In 2014, Zhang Yimou was fined 7.48 million yuan for overbirth, and a reporter asked him: "You are worth more than 100 million, why don't you give relief to your brother?" Zhang Yimou's face sank: "This is my private affair, and outsiders have no right to ask questions!" ”
It turned out that Zhang Yimou had two younger brothers, and both brothers had physical defects, his eldest brother was highly myopic when he was a child, and he could only live by repairing bicycles when he grew up, while his second brother, when he was very young, was beaten with too much penicillin because of high fever, resulting in deafness in both ears, which made them fail to learn any culture and skills.
When Zhang Yimou had a small career success, he once returned home to see his brother repairing bicycles in the cold winter, and his heart was very uncomfortable, so he gave his brothers three choices when eating, and let them make their own decisions: one was to go to Beijing with himself to help the crew; the second was to buy them a house in the city, and then find a factory nearby to work; the third was to give them money to do business.
Hearing these three choices, both brothers invariably refused, because they were afraid that they would not drag him down by anything, and their mother was older and had become accustomed to the life of their hometown, Zhang Yimou was helpless, so he built a house for them in his hometown, let the eldest brother repair the car, and the second brother farmed, so that at least he could support himself.
Zhang Yimou's ancestral family was still relatively well-off, when he was eighteen years old, his family was beaten into the You Sect, and soon he himself was sent to the countryside as a Zhiqing, a period of hard work but also tempered his will, and also let him meet his first wife Xiao Hua.
Xiao Hua came to the countryside to experience life, the two people have a common discourse slowly getting closer and closer, day after day, waiting for Zhang Yimou's life of zhiqing to end, hearing Xiao Hua's blind date, he immediately couldn't resist, and wrote more than forty letters to impress Xiao Hua, despite the dissuasion of his parents and married Zhang Yimou.
Unfortunately, this relationship eventually ended in divorce, Zhang Yimou met the young and beautiful Gong Li, and Gong Li was also favored as the heroine of "Red Sorghum", which also achieved a very high box office at that time.
Zhang Yimou chose to divorce Xiao Hua for Gong Li, but Zhang Yimou's parents still recognized the original daughter-in-law, so that Xiao Hua still lived at home with her daughter, but although divorced, Zhang Yimou and Gong Li eventually failed to be together, and the man turned around and married Chen Ting.
Chen Ting gave birth to three children for Zhang Yimou, Zhang Yimou was fined more than seven million yuan for overbirth, and Chen Ting never had the corresponding name, until the children needed a household registration to go to school, and the two received the certificate.
Zhang Yimou is becoming more and more famous with his excellent works, and some reporters have learned that he has money but does not help his two younger brothers, regardless of black and white questioning, and Zhang Yimou does not care about other people's views, bluntly said: "This is my family affair, do not need to explain to outsiders, nor do I need to perform to show others!" ”
After all, Zhang Yimou's help to his brother does not need to be deceitful, nor does he have to be embarrassed, and others cannot kidnap themselves morally, not to mention that he has helped his brothers plan their work, but his brother has not accepted it, plus Zhang Yimou has long bought a car and a house for his brother, and even the full cost of the wedding has been contracted.
Zhang Yimou's two younger brothers also know how to be grateful, never asking their brother to do anything for them, and they are already very satisfied with living an ordinary life, not to mention using family affection for their own interests, otherwise the best feelings will be slowly consumed.
Leaving aside Zhang Yimou's personal feelings, the works he directed are indeed excellent, and the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics, which he recently planned as the general director, has also been constantly screened and praised by many people.
