Cao Zijian, who is eight years old, once described the beauty in his famous article "Luo Shen Fu" like this:"Fluttering like a frightening Hong, graceful like a dragon, Rong Yao Qiu Ju, Huamao Spring Pine". Throughout China's ancient and modern times, there is no shortage of peerless beauties, but there is a thin life, and in addition to the world's appearance, there are also ups and downs in their lives. In the 80s of the last century, there was such a stunning beauty, she was peerless, once enjoyed thousands of glory alone, but at the peak of her life, she was deeply involved in a hooligan scandal, which led to a dim star career and an instant reversal of fate. She is the first "double actress" Gong Xue in the history of my country to win the Golden Rooster Award and the Hundred Flowers Award, how is she doing now?
Gong Xue was born in Shanghai in 1953, and her family is a proper artistic family. Her father is an artist, her mother is a famous photographer at the Shanghai Theater Academy, her brother is an oil painter, and her sister is a drama actress. The family is all engaged in art-related work, and Gong Xue has of course been influenced by her parents since she was a child, and has a unique artistic temperament. Under the influence of her family, she is proficient in calligraphy and painting from Xiaoqin, chess, and calligraphy, coupled with her outstanding appearance and sweet smile, which is destined for her extraordinary life.
In 1970, Gong Xue graduated from high school, and she was sent to Yichun, Jiangxi Province to participate in agricultural production. This is the first major challenge in Gong Xue's life, Gong Xue has always lived in a big city, and her family conditions are relatively good. Suddenly, she went to the countryside, facing the unfamiliar environment around her and the heavy field labor, Gong Xue was at a loss. She could only grit her teeth and insist, pick up a hoe she had never held before, do farm work that she had never done before, and rest in the dormitory of the farm with everyone.
Gong Xue later recalled this period of going to the countryside: "For three years, I worked in a remote mountain village in Yichun, and to be honest, at the beginning, I was extremely uncomfortable, after all, I had never suffered much since I was a child. For Gong Xue, although this period of time is hard, it is not meaningless, she has experienced a different way of life in her long-term labor, which is a rare life experience for her future performance career. Moreover, the heavy agricultural production work has gradually honed her will, making her more strong and calm in the face of life's ups and downs.
In 1972, Gong Xue's life in the countryside ended, and she finally returned to Shanghai, where she had been absent for a long time. At this time, she is no longer the childish girl she was at the beginning, with a pair of resolute eyes flashing on her beautiful face, she is more mature, and she exudes a vigorous temperament from the inside out. At this time, she had already thought about her life, she wanted to become an actor, this was her dream, and it would become the career she fought for.
So Gong Xue was admitted to the art troupe, hoping to start her acting career from here. An important job of the art troupe is to participate in the condolence performances of the troops, which requires the members to have solid basic dance skills. At that time, Gong Xue was 19 years old, and it was too late for her to practice dance, and we all know that the basic skills of dance should be practiced from an early age, because children's bones have not yet been shaped, and it is easier to connect them. But after 3 years of working in the countryside, Gong Xue has long been accustomed to facing difficulties, she is fearless, she starts from the most basic pressure **, how painful it is for an adult to open his bones, Gong Xue is almost gritting her teeth with tears in her eyes. Gong Xue has mastered the basic skills of dance in a short period of time with her own efforts, she frequently participated in the performances of the art troupe, won everyone's recognition, and took this opportunity to successfully enter the Shanghai Drama Theater and became a drama actor.
At the beginning, Gong Xue could only play some small roles such as maids, but Gong Xue was not discouraged. For each role, she interprets it carefully and performs it with sincerity. In addition to the daily rehearsals, she usually holds the script alone at night to figure out the dramatic conflicts and the characters' personalities, and her "more serious" spirit has successfully attracted the attention of director Yin Yi, so the opportunity is always reserved for those who are prepared.
At that time, Yin Yi was casting for the historical film "Rolling Wheels", and after watching Gong Xue's performance, he invited her to play the role of a migrant worker leader. After reading the script, Gong Xue found that there were only 4 short lines, and the shots were only 2 minutes together, but Gong Xue readily agreed. After all, this is the big screen of her dreams, and it is also the beginning of her realization of her dreams. Although there are few shots and short lines, Gong Xue still takes this performance very seriously, and she is eager to show her style on the screen.
After the movie was released, Gong Xue excitedly wrote a letter to her family and asked her family to go to the big screen to see her. But after the family watched the whole movie with great interest, they didn't find Gong Xue's footage, not for 1 second. It turned out that the scene where Gong Xue played the leader of the migrant workers was cut in the later stage. Gong Xue was depressed for several days, after all, she also put a lot of effort into this role. But soon, Gong Xue cleaned up her mood and continued to polish her acting skills to prepare for the next opportunity. Unexpectedly, this wait was 5 years, and it was not until 1979 that Gong Xue once again got the opportunity to participate in the movie. At that time, director Zhang Xin was casting for the movie "Sacrifice Red", and due to Gong Xue's previous good performance, Yin Yi recommended her to Zhang Xin. This time Gong Xue is going to play a water porter, in order to play this role well, Gong Xue found a flat pole and a bucket, and kept practicing carrying water, and the long-term practice even strained her shoulder. But unfortunately, after the release of this movie, the response was mediocre, especially the character created by Gong Xue was considered to be not full and had no form and no god.
This incident also made Gong Xue realize that the road of an actor is far more difficult than imagined, Gong Xue accepted pertinent criticism and began to re-learn acting knowledge, she carefully studied Stanislavsky's "The Self-cultivation of Actors", yes, it is the one that Stephen Chow read in "The King of Comedy". There is a sentence in it that inspired her a lot: "The mystery of performing arts lies in the unity of heart and action".
In 1980, Gong Xue got the opportunity to perform again, this time she wanted to play the leading role in "Good Things and Grinds", playing a female naval officer. There is a highlight in the movie that the heroine is wronged by her superiors, Gong Xue carefully studied the script before filming, imagining that she is a female officer, and what kind of reaction she will make after being wronged. On the day of filming, Gong Xue quickly entered the state, although there were many group performances on the scene, and there was a lot of coaxing, but at the beginning of the shooting, Gong Xue mobilized her emotions and cried aggrieved all of a sudden. plays a female officer who is strong on the outside but weak on the inside. "Good Things Happen a Lot" also achieved great success after its release, and Gong Xue suddenly became a household name.
After becoming famous, Gong Xue naturally made appointments, and she successively performed "Happy Bachelor" and "Midnight". "Zhang Heng" and many other popular works. In 1986, she won the Golden Rooster Award and the Hundred Flowers Award for her wonderful performance in the movie "Under the Bridge". For a time, Gong Xue had unlimited scenery, and her career was in full swing.
But just when Gong Xue was immersed in flowers and applause, an unexpected accident suddenly struck. In 1986, on the way back to the hotel after Gong Xue, who had just finished filming, several middle-aged men suddenly spat on her and insulted her with obscene swear words. It turned out that this group of people was a gang of hooligans in Shanghai, and more than 50 young women in two years. It didn't take long for a female star surnamed Gong to be mentioned in the ** pamphlet circulating in the market, according to the later confessions of the criminals, the story in the pamphlet was made up by them out of thin air.
This was originally something out of nowhere, and it had nothing to do with Gong Xue. But everyone was unanimous, and for a while, Gong Xue's name was associated with this group of hooligans, and coupled with the rendering of that ** storybook, Gong Xue's reputation plummeted. Someone actually put the title of "dirty female star" on Gong Xue's head, and during that time, negative reports about her were overwhelming. In the face of rumors, Gong Xue didn't even dare to go out, and could only rely on sleeping pills to sleep every night. Fortunately, during that time, her family was always by her side, allowing her to go through the most difficult time.
After this incident, Gong Xue's acting career was hit hard, and she became an innocent victim. After calming down, she chose to let go and live another life. During that time, Gong Xue's boyfriend Zhang Xun was studying for a doctorate in the United States, he saw Gong Xue's situation in China, and proposed the idea of living in the United States with Gong Xue, Gong Xue immediately agreed, she packed her bags, got up and went to the United States. After arriving in the United States, Gong Xue finally felt that the rumors were gone, and she was relieved. Soon after, Gong Xue and Zhang Xun held a wedding in the local Chinatown, and since then they have started the life of husband and child. In Gong Xue's words: "Being an ordinary housewife is also a kind of happiness."
Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, it is 2006, when Gong Xue has spent 20 spring and autumn in the United States. Zhang Xun wants to return to China because of work transfer, and Gong Xue also wants to return to China to live with her husband. After so many years, the gossip about her has long since drifted away. After returning to China, Gong Xue still occasionally picks up her acting career in her spare time, and she has made guest appearances in several TV series, which can be regarded as enjoyable. Nowadays, she is approaching her seventies, and she is more enjoying her old age, and maybe in a certain square in Shanghai, you can see the big stars who were household names dancing in the square with a cheerful rhythm.