Introduction
In 1979, on the desk of Ye Jianying, then member of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, there were dozens of photos of Chairman Mao from all over the country.
Ye Jianying held a magnifying glass and focused on it, comparing one by one. On the other side, Geng Biao sat next to him, waiting for him to make a decision.
In this year, Geng Biao served as the secretary-general of the Military Commission . He performed dramas during the Red Army and also served as the secretary-general of the CCCC. is also very enthusiastic about selecting film and television special actors .
1976, Chairman Mao, a great man, passed away suddenly, and people could no longer see Chairman Mao’s kind smile and burly figure. People miss Chairman Mao and look forward to seeing Chairman Mao’s image.
In 1978, the Ministry of Culture of the State Council and the General Political Department of the People's Liberation Army issued an order respectively, mainly selects a special actor suitable for shaping Chairman Mao across the country.
After the selection of gold hunting in the sand and needles in a haystack, he finally selected more than 20 actors who resembled Mao Zedong from many people, including familiar military writers and famous drama actors, and placed them on Ye Jianying's desk.
Geng Biao
After repeated consideration, Ye Jianying picked up a red pen and drew a circle behind one of the photos. Then he left his seat and greeted Geng Biao on the side: "Comrade Geng Biao, come, come here, sit here, introduce this person to me."
Geng Biao leaned over, picked up the photo in Ye Jianying's hand and looked at it and said: "Martial Ye, this person is a cultural cadre in the Kunming Military Region, called Hu Poetics and Sciences . It was discovered by Hu Ke, deputy director of the General Political Department's Culture Ministry. Does he look very much like Chairman Mao?"
Ye Jianying nodded repeatedly: "It looks like it, it's so similar!"
Geng Biao saw that Ye Jianying was interested in this person, so he introduced the ins and outs of this person in detail. , and this Hu poetry science is later ancient moon .
01 The ancient moon god is similar to Chairman Mao’s spread in Kunming Military Region
On October 1, 1949, Chairman Mao solemnly announced the founding of New China . At this time, an orphan who had just turned 10 years old was out of his mind. Because the orphanage where he is located is about to be dissolved, I don’t know where I should go. After
, he was adopted twice, but he couldn't stay and was ready to escape back to the orphanage. At this moment, Guangxi was liberated.
The little boy watched a team walking through the street, with a shining red star on his hat on his head, which was particularly friendly to the people. He asked passers-by with doubts, and someone told him: "This is Mao Zedong's team."
It was also at this time that this 10-year-old orphan learned Mao Zedong's name for the first time.
It was also at this time that the art troupe of the People's Liberation Army was recruiting soldiers. After learning about this, he pestered the leader and said, "I want to join Mao Zedong's team, too."
, but the leader said that he was too young and refused his request. One morning, the team quietly set off, and the orphan followed closely.
The leader of the art troupe discovered him. He was full of sympathy and hugged him tightly in his arms and said, "Child, follow me!"
He remembered the life experience of this child: was born in September 1939 and his name was Hu Shixue, but I don't know which day it was.
So he added a 9th day to his resume.
From then on, September 9 became Hu Shixue's birthday.
In a blink of an eye, 42 years have passed. This child has grown up. He is 1.8 meters tall. He looks like a wide forehead, a big face, and his double eyelids are as wide as vegetable leaves.
Once, Gu Yue, who was already a secretary of the Ministry of Culture of Kunming Military Region, took a train on a business trip. After getting in the car, he hung his military cap on the coat hook.
Just as he sat down, he found a middle-aged man opposite him staring at him. Gu Yue asked in confusion, and the other party said, "Comrade PLA, I think you look like a person."
while talking, he brought an oil painting called "Chairman Mao Go to Anyuan" and said, "I bought this, I think you look like this person in the painting.""Gu Yue looked closely and said: "Isn't this Chairman Mao!" "
The conversation between the two attracted the attention of the people in the carriage. Everyone looked at this oil painting and then looked at Gu Yue and said, "It really looks like it, it's so similar! ”
Gu Yue couldn't help but wonder: "How could I be like Chairman Mao in the portrait? ”
After returning home, Gu Yue combed her hair back and asked Gui Ping, his wife, who was an actor in the Kunming Military Region National Defense Drama Troupe, to see if she looked like Chairman Mao.
Gui Ping looked at her husband and said, “Don’t say it, she really looks like Chairman Mao! ”
Then, Gu Yue came to the office again and asked everyone imitating Chairman Mao’s smoking posture: “Look at, who do I look like? "
Everyone looked at Gu Yue and said in unison: "You really look like Chairman Mao! " Soon, the news that the ancient moon god looked like Chairman Mao spread in the Kunming Military Region.
1976, with the death of Chairman Mao, the General Political Department of the People's Liberation Army issued an organizational force to find actors who played Chairman Mao throughout the country, which is also an important task in the literary and artistic circles.
Therefore, the then dean of the People's Liberation Army Art Academy who was responsible for finding special actors After hearing the story of Gu Yue, Hu Ke decided to see with his own eyes what this person who looked like Mao Zedong looked like.
Hu Ke
Once, the Kunming Military Region held a meeting, and Hu Ke found a seat diagonally opposite Gu Yue and sat down first, while observing Gu Yue quietly. Looking at Gu Yue's face, Hu Ke couldn't help but stand up: "Isn't this Chairman Mao!" ”
That night, Hu Ke came to Gu Yue’s home and directly explained the purpose of his trip : “I came today to discuss with you. The central government decided to select a group of special actors who play the leader across the country. The General Political Department and the Ministry of Culture have placed a list. I wonder if you have seen it? ”
At that time, Gu Yue was the head of the Cultural Section of Kunming Military Region, so he naturally knew about this. He quickly replied: "I know! ”
Hu Ke said: "I think you have good conditions in all aspects and look very much like Chairman Mao in terms of appearance. If you can seize this opportunity. It is a good thing for your personal future or the cause of the party. ”
In addition, Hu Ke also instructed Gu Yue to ask someone to put on his makeup immediately, take a few photos of the makeup set and send it to Beijing quickly.
02 Gu Yue's special actor road
Gu Yue was very happy to hear this. It seemed that he really looked like Chairman Mao, otherwise such a big man would not have come from Beijing specifically. At the same time, he began to hesitate again.
After all, it is not a trivial matter to play Chairman Mao. If this matter is made public and he is eliminated, I don't know if it will be embarrassing.
But since the leader's instructions have been issued, he only Can take preset photos as instructed. In order not to let people around you know. Gu Yue decided to go to Yunnan drama troupe to , after all, the other party didn't know him.
The staff put on the costumes used by "Chairman Mao" in the "Xi'an Incident" for Gu Yue. After a makeup artist simply treated him with facial treatment, he shouted in surprise: "It looks much like "Chairman Mao" in our group. "
After hearing this, Gu Yue asked the photographer to take a few photos from various angles and asked Hu Ke to take to Beijing. Gu Yue accepted the organization's order and was busy on a business trip.
A few days later, Beijing called again and asked him to send the negatives to Beijing. It turned out that Hu Ke brought Gu Yue's makeup photo to Beijing, and took out the photo of Chairman Mao and Snow , and couldn't help but be amazed.
Chairman Mao and Snow
0 people around him came here At first glance, they also said that they looked very much like Chairman Mao. But this matter was not decided by Hu, so they sent the photos to the central leaders.
In this way, Gu Yue and more than a dozen other people were sent to Ye Jianying's office, and the scene at the beginning of the article appeared.
Under Ye Jianying's personal instructions, Gu Yue came to the special actor group of the Actors Troupe of the Bayi Film Studio in January 1980.
At this time, Gu Yue was the head of the Cultural Section of the Kunming Military Region and was in the rank of the regiment. After receiving the transfer order, he did not report it for three months.The reason for not reporting is very simple. It is just a matter of time before he participated in the revolution among his peers or was recognized as a high-level cadre.
What he is worried about is that now he has become a monk and change his career to act halfway through, and whether he can act well is a question. He was even more worried that if he didn't act well, how could he be worthy of the late Chairman Mao?
Bayi Studio saw that he had not come yet, so he quickly urged him to report. Seeing that Gu Yue couldn't give up, she set out to Beijing. At that time, Xi'an Film Studio was preparing to film "Xi'an Incident". The director came to Beijing to select actors and specially invited Gu Yue to have an interview.
Director Chengyin Looking at Gu Yue, he asked him to try makeup and video after a few simple conversations. On the day of the official video, Gu Yue tried to relax in front of the camera. The video of
ended, and an image that resembled Mao Zedong appeared on the screen, and everyone on the spot expressed their praise. After the release of "Xi'an Incident", his fame officially became popular and he began his special actor as Chairman Mao. After
, he successively filmed works such as "New Trung in Yan'an", " Four Crossings of Chishui ", " Father ", "General Peng", and "Founder Marshal"...'
In order to play a good role, Gu Yue put in a lot of sweat and hard work. Gu Yue plays various Chairman Mao, and even has to act in several dramas a year.
But Chairman Mao’s body shape is to lose weight first and then fat. In order to adapt to the image of the role at different stages, he had to gain weight and lose weight, and suffered a lot.
When filming "The Four Crossings of Chishui", Gu Yue weighed more than 160 kilograms, and the director asked him to lose at least 20 kilograms. In order to lose weight, he reduced his appetite and lost more than 20 kilograms in one month.
After filming "Four Crossings of Chishui", he followed up with "Father", playing Chairman Mao in the 1950s and needed to gain weight to 170 kilograms. Fortunately, he gained weight more easily. He ate well every day and quickly grew fat and fat.
03 Chairman Mao’s daughter personally met with
While playing Chairman Mao, Gu Yue has been studying Chairman Mao, and has read a large number of expansion packs about Chairman Mao for this purpose. As long as you have experience, write it down immediately.
Sometimes it is troublesome to show expansion packs. Gu Yue collected more than 600 photos of Chairman Mao in various periods everywhere, and often practiced a certain movement over and over again in front of the mirror.
Once, Gu Yue found that Chairman Mao’s posture when smoking was very unique: because of the size of his palm, he clamped the cigarette in his fingers. In this way, the whole palm can cover the mouth.
Gu Yue performed in front of people who knew Chairman Mao, and these people were also surprised: "How did you learn to be like?"
Of course, whether it is image or performance, these are superficial things, and more importantly, how to show Chairman Mao's inner temperament.
In order to have a deeper understanding of Chairman Mao, Gu Yue read a large number of books about Chairman Mao and even interviewed the staff around Chairman Mao. Gradually, he gained a deeper understanding of this leader.
From the 1981 "Xi'an Incident" to the filming of " Decisive Battle , the Battle of Pingjin" and Emei's new film "Our Leader Mao Zedong". In the decade of playing a special actor, Gu Yue played Chairman Mao in 28 films and became a household name.
Chairman Mao played by Gu Yue, not only did the audience applaud and said that they looked very much like Chairman Mao, but even Chairman Mao’s relatives and staff around him praised him.
1984, the large-scale music and dance epic " Song of the Chinese Revolution " was released, and Gu Yue played the role of "Chairman Mao" in this movie.
After watching the movie, Chairman Mao’s eldest daughter Li Min asked her friend to send a message to Gu Yue, wanting to meet Gu Yue in person, and Gu Yue also had this intention, just in time to get to know Chairman Mao more deeply.
Gu Yue came to Li Min's house as a guest. Li Min and his wife were particularly happy and talked to him about their father's past.As she talked, she couldn't control her emotions and she burst into tears several times...
June's departure, Li Min also said: "Every December 26, many staff members around her will come here to party, and you are welcome to come at that time!"
From then on every December 26, as long as Gu Yue has no film appointments from other places, he will come to Li Min's house to mourn Chairman Mao with everyone. For him, it is also a regular acceptance of ‘emotional baptism’.
In the summer of 1990, Xibaipo filmed "The Great Battle", which happened to capture the plot of Chairman Mao and his youngest daughter. Coincidentally, Chairman Mao’s youngest daughter came to Xibaipo and visited the memorial hall.
Li Na heard that "The Great Decisive Battle" was being filmed, so she proposed to meet Gu Yue. At noon that day, Gu Yue and other actors returned to their residence from the filming site, and Li Na had been waiting here for a long time.
With just one glance, Li Na recognized Gu Yue who played his father. She seemed extremely excited and quickly helped her "father" to sit down on the sofa in the house, excitedly not knowing what to say.
Gu Yue asked Li Na: "Have you ever seen the play I have acted in?" Li Na nodded and said that she had seen it. She also listed the title of the film as clearly as she knew and could also tell the details.
Chairman Mao and Li Na
While talking, Li Na took Gu Yue's hand and fell into the memories of getting along with his father. She said emotionally: "Your hands are the same as father's hands!"
Before leaving, she was unable to let go of her hand. After reluctantly getting on the bus, Li Na suddenly got out of the car and rushed to Gu Yue, crying unrestrainedly...
Everything was silent, and Gu Yue couldn't stop crying. At the same time, he patted her back and comforted her: "I understand you, I understand you..."
The scene was so hard that the people present could not stop crying when they saw it. The photographer of the Bayi Studio also recorded a touching scene.
04 The leaders met with
many times and were at the Xibaipo location in "The Great Decisive Battle". On this day, they were filming a scene where Mao Zedong heard Fu Zuoyi wanted to sneak attack Xibaipo in his office.
At this time, Wang Dongxing, who was specially made a tour to Xibaipo, came to the filming site. Mr. Wang is over 80 years old, but he is in good health and in great spirits.
When he saw Gu Yue acting, he put a finger on his mouth and made a "shhh" to make everyone whisper. So he stood in the yard with more than 10 people from Mr. Wang and watched the performance of "Mao Zedong" in the room. After the
play, Gu Yue came out of the room. Wang Dongxing hurriedly came up to hold "Mao Zedong"'s hand: "I have seen several people play Chairman Mao, you act the best and most like it." "Thanks to the leader for his encouragement." Gu Yue said.
Wang Laoye saw the "Chairman Mao" who had been with him day and night, and immediately fell into memories of the past:
"I retreated from Yan'an with Chairman Mao and asked Chairman Mao to retreat first. He just refused. He urged him several times. The chairman also said: I haven't seen the soldiers of Hu Zongnan . Later, in Xibaipo, I witnessed Chairman Mao working day and night, commanding the People's Army to win three major battles..."
Wang Laoye asked Gu Yue: "How many films have you acted about Mao Zedong?" Gu Yue replied: "Even "The Great Decisive Battle" is 26 films and TV series."
Wang Laoye said: "Okay! I was still 10 back then. I have played Chairman Mao many times, but I am not acting, but to confuse the enemy's needs. "
Wang Dongxing
Half Wang recalled his experience of being the head of the Central Guard Regiment "Defend the Party Central Committee and defend Chairman Mao", and his pride was beyond words...
December 26, 1983 is the anniversary of Mao Zedong's 90th birthday. To commemorate Mao Zedong, the Central Opera House of held a special performance at the Beijing Exhibition Hall Theater, specially invited Gu Yue, a special actor from the Bayi Studio, to serve as "Mao Zedong" in the opera "Long March". After the performance of
, the central leaders and thousands of audiences present gave endless applause.The next day, Gu Yue was working in the video workshop of the Bayi Factory. When the time came to get off work, someone suddenly came to Gu Yue: "The director of the Chinese Opera House is looking for you everywhere!"
Gu Yue returned home and learned from the dean that it was Yang Shangkun and his wife Li Bozhao who were looking for Gu Yue to come to his house. Gu Yue said: "Lunch time is up, is it appropriate to go to see the leader?"
Dean said: "Vice Chairman Yang asked to go right away." As he got in the car, Gu Yue felt a little nervous, "Didn't he perform well last night?..."
Gu Yue came to Yang Shangkun's house and found out that Comrades Yang Shangkun and Li Bozhao were very happy to see the performance. He proposed to meet Gu Yue and the leaders of the Opera House and set up a family banquet to entertain them.
There is another reason. Li Bozhao is not only Yang Shangkun's wife, but also the old director of the Central Opera House and the screenwriter of the opera "Long March" that is currently performing this time. "Women sing and husbands follow", Comrade Yang Shangkun is of course particularly concerned about the performance of "Long March".
The banquet was very sumptuous. During the meal, Yang Shangkun looked at Gu Yue carefully: "You Gu Yue is still very similar without makeup, but you just lack a mole." Comrade Yang Shangkun worked with Chairman Mao for many years and served as the Political Commissar of the Third Corps of the Red Army (Peng Dehuai was the commander of the army), Secretary-General of the Central Military Commission, and Director of the General Office of the Central Committee.
The people who lived with Mao Zedong day and night said that Gu Yue was like Mao Zedong, and Gu Yue once again felt a great trust and encouragement. Yang Shangkun kept picking up dishes for Gu Yue, and said, "Come and try the fermented tofu from our hometown in Sichuan. This was given to me by Comrade Xiaoping."
Yang Shangkun was eating and talking while talking: "The overall effect of the performance is very good. I don't know how to perform, so I would like to give you two suggestions for your reference:
1. When the chairman appears, the division commander and political commissar should not follow. When it is too close, the lighting should focus on the chairman and highlight the chairman. Second, 18 When the warriors rushed to the Iron Chain Bridge of the Dadu River, don’t pass behind the Chairman, but pass ahead, so that Chairman Mao will face the audience head-on. ”
During the performance that night, it was revised according to Vice Chairman Yang’s opinion. As soon as Chairman Mao appeared, a chasing light shone on Mao Zedong, and immediately received storm-like applause from thousands of audiences. The performances of
were performed in Beijing Exhibition Hall for more than 10 consecutive performances, and each was full. At that time, most of the members of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee watched the show. The performance was a huge success!
1989, Gu Yue attended the 40th anniversary banquet of the National Day. His appearance attracted the attention of overseas Chinese and foreign guests at the banquet, and they invited him to take a photo together and sign him.
After the banquet, Chi Haotian walked towards him, and Gu Yue hurriedly stood attentively and saluted. Chief of General Staff Chi Haotian also asked Gu Yue to sign his invitation. After signing with
Gu Yue also made the same request: "I'll ask the chief to help me sign!" After the National Day party began, Gu Yue saw Yang Shangkun, quickly greeted him and helped him sign for memorial. After signing, Yang Shangkun said: "Let the General Secretary sign a letter too!"
Gu Yue and Li Na
Secretary Jiang Zemin saw Gu Yue and said: "Your not wearing makeup is also very similar to Chairman Mao!" While signing, he said: "Your work is very meaningful. We need such traditional education, and the people also need such good videos."
Gu Yue's role as Chairman Mao left a deep impression on people. At the same time, he also set a goal: he hopes to play Chairman Mao in 100 works.
There may be unexpected situations in the world. In 2005, Gu Yue passed away due to a sudden myocardial infarction and was 68 years old.
