In 2016, Zhou Xun starred in the Qing Palace drama "Ruyi Zhuan" for the first time. The show attracted half of the show's actresses to audition, and each of the inductees had a bunch of masterpieces, and insiders bet that the show would replicate the success of "Queen in the Palace." However, "The Legend of Ruyi" waited for two years from the beginning of filming to the release, and during this period, the same type of drama "The Legend of Yan Xigong" in the same period of the Qing Dynasty stole the limelight. However, the big production with solid scripts and acting skills completely failed.
A few years later, Zhou Xun starred in the TV series "Xiao Min's Family" again. It was also her first time in a life drama, playing a divorced mother. However, the show was once again watched and gained word of mouth. Zhou Xun's elf acting skills failed, and fans shouted to keep her away from Wang Jun. Who is Wang Jun? He is the director of both plays. He has directed "Four Generations Under One Family", and filmed "Little Parting", "Little Joy" and other small editors. Known as the best life drama director in China, he interprets the relationship between husband and wife and parents to the fullest. However, he himself experienced a failed marriage and remains alone and childless.
Wang Jun was born in Shanghai in 1963, with his ancestral home in Nantong, Jiangsu Province. Children born in the 60s have caught up with the changes in the environment, the college entrance examination has stopped, and young people have gone to the countryside. Wang Jun was a lucky man who resumed the college entrance examination in 1977.
Three years before the college entrance examination, young people across the country have regained their dreams. They picked up textbooks from fields, factories, pastures, forests and other places, and the students in those classes were older, and Wang Jun was the younger in the class. These years are also a period of gathering domestic film and television talents, when Nortel and Chinese opera recruit students every two years, and film stars in the 80s such as Zhang Fengyi, Fang Shu and so on are all students of Nortel Class 78. Chen Kaige, Zhang Yimou, Gu Changwei and other fifth-generation directors are also Atleverde 78.
The 48 students in this class were all personally selected by the dean, the class leader was Liu Peiqi, now known as the old drama bone, and the secretary of the tuan branch was Liu Lili, a professional mother, who also played Zhou Xun's mother in "Xiao Min's Home".
This class also walked out of the popular actress Wu Yuhua, who starred in the later series "Fence" and "Woman and Dog". Wu Yuhua is four years older than Wang Jun. She was born in Hangzhou, Zhejiang. Laughing with the gentleness of a Jiangnan woman, lively and generous, very outgoing. She aspired to be an actress when she was a child, but after graduating from high school, she was assigned to the countryside. After hearing that the college entrance examination was resumed, she immediately applied for Nortel and Chinese opera. As a result, both schools eliminated her. Wu Yuhua was reluctant to apply for military art again, and was successfully admitted. He is also known as the beauty queen of military art.
At that time, Wu Yuhua was very excited to return to school, and she had two years of experience in the countryside. She looks very mature, and her face does not have the childishness of a girl, but some of the dignity of a mature woman. Wu Yuhua was also one of the first students in the class to be selected to shoot. He soon became famous at school and fell in love with a lot of boys. However, the rules and regulations of military art are very strict and militarized management. Falling in love is absolutely not allowed. Everyone can only keep the like in their hearts.
But at that time, there were a lot of legends about Wu Yuhua, and people often talked privately about who she was dating. Wang Jun is also one of the crushes, but he is afraid to express it, and Wu Yuhua prefers older and experienced classmates and often chats with them. Wang Jun entered the military art after graduating from high school, and he was young, so he looked like a teenager to many classmates. But Wang Jun has a persistent love for drama in his bones, he likes to read, study, perform, and his business is very solid.
Fortunately, after graduation, he was assigned to the Nanjing Frontline Art Troupe along with the goddess Wu Yuhua. Wu Yuhua had the opportunity to stay in Beijing, and many art troupes were vying for her. But maybe she had a flamboyant personality, not an obedient student, and the school had just assigned her to Nanjing. Wang Jun and Wu Yuhua changed from classmates to colleagues, and we often performed dramas and performed together, and there were more opportunities for communication. At this point, the two men found that they had so much in common, especially a surprisingly consistent view of performance.
Because of their common interests, the two quickly came together, and not long after they got married, their careers after marriage were completely different. Wu Yuhua's films are constantly dating, and most of them are heroines from movies to TV series. Especially after starring in "Fences", "Woman and Dog", "Desire", with the popularity of these two dramas, she became a popular actress, and everywhere she went, everyone called her Jujube. Wang Jun is just the opposite. Originally, he was only interested in stage dramas, but he had to take on some TV dramas for a living. In 1985, the company recommended him to appear in a movie. But during the interview, the director looked at him and said it was inappropriate.
Wang Jun suddenly realized that if you are an actor yourself, your future career will be all in the hands of the director, so why not directly become a director? So Wang Jun was ready to apply for the chinese opera directing graduate school, one of the compulsory subjects for graduate students in that era was English, but the acting department did not have this course, and I did not learn much in middle school. Wang Jun's first challenge was English. He began to listen to the English radio every day and spent all his spare time after work every day to review. His wife, Wu Yuhua, also supported his idea. Both husband and wife are busy, but the same goal is to go to Beijing.
Kung Fu paid off, and Wang Jun was finally admitted to the Chinese opera. Both husband and wife resigned and came to Beijing. At that time, many art troupes extended an olive branch to Wu Yuhua. It can not only help her solve the household registration problem, but also provide a stable income and residence. But Wu Yuhua refused. She believes actors should be free. Shoot whatever drama you want, rather than being bound by the unit, she was also a rare self-employed actress at that time, which also seriously affected her later development. Naturally, actresses from public institutions will be required to play the main roles, and many actors will work in art troupes even when they are filming outside, and whenever the troupe needs them, they will rush back to shoot dramas.
Today's entertainment industry is still like this, some people joke that the fate of netizen stars is to edit, but now stars have more ways to make money. At that time, Wu Yuhua was shooting freely outside, while Wang Jun was committed to learning professionalism. To the outside world, this pair seems to be stronger than men. Wu Yuhua's career is better, but their feelings are not affected.
In 1991, Wang Jun graduated from Chinese Opera, and he joined the General Political Affairs Literary troupe as a director. In the year of graduation, he won numerous awards for his opera "Daughter of the Party". He was well known in the theater industry and his talent was recognized. But drama has not made money in the past and today, although Wang Jun has directed several good works, he can only get a fixed salary, and he can't watch outside TV series and advertising films, and he is not willing to make extra money.
At this time, Wang Jun and Wu Yuhua had been married for several years, and at first both of them agreed not to have children and to be Dink. But as she grew older, Wu Yuhua wanted to become a mother, and she began to discuss with Wang Jun about having a child, and the family of three was happy. Wang Jun will always remember what the teacher said in the university,
No career. When your child is old, he will not be filial to you. It may be that the fame and fortune of many years of career make Wang Jun very inferior in material terms. He resolutely rejected Wu Yuhua's suggestion and resolutely refused to have children.
This matter also became a knot in the couple's feelings, and the two people who had gathered less and more began to quarrel continuously, and divorced within a few years. Later, Wu Yuhua met the painter Mo Dafeng, and they got married. After marriage, she gave birth to a son and a daughter, and she finally realized her wish to become a mother. She also gave up her career, shifted her focus to life, and gradually disappeared on the screen.
Wang Jun later worked hard in the field of theater for many years, in 1998, he directed the drama "Qu Yuan", for this play, I stayed up for several months, almost did not eat or sleep. Qu Yuan was praised by industry insiders after the performance, but the attendance rate was not ideal. Wang Jun took the actor on a national tour and paid for one, which made him doubt his profession again. Since the 1990s, the domestic film and television industry has flourished, and many excellent works have emerged, and many OST songs have become popular. He is one of Zhao Baogang's famous directors. Wang Jun and Zhao Baogang not only knew each other, but were also neighbors. They live upstairs and downstairs. He often went to Zhao Baogang's house for dinner.
In 1997, Zhao Baogang filmed Haiyan's work "Affair and Rhyme". The response to this drama is very large, and the word of mouth and ratings are very good. One day, Wang Jun borrowed this DVD to watch at home. He was stunned when he saw it. It turns out that the TV series can still be so good. He watched 20 episodes in one sitting that day and decided to make a TV series.
Wang Jun has also made several TV series before, but most of them are mission dramas in the group. The main line is clear and there is not much room to play. Now, like Zhao Baogang, he shoots plays that are popular in the market. In 2000, Wang Jun and Zhao Baogang collaborated on the first TV series "Like Fog Like Rain Like Wind". It was also the first time that Wang Jun cooperated with Zhou Xun and unexpectedly produced a classic.
Whether it is the young Sun or the immature Chen Kunhe, as well as the powerful Li, it is still very powerful in the circle today, and to this day, it is still a ceiling-level work. After the success of this drama, Wang Jun's ambition was ignited, and he also left the company according to the contract of Zhao Baogang's general political department, and the two began to work closely together. Both men are actors, and they agreed to be early when they were not yet famous. With good works, we must think about each other and leave a role for each other. Zhao Baogang really did it, letting Wang Junxing in "Farewell Forever, Fan Kufu Peak".
Wang Jun plays Yu Shixiong, a wealthy businessman with a strong desire for control. He is also a typical representative of the first generation of domestic violence men. This play is also directed by him and Zhao Baogang. After the two began to work together, he gradually embarked on the peak of his career, especially after Zhao Baogang and Haiyan quarreled, he continued to shoot Haiyan's works. The filming of "Sunshine Blooms Like a Flower" and "Golden Earrings", although these are the love-hate love and hatred of young people, are very popular in the market. After finally having a certain fame, Wang Jun finally had the capital to shoot the works he really liked, and then there was the rise of a family of four generations and the sky. Both shows had high ratings, but there was no fire.
Zhao Baogang also made a cameo appearance in "Four Generations in a Family", which also allowed Wang Jun to gain another friend, Huang Lei. After that, the two collaborated on a series of 'small' works, and Huang Lei did the screenplay in addition to starring. In addition to being a good actor, he was also a good cook, and his friends often came to his house for a meal. Once Wang Jun wanted to go to his house for dinner, Huang Lei asked him to come over on Wednesday or Thursday, and Wang Jun said, Can I go on Friday? Today is my birthday. After the divorce, Wang Jun has been single, and the original Ben Zhao Baogang, Liu Xinwu and other friends must be Dink, we often get together, just like when we were children.
As a result, friends regretted it, gave birth to a baby as a parent, and Wang Jun seemed even more lonely. Huang Lei specially made a cake and a table of dishes for him, prepared for himself. In 2011, Zhao Baogang directed "Man Gang" and found a group of friends to star. The three male protagonists are Sun, Huang Lei and Wang Jun, all good brothers. During the filming of this drama, everyone drank and chatted like a family after work every day, and Wang Jun did not seem so lonely at this time. But Wang Jun was more nervous as an actor than he was a director, especially when he was with two film winners, and his room was full of scripts and messy. The other actors have family visits, and he is still alone. However, it is such a lonely Wang Jun who always likes to shoot works on family themes. Focusing on parent-child relationship and husband and wife relationship, it has also achieved good results.
But "Ru Yi Chuan" really made Wang Jun overturn. This drama has been a big production since the beginning of preparation. Originally, he wanted to make a ukiyo-e drama, which was elegant in terms of service and script. And it took nine months to complete, which is almost the time to shoot three dramas. However, at the beginning of the show, Zhou Xun's makeup was turned over, when Zhou Xun was 42 years old, and he had to play a teenage girl, against his heart.
At first, it was filmed at the end, because Wang Jun did not think about how to start. At that time, Zhou Xun had been filming for nine months, and the whole person was not in a good state. There is no girlishness after being photogenic, nor is there a fairy-like texture. Compared with the same type of Qing Palace drama, the production of "Ruyi Zhuan" is indeed very good. It satisfies Wang Jun's pursuit of art, but it is not favored by the market.
People who do fine arts are always lonely, like Wang Jun, and now, at the age of 59, he looks much younger than his peers. But with no children, no daughters, no marriage, he was probably much lonelier than his peers. Moreover, Wang Jun has not yet given up on family dramas. It is said that "Little Joy" will make a sequel. Perhaps the family affection and love in the play have long satisfied Wang Jun's imagination of family.