In the early 1980s, "Lushan Love" and "Little Street" made Guo Kaimin and Zhang Yu become on-screen couples who were popular all over the country. Guo Kaimin's appearance is clean and handsome, simple and stable, and he is the national idol of that era.
Born in Changchun in 1958 to geologists, Guo Kaimin travels in other places all year round, and he was raised by his grandmother.
At that time, there was a stipulation that due to the particularity of their work, their children's hukou could settle in the big cities of Beijing and Shanghai. Guo Kaimin's grandparents are all Shanghainese, so Guo Kaimin's hukou is in Shanghai.
In the era of vigorous going to the mountains and going to the countryside, Guo Kaimin should have gone to the countryside to start a life of young people, and Guo Kaimin's class teacher felt that he had a good image and a good voice, so he suggested that he apply for the troupe as an actor.
In 1974, Guo Kaimin, an actor recruited by the Shanghai Opera House and graduated from junior high school, walked into the examination room and sang "I Love this blue ocean" and "The Sun That Rises and Sets on the Grassland".
A week later, the teacher told him that he had been admitted and was waiting for a medical examination. As a result, Guo Kaimin found acute jaundice and hepatitis during the physical examination, and the matter of going to the opera house was yellow.
After Guo Kaimin rested for half a year, he took the exam for recruiting actors in the Actor Troupe of The Shanghai Film Studio. On the day of the re-examination, Guo Kaimin put on his favorite coat, confidently walked to the examination room, and successfully passed the examination.
On April 28, 1975, Guo Kaimin carried a simple luggage to the Shanghai Film Studio Actors Troupe to report, and has since changed his life.
Guo Kaimin benefited a lot when he studied in the Shanghai Film Actors Troupe, and Liu Qiong, a famous performance artist in the Shanghai Film Studio, said that "the minimum basic skill of an actor is his lines", which was deeply rooted in Guo Kaimin's heart and was determined to practice his lines well.
Once, Guo Kaimin's mother returned to Shanghai to see him, and Guo Kaimin said that she wanted to win a drama role and wanted to buy a tape recorder to practice her lines. At that time, a small tape recorder was expensive, and my mother bought it for more than 300 yuan, which was a big family expense at that time.
Guo Kaimin was very happy and broken, repeatedly practicing his lines on the tape recorder, and after practicing for a week, he improved rapidly. When trying out the role in the rehearsal hall of the troupe, the other actors all finished the lines of the whole scene, Guo Kaimin only said 3 sentences, and Liu Qiong said: "Okay, it's Xiao Guo." ”
Soon, the filming of "The Second Spring", directed by Sang Arc and starring Yu Yang, began, and Guo Kaimin played a naval soldier in this film, which was his film debut.
At that time, Guo Kaimin played the naval small soldier who wanted to fire on the ship, he was not nervous at all, and he finished all the scenes in less than two hours. Director Sang Arc praised him: "This little guy, it's very good!" ”
In the play, the little warrior played by Guo Kaimin was sacrificed, and Yu Yang hugged the little warrior and cried. Guo Kaimin thought, "This dead man can't breathe." So he held his breath, his face was red, and he almost didn't breathe.
Soon in the 1980s, Guo Kaimin became the head of the film studio, starring in movies such as "Good Things and Many Mills", "Lushan Love", "Small Street", "The Girl Who Sold Big Cakes", "Backlight", "Childhood Friends", "Blue Flowers", "Postal Edge" and other movies, which can be described as booming in the film circle.
"Good things are more grinding"
When Guo Kaimin filmed "Lushan Love", the monthly basic salary was 17 yuan 8 mao 4, if you get up before 5 o'clock every morning to make up, there is a subsidy of 1 mao 7, and you can get 1 mao 7 after 10 o'clock in the evening.
During the filming of the famous kiss scene, Zhang Yu kissed Guo Kaimin's face, and his face immediately turned red. Zhang Yu later said in an interview: "Xiao Guo's face was red at that time. I thought to myself, I kissed Xiao Guo, I am sorry for him, I have to invite him to dinner. ”
Neither Guo Kaimin nor Zhang Yu have ever been in love, which is equivalent to experiencing their first love in the movie. In order to make them appear tacit in the film, the director often deliberately creates opportunities for them to be alone, leaving the two of them alone in the room to face words or something.
1980's "Lushan Love" shocked the audience and the media with its beautiful scenery, Dozens of fashionable costumes and "The First Kiss of New China" by Zhang Yu, and the love story and fashion elements in the film brought visual and psychological impact to young people who longed for new things, and Guo Kaimin and Zhang Yu also became idols of the times.
Guo Kaimin and Zhang Yu collaborated on "Little Street", which is regarded as China's Yamaguchi Momoe and Miura Yuwa.
Guo Kaimin was not confused by the dazzling star aura, and in order to improve his acting skills, he went to the "85-level star class" of the Beijing Film Academy for further study.
When Guo Kaimin returned to the Shanghai Film Studio after completing his studies, he had the idea of becoming a director. But it was almost impossible under the system of film studios at that time. A person who wants to be a director must do several years of field notes, director's assistant, and assistant director before it is possible to become a director, and the film studio only makes a few films a year, and Guo Kaimin's director's dream has been stranded.
In the 15 years of the studio, Guo Kaimin's salary rose from 17.84 yuan to 36 yuan, and then to 72 yuan.
When the news came, Hainan wanted to run the Hainan Film Studio, and the director of hainan television station also agreed that Guo Kaimin would go there to take on the work of director. For the sake of his dream as a director, Guo Kaimin left the studio in 1990 and came to Hainan with ambition.
Who knew that when he arrived at the Hainan Television Station, before he could say two words, he was smashed with a stick: "It's really unfortunate, we don't have any organization here." ”
"No establishment" means that Guo Kaimin's organizational relationship is completely gone, which was very terrible at the time, and Guo Kaimin suddenly fell from the clouds to the bottom, and his mood was depressed to the extreme.
Before leaving the studio, Guo Kaimin was a national second-level actor, an associate professor, who received a fixed salary every month and enjoyed soft sleeper treatment when he went out, but in Hainan he became an unemployed youth, staying for two years.
Guo Kaimin's biggest regret is that he did not listen to his mother's advice, before he went to Hainan, his mother said to go to the south to develop, how to go to the south to investigate, to see if it is feasible. Mom said: "It's a special zone over there, and it is estimated that there will be some 'special' things." ”
Guo Kaimin, who was flesh and blood, did not listen to a word, and came to Hainan with the archives and two large boxes of books. Now in the face of this situation, it is too late to regret it.
Guo Kaimin said: "Wait for work, wait for work, anyway, I insist on not going back to the studio." As a man, talking doesn't count, still called a man? ”
Guo Kaimin made two films in the days of unemployment, "Bamboo Girl" and "Summer Coconut Wind", two years have passed, the compilation is still not settled, he finally caught fire and went directly to the secretary of the provincial party committee.
A week later, Guo Kaimin finally implemented the policy and came to work in the Literature and Art Department of Hainan Television Station.
Guo Kaimin did not have much to do after entering Hainan Television Station, only hosted the Spring Festival Gala and the Hong Kong Return to China Knowledge Contest in a year, he felt that if he continued like this, he would be ruined, and after a year, he left Hainan Television Station and founded Zhaokai Film Development Company.
The company cooperated with Haikou TV station "South China Sea Big Stage" program, and set up an artist training center, because there was no advertising, the source of students also had some problems, and after half a year, it could not continue.
Guo Kaimin directed several film and television dramas, due to excessive investment in the early stage, did not pay attention to market operations, and finally lost a mess.
At the most difficult time, he could not afford to buy a plane ticket to go home to reunite with his relatives, and when it was almost the Spring Festival, he called his mother: "Mom, I am too busy at work here, I can't open my body, you are old and take care of yourself..." Behind the words are full of helplessness and bitterness.
In the past, friends in Shanghai asked him how he mixed, and he could only punch the swollen face and fill the fat man and say that it was very good and smooth. For a time, there were all kinds of rumors, some said that he ran a film and television city, and his assets had reached hundreds of millions; some said that he had made hundreds of millions of dollars by speculating in real estate; some said that he had been arrested because of economic problems.
As the Hainan economic bubble appeared and the company's prospects became more and more bleak, Guo Kaimin ended his business in Hainan and came to Beijing in 1996 to develop.
In 1999, Guo Kaimin, who had experienced several twists and turns in his career, returned to his role as an actor, 20 years after the advent of "Lushan Love".
In 2001, Guo Kaimin and Chen Peisi partnered to perform the drama "Childcare", although he played a supporting role, but he played a very dedicated role. "Childcare" has been popular all the way during more than a year of national touring.
"Lushan Love" made Zhang Yu a queen of golden rooster and hundred flowers, but Guo Kaimin did not get an award. Since 1987, Guo Kaimin has been a second-class actor for 20 years, until he won the "Golden Lion Award" for Chinese drama for "Good Man Cong Fei", and his unit, the China Coal Mine Cultural and Labor Troupe, finally gave him approval as a "national first-class actor", which made Guo Kaimin very happy.
In 2014, Guo Kaimin became the deputy head of the China Coal Mine Cultural and Labor Corps.
Over the years, Guo Kaimin has participated in many film and television dramas, such as "Tiger Mother and Cat Father", "Chu Han Contending", "Weaning", "Second Child", "Little Parents", "National Life" and "Life Is As Brilliant as Sunshine", which is currently being broadcast on Oriental Satellite TV.
Due to age, the former youth idols have been upgraded to father actors, and the role and attention received have been much less. Guo Kaimin is not lost in this regard, and looks very open: "At any age, I will play a role of what age, and I will be satisfied if I have been handsome." ”
Guo Kaimin's first wife, Zhang Zhihua, is also a famous actor, and they were in love with the drama when filming "Good Things and Many Grinding". When the news came out, many people were surprised, because "Lushan Love" was popular all over the country, and in people's minds, Guo Kaimin and Zhang Yu were the perfect pair.
Some people say that Zhang Zhihua is not worthy of Guo Kaimin, which makes Zhang Zhihua very aggrieved. However, they still entered the marriage hall, and after marriage, Zhang Zhihua starred in movies such as "Female University Marriage", "Dripping Guanyin", "Exile University" and so on.
In 1986, Zhang Zhihua stopped filming due to pregnancy and was at home to give birth, at this time Guo Kaimin was studying at Nortel.
The following year, Zhang Zhihua gave birth to a son, Guo Cheng, who completely retreated behind the scenes and taught his husband and son at home.
Guo Kaimin was busy with work and Zhang Zhihua gathered less and more, and Zhang Zhihua was alone at home with children to take care of housework.
Zhang Zhihua longs for a stable family life, she does not approve of Guo Kaimin tossing in the direction of the director, and Guo Kaimin has a rush in his bones, the two have different concepts, and there are more and more contradictions. Zhang Zhihua really couldn't stand such a married life, and divorced Guo Kaimin in 1990.
For this marriage, Zhang Zhihua said: "Since you don't love anymore, why should you be together?" I am a person who can suffer, but I cannot hurt my dignity. ”
Guo Kaimin felt guilty about Zhang Zhihua: "Zhang Zhihua is a good woman, I am too tossed. ”
Zhang Zhihua
After the divorce, Guo Kaimin met Liu Xiaochun, the ex-wife of the famous actor You Yong.
Liu Xiaochun is also a drama and film actor, and was admitted to the acting department of the Shanghai Theater Academy in 1984. Before going to school, she played the girlfriend of the male protagonist in her first film "Symphony of Pots and Pans", and in 1988, she played the female lead in "One Night Singer" in Shanghai Film Studio.
Guo Kaimin was filming the TV series "Taiwan Boy" in 1990, met Liu Xiaochun, who had just graduated from the drama, and the two often communicated after filming, Guo Kaimin felt that the girl's appearance was pure and lively, and her personality was empathetic.
Liu Xiaochun
Unlike Zhang Zhihua, who seeks stability, Liu Xiaochun said to Guo Kaimin, you are always in this circle, your vision cannot be broad, and your career cannot be limited here. This coincided with Guo Kaimin's idea, and he had a feeling of knowing Liu Xiaochun.
Guo Kaimin went to Hainan to break in, and soon after, Liu Xiaochun resolutely resigned from the iron rice bowl of the General Rear Drama Theater and married Guo Kaimin in Hainan.
Guo Kaimin could not find a job due to the staffing problem, stayed at home for two years, their source of livelihood came from the hundreds of yuan of subsidies issued by the Shanghai Film Studio every month, and Guo Kaimin also had to send living expenses to his ex-wife's children.
Guo Kaimin's investment failed, he owed debts, and the two lived in poverty, but Liu Xiaochun did not complain and has been silently supporting her husband behind her back.
In 1994, Liu Xiaochun gave birth to a son for Guo Kaimin, named Guo Yihuan.
With the encouragement of Liu Xiaochun, Guo Kaimin returned to his old line of acting. Now Guo Kaimin's 26-year-old son Guo Yihuan has also embarked on the road of acting after returning from studying abroad, performing film and television dramas such as "Ziwei Piaoxiang", "Missing Person", "Thorn Love", "New Bitter Cauliflower" and so on.
In 2016, Guo Kaimin and Guo Yihuan played a father and son in the movie "Ziwei Piaoxiang". Guo Yihuan inherited the excellent genes of his father Guo Kaimin, and his appearance was outstanding, allowing people to see the shadow of Guo Kaimin, a handsome young student in the past.
Guo Kaimin and Zhang Zhihua's son left him at the age of 5 and went abroad to study, but every winter and summer vacation, he would return to Shanghai to live with Guo Kaimin for a while. Guo Kaimin cherished this short time, communicated with his son, played table tennis and football.
Guo Kaimin is very good to both sons, he considers himself a qualified father, never scolds his children, and makes good use of the "guidance" method for his children's education.
Once he found that his son subconsciously jumped dirty words, he recorded his son's scolding words on a tape recorder and put it on his son, who was very embarrassed to listen to it and quickly corrected this problem.
Now 62-year-old Guo Kaimin has reached retirement age, he has experienced many setbacks, looked down on all fame and fortune, and got used to a peaceful life.
Guo Kaimin said in the CCTV "Art Life" program: "What to do is not important, being an ordinary person is the most important; having nothing is not important, having a physical and mentally happy body and mind is the most important." ”
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