Chapter Twenty-Six: Uncle Ge
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There is a life called "Uncle Ge's life".
Katsu was born in Kyoto.
As a child, he didn't like acting, and in kindergarten he didn't do a show even if he had a teacher's order.
In the seventh and sixth years, Ge Wei went to Xingshou Commune in Changping County to cut in line, and because of his thin body, he was assigned to raise pigs.
In 79, art academies across the country began to recruit students, and Ge Wei took leave to return to the city to take the exam, but failed repeatedly.
Later, Ge You signed up for the examination of the National Federation of Trade Unions and Art Troupe, and during the interview, he performed the sketch "Feeding the Pig", which was well received by the examiner and was admitted to the All-China Federation of Trade Unions Art Troupe.
In 85, Ge Wei filmed his first movie "Midsummer and Her Fiancé", and officially entered the film and television industry.
In 88, Ge Wei played the role of Yang Chong in the movie "The Recalcitrant Master" adapted from Wang Yu's novel of the same name, and was nominated for Best Actor at the 9th China G Film Golden Rooster Awards.
It is precisely because of his participation in "The Stubborn Master" that Ge Wei got acquainted with Wang Yu, and then met Feng Xiaogang, which led to "The Great Saman", "Party A and Party B", "Endless", "See You or Leave", "Big Names", "Mobile Phone", "Night Banquet", "No Thieves in the World", "If You Are Honest, Do Not Disturb" 1 and 2, "Private Customization" and other movies.
But—
Ge Wei and Feng Xiaogang's initial acquaintance was not because of these movies, but because of the TV series "The Story of the Editorial Department".
In the preparation stage of "The Story of the Editorial Department", Feng Xiaogang didn't know Ge Wei, just because he watched Ge Wei's wonderful performance in "The Stubborn Master", Feng Xiaogang felt that Li Dongbao's role was very worrying.
The first time he saw Ge Wei, Feng Xiaogang told him and Wang Yu in one breath about the intention of asking Ge Wei to star in "The Story of the Editorial Department".
After that, Ge Wei showed a conflicted mood.
Ge Wei said: I have promised Zhang Xiaomin to appear in her "The Great Collision", which happens to conflict with your time.
Feng Xiaogang asked Ge Wei: What role do you play in that film?
Ge Wei said: Just play a hotel manager, a small supporting role.
Feng Xiaogang said: Then we invite you to play the protagonist in this play, the number one person. The script is written according to you.
Ge Wei thought about it and said: Can the two dramas be coordinated, and they will be on both.
Feng Xiaogang said: This is unlikely, there is your play every day, and as soon as you leave, the whole crew will have to lie down.
Ge Wei was really embarrassed, and said: Forget it. I promised Zhang Xiaomin first, and if I didn't go, I would offend others. I also know that your play is interesting, we are not familiar with each other when we meet for the first time, Wang Yu I know, and I must not be wrong in writing. But you can't offend your friends because of the last play.
Feng Xiaogang hurriedly said: I don't know you well, you are not a friend, Wang Yu has to be your friend. If you offend Zhang Xiaomin in our play, aren't you afraid of offending this group of friends in her play?
Ge hurriedly said: I don't want to offend either.
Feng Xiaogang said: That's easy to do. Anyway, it's all about offending friends, so you weigh the pros and cons, and choose the lesser of two evils. In Zhang Xiaomin's play, you offended us, but you only played a supporting role, and in our play, you offended Zhang Xiaomin, but you played an absolute protagonist, and it was guaranteed that the play would blow up as soon as it came out. Take the idea yourself, and we will wait for your letter.
Afterwards, Zheng Xiaolong joked: If he doesn't appear in our play, we will ban him.
At that time, it was not like later generations, there were film and television companies everywhere. At that time, the "Kyoto Television Art Center" really wanted to ban Ge Wei, and Ge Wei would have no chance to become Uncle Ge.
Uncle Ge outside the play is friendly, sensible, reasonable, and has no shelves.
These are all things that he deserves to be commended.
But the loveliest thing about Uncle Ge is that he is "a little rich is safe", and he is not greedy. In his opinion, all the honors were copied carelessly, and he didn't dare to think about it.
For example:
After the filming of "Big Names" in the previous life, people from the "New York Times" wanted to interview him, but Uncle Ge said that he had something to do and repeatedly declined.
Feng Xiaogang and they asked Uncle Ge: What's the matter with you?
Uncle Ge said: Go to the Great Bell Temple to buy a piece of floor leather for the balcony of your parents' house.
Feng Xiaogang said: We will help you do this. You're still being interviewed. You are not unaware of the influence of the New York Times, and publishing articles is very beneficial to your development overseas.
Uncle Ge said: Ahem, what am I going to do overseas? I can't even speak English, so I'll just serve the audience of China G. Let them save their hearts.
Uncle Ge is indeed not greedy.
Putting it on someone else is called short-sightedness.
And if you put it here to Uncle Ge, it is called "knowing how many catties and taels you have".
It is precisely this kind of non-greedy mentality that makes Uncle Ge very calm and calm.
For Uncle Ge, nothing is aspiring.
Therefore, it is natural and generous to treat people and things. Neither will be driven by interests to post too much to flatter, nor can they not even greet each other because of miscalculation.
After "The Story of the Editorial Department" and "The Great Satan", Ge Wei is already very familiar with Feng Xiaogang and Wang Yu.
This time, Ge Wei was invited by Wang Yu to serve as the hero and heroine of the episode "Seahorse Cabaret" with Zhao Mingming.
Before this, Li Qing and Ge Wei were not familiar with each other, and they had not even met each other.
For Ge Wei's character, Li Qing appreciates it very, very much!
Again, in the 90s, and even before the mid-00s, among the mainland actors, there were very few who could really stand up to the leading role in a movie.
During this time, in mainland movies, except for Xu Li's participation in Ge Wei, almost all of the male number one were from Hong Kong and Taiwan.
Either that, it's Da Po Street.
Some people will definitely think this is an exaggeration, and will cite Li Lianjie as an example.
Although Li Lianjie is also a mainland actor, he has been going to Xiangjiang to develop since the mid-to-late eighties, and later went to the United States, before "Hero", it can be said that he never returned to the mainland to film.
It wasn't until the appearance of "Assembly" that another Zhang Hanyu appeared, and the appearance of "Painted Skin" produced a Chen Kun.
(The latter also led to a big director who couldn't get along in Hollywood, pointing to the director of "Painted Skin" and saying: The emergence of "Painted Skin" has caused mainland actors to occupy the mainstream of co-produced films, and it is all your responsibility!)
While Li Qing admired Ge Wei, Ge Wei also admired Li Qing, this time he came to the crew of "Seahorse Song and Dance Hall" to play, Ge Wei actually came with "Bright Sword", and very solemnly asked Li Qing to sign the "Bright Sword" he brought.
In this case, Li Qing and Ge Wei naturally hit it off at first sight, and then Li Qing also invited Ge Wei to go to the Kunlun Hotel for dinner in the evening.
Although he only knew Li Qing, Ge Wei was friends with Wang Yu, Zhang Guoli, Liang Tian and many other people who were familiar with Li Qing.
Therefore, after a symbolic resignation, Ge Wei agreed to Li Qing's invitation.
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