"The most representative Chinese director and actor!”
This is the evaluation of Zhang Yimou and Gong Li by a group of foreign ** at the award ceremony in Chicago, USA.
For Zhang Yimou, in order to fall in love with Gong Li justifiably, he did not hesitate to end his marriage with his wife Xiao Hua.
But even Gong Li, who has loved him for many years and accompanied him to the peak of his career, after all, because he didn't wait for the day he gave him marriage, he went abroad sadly after breaking up with him.
No one could have imagined that Zhang Yimou gave his marriage to Chen Ting, a person who had children with him at the age of 19.
Looking back at the journey between Chen Ting and Zhang Yimou, some people say that her infatuation is admirable.
Some people also said that Chen Ting won the gamble in front of marriage, and for this victory, she endured it for 10 years.
Time to look back at when Chen Ting first met Zhang Yimou.
In 2000, Chen Ting, who was a sophomore at Beijing Film at the time, happened to coincide with Zhang Yimou preparing to film "Happy Time".
At that time, I knew that Zhang Yimou had high requirements for actors, and even higher requirements for the male and female protagonists, and his appearance and acting skills must be **.
Although Chen Ting is a sophomore at Beijing Film University, her acting skills are very limited, and she has never participated in film and television works, because she became a dancer after graduating from junior high school.
At that time, Chen Ting learned that "Happy Times" was recruiting actors, and she also knew that Zhang Yimou was demanding, but she still went to the crew for an interview.
The reason why she did this is not complicated, that is, she felt that she was not going to the heroine or an important role in the play to interview, but to open her eyes and practice her courage in the crew of a big director.
Without any suspense, Chen Ting couldn't get into the eyes of the interviewers present in terms of appearance or performance strength, but she unexpectedly fell into the eyes of Director Zhang Da.
Director Zhang Da, who is accustomed to seeing many prosperous faces, no matter how beautiful his face is, it is difficult to stir up too much waves in his heart, but when the nineteen-year-old Chen Ting appeared at the interview scene without powder, her simple and gentle temperament attracted her, and she felt that it was an uncarved piece of beautiful jade, and there may be related works to cooperate with in the future, so he personally left Chen Ting's ***
Soon after the interview, Zhang Yimou took the initiative to contact Chen Ting and learned more about Chen Ting's personal situation in **.
Chen Ting, who was only 19 years old at the time and was studying in Beiying, first reacted that she might become the next "Mou girl", so she told Zhang Yimou many of her own circumstances.
Born in 1981 in a very ordinary family in Wuxi, Jiangsu, her parents are both working-class people, because she likes to dance since she was a child, her parents sent her to the dance academy to learn Xi, and later entered the local song and dance troupe to become a dancer.
Because he wanted to get a better development in his acting career, he worked hard to study Xi and was admitted to Beiying with good cultural and dance professional scores.
Unexpectedly, after learning more about her situation, Zhang Yimou did not talk about the movies he cooperated with, but continued to talk with her about some parents' shortcomings and life concepts.
Based on Zhang Yimou's fame and age, Chen Ting has always maintained a humble and gentle side during the chat with her, and this may have further made Zhang Yimou sure that Chen Ting is indeed suitable to be her girlfriend.
And when Director Zhang Da asked Chen Ting if she was willing to be his girlfriend, she was obviously a little stunned, but she agreed by mistake.
Later, some people thought that she decided early on that she would accept the "unspoken rules" at every opportunity, while others felt that she was just a girl who was fascinated by a man who was successful enough.
Dating Director Zhang Da is the beginning of enduring humiliation for Chen Ting.
In view of Director Zhang Da's reputation, the relationship with Chen Ting can only be carried out in secret, and she also expressed her understanding and gladly accepted the "underground romance" with him.
To the surprise of both of them, Chen Ting became pregnant soon after dating.
After Chen Ting learned that she was pregnant, she quickly contacted Zhang Yimou.
Director Zhang Da put the decision in the hands of a girl who was only nineteen years old and had not been deeply involved in the world, telling her that she could choose to give birth to a child, or she could continue to study after being killed.
After thinking about it, Chen Ting decided to give birth to the child, and told Zhang Yimou about this decision.
And this is the biggest difference between Chen Ting and Gong Li, one is willing to sacrifice himself to be small and big, and the other is gorgeously turned to become Gonghuang.
At that time, Gong Li and Zhang Yimou had been together for eight years, but when Gong Li asked if she wanted to get married, Zhang Yimou just gave her nine words lukewarmly: Isn't marriage just a piece of paper?
Gong Li can also be regarded as seeing Director Zhang Da clearly, and when he divorced his wife Xiao Hua, he seemed to write Gong Li, but it was actually for himself.
Gong Li was unwilling to continue to follow him in a daze, so she personally ended the well-known "Zhang Gong's Love" at home and abroad.
The two are not only good directors and good actors, but also compete with each other emotionally, even Gong Li has not cooperated with Director Zhang Da for many years after the breakup, but he is still brilliant.
But for Chen Ting, who is not deeply involved in the world and does not have much social resources, Zhang Yimou is obviously a noble person who she can meet in her life but cannot be found.
After Chen Ting decided to suspend school first and give birth to the child, Zhang Yimou agreed to go with her parents to meet her.
When Chen Ting's parents learned that their 19-year-old daughter had a boyfriend who could be her father, even though the other party was the famous Zhang Yimou, they were still heartbroken.
Especially when Chen Ting's mother heard that her daughter was pregnant and was going to take a leave of absence from school to give birth, she cried very sadly on the spot.
Zhang Yimou was born in the peasant class, although he was used to seeing vanity fair and the trade-off of interests after becoming famous, but when he saw the simple crowd, he resonated and compassionate.
Seeing the simplicity of Chen Ting's parents with ordinary ability but loving their children wholeheartedly, he was a little more unbearable, so he made a promise to her parents that Chen Ting and the child would be carefree for food, clothing, housing and transportation, and he would give Chen Ting and the child an explanation in terms of name when the time was right.
It is precisely because of his commitment that perhaps Chen Ting can endure and wait for many years.
Chen Ting spent her pregnancy with peace of mind under the care of her parents, while Zhang Yimou continued to be busy filming.
In 2001, Chen Ting gave birth to a baby boy named Zhang Yinan.
Director Zhang Da is really happy, one is the joy of being old, and the other is influenced by the traditional idea of inheritance.
Zhang Yimou, who once said when he divorced his ex-wife Xiao Hua, "I don't live for others and don't care about anyone's opinions", but after many years, he cares very much about a person's opinion of himself, that is, Zhang Mo, the eldest daughter born to his ex-wife.
After thinking about it for a while, he informed Zhang Mo about Chen Ting and Zhang Yinan.
After Zhang Molai learned the news, he did not have the same hatred for Chen Ting as he did for Gong Li, the reason why he was not resentful was because she grew up, and her parents had already divorced.
Gong Li's appearance was the fuse that led to the divorce of her parents, and she was naturally hated when she was only in elementary school at that time.
And when Chen Ting appeared with his father, her parents had been divorced for many years, and she was already studying abroad in college.
Therefore, at the beginning, Zhang Mo's attitude towards Chen Ting was very peaceful.
But the old lady of the Zhang family is different, even if Chen Ting gave birth to a male grandson for the Zhang family, the old lady is indeed happy in her heart, but she is still unwilling to accept Chen Ting.
In the eyes of Mrs. Zhang, she only recognizes Xiao Hua, the daughter-in-law of their old Zhang family, even though she has been divorced from Zhang Yimou for many years, the old lady has been pleading the two to remarry.
The reason why the old lady asked them to remarry is because Xiao Hua lived alone with his daughter Zhang Mo after the divorce and remained single, while Zhang Yimou has been in love with Gong Li and other female stars after the divorce, but he has never been married.
And the old lady firmly recognized Xiao Hua as her daughter-in-law, mainly because the old lady would be reciprocated by a little bit.
Back then, when Zhang Yimou's family was like a crack to survive because of bad ingredients, Xiao Hua always helped.
Xiao Hua and Zhang Yimou can be called childhood sweethearts, the two have no guesses, the two came together because of their love of painting, in the days when they cut the line, Zhang Yimou, who had a bad family composition, was even more difficult, and it was Xiao Hua who spent that time with him.
Zhang Yimou and Xiao Huagong established the relationship between men and women when they were in the queue in Qianxian County, Shaanxi, and returned to Xi'an to work in the factory together after the queue was ended.
During that time, he fell in love with photography but didn't have the money to buy a camera, so Xiao Hua still saved money to buy him a Seagull brand 4A camera.
When he got the first camera of his own, he was very excited, and promised on the spot that he would make money from photography in the future so that Xiao Hua could live a good life.
It's just that life has always been unpredictable, and when Zhang Yimou became famous at home and abroad with the movie "Red Sorghum", he filed for divorce from Xiao Hua because he fell in love with the heroine Gong Li.
At that time, Xiao Hua kept him, but he said to Xiao Hua: I don't mind even if others scold me Chen Shimei, I don't live for others and don't care what others think, if you don't let go, I will leave my hometown and wander the world.
Zhang Yimou grew up from suffering, and the first time he got rid of suffering also included abandoning the person who accompanied him through the suffering, but Mrs. Zhang was not, she read Xiao Hua's goodness, Xiao Hua's kindness, and Xiao Hua's sincerity to her son.
Therefore, even if Chen Ting had already opened up branches for the Zhang family at that time, she couldn't get into the eyes of the old lady for a while.
What followed was that Chen Ting gave birth to a son and a daughter in the absence of a name and no point, which made the old lady feel compassion for her unconsciously, especially when the three grandsons were coquettish and playing around her, the old lady's original bias towards Xiao Hua was also unconsciously inclined to Chen Ting and the child.
What's more, "people are not ruthless", when the elderly lady was sick many times, Chen Ting took care of her, and her son was busy filming all over the world, so it was inevitable that the old lady gradually developed feelings and dependence on Chen Ting.
For Chen Ting, giving birth to two boys and a girl and gaining the approval of the old lady is one of the key reasons why Zhang Yimou decided to give her marriage and status.
Another key reason is undoubtedly related to Zhang Yimou's age, after all, he can't bear to have three children without a hukou, so he decided to get a certificate with Chen Ting.
In 2011, when the eldest son was 10 years old, the youngest son was 7 years old, and the daughter was 5 years old, Chen Ting finally got a marriage letter from Zhang Yimou, and the three children were also registered.
At that moment, for Chen Ting, it was undoubtedly a gamble with three children to win!
In 2013, there was a problem of director Zhang Da secretly obtaining a certificate and being overborn, and Director Zhang Da simply admitted and publicly apologized, and promised to accept the fine imposed by the relevant national regulations.
Suddenly, Director Zhang Da paid a fine of 7.48 million yuan for superbirth on the hot search, and Chen Ting officially entered the public's field of vision as "Zhang Yimou's wife".
In the first 10 years she was with Zhang Yimou, she was nameless and anonymous with three children, and this forbearance and hardship are not something ordinary young women can do.
And she can not only endure this load, but also be able to bind Director Zhang Da, who is dedicated to art, with more fireworks in the world, which is even more admirable.
Many people say that Chen Ting's birth of a child without a name is an almost crazy gamble, but fortunately she won the bet, otherwise she would only become the second "Wu Qili and Xiaolongnu".
In fact, marriage has both an element of a gamble, but it is not just a big gamble, but requires a long period of operation and dedication.
Now it is the 12th year of Chen Ting and Director Zhang Da's marriage, Director Zhang Da still has good works, but there have been no scandals with any female stars, which is enough to see that Chen Ting's marriage is doing well, and it has become a life home for which Director Zhang Da is willing to keep his own.