I was followed by a dozen wolves, and my children were sucking my blood and gnawing on my flesh. Zhang Hongjie cried in tears in a show.
Zhang Hongjie has performed well in classic works such as "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", "Male and Female Director" and "Northeast People in the City and Outside the City", so he is known as "China's first village chief".
He is an experienced veteran actor in his career, and in life, he is the pillar of the family. He has been taking care of his "cheating marriage" wife for more than ten years, and he has also treated his three children.
But why did he suffer such a tragic end in his later years?
He is already 77 years old, so what is the current state of life for him and his wife?
Zhang Hongjie once said: "I am like a cow, never stopping." He didn't realize at the time that this sentence was a perfect description of his life.
Zhang Hongjie was born in 1945 in a poor rural village in Jilin Province, with many brothers and sisters, and only relied on his father to farm the fields to make a living.
Zhang Hongjie's family is actually poor, and they can't even open the pot.
It is often said that the children of poor families are in charge of the family at an early age. Zhang Hongjie has been working with his parents since he was a child, and sometimes he is so hungry that he can only get a small amount of food.
He had mistakenly thought that he would spend his whole life confined to the fields like his father, but now there was a turnaround.
When Zhang Hongjie was a teenager, there was a troupe recruiting actors, and he happened to be very interested in him who was handsome at that time. In order to have one more person in the family means an extra expense, his parents decided to send him to study art.
Zhang Hongjie attaches great importance to this opportunity to learn Xi, he works very hard every time he learns Xi, and gradually emerges and becomes a high-profile young actor.
As he grew older, some matchmakers came to the door one after another to introduce him to the object, and Zhang Hongjie also tried to understand, but the other party rejected him because of his poor family, and the relationship was interrupted.
It wasn't until 1970 that he met Wen Zhenrong, who later became his wife, through matchmaking.
When he first met, he was not optimistic about Wen Zhenrong. At that time, Wen Zhenrong had just been laid off from the power plant, his face was still covered with dust, and his appearance was not outstanding.
The concubine is intentional, and Lang Jun is ruthless. Wen Zhenrong had a crush on the man at first glance, and told Zhang Hongjie through a matchmaker that he was a regular employee of the power plant.
In those days, it was very respectable to be able to have a formal job.
Zhang Hongjie considered his family's situation, and at the same time thought that the other party was a formal employee, so when he thought about it, his dissatisfaction in his heart was reduced a lot.
Under the matchmaker's matchmaking, they gradually came together, and half a year later they stepped into the palace of marriage, but after getting married, he was surprised to find that he had been fooled.
He was furious and immediately asked his wife, "Why didn't you tell me the truth?"Isn't this a 'combination of deception'?”
Wen Zhenrong looked a little unsettled under her husband's questioning, and she said with a sigh: "If I told you in advance, would you still be willing to marry me?"”
When Zhang Hongjie faced this plan, he felt unable to speak, as if he was pierced by a thorn in his heart, but there was no way to change the status quo, he could only accept it.
Wen Zhenrong knew that he was at a loss, so he took care of the family more attentively, and handled all the big and small affairs at home carefully and thoughtfully, so as not to let her husband worry about it.
With her efforts, Zhang Hongjie gradually let go of the mustard in his heart, but as the number of family members increased, the responsibilities on his shoulders became heavier and heavier.
Zhang Hongjie's meager salary simply cannot support the family's expenses, so he has to find a new way out.
In 1991, the crew of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" was recruiting assistant director, and it happened that 46-year-old Zhang Hongjie got this opportunity and successfully played the role of King Mulu.
I heard that during the filming of this movie, he needed to sit on the back of an elephant, but when filming, the elephant was suddenly frightened and rushed out at once, scaring him enough. Eventually, he no longer wanted to ride an elephant for filming, but instead completed the scene while standing on a fire truck.
He seemed to have opened the door to a new world in this acting experience, and then accepted the invitation to the movie "Nine Fragrances".
At that time, he worked with Song Chunli, and she showed wonderful performances in "Plainclothes Police", "Red Rock", and "Wind and Rain Beauty".
The film achieved good results after it was broadcast, and after that, he successively played the role of many peasant village chiefs, and the audience called him "China's first village chief".
Just when everything was on the right track, his career was gradually booming, but a sudden accident broke everything.
Wen Zhenrong has been busy with housework for the past two years, but he has neglected his physical health.
One day, as she was about to clean up her home, she suddenly felt unwell and passed out.
Doctors found out that she had suffered a cerebral hemorrhage after emergency rescue, and since then she has been paralyzed in bed. At that time, Zhang Hongjie was still working in the crew, and after learning the news, he immediately interrupted the work at hand and came quickly.
It was only then that he realized that although his heart was full of resentment at the beginning, years of getting along with him had quietly brewed deep love.
During that time, he was busy filming and taking care of his paralyzed wife, almost very busy. In order not to make the director feel uncomfortable, he also deliberately lowered his salary.
After he finally finished filming the movie, he wanted to take care of his wife wholeheartedly, but the expensive medical expenses made him feel a little helpless.
In order to take care of his wife, he had to carry her with him, and during that time, his only request was that the crew allowed him to take his wife with him.
Every day before going to work, he makes sure that his wife has made proper arrangements, and then walks and talks with her after work. Thanks to his meticulous care, his wife finally began to gradually regain her ability to stand after 15 years of paralysis.
During this time, his career was also thriving, not only co-starred with Zhao Benshan in "Director of Men and Women" and was nominated for the Golden Rooster Award, but also partnered with Song Dandan in "The War of Lao Niu's Family" in 2010, which quickly became the focus.
Whenever he walked on the road, someone would always call him "Old Cow", but he never got angry and always responded with a smile.
Perhaps in the eyes of others, Zhang Hongjie now has a successful career, his wife is also healthy, and his life can be called happy.
It wasn't until an interview in 2012 that everyone learned about the sadness and helplessness behind the old drama bone Zhang Hongjie.
According to his claims, there were more than a dozen wolves behind him, and these wolves were all his blood-related sons and daughters and relatives.
For years, he has been busy with work and taking care of his wife, but has neglected to accompany and take care of the children, and can only try to make up for it in terms of money.
This behavior of his is not the same as his lack of love for his children, but because he is worried that his daughter may be wronged when she gets married in the future, so he specially prepared a house for his three children, which also caused him to spend all his savings.
His long-term dedication did not win the gratitude of the children, but made them feel that their father's contribution was taken for granted, and from then on, they were even more justified in asking the old father for money.
Even in his sixties, Zhang Hongjie still works non-stop to meet the needs of his children, even though he is old enough to retire.
As for their pensions, no one has ever seen them. He once said on the show: "My wife and I are managed by our two daughters, this year by the eldest daughter, and next year by the younger daughter.
My husband and wife have never seen a penny. ”
Whenever he was asked why he was so tolerant of his daughter, he couldn't help but sigh: "This is your child, can you ignore it?"”
What they don't realize is that their connivance has made these children even more unscrupulous. It wasn't until the eldest daughter fell ill that the "Pandora's box" was really opened.
Zhang Hongjie's children did not get very good grades in school, and they could not find satisfactory jobs after graduation, so they could barely earn enough money to support their families.
Zhang Hongjie finally realized that his child had grown up**, and at this moment, his eldest daughter came home with a poor young man.
Zhang Hongjie was very dissatisfied with this, he was not disgusted because the other party was poor, but worried that his daughter would suffer in the future. However, his daughter insisted on marrying the other party, and he had to acquiesce.
In order to avoid his daughter's suffering, he did not hesitate to give his daughter a considerable amount of support, but almost all of this money eventually went into the man's pocket.
The couple thought they were living a happy life, but who would have thought that their eldest daughter would be hospitalized with tuberculosis**, and their son-in-law would lose his job, leaving the family unable to pay for medical treatment.
How could it be that Zhang Hongjie would watch his daughter get sick?Therefore, he paid for his daughter **, but this action caused the dissatisfaction of his second daughter and son.
One by one, they expressed their thoughts: "Since you can pay for the eldest sister's treatment, you should also give us some." ”
What made him even more angry was that some relatives also reached out to him and asked to borrow money, but most of these amounts were missing.
Zhang Hongjie seems to have become an "ATM", whether it is his children or relatives, it is difficult for him to refuse their demands. Almost all the money accumulated over the years has been taken away by them under various names.
Zhang Hongjie was still filming until he was 76 years old, because he didn't dare to stop and rest because he was facing the responsibility of a large family waiting to be fed.
Zhang Hongjie was finally disappointed in this big family, but the feelings he had been asking for did not last long. He finally stopped his steps and was ready to enjoy his old age in peace.
In a retirement apartment in Sanya, someone found a husband and wife.
There, they need to spend 5,000 yuan a month, which is not expensive, but it is acceptable for them, so they live a stable life.
Perhaps for them, the reality of not being accompanied by children may seem a bit bleak to outsiders, but this may be the ending they desire the most.
Zhang Hongjie has been a hard worker since he was young, and as a child he toiled in the fields to help his parents share the pressure. After getting married, in addition to working hard, he had to take care of his paralyzed wife and cope with the gnawing of his old children.
He used to work tirelessly like a cow, but fortunately he eventually realized that his indulgence had caused harm to his children, and he was able to escape his busy fate.
He still can't stop, and this year he starred in "The Story of Time" with Lin Yun and Gao Zhiting to pay for his and his wife's nursing home.
He is over seventy years old, and he has walked hand in hand with his wife for fifty-two years. At the moment, all he looks forward to is spending his old age with his lover, and as for other things, he can only go with the flow. Zhang Hongjie