Xiaogang Feng: In this way, the gap with Zhang Yimou has been widened. One depends on oneself, and the other depends on the nobility.

In early 2022, Zhang Yimou handed over two perfect papers.

The opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics was splendid, and China people's advanced aesthetics and perfect creativity received rave reviews.

At the same time, the Spring Festival movie "Sniper" directed by him has also achieved good box office results.

In contrast, Xiaogang Feng, the leader of New Year films, still has new works.

This is the nth year that he hasn't celebrated the Spring Festival. Last year, I moved to the online drama to launch "North Road South", which also ended in failure.

Zhang Yimou and Xiaogang Feng are both brilliant fifth-generation directors in China film history, but now they have distanced themselves.

It seems not surprising that the former fought back all the way on its own, while the latter was pressed by the nobles step by step.

Xiaogang Feng: Relying on the nobility all the way, I still failed to realize my dream.

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Ma Mo sharply commented on Xiaogang Feng in an interview.

"His greatest cleverness is to know how to use people smarter than himself."

From 65438 to 0958, Xiaogang Feng was born in an ordinary worker's family in Beijing.

My parents divorced in the early years, and my mother supported the whole family with two children on the meager salary of the printing house.

There was no money to buy delicious food, so cooking soy sauce rice became a fond memory of Xiaogang Feng's childhood.

Growing up in a single-parent family, I was short because of malnutrition when I was a child, and I was bullied by children in the compound.

He is always driven away by the children, crying and swearing: grow up!

From 65438 to 0978, Xiaogang Feng, who graduated from high school, joined the army because his talent in writing was assigned to the Ministry of Literature and Art..

1984, after several years of experience in the army, he was transferred to the propaganda department of Xizhimen Grain Depot and still did some literary and artistic work.

When he was young, Xiaogang Feng was smooth-tongued, and he mingled with colleagues and leaders in Corey.

Although the days are idle, the salary is very meager.

Every night, Xiaogang Feng always thinks about distant dreams.

The starting point of life's suffering makes him pave the way for the future at every stage of life.

With the character of being able to come, Xiaogang Feng was later transferred to the Urban Construction Company Federation of Trade Unions, with a bright future.

At this moment, he met the first noble person in his life-Zheng Xiaolong.

Zheng Xiaolong is six years older than Xiaogang Feng. When they met, he was the director of Beijing Art Center.

Xiaogang Feng worshiped him, pursued praise and exhausted it.

This intention was not in vain, and he was finally accepted as a younger brother by the other party, and the two became one.

Soon, in The Tree of Life and Death directed by Zheng, Xiaogang Feng was recommended by Zheng Xiaolong as an art assistant.

His film career began here.

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After coming into contact with movies, Xiaogang Feng achieved the position of production designer with his literary talent and eloquence.

During this period, he had the opportunity to meet many famous people in the literary and art circles, such as Wang Shuo, Ma Modu, Ye Jing, Hai Yan and others.

These people are the "big brothers in Beijing" rumored on the Internet.

Xiaogang Feng knows that it is important to hold his thighs tightly if he wants to get ahead.

At that time, Wang Shuo was in the limelight with several famous books. Xiaogang Feng is just a small production designer, and there is no way to know him.

Want to establish a relationship, can only rely on my brother Zheng Xiaolong, he began to look for the right time.

Once when they were chatting, he "inadvertently" revealed that he was a fan of Wang Shuo and bluntly wanted to meet his idol.

Xiaogang Feng's words were sincere and his eyes were sincere, and he soon moved Zheng Xiaolong. In fact, Zheng Xiaolong built a bridge for him.

1986, he finally met Wang Shuo who missed him so much.

When we first met, Xiaogang Feng made Wang Shuo feel very comfortable with his excellent rainbow fart skills.

In this way, he was quickly accepted as a younger brother by the other party and successfully entered the Beijing circle.

Although he looks sharp-tongued and has no family background, Xiaogang Feng's advantage is that he is a little gifted, especially flattering.

He will study the works according to the characteristics of each big boss, make targeted analysis and recite them when necessary.

At the party, he became a fan and talked about the materials he had mastered.

Serving tea, welcoming guests and giving people away, and doing odd jobs, he also took all the work clearly.

With these network resources, Xiaogang Feng has broadened his horizons and greatly improved his business ability.

He always takes the opportunity to ask Wang Shuo modestly, and he is not ashamed to ask questions with his notebook.

Objectively speaking, although Xiaogang Feng loves flattery, his talent and learning ability are first-class.

With Wang Shuo's inspiration, his ability in scriptwriting also improved rapidly, and he was quickly affirmed by Zheng Xiaolong.

199 1, became the screenwriter of Zheng Xiaolong's feature film "Meeting Passion".

This is his first time as a screenwriter, and he finally won the 1 1 Golden Rooster Award for best screenwriter.

This honor strengthened Xiaogang Feng's idea of becoming a screenwriter and further strengthened his relationship with bosses.

At the end of the same year, under the strong recommendation of Wang Shuo, he became a member of the editorial team of Story.

One thing happened during this period, which made Xiaogang Feng's talent completely recognized.

Due to the theme problem, the play has not been tried for a long time, and it has been shelved for half a year, and finally it is time to start shooting.

The project can be restarted, but the script is lost, and Wang Shuo is unwilling to do it in a rage.

At this time, Xiaogang Feng stood up and patted his chest and promised: "I can write it again!"

So he wrote the script day and night, trying to restore the outline of the story.

Zheng Xiaolong and others looked at it and exclaimed, "You still have such skill! I can't see at all that it was not written by Wang Shuo. "

This sitcom was very popular after it was broadcast, and Ge You and others became popular.

Later, Wang Shuo took a special interest in Xiaogang Feng and led him to set up a film company.

Wang Shuo is responsible for paying salaries, Xiaogang Feng is responsible for pulling business, running around investing in companies and knowing many film studio owners.

With some money, he is very generous and always pays for his own meals with his boss.

Between entertainment, I got to know the harmony king of Huayi Brothers.

Relying on this big tree, Wang Shuo can always talk with Kan Kan in front of these people and become friends after a long time.

This also paved the way for him to shine on the screen later.

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Although Wang Shuo is brilliant in literary talent, he is too lofty and sarcastic, and most of his works reveal the dark side of human nature.

Some people praised it, others opposed it. After the great popularity of his works, Wang Shuo later ushered in a career trough.

From 65438 to 0997, the mainstream of society criticized Wang Shuo, and all film and television dramas involving his works were boycotted.

In desperation, he had to go far to America. Before he left, he told Xiaogang Feng, "Should you make a movie or a movie? Just don't sign my name. "

After Wang Shuo left, Xiaogang Feng remake his novel You Are Not a Vulgar.

He really didn't sign Wang Shuo in the movie, which was released in the Spring Festival and sold 36 million at the box office.

This film is the pioneer of New Year's Eve-both parties.

Later, Xiaogang Feng also remake many of Wang Shuo's novels one after another, such as A Sigh adapted from A Troubled Life, which was also popular.

However, Wang Shuo is a scholar after all, and he despises these films full of copper smell in his bones.

He didn't agree with Xiaogang Feng's film idea, and they eventually drifted apart.

This does not prevent him from continuing to make new big brothers. When Wang Shuo ignored himself, he turned to the king.

In 2003, Xiaogang Feng officially signed a contract with Huayi Brothers, intending to realize his dream through this platform.

Although he was famous at that time, in fact, there was a literary feeling in Xiaogang Feng's heart.

Making a New Year commercial film is forced by life and has a far-reaching theme of redemption, which is what he wants.

He found Huayi Brothers and made a deal with each other.

"I will make a commercial film for you, and the company will invest in the film I want to make."

Later, Xiaogang Feng followed the market and filmed "The Banquet" in exchange, and Huayi Company invested in "assembling" it for him.

This model has continued, and Huayi Company earned a lot of money by virtue of Xiaogang Feng's gold-lettered signboard.

Relying on this platform, Xiaogang Feng began to try to shoot his own style.

Unfortunately, leaving the business field, his main melody movies always seem to be a little less interesting.

In 20 12, Huayi invested 200 million yuan to help Xiaogang Feng shoot 1942. Although the box office earned 300 million in the end, it still lost money.

As compensation, he later introduced "personal tailor" to make up for the debt in his heart.

After joining Huayi, Xiaogang Feng stepped onto the peak of his life, and his money and fame have long since passed.

But his habit of hugging his thighs has not changed.

On 20 17, Fanghua was a great success. He took the hero Xin Wei to a private party.

There were many bosses at this party, and with a little drunkenness, Xiaogang Feng began to make her dance in public.

After the video came out, several big people at the party were questioned.

After this incident, Xiaogang Feng obviously kept a low profile and no longer responded to netizens like that.

In recent years, domestic films began to decline slowly, and the works of several big directors were not satisfactory.

After the birth of mobile phone 2, Xiaogang Feng gradually faded out of people's sight.

After entering the film circle for 30 years and making friends with various dignitaries all the way, I still failed to realize my literary dream.

Zhang Yimou: He went to college at the age of 28 and became a talented director.

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The world commented on Zhang Yimou: "He is the most diligent genius."

Looking back on his artistic path, this sentence is really appropriate.

1950, Zhang Yimou was born in a well-off family in Xi 'an.

My father used to be a soldier. After leaving the army, I worked in the Agriculture and Forestry Bureau. My mother is a surgeon.

A good family atmosphere has made Zhang Yimou achieve great success since he was a child.

Besides studying, he also likes painting. His parents are also very supportive of this hobby and always buy him all kinds.

1968, due to the special family composition, he failed to continue his studies after graduation, but was sent to the countryside.

His mother always taught him: "Don't stand out from the crowd, pick up your tail and be a man."

During that time, Zhang Yimou felt a little self-abased, never resisted when he was in trouble, and never said anything about being bullied.

The experience of jumping the queue during that time provided a lot of material for him to make yellow land movies in the future.

197 1 year, Zhang Yimou ended his life in the countryside and was assigned to the No.8 cotton mill in Xianyang to become a worker after returning to the city.

At that time, he had married his first wife, had a stable job, and his life direction seemed to have been decided.

Zhang Yimou is naturally studious, and this endless life is not what he wants.

During his work in the factory, he still insisted on his hobbies, painting and photography, and created excellent works by his talent and self-study.

1978 resume the college entrance examination. He signed up at the first time and used his off-duty time to catch up on his cultural knowledge.

The road to the entrance examination is not smooth. Although Zhang Yimou has excellent grades and outstanding photos, his teachers always think that he is too old to accept him.

In order to go to school smoothly, Zhang Yimou made three trips to Beijing. Without any background, he simply entrusted his work to the Minister of Culture.

This spirit of stalking and beating finally touched the staff, and under the coordination of many parties, Beiying finally extended an olive branch to him.

From factory workers to college students, Zhang Yimou's dream has finally come true. He was 28 years old that year.

Zhang Yimou's enthusiasm and talent were also ignited when he really came into contact with the film circle.

After three years' hard work, he got the chance to star in Chen Kaige's film Yellow Land.

After the film was released, it won the China Film Excellent Photography Award for its breathtaking pictures and epic shots.

Since then, this film has won many international awards, and Zhang Yimou became famous in World War I..

But he didn't stop studying and exploring, and he still studied film-related knowledge tirelessly.

1987, director Wu planned to shoot "Old Well" and searched for actors all over the country.

Several months passed, but no suitable candidate was found, and the director was impatient.

Thin cheeks and simple temperament, isn't this the actor he wants?

Wu Tianming excitedly told Zhang Yimou: "Don't look for it, this role will be played by you!"

He readily accepted the task assigned by the director, and in order to shoot well, he deliberately went deep into the countryside to experience life.

For several months, Zhang Yimou lived with fellow villagers.

With this serious and diligent attitude, he showed convincing acting skills on the set.

After the film was released, the audience was also moved by the role of the well digger "Sun Wangquan".

Fortunately, Zhang Yimou won the Best Actor Award at the Tokyo Film Festival for the first time.

If you put it now, Zhang Yimou, who was in the limelight in the past, must be the "purple star" in everyone's mouth

The most rare thing is that he was not carried away by the immediate fame and fortune, declined many film contracts, and still stood firmly behind the scenes.

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The success of several cross-banks has given Zhang Yimou more courage to try.

The year after winning the Best Actor, Zhang Yimou began to work as a director.

1987, with the support of Wu He 'an Film Studio, he began to prepare Red Sorghum.

This film is based on Mo Yan's novel "Big Breasts and Fat Buttocks". Zhang Yimou made a lot of efforts to make a good film.

Even if the heroine is finalized, he will have to take the hero to see the original author in person to feel at ease.

I finally chose Gong Li and took him to Mo Yan's home in the first place. The other party's evaluation was not satisfactory.

"She is so angry that there is no beauty in the countryside!"

Although Mo Yan was not very satisfied, Zhang Yimou stuck to his vision and insisted that Gong Li play the role.

In order to present the sorghum fields in the novel, he specially signed a sorghum planting contract with the farmers in the shooting area.

1987 is particularly dry in spring. Sorghum can hardly last long without rain after it has been planted and emerged.

Zhang Yimou was so anxious that he couldn't eat or sleep that he was in a state of anxiety.

He found the local county party Committee, mediated several times, and approved 50,000 tons of chemical fertilizer, so that sorghum could catch up.

During the filming, Zhang Yimou also kept close contact with the original author.

In his spare time, he will take his creative works to Mo Yan's home for dinner and discuss the shooting in detail.

These efforts were not in vain. After the release of Red Sorghum, it won awards at home and abroad.

Debut is the pinnacle, and Zhang Yimou's brilliant film career also started from this work.

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Holding the grand prize, Zhang Yimou's time has really come.

After Red Sorghum, Gong Li became his mistress, and they collaborated on several works.

These films, which reveal human nature and suffering, make Zhang Yimou's name a household name in the world.

199 1 year, hanging red lanterns sent him to the position of movie master.

This film has beautiful pictures, compact plot and perfect acting.

With everyone's joint efforts, this film finally won the Silver Lion Award at the 48th International Film Festival, the 36th Italian David Award, the Golden Rooster movie Hundred Flowers Award and so on.

Later, Zhang Yimou started the "Star-making Age", and explored "looking for women" from different eras such as Zhang Ziyi, Angel, Zhou Dongyu and Nini.

For mainland actors, it is a supreme honor to be in a movie in Zhang Yimou.

At that time, he was the greatest filmmaker in the hearts of fans, and brought the color aesthetics in the yellow land movies into full play.

After his success, Zhang Yimou is still actively exploring, and local films can no longer satisfy his creative desire.

1996, eager for change, he filmed "Something to Say" starring Qu Ying and Jiang Wen, and the box office was not ideal.

He didn't lose heart, and a failure didn't make him give up exploring commercial films.

These commercial blockbusters, Hero, Red Cliff and Return, all have a strong capital color. Although they lack cultural background, their visual effects are still impressive.

At this time, the public's evaluation of Zhang Yimou began to waver, but they were still full of praise for his aesthetics.

It was not until The Great Wall and Three Guns Surprise were released that he became the target of public criticism.

He once walked off the altar, during which he was extremely ridiculed for his second marriage.

In those years, Zhang Yimou seemed to return to his childhood days, with his head down and never responding to "negative news".

In 20 15, in order to make a comeback, Zhang Yimou financed 10 billion to shoot the Great Wall, and only sold 1 10 billion at the box office.

In his low tide, Xiaogang Feng said, "I made 1 billion with 1 billion, and someone gambled 1 billion with 1 billion, which really made me miserable. Who is not angry? "

This sentence also stung Zhang Yimou deeply, and he secretly made up his mind to make a comeback and make a good work.

After that, he immersed himself in the creative world and actively sought a new way out.

Good and hard-working people will always be favored by fate. After surviving the days of gossip, Zhang Yimou finally saw the light of day.

20 19, Above the Cliff received rave reviews, and the box office of Sniper soared in 2022.

The success of the Winter Olympics made everyone sigh: "We all owe Zhang Yimou a movie ticket!"

Don't be surprised by yourself. Look at the flowers in front of the court, stay or stay, and look up at the clouds in the sky.

Zhang Yimou finally continued his brilliant old age with outstanding strength.

Zhang Yimou and Xiaogang Feng have both made brilliant achievements in the history of China films.

However, no matter their natural qualifications or their lifestyle, they are far apart.

This may be the reason why they can meet at the summit, but they can't achieve the same goal by different routes!