Chapter 534: Suddenly
Du Xinghe and Lin Jianguo attach great importance to the cooperation with Lamb Pictures, and as soon as Gao Yang and his family left, Lin Jianguo immediately called Cheng Jiaren and wanted to ask Cheng Jiaren to meet in the evening to talk about it.
But Cheng Jiaren is going to fly to Fukuoka tonight and take Fang Yajun to participate in a disaster relief charity event over there.
Before the Spring Festival, a 7.5 magnitude earthquake occurred in the northern part of Kyushu Island, which was ruled by Chinese colonialists, and although the epicenter was on the seabed, the land was also greatly affected.
According to statistics, the earthquake caused a total of 469 people killed (including 208 Chinese and Chinese) and injured nearly 3,000 people, nearly half of whom were Chinese or Chinese, and the earthquake caused huge economic losses to the local area.
Now, three months after the disaster, the reconstruction work in the affected areas has been completed, and the lives of the local people are gradually returning to normal, but the relief activities initiated by the Chinese continue to be carried out.
Fang Yajun established a public welfare charity fund named after her very early on, and in the seven years of dormancy, Yajun Foundation has always been engaged in public welfare and charity behind the scenes, which is rarely seen in the newspapers.
After Fang Yajun's comeback last year, the Yajun Fund gradually came into people's field of vision, but this was not deliberately hype, but because in the seven years she was banned, no media was allowed to report on her, so the Yajun Fund has not been known to the public. It wasn't until the media was unblocked that Yajun Fund was reported normally.
As early as the beginning of the Kyushu earthquake, Fang Yajun went to Fukuoka to participate in public welfare activities, and the Yajun Foundation also donated 2 million Chinese yuan to disaster relief.
This number is among the best among Chinese stars. And more important than donating money is more important. Fang Yajun worked tirelessly and went to Fukuoka County several times to personally participate in disaster relief activities.
Now that the disaster relief activities have come to an end, Fang Yajun has to start and finish well, and go there to participate in another activity to encourage the local people to be reborn.
When Fang Yajun was the most popular back then, most of the songs she sang were adapted from Dongying's repertoire. Calculated by the conspiracy of the Japanese himself, she was exposed to a lot of Japanese culture, and the Japanese himself even taught her Japanese. The daily chemical phenomenon on her body is very strict, and the Zhang family's cold ban on her was related to her own daily chemical tendency.
In fact, Fang Yajun can't be blamed for this mistake, because she was an innocent person back then and was very curious about everything. A girl with a high desire to learn. After being exposed to new things, she will naturally be interested, and the islanders will do everything possible to cater to her interests, and as a result, it is easy for her to fall into this trap.
Until now. Fang Yajun is still a little in the dark. I'm still interested in some things from Japan. For example, the most popular manga in Japan is her favorite pastime in her spare time. She has a lot of strange thoughts in her head, but they are actually reading comics.
She was dormant for seven years. She flies to Kyushu every few months, takes a vacation, and collects the original manga, which is also a great pleasure for her.
When she went to disaster relief, she would ask her assistant to buy her comics to read. Because she is proficient in Japanese, she also watches Japanese-based horror movies.
Nissan's horror films are quite different from the style of domestic horror films, the Japanese style pursues psychological horror, is very good at creating a horror atmosphere, and loves to be startled and scary, which is a greater test of people's hearts and endurance.
Fang Yajun actually hates this kind of startling horror movie, but she is addicted to it, and she can't help but watch it when she meets her, especially when she closes the curtains and curls up in the quilt in the hotel at night, it feels like eating a spicy seafood pot that makes her want to stop.
This time I came to Fukuoka for disaster relief, and after flying to Fukuoka that night, I settled in the Dingxing Hotel, in the suite, Fang Yajun took a bath, and habitually looked for interesting horror movies from the pay TV, at this time the phone in her hand rang.
When I looked at the electricity, it was the domestic number, Du Xinghe's.
Tucked the beautiful long hair that hadn't dried up to the left shoulder, revealing the right ear and face, Fang Yajun continued to select the film while pressing the remote control, and picked up Du Xinghe's phone: "Hey? Mr. Du? β
Hearing that it was Fang Yajun's agile voice, Du Xinghe didn't talk much nonsense, he even had the title left, and went straight to the point and asked, "Didn't you sleep?" There is a time difference of one hour between Fukuoka and China, Du Xinghe knows that Fang Yajun and they landed at eight o'clock in the evening local time in Fukuoka, and now it is eight o'clock in China, that is, nine o'clock in Fukuoka, he calculated that Fang Yajun should stay in the hotel, so he called at this time.
Fang Yajun was already accustomed to Du Xinghe's familiar and impolite tone, and said with a smile: "It's only nine o'clock on my side, how can I go to bed so early, there is a time difference of one hour between Kyushu and China." β
Du Xinghe smiled, and without waiting to speak again, Fang Yajun said first: "You called so late, and it was also to say that I was singing "The Old Corpse of the Mountain Village", right?" Lin Jianguo had already discussed this matter with Cheng Jiaren before, Cheng Jiaren told Fang Yajun, Fang Yajun didn't expect that after Du Xinghe drew the script, he would make this movie so soon, and he was quite surprised.
Du Xinghe said bluntly: "Yes, you told me before that you wanted to sing the Cantonese opera part in it, which is the representative song of the female ghost, how about it, are you still interested in challenging it now?" β
"Of course I'm interested, but my cousin just talked to me about it, and I don't think I'm suitable for a role like Vocal." Fang Yajun preached helplessly and embarrassed.
"Why?" Du Xinghe asked.
"I told my cousin the story of your "Old Corpse in the Mountain Village", and my cousin said that the female ghost Chu Renmei was similar to me, and she was framed at the beginning, and then she was so much, and then she came back for revenge. This rhythm coincides with the rhythm of my comeback, if it is interpreted crookedly by the outside world, it seems that my comeback this time is also a female ghost's revenge, which affects my image too much. Fang Yajun told Du Xinghe about Cheng Jiaren's worries.
Du Xinghe was stunned and speechless for a while, he didn't expect Cheng Jiaren to have such worries, which is even more relevant than the gossip media, but he also understands Cheng Jiaren's worries, after all, Fang Yajun has always been a topic of conversation since his comeback, and any decision may cause discussion in the media.
Now there are a lot of people waiting for Black Fang Yajun, and Fang Yajun will give the role of a female ghost in case of it. It is possible to be attacked even more, if it affects Fang Yajun's new album in the future, it will be too much to lose, and it will be a harm to herself, to the cloud world, and to Hongyan.
They can't be so small and big, Du Xinghe was relieved when he thought about it.
Fang Yajun was a little reluctant, remotely controlled the direction of the TV, and talked to Du Xinghe on the phone seriously: "I really want to make a sound." This is your first film. As a big fan of yours, I'm going to do my part. β
Du Xinghe was amused by Fang Yajun and said, "If you don't come, I'll return your fans." β
Fang Yajun smiled: "I'm not joking with you. I'm a fan of you. Didn't you notice? I'm getting more and more fans of you now. β
Fang Yajun's words were all learned from Du Xinghe, the people here, and the fanatical supporters. Generally, he doesn't call "fans", it's because Du Xinghe always talks about fans, so that everyone around him can talk about fans. Especially Fang Yajun, now loves everything and Du Xinghe.
Du Xinghe smiled: "What kind of fan are you, Sister Jiaren is sure not to let you make a voice, right?" β
Fang Yajun said: "I'm not sure, but at the moment, they probably won't let me participate, for fear of affecting the album in September." By the way, when will your film be filmed and released? β
"None of this has been decided yet, it's just a preliminary plan." Du Xinghe said truthfully that he is not as clear about the concept of making movies as he is about making records, and he doesn't know how long the production cycle of some horror films will take.
Fang Yajun knows more about these, after all, she once thought about changing careers to become a director, she calculated to Du Xinghe: "I heard my cousin say that your film is a classified film, it is not a big production, it shouldn't take long to shoot alone, and it is estimated that it can be filmed in two months." Even the preliminary preparations, coupled with the actor's schedule, should be filmed in three to four months, but I don't know how long it will take in the later stage, I think if it is smooth, it will be completely done in half a year, and it should be released before the end of the year. At that time, it was the time for my new album to make a big impact, and at that juncture, if I appeared in a ghost movie to give a voice, it was very likely to affect the sales of the record, and people would be scared when they heard my voice, what do you think? β
Du Xinghe nodded and said, "Well, there is indeed such a possibility." You still don't get involved, so as not to really affect the new album. β
"yes, my cousin and they were all worried about that, so they wouldn't let me do it. But I have an idea, if your movies can be arranged in the back, if they are scheduled until April next year, Qingming Festival, or even later, in August, around Halloween, then it will not affect our new album. And at that time, everyone will pay more attention to horror films, if I come out at that time to promote and hype, the film should be more popular and topical, and this topicality will also be conducive to the momentum of my second album at the end of next year. Fang Yajun was the first to analyze Du Xinghe.
Du Xinghe listened to the praise and said: "Yes, if this film is released in the seventh half of the lunar calendar next year, it will not affect the promotion of our first new album at all, and it will also connect with the topicality of the second album, killing two birds with one stone, once the second bird, it is indeed a good way." β
Suddenly, Du Xinghe asked, "Who gave you the idea?" I don't think you'll be able to come up with such a good workaround. β
Fang Yajun snorted disdainfully like a little girl, and said, "You also look down on people, why can't my head come up with such a way?" β
Du Xinghe was surprised: "Is this really what you think?" β
"This ...... I just wasn't interested in thinking about it, my mind was thinking about more important things, and if I were interested in thinking about them, I would definitely be able to come up with a better way. Fang Yajun said arrogantly.
Du Xinghe said helplessly: "Saying so much, isn't this what you think?" β
Fang Yajun emphasized: "It's all said, I want to think about more important things." β
Du Xinghe asked, "For example, ......?" β
"For example...... It's the end of the world, how to save the earth and stuff, hehe. Fang Yajun smiled as she spoke.
Du Xinghe was completely convinced and said, "You are amazing." β
After smiling smartly, Fang Yajun stopped talking to Du Xinghe, and said, "This Jian YiΓ¬ was mentioned by Sister Jiaren, it seems that Lin Jianguo told her." That Uncle Lin seems to want me to appear in this movie more than you, and he talked to my cousin for a long time before, persuading my cousin. β
Du Xinghe wondered, it was really Lin Jianguo, if that guy wanted to do something, he would really try his best to do it. I saw such a big business opportunity from Fang Yajun. Lin Jianguo will definitely not give up.
However, they don't understand the business opportunities for Fang Yajun to appear in the movie, a shrewd woman like Cheng Jiaren must know it, Cheng Jiaren can listen to Lin Jianguo's opinion and propose such a proposal to Fang Yajun, what does this mean?
If you put it on the previous Cheng Jiaren, if you don't agree, you don't agree, she won't give you any flexibility, it's cold.
The current Cheng Jiaren seems to be slowly melting.
Could it be that she really sparked with Lin Jianguo?
Du Xinghe smiled when he thought about it. Lin Jianguo's spring seems to be really coming.
Fang Yajun continued to Du Xinghe said: "You go and communicate with the filmmaker. It doesn't matter when the film is filmed, but if I can move the date of publicity and release to April or August next year, preferably August, then I should be able to make a sound. I myself would love to contribute to your first film. β
Du Xinghe smiled: "You don't have to be close to me." I'll communicate. β
Fang Yajun teased: "Who is close to you." It's just a relationship between the two of us. Still wearing a condom almost? I even know about you stepping on two boats. β
"Huh?" Du Xinghe was stunned when he heard it: "What are you stepping on two boats?" β
"It's wrong, it's not about stepping on two boats, it's about stepping on many boats. Music, movies, novels, you do everything, and you're still a genius when you do it, hehe. Fang Yajun and Du Xinghe chatted high, and as soon as the love was high, they said that they were bald, and quickly turned back. Just now he said that Du Xinghe stepped on two boats, in fact, he meant that Du Xinghe and Lu Qin were dating, and secretly befriended Xu Nuo.
The big bra-bra I saw in Du Xinghe's closet last time, as well as the ** relationship between Du Xinghe and Xu Nuoruo, made Fang Yajun more and more sure that there was something between Du Xinghe and Xu Nuo.
However, it is inconvenient for her to make this kind of thing clear to Du Xinghe, because she herself doesn't know how to love, and she is not qualified to comment on others.
Du Xinghe was told by Fang Yajun that he had diversified development, smiled and said, "Okay, don't wear a high hat for me." How many days are you going to stay in Fukuoka? β
Fang Yajun said with a straight face: "I will go to a disaster relief performance at noon tomorrow, and then I will record in the afternoon." β
"Recording? What's the recording? Du Xinghe asked thoughtfully.
"Recording the song "Suddenly" in the new album, recording in our studio, I always can't catch the feeling you said, I want to try to record it in the disaster area, can I find that kind of mentality. I've asked people to find a good shed, it's very narrow, just like the situation in the earthquake, I've seen the photos, the shed is very depressing, it should be very feeling. β
Du Xinghe nodded silently when he heard this, and asked Fang Yajun to record "Suddenly" in a narrow and depressing studio, which was the construction he mentioned, because Mo Wenwei in the previous plane was recorded in such a studio, which recorded the most perfect feeling.
"Suddenly" is the third song of disc A in Fang Yajun's new album, which is a very important position arrangement, there are many albums, and the third song is the main position. Because after listening to the foreshadowing of the first two songs, by the third song, it should be the most touching song.
"Suddenly" was placed in such an important position in Fang Yajun's album, and the two songs in front of "Suddenly" are A1's "Sunshine Always After the Wind and Rain", and A2's "At Least There's You".
In terms of the classic Cheng dΓΉ alone, these first two songs are no worse than "Suddenly", and the reason why "Suddenly" is placed in the A3 position is mainly because of the meaning of this song.
In the previous plane, most people only regarded "Suddenly" as an excellent love song work, but they never thought that behind this soft work, there is the courage and strength of life.
"Suddenly" is actually a song specially composed to commemorate the last plane platform-Bay 9?21 earthquake.
At 1:47:12.6 a.m. on September 21, 1999, an earthquake measuring 7.3 on the Richter scale occurred in Jiji-Town, Tai-Wannan-Tou County.
The earthquake claimed a total of 2,378 lives, injured 6,534 people, and trapped more than 12,000 people, causing an estimated economic loss of about $9.2 billion, or 3.3% of Taiwan's GDP at the time.
In the face of disaster, people always seem too powerless. "All of a sudden, the sky is dark, and the world can suddenly have nothing...... this is the true voice of Mok Wenwei after the 9?21 earthquake in Taiwan. She invited lyricists Li Zhuoxiong and Zhou Yaohui to write the lyrics and create the song "Suddenly", hoping to express the true state of mind of the earthquake victims through guΓ²'s own singing.
"All of a Sudden" was the first song Mok recorded after the earthquake, when the record company rented a small recording studio, and Mok's face was almost close to the wall when she sang it, so as to deliberately create a sense of spatial oppression, so that Mok Wenwei could empathize with the people trapped in the rubble at the time of the earthquake, and experience the oppression, fear and helplessness they felt in order to survive.
With guitar accompaniment, Mo Wenwei's singing voice is unusually simple. The lyrics directly express the singer's cherishing and nostalgia for emotions in the dark through the first person, which is particularly sincere and touching. At the moment of the disaster, time and space instantly stopped, the deceased was gone, but the living experienced the sweetness and pain of longing in a very fragile siege and waiting. Along the way, cherished memories flashed in the mind, in this seemingly fleeting world, life may be as small as dust, only the persistence and trust in love can give the greatest encouragement and confidence, let people realize a trace of warmth in despair, unforgettable.
In the previous plane, the music video for "All of a Sudden" also used the uncommon one-shot shooting technique. Mo Wenwei was singing songs in the darkness, with only a glimmer of light shining on her face, which was not much expressionless. The camera's lens is steady throughout the whole process, and Mok-Wenwei mostly appears as a half-length lens. When she is close to the camera, she is able to convey her feelings directly to the audience, which is different from other music videos that use a lot of location shooting and complex images, but tries to touch people's hearts with simplicity but directness. Mo Wenwei was so involved in the content of the song during the filming that she choked up several times and her eyes were red, and she in the camera was far and near, clear and blurred, like a real life that survived the earthquake, sometimes ethereal but longing for peace.
This simple piece is very different from the general public welfare song inspired by disasters. When a catastrophe occurs, the entertainment industry will always unite and dedicate some unforgettable public welfare songs, which is the same in this plane and the same in the previous plane.
When the S-ARS in the last plane was rampant, the stars of Taiwan and Bay sang "Hand in Hand" composed by Wang Lihong and Tao Zhe, and I don't know how many tears were shed when singing, and I don't know how much hope and courage it bringed. On the occasion of the tsunami in Southeast Asia, Hong Kong and Hong Kong artists collaborated on the song "Love" at the Disaster Relief Parade, a Cantonese song based on Michael-Jackson's famous charity song "We-Are-the-World", bringing the Chinese fraternity across the border. After the Wen-Sichuan earthquake, many singers on both sides of the strait expressed their concern for the people in the disaster area in various forms, and their creative passion was unprecedentedly high, and disaster relief songs emerged one after another.
Listening to too many public welfare songs can't help but applaud the enthusiasm and talent of the musicians, but the almost cookie-cutter theme can't help but make people lose their due expectations. In the face of disaster, people really need to "cheer up", people should indeed call for "don't give up", people should indeed believe that "hope is always there", but the longer and more eternal memory that remains in the hearts of the victims of the disaster is probably as light but equally unforgettable as sung in "Suddenly". The attachment and concern for love may seem too trivial and messy, but it is so real and touching.
This kind of attachment and concern is every word of farewell on the Titanic on April 14, 1912, every phone call made at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, every frame left on the coast of the Indo-Duk Ocean on December 26, 2004, and every memory contained under the ruins of the earthquake on May 12, 2008.
Suddenly, it was dark; Suddenly, life passed away; Suddenly, love is eternal.
Destiny is unpredictable, fragile life is fleeting, and behind every sudden disaster, there are heart-wrenching stories, leaving only the endless concern and thoughts of the living for them. This is the central message of this song, may the deceased rest in peace, and hope that the living will be strong. (To be continued......)