Chapter 35 Picking a postmodern nostril first Young Chao

In "San Miguel Advertisement", he is the "Ruhua" whose screen name Rumeng changed his face. Who is Ru Hua?Basically, if you raise this question again now, you will only get contemptuous looks. I don't know when it started, but the image of a bearded face and nose-picking hands has quietly become the most popular "symbol" on the Internet.No matter in BBS, various chat rooms or MSN and QQ, some people even set it as a screen saver in their mobile phones and carry it with them.Who is this wretched-looking figure?I am afraid that there will be countless people who can report the answer in unison: "Like a flower!"

In Zhou Xingchi's movies, although there are vulgar, boring, and inexplicable scenes everywhere, overall the movie still has a certain story line, which can be traced.The characters played by Zhou Xingchi himself also use gags as a kind of "sweeping", mixed in the normal character performance process.The only one who really subverts the plot in his films and even implements the anti-movie tradition most thoroughly is "Ruhua" - an unidentified character who always appears with a bearded face and nose-picking hands.In the movie, he may appear at any moment and disappear at any moment, without warning or logic at all.His own image has nothing to do with the performance of the movie itself, and it is purely a play or a simple funny function.The public will laugh at his words and deeds, but they will deeply imprint this character in their minds.

Lange, a famous scholar of modern semiotics, believes that the so-called art is "the perceptual presentation of human emotions".This "subjective reality" cannot be expressed in inferential forms, but can only be expressed in artistic symbols or "significant forms".Human beings' grasp of artistic symbols is actually an activity of understanding human emotions in a simplified form.Therefore, when the symbol "Ruhua" is popular in our lives, it is not difficult to understand that the "Ruhua" in the movie is just a trick, a ridiculous, pitiful little character.The public will subtly sympathize with it after laughing, and even connect with their own value.Therefore, some people express their true feelings of self-pity and self-deprecation as a weak individual in society by copying and passing on the symbol "Ruhua", and this "symbol" also plays a role in communicating with each other.Simply summarizing the symbol "like a flower" in one word, there is nothing more appropriate than "cheap".

Interestingly, in the so-called "cheap" culture that has become popular in recent years, from Zhou Xingchi to Kong Qingxiang, from Wu Zongxian to Kangxi, from Mu Zimei to Sister Furong, behind each word "cheap" has caused a lot of topic.Only Ruhua's name will always be ignored.In a certain sense, Ruhua is very red, and when he sees a face full of stubble, digging his nostrils and pretending to be shy, he will call it Ruhua; on the other hand, he is not very red, he is as ordinary as the people around you Passers-by, even if he passes you by, you would never think that he is the famous Ru Hua.

Why is that? So far, I have never met Ru Hua in person, and the only contact between us is through one or two phone calls. Perhaps it is because of this that I am still interested in talking about him.There are many people in the world who are not as famous as they meet, and this sentence is even more penetrating in the entertainment industry. In the early summer of 2004, I was still an intern reporter for an entertainment newspaper, and the lack of celebrity resources was the thing that bothered me the most.One afternoon, the editor-in-chief walked to my desk seriously, and walked back and forth several times, which reminded me of Fucik’s saying “It’s seven steps from the door to the window, and seven steps from the window to the door. I’m familiar with this .It takes seven steps to walk, and seven steps to come...Yes, I am familiar with all this."

If it weren't for the editor-in-chief's flash of inspiration, it would be hard for me to imagine that I would have anything to do with Ruhua.But I do remember that after he paced back and forth several times, he finally said a word to me: "Let's do it like a flower." "Engagement" here means interviewing, editing, and publishing in the city.I still don't know why he had such an idea at the time.It's just that I was born to be a man of action, so I only answered with one word: "Okay." In my dictionary, "good" does not mean "I can", but "I try my best".It's just that this time I was lucky, and finally had a clear answer after the "good" was over.

All journalists who have done interviews have a deep understanding. Interviewing such things is often like gambling. If you are lucky, you can catch Faye Wong and Li Yapeng having a dinner at that restaurant. After squatting for a year, I also caught the clues of Gigi Leung's stay. However, it was not difficult for me to find Ruhua, because I happened to have the contact information of Mr. Tian Qiwen at that time.Tian Qiwen - the famous frog, is also one of the founders of Zhou Xingchi Xinghui Company.His personality is exactly the opposite of that of Zhou Xingchi. In reality, Zhou Xingchi is the kind of person who rejects people thousands of miles away. Maybe he would rather put all his energy on his film career, while Tian Qiwen is a warm-hearted and nice man. , even if the purpose of your long-distance call is to ask for directions, he will politely and patiently help you inquire.When he understood my request, he gave me a pleasant surprise: "Ruhua is just by my side, you can tell him yourself."

So the interview schedule and content were agreed, and then it was under control.And all this is only tens of minutes away from the sentence "Let's do Ruhua." The interview with Ruhua was in the afternoon of the next day. "Hello, I'm Li Jianren." His voice is deeper than on screen and slightly strained by broken Mandarin.When he found out that I was a reporter from Beijing, the nervousness became more obvious, and his rapid breathing could even be heard on the other end of the phone. The process of interviewing Li Jianren was always accompanied by the pain caused by the language barrier.His answers are often a little bit incomprehensible due to the poor expression of Mandarin. You can feel the anxiety of the language barrier, but you can also feel his sincerity.

The conversation started with how he met Stephen Chow. He talked about how he and Stephen Chow have known each other for more than 20 years, from classmates to colleagues at work. "I remember that when we were studying together, Zhou Xingchi was very infatuated with Bruce Lee. At that time he often practiced boxing and would often use me as a 'meat target'. Sometimes it hurt me a lot, but I didn't dare to say anything and let him hit." After graduating from middle school, Li Jianren entered the showbiz like Zhou Xingchi.It's just that Zhou Xingchi became an actor, and he worked behind the scenes.It may be because of witnessing Zhou Xingchi's hardships in front of the stage, Li Jianren felt that it was much easier for him to be behind the scenes. He did not have too high aspirations. If it wasn't for Zhou Xingchi, it would be impossible for him to be "like a flower" later.

At that time, Zhou Xingchi was filming "Wu Zhuangyuan Su Qier" in Beijing, and Li Jianren was not in the crew. His purpose of going to Beijing was purely for tourism, and to visit Zhou Xingchi's class by the way. Chen Jiashang, the director of "Wu Zhuangyuan Su Qier", also mentioned in the interview that Stephen Chow and Wu Mengda played an indispensable role in the whole film. Basically, the comedy part will be researched and discussed by them repeatedly, and Stephen Chow himself made the final decision .As an actor, Zhou Xingchi cares more about the standard of his work than the director, and he cannot tolerate any negligence. This also planted the cause and effect for his notoriety in the future.While filming "Wu Zhuangyuan Su Qier", the appearance of Li Jianren provided him with a new idea.

"He said, 'Aren, go try on the makeup'. I saw it, why is it a woman's clothes? I won't change." But under the hard and soft tactics of Zhou Xingchi and Wu Mengda, Ru Hua finally reluctantly agreed to audition.This attempt was incredible, and the "bitch image" in Zhou Xingchi's mind was immediately reflected in him.With his background, Zhou Xingchi's brilliance was immediately added, and even Wu Mengda's image was set off to be glorious and majestic. "My friend's aunt's sister," his first "slut" role. Zhou Xingchi didn't stop there, and then in his movies, Li Jianren appeared in front of the audience in various ugly shapes.With Li Jianren's strong body, it's really incomprehensible to pack it with a female appearance; it's nothing more than a female appearance, beard stubble, nose picking, rough voice, head shaking... This shape is so huge that it makes people spurt blood. Even more eye-popping.So the other images he played were abstractly belonged to Zhou Xingchi, and belonged to extremely ugly but extremely cute women.Such as the "yellow flower girl" floating by the river in "Tang Bohu Spots Autumn Fragrance", such as Wu Mengda's prospective girlfriend in "Wu Zhuangyuan Su Qier", such as the gentle female student FANS in "The God of Cookery", such as The local chickens doing business on the spot in "Domestic 007", such as the harem beauties in "The Secret Detective", and Ruhua in "Nine Pins of Sesame Officials", the two characters "Ruhua" are far more than "friend's aunt's sister" "Easier to spread widely.In this way, an image that does not exceed one minute each time it appears on the scene is deeply left in the hearts of the audience. Li Jianren fell into Zhou Xingchi's trap and could never get out.He seems to exist only for Ruhua, without Ruhua, we cannot seriously talk about him and get to know him.His true colors have been blurred in our vision by the image of "like a flower", and gradually weakened in our minds by the law of survival of the fittest.The supporting roles he played were lost in the world of mortals like floating clouds. We never asked him whether he could act, but only knew how to deconstruct those roles to bring us a smile.Things in the world are so strange, often a single decision can change a person's fate.But this sentence does not apply to Li Jianren. Although he is very "popular", he has not gained much actual benefit from it.Just as he later commented on the betrayal of "Star Master" Huang Yifei, he said: "He (Huang Yifei) can be today because of Zhou Xingchi." The former "Xingzi" has now become a high-ranking "Xingye" in his eyes.Although the title has not changed, but from his tone, you can feel Li Jianren's awe of Zhou Xingchi. The word "respect" does not need to be explained, but where does "fear" come from?The "fear" captured here by Li Jianren seems to make us feel the warmth and warmth of the world, without saying anything. After the interview, I couldn't write for a long time.Because I was still unable to find a suitable method to introduce and describe Li Jianren to readers.This troubled me a lot.What form should such a character take? Speaking of this, I have to mention one person, and that person is Shao Qingming, the editor of "Hangzhou City Daily".The report on Ruhua that readers saw later started like this: "He's tall, but kind-hearted; he's obscene, but he speaks elegantly; he's just an outsider, but you'll never forget him. Few people know who he is, but everyone knows his name—Ruhua..." This sentence was written by Shao Qingming. After this visit, I haven't contacted Li Jianren for a long time. I only know that he has been busy with his own business and has drifted away from Stephen Chow movies.Just like the reason why many people left Stephen Chow: "Chow Xingchi can make a movie in three years, I'm sorry, I have to support my family." Li Jianren didn't say this, but everyone understands that just by showing one or two shots It is obviously impossible to make a living, and Hong Kong movies are no longer a new topic, and many people choose to leave, but they are actually helpless. On the New Year's Day of 2005, I unexpectedly received a call from Tian Qiwen. He greeted me politely as usual, and then asked me for the original manuscript of the interview about Ruhua half a year ago.Naturally, I readily agreed to pass it on to him, but I still couldn't help asking the reason curiously.He replied: "Oh, nothing actually. It's just that Stephen Chow wants the company to keep it." He said this very calmly. In this era of "sluts coming out in large numbers", many people may gradually forget the existence of "Ruhua" as the years go by.But fortunately at least one person has not forgotten "her".This person is Zhou Xingchi who created "like a flower". The original interview is attached The shyness of picking your nose He is tall, but kind-hearted; he is wretched, but speaks elegantly; he is just a playboy, but makes you so unforgettable.Few people know who he is, but everyone knows his name - Ruhua. Is he the incarnation of evil spirits, or a waste product of God?No one knows, but what is certain is that as long as he appears on the screen, there will be an obscene atmosphere in every corner, and even Zhou Xingchi shy away in comparison. Standing in front of you, he looks tall and strong, without the wretched expression you imagined, even though we always thought he should be wretched.But why isn't he obscene?Why isn't he obscene?Why is he not obscene? He said that his ambition is so high that his fate is as cheap as grass; he also said that he can only stand aside if he is more handsome than Zhou Xingchi;Finally he said, actually my name is Li Jianren. But how many people know his real name?Everyone regards him as a flower, life is like a drama, and drama is like life. Nose picking That's right, five big and three rough girls like flowers will always appear in front of you with ferocious faces and gentle like water. The appearance of these discordant elements at the same time is a very wonderful thing in itself.No matter he pretends to be a pretty girl and picks his nostrils and yells "God of Cookery" and gets kicked to the ground, or stretches his teeth and claws to force the emperor Zhang Daming to cry quietly with his harem beauties, or picks his nostrils and brags that he is a popular fried chicken in the local area. It was whispering softly, holding up the orchid fingers and digging the big nostrils.Can it be said that - picking his nose is his signature move, just like Zhou Xingchi's wild laughter, like Tony Leung's electric eyes, like Chow Yun-fat's pistol. Speaking of the origin of nose picking, Li Jianren was full of grievances.It was during Stephen Chow's filming of "Tang Bohu Spots the Autumn Fragrance", just as it said in the play - red flowers need green leaves to support them.In order to highlight the handsomeness of the four great talents in the south of the Yangtze River, Zhou Xingchi recruited Li Jianren.This bearded "woman" finally made a stunning appearance in the image of picking her nose. "I remember when Xingzai asked me to play a 'golden girl' and sat on a small bridge with my back to the camera. Tang Bohu, played by Xingzai, came over to strike up a conversation, and then I turned around abruptly. During the official shooting, I was really fierce Turning around, Xingzi was so frightened that he even forgot his lines." Obviously, Zhou Xingchi didn't want to make "Tang Bohu Spots the Autumn Fragrance" into a horror movie, so he asked Li Jianren to pick his nostrils first when he turned around abruptly.In Li Jianren's own words: "Actually, I am innocent. You see, I am such a mighty person. Of course it would be scary if I turned around suddenly. Later, when I added the action of picking my nose, the effect turned into a cartoon laughing fruit." Originally, he always thought that he was qualified to be an idol character, but every time he was assigned a role, he picked his nose.Ask how many handsome men in the world have nostrils that can withstand such repeated digging, no matter how handsome the nostrils can withstand such tossing. I am the tear of a distant star Looking at this handsome man who is 1.8 meters tall and full of stubble, why is Zhou Xingchi treating him like a joke without complaining?What's more, the images of the characters he plays are all trivial, and there is no space and time for any acting skills. "This is because Zhou Xingchi has been my good friend for more than 20 years. We are not only classmates, but also at the same table in school."The enviable friendship between Ruhua and Zhou Xingchi, it seems a little unbelievable when he puts it so lightly and authentically in his mouth—— "I remember that when we were studying together, Zhou Xingchi was very obsessed with Chinese Kung Fu. At that time, he often practiced boxing and used me as a 'meat target'. Sometimes it hurt me, but I didn't dare to say anything. He beat him." It seemed that Ru Hua, who had been submissive, seemed to be enjoying the time of being "abused".However, what I never expected was that Zhou Xingchi, who had been used to "Fish and Meat Township" since he was a child, became even worse when he grew up.It was him who forced Li Jianren to play a super character who played for less than three seconds and whose image could be called a "failure among failures". What's more, such an important role didn't even have a name - just a sentence "My friend My aunt's sister" and dismissed the matter.As a result, this film named "Wu Zhuangyuan Su Qier" won the fourth place in the Hong Kong box office chart of the year (the top three were "Death Judge" and "A Happy Event").This image added to the brilliance of Zhou Xingchi, and even Wu Mengda's image was set off to be glorious and majestic.And Li Jianren has been out of control since then, appearing in front of the audience in various ugly shapes.His image is extremely subversive. Some people feel extremely uncomfortable after seeing it, but more people find it funny; as for the name "Ruhua", it is a character that appeared in the later "Nine Pins of Sesame Official".Because the two characters "like flowers" are far easier to spread widely than "friend's aunt's sister".An image that does not take more than one minute to appear on the screen is deeply left in the hearts of the audience.Friends will be together forever It is such a Zhou Xingchi who "robbed my big house and took my land", Ruhua showed a majestic spirit comparable to his figure, "Zhou Xingchi is a very hardworking person. He has been like this since he was a child, and he has hardly changed. He We must do our best in the things we are looking for. I know what he is like. So he asked me for help, and I will definitely help. " Facing the prestige and all kinds of speculation and criticism from the outside world, Ruhua, who looks mighty on the outside but is docile on the inside, resolutely defends her former tablemate: "Of course, sometimes he is too devoted to something, and it is inevitable that he will not be very happy." He takes care of other people's feelings. But he doesn't intend to hurt others. It should be because he is too focused on his work. When it comes to changes, his current personality is a little more silent than before, which is why he is under more and more pressure. Caused. In fact, everyone’s pressure needs to be resolved through some channels. I think he understands this himself.” Although Zhou Xingchi almost considers himself to be "the embodiment of both beauty and wisdom, hero and chivalry", but the hero in Li Jianren's mind is someone else: this person is by no means inferior to Zhou Xingchi in terms of intelligence and talent - Zhou Xingchi saw him Everyone has to call him a "teacher"; in terms of character and cultivation, he used to withstand the pressure of the company to force everyone to work overtime to produce new films, and privately gave all the staff a holiday - just because "everyone is already very tired" ;In terms of figure and appearance, he is even more round and round, with white lips and red teeth, exquisite and translucent... Speaking of which, everyone has already guessed who this person is, right?That's right, he is Liu Zhenwei, the great director of our "Dear Grape".The old man who made many masterpieces such as "The Saint of Gamblers", "East and West", "A Chinese Journey to the West" and so on, finally couldn't hold back after a period of idle writing, and came out again to co-direct this year's most exciting movie with Stephen Chow. Looking forward to "Kung Fu".At that time, Li Jianren was busy taking care of his own shop, and missed this rare opportunity. He expressed regret for this, if God gave him another chance... me and the dream i chase Having been in the Hong Kong film industry for many years, apart from being in Stephen Chow's movies, Ru Hua is more responsible for behind-the-scenes work.Compared with actors, Li Jianren thinks that behind-the-scenes work is much easier, and actors often have to bear extraordinary pressure-even if it is just one or two shots, the reaction of the audience will be nervous. When "Shaolin Soccer" was released in France, Li Jianren and Zhou Xingchi went to promote it together. He never expected that the French audience recognized him at a glance and rushed to take photos with him. "I didn't realize that I was so famous at that time." After the filming of "Shaolin Football" in 2002, Stephen Chow and his brothers made an advertisement for San Miguel Beer.At the end of this advertisement, the most compelling "blood spurt" is the winking eyes like silk, raised eyebrows and raised hair, which completely overwhelmed the "monotonous and unrestrained man", "innocent duckling" and "stylish, handsome, handsome and upright". ".The Internet scrambled to reprint it, and it became popular like a flower.After Li Jianren knew the reaction of the mainland, he was complacent in front of Zhou Xingchi and other senior brothers for a while, and finally he felt proud. Among the younger generation of actors in Hong Kong, Li Jianren is most optimistic about Nicholas Tse and Edison Chen.He thinks that Nicholas Tse is a very willful person; and Chen Guanxi's rapid progress in acting in recent years also surprised him very much.Of course, compared with the popular youngsters, Li Jianren did not give an inch: "Actually, I am not boasting, I am quite handsome. I think if I have the opportunity to play a handsome guy, I will definitely fascinate a lot of little girls." ——Please, being a handsome guy has no personality, so let's be your most promising Ruhua. After so many years of acting, Li Jianren actually no longer cares about what others think of his image on the screen: "Because I know that I am always an actor. Once I face the camera, I have to forget myself and devote myself to Among the characters. The one who looks ugly and can’t tell the difference between male and female is Ruhua, not the real me. I’ve always been very clear that acting is like this.” At the end of the interview, when we asked Li Jianren if he had anything to say to the audience in the mainland who love him, he said bluntly: "Thank you for loving me for so many years! Thank you everyone! I wish everyone progress every day! I am Li Jianren."