After Su Rui waited for the makeup artist to finish her work, she tidied up her black leather jacket and prepared to go on stage.
Seven years ago, when the Taipei Hilton Hotel just opened, Su Rui became the first resident singer here. She sang here in obscurity for two years before being recommended by the hotel manager to sing as a resident at the Hong Kong Hilton Hotel, where she sang again and again.
It's three years.
During this period, Su Rui participated in singing competitions and released records, but she just couldn't become popular.
It's not that Su Rui can't sing well, or that she's ugly. The biggest problem is that her singing style is too hard, which is completely inconsistent with the soft and soft female voices that are popular nowadays.
This is a very serious problem, just like Zhen Zidan in the 1980s. He was obviously good at skills and handsome, but he just couldn't become famous. Because his aura was too cold, the audience in the 1980s liked Cheng
A down-to-earth star like Long.
"Miss Su, it's your turn."
The hotel staff came over and reminded me that if it were in the past, this person would definitely say: "Hurry up and get ready, it's your turn to play."
When you become famous, the tone of people around you will change.
"If you sell dry wine without it,
If the dried wine is sold as nothing,
If the wine is dried and sold without
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Several preludes sounded in the hotel restaurant, and the guests who were not paying attention to the singer suddenly stopped and turned to look at the stage.
When Su Rui appeared in a black leather coat, all the guests were very surprised. They took advantage of the interval after the prelude to burst into applause and shouting.
"Su Rui, Su Rui!"
"If the dried wine is sold, it will be gone."
"Wrong ride!"
"..."
At this moment, Su Rui listened to the crazy shouts from the audience. She felt moved and wanted to cry.
This is Su Rui's first performance since returning to Taiwan, and she specially chose the stage where she has sang for two years.
After the original soundtrack of "The Wrong Ride" was released, in just ten days, Su Rui went from an unknown singer to a well-known first-line singer in Taiwan.
Such a drastic change is just because of a movie and a movie soundtrack.
In terms of box office popularity, "The Wrong Ride" is not much better than "Mr. Zombie". But when it comes to social influence, "The Wrong Ride" is miles ahead of the latter. There are several reasons for this:
At this time, the political atmosphere in Taiwan was very depressing, and it was difficult for film and television works with realistic themes to pass the review, so directors often made martial arts films and Qiong Yao films that had nothing to do with reality. Those who were serious, like Wang Jujin, who had just won the Golden Horse Award, were just
Relying on filming ancient themes to allude to and discuss modern social issues. For movies that focus on reality, only those with inspirational and struggling content can gain support from the authorities.
Once a realistic-themed movie is successfully released in Taiwan, it will inevitably become a huge success, such as "Duck Farmer" in the 1960s and "A Boat in the Ocean" in the 1970s. Both of these movies caused a sensation when they were released.
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"The Wrong Ride" was in the original time and space. Even though it was released three years later, it was difficult for the Taiwanese authorities to review the film. The name of the film was originally called "Selling the Wine Dryly", but it was later blocked due to unfounded charges.
Censorship. To avoid trouble, it was changed to "Getting on the Wrong Ride".
The same is true for the film that Kang Jianfei is currently filming. When it was submitted for review for the first time, it was immediately shot down by Taiwan's censorship office, saying that a film with this theme must never be released.
Later, the Bamboo Union Gang played a role. Yu Kanping found Hua Jizhong, and Hua Jizhong asked Wu Dun for discussion. Then the two contacted a filmmaker named Shuai Yufeng, and then through Shuai Yufeng, they met the famous director Bai Jingrui, who then came up with the idea.
Contacted Mei Changling, the former CEO of China Film Company and current general manager of China Television.
After going around a long way, Yu Kanping and Chen Xunqi, who had just been discharged from the hospital, met Mei Changling and showed "The Wrong Ride" to Mei Changling.
Mr. Mei is very old and his moral character is beyond words. He has always supported and encouraged young filmmakers and eagerly hopes that Taiwanese films can develop well. After watching "The Wrong Ride", Mei Changling immediately agreed to be the director.
He personally took the film to the censorship office for review.
Mei Changling's qualifications were too old, and the people in the censorship office were all his disciples. They didn't have the guts to refuse him, but they didn't dare to agree to censor the film.
In the end, the movie went around and around. Due to Mei Changling's disdainful efforts, it actually reached Comrade Chiang Kai-shek, the supreme leader of Taiwan. Chiang Kai-shek was very busy with work and naturally had no time to go to the movies, but he wrote
With the criticism of "acting boldly", "Ride the Wrong Train" passed the review of the Censorship Office.
In fact, Taiwan is now very open in terms of film and television literary works. Two or three years ago, the five-star red flag and ** heads were allowed to appear in movies. However, the people responsible for the work are afraid of making mistakes and have not been able to let go.
After some twists and turns, "The Wrong Ride" was finally released.
As mentioned before, as long as Taiwan's reality-themed movies can be released, they will definitely be successful. And if the plot of such a movie is good, it will be followed by a huge sensation.
Taiwanese audiences who had been tired of watching all kinds of martial arts and romance movies for a long time suddenly discovered a movie that was close to their real life, and immediately went to the cinema to attract friends.
On the first day of its release, "The Wrong Ride" had an average box office. On the second day, the attendance rate increased rapidly, and on the third day, it was completely full. On the fourth day, additional screenings were added and the theater was still full.
In another time and space, due to distribution problems, "The Wrong Ride" was canceled within half a month of its release. After it was released, due to the strong demand of the audience, it was rescheduled for release, and so on again and again, and within five months
The film has been re-released eight times.
This time it was different. The distribution work had been done well, and with the Bamboo Union's support, ordinary gangs would not dare to rob the theater.
Less than a month after its release, "The Wrong Ride" has already grossed more than NT$20 million at the box office, and the song "If I Sell Nothing" can be heard in the streets of Taiwan.
Until the original soundtrack of "The Wrong Ride" was released, the album also sold like crazy. On Taiwan's Mandarin song rankings, the two songs "Same Moonlight" and "If the Wine Dry Sells Out" have been consistently ranked.
At the top, even the title song of Teresa Teng's new album can only honestly be ranked third.
Not only that, "The Wrong Ride" also caused a great cultural discussion in Taiwan's literary circles. Writers discussed the human relations and family ties shown in "The Wrong Ride" in their columns. This was followed by social discussions among various media, and was even used by liberals as a video
It showed the contradictions of social development in the movie and used it to attack the Taiwan authorities. The conservative media made several calls to ban the screening of "The Wrong Ride".
As soon as the original album of "The Wrong Ride" was released, it dropped a blockbuster in Taiwan's music scene.
In the history of Taiwanese music, "The Wrong Ride" is juxtaposed with Luo Dayou's "Zhi Hu Zhe Ye", and is characterized as the watershed between the campus folk song era and the modern pop music era, and is another revolution in Taiwan's music scene.
Nowadays, Luo Dayou's "Zhi Hu Zhe Ye" has not yet been released, but "Hitchhiking on the Wrong Ride" came out three years in advance, and its impact is profound.
A few years later, the album "The Wrong Ride" was revered as the pioneer of Taiwan's modern pop music, and Kang Jianfei, who wrote the lyrics and composed the music for it, was also hailed as the founder of Taiwan's modern pop music, along with Su Rui.
This is something I won’t mention for the time being.
After the movie "The Wrong Ride" was released, it immediately made the three people famous.
The first one is the movie's leading actor, Sun Yue, who plays Li Saifeng's father in the movie. This veteran actor, who has just turned 50, was originally playing supporting roles, but now he has become a first-line movie star in Taiwan.
The second one is Su Rui. As a singer on the movie soundtrack, she gained a terrifying fan base within a few days. She is not just promoted to a first-line singer, but also to the aesthetics represented by Teresa Teng and Liu Wenzheng.
Music style launched a revolutionary challenge.
The third one is the heroine Li Saifeng. She became famous in Taiwan because of "Mr. Zombie". Now she starred in "The Wrong Ride" and she became famous all over Taiwan.
As for directors Chen Xunqi and Yu Kanping, apart from insiders, not many ordinary people pay attention to them.
Some time after the film was released, KMT's party newspaper "Central Daily News" came out to join in the fun, saying that "The Wrong Ride" is a contemporary work that reflects and displays some problems in the development of Taiwanese society. But it is undeniable that Taiwan
Development has achieved great success in these years, which can be seen from the life of the protagonist's family in the film. Therefore, comrades old and young Jiang are very powerful, leading the people to move forward thinking about a better tomorrow...
Since the "JoongAng Ilbo" said this, it has set the tone for the movie "The Wrong Ride". No media dares to call for a ban on the film, and instead, the discussion will focus on "The Wrong Ride".
How popular is this movie?
Even in TV entertainment programs, celebrities also use "Wrong Ride" as a topic.
Taiwan's professional film magazine "Influence" published an article: "...there are two directors of the movie "The Wrong Ride", one is Hong Kong filmmaker Chen Xunqi, and the other is Taiwanese director Yu Kanping. Chen Xunqi is a musician.
He set the artistic tone for this musical. Although he was admitted to the hospital due to gang members causing trouble in the middle of filming, his contribution to the film was huge. As for Yu Kanping, he was a Taiwanese director.
, is very familiar with Taiwan's folk customs and provides rich social connotations for "The Wrong Ride"...
Both directors are very powerful people, but there is one person who has to be mentioned in particular, and that is Kang Jianfei, the planner, screenwriter and investor of "The Wrong Ride"...
Most Taiwanese people know Kang Jianfei because of his scandal with Lin Qingxia, but his fame in the Taiwanese film industry was achieved through his strength...
From a certain point of view, today's Taiwanese film industry can be called "Kang Jian Feinian". "Mr. Zombie", which he directed and acted, and "The Wrong Ride", which he invested and wrote, completely surpassed
It has overtaken all the movies this year, and has continuously caused a sensation. Especially "The Wrong Ride" can already be called a phenomenal movie. In any corner of Taiwan, you will hear someone talking about this movie, or
Singing the song in this movie..." (To be continued) 8
