The original Jacky Cheung concert thanked Blossoms Shanghai, shrugged his shoulders and was informative, and avoided talking about Wong Kar-wai all the time.
On January 19th, Jacky Cheung’s 60+ concert tour was held in Quanzhou, Fujian, which was the first in Quanzhou and the 91st in the whole tour.
For this round of tour, Jacky Cheung and his team have made full preparations and running-in from the aspects of stage design, track selection and band cooperation. Therefore, after 90 performances, from the first song "Keep this Time" to the ending of "Kissing Goodbye", the sequence of singing tracks is similar, but there will be some changes in each ENCORE part, and several songs will be sung at random. The biggest difference in Quanzhou Station this time is that it sang "Stealing the Heart" for the first time.
Of course, this is not a sudden surprise for fans. All the tracks of the performance must be reported in advance, and they can only be sung if they are approved. "Stealing the Heart" did not appear in the reported song list, so the first 90 shows did not appear. Influenced by the TV series Blossoms Shanghai, "Stealing the Heart" has become a popular song recently. Two days before Quanzhou Station, the Jacky Cheung team reported this song urgently, and got the license on January 18th to perform in six performances in Quanzhou, which is equivalent to "announcing" that fans will hear this song at the concert.
However, because it was a temporary addition, Jacky Cheung put it in the "chorus" session close to the finale in order not to affect the overall performance rhythm and duration. After the second TALK, Jacky Cheung said this about Stealing the Heart and the TV series Blossoms Shanghai.
He first said, "There was a song, not long ago …" Before this sentence was finished, the fans in the audience already knew what it was, and began to shout "Stealing the Heart". Jacky Cheung went on to say, "This is a song from 1994, and recently it was because of a TV series … it was all about’ Shanghai dialect’." Here Jacky Cheung said the three words in Shanghai dialect mischievously. Do you want to listen to this song? " Then Jacky Cheung paused, waited for the reaction of the fans, and then said, "Then I’ll sing."
Then came the performance of Stealing the Heart, which was only practiced in front of the performance because it was a temporary addition, so it was not very mature and full, but Jacky Cheung’s live performance was very strong, the front part was full of emotion and euphemistic, and the chorus part showed his rich voice and solid singing skills.
After singing, Jacky Cheung finally mentioned the word "flowers". He said, "Thank you very much. Thank you to Blossoms Shanghai’s staff behind the scenes, because (shrugs), this song is very difficult … To be honest, I sang it less than three times after it was released in 1994, and I thank them here for bringing this song back to life. Good songs are rewarded. "
Blossoms Shanghai broadcast this period of time, Jacky Cheung has been busy touring and rehearsing, certainly don’t have time to watch the drama, at most, that is, the staff showed him the passage of "Stealing the Heart", starring Hugh, Ma Yili, Tang Yan, Xin Zhilei and so on. The relationship between this drama and him depends on his relationship with the director Wong Kar-wai except the song "Stealing the Heart".
The two began to cooperate in the 1980s. Wong Kar-wai’s directorial debut "as tears go by" in 1988 starred Andy Lau and Jacky Cheung. This work is of great significance, which won Wong Kar-wai the nomination of the Golden Horse Award and Jacky Cheung the best supporting actor in the Hong Kong Film Awards. Up to now, his image of the fly in the film has been circulated as an expression pack.
After that, the two collaborated on The True Story of Teddy Boy and ashes of time. Jacky Cheung’s development focus has not been on film and television. Wong Kar-wai can be said to be the biggest director he has ever worked with and one of the most important directors (after all, he won the Academy Award). Normally, in the talk session of the concert, after singing this song, we should thank Wong Kar-wai, but he avoided mentioning Wong Kar-wai’s name and just thanked the "staff behind the scenes". In fact, most of the staff had nothing to do with using the song "Stealing the Heart". It was obviously Wong Kar-wai and Chen Xunqi who made the music!
This can’t help but make people guess that Jacky Cheung never mentioned Wong Kar-wai’s name, because he still has a grudge against Wong Kar-wai.
Earlier, Jacky Cheung revealed to the media that there was a simple expression of looking up in "The Story of Teddy Boy", which was filmed 60 times. Wong Kar-wai never said what Jacky Cheung’s problem was, only said "Forget it" and left.
This made Jacky Cheung very unhappy. He thought he was friends with Wong Kar-wai. Why did he do this to himself? This is the reason why he seldom cooperated with Wong Kar-wai later. So, after ashes of time in 1994, the two sides never cooperated again, and it has been exactly 30 years since then.
In fact, it is not difficult to see Wong Kar-wai’s personality through Blossoms Shanghai’s play. He takes pictures to see feelings and cooperates with actors to see fate. Those who have tacit understanding will cooperate well and continue to contribute excellent works, such as Tony Leung Chiu Wai; Less tacit understanding also depends on the relationship and mentality between the two sides. Xin Zhilei and Dong Yong, who plays General Fan in the play, both revealed in interviews that Blossoms Shanghai was "tortured". Xin Zhilei was not satisfied with how he ate the mutton, and Dong Yong also took dozens of scenes repeatedly.
However, they all feel that it is their honor to cooperate with Wong Kar-wai. No matter how many times they shoot, they are willing, and Wong Kar-wai always accepts the advice with an open mind. Even if they work overtime, they will cooperate with the filming without additional pay.
But Jacky Cheung was different. He was very popular when he filmed as tears go by. When he arrived at ashes of time, his classic songs such as Kissing Goodbye, I just want to go with you all my life and Blessing came out. The pattern of the four heavenly kings has been formed, and naturally he will not be wronged here in Wong Kar-wai.