Didn't you say that we would lose money after filming?

Until Hanxia hosted the Olympic Games for the second time, Zhang Xinhe was not given the task again, but became the assistant director.

Hanxia at this time is no longer the weak and poor country in need of reconstruction as it was before. Instead, it has successfully developed and become one of the world's top superpowers. No one dares to ignore their strength and voice anymore.

The same is true in the film and television industry. More and more talents are emerging, and the elderly are no longer so irreplaceable.

Among them, a young man is the most representative.

His name is Xia Xisheng.

A very scary young man who became a monster-level director right after his debut.

At the beginning, Zhang Xinhe also knew this person, but at that time, this young man named Xia did not attract his attention.

Of course, when facing the silent contest with the opponent, his words were very clear: We just need to do our best, don’t care about others, and don’t try to suppress the other party. We, as artists, must make a living with our real skills.

But the final result was obvious, he was the one who was defeated miserably.

This young man has an extremely terrifying imagination. He can and dares to do everything that no one dares to do.

You can overturn many things for an idea.

Dare to fight and strive hard, not afraid of death or difficulties.

Such a person made Zhang Xinhe, who was already restrained, feel frightened.

In the end, he could not accept the other party's ideas, and because of the ideological issues, the two chose to go their separate ways.

However, the final fact is that this time Zhang Xinhe is no longer the winner, but the loser.

He lost completely and totally, with no room for recovery.

In a very short period of time, he lost the reputation he had spent most of his life building.

Of course, is all this just caused by humans?
No.

At this point in the movie, there are very few traces of humor.

The style changes dramatically, but it is not abrupt at all, it does not appear stiff, and the transition is even very smooth.

It was at this critical juncture that shocking bad news came again.

It was a very melodramatic drama. As misfortunes never come singly, Zhang Xinhe was having bad luck in his later years and was rushed to the hospital due to illness.

The final diagnosis was that the cancer was in the advanced stage.

It has developed to the point where it cannot be reversed, and the lesions have been found to have metastasized to multiple locations.

In other words, his time is running out.

Zhang Xinhe had to stop working, slow down his pace, and cooperate with the treatment fully.

He had to disappear from the public eye and bid farewell to the career he had worked hard for his entire life.

However, with the current level of medical treatment, this disease is still difficult to treat, and there is basically no hope of survival. No matter how it is treated, it will only delay time. The director used a lot of space to depict this process.

To describe Zhang Xinhe's mental journey along the way.

From the initial panic, to the inability to sleep and eat, his temperament changed drastically, and he even yelled loudly at her, the girl he had loved all his life and who had accompanied him through the ignorant days when he had nothing, and smashed things crazily.

Then he saw the silent night. The woman whom he once loved deeply, but now had gray hair, cried every night, lonely and fearful, and ran around for him, seeking a better treatment plan.

When it's daytime again, wipe away your tears, face him with a smile, and give him the best mental outlook.

At this moment, he was moved.

He came to his senses and felt extremely guilty about what he had done.

His mentality also began to change.

At this time, the movie spent a lot of space to explain these mental contents.

"Some people say that the road of life is like an anomaly. What I really appreciate is what Xia Xisheng once said. He told those reporters: Our life, a person's life, can probably be compared to a long-distance train, the kind with a green skin, with many passengers. During this journey, you can meet many people and see many scenery outside the window.

But no matter how many people there are, how right they are, how well you talk, how compatible you are, how much you hit it off at first sight and how much you regret not meeting each other earlier, if he doesn't get off at the same stop with you, then your destinations are different. This is normal. Everyone has their own purpose. They get off to see their family, go home, or meet more important and newer people. When he gets off at a certain stop, you may never meet again in this life. From then on, everyone's affection and memories will stop at the happy time you talked on the bus, and then you get off at your stop. Just like the scenery, it is only a glance through the window, short and beautiful, fleeting, and you keep moving forward.

My life is actually the same. Half of my life was glorious, but it was gone in a flash. But I got off the bus, but fortunately, I finally had someone to get off the bus and go home with me. "

That person, who had been with him for half his life, gave him a soft spot.

"I actually admire this young man Xia Xisheng. He is really amazing, beyond words. He is also very similar to me when I was young. His goal is very simple. What he values ​​is only his own work and his pursuit of art. As for other things, he will not consider them.

But I am not as good as him, because even if he has achieved success, he will not be bound by the false reputation. He will still go his own way and will still give up the wealth and fame that are within his reach for the pursuit in his heart. I think, maybe it is because of this that I have lost to him repeatedly. I am very convinced.

Finally, in the last bit of my life, I want to make a movie. I want to use this last bit of time to give myself an explanation, and also to give an explanation to all the people who like me. It can also be regarded as the last gift I leave to the world."

The name of this movie is "I Sing My Praises to the Green Mountains".

It starts from Qingshan and ends from Qingshan.

But the young man is no longer there, only the old man at the train's final stop, accompanied by the old woman who accompanied him to the end and got off the train together.
The movie ended, and the final scene was frozen on a handwritten postcard.

The yellowed postcard looked very old. It was a photo of a handsome young man and a stunning girl with a shy face. It said: She asked me today, Zelin, are you going to make movies for the rest of your life?
I said: No, when I make enough money in the future, I will retire, and then I can always be with you. I will always love you. I will never scold you, yell at you, or lose my temper with you in my life, otherwise I will be a complete loser.

Also, as for movies, if I don't make them anymore, I hope to end my career with a comedy. If I can bring some joy and laughter to people at the very end, I will be satisfied.
Written by Zhang Zelin on November 1987.11.23,

Zhang Zelin: In the end, I still lost. As for her game, I became a loser.
The lights in the theater came on as the theme song of Zhang Zelin's first film, "Qing Shan Jue", played.

There was silence in the theater for a long time.

At the same time, Zhang Zelin’s widow, his wife, said on Weibo: You have never lost to me, you are not a loser, you have always been my winner, you old man.

Then a video of Zhang Zelin himself, lying on a hospital bed, dying: "All my property and copyrights will be left to my wife and son. The copyright of "Green Mountains, I Sing My Way" and all box office revenue will be donated to the Datang International Charity Foundation" (End of this chapter)