1993 My China Entertainment Age

Chapter 28 The End of the Poetry Era and Communication with Taohong

On March 26, 1989, the poet Haizi committed suicide by lying on the railway tracks in Shanhaiguan, burning up his young life.

Like all poets who "use dreams as horses", Haizi personally experienced the social transformation process from the 1960s and 1970s when material desires were stifled and only the spirit was emphasized, to the late 1980s when spirituality was abandoned and material desires prevailed.

Facing the conflict between reality and ideals, Haizi was confused, his hope was shattered, and he felt that he could no longer "live in the world poetically", so he chose to end his life.

Two months before Haizi's death, he had just written the classic lyric poem - "Facing the Sea, Spring Flowers Bloom".

Some people say that the 1980s was an era of poetry, and Haizi's departure announced the passing of an era.

On October 8, 1993, the poet Gu Cheng stabbed his wife Xie Ye to death with an ax due to a marriage dispute in his residence in New Zealand. He killed his wife and then hanged himself under a big tree.

After this bad news spread back to China, it caused a great sensation in the poetry and literary circles.

You must know that Gu Cheng, like Haizi, has high attainments in new poetry, old-style poetry and fables. One of his lines in "A Generation" is "The night gave me black eyes/but I use them to find light."

It has become a classic line in Chinese new poetry.

Ten days later, Bei Dao wrote a postscript in the winter issue of "Today": "The departure of Gu Cheng and Xie Ye is shocking. The world seems emptier. The past is like a ship sailing away, and the dead friends have become the ship's companions."

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That was the last year of Bei Dao's "self-exile". Five years later, he once lived in 7 countries and published a collection of essays "The Blue House".

In one of the essays titled "Visitors from Poland," Bei Dao wrote sadly: "Back then we had dreams about literature, about love, and about traveling across the world. Now we drink late at night and the cups touch each other.

Together, they are the sounds of broken dreams."

Compared with miserable poetry, literature has had an easier time.

One day in 1993, Wang Shuo went to Feng Xiaogang's house and threw him a novel called "Reviewing the Past 1942".

After Feng Xiaogang read it, he thought he had "made a leap in his understanding of his own nation" and asked Liu Zhenyun for the copyright and wanted to make a movie.

Liu Zhenyun said calmly: "Wait a minute, we are still young and we don't have a comprehensive view of the problem."

Wang Shuo and Feng Xiaogang were preparing to jointly open a film company, but after half a day of tinkering with a script, they went to Liu Zhenyun and asked for the film and television rights to the novel "Chicken Feathers in a Place".

After selling this work, Liu Zhenyun received 80,000 yuan and quickly took his family to Wangfujing for a meal at KFC.

This was the literature of 1993. Except for Jia Pingwa’s The Wasted Capital and Chen Zhongcheng’s White Deer Plain, which easily sold more than 100,000 copies, pure literature became increasingly unsaleable.

Su Tong, Wang Anyi, Ge Fei, Yu Hua and other writers all followed Wang Shuo's footsteps and began to get involved in film and television, becoming screenwriters and planners.

Before going down the mountain, Jiang Xiaofeng also considered writing (copying) scripts by himself, becoming a screenwriter like Wang Shuo, and becoming a great writer or something like that. However, he also had self-awareness and knew that his writing skills were limited. Compared with writing (copying) scripts, writing

(copy)Singing is much easier.

Jiang Xiaofeng is quite a naughty person. He actually knows very well which songs are sure to be popular and which songs are likely to have a mediocre response.

But Jiang Xiaofeng doesn't want to force himself. He prefers to write songs that he likes and has the chance to be loved.

Although Jiang Xiaofeng has written two folk songs, "Drum Tower" and "Those Flowers" so far, Jiang Xiaofeng also knows in his heart that after the release of these two songs, they will not make him a big hit.

The Mainland music scene is emerging, that's all.

Moreover, as for ballads, Jiang Xiaofeng felt that it was difficult for him to write a phenomenal ballad song like "Childhood" or "Your Deskmate". Therefore, after writing two ballads, he began to try to compose rock songs.

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In addition, the work efficiency of Dadi Records is really too low, which makes Jiang Xiaofeng feel particularly disappointed, because the two songs "Drum Tower" and "Those Flowers" have been recorded for several months, but Dadi Records has not released them yet.

Jiang Xiaofeng did not intend to hang himself on a tree. He decided to find other record companies to cooperate with him after writing new songs.

The Magic Rock Culture founded by Zhang Peiren has become Jiang Xiaofeng's first choice for cooperation.

The famous musician Li Zongsheng said this in his song "The Man Running Against Himself", "Dear Landy, my brother, you rarely beat others, but this time you surpassed yourself." This person whom Li Zongsheng calls his younger brother

Landy is Zhang Peiren, the founder of Magic Rock Culture.

In fact, He Yong recommended the record company Moyan Culture to Jiang Xiaofeng.

He Yong is a signed singer of Dadi Records. He signed a contract with Dadi Records as early as 1991. However, he joined Dadi Records for nearly three years and did not get the opportunity to release a film, so he thought of leaving Dadi Records and switching to Moyan Culture.

Jiang Xiaofeng and He Yong also came into contact and communicated with each other when they were recording songs at Dadi Records, and they became good friends.

As a native of Yanjing, He Yong accidentally heard the song "Drum Tower" sung by Jiang Xiaofeng when he was in the company, which gave him a steady stream of inspiration, and he immediately began to compose the song "Bell and Drum Tower".

night.

The moon is bright and the stars are sparse.

The crew of "Sunny Day" stayed at the hotel.

in the room.

Jiang Xiaofeng held the guitar and played and sang a new rock song he wrote to Taohong - "The Brightest Star in the Night Sky".

"The brightest star in the night sky

Can you hear clearly?

The one who looks up

Loneliness and sigh in my heart

Oh, the brightest star in the night sky

can you remember

once walked with me

The figure disappearing in the wind

…”

Although Taohong heard this song for the first time, she felt that the song "The Brightest Star in the Night Sky" sung by Jiang Xiaofeng gave her a refreshing feeling, which was better than many rock songs she had heard before.

, must be more fashionable, more fashionable, and more acceptable.

Especially listening to Jiang Xiaofeng's playing and singing in person is completely different from listening to tapes at home.

To put it more simply, for example, the difference between watching live and listening to a CD is like the difference between watching a blockbuster film about an island country and fighting with real swords and guns. The feeling is definitely different.

"I pray to have a transparent heart

and eyes that shed tears

Give me the courage to believe again

Oh, go beyond the lies to embrace you

Whenever I can't find the meaning of existence

Whenever I'm lost in the night

Oh~ the brightest star in the night sky

Please guide me to you

…”

While listening to Jiang Xiaofeng's singing, Taohong was once again impressed by Jiang Xiaofeng's singing voice and talent.

For most men, as long as their appearance is not ugly, it will look the same after a long time. However, talent can make a mediocre or even ugly man shine.

For example, Jiang Wen looks like a Yuanmou man, but because of his talent, he is charming.

And Jiang Xiaofeng himself is bad-looking, but not bad-looking, and has talents in writing and singing. After being packaged in this way, he feels very artistic.

After singing the song, Jiang Xiaofeng put down the guitar and asked confidently: "How do you feel? Is this song good?"

Taohong smiled and nodded: "Well, it's well written and beautifully sung."

Without waiting for Jiang Xiaofeng to answer, Taohong then asked: "By the way, have the two songs you wrote before been released? When can I buy the tape?"

Jiang Xiaofeng asked uncertainly: "I don't know either. They said it's coming soon. It should be coming soon, right? I'll ask another day."

Taohong smiled and comforted: "It's okay, don't worry, what should come will always come."

After chatting for a while, Jiang Xiaofeng threw away the guitar, then pulled Taohong and started making out in the room.

After a long period of ideological education, Taohong no longer resisted Jiang Xiaofeng's "gangster" behavior.

Although Taohong was still a little embarrassed and not very open-minded, Jiang Xiaofeng's hands could freely roam around her buttocks every time they were intimate.

ps. Thank you to my friend Time 1979 for the reward and encouragement. Thank you. Thank you to everyone who supports this book. Thank you all.

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