In the history of new Chinese cinema, no matter how the times change, Liu Xiaoqing has always been a name that is full of color and cannot be bypassed no matter what.
In terms of acting achievements, she is the Grand Slam film queen who has collected a number of film and television blockbuster awards, including Golden Rooster, Hundred Flowers, Golden Eagle and Golden Statue.
On her personal style, she dared to say and dare to do, "I am the best actress in China" and "it is difficult to be a person, it is difficult to be a woman, it is even more difficult to be a famous woman, it is difficult to be a divorced famous woman" These well-known and shocking "famous sayings" at that time came from her mouth.
On personal struggle, she grew from an ordinary Sichuan female soldier to a well-known film queen, and then took the lead in the turbulent reform era, becoming the first "billionaire sister" in the Chinese film and television circle to turn into business and get rich, and her ability, courage, vision, and courage are all impressive.
On life experience, from actors, film queens, rich sisters to prison and comeback again, I am afraid that few Chinese female stars can compete with their ups and downs and richness.
On emotional experience, from Jiang Wen, who was born of drama, to Ah Feng, who did not abandon when he fell into distress, to Wang Xiaoyu, the true son of heaven today, Liu Xiaoqing's personal emotional experience is equally distinct and wonderful as her life course.
But Chen Guojun, as her second husband, is still the most important and worthy man in her life.
01
Chen Guojun was born in 1953 in a military compound in the northeast. My father was a member of the army's literary and artistic group.
Perhaps it is genetic factors, or perhaps it is the ear, 9-year-old Chen Guojun once made a cameo role in the drama "Blood Debt" in which his father participated, playing the son of the male protagonist.
At a young age, he was not timid in facing the audience and performed freely on stage. When he saw his father's "corpse" being carried into the house, he burst into tears and cried out loud.
But after the play, the strict father still criticized him, saying that the children of that era were called "Daddy" instead of "Daddy" as he did on stage.
That small test only quietly planted a seed of art in Chen Guojun's life, and it was destined to take a few years to sprout.
After graduating from high school, Chen Guojun chose to wear the same military uniform as his father, but the difference was that he vowed to become a steel warrior who truly defended his family and country.
With excellent physical fitness and excellent military skills, Chen Guojun gradually grew into the technical backbone of the Military Reconnaissance Department.
He is full of ambition and eager to make a contribution in this green world.
Unexpectedly, the inflection point of fate has arrived ahead of schedule.
One day, when he went to the street to buy toothpaste, he was stopped by a stranger, who introduced himself as a director of the Changchun Film Studio Actors Troupe, surnamed Wang, and the two had a brief chat, and then the stranger asked for Chen Guojun's contact information and turned away.
Chen Guojun did not know that in Wang Dao's eyes, this young warrior was slender and tall, with a handsome and heroic appearance, and more importantly, there was a kind of youthful and pure masculinity.
He was almost instantly caught.
A few days later, Chen Guojun, who was participating in training, unexpectedly received a notice from the regiment and asked him to immediately go to the long film studio to take the actor's exam.
Where is this and where, he was confused by the second monk, wondering if the regimental headquarters had made a mistake, so he refused.
Although his father was a military literary and artistic warrior, Chen Guojun never thought of inheriting his father's business, defending the territory and protecting the territory in peacetime, and the flames of war to protect the family and defend the country, he felt that that was his life mission.
Seeing that he was delayed, the regimental commander became angry, "Are you boy going to disobey the military order?" ”
The military order was as big as a mountain, and Chen Guojun had to reluctantly go to the exam.
Saying that it is an exam is actually "showing talent" according to today's words. The examiner told him not to be nervous, to sing, to recite, or to dance, to come as he pleased.
Chen Guojun was not nervous, and he did not want to be admitted, and it was precisely because his heart was not hindered that he was particularly relaxed. He was even deliberately absent-minded, perfunctory, and bent on dealing with things early and returning home.
He said I can't dance, so let's punch a scout.
Perhaps he was "hand-picked" earlier, or perhaps he was born as an actor, but Chen Guojun, who was not here, instead became an actor that others could not ask for, and was officially transferred from the army to the Long Film Studio.
It was 1975.
Chen Guojun, who felt that his life had been forcibly reversed, did not work for long in the long film studio, but he began to thank fate for arranging and caring for it.
Love fell unexpectedly from the sky, Chen Guojun met his first wife, Zhao Yamin, who is also a long-shadow actor troupe.
Two people meet and meet at each other's best age, so it is logical to fall in love, get married, and have children.
They all sincerely thought that this relationship would inevitably dry up for a long time, especially Zhao Yamin.
Chen Guojun Zhao Yamin stills
Those years for Chen Guojun, can really be described as the golden age of life and career, he has participated in the filming of a series of movies such as "Blood Fertile China", "Big And Small", "Sword light and tiger shadow" and so on, especially in the role of xia Yu, a revolutionary played in "Medicine" adapted from Mr. Lu Xun's famous book, which is highly praised, his high-quality appearance conditions and the tough temperament cultivated by the life of the army, coupled with the innate artistic talent, all of which make this young man quickly stand out and become a rising star in the film industry.
Judging from this still, the young Chen Guojun should be a first-generation "fresh meat" that girls in that era aspire to.
I don't know if Chen Guojun, who is now a rare year, recalls the past and hopes that his life trajectory will continue smoothly in this way, rather than intersecting with a woman who will never forget at a certain intersection of fate.
However, whether it is fervent expectation or repentance, everything that should happen happens without the will of man.
02
In 1982, at the shooting site of the movie "The Depths of the Soul", the rising star Chen Guojun and the first-line actress Liu Xiaoqing at that time met in a narrow way.
In the film, Chen Guojun plays a volunteer soldier named "Zhang Sen", while Liu Xiaoqing plays a young female military doctor "Ouyang Lan".
In the smoke of gunfire, a subtle war love song is slowly composed.
On the set, there is something lurking in the middle of the eyes of Chen Guojun, the husband of a woman, and Liu Xiaoqing, a female star.
At first, for this well-known female star, Chen Guojun still had some timidity born of admiration and restraint born of timidity.
In the eyes of Chen Guojun at that time, Liu Xiaoqing was not as beautiful as in the movie magazine, and his hair was slightly yellow, but his personality was bright and spicy, and he did not have the shelf of a big star, but gave people a sense of affinity with the sister next door.
She loves to laugh very much, and her eyes are bent when she laughs, like a hazy moon.
And her laughter is crisp and spicy, just like the chaotian pepper produced in her hometown, which makes people both afraid and think.
I don't know that one day, the eyes of the two people looking at each other suddenly have a meaning that only each other can understand. I don't know on what day, the two people from the couple in the play to the reality.
In fact, according to Liu Xiaoqing's later interview, the relationship at that time was not out of control. She knew from the beginning that Chen Guojun was a married man with a wife and a son, and was a Changchun hukou, and she would return to Beijing after filming, and the two were separated from each other, and there was no possibility of looking like each other in the background of the times at that time.
But an accident has given a new direction to this impending unrequited love affair. At that time, the Dandong Film Company, where the filming location was located, hosted a banquet for the main creators of the crew in a hotel in the city center, but the hotel's secrecy measures were not in place, and "fans" flocked to the hotel and surrounded the hotel.
As a result, when the actors left the hotel after eating, the situation was out of control in an instant, and the crowd of onlookers rushed up, instantly squeezing Liu Xiaoqing to the ground.
Just at the critical juncture when people were crowding and people were stepping on people, Chen Guojun rushed forward, dragged Liu Xiaoqing with a tow belt to break through the siege, and pushed into the car waiting outside.
After filming "The Depths of the Soul", Liu Xiaoqing left for Beijing to participate in the filming of "Hanging curtains to listen to the government" and "Burning the Yuanmingyuan", and Chen Guojun's fiery enthusiasm flew to Beijing like snowflakes.
In Liu Xiaoqing's view, in that era when divorce was still deviant, a married man dared to risk the world for love, which is enough to show his brightness and love.
Chen Guojun film stills
And Chen Guojun did pay a heavy price for this love. At that time, the society was in the trend of cracking down third parties and severely punishing Chen Shimei, Chen Guojun was used as a negative teaching material and was organized several times by the Long Film Factory for criticism, and his normal work was also stopped.
He was clearly told that if he did not restrain himself from the precipice, he would be punished by the organization and his bright career future would be ruined.
What made him even more painful was that his wife Zhao Yamin repeatedly saved with tears, his parents and brothers and sisters repeatedly reprimanded and persuaded him in person, and then looked at his son's innocent eyes, all of which made Chen Guojun's liver and intestines cut off and burned inside.
The outside world is boiling with discussion, and it is difficult to give up the entanglement of family affection. However, Chen Guojun, who was deeply trapped in the sea of love, was unable to extricate himself, and he made up his mind that even if his career prospects were ruined, he must stay with Liu Xiaoqing.
Later, it is said that Zhao Yamin rushed to Beijing, interviewed Liu Xiaoqing for two full days, and finally broke his heart and agreed to sign a divorce.
As for the content of the conversation between the two women, no one knows.
This long-term divorce war lasted for four years, and Chen Guojun overcame countless difficulties and obstacles before finally running in both directions with his beloved woman.
But the price he paid was from a star who had been a star to a star who had been in the moon to an "unemployed vagrant" who suddenly became a "nomadic" in Menkolo.
03
The original unit could no longer stay, and Liu Xiaoqing paid Chen Guojun four times Chen Guojun's salary every month to the Changying Studio, and on this condition, Chen Guojun was "seconded" to Beijing, becoming the earliest "North Drift" family.
But people always have to do things, and after deliberation, the two decided to make a movie "Heartless Lover" independently.
But this matter is not easy to talk about, project establishment, planning, funding, and group building, which are insurmountable passes.
In the moment of hesitation and helplessness, Liu Xiaoqing, who paid his true feelings, also returned selfless and sincere support. She not only used all her personal resources, but also went south to expand channels, Hong Kong Yindu, Shenzhen Pictures, and even found Mr. Yuan Geng, the chairman of Shekou China Merchants Bureau...
In order to raise funds as soon as possible, two people "go to the cave" everywhere, nine consecutive performances a day, eat and live in the background, often rush to the car overnight, sit in the car is a night, sit until the legs and feet are swollen, it is really bitter.
In addition to starring, Liu Xiaoqing also served as a manager, manager, logistics and other work, becoming the first female independent producer in New China.
Filming finally began on the Aba Plateau, but the lack of oxygen, supplies and lack of funds in the plateau still plagued the struggling couple who had worked hard to start a business.
The bigger challenge is that Chen Guojun, who directed a film for the first time, is difficult to convince the public, is often bullied by people in the production department, and when the contradictions are backlogged and they are deadlocked, they can only rely on Liu Xiaoqing to fight the round field with both sides.
But the saddest thing is that after all kinds of difficulties and dangers, the film made was reviewed and modified for some reasons and was difficult to release 25 times, which made Chen Guojun emotionally collapse for a while.
However, at the same time, Liu Xiaoqing ushered in the highlight moment of his career. Director Xie Jin of Shangying invited her to play the role of "Hu Yuyin" in "Furong Town", and director Xie Tieli of Beiying invited her to star in the film version of "Dream of the Red Chamber" "Wang Xifeng".
In order to win Liu Xiaoqing, Beiying paid great sincerity: at the request of Liu Xiaoqing, Chen Guojun was officially transferred from Changying to Beiying.
At that time, this was a difficult operation, but Liu Xiaoqingleng did it, really for the sake of Seeking a General Xu Yiqian army, how excellent she was!
What is even more logical is that Beiying asked to see the marriage certificate before he was willing to go through the formal transfer procedures, and the two hurried to go through the marriage procedures.
Although the two have long been living in both places, a marriage certificate seems to have further consolidated this hard-won marriage in form.
Promoted to director, officially entered Beijing, the joy of the new marriage, Chen Guojun, who was happy to mention the three joys of life for a while, felt that he was boundlessly lucky, and at the same time, he was boundlessly happy.
But the old ancestor had long said that blessings and misfortunes were everywhere, and he never expected that after the seemingly happy and regretless happiness, there was a crisis lurking in the future that he would not want to live.
04
In 1986, Liu Xiaoqing co-starred with Jiang Wen, a 22-year-old Chinese opera student at the time, in "Furong Town" directed by Xie Jin.
"Furong Town" is the masterpiece of Hunan writer Gu Hua who won the Mao Dun Literature Award. The content is profound, the pen is thousands of guns, and it is also the work of Director Xie who has devoted all his efforts and can be called the peak of the director's career, so the film was well received after the filming was completed, and Liu Xiaoqing was also awarded the golden rooster film queen for successfully playing the role of "Hu Yuyin".
It is said that at the beginning of Liu and Jiang's acquaintance, there was also an interlude: Liu Xiaoqing, who had just finished filming "Burning the Yuanmingyuan" and "Hanging Curtains and Listening to the Government", was momentarily satisfied, and said: I don't want to make movies anymore, and I will no longer make movies after "Furong Town".
The implication is "invincible and really lonely".
Unexpectedly, Jiang Wen, who was also arrogant and arrogant, was very unhappy to hear this, and immediately replied: You are not qualified to say such a thing, you are still very early, and now it is time to change the dynasty.
Listen to what kind of confidence it is, a newcomer in the film and television industry dares to speak like this to the world-famous predecessors!
I don't know whether it's because I don't fight and don't know each other, or because the performance is too devoted, or the hero cherishes the hero, in short, like the love affair with Chen Guojun playing the couple, Liu Xiaoqing also rubbed a love spark with Jiang Wen, who is ten years younger than himself.
Only this time, Liu Xiaoqing's role in it has been replaced: she is a married woman who betrayed her marriage, and Jiang Wen has become a "third party".
Similarly, all the painful blows that Zhao Yamin had suffered that year, this time it was Chen Guojun's turn to accept them all.
When the news reached his ears, everything was irretrievable.
At that time, it was rumored that he was furious and he carried a big stick to find Jiang Wen and beat him up, and forced the other party to write down "confession materials", and some directors personally admitted that Chen Guojun's anger broke into the set to affect the shooting work, and even some people said that he opened the gas canister to die with Liu Xiaoqing, and finally Liu had to kneel down and plead to avoid a catastrophe.
But later, Chen Guojun said in an interview that all this was a lie, but it was certainly true that the emotional collapse was close to all thoughts, and he later admitted that he almost committed suicide at that time. It is no wonder that the feelings obtained at the cost of betraying relatives and destroying their future careers have only lasted for a few years before they collapse again.
Besides, he loved this woman so deeply that he almost became obsessed.
From an objective point of view, perhaps it is not fair to give Liu Xiaoqing a hat of "chaos and abandonment". On the one hand, perhaps the literary genius is emotionally rich and too sentimental; On the other hand, throughout her love history, Liu Xiaoqing is indeed the kind of woman who once she falls in love with a person, she devotes herself to love to the point of burning, even if she is not hesitant to do so.
This is evident from her previous full investment for Chen Guojun, and later after she ended up with Jiang Wen, she shot for Jiang Wen's directorial debut "Sunny Day", not only out of her own pocket, but also did not hesitate to pull down her face to borrow money everywhere.
Later, in an interview, Liu Xiaoqing defined himself this way: "Every man who appears in my life, I sincerely go to interact with them, that is because we have love and feelings between us, I am willing to be with him, this is the first condition." But I never thought about getting money and power from men or anything else..."
I believe this is a heartfelt word.
Of course, desperate or even breaking the moral bottom line in the name of "love" should never be encouraged.
But this kind of woman's love is as strong as fire, once there is no love in her heart, she can also faithfully face her true feelings, do not pretend, do not escape.
Perhaps it is this attitude of daring to love and dare to hate without dragging mud and water. It not only made Chen Guojun lose all his thoughts, but also won his last respect.
After the earth-shaking entanglement, Chen Guojun, who saw no hope of saving his lover's heart, chose to let go and ended this glorious and snowy affair.
05
Like the lyrics of the TV series "Beijingers in New York", "The enthusiasm has been exhausted by you", he did not dare to touch the feelings for a long time.
It was not until 2002 that chen Guojun, 49 years old, and Fu Liyun, an advertising star 16 years younger than him, entered the marriage hall again.
Fortunately, the 3rd marriage finally brought him the happiness of being late. After marriage, Fu Liyun returned to the family and bore him a son, and the family of three was happy and harmonious.
And his son Chen He, who was born to Zhao Yamin, has long grown up, and his son has become a director in his father's business, and has also cooperated with Chen Guojun to direct many works, and the father-son relationship is harmonious.
Chen Guojun has experienced a dramatic life experience, and finally harvested a happy and stable life in his old age, with his wife and two sons by his side, it is also a happy old age.
And the story he and Liu Xiaoqing had to tell was destined to be unfinished.
After the divorce, When Chen Guojun was sad and buried his head in work to heal his wounds, Liu Xiaoqing, who sat firmly on the throne of the shadow queen, had a prosperous life career, and she went to the sea to do business, dabbled in real estate, invested in film and television production and cultural industries, and was already a proper winner in life.
At this time, following her autobiography "My Way", she once again launched a new work, "My Confessions: From Movie Star to Billionaire Sister".
It is said that at the Shenzhen manuscript auction that year, the title alone fetched a sky-high price of 1.08 million yuan, which shows the high popularity of Liu Xiaoqing.
In this autobiography, of course, there is no way to ignore her emotional experience with Chen Guojun for eight or nine years.
However, when they first divorced, both sides promised to seal this past in their hearts and never mention it to anyone again.
But Liu Xiaoqing lost his faith.
More importantly, some of the descriptions of the relationship between the two in her book Chen Guojun thought were "untrue", so he was enraged, filming during the day and writing books at night, and in less than a month he wrote a book "The Story That Liu Xiaoqing and I Had to Say".
As the saying goes, scolding each other is not a good word, but it is conceivable that this book will not be so "objective" in its evaluation of his ex-wife Liu Xiaoqing.
If at the beginning of the marriage change, the two still had a trace of friendship, then after the air was torn apart, the two once had a bad relationship.
What's more, Chen Guojun later admitted that he wrote this book to vent his anger, and second, in order to alleviate the tense economic situation at that time, he used the book's remuneration to pay off the arrears of filming.
Later, it seems that there was no longer any public intersection between them.
It wasn't until 2018 that the two met again on a TV show. After many years of separation, they were very excited after meeting, and the look in each other's eyes was quite a bit of a smile and a vendetta.
Liu Xiaoqing was still straightforward -- "People say you wrote me particularly badly, what do you think now?" Am I that bad? What kind of person do I really think of me? ”
Chen Guojun's answer was also extremely frank: "You are the most important woman in my life... I used to think that if one day I was sick, I would have to say to her face: 'You are the most important and only person in my life that I have ever loved with all my heart.' ’”
Liu Xiaoqing burst into tears in an instant.
They hugged each other.
Unscrupulously showing a true heart in public, Chen Guojun can also be regarded as a man with a true temperament.
Maybe Liu Xiaoqing didn't love the wrong person back then.
He and she had loved and hated, but in the end time was long, looking back on the past, only those warm and beautiful points of light in each other's memories jumped on the road to come.
The story that this pair of once "ruthless lovers" had to tell finally wrote a satisfactory end.
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