From Composer to Entertainment Superstar

The Spring Festival Gala has come to an end, but the Spring Festival movie drama has just begun.

As early as the beginning of 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., were all

Advertisements, promotional videos, etc. of a certain movie occupy the space.

Hot search headlines can be regarded as taking turns. Movies that have not made hot search headlines are embarrassed to say that 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 and regards it as Chen Kai's turnaround. Not only has he spared no effort in terms of production costs, but also in terms of publicity.

No effort was spared. Nearly 20 million was spent on publicity expenses alone. The production cost was even higher, including the actors' remuneration, and it cost around 140 million.

Such a high production cost 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 45 movies online, including three American Hollywood blockbusters being 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 knew that the screenwriter of this movie was 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" in Starlight Cinema is at least 30%, and it is estimated that it is 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 opens, two people in costumes enter the theater and prepare to rehearse the opera "Farewell My Concubine". From the sporadic conversations between the old men watching the show in the theater, it can be known that these two people are famous actors in the Peking Opera industry.

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Immediately afterwards, the film adopts the form of flashback, the light gradually dims, and the time is pulled back to the winter of 1924.

On that day, Yanhong, a brothel girl, brought her son Xiaodouzi to the theater, and wanted to entrust her son to the master to study. Because of his handsome appearance, the master also fell in love with Xiaodouzi, but he was turned away because he had six fingers on his right hand.

So the iron-hearted Yanhong cruelly cut off Xiaodouzi's extra finger. Xiaodouzi pressed his fingerprints in the heart-rending pain and joined the troupe, while the person he was closest to was only left with him.

I left with a coat stained with all kinds of smells from the kiln.

This scene made countless moviegoers feel numb.

The life of the theater troupe is difficult. Xiaodouzi, who has just arrived, is rejected by all the brothers in the theater troupe because of his background. Only the senior brother is the only one who cares about him. Even in order to help him, he is 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 childish has grown into a handsome and ignorant boy, but his heart is stubborn. The words in a play, I am a female Jiao'e. Xiaodouzi mainly sings

Cheng, I am a manly man. I don’t know how many beatings he received for this, but he never changed.

One day, Xiao Laizi, who was often beaten, escaped from the troupe with Xiao Douzi. Xiao Shitou did not arrest the two of them, but let them go. Xiao Laizi ate his favorite candied haws, and followed with Xiao Douzi.

A lively crowd entered a theater.

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 sad and heartbroken: "How did they become actors? How many beatings did they have to get?"

This sentence can be understood by all moviegoers. Because the master of the class has a very bad temper and will beat these helpless children at every turn. He will beat those who can't memorize the lines and those who can't memorize the lines.

If you want to be that kind of actor on stage, you really don't know how many beatings you have to take. The ending of Xiao Laizi is proof.

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 people who both wanted to become Jiao'er returned to the troupe.

At this time, Master Guan (this chapter is not finished yet!)

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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 more afraid of being beaten to death, and the candied haws finally became the last sweetness he tasted in his life.

This scene made countless people boo.

One day, before the birthday party of the former great eunuch Zhang Eunuch, the owner of the theater came to visit the theater. The manager with a slavish look happened to be interested in Xiaodouzi and chose a play to examine him. However, Xiaodouzi still put it on the stage.

"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 and started to walk out, in desperation, senior brother Xiao Shitou broke the mouth of his belly with the leg of his cigarette pole. He led a group of junior brothers to act like a performer, hoping to save the business.

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At this moment, Xiaodouzi actually pronounced the word that he had never read correctly. At this time, he sang so vividly that he was recognized by the slave minister. On the day of the hall, Xiaodouzi and Xiaotouzi went on stage as they wished and won the

The whole house cheered.

But because of Xiaodouzi's delicate and refined appearance, he was attracted by Eunuch Zhang, who asked him to keep him and humiliate him. This made Xiaodouzi's heart begin to change, and he gradually moved closer to women. Xiaodouzi, who was indifferent between people and drama, subconsciously

He has already identified himself as a woman and regarded himself as Yu Ji. He appeared in the camera, with his big stubborn eyes, looking feminine and timid.

On the way back to the theater, the confused-eyed 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, Xiao Douzi and Xiao Shitou became famous actors as they wished. Xiao Douzi, who sang Huadan, had changed his name to Cheng Dieyi, and senior brother Xiao Shitou changed his name to Duan Xiaolou. The two performed "Farewell My Concubine" which became a hit.

Abnormal, they were both in the limelight for a while. According to today's terms, the two are definitely real superstars, attracting crowds of people every time they go out.

The Yu Ji played by Cheng Dieyi was even more 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 is indistinguishable 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 have become 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, being 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 didn't have much emotion, but now, everyone felt that Cheng Dieyi had completely transformed into Yu Ji. Except for Duan Xiaolou, the overlord, he could no longer tolerate anyone else in his heart, and he couldn't see it in his eyes.

Not as good as others. Therefore, Fourth Master Yuan's appreciation is doomed to be nothing more than carelessness and ruthlessness.

But it’s not only Mr. Yuan who is careless in falling flowers, but ruthless in flowing water. How about Cheng Dieyi himself? Unlike Dieyi, who does not differentiate between people and dramas, and gender, Duan Xiaolou clearly distinguishes 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 common man. He has many bad habits, and he also likes to visit those romantic places. Not long after, he had an engagement wine with Ju Xian, the top star of the romantic place.

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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Cheng Dieyi got married, and Dieyi, who had come late, saw that it was a done deal, and angrily broke off the relationship. Duan Xiaolou didn't understand what was wrong 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 towards Duan Xiaolou, just like a pair of lovers playing and teasing each other. Duan Xiaolou also looked in a daze.

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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.

My father had a different feeling for Cheng Dieyi, who played the role of Concubine Yu. From then on, Concubine Yu on the stage became Concubine Yang, and Dieyi never disappeared again.

Later, the Daoist troops invaded Yanjing. In a fit of anger, Duan Xiaolou clashed with the Daoist people and was arrested and imprisoned. They then threatened Cheng Dieyi to sing for the Daoist people, otherwise they would be destroyed.

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 released. However, after being released from prison, Duan Xiaolou thought that he had surrendered to the islanders because Dieyi sang for the islanders.

She spat all over him and walked away. There was a misunderstanding between the two and their relationship reached 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 said goodbye 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 their troupe master, who gave them a severe lesson before allowing them to share the stage again. However, the elderly master fell ill due to illness before he could even see the two on the same stage.

After the death of the opera troupe, there was only one young man left who insisted on singing. It turned out that he was the abandoned baby that Dieyi had rescued, and he was called Xiaosi. So the two brothers took Xiaosi by their side and taught him

He sings opera.

In a blink of an eye, the Anti-Japanese War was victorious. The two men once again went on stage to perform for the National Army. However, the people in the audience behaved wantonly and teased Cheng Dieyi with words. Duan Xiaolou tried to persuade Cheng Dieyi but was severely beaten. Juxian also stepped forward to start a fight.

She was affected by the disaster and had a miscarriage.

Because Cheng Dieyi once sang an opera for the islanders, he was named a traitor and was taken away. Duan Xiaolou could only seek help from Fourth Master Yuan, whom he had once despised.

However, Fourth Master Yuan became concerned because of 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 as well.

That night, Juxian took the things to see Cheng Dieyi and told him what to say in court. However, Juxian also took this opportunity to make Cheng Dieyi break off the relationship with Duan Xiaolou. He asked Duan Xiaolou to save him.

Cheng Dieyi was forced to agree to Fourth Master Yuan, and the letter written by the two brothers breaking off their friendship was given to Cheng Dieyi.

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 that 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 illegal living, Cheng Dieyi's voice was completely ruined, and she broke the song on stage.

An embarrassing incident of sound.

The two of them were at a loss. Juxian was afraid that the situation would be as chaotic as the last time with the National Army, so he called for Xiaosi and asked him to go down and help him. But unexpectedly, there was encouraging applause from the audience.

The two people who experienced ups and downs on the stage were filled with emotion.

Xiao Si also saw this scene and felt jealous in his heart.

At that time, Mr. Yuan Siye, who had great hands and eyes, 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 instantly, 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 after seeing this, everyone realized that she was just a little woman. A little woman who had no ambitions or desires and just wanted to live her own life well.

Was she wrong? She was right, so who was wrong and who could tell clearly?

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