1993 My China Entertainment Age

Chapter 29 Magic Rock Record, meeting Huang Fei for the first time.

Mid October.

The crew of "Sunny Day" was preparing to shoot a scene in which an old soldier watches a movie in a cinema. Regarding the role of this old soldier, the first actor Jiang Wen thought of was the old artist Fang Hua.

The older generation of movie fans may be very familiar with him. After liberation, many red classics were born in our country. We can all see him in familiar film works such as "Taking Huashan Outsmart", "Plain Guerrilla", and "Railway Guards"

Various characters he created.

Judging from the appearance, the old artist Fang Hua was born with a leopard head and ringed eyes, and a fierce look. In the past era when it was relatively "face-like", Mr. Fang Hua's acting career was not wide. In the eyes of all directors, he was

Belongs to a "special" actor.

He, Chen Qiang, Ge Cunzhuang, Chen Shu, and Liu Jiang are known as the "Five Great Evils" on the Chinese screen.

Jiang Wen, who grew up watching "Red Classics", was naturally no stranger to him. He even caused a great psychological shadow on the young Jiang Wen for a long time.

So much so that Jiang Wen's father often had to explain to his children: "Don't be afraid, it's his job to play bad guys. In fact, he is a good person and a good uncle off the screen!"

These words of his father left a deep impression on the young Jiang Wen, and also left a question that he has never been able to find an answer to: "Why are we all good people, but this good uncle's job is to play the bad guy?"

, can’t people give him a chance and let him play a good guy?”

This problem was finally solved after Jiang Wen himself became the director of the movie "Sunny Days", and he extended an invitation to Fang Hua.

When this veteran actor, who was nearly seventy years old, heard that young Jiang Wen was asking him to play an old general, he seemed very excited, but he couldn't believe it.

At this time, Fang Hua was far away in Guangzhou, and his physical condition was not very good. However, Jiang Wen, who had always had such an obsession, stubbornly chose him and arranged for Teacher Fang Hua to bring his family and doctors.

Come together to ensure that he receives the highest treatment possible.

That night.

Jiang Wen dug out the video of "Plain Guerrillas" and watched it again in the hotel. He really felt like his dream had come true.

A person who could only be seen on TV before will step out of the screen and stand in front of him tomorrow, and will help him complete his directorial debut. This is indeed exciting enough.

The next day, Jiang Wen specially changed into a very formal outfit, and the two met at the Monkey King Hotel in Yanjing.

Walking far away, Jiang Wen didn't have time to say hello to Teacher Fang Hua, but the teacher bowed to him first: "I thank you, you gave me a second artistic life!"

Jiang Wen naturally seemed a little flattered. He stepped forward and supported Teacher Fang Hua: "Don't do this. I grew up watching your movies and have admired you since I was a child."

After sitting down, Jiang Wenwen took a closer look at the old artist in front of him. He was no longer as "evil" as he remembered, and his face even looked kind-hearted.

While the two were chatting about the characters, Teacher Fang Hua seemed a little excited. He said to Jiang Wen: "I have been playing devils since the first time I acted. The more like a devil I play, the more people think I am."

I should play a Japanese soldier for the rest of my life, but you asked me to play a People's Liberation Army soldier. Can you tell me what you think?"

Jiang Wen thought for a while and said: "The Japs you played are certainly impressive, but in my eyes, you are a great actor. A good actor should be able to act in everything. What's more, in my eyes, you are more like a heroic and upright person."

soldier!"

At this time, Teacher Fang Hua could no longer hold back, and tears flowed down his old face.

Although Mr. Fang Hua did not have many roles, he was still happy that he could play the role of the People's Liberation Army in his later years. He was very attached to this role.

After joining the crew of "Sunny Days", Fang Hua asked the staff to find military uniforms of different seasons. He tried them one by one, straightened his back and walked around the yard, like a child wearing it during the New Year.

The new clothes seem to have been immersed in the character and integrated with it.

During the time when Mr. Fang Hua joined the group for filming, Jiang Xiaofeng happened to have no role, so he spared time and energy to compose his second rock song - "Blue Lotus".

This time, Jiang Xiaofeng decided not to keep a low profile and directly released two classic rock songs, "Blue Lotus" and "The Brightest Star in the Night Sky", to see if he could reach a cooperation with Moyan Culture Records.

Jiang Xiaofeng is still very confident about the two songs "The Brightest Star in the Night Sky" and "Blue Lotus".

In Jiang Xiaofeng's view, if Moyan Culture Records thinks these two songs are not good, it's not his problem, but that they don't know how to appreciate them at all.

After sorting out the lyrics and music of the two songs "The Brightest Star in the Night Sky" and "Blue Lotus", Jiang Xiaofeng took his ID card, original lyrics and music manuscripts and other materials to the Yanjing Copyright Bureau to apply for song copyright.

October 23, afternoon.

Jiang Xiaofeng brought the song sheet and a guitar, accompanied by He Yong, to the Magic Rock Culture Company.

Strictly speaking, Moyan Culture is actually a subsidiary of Rolling Stone Records in mainland China. It operates Chinese rock music mainly from Yanjing and established the "Huaguo Fire" brand.

The name Magic Stone comes from the fact that the subsidiaries of the Rolling Stone series are all named after stones. Zhang Peiren hoped to be more magnificent than the stones, so he called it Magic Stone.

As for the devil, he believes that the music environment of this era is full of hypocritical voices. Therefore, comparing the stories of martial arts novels, he believes that he is more like a person in the devil's religion than a decent person from a well-known family in the market. Perhaps in the conservative environment,

It is a kind of alien, but it is also a kind of free self-expression, so it is named Demonic Rock.

Soon, Jiang Xiaofeng met Zhang Peiren of Demon King Culture under the introduction of He Yong, and explained to him his idea of ​​​​cooperating with Demon Rock Records.

During the communication process, Zhang Peiren gave people a very special aura, tall, humorous, and decent, which was different from many rock bastards.

After understanding Jiang Xiaofeng's situation, Zhang Peiren didn't hesitate and wanted to listen to Jiang Xiaofeng's song demo before deciding whether to cooperate with him.

In fact, Zhang Peiren has often traveled to Yanjing from Taiwan Province since 1990 to inspect the local music market.

Over the past two or three years, Zhang Peiren sadly discovered that there were not many young musicians with real talent and ideas. After picking and choosing, there were only three people: Dou Wei, Zhang Chu, and He Yong.

Therefore, Zhang Peiren did not have high expectations for the works brought by Jiang Xiaofeng, but just wanted to give them a try.

Faced with Zhang Peiren's suggestion, Jiang Xiaofeng said helplessly: "I'm sorry, Mr. Zhang, I didn't record a song demo. I'll sing it live for you."

Zhang Peiren did not embarrass Jiang Xiaofeng and said, "Okay, then you can sing and I will listen."

"good."

After saying that, Jiang Xiaofeng held the guitar, gently strummed the strings, and began to sing the song "The Brightest Star in the Night Sky" in front of Zhang Peiren and He Yong.

Just as Jiang Xiaofeng was immersed in the performance of the song "The Brightest Star in the Night Sky", Dou Wei, who had just come out of the recording studio, and his girlfriend Huang Fei, who had accompanied him to the recording, happened to pass by the door of Zhang Peiren's office.

The two looked at each other, obviously attracted by Jiang Xiaofeng's singing, and stopped involuntarily.

"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 dark

Oh~ the brightest star in the night sky

Please guide me to you

…”

Although Jiang Xiaofeng is not a professional singer with a professional background, and his singing skills are not very good, his singing voice is sincere, high-pitched, full of energy, and very penetrating.

In addition, the song "The Brightest Star in the Night Sky" itself is an inspiring rock song, which immediately shocked the four people present.

Because Jiang Xiaofeng had to play and sing at the same time, he didn't even notice that there were two more audience members in the office.

After singing the song "The Brightest Star in the Night Sky", Zhang Peiren suppressed his excitement and asked expectantly: "Mr. Jiang, do you have any other works?"

Jiang Xiaofeng didn't hide it, smiled faintly, and replied: "Yes, I will sing you a song "Blue Lotus"."

After saying this, Jiang Xiaofeng suddenly saw that there were two more people in the room.

Jiang Xiaofeng took a closer look and was stunned. He thought to himself, aren't these Dou Wei and Huang Fei?

(End of chapter)