In 1988, Liu Qingdi, a 22-year-old girl in Shashi, Hubei Province, stopped in front of Li Shuangjiang, 49.
"Teacher, don't go first, I'll sing a song for you."
This song not only sang a kangzhuang avenue for his own acting path, but also sang into Li Shuangjiang's heart.
After singing a song, Li Shuangjianglian, who never easily praised people, said three "good" words.
Then he took the lead and clapped.
This girl surnamed Liu, who later changed her name to Mengge, was like a visitor from heaven, camping in Li Shuangjiang's heart.
In 1990, at the palatial Friendship Hotel, the two held a grand wedding.
No one saw that in the bustling crowd, Li Shuangjiang and Li He, the son of his ex-wife Ding Ying, were hidden in the crowd.
Watching his father care deeply for other women, the man clenched his fists and felt worthless for his mother, Ding Ying.
Decades later.
Li Shuangjiang and Mengge held in the palm of their hands, and Li Tianyi, the younger son who pinned his hopes on "the world's first", became the Demon King of the Mixed World.
In September 2011, he made a big fight against the "flat-headed people" and then went to jail, which became the biggest stain on Li Shuangjiang's career.
And that father did not hurt, fate did not love, was pulled by Ding Ying's hand to pull the big Li He.
A person who followed his mother's steps and engaged in literary and artistic work was promoted to a higher rank and a knight, which became the pride of Li Shuangjiang.
The same is Li Shuangjiang's genes, how can the brothers have completely different fates?
01
In August 2021, Li Shuangjiang took the stage to sing for a long time.
Dressed in a green military uniform, he stood tall, and although he was 82 years old, he looked full of energy.
At the end of the song, there was a faint applause.
Li Shuangjiang on the stage was stunned for a few seconds, and then bowed deeply.
The loose hair and conspicuous scalp on the top of his head inadvertently exposed his old state.
Li Shuangjiang in memory does not seem to be such a person.
Obviously, he can "be virtuous and artistic", but he has become the leader of the "four famous fathers", and no one can blame him for coming to this step.
Li Shuangjiang was born in Harbin in 1939.
At that time, although every family was too poor to open the pot, every household was still desperately trying to have children, paying attention to the prosperity of a descendant.
Therefore, in addition to Li Shuangjiang, the Li family also has 6 brothers and sisters of different genders.
It is also amazing to say that in that era when he was not yet civilized, Li Shuangjiang was particularly interested in the two words music and art since he was a child.
What's even more amazing is that his various talents are far superior to those of his peers.
Recitation, stage, design of literary and artistic programs, singing, reading musical scores, it can be said that they are proficient in everything.
Such a child naturally attracted the attention of the entire Harbin literary and art circle.
Before graduating from elementary school, Li Shuangjiang worked part-time at the Harbin People's Radio.
Although he couldn't make a few bucks, the teenager enjoyed it.
Who would have thought that before waiting for the opportunity to enter the art academy, they waited for the highest instructions of their own father:
"If you boy sings, I'll break your leg and do what you say."
When dreams and reality collide, Li Shuangjiang's temper comes up.
From a young age, he threw his neck on his knees and said, "Or you will kill me." ”
After this "beating", Li Shuangjiang rested in bed for a whole half a month, waiting for an admission letter thrown down by his father.
It turned out that during Li Shuangjiang's recuperation period, his father begged the teacher to change Li Shuangjiang's college volunteer and fill in the medical university.
If Li Shuangjiang had studied medicine step by step, there might not have been anything to do with his two wives and two sons later.
But fortunately, on the eve of the opening of the school, the Central Conservatory of Music went to Harbin to enroll.
Li Shuangjiang secretly mixed his parents into the interview scene.
In 1959, he took advantage of the small cloth bag that his mother had quietly prepared for him on his back and went to study at the Central Academy of Arts in Beijing alone.
It is also because of this growth path of double suppression of flesh and skin pain and inner suffering, Li Shuangjiang secretly swears:
When I have a child, what the child wants, I will never interfere with his dreams.
It was also this idea that laid the groundwork for the "road to fall" of the younger son Li Tianyi.
02
1963 was the most crucial year of Li Shuangjiang's life.
That year, he was going to graduate.
As we all know, it was quite difficult to become a star and an actor at that time, and to have a formal organization.
Li Shuangjiang did not want to be unemployed as soon as he graduated, and when he returned home, he was sneered at by his own father.
Li Shuangjiang, who has no money, no backstage and no background, began to play a "crooked idea", he needs a pedal, an opportunity.
In other words, Li Shuangjiang needs a "guide."
It was also at this juncture that a dancer named Ding Ying, 5 years older than himself, appeared.
Ding Ying and Li Shuangjiang are different, people have good looks, talents, opportunities, and a "good father".
Therefore, in his twenties, he has become a well-known dancer in Xinjiang.
This grade, this status is several streets away from peers.
At that time, most men liked the "small family jasper" that did not go out of the door.
Therefore, Ding Ying, who is strong and assertive, is "left" at home and has become a major problem in the hearts of his parents.
Li Shuangjiang patted his thigh, isn't this a coincidence, I like such a girl.
After only one eye contact and a few days of contact, Ding Ying and Li Shuangjiang from Xinjiang came together.
Although Ding Ying's parents were not very satisfied with this poor son-in-law, they were even more reluctant to let their daughter continue to be single.
This year, Li Shuangjiang, who had just graduated, received an entry letter from the Xinjiang Military Region's Cultural and Labor Corps.
As for why I graduated from Beijing but was recruited by Xinjiang, the reason is obvious, and I understand it.
Not long after, Ding Ying found out that she was pregnant, pregnant in October, and gave birth to a big fat boy.
This child was Li Shuangjiang's first child, named Li He.
Logically, my mother is a young "dancer" and my father is a rising star in the music world.
Born in such a family, Li He can live a rich life with a shirt to stretch out his hands, food to open his mouth, and what he wants.
The truth is more bloody than the movie script.
The appearance of Li He completely broke all the peace in this family and tore open the last layer of "fig leaf" of Li Shuangjiang's marriage.
03
From the time he remembers, Li He has had a very clear understanding: "His father, Li Shuangjiang, does not love his mother Ding Ying. ”
This is not an illusion, but a reality.
For her own sake, the mother gradually shifted the focus of her life to the family, while the father, like a kite that had escaped from the line, was getting farther and farther away from the family.
In 1963, the 24-year-old Li Shuangjiang followed Xinjiang Wen Park to Vietnam to perform in condolences and won the Outstanding Singer Award for a song called "Liberating the South".
This song also laid the foundation for his red circle.
But these fames, for Li He, are all passing clouds, and he only remembers that he was often sick when he was young.
Every time he fell ill, he was lying on his mother's thin shoulder, and once, Li He quietly dialed his father's phone.
Before the father on the other end of the phone could say a few words, he was covered by a cacophony of inquiries, and then the phone was cut off.
Listening to the sound of the busy line on the other end of the phone, the little boy began to have a sense of crisis.
In 1971, Li Shuangjiang, known as the "dark horse of the song and ballad industry", was transferred back to Beijing by the Beijing General Political Department Song and Dance Troupe.
On the eve of leaving, Li He saw his father, whom he had missed for a long time, at home, and the neat luggage behind him.
Everything seemed to be out of control.
My father left in a car that looked expensive and luxurious, leaving only himself and his mother Ding Ying in the huge house.
Li He has cried and made trouble, he wants his father's company and the warmth of his family.
But after the bitter trouble, his mother Ding Ying would always patiently tell him:
"You see, what you're eating now is all the money dad earns from singing, and dad belongs to the audience behind the big screen, so we can't stop him, understand?"
Li He, who seemed to understand non-understanding, nodded, watching his father on the screen become more and more famous and become the "King of Songs".
The school organized a choir competition, and Li He always proudly said: "These songs you sing are my father's songs." ”
Every time he shows off like this, he will always get ridicule from his classmates:
"What dreams do you have, if your father is Li Shuangjiang, then my father is Sun Wukong, the kind that can go to the sea."
Only at this time did Li He understand.
After becoming famous, his father never presupposed the existence of himself and his mother Ding Ying in the camera.
Later, Li Shuangjiang, who loved singing, returned to his alma mater, the Central Conservatory of Music, to teach and settled in Beijing.
In addition to the regular monthly remittances, he had no communication with Ding Ying and Li He.
For his son's education and life, Li Shuangjiang is at most a bystander, and he does not contribute money.
Obviously, I have a father, but I have not enjoyed a day of fatherly love.
04
Later, Li Shuangjiang stepped onto the stage of the CCTV Spring Festival Gala.
It was also during this time that his marriage to Ding Ying for more than twenty years came to an end.
Li He wanted to persuade his mother, but when the words came to his mouth, he didn't know where to start.
He understood that the marriage was a shackle that had consumed all her strength for his mother.
Today's ending seems to be the best.
It was also from that day that Li He, who was much taller than his mother, secretly swore:
"I must have a career, I must let my mother live a good life, I must mix up a personal appearance and let my father change his mind."
Perhaps there is still hope in Li He's mind that his parents will return to good, and he is willing to be that bridge.
He was admitted to his father's General Political Opera Company, and wanted to be closer to his father, closer.
At the same time, Li Shuangjiang met the person of his destiny: Dream Pigeon.
At a glance, Li Shuangjiang began to take care of Mengge in every way, often visiting her in class and inviting her to eat together.
In the second year of acquaintance, after the song contest in Laoshan, Li Shuangjiang took the dream pigeon and other students to climb Laoshan Mountain.
Just after reaching the top of the mountain, Li Shuangjiang suddenly stopped and shouted at the sky: "God testify, I want to marry a dream pigeon!" ”
Everyone in the team spontaneously applauded, lamenting that the teacher who had been single for 50 years had finally found a good relationship.
Yes, until the divorce with Li Shuangjiang, the marriage relationship between Li Shuangjiang and Ding Ying is not known to most people.
The news quickly reached Li He's ears, and he didn't want to believe it, nor did he dare to believe it.
His father, who only wants to sing, actually fell in love with a student who was 27 years younger than himself?
He was sure his father would not be ruthless to himself and his mother, but reality soon gave him a resounding slap in the face.
In 1990, Li Shuangjiang and Mengge got married.
In the same year, Mengge went through the formalities of suspension from school, on the grounds that she was trying to conceive.
Unfortunately, the first child of the two was not yet formed, and he died prematurely for unknown reasons.
Dream Pigeon did not give up, in 1995, she was successfully conceived again, did not think that the second child just turned two months old and then stopped developing.
Li Shuangjiang, 56, and Mengge, 29, cried in the hospital.
Half a year later, Dream Pigeon conceived for the third time, and this hard-won child was Li Tianyi.
05
"Tianyi is the meaning of the first in the world." --Li Shuangjiang
From the moment Li Tian was born, Li Shuangjiang never hid his love for him.
On the day of birth, because of the weak body, I need to stay in the hospital for three days.
Li Shuangjiang, who is 57 years old, has been guarding his son's side for 3 days and has never closed his eyes.
When he was 4 years old, Li Tianyi wanted to learn piano, and Li Shuangjiang found the most authoritative teacher in all of China to enlighten his son.
When he was 8 years old, Li Tianyi wanted to learn calligraphy, and Li Shuangjiang invited the famous calligraphers to teach at home.
At the age of 10, Li Tianyi was fascinated by playing ice hockey, and Li Shuangjiang single-handedly established a club and spent more than 100,000 yuan to buy the best equipment for his son.
Facing the camera, Li Shuangjiang is always full of pride.
My son is very good at learning everything, has a strong piano ability and has good ears.
My son is talented, he likes sports, he likes to make friends, the computer in his hands I look like playing the piano, he is very sensitive, English words can be remembered at will, thousands of words.
Don't fight, reluctant, haven't fought yet, his tears fell first, he likes to play, play is the nature of children.
--Li Shuangjiang
Even knowing that his son was still underage, he taught his son to drive, saying:
"Music is also linked to driving, and there is a melody in the car, such as from the starting state to the driving state, from the high-speed driving to the sudden braking, and these states are intertwined to form a beautiful symphony."
In September 2011, Li Tianyi made a big mistake in the symphony of driving, becoming the "most evil flower" in the social news of that year.
It was also at this juncture that Li Shuangjiang, who had been brilliant for most of his life, was revealed to have an ex-wife and a son.
At this point, he became a complete killer.
In the face of condemnation and pressure, Li Shuangjiang lowered his head:
"My heart is extremely painful, and I apologize to everyone here for him!"
The "he" here refers to the youngest son Li Tianyi, who has made a big mistake.
As for his eldest son Li He and his ex-wife Ding Ying, he still did not mention a word and chose to ignore it.
The curiosity of the melon-eating masses has risen, and they have begun to look for a stubble pattern.
In the program that Li Shuangjiang was interviewed in the early years, a woman with "tears in her eyes" was found.
The contrast between left and right is like Ding Ying in the early years.
Specifically, the big guys can help palm eyes.
epilogue
The latter things, I think everyone has heard about.
After a year of career in the juvenile detention center, Li Tianyi changed his name to Li Guanfeng and regained a good life.
But this child was pampered and proud, and he never returned on the road of "death".
In 2013, he was imprisoned again for bad behavior.
This time, Li Shuangjiang has completely become a typical teaching material of "Loving Father and Many Prayers", and everyone shouts and beats up the old artist.
Friends around him have drawn a line, and the eldest son Li He appeared next to his father.
While taking care of his rapidly aging father, while comforting his stepmother, he became a driver for two people and personally wrapped dumplings for Li Shuangjiang to eat.
Perhaps Li Shuangjiang never dreamed that the same genes have blossomed into completely different flowers.
Taking good care of it became his own distress.
Those who leave it alone become their pride.
And compared with the high profile of the younger son, the growth path of the eldest son is much more stable.
Although Ding Ying did not remarry after marriage, Li He lacked the most important role of father in his life.
But the ex-wife still taught the child well, excellent in his homework, and a stable and honest personality.
Relying on strength to enter the Beijing General Political Affairs Song and Dance Troupe with a very high threshold, it already belongs to the best behind-the-scenes workers in the same age group.
According to some insiders, Li He has never mentioned that his father is Li Shuangjiang since he entered the unit, and he has always been very low-key.
Passing talents needs the constraint of virtue to shine, otherwise it can only become a shackle to conceit.
At the end of 2023, Li Shuangjiang's long-cherished young son can be released from prison.
I don't know if I have paid such a tragic price, can this completely different child look up to his eldest brother?