Leslie Cheung (September 12, 1956-April 1, 2113) was born in Hongkong, and he was a famous singer, actor and musician with influence in the global Chinese community and the Asian region. Music and film superstars in Greater China; One of the most successful representatives of the multi-life development in the entertainment industry. He is familiar with songwriting and has served as MTV director, record producer, film screenwriter and film producer. Leslie Cheung is one of the top singers in Hong Kong music scene, and has won the Golden Needle Award, the highest honor in Hong Kong music scene. He is the first Chinese singer who enjoys a good reputation in the Korean music scene, and also holds the sales record of Chinese-language records in Korea. He was elected as the winner of the Hong Kong Film Awards in 191. Farewell My Concubine, starring in 1993, broke the box office record of China mainland literary films in the United States. He also won the Best Actor Award of the Japanese Film Critics Award and the Special Contribution Award of the China Film Performing Arts Society for this film. He was invited to be the judge of Tokyo International Film Festival and Berlin International Film Festival, and was selected as one of the "111 Excellent Actors in China Film in a Hundred Years" in 2115, and "25 greatest Asian actors in history" by CNN in 2111.
On April 1, 2113, Leslie Cheung jumped from a 24-story building, leaving the world in shock and sorrow. 11 years of life and death, people never stop thinking about him. From his first arrival at Hongqiao Airport in the evening of July 25th, 1993 to his departure from Shanghai at 2: 35pm on March 2nd, 2111, Rong Shao had an indissoluble bond with Shanghai. Premiere of Farewell My Concubine in Daguangming Cinema; "Enthusiastic" concert in the 81,111-person gymnasium; A long afternoon spent in Hanyuan Bookstore. The elegance and mystery of Shanghai is just like the temperament of my brother, so it fits. No wonder, Rong Shao loves the bookstore under the phoenix tree and the scenery seen by the Peace Hotel.
Hanyuan Bookstore
The window seat, he really picked
One afternoon in August 2111, Leslie Cheung came to Hanyuan Bookstore on Shaoxing Road. He, who has few words, drinks a pot of green tea alone. He sat there, sometimes looking through the books in the store, sometimes looking at the street scene through the floor-to-ceiling glass, lost in thought. A few hours later, there was a grand solo concert waiting for Leslie Cheung at the Shanghai 81,111 Stadium. But at the moment, he just wants to be deeply buried in his own world.
The salesgirl in Hanyuan Bookstore saw this scene three years ago from the existing materials. "Leslie Cheung really knows how to choose a seat." She told reporters that Leslie Cheung was sitting in the window seat, which was the best view in Hanyuan Bookstore. As you can imagine, in that late summer afternoon, Leslie Cheung sat there and saw a row of old houses with shadows across the quiet road. Occasionally, one or two pedestrians walked by with umbrellas, and the patterns on the umbrellas were particularly lovely.
"Leslie Cheung must like it here very much. Otherwise, when he left that day, how could he faint and sigh, if it weren't for the concert in the evening, he could stay here for a longer time? " The salesgirl said.
One early spring afternoon near April Fool's Day, the reporter walked into Hanyuan Bookstore. 13 has passed, and nothing has changed here. The glass coffee table where Leslie Cheung was drinking tea was still there, and the chair was changed, but the sofa where Leslie Cheung was sitting at that time was still there, but it was just put in a more quiet corner of the store. Fancy curtains have never been changed.
Everything seems to keep the way Leslie Cheung was before his death, intentionally or unintentionally. This salesgirl in her early twenties came to Hanyuan Bookstore five years ago. Leslie Cheung was a little girl when she sat here three years ago. She hasn't seen Leslie Cheung. However, in the past five years, readers have been attracted by "Leslie Cheung's Sofa" in an endless stream. Every year, near the memorial day in Leslie Cheung, there will be four or five groups of fans gathered here to talk about the mark left by Leslie Cheung in everyone's life.
They sat on the sofa where Leslie Cheung sat, with a happy look on their faces, as if Leslie Cheung had not left, just sitting there. The salesgirl always looks at them from a distance, thinking about what kind of unforgettable person Leslie Cheung is.
The salesgirl also tried to listen to Leslie Cheung's songs. "He seems particularly lonely and eager to be understood. But his heart seems to be particularly soft, and he can't do anything that hurts others. " The salesgirl told reporters that since then, Leslie Cheung has been to Hanyuan Bookstore many times, which has become a must-see place for him every time he comes to Shanghai. He even took his own photo here.
"People who like to stay in Hanyuan Bookstore should have a rich inner world. Leslie Cheung should be. This may also be the reason why he can't be forgotten. " The salesgirl said, and pulled out a Leslie Cheung record from the drawer, which was to be played as the background music of the bookstore around April Fool's Day this year. Inside is the song when love is a thing of the past, which is her favorite now.
Chedun, Peace Hotel
He used to shoot movies, drink tea and eat in these places
His films, Romantic Moon, New Shanghai Beach, Red Lover and Meteor Talk, were all filmed in Shanghai, so he acted from Chedun Film and Television Base to Peace Hotel and then to Waibaiduqiao. He said: "I like Shanghai, because there are many beautiful places here, and I am also a very beautiful person, so we are a good match." Then, from Aunt Maodou Restaurant, to Meilong Town Restaurant, and then to Haiyue Mingyue Restaurant, it was once its dining hall.
Auntie Maodou Restaurant
Braised pork. It is rumored that this is Leslie Cheung's favorite Shanghai dish, and most of the restaurants he likes to eat are characterized by braised pork. The reporter walked into this aunt edamame restaurant. However, the rumored photo of Leslie Cheung and the restaurant owner hanging on the wall has disappeared. The person in charge of the restaurant revealed that the hotel had changed owners several times and had been renovated, and the photos had been taken away. Of course, it is even more impossible to know which seat my brother has sat in.
Chedun Film and Television Base
To say that Shanghai has the most star footprints, it is definitely not any hotel or hotel, but Chedun Film and Television Base. Chedun Film and Television Base, located in Songjiang, has many real-life venues in old Shanghai, which is the favorite of drama groups in many eras. Just after the film and television base was built, Leslie Cheung, together with Andy Lau and Quiet, came here to shoot "New Shanghai Beach".
However, Leslie Cheung loves filming silently and doesn't like being watched by many media. The reporter recently called the person in charge of Chedun Film and Television Base, but because the manager has been replaced, the current person in charge is not clear about the situation at that time, and Chedun did not keep a "quiet place" belonging to his brother's footprint.
Peace Hotel
The Peace Hotel is a favorite place for many stars. Faye Wong held a birthday party here, Carina Lau had afternoon tea here, and Leslie Cheung filmed the movie "Romantic Moon" here.
A waiter who had been in close contact with Leslie Cheung said that Leslie Cheung liked the top-floor garden here. When he checked in here, he would go out to the lobby bar wearing slippers and drink whisky and white water. According to another waiter, I have never seen Leslie Cheung, but I have heard from an old employee, "He said that he is very nice, which is very different from our current star."
I remember when Leslie Cheung was interviewed at the Peace Hotel during the filming of "Wind and Moon", when asked about his favorite place, he said, "I liked Shanghai in the 1921s and 1931s best, and now I often go to find this kind of old dream. Every time I go back to Shanghai, I always like to go to the Peace Hotel, drink English black tea and listen to people playing the piano in the elegant and quiet lobby. Looking at the ancient buildings on the Bund from the window, listening to the Shanghai gossip of men and women around you, there is noise in the distance, and I feel the breath and pulse of a metropolis. "