In 2006, Feng Xiaogang prepared a war blockbuster film, benchmarking the United States' "Saving Private Ryan".
The film gathered Zhang Hanyu, Liao Fan, Wang Baoqiang, Hu Jun, Ren Quan, Deng Chao and many other powerful male stars.
Hollywood classic war movie "Saving Private Ryan"
That year, Feng Xiaogang was full of spirits.
He did not know that fifteen years later, he would be trapped by capital, gamble unsuccessfully, and did not expect that a sister from Xiangyang, Hubei Province, who learned cross-talk, would beat his own lifelong box office when he made a movie.
At that time, Feng Xiaogang, arrogance was synonymous with him.
Feng Xiaogang
The film he was working on was called The Gathering. Before that, Feng Xiaogang's success was because he focused on the lives of small people, after the explosion of "Mobile Phone", "Big Shot", "No Thief in the World", he began to consider a higher level of spiritual realm, Feng Xiaogang made the discredited "Night Feast", and then, he was ambitious to challenge the war film.
Poster of "The Gathering Number"
"The Gathering" is an attempt to not only be satisfied with telling the story of small people, but also to illustrate something with the fate of an individual.
Behind the scenes of "The Gathering", there are changes in the times, there are also enemies, there are righteous and angry, and there are also salaries drawn from the bottom of the pot.
It also contains the beginning of a decade of feud.
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In 1998, Huayi Brothers officially entered the film industry and invested in Feng Xiaogang's film "Endless", which was officially released on December 15, 1999, refreshing the box office records of domestic films and imported films released that year.
A year back, Feng Xiaogang made "Party A and Party B", which won 30 million box office in that era when the movie ticket was two yuan a piece, becoming the first Chinese New Year film in the history of Chinese cinema.
Stills from "Party A and Party B"
This play Feng Xiaogang personally received 1.17 million, equivalent to a 300-square-meter flat floor in Beijing's Chaoyang District.
Also in 1998, a 19-year-old handsome boy went from Nanchang, Jiangxi to Beijing to study, chewing gum and entering the examination room, his name was Deng Chao.
Deng Chao
At that time, the commercial film director Feng Xiaogang was a box office myth in the industry, deng Chao was a school bully in the acting department on campus, and was regarded as the best student after Jiang Wen in the Chinese opera, "One day it will be cooperative!" He thought.
In 2002, Deng Chao starred in "Young Heavenly Son", which became a hit, and his superb acting skills impressed thousands of audiences and also amazed a group of people in the industry.
Among them is Liu Heng, the screenwriter of "Young Tianzi", who is known as "China's first screenwriter". Zhang Yimou's award-winning work "Qiu Ju Fights a Lawsuit" is also written by Liu Heng, who is very optimistic about Deng Chao.
Famous screenwriter Liu Heng
Four years later, Feng Xiaogang prepared "The Gathering Number" and invited Liu Heng to be the screenwriter. In the role of Zhao Erdou, the second male in the play, Feng Xiaogang originally intended to star in Huang Xiaoming.
Deng Chao played Zhao Erdou in "The Gathering"
That year, Huang Xiaoming and Liu Yifei's "Eagle Hero" was broadcast as soon as it was broadcast, and the two leading actors soared and became popular in Hong Kong, Taiwan.
At that time, the Sect Master relied on the "Divine Eagle Man" to soar
Huang Xiaoming is not so good to please, coupled with the screenwriter Liu Heng's support for Deng Chao, Feng Xiaogang finally gave Zhao Erdou to Deng Chao.
Liu Heng's recommendation was reliable, and Deng Chao at that time was definitely a strong faction. But they overlooked one thing, in 2005, Deng Chao filmed "Happiness Like a Flower", which made him famous to a higher level, and also let him know a magnolia-like girl - Sun Li.
When he met Sun Li, Deng Chao just broke up with Hao Lei, who had been in love for three years, and was in a state of emotional injury, sun Li made him full of enthusiasm for life again.
Deng Chao and Sun Li
He knew that Sun Li also had a good feeling for him, but the relationship was not determined for a long time.
Before "The Gathering Number" was fixed, Deng Chao was already filming "Sweet Honey", and the heroine was sun Li, who he was thinking about.
The heroine of "Sweet Honey" is Sun Li
At that time, the actor was popular for rolling drama, yang Mi once filmed five plays at the same time, and opened his eyes to not know who he was at the moment and where he was. Deng Chao's rolling drama can also be regarded as a characteristic of the times.
Stills from "The Gathering Number"
After the filming of "The Gathering Number" began, Feng Xiaogang found that deng chao was often not found, and he had high hopes for this play, but Deng Chao's two-end running made him very unhappy.
What makes him even more headache is that not only does the male number two have problems, but the male and female protagonists are in trouble.
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In Feng Xiaogang's movie, Uncle Ge You is always inseparable from the character. The two collaborated on "Party A and Party B", "Big Names" and other legendary works.
Ge You and Feng Xiaogang are models of mutual achievement.
Ge You (right) and Feng Xiaogang (left)
Before filming "The Gathering Number", Feng Xiaogang naturally wanted Ge You.
This idea was rejected by the filmmakers, because Ge You's performance in the comedy industry is so good that the audience will laugh when they see him, and Ge You and the "Guzidi" with heavy beliefs are too incompatible.
Ge You's comedic image is deeply rooted in people's hearts
Zhang Hanyu, before the "Guzidi", he and Feng Xiaogang had cooperated too many times, and they were all dragon sets.
In "Endless", he is "Friend Ding"; in "Big Name" he is "Neurotic C"; in "Mobile Phone" he is "Colleague B"; in "No Thief in the World" is "PoliceMan A".
Zhang Hanyu has made cameo appearances in several works directed by Feng Xiaogang
No character deserves a name.
On Zhang Hanyu's friendship with Feng Xiaogang for many years, this time he wants to play a role or not. But Feng Xiaogang never regarded him as the candidate for male number one.
After all, such a large investment in the film, or find a big wrist actor is more secure.
What Feng Xiaogang wanted was Andy Lau, Jet Li. However, the screenwriter believes that the stars who are too big may not be able to let the audience enter the inner world of the "valley land".
Feng Xiaogang, the male protagonist of "The Gathering Number", originally belonged to Andy Lau, who had cooperated before
Looking for ah, try ah, how there is no actor who matches the image of this tough guy in Gu Zidi. And Zhang Hanyu, who accompanied him to try the play more than a dozen times, was really moved by the role of Gu Zidi.
For the first time, he seriously fought for this role from the director, but Feng Xiaogang did not let go. What was loosened was the capital spokesman Wang Zhongjun, who said: "Just him, let Zhang Hanyu act what's wrong!" ”
The dust has settled on the "millet land".
Zhang Hanyu plays Gu Zidi
On the female protagonist's side, the original female protagonist is Chen Shu of today's fire.
After Chen Shu entered the crew, she was a bit grumpy, and the effect on the scene was not good, so she quickly left the crew. In the early years, there were many stories about how Chen Shu played a big name in the crew, but the versions were different and could not verify the true and false, so I will not say it.
Chen number
However, in a man's play like "The Gathering Number", everyone really doesn't care much about who the heroine is. In the end, the heroine was replaced by Tang Hui, who told her family experience during the audition, which was very moving, and even Feng Xiaogang shed tears.
Tang Hui
80 million in 2007 is not a small amount, which makes Feng Xiaogang very worried, and he even wants to give up this play. At this time, Zhang Hanyu, who had been a fallen grandfather in the United States and had a lot of money, offered to star in zero film remuneration, and Huayi executives also chatted with Feng Xiaogang many times, and finally increased investment and made the movie.
Who would have thought that 15 years later, 80 million would only be enough for an actress to shoot half a play!
Actors' salaries have risen to new highs
The conditions for filming at that time were very difficult, a large number of war scenes were filmed outdoors, there was no toilet in the field, and the actress was afraid to go to the toilet, and even the water did not dare to drink.
In order to shoot the snow scene, the whole crew waited for several days without snow, in a hurry, they had to use fertilizer to make snow, after the crew fertilizer "snow scene" began filming, the whole crew was choked by fertilizer, and many people fell into discomfort;
The conditions for the shooting of the assembly number were difficult
This had to cause the crew to pause filming and wait for the real snow to arrive again.
And the snow-making thing also made Feng Xiaogang bear the insult of destroying farmland.
Today's well-known entrepreneur Ren Quan was also a member of the crew at that time, and his role was even less, about 20 minutes in the movie, but he was tortured for several days when shooting.
Ren Quan did not play much in "The Gathering Number"
In the first scene, Ren Quan's legs were blown away, and the director let him bury his legs in the ground for more than four hours during filming, in the winter wilderness, the temperature of minus ten degrees, Ren Quan's legs almost froze to the point of unconscious necrosis.
It's really hard to do something.
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Southerner Deng Chao was not adaptable in the crew. At that time, he was just a newcomer who had just graduated a few years ago, and he didn't know that he was obsessed with falling in love and offending the director.
Sun Li and Deng Chao are a model couple in the entertainment industry
A scene of eating green onions, Deng Chao ate is not like, Feng Xiaogang is stunned that he ate more than ten green onions. Because he was playing a soldier, Deng Chao was too thin and tender, and Feng Dao asked him to find a way to grind his hands thick.
I dare not say whether the director is angry or demanding.
After experiencing various difficulties such as heavy snow and fire, finally, the work was completed.
"The Gathering" is an overall success movie
Deng Chao did one more thing.
At the end of 2007, Feng Xiaogang led the crew to participate in the MTV festival, and he wanted to take this opportunity to promote "The Gathering Number". Deng Chao won the most popular actor award that night, when he went on stage to receive the award, he did not think of the movie at all, he only wanted to confess to Sun Li.
Ah, this fairy love.
Deng Chao and Feng Xiaogang had awkward expressions
Years later, Deng Chao recalled that picture, saying:
"It was a very bold confession, and that moment belonged to me, because I won the prize and was more excited. I'm impulsive and reckless. ”
This impulse really annoyed Feng Xiaogang, in the interview session, when the "Assembly Number" crew was interviewed by the group, no one cared about this hard-working movie, and all the focus was on Deng Chaosun Li.
Feng Xiaogang was furious on the spot
Feng Xiaogang was really angry, he said: "It seems that no one is interested in movies, so let's not waste time here." ”
Deng Chao felt the change in Feng Xiaogang's mood, and he quickly played the round field and asked the media to ask more questions about "Gathering Number". As a result, before he finished speaking, Feng Xiaogang directly took the other actors in the crew to whisk his sleeves away.
Leaving Deng Chao with an embarrassed face to stay where he was.
It is said that Feng Xiaogang scolded Deng Chao in the background. Even the following year, the "Popular Film Hundred Flowers Awards Ceremony", "The Gathering Number" won four awards for best feature film, best director, best actor and best supporting actor.
Deng Chao won the award
Deng Chao won the Best Supporting Actor Award, and Feng Xiaogang only said a cold "congratulations to Deng Chao" without expression.
After that, Feng Xiao just began to enter the whirlpool of capital, and Deng Chao embarked on the route of a comedian star. The two no longer cooperated.
Deng Chao, who has a genius acting skill, has embarked on the road of comedian stardom, which is somewhat regrettable
Until 2015, Feng Xiaogang's "Old Cannon" met Deng Chao's "Villain Angel" released on the same day, and he actually gave "Villain Angel" a bad review and liked, and then used the excuse of slipping his hand.
Feng Xiaogang slid his hand and praised
Looking back, Feng Xiaogang was so angry and corrupt, all because it was the first year of the VAM agreement on his back, and he carried over 100 million box office pressure on his shoulders, and his posture was inevitably not good.
In 2017, it was the award ceremony again. This year, at the award ceremony of the "Golden Rooster Award", Deng Chao won the Best Actor Award for the movie "Burning Heart in the Sun", and Feng Xiaogang won the Best Director Award for "I Am Not Pan Jinlian".
When Deng Chao got up to receive the award, Feng Xiaogang was the first to stand up and congratulate, the two people looked at each other and smiled, Feng Xiaogang patted his shoulder and gave Deng Chao a big hug.
"Burning Heart" is impressive
It has always been interpreted in the jianghu that Feng Xiaogang is getting older and his temper is getting better.
Looking at it now, in 2018, Feng Xiaogang failed to gamble and lost hundreds of millions of dollars, which was the last chance for him to bet on the agreement, and Deng Chao was just like the sun.
Feng Xiaogang and Deng Chao took a group photo
Alas, when you find that it is all a word for money at the end, everything seems particularly pale. Cultural people who claim to have the most true temperament have the most refined abacus in their stomachs, so what else is there to talk about art?
Zhang Yimou communicated with Feng Xiaogang across Zhao Wei
Is it no wonder to satirize Zhang Yimou for "taking a billion to make a movie, three billion to return the book, and find guilt for yourself?"
Zhang Yimou is the one who will find guilt for himself, and Feng Pants will always be the Feng Pants who has the most refined abacus!
Entertainment is a circle (juan).