Yesterday, "National Grandmother" Chen Qi just celebrated his 91st birthday. People grow up, sentimental people, a small thing will also complain about the world. Learn to forget, have love in your heart, you can walk more roads and see more scenery.
Ten days ago, just helped act in Li Shaohong's new drama "Stone Blossoming" in "March 3", filmed in Fuzhou for ten days, everyone admired the spirit of this "national grandmother", but privately, Chen Qi would still lament that his "ears are not good, and his speech is not as good as in the past.".
Fortunately, life is full of joy, and the years are long and peaceful.
The heart has always been on the play, and it is stable
Most people in Shanghai know Chen Qi on television. In 1989, Chen Fei'er's good wife in "Sixteen-year-old Flower Season"; in 1991, mrs. Li in "Shanghai Family"; "Evil Debt" in 1994, "War to Seize Children" in 1997, "Mother-in-law and Daughter-in-law and Sister-in-law"... Although most of them are supporting roles, the image of "National Grandmother" and "The First Old Lady of Jiangnan" is unbeatable for a while. Prior to that, Chen Qi was a drama actor at the Shanghai People's Art Theatre, and played important roles in "Liu Hulan", "Dead Wood Fengchun", "In the Silent Place" and so on. Chen Qi said that from the first day of entering the industry, he knew that his conditions were not good, "I don't know if I can do it, but I love it in my heart."
The person who brought Chen Qi into the beginning was Mr. Huang Zuolin, a master of drama. In 1946, Chen Qi was admitted to the Acting Department of Nanjing National Drama College. That year, Huang Zuolin was preparing to put Mr. Yang Dai's comedy debut "Satisfactory Heart" on the stage, and Chen Qi was transferred to play "Aunt". Seventeen or eighteen-year-old girls were very nervous, but Mr. Zuolin was very happy to adjust the fledgling students, "He taught us how to relax on the stage, how to make a sound on the stage, and 'beat' the sound to the last row." Every day we read our lines by the small river and practice 'qigong'. ”
In 1950, the Shanghai People's Art Theater was founded by the Second East China Cultural and Industrial Troupe and some literary and art workers from the Liberated Areas and people from the Shanghai theater and film circles, and Huang Zuolin was one of the founders. Chen Qi successfully became one of the first actors in Shanghai Renyi. In 1953, Huang Zuolin directed "The Dawn Shines on Moscow", which later became one of the famous stage dramas of Shanghainese. As a member of the cast, Chen Qi clearly remembers that at that time, day and night, in addition to memorizing lines, he also had to complete a large number of written assignments arranged by Mr. Zuolin, from the historical background, character thoughts to character personality, everyone had to talk about understanding and feelings. Mr. Zuo Lin's rigorous and meticulous pursuit of art and his attitude to drama have influenced Chen Qi throughout his life.
Years later, Chen Qi asked his students Fang Qingzhuo, Chen Yanhua, Xiao Xiong... The first sentence he said was "to like it very much, to embrace drama", which is the first criterion for Chen Qi to select students, if it is from the heart of love, you can slowly go forward along this road; if it is only for fame and fortune, it will not go far.
Nowadays, Fang Qingzhuo is accustomed to affectionately calling Chen Qi "mother". In 1983, Fang Qingzhuo, who was also a theater actor, came to Shanghai from the Shenyang Repertory Theatre to star as the heroine of a peasant-themed film "Spring Dawn in Guxiang" by the Shanghai Film Studio, with Chen Qi playing her mother. This is Fang Qingzhuo's first opportunity to set foot on the big screen, and it is also the first time to Shanghai, "so wide road, I don't know how to walk." Inside and outside the play, in life, Chen Qi gave the young girl a motherly love, and in business, Chen Qi was the most demanding teacher.
In the play, Fang Qingzhuo was asked to learn to play the Fengyang Flower Drum, although it was not easy to learn, but Fang Qingzhuo thought that he was still difficult to defeat himself from the literary troupe. One night, after a day of rehearsal, the exhausted Fang Qingzhuo went to bed early, and before he could close his eyes, he was called out by Chen Qi, "Before you were a drama actor, ten auditions, nine times did not succeed, this time you must cherish the opportunity." Get dressed and hit two hundred more. At that time, a movie could be made for a year, and Chen Qi's "mother" passed on the original experience from Mr. Huang Zuolin to Fang Qingzhuo.
"Before Mr. Huang Zuolin passed away, his heart was always on the play. I'm pretty much the same person. Chen Qi said.
Because of the family style transmitted by love, I am not afraid of barriers
Because of an epidemic, Wei Wen, the eldest daughter who returned to Shanghai from London to see her mother a few years ago, had a rare "long vacation" with her mother. While rubbing the back of her mother's neck with essential oil, she laughed and said, "Our whole family said, 'Mother is better to students than to us.'" ”
Chen Qi has two daughters, and after her husband died during the Cultural Revolution, she took two children alone, which is difficult to imagine. Later, the daughters settled in London, and Chen Qi, despite the children's begging, also went to live in London, but each time it would not exceed three months. Disobeying his daughters' persuasion, Chen Qi insisted on giving up the green card that was at his fingertips at the time, and although he was angry about it, he pointed to a calligraphy painting hanging on the wall, "Great Love", Wei Wen said, "My mother put all her enthusiasm and energy into the cause she loved, and we all understood her." ”
Despite the great distance, the grandchildren are still influenced by the influence of their grandmother's family style. The younger daughter's son studied medicine, coincided with graduation this year, and was immediately sent to the front line of the fight against the epidemic. Wei Wen's son Kun Kun was an honor student from childhood, starting at the age of five, every summer vacation was sent back to Shanghai, stumbling and following his grandmother on the set, doing everything seriously, he was not important, paying attention to the needs of others was the seed sown by his grandmother in his young mind. Kun Kun, who loves science and technology, started his own company in his sophomore year, and during the college graduation study tour, he chose to go to the most difficult small country in Africa to support teaching, bringing all the money earned from entrepreneurship. Knowing that there was no electricity and no network there, because of the fear of safety, this time even the grandmother did not agree to the grandson's going, but the mother Wei Wen stood up to support her son. When the volunteer teacher returned, Kun Kun described in the phone call to his grandmother that he got up early in the morning and saw a row of small black heads lying outside the window, and there was a look of longing in each eye, and he sighed heartily, and he would no longer blame his mother for being too strict with himself when he was a child.
Attended the wedding of grandson Kun Kun
The elderly Chen Qi did not idle, as long as he could, he would never refuse the invitation of others. Because he played Zhu Jia's grandmother in "Eight Precepts of Spring Brilliant Pigs" in 1998, people were pleasantly surprised to see Chen Qi in Xu Zheng's new film "囧Mom" last year. Because he loves to do charity and public welfare, he received a call from director Li Shaohong last month, and heard that it was a play related to poverty alleviation, Chen Qi did not say a word, so that Wei Wen returned the ticket to Qingdao for a vacation, "I am an old party member, this play, I want to go." ”
Even if it's not the best time, be calm
When he was twelve or thirteen years old, he was studying at Nanjing Model Girls' High School, Chen Qi participated in the student movement. In 1945, he was recruited as an actor by the Torrent Drama Society founded by the underground organization of the Communist Party of China, and performed in "Oppression" written by Shen Xilin and "Wedding March" composed by Chen Baichen. More importantly, she is also a small underground worker, with a single line of contact with an underground party member code-named "Big Brother". It was not until the fifties or sixties, by chance, that the "little sister" learned that the "big brother" of that year was Liu Housheng, who later served as secretary general, secretary of the secretariat, and vice chairman of the Chinese Dramatists Association.
No one's life is easy, and who has not gone through all kinds of difficulties to find a sense of belonging. And for Chen Qi, at this point, she is lucky. If you find the direction of your life's heart early, you will no longer have any worries and fears.
Asked what was the biggest setback Chen Qi had suffered in his life, she shook her head and said, she had forgotten. Wei Wen, who was on the side, took over the conversation, "How can there be no setbacks, in the sixties, because he said that 'laymen can't lead insiders', they were almost beaten into the right." In the ten years of turmoil, the suffering that should be eaten has been eaten, not forgotten, but has long been put down. Wei Wen clearly remembered that after the catastrophe, the family was destitute, and it was difficult for the family to get two hundred yuan in organizational subsidies, but they were stolen. This figure was undoubtedly a huge amount of money at the time, but after taking Wei Wen to report the case, Chen Qi pulled her to cut her hair again, as if nothing had happened. Love is more important than material pursuits, and Chen Qi passed on his life creed to his daughter with actions. Sentimental people, a small thing will also complain about the world. Life is more impermanent and helpless, learn to forget, you can walk more roads, see more scenery.
In his later years, he lived alone in an old man's apartment in Pudong, but because of the students and various social activities, Chen Qi did not feel lonely. Over the past few years, Xiao Sun, an hourly worker who comes to take care of every day, has fallen in love with this old lady who has no self in her heart, only others. Knowing that Chen Qi was invited to participate in the live broadcast of the big world, Xiaosun specially bought a red suit for the old lady and said in a loud voice: "She is a good mother for all of us." Everything is not exquisite, on weekdays, Chen Qi wears the most clothes left by his deceased second sister. This long road of life, ups and downs are inevitable, even if it is not the best time, we must try to live happily. "Thinking of others more, thinking of myself less, this is my happiness secret, the secret of longevity." 」
Happy birthday to "National Grandma" Chen Qi! (Wu Nanyao)