The four masterpieces are well-known in the mainland, and the film and television works adapted along with literary works are also very popular.
Because it is too classic, the subsequent film and television works are republished in one version, which is not lively.
But every one of them has a version that is the most classic in people's minds, and in the case of the book "Dream of the Red Chamber", it is obvious that the 87 CCTV version is the most classic version that everyone recognizes.
With the popularity of film and television works, actors who play classic roles in them are also very popular.
As the big heroine in "Dream of the Red Chamber", the role of "Lin Daiyu" is naturally the most brilliant.
And its actor "Chen Xiaoxu" also left a deep impression on the audience by relying on this role.
Until now, when people mention the role of Lin Daiyu,
Naturally, the first thing that comes to mind is the image of "Chen Xiaoxu", it can be said that the two of them have become one, which can be seen in the success of the actor "Chen Xiaoxu".
And today we will tell her story, in fact, her fate is also very similar to the life of "Lin Daiyu".
A girl from an artistic family
Chen Xiaoxu was born in 1965 in Anshan City, Northeast China.
His parents were both engaged in art, his father was a director of the Anshan Peking Opera Troupe, and his mother was a teacher who trained actors in the troupe.
Thanks to the influence of his family, Chen Xiaoxu's future seems to be destined to embark on the road of "art".
However, when he was a child, Chen Xiaoxu was very much like the personality of "Lin Daiyu", speaking softly and softly since he was a child, and his feelings were introverted, and he did not dare to "play treasure" in front of everyone.
This is not a good thing for a person who is bent on "engaging in art", and it is important to know that good actors who generally need to be on stage to engage in art are relatively good at releasing their nature, which is crucial for career development.
Chen Xiaoxu, on the other hand, has never shown the "good qualities" he deserves.
There was no way, the parents had to invite some friends and colleagues to come to the house, and then let the little Chen Xiaoxu sing a song or recite in front of all the uncles and uncles, the purpose of which was naturally to exercise her "confidence" in performing in front of strangers and release her nature.
Her parents still hoped that she could inherit the family business, especially her father, and hoped that she could engage in the profession of "Peking Opera" in the future, and hoped to carry forward this craft.
However, the good intentions of his parents did not work, and Chen Xiaoxu was always not interested in Peking Opera when he was a child, but began to indulge in ballet.
At that time, Chen Xiaoxu was very obsessed with ballet, and he was also very hardworking, and his future career dream was to become a professional ballet dancer.
But in the end, after passing the examination, because he did not pass the political examination, he had to give up this dream.
In 1979, after her dreams were shattered, Chen Xiaoxu entered the Anshan Repertory Theatre under the arrangement of her family, when she was only 14 years old.
When she first entered the drama troupe, because of her young age and poor business ability, she only had to do some chores, do a kind of curtain call, or run a small dragon set role and so on.
In the Anshan Repertory Theatre, the biggest gain may be to meet her own love, the other party is also an actor in the drama troupe, Bi Yanjun, who is ten years older than her.
We are no strangers to Bi Yanjun, and later became a regular on the screen.
For example, the classic roles include Bai Yingxuan, the second elder of the Bai family in "The Gate of the Great House", and Lu Tao's stepfather "Lu Yaxun" in "Struggle".
At that time, they were working in the same troupe, and because of their age, Bi Yanjun naturally took great care of them.
Coming and going, Bi Yanjun naturally could not resist the attraction of Chen Xiaoxu, who was forced by youth, and Chen Xiaoxu could not refuse Bi Yanjun's meticulous care.
What Chen Xiaoxu does not know is that in the days to come, this boyfriend who is ten years older than him will also bring a big opportunity, that is, the preparation of the CCTV version of "Dream of the Red Chamber".
Lin Daiyu "alive"
In 1983, CCTV planned to prepare for the filming of "Dream of the Red Chamber", and the news of recruiting actors came.
Bi Yanjun, who heard the news, was very excited to find Chen Xiaoxu and told her this great news.
It turned out that Bi Yanjun knew that his girlfriend had liked the role of Lin Daiyu in "Dream of the Red Chamber" since she was a child.
He also wrote a "small poem" to express his "yearning" for Lin Daiyu.
In Bi Yanjun's view, Chen Xiaoxu is the reincarnation of "Lin Daiyu", and the two are "no different" in temperament and personality.
Therefore, when the news of the recruitment of actors came, Bi Yanjun was naturally the first to think of encouraging Chen Xiaoxu to try it.
Because the success is very high, and once you win this role, why worry about not being popular?
Although Bi Yanjun was very interested and agitated, Chen Xiaoxu was not sure.
Don't say that she has only run the dragon set in the drama troupe for many years, that is, more beautiful than her appearance, why not just one or two people?
The "low profile" of personality made Chen Xiaoxu habitually play a retreat, but Bi Yanjun believed that Chen Xiaoxu would definitely succeed.
He encouraged Chen Xiaoxu to try it, if it didn't work, then what did it matter? But it would be a shame not to go.
In this way, encouraged by Bi Yanjun, Chen Xiaoxu was determined to give it a try.
According to Bi Yanjun's idea, she not only sent photos to director Wang Fulin, but also sent the poem "I am a willow flower" that she wrote when she was a child.
Sure enough, the truth is exactly as Bi Yanjun expected, a few days later, Chen Xiaoxu received a letter from the director Wang Fulin personally returning, telling her that she could be an alternative to Lin Daiyu, because she had not met, so she suggested that she go to Beijing and participate in the audition.
In this way, Chen Xiaoxu, who had no hope, saw the dawn, and she took three days off with the drama troupe with a nervous mood, and then boarded the northbound train.
The audition process went smoothly despite a heavy rain.
Although Chen Xiaoxu's acting skills are not the best, her temperament and personality are too much like "Lin Daiyu", and her appearance makes everyone have to think that this role is prepared for her.
Soon, the director team made a decision and officially selected her to play the role of Lin Daiyu.
This news made Chen Xiaoxu feel that the god of fate had chosen the general, and she had touched the threshold of "success" for the first time since she was not excellent.
Maybe one day, like many excellent predecessors, she will become famous at a young age, soar to the sky, and eventually become a household name.
Therefore, she must seize this opportunity.
Soon, after the turn of year, Chen Xiaoxu successfully entered the crew. Because the show is hugely produced, all actors need to go through a three-month training session. After that, it's the real start of shooting.
In order to be more appropriate with the image of "Lin Daiyu" in the book and maintain that "sense of pathology", Chen Xiaoxu began to diet as soon as he entered the crew, so that his weight was always maintained at about 70 pounds.
The three-year shooting process is a major test for any actor.
The long shooting career has allowed Chen Xiaoxu and Lin Daiyu to truly be one, whether in the boot process or in daily life.
It can be said that for this film and television drama, Chen Xiaoxu paid a huge price, but the result is naturally gratifying.
In 1987, with the popularity of the CCTV version of "Dream of the Red Chamber", Lin Daiyu, played by Chen Xiaoxu, was completely red, and the audience thought that lin Daiyu, who was "lonely and bitter, sentimental, lonely and arrogant, and weak and uncontrollable" on the screen, was the resurrection of the living "Lin Daiyu".
And all this is a recognition of the success of Chen Xiaoxu's performance.
Lin Daiyu was "resurrected", and Chen Xiaoxu also spread all over the country and became a household name.
This kind of success is extremely rare for a little girl in her early 20s.
After a major breakthrough in her career, she also entered the palace of marriage with her boyfriend Bi Yanjun in the same year.
It can be said that good things come in pairs, and it is good or bad.
But everything has two sides, although Chen Xiaoxu is red, but her image has also been fixed, so that when people see her, all that comes to mind is the shadow of "Lin Daiyu".
And this is not a good thing for an actor.
Careers are at a low point, and marriages are broken
But no one expected that this hidden "bad influence" would soon be revealed.
After becoming popular, Chen Xiaoxu received many invitations from the crew,
Next, she also successfully starred in the TV series "Home Spring and Autumn".
This is an adaptation of Barkin's novel, and it is equally famous.
However, the cousin Mei played by Chen Xiaoxu is full of the shadow of "Lin Daiyu", which also makes her acting career directly go to the embarrassing point of "no drama to act".
After receiving unprecedented attention, a young actor actually flourished and declined so quickly, which is probably rare in the history of Chinese cinema, but it just fell on Chen Xiaoxu.
Therefore, in the days after marriage, Chen Xiaoxu's career has not had a highlight moment.
Instead, she has always been a housewife at home. But this kind of family life has never been smooth, and it is inevitable that quarrels will break out between husband and wife because of trivial matters in life, and I did not expect that this quarrel directly diluted the feelings of the two people for many years.
Therefore, the two broke up peacefully, did not tear their faces, but it was difficult to break the mirror and reunite.
Chen Xiaoxu, who had lost her family life, began to seek development outside the home again, and at this time she began to pay attention to the business of "doing business".
After all, that era was the time when the "sea tide" was popular, and in the face of a huge market full of opportunities, anyone wanted to fight for a world.
Usher in rebirth
Due to Chen Xiaoxu's fame, she was exposed to the advertising industry very early, and joined Great Wall International Advertising Co., Ltd. in 1991 to create a production headquarters and serve as a production headquarters manager.
And this year, she once again entered the temple of marriage with a man.
The man's name was Hao Tong, and when the two met, Hao Tong was a student in the photography department of the Beijing Film Academy. Because he needed to complete the graduation work "Black Grapes", he met Chen Xiaoxu.
Chen Xiaoxu not only helped him successfully complete his graduation work, but also the two got closer and closer, and eventually, soon entered the palace of marriage.
Chen Xiaoxu, who became a businessman, also vigorously developed in the business world with the support of Hao Tong.
After making some achievements in the advertising industry, he also successfully opened his own company in 1996, Beijing Shibang Advertising Co., Ltd.
In the few years since entering the advertising industry, Chen Xiaoxu has gradually grown from an actor to a strong woman in the business world.
Under his leadership, the company has made excellent achievements. For example, the popular advertisement of "Wuliang Spring" came from her hand.
"She is famous, beautiful and natural, showing her outside and never luxurious, wisdom and connotation; heroes shed tears for the lord, heroes for the main affection."
The taste of this is all in the spring of Wuliang. Famous show, Wuliang Spring. ”
Thanks to her achievements in the advertising industry, she won the "Top Ten Most Stylish Female Advertisers in China".
"China's 30 Outstanding Female Advertisers", "China's 2005 Economic Person of the Year" and many other honors.
With the brilliance of her career, her value has long been different, and she has become a real female entrepreneur.
After having the money, Chen Xiaoxu returned to the film and television circle and served as a producer to produce "The Red Dress", a CCTV new year drama.
But life is always full of uncertainty and imperfection, just when Chen Xiaoxu's life ushered in a new highlight moment and the family was happy, the disease quietly found her.
The final destination
In 2006, Chen Xiaoxu was diagnosed with breast cancer.
This was undoubtedly a major blow to her, who had just turned forty.
Her life is like the life of "Lin Daiyu", the same search for true love, and the same "red face and thin life".
In the face of this heavy blow, Chen Xiaoxu chose to endure in silence without informing his parents of the news. But the disease quickly devoured Chen Xiaoxu, and she knew very well that she didn't have much time left in this world.
To this end, she made a decision. That is, he decided to give up the treatment and chose to take refuge in Buddhism and become a monk, with the dharma name "Myo-jin" (妙真).
Some people may feel incomprehensible about her choice. But no matter what, in the last moments of her life, she made what she thought was appropriate, choosing to be with the Green Lantern Ancient Buddha, monks and nuns, and walked her life calmly.
As Chen Xiaoxu's lover, Hao Tong also chose to be ordained on March 8, 2007, with the legal name of "Kaesong". Perhaps, this is the best love that this "Jia Baoyu" gave to "Lin Daiyu".
Finally, on May 13, 2007, after several months of illness, Chen Xiaoxu quietly completed his life. Sheng Nian died, and her ending could not be said to be lamentable.