Chen Baoguo angrily fell 90,000 salaries! Guo Baochang's "Mansion Gate" secret past: was once intimidated by the underworld

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Baoye, who filmed the TV series "The Gate of the Mansion", is gone.

Guo Baochang, an 83-year-old director, was originally scheduled to hold a press conference for his novel "The Gate of the Mansion" in Beijing on October 21, but things are unpredictable.

Guo Baochang's death, the entire literary and art circles were grieved, Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige, Chen Baoguo and others have publicly recalled and remembered.

Zhang Yimou mentioned gratitude and recalled: Mr. Guo Baochang has gone all the way, and there is still a big mansion door in heaven...

Chen Kaige personally wrote a handwritten eulogy, writing: Baoye's bloodline is linked to Beijing, which is why he made such a classic work as "The Gate of the Great Mansion", and Beijing remembered Baochang's name because of this.

Chen Baoguo used "greatness" and "immortality" to deeply mourn Guo Baochang——

"Shocked to hear that Mr. Baochang has passed away! Grief! Mr. Baochang had a bright life. He is my most revered mentor. Great contemporary writers, directors, actors. Mr. Baochang is immortal! The gate of the mansion is eternal! ”

In the Beijing circle, those who can be honored as "Ye" are not only the embodiment of status, but also the person admired by everyone.

"Baoye" Guo Baochang is such a "grandfather": he is righteous and sincere, and has also supported leading figures of China's fifth generation of directors such as Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige.

Guo Baochang's life is closely linked to "The Gate of the Mansion", and for his "The Gate of the Mansion", he has worked hard all his life to achieve a classic conscience drama, which can be written into the history of Chinese TV dramas.

He wrote several times, destroyed several times, and did not finish writing the play "The Gate of the Great Mansion" based on his real experience and family story for most of his life until he was in his fifties.

After that, he made the script into a TV series "The Gate of the Mansion", starring Siqin Gaova, Chen Baoguo, Liu Peiqi, He Saifei and others, as well as Jiang Wenli, Zhang Fengyi, Jia Ni, Zhang Yimou, Jiang Wen, Li Xuejian, Ru Ping, Li Hongtao, Bi Yanjun, Lei Kesheng and other powerful stars participated.

"The Gate of the Mansion" tells the history of the rise and fall of the century-old "Hundred Herb Hall" medicine shop and the three generations of the medicine family Baifu, presenting the magnificent historical trajectory of modern China, known as the "modern version of "Dream of Red Mansions". Guo Baochang later said that the script was three points false and seven true, and he still had a lot of stories to write.

This TV series broadcast on CCTV in 2001 became popular after it was broadcast, becoming the CCTV ratings champion of that year, and it is still a super high-scoring classic drama with a score of 9.4 points on Douban, but what is more difficult is the release of this drama, which is extremely difficult.

How hard is it?

Although "The Gate of the Mansion" was broadcast on CCTV in 2001, it actually began filming in 1995, but it was stopped after only 3 episodes at that time.

Why stop shooting?

Because the investor wanted to change the script, otherwise he would change the director, and many years later, Guo Baochang recalled the scene at that time and said-

Chen Baoguo, who played the actor Bai Jingqi, resolutely took out the 90,000 yuan salary, slapped it directly on the table, and said, "Sorry, as long as this play is not directed by Guo Baochang, I will not participate."

Chen Guobao on the side listened to Guo Baochang's words, nodded silently, and later, Chen Baoguo said the reason why he did this——

"He (Guo Baochang) spent 40 years to write such a great work, and the men have to do things righteously!"

At that time, how righteous was Chen Baoguo?

In order to be able to join the group immediately during the remake of "The Gate of the Mansion", he has been waiting for Guo Baochang's "The Gate of the Mansion", has not received a new play for three years, and sold the house to support his family when he was the poorest.

Can't change the director, the actor also strikes, as a result, the investor withdraws.

Guo Baochang looked for another 3 years of investment, it was too difficult.

Because the original investor withdrew its investment, resulting in the break of the crew's capital chain, in the 90s of last century, Guo Baochang was saddled with a huge debt of 3 million, not only the court intervened, but even provoked the underworld at that time and was intimidated.

Guo Baochang said that at that time, he was very helpless and very helpless, and he did not know what the result of "The Gate of the Mansion" would be.

It was not until 3 years later that Guo Baochang finally waited for cooperation with CCTV.

According to the recollection of CCTV producer Yu Shengli, on the day of the establishment of the group, director Guo Baochang held the microphone and couldn't speak, choked for more than a minute, and finally wiped his tears and said, "If "The Gate of the Mansion" is not filmed, I will not die blind."

If it weren't for the final filming of "The Gate of the Mansion", these secret past stories would never have the opportunity to be known.

Because of his dedication to "The Gate of the Mansion", the good people in the circle, including Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige, Jiang Wen, Li Xuejian and others, rarely made cameos in this play, and would rather give him a trick.

At that time, Zhang Yimou specially took time to buy his own ticket and flew to the crew, shaved his head to play the great eunuch Li Lianying, and Chen Kaige made a cameo appearance as an official.

Jiang Wenlai also wanted to play the male protagonist Bai Jingqi, and later remade, he made a cameo appearance as a lion with a big mouth open Futai adult, and he asked for 200,000 taels of silver when he opened his mouth.

and Chen Baoguo's rival scene in the play, the two are really masters, you come and go, and each other's acting skills.

In addition to the twists and turns before filming, there were still many twists and turns when filmed again later, but it was nothing compared to being able to shoot "The Gate of the Mansion" in the end.

A lifetime of achievement of "The Gate of the Mansion", the hardships behind it can not be finished in three words, no wonder Chen Baoguo used "great" and "immortal" to describe Guo Baochang and "The Gate of the Mansion".

Baoye is a real artist, if you have not seen "The Gate of the Mansion", it is highly recommended to watch it, and if you have seen it, it is recommended that you can watch it again and again when you have time.

A good work achieved with a lifetime of hard work can withstand the waves of time.