Chapter 11 Part 1: Wu Wenhua, a female textile worker who first appeared on the screen in the dangerous "Guangzhou No. 1 Case"

The Zhuying Film Studio, which was formally established in 1958, has always focused on shooting scientific and educational films. Although the several story films that have been launched, such as "The Son of the Fishing Island", "Heroic Psalms", and "Wisdom Eyes and Hearts", except for those drawn from local art groups Except for a few limited drama actors, the rest are almost all loaned actors.Therefore, after several considerations, Zhuying Studio decided to set up its own troupe of actors.Due to certain restrictions in Guangdong, the factory decided to send Guo Xianmei, head of the troupe, and photographer Long Qingyun to Shanghai and other places to recruit students.

After Guo Xianmei and his party came to Shanghai, they thought that if they wanted to conduct public examinations, it would be difficult for them to withstand the flood of applicants with the strength of two people. Relevant leaders, instructors and teachers from various channels enthusiastically recommended several literature and art activists.In addition, Guo Xianmei and Long Qingyun found Tang Ruilong, the workshop director of Shanghai Anle Rayon Factory, and asked him to recommend him. Tang Ruilong immediately said to his friend Long Qingyun: "You came at a good time, and there is one in our factory." Crazy hairy girl." This "crazy" hairy girl Tang Ruilong called was Wu Wenhua, a young worker who loved literature and art since she was a child and was the backbone of literature and art in the factory.So, through poetry recitation, singing Shaoxing Opera and Fengyang Flower Drum Opera in his hometown, and learning simple dance performances, Wu Wenhua joined the other three girls Fang Lili, Jin Ling and Chen Cuilan recruited in Shanghai, as well as the Shanghai Film Academy recruited from Wuhan. Together with Wei Jian, the son of Wei Heling, the famous actor in the studio, he came to Zhuying Studio on the bank of the southern country from the prosperous big Shanghai.

However, at that time, Zhuying Film Studio was surrounded by a piece of desolation, and the factory site was located in the Chigang area, which was located in the suburbs and was desolate. In February 1959, it was the Spring Festival, and the new students who were used to the lively life in Shanghai found it difficult to adapt to the life they had never experienced.Although Wu Wenhua himself had a bitter background when he fled famine from Fengyang, Anhui Province to work as a child laborer in a Shanghai textile factory when he was 11 years old, he still couldn't bear this desolate and lonely life.They searched for water everywhere to wash, and finally found a well on a slope of a barren hill. Unexpectedly, when they saw that it was full of dirt, the companions hugged their heads and cried bitterly.When I went to the dining hall to cook rice, I opened the pot and saw that the rough rice was covered with flies.It turned out that the situation of stepping into the palace of art was completely different from what I had dreamed of.

In 1960, Wu Wenhua and other newly recruited female students were recruited to audition for the crew of "South China Sea Tide". Wu Wenhua, who was not from a major and had never received a day of professional training, could never have thought that he would be selected, while the others either I have stayed in a film studio, or acted in a drama, and one is a professional actor in the military art troupe.Although Wu Wenhua performed dramas on stage, they were only amateurs after all.Therefore, Wu Wenhua, who didn't know what a "camera audition" was, was naturally calm in front of the camera, just relying on courage, without stage fright at all, and without nervousness, according to the director's intention, he acted the role of A Cai in the play when he was young and old. A scene of costumes.Because Wu Wenhua didn't have any ideological pressure, nor any burden, coupled with peace of mind, through the worker's life he was familiar with, combined with his deep life feelings about Xia Yan's "Bao Shen Gong" article, so it was very natural to invest in it. From the performance of these two scenes, the effect of the camera made Wu Wenhua not only simple but also full of passion in front of the camera. Especially in the scene where the old man told the past, Wu Wenhua, who was only 21 years old at the time, had a special feeling. Valuable, latent acting talent.Cai Chusheng was very happy. After watching the test samples, the director and the leaders at all levels decided to let Wu Wenhua be the heroine of the film.When Wu Wenhua walked into the studio for the first time tremblingly, the initial sense of self-confidence suddenly turned into a huge ideological pressure, and she would not even go on the road. .Cai Chusheng seemed to have seen through Wu Wenhua's mind, so he took the initiative to tell him about his life experience: "I am not an expert or a master. I grew up in the countryside. I was an apprentice in a grocery store in Shantou when I was 12 years old. I did it in a studio. I have done all kinds of work, including setting up props, sweeping the floor, and turning on the water. Because I love the film industry, I humbly learned from my predecessors, and later, under the direct care and guidance of the underground party, I made progress a little bit..." He also said : "Don't be afraid of low education and little professional knowledge. You must have ideals and be willing to learn, then there is nothing you can't learn." Then, Cai Chusheng enthusiastically encouraged Wu Wenhua and said: "Ah Cai is the daughter of a poor peasant. You are oppressed and exploited by landlords and fishermen, you entered a factory as a child laborer at the age of 11, and you have been oppressed by capitalists, you are familiar with some of A Cai’s experiences, and you can understand, so I believe you can play this role well.”