"I don't think I'm necessarily a tool myself"
This is the evaluation of Wang Jinsong, a 52-year-old "gold medal supporting role" who was praised as an "old drama bone" with Chen Daoming and Wang Zhiwen.
Low-key, he rarely talks about his past in public, but when he mentions Fu Biao, who "dragged" him into the circle, he recalled a scene when the two met, and his eyes were instantly moist.
It was in a small crew in Nanjing, and Biao Ge said to Wang Jinsong, who was still a small supporting role: "Do you want to go to Beijing?" ”
Wang Jinsong said truthfully, "I didn't think about it. He felt that it was not bad to be a supporting role, at least there was no need to go around asking for people and trusting relationships.
After Fu Biao listened, he said angrily, "Then you don't want to think about your future?" Your family? At the urging of Brother Biao, he came to Beijing to break in.
Talking about this past, Wang Jinsong smiled and said: "It was Brother Biao who kicked me to Beijing."
It is also this foot that makes the mainland film and television circle have an uncompromising old drama bone.
Today, the 54-year-old Wang Jinsong perfectly interprets what is called a big instrument late, and the more low-key he is, the more he can bring unexpected surprises.
In this impetuous entertainment circle, how did he maintain this original intention? How is he doing now?
1.
Wang Jinsong's first impression is that he is gentle and elegant, and he looks like he is full of poetry, which stems from the fact that he was born in a bookish door.
His father, who knows that "knowledge is power", has given him high hopes since he was a child, hoping that he will study well in the future and enter a good school in the future.
Wang Jinsong did not live up to the expectations of his family, every exam result is one of the best in the class, he is smart, and his family thinks that it is not difficult for him to enter the university of science and technology.
But what the family did not know was that Wang Jinsong did not want to follow the route planned by his father, but had a very strong interest in art.
There was no cinema in those days, only an open-air film made up of a projector and a curtain, and as long as it was screened that day, he would certainly appear on time.
Looking at the majestic soldiers and heroes with high martial arts in the movie, he also had the idea of being an actor in his heart.
Wang Jinsong did not dare to tell his family about this idea at first, but as he grew older, the idea became stronger and stronger.
Until he was about to graduate, he finally made a choice, because he was afraid that his family would stop him, so he cut it off first and secretly replaced the school he applied for with the Nanjing Opera Academy.
Until the results came out, Wang Jinsong knew that he could not hide it, so he told his father with trembling, unexpectedly, his father was not angry, and said: "Then take the exam again next year." ”
Knowing his father's idea, Wang Jinsong refused for the first time, and said: "I just yearn for those great artists, and I want to be like them." ”
When my father heard his words, he was furious and immediately burst into anger: "Then you will get me out of the house!" I don't have a son of yours from now on! ”
After saying this, the king's father turned his head and said sternly to the queen mother, "From now on, you are not allowed to cook for him!" Don't give him money! He chose his own path, let him fend for himself! ”
After a period of stalemate, it was soon time to report to school, and Wang Jinsong packed his bags early, but suffered from no tuition and travel expenses.
With nothing to do, he slept until three o'clock in the morning, and then went to the kitchen with a sad face to look for food, but unexpectedly saw his tuition on the table.
There is also a note below: Son, your father is a knife mouth tofu heart, he sees that your heart has been decided, he has long forgiven you, you do not have a psychological burden, rest assured to chase your dreams!
Looking at his mother's handwriting, Wang Jinsong clenched his fists and swore: We must come out as a person, and we can't let our families down again!
After saying goodbye to his parents, the 19-year-old firmly embarked on the road to study, and when he arrived in the area, night was about to fall.
Wang Jinsong looked at the small hotel on the side of the road, touched his pocket again, and made a bold decision: he would go all the way to the school!
When he first arrived, he didn't know the road at all, he could only ask when he saw people, sat on the ground to rest when he was tired, and nibbled on the steamed buns in two bags when he was hungry, and drank a few mouthfuls of cold water.
In this way, when the night passed, and the sky gradually became white, he stood at the gate of the school.
Later, when recalling this experience, Wang Jinsong said: "That was the longest road I have ever walked! And he couldn't have imagined at this time that his acting road was more difficult.
After enrolling in school with full of love, he found that most of his classmates were from the class, and some of them had already had the experience of appearing on stage.
Compared with his halfway out of the house, the difference is not a star and a half.
On the appearance of Wang Jinsong is not dominant, even thin and weak, he looks a bit like a "sick straw".
Without any foundation, he went out of the way on the first exam and became the last one in the class, and several impatient teachers began to ignore him.
Fortunately, he did not take these things to heart, and still insisted on getting up first in the morning to practice basic exercises, and after class, the last one to leave the classroom.
Wang Jinsong repeatedly pondered the knowledge points taught by the teacher in the class, and strived to have a wonderful performance in the next day's class.
This spirit of learning touched a female teacher named Cheng Jun, who was very distressed to look at the children who were working hard and studying hard.
So the teacher found him alone when he was about to take a vacation, and said, "Your foundation is too poor, are you willing to use the summer vacation time to stay and let me give you a make-up lesson?" ”
Hearing the teacher's words, he almost cried out and said incoherently, "I... Of course I do, but... But I don't have the money. ”
Teacher Cheng looked at him nervously, "poof" a laugh out loud: "Silly child, I will give you free make-up lessons, rest assured!" ”
In this way, Wang Jinsong got up early and rushed to Teacher Cheng's home to learn performance skills, and Teacher Cheng saw that he was extremely eager for knowledge in his heart.
He also brought him several books on painting and sculpture, opening the door to a new world in his art field.
To this day, he maintains a variety of hobbies in his spare time, such as playing, photography, traveling, etc.
Teacher Cheng knew that he was usually reluctant to spend money on eating well at school, so he left him at home for lunch, and specially asked her husband to fry an extra meat dish.
Looking at the teacher who treated him like a biological child, Wang Jinsong's gratitude overflowed into words, and he could only study harder and repay his mentor well in the future.
After a summer vacation, his professional knowledge has improved by leaps and bounds, his knowledge has broadened, and his self-confidence has also increased a lot.
When rehearsing the play, he has been able to play any role in the play, switch at will, and play with ease.
The students all cast surprised glances at him, but he knew that this was all the credit of Teacher Cheng, and in the days to come, he who knew how to be grateful would visit Teacher Cheng every year.
2.
After graduation, Wang Jinsong was assigned to the Nanjing Repertory Theatre, and when he first joined the troupe, he had neither connections nor acting experience, and could only do hard work.
Loading and unloading the stage, playing miscellaneous, the only chance to get on the stage is to act as a prop that does not even show his face, and play a wall in a row with other actors who have just entered the industry.
But even with such hard work and ridicule, his monthly salary is less than 100 yuan.
He rented a small room near the troupe and ate bread in the canteen that no one had bought for a few days because it was much cheaper to sell.
Reluctant to buy vegetables to eat, he went to the market to pick up the vegetable leaves thrown away by the vegetable vendors, and took them back to his residence to pickle them, enough for him to eat for several days.
After joining the work, Wang Jinsong was embarrassed to ask for money from his family again, but he was shy in his pocket and had little money to honor his parents.
As soon as he thought of this, he hated himself for not having the ability, one day he drank some wine and strengthened his courage, and found the leader of the regiment to complain: "I am also a person who runs three, but now I want money and no money, I want a career without a career, I really can't stick to it!" ”
The leader of the troupe was very considerate of his difficulties and separated a small dormitory for him in the troupe, saving him the cost of renting a house.
In fact, Wang Jinsong complained that when there was no better job, he could not easily give up this "iron rice bowl", and the regiment leader also made concessions, so he had to continue to insist.
Fortunately, next to the dormitory where he was assigned, was the room where the troupe put scripts and books, and every day after work, he would plunge into the pile of books and look at the wasted food.
Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, three years had passed, and Wang Jinsong had finally survived to the point where he could stand alone on stage.
But he did not catch up with the good times, the drama industry entered a downturn, and those actors who dabbled in film and television early have made a lot of money.
Wang Jinsong also had to start moving closer to the film and television circle, knowing that even if he needed to pay the group more than half of the film, he had to do so.
During the time when Wang Jinsong went out to shoot, he got to know the most important person in his life, and it was with his help that Wang Jinsong was today.
This person was Fu Biao.
The two met in the drama "Waiting for You to Return", and when filming, Fu Biao saw his youthful appearance in him and was very optimistic about him.
At that time, Fu Biao was already a somewhat famous figure, but he was still just a dragon runner, but Fu Biao didn't care about these, but he didn't talk to him hotly at all.
Over time, Fu Biao was both a friend and a Bole for him, always helping him wholeheartedly in his career.
After learning about Wang Jinsong's difficulties along the way and the unfair treatment he received in his early years, Fu Biao told him that when he was still a small supporting role, he also came this way.
He also told him: "I am a person who has suffered, and after I have developed, no one will dare to bully, but I will not bully others." ”
It was this sentence that made Wang Jinsong believe that this person would be his role model for the rest of his life, and since then the relationship between them has become more iron.
When the crew eats, only people with status like Brother Biao can eat at the table in the house, and a dragon set actor like Wang Jinsong can only find a corner to squat outside.
When Brother Biao saw this scene, he walked out directly with the lunch box, walked over to him and crouched down, and accompanied him to take a big bite to eat.
Brother Biao looked at Wang Jinsong, who was full of surprise, and said, "I also ate like this back then, and I have long been used to it." ”
Fu Biao knew that he was a talented man, and as he chatted, he asked him a question: "Are you planning to stay in Nanjing for the rest of your life?" ”
This question stumped Wang Jinsong and asked, "Then where should I go?" There are stable jobs here, and although I don't earn much, it's enough for me to live. ”
Fu Biao looked at him and said, "You are buried here, follow me to Beijing!" You can do it. ”
Wang Jinsong did not go to his heart, so he said perfunctorily: "Okay, okay, turn back." ”
After filming, he returned to his previous slow life, and it wasn't until Fu Biao called and urged him to do so.
Later, in an interview, he once ridiculed himself for being kicked in Beijing by Fu Biao.
Coming to this big city where people are not familiar with life, if you rely on himself to fight with a knife and a gun, I don't know if the year of the monkey and the month of the horse can have a day to emerge.
But Wang Jinsong was not alone, he had a good brother to open the way for him, and Fu Biao took him with him everywhere he went.
He also proudly introduced himself to the directors: "This is my friend, the acting skills are particularly good, and it is cheap, whoever looks for him to shoot a play, I will give you a free cameo." ”
Seeing this scene, Wang Jinsong's nose was sour, he knew that there was one more person to repay in this life!
With Fu Biao's recommendation, he quickly received the play, and his superb acting skills conquered the director and countless audiences in front of the TV set.
Busy filming this time, Wang Jinsong found that he had not gathered with Fu Biao for a long time, and after preparing to finish the work at hand, he contacted his good friends to come out to dinner.
As a result, just when he felt that he was about to touch a better future, he first heard a big bad news.
The words "Fu Biao's cancer" in the newspaper were unusually eye-catching, and he hurriedly called, and after receiving a positive reply, he was so sad that he rushed to Fu Biao's side overnight.
Looking at Fu Biao, who was once radiant, and now lying weakly on the hospital bed, Wang Jinsong was in tears and unable to speak.
After Fu Biao saw him, he said with great effort: "You are very good now, it is better to keep it, as long as you play the old student well, you will not worry about no way." ”
And this sentence, Wang Jinsong took it as a motto, remembered it for a lifetime, and did it for a lifetime!
After the benefactor left, he had no way to repay, but could only regard Fu Biao's son as having come out, and he did his best to help the Fu family in any matter.
3.
There will be pressure and motivation, and since then, Wang Jinsong has acted more desperately.
In "Daming Dynasty 1566", he was poured more than a dozen barrels of cold water bare-chested in the winter, and after being frozen to fever, he secretly went for infusion.
In order to make the performance realistic, he asked to directly pierce the face with a long silver needle, and after a scene was filmed, he left a circle of red dots on his face.
When he took over the role of Dou Mo, Wang Jinsong specially ran to the Beijing hutong to learn from an old man.
Over a period of time, he learned all kinds of jargon and secret tricks, and he became a "professional".
When filming "No War in Peking", Wang Jinsong played a role that needed to be smoked all the time, and he was not ambiguous at all, smoking one after another.
Afterwards, he added: "I smoked more cigarettes in the show than I smoked in the previous twenty years." ”
Once, because he could not play the piano, a clip of the film was deleted, so after playing the role of a Japanese officer, he practiced Japanese hard before filming, and finally reached a professional level.
In "Glory and Dreams", the people in front of the screen feel cold for him when they look at him buried in the snow and wind, and the reality shooting is even more difficult.
Wang Jinsong recalled: "At that time, the snow engulfed my body little by little, and after the snow blocked my nose, I could hardly breathe. ”
And so on, he never complained, but felt that this was what an actor should look like.
It is also his professionalism that has brought to life the sinister and vicious eunuch Yang Jinshui, who pretends to be crazy and stupid, and has also been named the "first eunuch in history".
Sometimes When Wang Jinsong walks on the road, he will also be pointed out: "Look, he is the big bad guy!" ”
Every time he heard such an evaluation, he could only smile helplessly and comfort himself that he would be scolded because of his good performance.
Although he was scolded, he also gained a certain fame in the circle from here.
After that, his plays continued, the same is the role or the supporting role, the difference is that he played each small role to the fullest, which made people shine.
Tang Qianming in "Qia Classmate Boy", the bold and scheming Yan Que in "Langya List", the loyal Xun Yu in "Army-Master Alliance" and so on.
Playing the bad guy, a look can make people shudder, but playing a good person, but also let the audience feel that it is natural, the true color of the performance.
Until 2019, he was completely on fire because of the role of Lin Yaodong, and his sentence in the play "In the tower village, only Uncle Dong threatens others, and where others threaten Uncle Dong's share" has become a classic.
He likens himself to a repairman, treating each character as a bunch of parts that can be assembled, and he just breaks up all the characters and then reassembles the complete characters according to his own understanding.
On the road of actor, he walked for 32 years before he won the title of "national first-class actor", which is well deserved and affirms that his efforts over the years have not been in vain.
However, when everyone called "the late completion of the big instrument", Wang Jinsong said in a low-key manner that he may not be "a tool".
He even felt that he needed to put in more effort, and only by always maintaining a humble attitude could he polish his eyes and not lose his way.
Because he has experienced too many ups and downs since his debut, he cherishes everything today more, worthy of the audience, worthy of the identity of an actor, is his lifelong pursuit.
epilogue
Growing up is knowing how to keep your mouth shut, move forward in a low-key manner, and take life seriously while strengthening yourself.
Step by step, the steady efforts will one day shine brightly.
On the road to success, there will always be all kinds of setbacks and tribulations, but no matter how difficult it is, don't forget to smile and maintain a positive and optimistic attitude.
Keeping a low profile as a person will become more and more stable, and after success, you must always maintain a humble posture in order to go further.
Low-key people, usually do not show off everywhere, but Taoguang and obscure, so that there will be an unexpected ending.