I was also very happy to hear that someone wanted to buy the copyright of their own novel and make it into a movie.
So Zhang Yimou took a long-distance bus from Beijing to Shandong to find Mo Yan. Also because the shoelaces were broken, I lifted a shoe and wore a shoe, and some of them found Mo Yan.
The two talked about "Red Sorghum", and finally Zhang Yimou bought the copyright to Mo Yan's novel for 800 yuan.
Mo Yan said: "I am very happy to get 800 yuan, and I immediately feel that I am a rich man." "Because at that time, 800 yuan was his salary for several months!"
After Zhang Yimou bought the copyright, he invited Mo Yan to be a screenwriter. Invited Gu Changwei to be a photographer, and invited Jiang Wen to play the male protagonist "My Grandfather".
The heroine "My Grandmother", but has not been settled.
In the Chinese opera, when they auditioned for the audition, they found that the thick eyebrows and big eyes at that time, quite fashionable Shi Ke was very much in line with the image of "Jiu'er" and "fat buttocks". It was decided to enable Shi Ke.
Shi Ke was also one of the five golden flowers of the Chinese opera at that time, the acting profession was very good, and often filmed advertisements, and had money to feed himself.
Just when Zhang Yimou basically set Shi Ke. The school called and recommended Gong Li, who missed the audition because she went out to shoot an advertisement.
After Gong Li learned that Zhang Yimou agreed to her audition, she went to Zhang Yimou's hotel to audition non-stop.
Zhang Yimou also called Gu Changwei to shoot Gong Li. As a result, Gong Li, who is also in a bumpy figure, is more expressive of the "Jiu'er" who coils his hair up, and the image is closer to the "Jiu'er" than Shi Ke, with a melon face, a high forehead, and big talking eyes, which is simply perfect.
Zhang Yimou felt that both Shi Ke and Gong Li met the standards, and for a while, the chess pieces were uncertain. He repeatedly compared the photos of the two men, and the auditions of the two were small samples, but there was still no final conclusion.
So he asked Gu Changwei, "Which of the two of them do you think is more suitable?" ”
Gu Changwei pondered for a long time: "Gong Li has more taste!" ”
So Zhang Yimou finally finalized the "more flavorful" Gong Li to play "Jiu'er"!
Shi Ke lost his hand with "Red Sorghum". Many years after that were tepid.
Gong Li seized the opportunity, and just the first film became a hit and became popular all over the country.
Gong Li also gained love with Zhang Yimou. Zhang Yimou is really in love with Gong Li and resolutely divorces his wife Xiao Hua.
However, it is also a creation of people, 8 years later, the two for various reasons, but also go their separate ways.
Zhang Yimou married Chen Ting, 31 years younger, many years later, and now the family of 5 is happy and happy.
Gong Li experienced two marriages. After the end of her first marriage, she married Jean Michel Jarre, a world-renowned performer, composer, and master of electronic music.
Her husband in his 70s is very fond of Gong Li. The only regret is that Gong Li still has no children of her own.
After ending his first marriage, Scott also married his foreign husband, Christian, who is said to be a financial analyst.
Today, Shi Ke has two handsome mixed-race sons, and the family of four is happy. Shi Ke's career has also been successful, making people slowly familiar.
Shi Ke and Gong Li, who is happier? This seems to be something that only the parties concerned can appreciate.
Personally, I think that with a child, Shi Ke may be happier as a mother.