He was born in an ordinary family on September 1, 1956 in Changsha, Hunan Province.
Before Zhang Fengyi was one year old, he went with his parents to settle in Dongchuan City, Yunnan Province (now Dongchuan District, Kunming City).
Although Zhang Fengyi's parents are ordinary people, they are very strict with his education, so Zhang Fengyi has behaved very well-behaved since he was a child.
Zhang Fengyi reached the age of junior high school, but he began to like opera. In a rebellious period, he made his parents feel helpless, and he finally chose to drop out of school and go to a drama school to learn Xi Peking Opera.
After Zhang Fengyi entered the drama school, he practiced hard for the role of martial arts. At a young age, he gave up his studies and a free life, and lived a boring training career all day long.
Xi In 1971, when he was only 15 years old, he was successfully admitted to the Dongchuan Art Troupe with the Xi results of several years of drama school.
After Zhang Fengyi entered the art troupe, he was mainly responsible for singing, but because he would also practice Xi dance when singing, he would sometimes perform with the dance team, which can be said to be the "pillar" of the Dongchuan Art Troupe.
Zhang Fengyi has been living this life for six years, but despite this stability, he lacks long-term goals. If he were now a middle-aged man in his forties and fifties, he would probably have remained that way all the time.
He was in his early 20s and full of longing for the future. Therefore, after the resumption of the college entrance examination in 1978, Zhang Fengyi applied for the acting department of Beijing Film Academy.
As a veteran actor with six years of acting experience, Zhang Fengyi's admission to Beijing Film Academy can be said to be logical, and finally succeeded in becoming a student of the 78-level acting department of Beijing Film Academy.
After becoming classmates with Zhang Tielin, Xie Yuan and others, Zhang Fengyi didn't know what it meant to go to school when he first entered Nortel, but he knew that he would no longer have to endure the boring life he used to have.
However, once he stepped into the campus Xi, Zhang Fengyi gradually found his state, and because of his hard Xi work and outstanding appearance, he was selected by Hong Kong Phoenix Pictures in his sophomore year and participated in his first film "Treasure Hunting".
Director Ling Zifeng noticed Zhang Fengyi's outstanding performance in "Treasure Hunting" and invited him to play the male lead "Xiangzi" in his new movie "Camel Xiangzi".
Mr. Lao She's masterpiece "Camel Xiangzi", Zhang Fengyi is not only rich in appearance, but also in playing.
Siqin Gaowa is an actress who partnered with Zhang Fengyi, and they also began to make a name for themselves in the film industry because of this movie.
With the broadcast of this film, Zhang Fengyi's career began to take the first step, until he was assigned to Emei Film Studio when he graduated in 1982.
It was then that when Zhang Fengyi went to visit his classmate Lu Xiaogang, he met his sister Lu Liping. Lu Liping is 4 years younger than Zhang Fengyi, she had just graduated from Chinese opera at that time, and she was also an actor.
At that time, Zhang Fengyi and Lu Liping were both handsome and dashing men and beautiful women. They chatted very speculatively when they first met and made a great impression on each other.
In 1988, Zhang Fengyi received an invitation to star in the movie "Police Officer in the Year of the Dragon", and the heroine happened to be Lu Liping. The two had a good impression that this cooperation allowed them to have a deeper communication and enhance their understanding of each other.
Zhang Fengyi is 32 years old, Lu Liping is also 28 years old, at this age they have reached the time to talk about marriage, they know each other very well, so their relationship development is logical.
Not long after, Zhang Fengyi spent 50 yuan to marry Lu Liping and go home, and the two did not hold any wedding ceremony, and the 50 yuan was only used to invite relatives and friends to dinner. It didn't take long for this to happen.
With the help of Zhang Fengyi's hard work, Lu Liping gave birth to her son Zhang Boyu in the year they got married, and the family of three lived a happy life.
Lu Liping and Zhang Fengyi's film "Police Officer in the Year of the Dragon" was nominated for the Hundred Flowers Award and the Golden Rooster Award. However, out of care for her children, Lu Liping had to give up her career and concentrate on her husband and children at home.
Zhang Fengyi's career is booming, and he is busy with filming outside all day long, so the two gradually began to spend more time apart.
The foundation of the relationship was not strong in the first place, and gradually problems appeared.
With the vigorous development of his career, Zhang Fengyi gradually entered the role of a star;And Lu Liping gradually transformed into a full-time mother in the life of taking care of her son.
Lu Liping recalled that at that time, she was alone with her children and had no heart to take care of herself. If she doesn't have to go out, she won't even wash her face for a few days, just in her pajamas.
Lu Liping's situation actually reflects the living conditions of many stay-at-home mothers today, however, at that time, Zhang Fengyi thought that as a well-known star, his wife's dress should also match his status.
Therefore, they were often separated from each other at that time, rarely saw each other, and even when they did, they were always full of quarrels, so that the beautiful relationship was destroyed in the endless quarrels.
In 1991, 35-year-old Zhang Fengyi made up his mind to divorce his wife Lu Liping, who had been married for three years. Although Lu Liping felt helpless and distressed about the child, she could only nod and agree when she saw Zhang Fengyi's resolute attitude.
If a couple with children divorces, there is nothing more heart-wrenching than the harm caused to the children. Zhang Fengyi and Lu Liping were also deeply touched.
Zhang Fengyi vaguely remembered that when he and Lu Liping completed the divorce procedures and left home with their luggage, his son Zhang Boyu still mistook his father for a business trip as usual, hugged his thigh and said, "Dad, you come back early from a business trip." ”
Zhang Fengyi couldn't bear to tell his son the cruel truth, so he nodded. However, he knows that his relationship with Lu Liping and his son can never go back to the past.
Zhang Fengyi chose to move into a single apartment after the divorce, for the sake of the healthy growth of his son Zhang Boyu, he and his ex-wife Lu Liping have not yet told their children the news of their divorce, so they still maintain the original "family" status.
However, this concealment did not last long. In 1993, two years after the divorce, 37-year-old Zhang Fengyi received an invitation from director Chen Kaige to star in his new film "Farewell My Concubine".
Zhang Fengyi cooperated with well-known actors such as Leslie Cheung and Gong Li in the film, playing the second male lead "Duan Xiaolou", this role is an extremely selfish character, he has emotional scenes with the heroine Gong Li, and also has emotional scenes with the male advocate Guorong.
Zhang Fengyi brought the role to life with his brilliant performances, and the film is regarded as an important milestone for Chinese cinema, receiving widespread acclaim and winning the Palme d'Or at the Cannes International Film Festival.
"Farewell My Concubine" brought great attention to Zhang Fengyi, and at that time he could receive letters from all over the country almost every day, many of which were expressions of admiration from girls.
In this case, Zhang Fengyi met Huo Fan, a dance teacher who was 12 years younger than him, through a friend's introduction.
Huo Fan was born in 1968 and graduated from the Beijing Dance Academy. Before meeting Zhang Fengyi, he experienced a marriage, and later after the divorce, he and his daughter depended on each other.
Although Huo Fan was born into an intellectual family and was also a dance teacher, Zhang Fengyi was already a high-profile celebrity at that time, so when the two first met, Huo Fan was extremely excited.
Fortunately, Zhang Fengyi is very funny and humorous, so the first meeting between the two is not awkward, which makes Huo Fan gradually like Zhang Fengyi, who is 12 years older than him"Uncle"。
Huo Fan tried to seize every opportunity as much as possible during that time. Sometimes he would invite Zhang Fengyi to dinner with him, and at the same time, on Zhang Fengyi's birthday, he gave him a collection of Zhang Fengyi's works that he had carefully collected and produced, which made Zhang Fengyi deeply moved.
Zhang Fengyi initially just regarded Huo Fan as a junior and a fan, but as time went by, he gradually realized Huo Fan's feelings for him, so the two came together.
In 1994, 38-year-old Zhang Fengyi and 26-year-old Huo Fan got married in Beijing in a low-key manner. At the wedding scene, Zhang Fengyi promised relatives and friends that he would love Huo Fan alone in his life, and would love, pamper and take care of her.
Lu Liping's mother divorced Zhang Fengyi in 1995, and then told Zhang Boyu, who was only 5 years old at the time, about it, and later married another person.
Zhang Boyu and Zhang Fengyi had always had a good relationship before, but after learning about this incident, Zhang Boyu began to refuse to see Zhang Fengyi, which was a change between them.
Zhang Fengyi was deeply aware of his debt to his son, but he was not angry with his son because of it. On the contrary, he began to gradually improve his relationship with his wife Huo Fan, which also led to his son Zhang Boyu slowly accepting this "little mother" because of Huo Fan's reasonable attitude.
In 1996, Lu Liping met football player Tao Wei, and the two married in 1999, but they soon divorced. It wasn't until 2002 that Lu Liping married the love of her life, Sun Haiying.
The members of the new family include Dad, Mom, and Zhang Boyu. Although he may seem superfluous, in fact his father, mother, stepfather and stepmother are very good to him.
Perhaps due to differences in life experiences, Zhang Fengyi and Sun Haiying treat Zhang Boyu in completely different ways.
Due to the strict requirements of his parents since he was a child and the kinship relationship with Zhang Boyu, Zhang Fengyi has always had a critical attitude towards Zhang Boyu's education.
The reason why Sun Haiying regards Zhang Boyu as his own is not only because he is his stepfather, but also because before marrying Lu Liping, Sun Haiying experienced a marriage and died unexpectedly with his ex-wife's son, so he adopted a mainly encouraging attitude towards Zhang Boyu.
The Stars Art School opened by his mother Lu Liping became Zhang Boyu's place of study after graduating from junior high school, and he entered the school to learn Xi acting without telling his father's own decision. Upon learning of this, Zhang Fengyi bluntly said to his son: "If you insist on learning acting, don't contact me again in the future." ”
The reason why Zhang Fengyi is reluctant to let his son Zhang Boyu learn to Xi acting is because he believes that Zhang Boyu's appearance is not suitable for acting work.
In his opinion, Zhang Boyu's appearance is very different from himself, more like Lu Liping, which actually implies that he thinks his son is not handsome enough.
He is strict with his biological son, but he loves his stepdaughter Zhang Fengyi like his own daughter, no matter what toys she wants, he will spare no effort to satisfy her.
In 2016, a news spread on the Internet that 60-year-old Zhang Fengyi spent 1.5 million yuan to buy a sports car for his stepdaughter, which showed that Zhang Fengyi had a completely different attitude towards his biological son and stepdaughter.
Maybe it's because his father's words are too hurtful, Zhang Boyu, who is in the rebellious period, just wants to face his father and prove himself on the road of acting, probably for this reason.
After years of hard work, Zhang Boyu was finally admitted to the ** Drama Academy. However, this did not improve the relationship between father and son, on the contrary, an incident that followed only exacerbated the conflict between them.
In 2014, 24-year-old Zhang Boyu married actor Zhang Moxi, it is worth mentioning that Zhang Boyu's biological father Zhang Fengyi did not attend his son's wedding, but was co-hosted by stepdaughter Sun Haiying and Lu Liping, warmly receiving guests.
Some people once speculated that Zhang Fengyi did not attend his son's wedding because he was busy with work, but later ** broke the news that he was actually at home in Beijing at that time and did not have any work arrangements.
Zhang Fengyi explained in an interview why he did not attend his son's wedding.
He felt that he and Lu Liping only set one table when they got married, but his son set up 27 tables, which was a bit too extravagant and wasteful.
He thought that if he went, Lu Liping and Sun Haiying would also go. They hadn't been in touch for years, and it would be a bit awkward to meet.
Since he had attended many weddings, all of which ended in divorce, it was a blessing for him not to attend his son's wedding.
Zhang Fengyi also said that he had specially explained to his son, but Zhang Boyu may have said that it didn't matter, but he didn't think so in his heart, after all, he was his biological father. Besides.
According to rumors, Huo Fan has been trying to resolve the conflict between father and son, but the basic disagreement between the two may still stem from Zhang Fengyi's refusal to allow his son to learn Xi acting many years ago.
Zhang Fengyi did not allow his son to set foot in the field of acting, because he felt that his son's image was not suitable for this path. On the contrary, Zhang Boyu has been trying hard to prove himself, but the final result seems to confirm Zhang Fengyi's opinion.
After working hard in the entertainment industry for more than ten years, in addition to gaining some attention with his parents' reputation, Zhang Boyu has not achieved eye-catching representative works.
Zhang Boyu once wrote on social **: "In the past, lucky people will continue to feel the ** given by childhood, while unfortunate people will always work hard** The pain caused by childhood." ”
As an actor, Zhang Fengyi can undoubtedly be called an "old drama bone", but as a father, he may really have too many things to learn Xi. It can be seen how much influence his childhood life has on Zhang Boyu.