On October 16, 2009, the award ceremony of the 44th Taiwan Television Golden Bell Awards was held in Taiwan.
Popular idol Zhou Yumin, popular star Luo Zhixiang, Golden Horse Award-winning actor Zhang Shi, veteran drama bone You Anshun, who has been nominated for the Golden Bell Award many times, and zhao Youting, an unknown newcomer, all five competed for the "Drama Program Actor Award".
At this time, the corners of their mouths looked up at the award guests Xiao Qiang and Xu Nailin who were active in the atmosphere on the stage. Between everyone's surprise, Xiao Qiang called out the name of the Emperor of the Golden Bell Awards this year.
Xiao Qiang said, "Congratulations to Father Zhao, Zhao Youting." ”
Zhao Youting and his father Zhao Shuhai
With the role of Wu Yingxiong in the TV series "Leper Hero", Zhao Youting, a newcomer who debuted only 1 year ago, defeated a number of popular and powerful actors to win the "Drama Program Actor Award", and countless fans in the red circle overnight.
However, the award is controversial. Many netizens questioned the existence of shady scenes, and even his good brother and competitor Zhou Yumin at the time said on social platforms that he had heard some shady scenes.
Years later, Zhao Youting responded: "Winning the Golden Bell Award is the most unhappy time for me. I didn't think I would win the prize, and then people didn't think I could win the prize. There were a lot of malicious comments after I won the award. ”
"I feel quite innocent and aggrieved. What the hell am I doing wrong? It's as if I'm manipulating this, and people are overestimating me. ”
In fact, everyone's speculation is due to Zhao Youting's "unusual" family situation.
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On September 25, 1984, the second son of Zhao Shuhai, a singer and host of Half the Sky in Taiwan, was born, and they named the second son Zhao Youting.
Zhao Shuhai is young
Mention the name Zhao Shuhai, everyone may feel very strange. But in Taiwan in the 1980s, this name was known to almost everyone.
One of the songs he wrote lyrics, "Early Morning," was included in elementary school music textbooks.
Cai Qin, a diva of the song world, wrote in the preface: "My idol when I was a child was Zhao Shuhai, a singer who was very beautiful on the stage, and I used to listen to his concerts before, and I would secretly follow behind. ”
Zhao Shuhai also won the Best Variety Show Host Award at the 23rd Golden Bell Awards, much earlier than celebrities like Wu Zongxian.
Zhao Youting recalled after growing up: "When I was a child, I didn't know how red my father was, I just remember that when my brother and I went to buy ribs, the clerk would send us an extra piece of chicken steak."
Zhao Shuhai
"Because of my father's fame, my brother and I went to elementary school as a single-parent family, and the parent column only filled in my mother's name, and the father column name was left blank."
Perhaps because they have been in the entertainment industry for decades, and they know the difficulties and pressures behind the scenery, Zhao Shuhai and Dai Yiyu do not want their sons Zhao Zhongting and Zhao Youting to enter the entertainment circle and follow in their own footsteps.
Zhao Youting was a child
When Zhao Youting was 3 years old, many advertisers came to the door to invite Zhao's father and two sons to shoot advertisements together. In order to scare away advertisers, Dad Zhao Shuhai Lion opened his mouth and opened an advertisement for a sky-high price of 5 million.
Dad Zhao Shuhai said: "What should I do if I am ruined after the performance?" I've seen too many child stars who are not tall, can't go to academia, and ruined performances that will affect my son's life. ”
Dai Yiyu, the mother, has always warned her son: "Don't enter the entertainment circle!" You see how hard your dad worked all the way and how much trouble and sacrifice he caused to his family! ”
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Just a warning is not enough, in order to block the way for two sons to enter the big dye vat of the entertainment industry,
In 1996, when Zhao Youting was 12 years old, Zhao Shuhai sent three mothers and sons to Victoria, Canada, known as the "paradise for the elderly".
Therefore, Zhao Youting studied in Canada from the fifth grade of primary school to the university.
What Zhao Dad and Zhao Mama never expected was that at this time, in order to keep their son away from the complicated entertainment circle, they did not hesitate to send their son abroad, and the family of four lived a "foreign" life.
The younger son, Zhao Youting, will resolutely decide to enter the entertainment circle after 11 years without listening to dissuasion.
As a big star, Zhao Shuhai is not short of money and does not need his son to earn him fame. Although he and his wife usually have strict requirements for their children's tutoring, they do not have the slightest demand for their children in terms of academics.
They only hope that their two sons can grow up as happy as the children of ordinary families and have a stable job in the future.
Unlike other children who live a hard life every day, Zhao Youting and his brother, who immigrated to Canada to study in the 5th grade of primary school, have a very happy life.
"Maybe other kids can only play games for an hour or two on weekends," he said. But my brother and I grew up playing video games, and we were able to play games every day after we finished our homework. ”
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When 12-year-old Zhao Youting and his brother were playing video games every day,
In the same year, on the other side of the globe, Gao Yuanyuan, who was 5 years older than him, was excavated by a star scout to shoot the first advertisement of his life while visiting Wangfujing, and became a sensational "clean mouth lozenge" girl, attracting countless suitors.
Although Zhao Youting was still young at this time, he was not inferior to Gao Yuanyuan.
Zhao's father broke the news on the social platform: the younger son Zhao Youting has been very "fraternal" since he was a child, there were 20 girls in the class when he was 13 years old, and as a result, 15 girls wrote cards to him on Valentine's Day, and Zhao Zhongting, the brother who has a more wooden personality, did not have one.
At that time, Zhao's mother was not worried about her younger son Zhao Youting's early love, only worried that he would "spend his heart". She repeatedly reminded her youngest son Zhao Youting that he must be "dedicated" to his feelings.
Although he was chased by many people, the handsome-looking Zhao Youting only tasted love for the first time at the age of 16.
He fell in love with girls like him who came to Canada from Taiwan to study.
He told his parents about it. His parents did not object to his love affair, but his mother once again reminded him that he must be single-minded in his feelings and treat this girl well, and his father warned him to pay attention to proportions.
Zhao Youting, who was new to love, loved sweetly with his little girlfriend at the same time, but also did not affect his studies at all.
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Although Zhao's father and Mother Zhao did not have any requirements for the two brothers' studies, the results of both brothers were very good. His older brother, Zhao Zhongting, is a big data talent who graduated from Stanford University with a master's degree in statistics.
After graduating from high school, his younger brother Zhao Youting was also successfully admitted to the university of Victoria, one of Canada's top universities, majoring in economics.
Maybe the college course is too busy, the opportunity for two people to meet has become less, maybe the two people have grown up and their vision has changed, the two people have gradually drifted apart, and this first love has ended without a problem.
If there is no accident, Zhao Youting after graduating from college should become a glamorous financial person in a suit and shoes.
However, it is estimated that the god of fate was also not very satisfied with Zhao Youting's choice, and directly led him to another path.
During the summer vacation when he was 22 years old, he returned to Taiwan to visit his relatives and was caught by the staff of the advertising company on the road and invited him to shoot the first advertisement of his life.
The ad didn't splash any water and was paid only NT$50,000 (about 11,000 yuan), but it stirred up his heart to enter the entertainment industry.
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In 2007, after zhao youting, 23, successfully obtained a bachelor's degree in economics from victoria university, he lived a nine-to-five white-collar life.
He was doing repetitive work on the computer every day, and it wasn't long before he got tired of this boring life.
So a year later, 24-year-old Zhao Youting took the initiative to consult with his parents and said that he wanted to enter the entertainment industry. But The first reaction of Zhao's father and Mother Zhao was to refuse.
The couple has lived a "foreign" life for more than ten years, sending their children to Canada from an early age, hoping that the children can stay away from the complex entertainment industry, and as a result, the younger son now actually wants to enter the entertainment circle.
Zhao Youting and his mother
Finally, Zhao's mother, who could not help her son, said loosely: "I only give you two years to succeed, and if you can succeed, you will not be able to honestly return to Canada for further study or work." ”
And Zhao's father, who loves his son, naturally wants to help his son "escort". Zhao's father took the information and photos of his son Zhao Youting and looked for acquaintances everywhere to help.
Zhao's father first found Taiwanese gold medal producer and agent Chai Zhiping to help. Zhao's father said: "My son is very talented in acting, and he wants to enter the industry, do you have a chance there?" ”
Chai Zhiping believes that Zhao Youting is just an unknown newcomer who needs to be honed for a while before he can act on the camera. Chai Zhiping said gently: When you come to my side, you have to wait for the opportunity, or do you want Mark (Zhao Youting's English name) to try other production units? ”
Chai Zhiping took a group photo with F4 and Big S
Zhao's father saw that Chai Zhiping's road could not be followed, so he found a good friend for many years, directed the idol drama "Meteor Garden" of the fire, and won the 36th Golden Bell Awards Director Award, cai Yuexun, a first-line director.
Zhao Youting is a good-looking and friendly son, Cai Yuexun signed Zhao Youting along the way, and the first role he arranged for him was to pick a beam in his next work, "The Hero of the Lepers".
Zhao Youting played the hot-blooded criminal police officer Wu Hero in the play, and played the male lead with Zhou Yumin of the fire.
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Zhao Youting, who filmed for the first time, his brain was almost blank.
He originally thought that the director and photographer were on the scene, but he did not expect that there were not only directors, lighting engineers, and photographers on the shooting scene, but also sound recordists and extras.
There were 200 or 300 people in the scene, which frightened him.
However, fortunately, director Cai Yuexun, who regards him as his "pro-son", is very patient and teaches him to act little by little, brew emotions, and adjust his acting methods.
He is talented, plus the hand-in-hand guidance of first-line directors.
In 2009, he debuted for only 1 year and acted for the first time, with the role of Hero Wu in "Hero of the Leper",
Zhou Yumin and Luo Zhixiang, who easily defeated the popular male stars, and the powerful actors You Anshun and Zhang Shi, won the "Emperor of Vision" at the 44th Golden Bell Awards in one fell swoop.
He who took down the Emperor of Vision, although he was covered with the hat of "Spelling Daddy", he was also completely red,
It has become a rising star in the entertainment industry, and the invitations for advertising, movies and TV series are endless.
The TV series "Leper Hero" not only won the award of "Emperor of Vision", but also let him harvest three small flowers.
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The first little flower is Xin Jiaying (nicknamed BeiBei), an Internet celebrity model who unfortunately failed miserably in the competition for the heroine of "Leper Hero".
Although Bei Bei did not choose the female lead, this did not prevent her from "fighting hotly" with Zhao Youting, one of the male protagonists.
The two maintained close contact, and Babe traveled to the Kaohsiung set several times to visit the class. Some netizens said that after witnessing him drunk, it was Babe who accompanied him.
Interestingly, Bei Bei is the heroine of Zhou Yumin's (Zaizai) MV "I Am Not F4", and has also passed on gossip with Zaizai. Therefore, some netizens joked that he was taking over the "old love" of The Boy.
In response to this rumor, Zi Zai's agent Zhi Xiangli said: "I have no impression on this girl at all. ”
Zhao Youting's agent Zhong Xiuying said: "The two have trained together, but they are just personal friends. ”
What's even more wonderful is that in early 2010, Zhao Youting blew himself up on the variety show "College Student Is It", and once fell into a complicated love triangle.
When the host asked if it was two women and one man, he replied: "Two men and one woman." ”
He said: "I had two girlfriends who started out with boyfriends.
Although I didn't do well, both girls chose to be with me because I broke up with my original boyfriend. ”
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The second little flower is Chen Yihan, an actor who played the role of "President of the Triad Association" Qianjin Chen Lin in the TV series "Leper Hero".
In the play, there is a passion scene in which Zhao Youting wants to "put his hand up and down" on Chen Yihan.
At that time, Zhao Youting was very shy, embarrassed to make such a move against Chen Yihan of his predecessors.
In order to strengthen his courage, he drank alcohol deliberately to shoot the scene in the play full of hormones.
Maybe it's the publicity needs of the crew, maybe it's the intimacy in the play that makes them unfinished, maybe the two are young people who can play together.
When the two participated in the event together, they behaved very intimately.
After the game, the two will privately go to the movies late at night together, go to the beach together, study and play Tetris together... On July 20, 2010, the two were also photographed by the media going to the movie together in the early hours of the morning.
The two often shout at each other on social platforms, and Chen Yihan does not shy away from posting intimate photos of the two on social platforms, making the relationship between the two seem particularly confusing.
Although neither person responded positively, the intimate action was more than enough, so many netizens speculated that the two were "default".
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However, after a few years, everyone realized that all this was just a "smoke bomb".
It turned out that his legitimate girlfriend at that time was Chen Yihan's good girlfriend, Zhang Junning, who played the role of Lan Xiying in the play.
He has expressed his appreciation for Zhang Junning in public many times, and when the two attend events together, he always can't help but look at Zhang Junning with affection.
It is reported that in the three years that the two fell in love, Zhao Youting wanted to disclose the relationship many times, but was rejected by his girlfriend Zhang Junning.
In order to protect this relationship, Zhang Junning's good girlfriend Chen Yihan is also willing to act as a "smoke bomb" for the two.
It was not until September 16, 2014, under repeated questioning by Xiao S and Cai Kangyong, the hosts of the variety show "Kangxi Lai", that Zhao Youting and Zhang Junning admitted that they had been in a relationship for 3 years.
When the host asked: "Why is it that now we talk about Gao Yuanyuan generously, but in the past, we avoided talking about Zhang Junning?" ”
Zhao Youting responded, "Because I grew up." ”
Perhaps it was suppressed in the relationship for a long time, or perhaps it was the disagreement of the family, and the two finally chose to go their separate ways.
Zhao Youting's father said in an interview on the criteria for selecting a daughter-in-law: "Zhang Junning can't see through it at a glance, and it must be discussed again." ”
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Maybe it's to prove yourself, maybe it's to take off the hat of "Spell daddy",
In 2011, after the 27-year-old Zhao Youting won the Best New Actor Award at the 5th Asian Film Awards for his role as Zhou Yiwen in the movie "Mengjia", he shifted his career to the mainland.
And this decision of his also allowed him to meet Gao Yuanyuan, the "goddess" in the hearts of thousands of otaku who was 5 years older than him.
In 2011, when director Chen Kaige was preparing for the film "Search", he wanted to find a clean and powerful actor to play the male protagonist Yang Shoucheng.
At that time, Chen Kaige took pains to choose a male lead, but he could not find a suitable actor.
His wife, Chen Hong, recommended 29-year-old Ruan Jingtian, and the two also watched the movie "Mengjia" starring Ruan Jingtian together.
Unexpectedly, after watching the movie, Chen Kaige found the male protagonist Yang Shoucheng in his mind.
But that person is not Ruan Jingtian, but another male protagonist of the movie "Mengjia" - Zhao Youting.
In this way, the 27-year-old Zhao Youting mistakenly got the role of the male protagonist.
Before the film began, Chen Kaige had made a bet with his wife Chen Hong: "Whoever plays the roles of male and female protagonists will eventually fall in love with each other." ”
Sure enough, in the play, the male and female protagonists Zhao Youting and Gao Yuanyuan quickly sparked a spark of love.
The two people did not know each other at the beginning, to the blatant sprinkling of dog food in the crew, but 3 months.
Director Chen Kaige said in an interview: "The two of them in the 200-person or 300-person crew often kiss and hug like no one around. ”
On April 17, 2012, Zhao Youting also publicly admitted to his relationship with Gao Yuanyuan.
However, everyone is not optimistic about their "sister-brother love" with a huge difference in fame.
At that time, the 33-year-old Gao Yuanyuan was a "national goddess" who had long been shrouded in aura for many years, while Zhao Youting, a 28-year-old who had just turned to the mainland entertainment industry, was just a male actor with little fame.
In addition, Gao Yuanyuan's criticized feelings make the two people after announcing their relationship often "surrounded by rumors such as breakups and emotional discord".
However, Gao Yuanyuan said very firmly: "He is my dish." ”
Zhao Youting also followed suit to express loyalty: "The love that is not caught will run away, and the two of us will get married." ”
From 2013 to 2014, Zhao Youting successively starred in the movies "To the Youth We Will Eventually Pass Away", "Di Renjie's God Dragon King", and "Leper Hero 2: Dawn Rises", and gradually gained a foothold in the mainland.
After gaining a foothold, he finally made good on his promise.
On June 5, 2014, the two received their permits from the Beijing Civil Affairs Bureau.
On November 28 of the same year, the two held a grand wedding in Taiwan.
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In order to prepare for pregnancy, Gao Yuanyuan after marriage is almost in a "semi-reclusive" state, living with the macho father-in-law Zhao Shuhai and his mother-in-law Dai Yiyu.
Father-in-law Zhao Shuhai once said in an interview: "I tell you what a good wife is, that is, to serve my wife well next to you." After I finished eating, I was going to hand me a towel. ”
Father-in-law Zhao Shuhai said: "If my son and daughter-in-law live with me, don't know where the bowls and plates are placed, and can't meet my requirements, I will say what they eat." ”
He also said: "Yuanyuan is a standard daughter-in-law, and I make a look to understand my needs." She would help me with my luggage and hold me. ”
Many people feel that Gao Yuanyuan, who has given up her great career, is not worth it, but she is willing to eat it.
"If I had to sort it out, I think for me, a partner is more important than a child, and a child is more important than a career," she said. ”
Others laughed at her everywhere to "tolerate" the macho father-in-law Zhao Shuhai, a good big star is not right, and she has to be an angry little daughter-in-law.
But she always remembers that shortly after they got married, her mother's condition deteriorated, and her husband Zhao Youting flew to Beijing to stay at her mother's bedside as soon as she had time.
Her mother suffered from severe asthma and was allergic to pollen, and in order to give her mother-in-law a better recuperation environment, her son-in-law Zhao Youting went door to door to find the residents of the community, asked for everyone's consent, and replaced them with other green plants.
At the same time, in order to thank the residents of the community for their understanding, he also compensated the community with a large amount of money.
In the first year of their marriage, both of them drastically reduced their workload and focused on taking care of Gao's mother.
In June 2015, when Gao's mother was critically ill, in order to reduce the burden on his wife, he offered to keep a vigil for his mother-in-law, waiting for her to drink water, take medicine, defecate and urinate at night. In just one week, Zhao Youting lost 7 or 8 pounds.
Gao Yuanyuan was very grateful to her husband Zhao Youting for his efforts that year, she said: "Without you, I really don't know how to survive that time, thank you for giving me and my mother so much support." ”
But her husband, Zhao Youting, said: "We are husband and wife, and your mother is my mother." Husband and wife do not say thank you, they should have suffered together. ”
Perhaps it is grateful that her husband accompanied her mother through the last part of her life, so that her mother could leave this world without regrets, so she was willing to tolerate her father-in-law everywhere in life.
With the thoughtfulness of his wife Gao Yuanyuan's tolerance everywhere, Zhao Youting also put all his energy on his career.
In 2017, Zhao Youting relied on the role of the male protagonist Yehua in the costume drama "Three Lives and Three Worlds and Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms", and there were countless fans in the circle, which was completely popular across the strait and three places.
At the same time, he finally took off the label of "relying on daddy", which was also affirmed by many directors in the industry.
In recent years, he has successively starred in "Antarctic Love", "Di Renjie's Four Heavenly Kings", "Lyceum Theatre", "Ordinary Glory", "Qingya Collection", "Ideal City" and other film and television works.
While his acting career is booming, he and his wife Gao Yuanyuan have finally ushered in the crystallization of their love.
On May 21, 2019, his wife Gao Yuanyuan gave birth to a daughter in Beijing.
Now Zhao Youting, who holds his beloved wife in one hand and his beloved daughter in the other, is simply a proper winner in life.
The relationship between people has always been that you respect me by a foot and I give you an inch.
The ideal love should occur in two mature adults who can both be themselves and bring happiness to each other, and they can also walk through the most difficult part of life together.
Finally, a paragraph from Zhang Xiaoxian is used as the ending:
"You meet someone, you love him a little more, then you will always lose him." Then, you meet another one, he loves you a little more, then sooner or later you will leave him. Until one day, you meet someone and you love each other. Finally understand that all the search, there is also a process. ”