I thought that after Michelle Yang won the Oscar, there was no movement in your circle that could disturb my heart.
But this weekend, I had a night of madness.
That's right, Zheng Xiuwen won the first Academy Award.
Everyone's cheers were not congratulations to Sammi, but congratulations to the Academy Awards for finally acquaintance.
"Zheng Xiuwen Ten Mentions to the End", this topic has saved the decline in attention of the Academy Awards in recent years, and fulfilled our agreement with her for many years.
Late, but arrived.
The word "late luck" seems to have been accompanied by Zheng Xiuwen.
Every low point in her career is preparing for the next vigorous attack. When you think she's stepping into darkness, she's always shining brightly.
To summarize her career in four words, it is probably a blessing and a curse.
After the Hong Kong and Taiwan closures of the singer's career, the mainland lacked stamina. The film and television career is full of energy, and the awards are running all the way.
But in my opinion, such a character axis from flaws to perfection is even more legendary.
Good opportunities opened up her situation, and silence enriched her path.
The birth of a generation of divas is often inseparable from the word "opportunity".
Sammi's first chance was to insert willows unintentionally at the age of 16.
With the mentality of trying it out, she accompanied her friends to sign up for TVB's rookie singing competition. But when it comes to the competition, it is she who will finally debut all the way.
Talent luck does not fall. Now she is also destined to eat this bowl of rice.
After officially starting her acting career, the word "coincidence" has always been with her.
Sammi's debut coincided with the blossoming of Hong Kong's cultural and entertainment scenes.
The Hong Kong music scene in the 90s is regarded as the last glory of the "Queen of Heaven".
At that time, Faye Wong, Lin Yilian and Ye Qianwen, who were at their peak, were stationed in the list of singers at major award ceremonies, representing the most prosperous atmosphere of Hong Kong entertainment.
And the first among the juniors to emerge and take over the mantle of the Queen of Heaven was also Zheng Xiuwen.
1993 Hong Kong Golden Melody Nomination Scene Cheng Xiuwen (third from right)
At that time, Huaxing's path for Zheng Xiuwen was "the first love of the people", but Zheng Xiuwen was bent on being a maverick singer.
Soon, various disputes arose between the two sides inside and outside the contract, and various malicious rumors about Zheng Xiuwen also dispersed. The entertainment reporter took the opportunity to fall into the well, accusing her of "putting up a stinky shelf" and "being proud before becoming popular" and so on.
Waterloo, whose career as a singer was momentary, gave her a second chance.
Li Jin, the gold medal manager who became popular with Dawn, took a fancy to her independence and ambition and decided to sign a contract with her.
That year, she moved to her new owner, Warner.
And then we all knew. In Warner's debut album "Can't Bear You", she became famous and the limelight was unmatched.
Zheng Xiuwen during the Warner period
The year 95 was too wonderful, when the new blood of the music scene was surging:
Eason Chan and Yang Qianwei fledgled and won the first and third places in the same singing competition; Chen Huilin officially debuted and swept the Newcomer Awards at major award ceremonies; After several twists and turns, Zuer Yung joined Feitu Records, which is now Emperor Entertainment.
The belated explosion made Sammi the leader of the new generation.
Later, "Worthy" entered the mainland market in one fell swoop, becoming the top five golden songs that Zheng Xiuwen must sing at concerts, and the only Chinese song among them.
Fans voted that Zheng Xiuwen must sing golden songs at the concert
More fortunately, the popularity of his singing career gave Zheng Xiuwen the opportunity to dabble in the field of film and television.
In "Flying Tiger Elite", which first appeared on the screen, Sammi, who still carries baby fat, is amorous and beautiful without reservation.
The TVB dramas he participated in such as "Big Head Green-clothed Fighting Zombie" are also childhood classics.
And then the later "100% Feeling" received equally good responses, as well as sequels and remakes.
Sammi, who set foot in a new territory, began to show his selling strength.
And this allowed her to meet the third opportunity in life.
Her most important Bole, To Qifeng.
In 1992, the movie "Death Examiner" broke the Hong Kong box office record, grossing 50 million at the box office.
This allowed the film's director, To Qifeng, to have the confidence to explore his own style and shoot some films with experimental tendencies.
But Du Sir ushered in a box office downturn for many years, and once had no money to pay rent.
At this time, Zheng Xiuwen's commercial transformation power is undoubted, but only the screen masterpiece is missing.
Thus, "Lonely Men and Widows" came out.
To Qifengx Wei Jiahui x Andy Lau x Cheng Xiuwen became a thunder of Hong Kong entertainment.
To some extent, Zheng Xiuwen is Du Qifeng's lucky star.
"Lonely Men and Widows" was the first box office champion in Hong Kong after the millennium, and the following year's original "Skinny Men and Women" won the second place.
This happened in the sunset of the golden age of Hong Kong entertainment.
Andy Lau and Cheng Xiuwen have collaborated 8 times and are one of the most classic CPs in the history of Hong Kong films. So when Sammi received the trophy from Andy Lau, there was a moving feeling of continuing the frontier.
And looking back at Zheng Xiuwen on the screen during the millennium, you seem to be able to glimpse a slice of the urban Hong Kong woman:
In a reinforced forest like Hong Kong, anxiety is as pervasive as air.
And her characters, or obsessive-compulsive paranoia, or fat girls who eat Haisei, there is too much emptiness in the reality of their existence, which can only be filled with mechanical actions.
This reflects the prevailing sentiment throughout East Asian society.
And when such a tasteful Central Hong Kong woman meets true love, it can soothe this anxious era a little.
Zheng Xiuwen's series of commercial films have captured countless audiences and become a unique scenery in the memory of a generation.
She is the diva of our personal choice.
She claims that she is not the kind of person who has acting experience, and many times just relies on feelings.
Perhaps it is this pure energy that allows her to knock on the door of the public so directly and connect with us.
This is not a kind of luck.
The so-called "times make heroes".
Cheng's luck was just in time for Hong Kong Entertainment's final momentum, and it rose from the horizon quite legendarily.
But one second it became the voice of the times, and the next second it lagged behind.
No one would have predicted that the Hong Kong music scene in the new century would take a sharp turn for the worse.
So it was Taiwan Entertainment that undertook to the stage. People's walkmen began to play more melodies of Jay Chou, Jolin Tsai, and Sun Yanzi.
At that time, Cheng Xiuwen was once called "the last diva of the Hong Kong music scene" by the media. Some of the freshmen of the same generation are unable to sell gas and follow, and some cannot leave the Greater Bay Area.
Few people can replicate the luck of her two career lines.
At the beginning of the decline of Hong Kong entertainment, Sammi was actually very good at playing for a while.
Not only is there no shortage of film and television resources, but also famous songs such as "Beauty for Life" and "Eyebrow Dance" have always allowed her to occupy a place in the music industry.
But behind the peak, there are actually many dangers.
The Hong Kong music market has shrunk significantly, and the competitive atmosphere in the industry has also dropped sharply.
Perhaps out of the lion woman's self-esteem, Zheng Xiuwen said that she was most afraid of not getting the first place on the list in those years. The ambition that once helped her rise to Qingyun turned into a self-grasp that eroded her spirit and body.
In 2005, she was overwhelmed by the pain she had accumulated along the way, and Sammi chose to take a break for a while.
This departure is two full years.
Sammi reports suffering from depression
The music career pressed the pause button, and the regret of not being recognized by awards in performances has accumulated year by year.
She has been nominated for the Academy Awards since her first film, until she starred in and even induced depression in "Long Hate Song", and she has been running with her for more than ten years.
Being a "citizen diva" and "business queen" in turn became Sammi's shackles.
In fact, whether a movie has the "phase" that won the award is as critical as the actor's performance.
At the 21st Hong Kong Film Awards, she once dominated three-fifths of the nominations for "Cohabiting Close Friends", "Slim Men and Women" and "Zhong Wuyan". Even she herself began to get nervous, was it really the moment to fold the laurels?
But as we know, she still rubs shoulders with awards.
Don't blame Sammi for not arguing. Compared with their three light comedies, Zhang Aijia and Anita Mui's award-winning works are much more serious and deep after all, and the character arcs are more eye-catching.
Zhang Aijia, who was sealed that year, played the mother of a terminally ill teenager in "The Earth Is Long and Long", and she also experienced the great trauma of her son's kidnapping during filming.
Therefore, in this film, she really reached the realm of human and drama unity.
After Sammi was nominated for the Golden Image several times, he encountered such a difficult opponent.
She has met Zhang Ziyi from "A Generation of Grandmasters", Zhou Xun from "If Love", and Zhou Dongyu from "Young You"...
The most exaggerated was 2001. The other four in the nominations are the most outstanding actors in the circle, and their works are also classics of famous film history.
Sammi, who was caught in it, was somewhat powerless.
And the very few who can perform Hong Kong-style light comedy "classic" style, another diva Yang Qianwei took the first step.
Miriam won the Golden Image with "Chunjiao and Zhiming"
Thus, the first ten halberds of the golden statue have a metaphor with some fatalism.
Just like her often played role, Cheng Xiuwen is destined to be marginalized in the face of awards.
Sammi once said in an interview that she actually felt in her heart that she should run with her.
"Bakugan Week"
She talked about the urban woman Kinki played in "Lonely Man and Widow", saying that she is like herself, thirteen points and neurotic, but because of this, she loves to play this kind of role.
"Bakugan Week"
But this kind of less powerful movie, less dazzling role, from the beginning it is more difficult to be seen by the academy.
To those who shuttle through the streets of Hong Kong "Thirteen Points" to wear the queen laurels, they may still be too heavy.
"Lonely Men and Widows"
It will not be forgotten that To Qifeng, who once gave Sammi an "TMD" to the Academy Award.
The calf guard mentality is clear.
It is also true that Du Sir has always understood Zheng Xiuwen best, and he is also the most able to shoot Zheng Xiuwen.
In addition to those gangster movies that are sealed in film history, he uses as many as seven secular comedies (and non-comedy-style "High Altitude Love II") to embed Cheng Xiuwen into the world where you and I exist.
In everyone's memory, there must be a Sammi who stumbled down the street.
"Blind Detective"
Is Zheng Xiuwen a loss?
On the surface, it is.
But I always feel that these little people who live in second-rate commercial movies and have their own inferior roots are far closer to you and me than Su Lizhen or Gong Er.
"I See a Ghost in My Left Eye"
Maybe you didn't even notice it.
Contemporary youth, verbally hanging "I want to go crazy", "such a beautiful mental state", and even a "ahahah" to express all perceptions.
A few years ago, Zheng Xiuwen has always presented this neurotic urban mood ahead of time.
Moreover, she is the only one in your circle who can taste the fragility, loneliness, and madness of small people.
It was, it is, and it will probably be in the future.
"Skinny Men and Women" BMG: Can it be beautiful for life~
These characters reflect both Cheng and the steaming society.
It's a pity that the "after" character of the queen of the film is originally associated with the temple, and rarely appears in the rivers and lakes.
Zheng Xiuwen is really close to the queen, which is actually accompanied by two variables later.
One, of course, is her transformation in acting.
The melancholic bereaved woman in "The Taste of Peppercorns", the fierce and extreme Black Widow in "Murder in San Jose", and of course, the tough mother who received seven foster children because of the loss of her child in "Flowing Water".
Zheng Xiuwen said that nowadays she is more inclined to choose scripts that "can't see her own shadow".
This symbolizes her pioneering career in acting, and also coincides with the orientation of the jury.
There is starting to have that "phase".
Of course, the second factor also lies in the decline of Hong Kong films after the millennium, and the Sven sweep of the Academy Awards itself.
Whether it is admitted or not, the Academy Awards have reached a point where it is difficult to even get together nominations, and few people care anymore.
Then this year, the award was awarded to the documentary "To the Nineteen-Year-Old Me" suspected of exploiting the parties, paying tribute to Hong Kong entertainment tycoon Zhang Wanting, which caused controversy in Hong Kong.
You can see the sadness of the Academy Awards becoming more and more self-concited.
And it seems that until this situation, they have always regarded themselves as high, and they remembered that there was another Zheng Xiuwen.
That cross-border diva who has been cultivating silently for decades and has long been born into a first-class actor.
There is no need to thank the Academy Awards.
This queen trophy is not only the fulfillment of Zheng Xiuwen, but also the fulfillment of themselves.
It is to return the honor that should have been returned long ago, and it also saves the low reputation.
Sammi herself regretted the running "High Altitude Love II"
Zheng Xiuwen's luck and misfortune finally achieved a consummation in the metaphor of Seon's lost horse.
Ten brushes with glory, she became a figure whose memories will not fade.
In the unsealed era, she is the best at playing us.
I will always love He Lizhu in "I See a Ghost in My Left Eye".
Lazy, greedy for money, tacky, cowardly.
During working hours, I feel the fish and paddle the whole time, and I don't want to make progress.
Even if you are chased and killed by a ghost, you can lie flat on the ground when you are tired.
If you want to kill, you can do whatever you want, anyway, the old lady can't run!
It's just playing me.
Zheng Xiuwen is best presented with this kind of woman with a little problem.
Covered with the smell of eight women and fireworks, he is not surprised by everything, and the only arrangement of life is to waste time.
However, after looking at it for a long time, you can always feel the softness of this kind of ordinary people.
In order to satisfy the female ghost who wants to eat a full meal at the end, she gives her skin-covered flesh to possess her.
In order to save the ghosts who are kind to him, he can run to the funeral home in the middle of the night to find ghosts to help.
The most touching is the monologue in which she shouts her dead husband to the sea at the end.
The ghost told her that the conjuring had to be the opposite.
So she shouted desperate words, but tears almost burst out of her eyes.
Jia Shengfeng, the director of "Flowing Water and Flowers", said that Zheng Xiuwen was selected to star because she has a "hard" temperament.
She is tough and tough.
But at the same time, this toughness is also wrapped in fragility and softness.
Sammi's character is precisely the preciousness of the layman.
Despite the instigation, he raised his head higher than anyone else.
The surface is rotten and obedient, but the deep reason is that she never thinks that fate can do anything to her.
Cheng's story is not a myth of long-termism, nor is it a fable that "hard work must succeed".
On the contrary, she tells us that not being recognized is the norm, and that good luck can be mixed with an equal amount of bad luck.
But the little people have the excitement of the little people, and you always have the wrist to fight back against fate.
The most important ones are:
We need not be afraid to stumble and live passionately.