Chapter 169: The eternal "Farewell", tear-jerking
Eleven, Yanjing, Luowangfu Baina Cinema.
The huge venue accommodated 378 people, with media, filmmakers and celebrities from all walks of life gathered together.
Not to mention anything else today, there are fifty-eight stars who did not star in "Charge", which shows how powerful this movie is.
The main theme is still the main theme. When other conditions are similar, the attention and box office of main theme movies are higher than those of ordinary movies.
This is also the biggest reliance for the formation of the Beijing circle.
However, "Charge" does not belong to the Beijing circle work.
Because the Beijing circle is at most the son's generation, Xie Fu, the third-generation director, is the real father.
When Xie Fu stood up, the media took pictures.
Xie Fu also expressed his gratitude, and then invited the main creators to go on stage together.
Han Zhou, wearing a mixed-color suit, also went on stage.
Some media also wondered: "Han Zhou? Did Han Zhou also star in this movie? Why didn't we see him in the promotional video?"
"Then you don't know. Han Zhou composed the music for the entire film, but he didn't act in it."
After all the main creators came on stage, the event had not officially started yet.
Many people greeted Han Zhou.
The main actors of "Charge" include six movie emperors, one TV emperor and one TV queen. This lineup is so terrifying.
In addition to these, there are seven national first-class actors with national certification.
Among them, five have backgrounds in military art troupes.
These are all actors who are well-known in the circle and are deeply loved by the audience.
The key point is that you basically never meet these people in the film and television industry, but today I met them all.
Han Zhou was originally standing in the corner. Xie Fu smiled widely, walked up to him, grabbed Han Zhou's wrist, and pulled Han Zhou to the center.
The signal released undoubtedly triggered a crazy "click, click, click" in the media!
The event officially began. Xie Fucai smiled and bowed on the stage: "Welcome to the premiere of "Charge", welcome to the media friends, welcome to the colleagues who came to support us, and welcome to the chairman of Huaying Group, Mr. Han Sisheng."
Han Sisheng also stood up and greeted everyone in all directions.
He was still wearing the old Chinese formal suit, with a short flat head, and a smile so shy that it looked like that of an old farmer.
Xie Fu turned around and said, "This time the film can be successfully released. Thanks to the strong support of Taihe, Baina, Bauhinia, Xinyuan, Dahe, Mengdai and other theaters."
"Finally, I would like to thank the creative team, our screenwriters, Ms. Tang Ruo, the war history expert of the cultural troupe, screenwriter Zhou Quanyi, screenwriter Du Wei, and screenwriter Harlong."
"Thanks to producer Han Sisheng, supervisor You Daming, and co-supervisor Su Xiaoxiao."
"Thanks to our photographer Hangdong and photographer Wu Wu."
"Thanks to our starring team, Hao Dongsheng, Ye Han, Wei Ke, Li Xianghong, Zhou Zhiyi, A Mo..."
As he spoke, Xie Fu grabbed Han Zhou's wrist and said, "Special thanks to the vocal team of our film, the Luodie dubbing team in Yanjing City, and the music production team of New World."
"This time, Han Zhou has provided us with a wonderful soundtrack, including the National Military Band, the National Orchestra, the National Symphony Orchestra, the National Chorus, and the Yanjing Youth Choir, who performed wonderfully for the theme song, the ending song, and the interlude. Thank you again."
Many people in the audience were surprised.
In the past, Han Zhou was a very good songwriter, with unrivaled sales and popularity, and his songs were ranked high on various charts.
But the idea of mobilizing the National Symphony Orchestra and the National Chorus was something no one expected.
Pop songs are just pop songs after all. What kind of songs did Han Zhou write that required the mobilization of these teams?
Han Zhou also put his hands together and said, "I'll take the money and do the work."
Of course, the people in the audience knew that this was a joke to liven up the atmosphere, and they all laughed.
Xie Fu smiled and said, "There are about six minutes left. Do you want to ask Han Zhou to perform for us before the movie?"
Many people in the audience started to boo.
Han Zhou took a look and found that many of the stars who came to watch the fun today were old acquaintances, such as Zhou Quanou.
These people were making a noise, and Han Zhou laughed: "Okay, let's sing a song?"
Xie Fu: "Everyone knows that you are a great singer, but we won't let you sing today."
Han Zhou was stunned for a moment. Han Zhou had not expected this.
Xie Fu: "I know you are good at writing poetry. I didn't tell you what you were going to perform this time. Can write a poem that fits the occasion?"
Han Zhou thought for a moment and said, "Okay."
Xie Fu waved his hand, and the writing brush, ink, paper, inkstone and desk that had been prepared in advance were brought up.
Han Zhou wrote slowly, word by word and stroke by stroke.
This song I wrote should be called a lyric.
This is Han Zhou's favorite poem, even "Song of Water Melody" and "沁园春·雪" have to take a backseat.
However, due to some rubbish people, this poem has almost been stigmatized.
[My hair is standing on end with anger, I lean on the railing, the rain has stopped. I look up to the sky and howl, my heart is full of passion. Thirty years of fame and success are now dust, eight thousand miles of journey are now clouds and moon. Don’t wait until your hair turns grey, and then feel sad for nothing.
The shame of Jingkang has not yet been avenged. When will the hatred of the ministers be eliminated? Drive the long chariot and break through the gap in the Helan Mountains. With great ambition, I will eat the meat of the barbarians when I am hungry, and drink the blood of the Xiongnu when I am thirsty. I will start from the beginning, clean up the old mountains and rivers, and face the sky. 】
After finishing writing, Han Zhou picked up the microphone and said, "I wrote about the fact that the shame of Jingkang has not yet been avenged. I am describing things in another world. I did not write anything about history. When you read it, you can bring in historical events as you like."
“I hope you like this poem.”
When Han Zhou said he was writing about another world, everyone tended to think it was some kind of virtual world, such as the world in movies and TV series. But when we think about it, there is actually a reason why Han Zhou did not specify what the event was.
This poem may not have been written by Han Zhou recently, but was written a long time ago and was published today.
Today's movie "Charge" is obviously in line with this theme. If it is changed, it would go against the original intention of the creation.
Therefore, it is reasonable to refer to a fictitious event.
There were even people at the scene who had read The Legend of the Condor Heroes on Longdian Chinese website, and they all knew what kind of story the Jingkang Shame was about.
Only Han Zhou himself knew how shameful the three words "Jingkang Shame" were.
Apart from the century of humiliation in modern times, the Jingkang Shame ranks second in China's past history.
After reading the calligraphy, Xie Fu smiled and said, "Great words! This is the calligraphy, I really can't appreciate it."
Li Hansheng, a national first-class actor in his forties from the art troupe, said: "Director Xie doesn't like it? Then I'll take it with all my heart!"
Xie Fu smiled and said, "Get lost."
"Please put it away for me. I'll find a master to frame it and hang it in the living room. Hahahaha."
Li Hansheng sighed: "Hey, you say one thing and do another."
Han Zhou laughed: "Old Li, it's just a piece of calligraphy. If there's a chance, we can work together to make a play. I'll be the director and I can use as many words as you want."
Li Hansheng's eyes lit up, but he immediately shook his head and said, "I don't shoot costume dramas."
Han Zhou: "It's a war drama. You'll definitely like it when you see the script."
Li Hansheng: "Okay."
Xie Fu blew his beard and glared: "Hey kid, today is my movie premiere, you are here to attract people to the party!"
Many people in the audience laughed.
Xie Fu laughed: "Let's watch the movie first, and then we can talk slowly after that."
The main creative team all came down from the stage and sat in the first row.
Although Han Zhou had seen the edited version of this movie, he heard from Xie Fu that the movie was re-edited after obtaining the complete soundtrack.
So I raised my head and looked at the screen very seriously.
The lights dimmed and the scene became quiet.
After the dragon logo and the China Film Group Corporation logo, the charge of this world began to sound, and the three bright red words "Charge" appeared on the screen.
The story begins.
The protagonist of the story is a young man named Yue Weiguo.
The country was in turmoil and students rushed to tell each other.
Every inch of land is stained with blood, and so many young men and soldiers fought for it.
Many people around me joined the army.
Yue Weiguo and many of his classmates also wanted to join the army, but their families did not agree.
The reason was not to stop Yue Weiguo from serving the motherland, but because he had three older brothers, whose names were Jia, Han and Jun, and all three had died in the battlefield.
The eldest brother Yue Weijia died on the Northern Expedition seventeen years ago, when Yue Weiguo was just born.
My second brother Yue Weihan died in Shanghai fourteen years ago.
My third brother died in Dasan Pass a year ago.
Even the leader of the conscription office came to his house in person to persuade Yue Weiguo not to sign up again and to leave a bloodline for his family.
Yue Weiguo has a very good female classmate. The two of them often imagine together how to develop the country after expelling the invaders.
Their old classmate Mao Song, who has joined the army, would send them letters from time to time.
But this time, after three months, no letter arrived.
Before the letter arrived, the invading army had already pushed the front line very deep, and the rear had to be moved.
The entire school was transferred together.
During the transfer, Yue Weiguo met an instructor from the Air Force Brigade and secretly enrolled in the flight academy without telling his family.
The so-called Flight Academy is actually on the same campus as Southwest University. His family thought that Yue Weiguo was studying physics at school. No one thought that he was learning to fly a plane at school.
But this period of time made Yue Weiguo feel even more uneasy.
There are a total of forty-eight students in the class.
Every few days, someone from the conscription office would bring orders to recruit students to set off.
Not long after, another call for conscription came.
Yue Weiguo’s teacher liked to write names on the blackboard one by one. Each name represented a pilot who died in an air battle.
In the end, there were no more planes in the entire academy, only an old fighter plane left as a teaching aircraft.
The sky was rumbling and the air raid sirens were particularly shrill.
An old fighter plane took off into the sky.
As far as the eye could see, more than fifteen enemy planes were roaring towards them.
Yue Weiguo, who was discussing with his female classmate whether to join the army again, ran all the way to the instructor's dormitory.
A farewell letter was left on the desk in the instructor's dormitory.
"I sent my sons and daughters to the sky to fight the enemy. Forty-three of them, not one returned."
"All the students have gone, it's the teacher's turn."
At this point in the plot, there is actually not much focus on Yue Weiguo's own affairs.
However, the cruelty of the entire war has been vividly portrayed.
If there had been enough planes, Yue Weiguo would probably have been fighting the enemy in the sky as a member of the air force and would never have returned.
But now, even if there are not enough planes, it cannot stop Yue Weiguo from serving the country.
If there are not enough planes, I can board a ship. If there are not enough ships, I can ride a horse. If there are not enough horses, a pair of shoes will be enough.
The old father sat in the dark lobby, leaning on his crutches, not knowing whether to stand up or sit down.
He just watched his son leave, and in the end he didn't have the strength to stand up.
The old mother's eyes were cloudy from crying, but she still didn't say anything to keep him.
Yue Weihan boarded a car and headed for the front line where the war was most brutal.
As a man who had received air force training, he had just joined the army with the rank of lieutenant and was sent to the front line where the war was the most brutal, to serve as a mechanized infantry platoon leader.
The car passed by the mountainside and there was a pavilion halfway up the mountain. A female classmate was standing in the pavilion, holding a letter in her hand and she was shedding tears.
To be honest, the audience was already exhausted after seeing this part.
And the music started playing at this time.
"Outside the long pavilion, beside the ancient road, the green grass stretches to the sky
The evening wind blows the willows, the sound of the flute fades, and the setting sun shines beyond the mountains..."
The clear children's voices made many people shed tears without realizing it.
What kind of music is this?
This is……
An indescribable desolation, but more than just desolation.
The years are written in it.
Memories are written in it.
I have so many mixed feelings.
Time just flies by.
Countless emotions are mixed in it.
"At the end of the sky, at the corner of the earth, half of my friends are gone
A cup of muddy wine to end the remaining joy, don't dream of the cold tonight..."
The younger ones were fine, they were just immersed in the movie and empathized with Yue Weiguo.
The older ones listened with tears streaming down their cheeks. They wondered how many gay friends had been separated on the road of life.
This song "Farewell" is the only one among the top 100 patriotic songs selected by the official in the previous life, whose lyrics neither express "patriotism" nor "family" nor "military" feelings, and does not contain "national feelings".
But it is an eternal monument among the top 100 patriotic songs.
The lyricist, Li Shutong, fought alongside many of his good friends in that turbulent era.
Some of them have established a Chinese Medicine Protection Association in Shanghai to fight against the Western pharmaceutical dealers' attempts to discredit Chinese medicine, control the medicinal materials industry and make huge profits.
Some of them funded the patriotic war, but in the end they became so destitute due to the changes of the times that they did not dare to say goodbye to Li Shutong.
Some of them, when serving as judges, encountered disasters and organized disaster relief efforts to rescue local areas when local officials fled. Afterwards, they resigned because they did not want to serve in the Kuomintang.
Save the country through economic development? Save the country through studying medicine? Save the country through studying law? They have tried all the methods of saving the country, and all of them have failed.
But because countless people tried, a group of people finally found a way to save the country and the New China was established.
In that era, old friends gradually died. Finally, facing bankruptcy, Li Shutong was unwilling to meet his friends who he only wanted to say goodbye to through the wall, and wrote "Farewell".
The changes of an era are forever recorded in the song.
"Outside the long pavilion, beside the ancient road, the green grass stretches to the sky
The evening wind blows the willows, the sound of the flute fades, and the setting sun shines beyond the mountains..."
The evening wind blows the willows, the sound of the flute fades away, and the sun sets beyond the mountains.
Film is an art of light and shadow, and also an art that combines light, shadow and sound.
An old movie, a good song, are the memories that many people dream about at midnight?
This is clearly a new movie, but it's so 'old'.
This is obviously a new song, but it's so 'old'.
So much so that in the dead silence, there seemed to be sobbing sounds accompanying the children's chorus in the second half.
The movie is just the beginning here.
Unfortunately, in war, nothing is predictable.
The team Yue Weiguo was in was bombed on the way to support the front line.
When Yue Weiguo looked up, he remembered that all his classmates had died in the sky, and now there were no more planes of his own in the sky.
The large forces on the ground were bombed and had no choice but to advance separately.
The team Yue Weiguo was in was the most unlucky, as they accidentally entered the enemy's encirclement.
After a series of failed breakout attempts, Yue Weiguo became separated from the team and was finally rescued by a bugler of our army.
The house is dilapidated, but clean and tidy.
The soldiers wearing leggings carried porridge with no rice in it.
On the table in front of Yue Weiguo, there was a bowl of rice porridge.
Yue Weiguo wolfed down the porridge while the bugler, speaking with a thick Shaanxi accent, told him about the dangers they had faced when rescuing him.
Later, the platoon leader of this unit met Yue Weiguo. After hearing that Yue Weiguo wanted to fight the enemy, he hoped that Yue Weiguo could stay.
Yue Weiguo felt that such a unit with only three people sharing one gun would be useless in fighting against the enemy, so he insisted on leaving.
But the reality was that the enemy was sweeping everywhere and he couldn't go anywhere.
So Yue Weiguo stayed here, and every day he just watched the soldiers training and the soldiers fetching water and sweeping the floor for the villagers.
In order to improve combat effectiveness, this unit asked veterans to teach the new recruits.
Talk about how to shoot and how to set an ambush.
After seeing what they were saying, Yue Weiguo couldn't bear to watch it any longer.
So he went on stage and explained how to aim at a moving enemy: "When the enemy is going uphill, he will run forward. When the bullet flies past, the enemy has already moved up a certain distance. Therefore, to hit the enemy, you have to hit the head."
"When the enemy goes downhill, they will move down a certain distance, so you have to aim at their legs."
This simple truth made a group of old soldiers who could only shoot but not teach their apprentices slap their foreheads and think, this is the truth, why can't I explain it?
Seeing that Yue Weiguo was educated, the troop asked him to teach the soldiers to read and write.
Yue Weiguo had been a student all his life. The first time he became a teacher, he thought of his deceased teacher and decided to teach.
The good times didn't last long, and the battle began.
The gathering place was attacked and the entire team had to be relocated.
Yue Weiguo also followed the main force in the transfer.
If you encounter enemy bunkers and outposts on the road, you must break through them.
The military commander analyzed the map many times and as time was urgent, he directly issued the mission order.
The soldiers surrounded the outpost from three directions, and then charged together at the sound of the horn, trying to resolve the problem with hand-to-hand combat after a brief exchange of fire.
Yue Weiguo foolishly asked why they didn't break through the middle, after all, they had more people on their side.
Answer: No bullets.
The battle was about to break out. Yue Weiguo had a lot of theoretical knowledge, but it was the first time for him to actually go to the battlefield and take the initiative to start a fight.
So it's a bit silly.
The bugler took care of Yue Weiguo, telling him how to hide, and after the battle was over, he taught him how to write his name.
But things are far from that simple.
The bugler had just stood up to blow.
A bullet hit the center of the eyebrows.
Yue Weiguo understood in an instant that there were not only puppet troops at this outpost, but also invading troops, and the other side had secret sentries.
However, the battle plan was to take the bugle call as the order and charge at the same time.
If we don't charge now and the enemy uses heavy firepower, this team will be doomed.
Now gunshots were heard, but only our side could hear them clearly. The people on the other two sides had no idea what was going on. They didn't know whether someone was exposed or someone fired accidentally. They were all waiting for the charge.
Yue Weiguo knew that if the charge was not sounded, the huge advantage of sneak attack would turn into a huge disadvantage, because the enemy was already taking action.
None of the soldiers around knew how to blow the bugle, and only Yue Weiguo had learned how to blow the bugle from the bugler.
On the hill, a soft, not smooth, and short-lived horn sounded.
The soldiers surrounded on three sides charged forward.
Yue Weiguo was not a bugler and didn't know how a bugler should act, so he held the bugle in a funny way, blowing it while dodging, and the sound was intermittent.
However, the charge was not intermittent.
Artillery fire, gunshots, beliefs, and dead comrades.
When Yue Weiguo came to his senses, he had already completed his first battle.
He is a bugler.
He blew the charge.
