The Spring Festival Gala has come to an end, but the Spring Festival movie drama has just begun.
As early as early January, movies that were aspiring to be a big hit during the Spring Festival began to promote vigorously and vigorously. Weibo, major blogging platforms, Moments, chat platforms, etc., are all occupied by advertisements and promotional videos for certain movies.
Hot search headlines can be said to be done in turn. Movies that haven’t made the headlines are embarrassed to say they are big productions.
"Farewell My Concubine" filmed by Chen Kai is also scheduled to be released during the Spring Festival. Tianhai has high hopes for this film, seeing it as a turnaround for Chen Kai, and spared no effort not only in terms of production costs, but also in terms of publicity. The publicity expenses alone cost nearly 20 million. The production cost was higher, including the actors' salaries, and it cost around 140 million.
With such a high production cost, it is not the highest among the movies released during the Spring Festival, and it can only be shot in third place. Can you believe it?
Anyway, this year’s Spring Festival is very lively. There are as many as 45 movies online, including three American Hollywood blockbusters that were released simultaneously in China, which is really scary.
On the third day of the Lunar New Year, Wang Xuan and his family, together with Chen Xueqi, went to the Starlight Cinema to watch a movie. Naturally, they watched "Farewell My Concubine". Who let the screenwriter of this movie be Wang Xuan?
There are a lot of people watching this movie. Wang Xuan checked the screenings and found that the screening rate of "Farewell My Concubine" at Starlight Cinema is at least 30%, and it is estimated to be more than 35%.
It's normal to think about it. After all, Starlight Cinema can get the finished film of "Farewell My Concubine" in advance. Until the quality of the film is good, and the relationship with Tianhai is pretty good, it will naturally be willing to give the film a rate.
After buying a ticket and taking a seat, the movie started soon.
When the camera opened, two people in costumes entered the theater to rehearse the opera "Farewell My Concubine". From the sporadic conversations between the old men watching the performance in the theater, it can be known that these two people are famous actors in the Peking Opera industry.
Immediately afterwards, the film adopts the form of flashback, the light gradually dims, and the time is pulled back to the winter of 1924.
That day, Yanhong, a brothel girl, brought her son Xiaodouzi to the theater troupe, wanting to entrust her son to a master to study. The master also fell in love with Xiaodouzi because of his handsome appearance, but was rejected because he had six fingers on his right hand.
So Tiexin's bright red heart cruelly cut Xiaodouzi's extra finger. Xiaodouzi pressed his fingerprints in heart-wrenching pain and joined the troupe. However, the people closest to him left him with only a coat stained with the smells of the brothel.
This scene made countless moviegoers feel numb.
Life in the theater troupe is difficult. Xiaodouzi, who has just arrived, is rejected and bullied by all his brothers in the troupe because of his background. Only the senior brother is the only one who cares about him. Even in order to help him, he was attacked by his master. spanking and corporal punishment.
When the senior brother who had been frozen for half the night returned to the room, Xiaodouzi quickly took the clothes and put them on him. From that day on, Xiaodouzi felt a deep dependence on his senior brother.
A few years later, the child who was still childlike at the time has grown into a handsome and ignorant boy, but his heart is stubborn. In the words of the play, I was originally a female Jiao'e. The important thing for Xiaodouzi was to sing, "I am a manly man. I don't know how many times he got beaten for this, but he never changed."
One day, Xiao Laizi, who was often beaten, escaped from the theater troupe with Xiao Douzi. Xiao Shitou did not arrest the two of them, but let them go. Xiao Laizi was eating his favorite candied haws, and followed the lively crowd into a theater with Xiao Douzi.
Looking at the famous actors on the stage, Xiao Laizi thought about his own experience, cried bitterly, and said the words that made people feel heartbroken: "How did they become actors? How many beatings will they have to receive?"
This sentence can be understood by all moviegoers. Because the master of the subject had a very bad temper and would beat these helpless children at every turn. He would beat those who couldn't memorize their lines and those who could.
If you want to be that kind of actor on stage, you really don’t know how many beatings you have to take. Xiao Laizi's ending is proof of this.
Xiao Laizi said a sad word, while Xiao Douzi looked at Jiao'er on the stage and shed tears silently, swearing in his heart that he must become Jiao'er. The two, who both wanted to be actors, returned to the troupe.
At this time, Master Guan because (this chapter is not finished!)
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The two of them were being beaten with small stones for their escape, causing them to scream in agony.
But after returning, Xiaodouzi carried everything and didn't say a word when he was beaten. This frightened all the brothers and they quickly knelt down and begged for mercy. However, Master Guan became more and more angry and became more and more cruel.
Xiao Laizi, who came back together, looked at Xiaodouzi who was being beaten and thought for a long time. He stuffed all the snacks on his body into his mouth. The action could be called embarrassing swallowing, and then chose to end his life. Xiao Laizi was afraid of death, but he was even more afraid of being beaten to death. After all, the candied haws of sugar-coated haws became the last sweetness he tasted in his life.
This scene made countless people boo.
One day, before the birthday banquet of the former Manchu Eunuch Zhang Gonggong, the theater owner came to visit the theater. The manager with a slavish look happened to take a liking to Xiaodouzi and chose a play to inspect him. However, Xiaodouzi still put it in his mind. "I was originally a girl" was sung to "I was originally a man".
Normally, this might just be a severe beating, but now it would ruin the troupe's business and Xiaodouzi's future.
Seeing that the servant-looking manager was disappointed, he started to walk out. In desperation, senior brother Xiao Shitou broke his belly's mouth with the leg of his cigarette pole. He also led a group of fellow apprentices to perform in an opera style, hoping to retain this business.
At this moment, Xiaodouzi actually pronounced the word that he had never pronounced correctly. At this time, he sang so vividly that he was recognized by the slave Prime Minister. On the day of the church meeting, Xiaodouzi and Xiaoshitou took the stage as expected and won the applause of the whole hall.
But because of Xiaodouzi's handsome and refined appearance, he was attracted by Eunuch Zhang, who asked him to keep him and humiliate him. This made Xiaodouzi start to change his heart and slowly get closer to women. Xiaodouzi, who is indifferent between human and drama, has subconsciously identified herself as a woman and regarded herself as Yu Ji. When he appeared in the camera, his big stubborn eyes looked feminine and timid.
On the way back to the theater, the confused Xiaodouzi picked up an abandoned baby. This may be a kind of sustenance for the dark side of his heart.
In the blink of an eye, in 1937, Xiaodouzi and Xiaoshitou became famous actors as they wished. Xiaodouzi, the leading actress, has been renamed Cheng Dieyi, and senior brother Xiaotouzi has been renamed Duan Xiaolou. The performance of "Farewell My Concubine" performed by the two became extremely popular and became the most popular song for a while. According to today's terms, the two are definitely real superstars, attracting crowds of people every time they go out.
Yu Ji, played by Cheng Dieyi, was highly appreciated by the opera tycoon Mr. Yuan Si, who spared no expense to give him expensive Peking Opera outfits.
But in the performances again and again, Cheng Dieyi, who can't distinguish between human and drama, has already developed a different kind of feelings for Duan Xiaolou. As long as the audience is careful, they will surely find that Dieyi's feelings for Xiaolou are more complicated and ambiguous. He would tidy up Xiaolou's clothes just like his wife, just like Yu Ji treated Xiang Yu in the play, gentle and virtuous.
At Eunuch Zhang's birthday party, Xiao Douzi and Xiao Shitou performed "Farewell My Concubine". After the party, Xiao Shitou once pulled out the sword in his house and said to Xiao Douzi: "If Overlord had this sword, he would have given it to me long ago." If Liu Bang is killed and becomes the emperor, then you will be the empress of the palace!"
And Xiaodouzi said this: "Brother, I will definitely give you this sword!"
When they saw this, everyone had no feelings at all, but now, everyone feels that Cheng Dieyi has completely transformed into Yu Ji. Except for Duan Xiaolou, the overlord, there was no room for anyone else in his heart, and he couldn't see anyone else in his eyes. Therefore, Fourth Master Yuan's appreciation is doomed to be nothing but love and ruthlessness.
But it’s not just Fourth Master Yuan who is careless in falling flowers and ruthless in flowing water. Isn’t it the same for Cheng Dieyi himself? Unlike Dieyi, where there is no distinction between people and roles, or gender, Duan Xiaolou's drama is clearly differentiated between the inside and outside of the drama.
All along, he only regarded Cheng Dieyi as his brother, and all his care and concern were based on this.
Unlike Cheng Dieyi, who always sticks to his heart, Duan Xiaolou is still a layman. He has many bad habits, and he also likes to visit those romantic places. Not long ago, he had an engagement wine with Juxian, the top star of the romantic place, in public.
Dieyi was very angry when he found out. He went to his senior brother and said, "I want you to sing with me for the rest of your life, is that okay?"
But Duan Xiaolou didn't take it seriously and just said perfunctorily: "I've been singing like this for half my life, so I'm not in a hurry to talk about it for the rest of my life."
But Dieyi felt: "It feels like it's just one day away."
Soon after, Duan Xiaolou and Juxian made an appointment (this chapter is not finished yet!)
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When they got married, Dieyi, who had come late, saw that the deal was already done, and broke off the relationship angrily. Duan Xiaolou didn't understand what was going on with Cheng Dieyi, or he actually understood but pretended not to understand.
"Here? Here?" Once when the two were performing "Farewell My Concubine", Cheng Dieyi behaved very intimately with Duan Xiaolou, just like a pair of lovers playing and teasing each other. Duan Xiaolou also looked dazed.
Maybe at that moment, Duan Xiaolou also felt that he was fighting with his lover, and he was afraid of this feeling. He was afraid that he would fall in love with a tomboy, and he was afraid that such a deformed relationship would really happen.
Perhaps the hasty union with Juxian was an escape.
The sad Cheng Dieyi found Mr. Yuan Si, who had always admired him. At this time, Mr. Yuan could be said to have a clear eye, and he also had a different kind of feeling for Cheng Dieyi. To be precise, it was Mr. Yuan Si who was a great opera master. I have a different feeling for Cheng Dieyi, who plays Yu Ji. From then on, Concubine Yu on the stage became Concubine Yang, and Dieyi disappeared again.
Afterwards, the island army invaded Yanjing. Due to a moment of anger, Duan Xiaolou clashed with the island army and was arrested and imprisoned. They then threatened Cheng Dieyi to sing for the islanders, otherwise they would destroy Duan Xiaolou.
Cheng Dieyi would go through fire and water to save his senior brother without blinking an eye, but just as he was leaving, the impatient Ju Xianqiu came to the door. Because the two had always been at odds, Dieyi changed his mind again and asked Ju Xian to Xian will figure it out on his own.
As a last resort, Juxian had no choice but to promise, claiming that as long as Duan Xiaolou could be rescued, he would return to that romantic place and never see Duan Xiaolou again.
After receiving a satisfactory answer, Cheng Dieyi sang "The Peony Pavilion" to the islanders, and Duan Xiaolou was also released. But after being released from prison, Duan Xiaolou thought he had surrendered to the islanders because Dieyi sang for the islanders, so he spat on him and walked away. The two had a misunderstanding and their relationship fell to a freezing point.
Due to the senior brother's misunderstanding and Juxian's reneging on his promise to marry Duan Xiaolou, the frustrated Dieyi began to fall into depravity. Not only did he hang out with Mr. Yuan all day long, but he also contracted heavy smoke.
Duan Xiaolou also bid farewell to the stage and spent all day playing crickets at home.
The news that the two had turned against each other was found out by the master of their troupe, and he gave them a severe lesson before allowing them to share the stage again. However, the old master fell ill due to illness before he could see the two of them on the same stage. He died and the troupe was disbanded. There was only one young boy left who insisted on singing. It turned out that he was the abandoned baby that Dieyi had rescued, and they called him Xiaosi. So the two brothers took Xiaosi in and taught him how to sing.
In a blink of an eye, the Anti-Japanese War was victorious, and the two men once again went on stage to perform for the National Army. However, the people in the audience acted wantonly and teased Cheng Dieyi with words. Duan Xiaolou tried to persuade Cheng Dieyi with good words but was beaten severely. Juxian who stepped forward to start a fight also She was affected by the disaster and had a miscarriage.
Because Cheng Dieyi once sang for the islanders, he was named a traitor and was arrested. Duan Xiaolou could only seek help from Fourth Master Yuan, whom he had once despised.
However, Fourth Master Yuan was worried about his bad relationship with Duan Xiaolou. At this time, Juxian rushed in and threatened Fourth Master Yuan, saying that if he did not save Cheng Dieyi, he would be dragged into the water.
That night, Juxian took the things to see Cheng Dieyi and told him what to say in court, but Juxian also took this opportunity to let Cheng Dieyi break off the relationship with Duan Xiaolou. He gave Cheng Dieyi the letter written by Duan Xiaolou, who was forced to agree to the Fourth Master Yuan in order to save Cheng Dieyi, and broke off their friendship between the two brothers.
This made Cheng Dieyi more sad than heartbroken.
The next day in court, Yuan Siye, Duan Xiaolou and others came to the court to testify as scheduled, but Cheng Dieyi did not follow the advice of the Juxian Cult, but chose to plead guilty in court, hoping to die.
Fourth Master Yuan thought Cheng Dieyi had no hope of being saved, but in the end, his opera became his life-saving plant, allowing him to escape the disaster.
Fast forward to 1949, Cheng Dieyi and Duan Xiaolou performed "Farewell My Concubine" for the prostitutes. However, due to years of improper living, Cheng Dieyi's voice was completely ruined, and it actually happened that she broke the song on the stage. An embarrassing incident of sound.
The two were at a loss. Juxian was afraid that the situation would be as chaotic as the last time the National Army had, so he called for Xiao Si and asked him to go down and help. Unexpectedly, there was encouraging applause from the audience, which made the two people who had experienced ups and downs on the stage sigh with emotion.
Xiao Si also saw this scene and felt jealous in his heart.
Mr. Yuan Si, who had powerful eyes and hands at that time, was labeled as a reactionary (this chapter is not finished yet!)
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, Duan Xiaolou looked at the all-powerful figure in front of him and fell down in an instant, feeling at a loss for a while.
At the same time, Cheng Dieyi made up his mind to quit smoking in order to regain his former strength.
The scene of detoxification was extremely painful. Juxian looked at the crazy Cheng Dieyi and felt heartbroken. She held him in her arms and shed tears of sadness.
This scene made many people hiss again.
I had always thought that Juxian was a selfish woman, but when they saw this, everyone realized that she was just a little woman. A little woman who has no ambitions or desires and just wants to live her own life.
Was she wrong? She was right, so who was wrong and who could tell clearly?
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