After coming out of the 4S store, a few people drove two cars around the outer ring road for a few times to get familiar with the performance of the cars. Then they went to the recording studio. Chen Mo planned to write the song he had promised to Director Zhang first. .
Chen Mo picked up the phone and found Director Zhang's phone number, and then asked Director Zhang about the requirements for the theme song of Director Zhang's TV series, and then discussed the plot of Director Zhang's TV series in detail.
Director Zhang's film mainly tells this story: In the early spring of 1974, Jingqiu, who was in high school, was selected by the school to participate in editing new textbooks. She had to go to a place called Xicunping, interview villagers, and then write the village history. Textbooks for middle school students in No. 8 Middle School in K City where she is located. On the way to Xicunping, the village chief introduced Jingqiu to a hawthorn tree with red flowers.
Jingqiu was arranged to live in the village chief's house. Jingqiu learned that the third son of the Zhang family, the third son, worked in the exploration team, and the first meeting with him started when Jingqiu heard the beautiful accordion music. It was Jingqiu who played it. Autumn's favorite Soviet song "The Hawthorn Tree". Jingqiu was suddenly attracted by the sound of the piano, and couldn't help but begin to imagine the appearance of the person playing the piano.
What appeared in front of Jingqiu was a handsome young man. For some reason, Jingqiu suddenly became extremely panicked.
Returning to the village chief's house, after everyone introduced him, Jingqiu realized that the third child was not the village chief's son. His name was Sun Jianxin, but he had lived in the village chief's house for a while before. Gradually, the third child became familiar with Jingqiu, and often came to see her during the lunch break to chat with her. A few days later, Jingqiu was about to return to K City for her rest. In the evening, the third child quietly left a message for her and made an appointment to wait for her on the mountain at eight o'clock the next day. Jingqiu was secretly excited. When they broke up, the third child suddenly proposed to go to K city with Jingqiu. Jingqiu did not agree and only agreed to let him pick her up in the county the next afternoon.
One day later, Jingqiu hurried home from K City. Unexpectedly, the car broke down halfway. When she arrived at the station, the third child had been waiting for her for a long time. The two of them returned to Xi Cunping at night, and the third child took Jingqiu's hand. When passing the hawthorn tree, the third child suggested to sit under the hawthorn tree, but Jingqiu thought of the phantom in the white shirt again. The third child lied to her that a ghost had come out and held Jingqiu in his arms.
Jingqiu felt that this was not good, but she was reluctant to leave. She just felt at ease. The third child took this opportunity to get Jingqiu's first kiss. The relationship between the two later had several twists and turns and misunderstandings, and Jingqiu also gave up on Lao San.
One day, a People's Liberation Army man came to the school and found Jingqiu, claiming to be the younger brother of the third child, and came to pick Jingqiu up to see him for the last time. He told Jingqiu that the third child had leukemia. Because he wanted to see Jingqiu for the last time, he still couldn't close his eyes even though he had stopped taking medicine and rescuing her.
Only then did Jingqiu realize that the third child was actually in K City and had been secretly caring about Jingqiu. Jingqiu came to the hospital and saw her third child on his deathbed. She shouted and touched his eyes. His eyes finally closed, and two tears rolled down from the corners of his eyes.
The third child left, and according to his last wish, his body was cremated and buried under the hawthorn tree. The title page of the third child's diary reads: "I can't wait for you for a year and a month, and I can't wait for you until you are twenty-five, but I will wait for you forever."
Jingqiu, played by Qiao Qian in the story, is a girl with a simple and well-behaved personality, strong and reserved. At that time, due to her family background, she had been living in a state of depression. In addition, her mother is in poor health and needs to buy rock candy and walnuts for treatment. But Jingqiu's family is impoverished and their lives are stretched thin.
The book describes it this way: "Jingqiu's family really has nothing. It has only four walls. The table is an old desk from the school, the stool is an old stool used by students, and the bed is a long school bench with a few wooden boards on it. The bed The sheets and quilts were washed and mended. The eating bowl was placed in an old washbasin, and the chopping board was made from a school table."
Even Chang Lin, who was visiting, couldn't help but ask: "How come your family is poorer than our family in the mountains?"
Faced with the difficulties of life, Jingqiu did not complain about the injustice of fate, but silently tried her best to survive. She pulls carts, transports distiller's grains, and mixes cement. There are so many menial and heavy tasks that she shoulders.
Jingqiu's kindness and tenacity have won everyone's care and love. Not only the third child, but also Chang Lin, Zhang Yi, and his sister-in-law all extended a helping hand to her. Under such repression, it is easy to develop a low self-esteem and timid character.
Jingqiu's mother is still in the transformation stage, so she not only requires herself to be cautious in her words and deeds, but also applies this caution to her. She always teaches Jingqiu to pay attention to her words and deeds. Under such traditional discipline, Jingqiu will naturally develop a simple, well-behaved, and law-abiding personality.
So when Jingqiu met Laosan, even though she felt an unprecedented throbbing in her heart, she quickly suppressed her feelings. Also because of the influence of Jingqiu's background, she always had low self-esteem and felt that she was not worthy of Lao San, or that she was not qualified to accept Lao San's kindness to her, and she was full of insecurity.
In the story, the image of the third child played by Xiao Xiaodong is quite different from that of Jingqiu. The third child's father is the commander of the military region. Although he suffered a blow during the Cultural Revolution, he was soon reinstated. However, his mother was persecuted by rumors and committed suicide.
In such a family environment, the third child did not develop an arrogant and domineering character. On the contrary, he is very attentive and considerate. Where does such attentiveness and consideration come from? It comes from his reading and his upbringing.
The third child loves literature. He read "Jane Eyre" and "John Christopher". Literature gave him not only sensory pleasure, but also spiritual cleansing and edification. The books and academic experiences that Lao San was exposed to helped him develop a humble and elegant temperament.
Coupled with the experience of Lao San's mother, we can see from the book that when he talked about his mother, he showed an expression of regret and regret, which shows that he has great respect for women. For example, the third child can wash Jingqiu's sheets and feet, and treats Jingqiu in a polite and affectionate manner. These all show his respect for women. As for the immature behavior of the third child, Freud gave an example: "A person in extreme anger often shows how the suppressed aggressive instinct makes him transition to self-destruction."
That is, he turns his anger into aggression against himself, pulling his own hair or punching himself in the face, although he would obviously prefer to use this method on others. "Jingqiu's repressed love also inspired his immaturity to a certain extent.
After Chen Mo communicated with Director Zhang for a long time, he gradually decided on the theme song for this movie. Chen Mo planned to use "Hawthorn Tree Love", the song of the same name as the movie by singer Leng Leng. Chen Mo felt that only Leng Leng's song was the most suitable for the movie, and no other songs were suitable.
Soon, Chen Mo started writing to recall the score of the song, and then tried to record the demo with everyone in the recording studio.
"At that time, that day, that year
That beautiful blooming oath
Become an unforgettable past event
Flow through the heart of hope and waiting
That day that year
That youthful flame blooms
It burns with life and faith
But it can't warm the lonely thoughts
We fell in love under the hawthorn tree
Only one chance encounter in this life
If we could hold hands in the next life
I am willing to pay tribute with my life.”
In fact, Chen Mo's voice was not suitable for this song, but Chen Mo still insisted on recording the song completely, for no other reason than to give Director Zhang a reference.
"Director Zhang, the song demo is almost finished recording and has been sent to your email. Please check it later. By the way, I have to tell you that my voice is not suitable for singing this song. I think you should find someone to A clean, crisp male voice should perform this song, and more emotions should be incorporated into the performance. I personally feel that only by fully incorporating the emotions can the perfect, perfect, and romantic atmosphere of the movie's era be conveyed. A perfect interpretation of pure love." After Chen Mo sent the recorded song sample to Director Zhang's mailbox, he called Director Zhang to talk.
"Thank you, thank you. I'll listen to it later. In fact, I also have an idea in my mind. It's just that I haven't found the theme song I'm looking forward to after searching for so long. After hearing the style of your ballad, I I found that what I lacked was not songs, but the ability to express stories through songs.”
"I hope the song can be approved by Director Zhang. Then go and listen to it first, and then go back and find a singer to sing it again." Chen Mo said happily that his song can be recognized by a big director. Chen Mo said Mo felt extremely honored.
Here, after hanging up Chen Mo, Director Zhang called his secretary to call Xiao Xiaodong, Qiao Qian and other actors, and also called the screenwriter, planning, deputy director and others. At this time, they were busy with the follow-up release of the film. , so we were all together, so we just happened to be called over.
Opening his mailbox, Director Zhang downloaded the song sample, opened the player and played it.
"At that time, that day, that year
That beautiful blooming oath
Become an unforgettable past event
Flow through the heart of hope and waiting
That day that year
That youthful flame blooms
It burns with life and faith
But it can't warm the lonely thoughts
We fell in love under the hawthorn tree
Only one chance encounter in this life
If we could hold hands in the next life
I am willing to pay tribute with my life.”
Chen Mo's low and hoarse singing voice suddenly brought everyone into that era, before the reform and opening up, and under the hawthorn tree. A man and a woman under the tree hugged each other because of a little joke, and the story of their love began. This hawthorn tree witnessed their love, and they also left a beautiful vow under this number. It was also this hawthorn tree that witnessed their separation and their regrets in this life.
Director Zhang and everyone were listening to the song quietly, and no one said a word. They listened to it over and over again, not because of how good Chen Mo sang, but just because of Chen Mo's song, which made Director Zhang Bring yourself into the story in this song, or in other words, this song completely perfectly displays the story that the movie is going to tell.
In this impetuous modern era where love can be speed-dated, love can be turned into a game, and marriage can be betrayed, this movie and this song seem to be a mirror, allowing people who are running around in a fast-paced world today to see what is in their hearts. Covered pure love and diluted feelings, this is the love song that Director Zhang wanted to express through this movie. Director Zhang felt that Chen Mo completely captured his heart and what he wanted to express.
Finally, Director Zhang led everyone to listen to the song several times, and after discussing with everyone for a while, he decided that no matter what, this song must be used as the theme song of the movie, and then arranged for everyone to continue with the movie. When it came to subsequent editing and filming, everyone was dismissed.
