The next day, I followed Lin Hongtong to the hotel private room and met the legendary Chairman of the Chinese Film Association, Cheng Daoming.
He is not tall, has a slim build, wears black-rimmed glasses, simple clothes, calm eyes, and not as domineering and majestic as expected?
"Hello, Mr. Cheng, this is Su Ze." Lin Hongtong introduced Su Ze first and pushed Su Ze out. The main purpose today was to set up a bridge and let Cheng Daoming, a senior Chinese opera master, see Su Ze.
"Come, sit down." Cheng Daoming smiled and waved his hand, motioning for Su Ze to sit next to him. He glanced at the gift carefully prepared by Kong Xue and said with a smile: "I'm interested."
"It should be." Su Ze responded politely and sat down next to Cheng Daoming. There were no outsiders today, and there were only three of them in the private room.
"This restaurant does good Huaiyang cuisine. I like to come here when I have nothing to do." Cheng Daoming gestured to the waiter to pass the menu to the two of them and introduced: "Especially the braised lion's head and boiled cabbage, which are comparable to those at state banquets."
Lin Hongtong took it, turned it over casually, and said politely: "It's up to you to arrange it."
Seeing Su Ze nodding and taking the initiative to stand up and help pour the tea, Cheng Daoming nodded secretly. This guy was very discerning, and then said: "Okay, just listen to me today."
Six special dishes, one soup, simple. When the waiter went down and closed the door, Cheng Daoming looked at Su Ze and said, "I've seen your performances in White Night and The Silent Truth, and they're pretty good!"
"You are so complimentary." Su Ze said modestly, "They are all taught well by Chinese Opera."
Cheng Daoming was stunned for a moment, then laughed loudly, pointed at Su Ze and said to Lin Hongtong: "Okay, this kid has a future!"
Lin Hongtong also smiled apologetically, having great confidence in Su Ze. This kid had a charming charm about him.
Su Ze had prepared for today's meeting. After all, Cheng Daoming is a real boss and a senior in Chinese dramas. Who doesn't want to leave a good impression?
I have seen many plays and interviews before, and I have some understanding of his character. People outside say that he has superb acting skills, is as pale as a chrysanthemum, and has a moral character and artistic integrity.
However, many popular stars are afraid of working with him. It is said that Cheng Daoming on the set is very paranoid and aloof, and often says some unpleasant things.
Some actors are easily injured or fall into the water. This is your profession, so you should suffer like this!
These dramas have come out in recent years because the director is completely out of his mind!
The stories of those bad dramas are fake, and the actors are still pretending and acting in tears!
Some actors are uneducated. They cheat because they are uneducated. They also say that they are under great pressure!
I once read an interview about a monologue from the Kangxi Dynasty: There were five great scholars in the current dynasty, and I had to dismiss four of them. I had to dismiss three of the six ministers!
Look at these seven people, which one is not gray on the temples, which one is not the pillar of the imperial court, which one is not my son and daughter's in-laws?
But they are dead and my heart is broken!
Is this actually an improvisation?
"Do you believe that the actor's incident was actually a coincidence?" Cheng Daoming felt in a good mood, sipped his tea and said to Su Ze, "I have never fallen in love with acting."
Su Ze was stunned, what the hell is this?
"I went to Renyi because of the teacher's recommendation. I thought very simply, just get a salary."
"Then I worked for seven years. Today I played a bandit, every day I played a spy, and the day after tomorrow I played the Eighth Route Army..."
"I am acting as a sidekick every day. No one has ever said that I have so-called acting talent. Even I don't think I can be an actor."
"No matter if you play a leading role or a supporting role, you will receive a late-night snack subsidy of 25 cents. You won't be full or hungry."
After speaking, he looked at Su Ze and said seriously: "There weren't so many movies to shoot before, and there wasn't that much money, but everyone worked very hard on every movie."
"We started filming The Last Emperor in 1984. We filmed 28 episodes of the TV series for four years. We studied Qing historical documents and visited a large number of experts. Wearing dragon robes to film in the summer and wearing shirts at minus 30 degrees Celsius is definitely tiring, but everyone does it the same way.
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"Play the role well and do the work well. This is not called love, but a duty!"
Su Ze smiled, and after a close encounter, he discovered that Cheng Daoming was not the character who quarreled with anyone he saw, but was just a kind of straightforward person who couldn't cater to those things he couldn't stand.
There was a scene in the filming of the Kangxi Dynasty. Kangxi was very angry after knowing that his eldest brother was captured. In the original script, after the emperor scolded his son, he sighed and then stopped.
The first time he acted according to the script, the second time Cheng Daoming started to add to the scene by himself. He called his eldest brother to the bed and slapped him hard. After beating his son, he slapped himself hard again, and then he said in annoyance
sigh.
If he suddenly changed his play and then slapped his opponent, if it were done today, he would be scolded and trending on the internet.
When I was filming "Black Hole", I played the role of Nie Mingyu, an entrepreneur who has done all kinds of bad things. When I first saw the protagonist's home being very exaggerated and gorgeous, I was very angry.
Is this the legendary drama tyrant?
Two years ago, a video of a young girl punching Feng Xiaogang was circulated on the Internet?
From Su Ze's point of view, it's not that complicated. It's just a group of big guys having nothing to do, eating and drinking, and then Director Feng wants the little girl to behave, just like a parent asking his child to sing a song in public.
Then everyone got into a mood and started making noises. In the end, it didn't look good, so Cheng Daoming just stopped him.
The thing is very simple. The main reason is that they are celebrities and big shots, so they attract a lot of attention. I don’t want to think about who can eat and drink with Cheng Daoming and Feng Xiaogang who is not a big shot?
What kind of beautiful woman has never seen such a person?
No need to be so hungry and thirsty!
Maybe it was just an episode at a party. Someone cut it out of context and posted it on the Internet, causing an uproar. Many people applauded and cheered Cheng Daoming, saying he was brave enough to do justice?
Even the parties involved are probably confused!
Rather than saying that he is arrogant and eager to be a teacher, it is better to say that he still retains the innocence of a boy. Maybe many people have already learned to compromise and perfunctory when they reach Cheng Daoming's age.
This market has nothing to do with me anyway, so why should I be so stupid as to be the one who launches the cannon?
Anyway, you are already in a high position and successful, so why do you still need to offend others?
In Su Ze's opinion, Cheng Daoming is indeed different from ordinary actors. What makes him different is not that he is aloof, unworldly, or detached.
Instead, he always lives in his own little world and only follows the principles he recognizes.
This is not arrogance, but sobriety. In this drifting world, you retain your true temperament to the maximum extent, which makes it more real.
I am helpless to this world, and I may not have the ability to change it, even a small environment. I can only work hard to make the world helpless to me, and try not to be influenced by things in the world.
Seeing the two of them chatting while eating, Lin Hongtong finally felt relieved. He was still very nervous facing Cheng Daoming. He was top-notch in terms of identity and status. Who wouldn't be trembling in his place?