In 1993, for Tao Hong, it was a turning point in her life.
This year, Tao Hong, who is still a synchronized swimmer, was taken by Jiang Wen and became Yu Beibei in the movie "Sunny Day".
After the film was released nationwide in 1995, the lively and straightforward Yu Beibei was recognized by the audience, and Tao Hong also entered the public eye and began her own acting career.
Soon after, Tao Hong, with the role of Ding Lihua, a blind girl in the movie "Black Eyes", became a double film queen of the Golden Rooster Award and the Huabiao Award, and made a name for herself in the film industry.
In the 1990s, Tao Hong's career was booming, and her acting career gradually reached its peak.
At the turn of the century in 1999, Tao Hong, who was in the ascendancy of her career, received an invitation from director Shi Runjiu, and Jiang Wu, the younger brother of jiang Wen, starred in the small-budget film "Brave New World".
Although the box office results of "Brave New World" after its release were not eye-catching, they reflected the reality of the lives of the low-level characters in the metropolis at the turn of the century, which resonated with many people.
01, the entanglement of small town youth and Shanghai little aunt
Owning a house in a big city is something that many young people who are struggling to dream of.
Zhang Baogen, a small-town youth in this film, actually won a 90-square-meter house in Shanghai in a lottery activity.
He came hopefully from the county seat to the big city of Shanghai, only to be told that the house was still under construction.
For a time, Baogen had no place to live, and came to his aunt's house in Shanghai alone and met his little aunt Jin Jinfang.
Jin Jinfang is a kind but shrewd little woman in Shanghai, Baogen lives in Jinfang's home, every day to pay 20 yuan for the house, Baogen can not support it and goes out to find a job.
The humble Baogen did not understand the sophistication, was beaten and scolded by the guests, and lost his job.
By chance, Bogen found a business opportunity, started from scratch and sold a box lunch in front of the securities company, and the business was very good, and slowly Baogen had his own savings.
At the same time, Jinfang's business has repeatedly hit a wall and owed a lot of debts, and the kind Baogen used his hard money to sell box lunches to help Jinfang pay off the debt.
Jin Fang was deeply moved, and the relationship between the two became closer and closer in getting along day after day.
At the end of the film, Baogen braved the rain to take Jin Fang to the construction site, and the two cheered at the construction site, imagining the beautiful life that was coming.
"Brave New World" Everyone is silently working hard for their dream life, Jin Fang is making money while eager to marry a rich man to live a carefree life, and Baogen dreams of having a home of his own in Shanghai.
However, life will never satisfy all the dreams of a person, and Baogen and JinFang are dreaming of an ideal life in a mediocre real life, looking forward to their own beautiful future.
The valuable thing about the film is that people who are busy running for life can maintain their enthusiasm for life in recognizing reality.
And the film was filmed at the turn of the century, and when the new millennium is approaching, everyone is actually full of hope to welcome the "brave new world" of the new millennium.
02, noble people help each other, the director and producer hit it off
Like someone said, the film is a moving "romantic city fairy tale".
"Brave New World" is the first film work of director Shi Runjiu, who gave up the opportunity to shoot experimental theater after graduating from the Department of Chinese Opera Directing in 1992 and became a freelancer.
Before filming the film, Shi Runjiu traveled all over the country to shoot documentaries of ordinary people and worked part-time as a MV director to shoot music short films for rock musicians such as Zhang Chu, He Yong, and Xu Wei, who were very popular at the time.
In fact, Shi Runjiu, who studied directing, has always had the dream of making movies, but he has never had the opportunity until 1998, when he met an American named Luo Yi.
Luo Yi is a Chinese film fan who came to China in 1994 and established Yima Film Technology Co., Ltd., a joint venture with Xi'an Film Studio, to support young directors to shoot new Chinese films.
His company later produced films such as "Love Spicy Hot" and "Bathing" that reflected the lives of low-level characters in the city, which were well-known in the international film industry.
In fact, the inspiration for the script of "Brave New World" comes from the real incident of a migrant worker in Guangzhou who asked the developer for the house he won the lottery and fought with the developer.
Because he has been shooting documentaries about ordinary people's lives for many years, Shi Runjiu is very interested in the script, so after discussing with Luo Yi, he immediately cooperated in the film.
03, Jiang Wu's career is advancing, and Tao Hong is looking for a ruyi Langjun
In addition to touching people in the plot, the film is also very brilliant for the two characters, which is inseparable from the superb acting skills of Jiang Wu and Tao Hong.
Jiang Wu portrayed a thick and honest and somewhat clever small-town youth to life in the film, and he also won the first best actor of his acting career at the Hawaii International Film Festival with the role of Baogen.
In 2000, Zhang Yang's "Bath" made Jiang Wu win many awards in many film festivals, and won many heavyweight awards including the Golden Phoenix Award of the China Academy of Film Performing Arts.
In the following years, Jiang Wu has starred in the movies "Go to the End", "My Brothers and Sisters", as well as tv series "Empty Mirror", "Little Aunt Tatsuru" and many other high-quality film and television drama works, and his multi-faceted role modeling has also given him the name of "acting school".
In 2013, Jiang Wu's "Destiny of Heaven" cooperated with director Jia Zhangke was shortlisted for the main competition unit of the Cannes Film Festival, and Jiang Wu also went international with the film.
The little aunt Jin Jinfang in the film is played by Tao Hong, before that, Tao Hong's image on the screen was mostly pure, kind, and eccentric women.
In this movie, Jin Jinfang is a shrewd and sophisticated Little Woman in Shanghai, which makes the actor Tao Hong have a long psychological struggle in the process of acting, spending a lot of time thinking about the role.
Although Jin Jinfang is far from the role played by Tao Hong in the past, Tao Hong still interprets the image of Jin Jinfang, a little aunt in Shanghai, with the level of a professional actor.
At that year's Beijing University Student Film Festival, Tao Hong's acting skills were recognized by the judges. She won the award for Best Actress.
After filming this movie, Tao Hong played the little dragon girl in the TV series "Spring Brilliant Pig Eight Commandments", which not only won a high popularity, but also met her current husband Xu Zheng because of this drama.
After marrying Xu Zheng, Tao Hong focused on the family and gave birth to a daughter, so she reduced the frequency of appearances and wholeheartedly supported her husband's career as the woman behind Xu Zheng.
In 2019, Tao Hong played Song Qian in the TV series "Little Joy", once again entered the public eye, and her acting strength was not reduced that year, and she also won the Best Supporting Actress Award at the 2020 TV Series Magnolia Awards Ceremony.
Today's Jiang Wu and Tao Hong are still active in the show business circle, constantly bringing high-quality word-of-mouth works to the audience, and the new force in the show business circle has now grown into the backbone of the actor team in the film and television industry.
What is even more rare is that the two actors have rarely had scandals since their careers, have been focusing on their acting careers, constantly bringing joy to the audience with their excellent works, and also setting an example for young actors in the show business circle. (Author: Pippi Shrimp)