1993 My China Entertainment Age

Chapter 84 The first cross-border director, Bing Bing and Jia Zhangke!

Author: Lonely Orange on the Moon

Chapter 84 The first cross-border director, Bing Bing and Jia Zhangke!

April 6, morning.

The MV for Jiang Xiaofeng's new song "Escape from the Tiger's Mouth" officially started filming in Yanjing.

It was Saturday. Jiang Xiaofeng spent 100,000 yuan to invite his girlfriend Tao Hong to be the heroine of the MV for the song "Escape from the Tiger's Mouth".

Jiang Xiaofeng had no choice. Since Taohong couldn't accept his money, he could only give her money in the name of asking her to help shoot the MV.

At first, Taohong didn't agree. She felt that since she was Jiang Xiaofeng's woman, she shouldn't receive Jiang Xiaofeng's salary, so she wanted to help Jiang Xiaofeng shoot the MV for free.

Jiang Xiaofeng said to her: "How can this work? If I ask others to shoot, I have to pay them. You are my girlfriend, why should I treat you badly?"

"If you really don't want to take my money or cooperate with me, then I'll find someone else to take the photo, and I'll give the money to someone else. You don't care about me anyway."

When Taohong heard this, she knew that Jiang Xiaofeng was sulking. She also reflected on whether she was being a little too naughty, and asked timidly: "But... isn't 100,000 yuan to shoot an MV a bit too much?"

Others would definitely not have such a price for filming, and only his girlfriend Jiang Xiaofeng was willing to spend this money. Other actresses would not exceed 10,000 yuan at most.

Jiang Xiaofeng didn't want to argue with Tao Hong about this issue, so he said angrily: "Just tell me whether you want to take the photo or not. If you don't want to take the photo and keep arguing with me about these and other things, just don't take the photo. I'll find someone else to take the photo."

Without waiting for Taohong's answer, Jiang Xiaofeng continued: "I'll give you two choices now, either get money to shoot, or stop shooting. It's your choice."

I don't know if it's because they have been together a lot recently, but Taohong feels that Jiang Xiaofeng's temper is getting louder and louder, and she gets angry at every turn.

Of course, Taohong is also self-aware. She knows that many times it is because she is too strong-willed and unwilling to accept Jiang Xiaofeng's "charity" to her, which leads to unhappiness between both parties.

In fact, Taohong also knew that Jiang Xiaofeng was just a bit chauvinistic and did not want material things for her, nor did he want to "support" her. He just wanted to be good to her and give her money to spend.

In order not to disappoint Jiang Xiaofeng, Taohong also decided to change herself. In front of Jiang Xiaofeng, she put aside her proud self-esteem and promised Jiang Xiaofeng to take money to shoot the MV for the song "Escape from the Tiger's Mouth".

Seeing Taohong's transformation, Jiang Xiaofeng was also very pleased and said nothing more.

It is worth mentioning that the MV director of the song "Escape from the Tiger's Mouth" is none other than Jiang Xiaofeng himself.

This was Jiang Xiaofeng's first time crossing over into directing, and it felt quite fresh and enjoyable. When I first started shooting in the morning, because I had no experience and my thoughts were a bit confused, I only shot four or five scenes.

By the afternoon, Jiang Xiaofeng had improved a lot, especially in terms of rhythm and scene control.

Although as a MV director, Jiang Xiao has little experience and no skills to speak of, but he has never eaten pork and has seen pigs running away. After watching other people's videos, he naturally wants to try it himself.

Liu Xiaoqing once told Jiang Wen that directors are not learned, they are made by doing.

Jiang Xiaofeng thinks what Liu Xiaoqing said is very reasonable. He has always believed that as long as he is a human being, he can be a director.

Many domestic directors, including Zhang Yimou and Feng Xiaogang, as well as later Jay Chou, Gao Xiaosong, Han Han, Chen Sicheng, etc., they never learned to direct at the beginning, but because of their exposure and experience, they are all qualified to direct.

this job.

Jiang Xiaofeng thought, as long as one person can be a director, why can't I? So he filmed it!

Fortunately, the filming process of the MV for "Escape from the Tiger's Mouth" went quite smoothly, with the assistance of photographers, lighting engineers, field staff and other staff. Jiang Xiaofeng only had to follow his own ideas and let them follow his instructions.

These days, many singers' MVs are very sparsely shot, with no storytelling and weak camera language. They can just shoot some breakup scenes or some scenery and cut them into a MV.

In the MV of Lao Lang's song "Lian Lian Feng Chen", there is a girl holding a video camera. It was Gao Yuan who made a guest appearance when he went to visit Lao Lang to play.

Gao Yuan guest-starred as the heroine in the MV of the song "Love in the Wind". There was no other reason than that Gao Yuan was wearing makeup and lipstick that day. The director thought she looked pretty, so he filmed her.

However, Jiang Xiaofeng only filmed the MV for the song "Escape from the Tiger's Mouth" and did not plan to continue to direct the remaining 9 songs.

In Jiang Xiaofeng's view, professional matters should be left to professionals.

For example, the MV director for the song "Heart Is Too Soft" was recommended to him by a friend, a MV director named Jia Zhangke.

However, Jia Zhangke is not a director, but a student of the Literature Department of Yanjing Film Academy.

When Jia Zhangke was in school, in order to realize his childhood dream of directing, he organized the "Youth Film Experimental Group" and started film practice.

In the winter of 1994, Jia Zhangke, who was a sophomore at Yanjing Film Academy, was preparing to shoot the feature film "Going Home from the Mountain". The film won the Best Feature Film Award in the Short Film Competition of the Hong Kong International Film Festival.

Because he was short of money, Jia Zhangke often took on the filming of music videos for some songs. Over time, he became somewhat famous in this circle.

In the memory of his previous life, Jiang Xiaofeng didn't know much about Jia Zhangke, except that he was a film director who often won awards abroad.

Therefore, when a friend introduced Jia Zhangke to him, Jiang Xiaofeng agreed without thinking.

The heroine of the MV for "Heart Is Too Soft" was recommended by her former manager Wang Jinghua. Her name is Li Bingbing. She just came to Yanjing to develop her career not long ago.

Because it was recommended by Wang Jinghua, and because Li Bingbing had a good image and good acting skills, Jiang Xiaofeng did not refuse.

Li Bingbing was not well-known at this time, so she was very excited to learn that she could work with a big star like Jiang Xiaofeng.

During the filming of the MV with Jiang Xiaofeng, Li Bingbing kept calling "Brother Feng", not to mention how affectionate he was. For those who didn't know, he thought Jiang Xiaofeng had a very good relationship with her.

In fact, Li Bingbing's birthday was in 1973, and he was 2 years older than Jiang Xiaofeng. But when Li Bingbing called him "brother," Jiang Xiaofeng didn't resist and found it quite interesting.

The only thing that made Jiang Xiaofeng feel a little uncomfortable was the way Li Bingbing looked at him. It was exactly like a cat looking at a fish, wanting to pounce on it immediately.

In fact, this is normal. A big star like Jiang Xiaofeng needs to be good-looking, talented, rich, famous, and have everything he wants...most women like him.

However, Li Bingbing not only called Jiang Xiaofeng "Brother Feng", she also called Ren Quan and Brother Quan.

After filming the MV for the song "Heart Is Too Soft", after Li Bingbing received the pay, he did not cut off contact with Jiang Xiaofeng. He even took the initiative to visit Jiang Xiaofeng in his courtyard, carrying fruit.

Seeing Li Bingbing alone at the door of his courtyard, Jiang Xiaofeng was a little puzzled. He remembered that he didn't reveal his address to Li Bingbing, so he asked Li Bingbing: "How do you know I live here? Who told you?"

Li Bingbing smiled and replied: "This is not easy. I found out on the set that many people know that you live in Houzhai Alley."

Hearing Li Bingbing's words, Jiang Xiaofeng suddenly realized that this courtyard house was no longer safe and it was not suitable to live here for a long time, otherwise it would sooner or later attract the "patronage" of media reporters.

As the saying goes, those who come are guests. After Li Bingbing arrived, Jiang Xiaofeng did not chase Li Bingbing away and even boiled water for her to make tea.

Li Bingbing was not idle either, looking around in the yard.

After looking around, Li Bingbing sat next to Jiang Xiaofeng and asked curiously: "Brother Feng, it must be difficult for you to take care of such a big yard by yourself, right?"

Jiang Xiaofeng denied with a smile: "That's not true. I usually hire someone to clean it."

Li Bingbing smiled and joked: "Brother Feng, do you still need a mistress in your yard? If you don't mind it, I can help you take care of it."

Facing Li Bingbing's direct and bold statement, Jiang Xiaofeng was not too surprised or panicked. He just smiled and replied: "I said Bingbing, you look down on yourself too much."

"With your appearance and acting skills, you can become a star casually in the future. If I ask you to take care of my yard, wouldn't it be a small talent that goes a long way?"

(End of chapter)