For Zhang Yimou, his wife Xiao Hua is also his nobleman. If Xiao Hua's brother-in-law, Wang Dihuan, had not personally intervened through his friend Mr. Bai Xueshi, a painter, and directly submitted a letter to Huang Zhen, then minister of culture, it would have been impossible for Zhang Yimou, who was "seriously overaged", to study at the Beijing Film Academy. And pushing her husband Zhang Yimou to make a difference in the film industry and get ahead is not only Xiao Hua's strong desire, but also backfired on his 10-year relationship with Zhang Yimou and became an unfortunate woman! From this point of view, Xiao Hua, the wife of The Fa, is Zhang Yimou's ladder and bridge to the spire of film art, and to say something ugly, it is just a piece of clothing on his body. At the same time, the one who was kind and sparing no effort to help Zhang Yimou and his wife was the famous Wu Tianming.
I have seen Mr. Wu Tianming give a report to our office and the managers and business personnel of our institution and various theaters in the theater on the third floor of our unit, and more than 300 people have listened to him make a report on the stage. At this time, it was the time when he was the director of the West Film Studio. He talked about the problem of the collision of old and new ideas that he encountered in the factory. Talk about his innovation in filming "The Vibrato of Life" and the problems that some people oppose. One of them is that "The Vibrato of Life" is the first scene of men and women kissing after the founding of the People's Republic of China, which he boldly adopted, and some old comrades in the factory shook their heads in opposition. Wu Tianming said, "You deserve it!" Don't Chinese kiss? Chinese how can you have more children than in other countries without kissing? "He is such a outspoken, maverick man who dares to act boldly. At that time, I also listened to some of the criticisms of the studio people who were being told to him, saying that he was overbearing and arbitrary in the Western Film Studio, saying that he was often spending money and reimbursing money indiscriminately in violation of the accounting system. Of course, these words came from within the Western Film Studio. It stems from the fact that his reform and employment system have offended the vital interests of some people. As for Zhang Yimou and others, Wu Tianming used his power to do his best to help them, which can be described as a hot sausage.
At the beginning, Wu Tianming became the director of the Western Film Factory, and he was thirsty for talents and tried his best to get Zhang Yimou to the Western Film Factory. Let him be a photographer, the male protagonist and photographer of "Lao Jing", let him independently direct "Red Sorghum", and also transfer his wife Xiao Hua from the Shaanxi State-owned No. 408 Factory to the Department of the Western Film Factory, and work as a material editor in the Publicity And Distribution Office. Not only that, in the case that Zhang Yimou's unit relationship has been in the Guangxi factory, Wu Tianming also arranged for Zhang Yimou and his wife to allocate a staff dormitory with two rooms and one kitchen. Of course, this will make some old employees in the factory look at the hot and uneven eyes, Wu Tianming only uses two words to explain his painstaking intentions: talent!
However, the West Film Studio and the two-room and one-kitchen house ultimately failed to retain Zhang Yimou, and their end, like his wife, was a ladder and bridge for him to climb upwards. Of course, it also includes the benefactor who supported his growth, after all, qing is better than blue out of blue. Wu Tianming's cultivation and support of Zhang Yimou and others is fundamentally for the construction and development of the West Film Studio. But who can deny that there is no master-disciple kindness in it?
Recognized as the "godfather" of the fifth generation of Chinese cinema, Wu Tianming has helped many people, which is a stark contrast to his later fall. He stayed in the United States for 5 years, during which time he and his daughter Wu Yanyan had a difficult life, buying dumplings and renting DVDs to survive. He was depressed and lonely, and "everyone drew a line with him (Wu Yanyan)" and stayed away from him. After five years of returning to China, he found that it was no longer what it used to be, and the beloved disciples he had helped had all set up their own portals, and he was no longer calling for the wind and rain. "A Hundred Birds and a Phoenix" became the masterpiece of his artistic career.
On March 4, 2014, Wu Tianming, who wanted to work until the age of 85, unfortunately passed away 10 years early. Zhang Yimou told the media that he regretted not caring enough about Wu Tianming.