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Editor / Little Love Letter
He is one of the fifth generation of Chinese directors, has won the Huabiao Award for Best Director twice, and has many classic film works, such as "Sanmao Congjun", "Emergency Landing" and "Qian Xuesen".
He is zhang Jianya, a famous director in the mainland.
Although he has a prosperous career as a director and has always insisted on his dreams, his emotional life is full of regrets.
Zhang Yu, the heroine of "Lushan Love", became a sensational big star with the role of "Zhou Jun", and also opened her brilliant acting career.
Under the introduction of his friend Guo Kaimin, Zhang Jianya and Zhang Yu came together.
A well-known director and a popular actress can also be regarded as a match made in heaven.
However, later Zhang Yu went to the United States for further study, leaving Zhang Jianya alone in China to keep the marriage.
The husband and wife lived apart for a long time, and the distance between life and thinking became more and more distant, and eventually the marriage also moved towards separation.
So what kind of story has Zhang Jianya and Zhang Yu experienced, and what about the two people now?
01
Zhang Jianya, a former actor, has been working in the Shanghai Actors Troupe.
Although the daily performances make life very fulfilling and he can support himself, he always feels that there is still something left.
So he began to find answers in the process of acting, and gradually Zhang Jianya found that he liked the director more than acting.
Zhang Jianya, who had been an actor for three years in 1978, decided to make a change to pursue his dreams, so he applied for the directing department of the Beijing Film Academy and became a classmate of Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige.
And when Zhang Jianya was still studying in school, Zhang Yu had become a big star who was extremely popular in that era.
Compared with Zhang Yu at this time, Zhang Jianya appeared somewhat unknown.
At that time, most of China's films were realistic themes, and the things filmed were relatively gray.
The fresh love movie "Lushan Love" is refreshing, and the combination of Zhang Yu and Guo Kaimin, a handsome man and a beautiful woman, is even more novel.
Stills from "Lushan Love"
And the kiss scene is even more impressive, the on-screen couple has also become the love enlightenment of a generation of people at that time, but these two people have not come together in real life.
At that time, Guo Kaimin gradually moved his heart for Zhang Yu in the process of filming, and he would take the initiative to eat every day and take good care of Zhang Yu.
But at that time, Zhang Yu did not have the heart to fall in love, but put all his energy on filming and work.
And the relationship between the two people, in Zhang Yu's words, is that the fate has not yet arrived.
At that time, Zhang Jianya also heard about Zhang Yu in the school, because the two people were in the same literary and art circle, although they knew each other, they were not familiar with each other, and they had not said two words.
At this time, the two did not know that fate had quietly arrived.
Although Zhang Yu's fame is getting bigger and bigger, she is particularly humble and studious, and often asks her predecessors for advice.
At that time, she wanted to get to know Teacher Jiao Huang. But suffering from no one to introduce, this can be anxious for Zhang Yu.
Guo Kaimin knew and said to her: "Zhang Jianya is very familiar with Jiao Huang, so it is better to let him introduce you." ”
So Zhang Yu came to Zhang Jianya's house and explained the matter to him. After Zhang Jianya listened, he didn't say a word, and he took Zhang Yu to get acquainted with Jiao Huang.
After this incident, the two people became more and more familiar, and found that there was a special common topic, there was always endless words, and gradually their relationship gradually changed from a friend to a couple.
At that time, communication was not as convenient as it is now, and you can video and chat at any time, so Zhang Jianya and Zhang Yu could only contact through letters if they wanted to.
In the letter, they also often encourage each other, telling each other to study hard and work well, and rarely qing qing my words, but at the end of each letter, Zhang Jianya will write those three words "I love you".
It is also this letter that makes the relationship between the two people more and more intimate, and the two hearts are getting closer and closer.
If you are not busy, two people will visit each other's homes and chat.
During this period of love, Zhang Jianya and Zhang Yu were both happy and happy, and gradually strengthened their intention to continue to go on.
Soon after, the two entered the palace of marriage hand in hand and formed their own small family.
02
At that time, Zhang Jianya had just graduated from the Beijing Film Academy, and his directing career was just starting, and he was very busy every day.
Zhang Yu is even more so, the explosion of several movies in a row has made her a hot actress at the moment, facing many media and flashes almost every day.
Their new home is like a hotel, the two people are also gathered less and more, but in each other's hearts, they love each other and support each other's pursuit of careers.
However, gradually Zhang Yu could not accept such a life without privacy, coupled with the general environment of the film market at that time, Zhang Yu wanted to escape, so she decided to go abroad for further study.
After Zhang Jianya knew about his wife's decision, he also patiently persuaded that the two people would go abroad not long after they were married, so the family would not be left alone in the country to support.
However, Zhang Yu made up his mind and resolutely left Zhang Jianya to go to the United States for further study and master's degree.
Zhang Jianya knew that he could not stop his wife, and he could only let go.
At that time, the two people were not mature enough, did not consider the impact of time and distance on the relationship and marriage, and always felt that they could stick with it, but the truth was completely opposite.
In the days when Zhang Yu left, Zhang Jianya's career gradually improved.
His "Sanmao From the Army" not only pioneered the postmodern comedy style of Chinese cinema
With this film, he also won the Outstanding Director Award of the Tong Niu Award and was nominated for the Golden Rooster Award for Best Director, successfully gaining a foothold in the Chinese director team.
Later, he won the Huabiao Award and the Golden Rooster Award for "Desperate Circumstances", which was immeasurable for a while.
But behind the career scenery, Zhang Jianya, who returned to his family, always felt lonely and lonely, and he was always alone in the big family, and he missed Zhang Yu very much.
And Zhang Yu, who is far away in the United States, is even more so, and her thoughts about Zhang Jianya alone are also increasing day by day.
At that time, the two people could only communicate by letter, and they had no money to make long-distance phone calls frequently, only occasionally. However, the distance between the two sides of the strait, the exchange of letters is also very slow.
Zhang Yu also persuaded Zhang Jianya to come to the United States with himself, but Zhang Jianya felt that his career had just achieved results, or wanted to develop in the Shanghai Film Factory, and the two of them had persistence and ideas for their respective careers, and neither of them would give in.
Gradually, with the passage of time, although the feelings of the two people did not deteriorate, life went in two directions, and the circle became different.
Every time they communicate, the two people are trying to "please" each other, so that the other person knows how their life is living, so that the other person can participate in their own world.
Therefore, every time you write a letter, you must sprinkle every detail of your life, tell each other every detail, and each letter is based on 7 or 8 pieces of letter paper.
However, in the end, it is still unable to withstand the pressure of reality, and no matter how hard the two people try, they can no longer continue to maintain this marriage.
So Zhang Yu proposed a divorce, although it was very heartbroken, but still had to raise her head to face.
03
In 1993, Zhang Yu decided to return to China to develop, and after disappearing in the mainland for 8 years, she returned to the public's vision, and this time she wanted to break her previous image and style and wanted to make changes.
Therefore, in the first drama she returned to China to shoot, she chose Zhang Jianya's "Mr. Wang's Desire to Burn Her Body", in which she played a popular singer.
Stills from "Mr. Wang's Desire to Burn Himself"
When Zhang Jianya learned that Zhang Yu was coming back, his heart was excited and happy.
At that time, two people had no choice but to divorce because of distance and time, full of regrets.
In Zhang Jianya's heart, Zhang Yu's status has never changed, and he has always regarded her as his relative and a member of the family.
So on the day Zhang Yu returned to China, Zhang Jianya came to the airport with her family, and he also prepared a rose at that time.
After Zhang Yu got off the plane, she saw Zhang Jianya, who was holding a rose in her hand, standing alone on the side, staring at her all the time.
Looking at such a picture, Zhang Yu's heart also moved, but since she chose such a path, she would not regret it and would not look back.
So the two people still stayed in the relationship of friends and did not continue to go on.
Although he could no longer continue the frontier emotionally, Zhang Yu returned to the film industry with the help of Zhang Jianya and started his career again.
However, at this time, after several years of study and thinking abroad, Zhang Yu's vision and thinking were broader, and gradually she was no longer limited to acting, but became a producer and director.
In 1995, she won the Silver Bear for Best Director and Best Feature Film at the Berlin Film Festival for "The Sun Has Ears."
Stills from "The Sun Has Ears"
After that, Zhang Yu gradually retreated to the background to become a director and producer, and rarely acted in front of the curtain.
Recently, Zhang Yu, who has not appeared in front of everyone for many years, has brought new works to everyone, and the TV series she participated in, "Lin Shen Sees Deer", has been launched.
Watching Zhang Yu's performance will evoke many people's memories, reminiscent of those green years ago.
And Zhang Jianya is also down-to-earth on his own directing road, step by step, silently filming.
From "Emergency Landing" to films such as "My Hometown and Me" and "My Father" in the past two years, he has also played some roles in it.
And he also gradually let go of the relationship he once had, and met his other half during this time at work.
Perhaps because of the first relationship, I have not exposed my private life too much in the public eye.
Looking back at the feelings of Zhang Jianya and Zhang Yu, the encounter between the two people can also be regarded as a coincidence under the guidance of fate.
At that time, two people loved each other, supported each other, and the sweetness and happiness of love were also the best memories of a lifetime.
But even intimate feelings cannot resist the wear and tear of distance and time.
At that time, Zhang Yutou chose to go abroad without returning, leaving Zhang Jianya alone to guard the home of two people, and this walk was 8 years, and the two gradually moved towards separation.
Today, Zhang Jianya has his own family and marriage, but Zhang Yu is always alone and has not encountered an emotional home.
Their separation is full of regrets, but isn't life a process full of regrets?
No one's life will be perfect, and perhaps flaws and imperfections are the most real life.