On February 1, 2021, a TV series called "The Age of Awakening" was born and premiered on CCTV, and once the drama was broadcast, it triggered a fierce response in the national drama circle, and the audience praised it.
Among them, the actor Bi Yanjun, who plays the master of traditional Chinese studies "Gu Hongming", has also entered the public eye again with this drama, so that everyone can further understand this old drama bone with superb acting skills and charm.
As a member of the Chinese Dramatists Association and now a national first-class actor, Bi Yanjun's style of acting in his daily life is very low-key, and he is an uncompromising old artist.
But talking about his life experience, it is full of ups and downs and twists and turns. In addition to the acting career that occupies most of his life, what has to be mentioned is his deeply regrettable love story, but what exactly caused the tragedy of his love? Why is he often ignored by the audience because of his pure acting skills?
Bi Yanjun was born in July 1955 in Anshan, Liaoning Province, since he was a child, he was enthusiastic about acting, at the age of 17, he relied on his own talent and hard work, very smoothly admitted to the Anshan Repertory Theatre, and it is precisely because of this experience that he laid a good foundation for entering the show business circle later.
On October 29, 1965, Chen Xiaoxu was also born in Anshan, Liaoning Province, into a family with a strong artistic atmosphere, his father was named Chen Qiang, who worked as a director in the Anshan Peking Opera Troupe, and his mother was a dance teacher named Wang Yuanxi.
Influenced by the atmosphere of family art, Chen Xiaoxu has been versatile since childhood and is very intoxicated with ballet.
She once tried to take the road of ballet, and she could pass the layers of ballet examinations, but because she failed to pass the political examination, she missed the opportunity and had to choose to give up her favorite ballet.
Until 1979, chen Xiaoxu, who was only 14 years old, entered the Anshan Repertory Theatre with his talent and took up the position of newspaper clerk.
During his time at the Anshan Repertory Theatre, Bi Yanjun often appeared on stage to perform dramas, so he accumulated a rich and solid foundation of acting skills.
In addition to being honed in acting skills, he also met his own love in the drama troupe - he met Chen Xiaoxu, who was also a newspaper clerk in the Anshan Repertory Theatre.
Chen Xiaoxu's personality is very quiet and introverted, generally do not talk much, when you want to express it, you write emotional poems yourself, and the personality of "Lin Daiyu" is still so similar, which is why many people say that the Lin Daiyu she played affected the fuse of her half life, but it is this girl who looks quiet and handsome that makes Bi Yanjun full of good feelings.
During the drama troupe, Chen Xiaoxu was not afraid of hardships, practiced seriously every day, and from time to time would play some small supporting roles, writing poetry and songs in his room when he was fine, so Bi Yanjun could see that the personality of this sister was very compatible with the other half of his heart, and he often paid special attention to this solitary little sister, and the shyness and ignorance of youth also gave birth to the seeds of love in this bud, and the relationship between the two became unusual in later getting along.
But after all, the difference between the two is more than 10 years old, as Bi Yanjun's age gradually increases, after the age of trial marriage, he is afraid that his son will not find a girlfriend to start a family after the trial marriage, and the parents and relatives and friends at home have also begun to get busy, introducing him to the blind date a strong matchmaker, giving him ideological work is also busy and happy, for which he is like a person who is fine, not in a hurry at all.
But this matter made a lot of noise, even the leaders of the drama troupe came to do ideological work for him, facing the leader's "You are not young, why don't you find a girlfriend?" Of the questions, he only replied lightly, "I have a girl I like, but she has not grown up yet, and I am willing to wait for her."
The marriage is temporarily shelved, and the relationship between Bi Yanjun and Chen Xiaoxu is also slowly changing, and the coming of this turning point is the casting of "Dream of the Red Chamber".
In 1983, after Bi Yanjun accidentally learned the news that "Dream of the Red Chamber" had begun to be cast nationwide, he couldn't wait to tell Chen Xiaoxu and encouraged her to bravely try it.
With the support and encouragement of Bi Yanjun, she sent a cover letter to Wang Fulin, the director of "Dream of the Red Chamber", and thus got the opportunity to interview.
In the complicated and arduous casting process, Bi Yanjun's companionship and encouragement made Chen Xiaoxu very moved, and the relationship between the two was heated up more rapidly.
Subsequently, Chen Xiaoxu participated in the actor training class set up by the crew at that time, and after 3 months of training and assessment and training, she was qualified to play the role of Lin Daiyu.
She became the heroine, and then filmed for another 3 years in the crew. During this period, Bi Yanjun was also successfully admitted to the Shanghai Theater Academy's performance cadre refresher course for study and promotion.
Although the two are busy, they often contact through letters, and from the letters exchanged, both of them are more certain of their feelings for each other.
The popularity after the broadcast of "Dream of the Red Chamber" made Chen Xiaoxu, who played Lin Daiyu, also become a celebrity that no one in China knew and knew, and then ushered in the peak of his career.
The blessing of fame did not make Chen Xiaoxu, who was just red, lose herself, she still chose to marry Bi Yanjun after the end of the filming of "Dream of the Red Chamber", and these two lovers who knew each other all the way and were in love with each other finally cultivated the right results, and waited for 8 years to grow up for her.
But marriage and love are still different after all, there is a gap between ideals and reality, once the tacit partner often quarreled over various small things after marriage, the accumulation of unpleasant emotions gradually consumed the patience of the two, and the relationship also cracked.
Faced with the challenges and problems given by life, the two people who admired each other at the beginning finally chose to divorce due to personality incompatibility.
It is easy to fall in love and difficult to keep, and I don't know if it is because of the frustration of the love field and the pride of the workplace.
Frustrated, Bi Yanjun plunged into his acting career after his divorce, and ushered in a major turning point and improvement in his career after the family drama "The Gate of the Mansion" was broadcast in 2000.
Bi Yanjun is well known for playing the second grandfather of the Bai family who lacks masculinity in the play, "Bai Yingxuan", which also accelerates his pace towards success.
In fact, as early as 1986, Bi Yanjun had already starred in the war movie "Zhifeng War", but as his first solo film work, he failed to stir up a splash.
Subsequently, he also starred in the eight flags of the period drama "Tianqiao Dream" "Jia Age", and the translation "Hu Yi" in the modern urban drama "Mixed in Beijing".
And in the drama "Jiang Zhuying" and the period drama "Xiaojing Hutong" and other film and television dramas, unfortunately few people know.
Until the hit of "The Gate of the Big Mansion", the audience remembered Bai Erye", "Bai Yingxuan", and also remembered this superb actor "Bi Yanjun".
Bi Yanjun, whose acting skills were recognized, has since starred in many classic film and television dramas, such as the costume drama "Hero Era" in 2003, the costume drama "Wang Ye To" in 2005, the biographical film "Mei Lanfang" in July 2007 and the costume drama "Daqin Straight Road" in October.
The urban emotional drama "So" and the family drama "Old Dream" in 2008, the biographical historical film "Confucius" in March 2009 and the drama film "The Great Cause of The Founding of the People's Republic" in September,
2010 family ethics drama "Silly Spring", 11 years of spy drama "Secret War Emei", 12 years of urban family emotional drama "Left Hand Affection Right Hand Love",
The contemporary urban drama "Love You All Your Life" in 2014, the 16-year revolutionary historical theme TV series "Blood Army Flag" and the costume drama "The Wind of Langyabang Rises in the Long Forest" and the 2020 TV series "Antiques Bureau Central Bureau's Ink Search porcelain" and so on.
Years of groping and fighting, Bi Yanjun is also ups and downs on the road of interpretation, although there is no lack of drama, but it seems that it is always difficult for the audience to have a long-term memory point for him, even if the filming continues, he is still in a quiet and silent state who has been active on the screen for a long time.
In 2021, a popular TV series "The Age of Awakening" on CCTV allowed Bi Yanjun to break into the audience's vision again, and he played the stubborn and eccentric master of traditional Chinese studies in the play, "Gu Hongming", and interpreted this two-sided role that was not easy to grasp vividly, making the audience shed tears for it.
The success of "The Age of Awakening" also represents the success of Bi Yanjun, but as a supporting role, he exudes the light of the protagonist and has excellence beyond the production itself, and the two complement each other and are indispensable.
Bi Yanjun has conquered the audience perfectly with his profound skills and superb acting skills, and is a well-deserved powerful actor.
Now at the age of 67, he still struggles on the road of acting, insists on filming, and brings more classic and excellent film and television works to the audience.
For love, Bi Yanjun seems to have regrets and is difficult to complete. The affection, stubbornness and impulsiveness contained in the much-talked-about love of his youth were all brought to an end by Chen Xiaoxu's death.
In 2006, Chen Xiaoxu was diagnosed with breast cancer, and it took only one year from diagnosis to death, that is, in 2007, Chen Xiaoxu dialed the last phone call before his death to his "ex-husband" Bi Yanjun.
On the phone call, where there was no longer a call back, they talked for 3 hours, as if they wanted to say all the good things about the past.
But the memories are endless, when Bi Yanjun heard the news of Chen Xiaoxu's death, the sad emotions were like the past of thousands of thoughts that constantly surged into his heart.
The vigorous love of his youth finally ended in the separation of yin and yang, and the indescribable helplessness in it was really difficult for him to dissolve.
In his career, Bi Yanjun is regarded as a representative of the late success of the great instrument, with profound acting skills, rigorous and dedicated filming, he rarely appears in entertainment news, just quiet filming, low-key life, can be called a clear stream in the acting industry.
Among them, his interpretation of many excellent classic film and television works such as "The Gate of the Great Mansion", "Mei Lanfang", "Struggle", "Confucius", "The Great Cause of The Founding of the People", "Silly Spring", "The Age of Awakening" and "Meritorious Service" has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
If you talk about this powerful old drama bone, why is it often ignored by the audience?
It can only be said that his own personality is related to his own style of conduct, and Bi Yanjun, who is low-key and patient, disdains to use traffic to package himself or use entertainment news to increase his popularity, as an old drama bone of the absolute strength faction, speaking with works and speaking with strength.
He also said in an interview, "I just act seriously, I am a person with ideals and no goals, and a romantic mood to live a dull life." ”
Bi Yanjun is a person who has nothing to do with the prosperity of the entertainment industry, and he is as low-key and connotative as his appearance is.
As an actor, he does not chase fame and fortune, but pragmatically and low-key interpretation work, seriously treats every scene, studies every script, speculates on the characters, and grasps the essence of the characters, just to present a better audiovisual experience to the audience.
What he felt from him was a rare and unpretentious texture today, and in this era of materialistic desires, if it is difficult to escape the world, then it is the most rare to strengthen yourself in the torrent of the world, restrain yourself, and be able to sail against the current, out of the mud without staining.