One
In 1998, Zhang Yimou, who won the major film awards, was preparing to choose a female lead for the new film, and heard that there were "eight golden noodles" in the Chinese opera, and it was rumored that one of the golden noodles was recognized as the most beautiful in the past hundred years.
However, after director Zhang Da arrived at the Chinese opera, he only saw the "seven golden noodles" in it, but did not see the "flower that bloomed for a hundred years". Yo, who's dragging it that way? The heroine of the movie does not come to fight for it?
Zeng Li was born on September 17, 1976 in an ordinary Manchu family in Jingzhou City, Hubei Province, and in the 1970s, people's living standards were very limited, and the Zeng Li family was no exception, because of the tight housing at that time, so it led to frequent moving.
Even if the conditions are difficult, his parents did not give up the cultivation of Zeng Li, and he was sent to the Children's Palace to take various interest classes when he was a child. For example, form, vocal music, dance. At that time, Zeng Li was mischievous and active, and often participated in some sports and literary activities in school.
At the age of 11, the Hubei Provincial Peking Opera Troupe wanted to select a batch of Peking Opera seedlings in the province to be sent to the Chinese Opera School Affiliated Middle School for training, and the beautiful, beautiful, tall and tall little Zeng Li was immediately favored by the admissions teacher. Zeng Li's concept of Peking Opera was vague at that time, but he thought of going to Beijing to develop. He readily agreed to go.
At that time, Niu Qingfeng was still learning to paint, Fu Dalong had already participated in the first movie of his life for the first time, Li Yixiang was still screwing in a cotton spinning factory in his hometown in Zhengzhou, and Chen Kun was still in middle school.
But her parents were not very happy, because Zeng Li was young at the time, and she was not assured that she would leave her hometown alone and live alone in other places. But she could not stand Zeng Li's soft and hard bubbles, and reluctantly agreed to let her go to Beijing to study Peking Opera.
When he first arrived in Beijing, everything was strange and full of mysterious temptations for Zeng Li. Most of the students of that year's Xiqu Academy were from Hubei, and she and Yuan Quan, who was also from Jingzhou, became classmates, and she studied in the school Tsing Yi (Qingyi is a kind of Danxing in Chinese opera, and the northern drama is mostly called Qingyi, and the southern drama is called Zhengdan). It is named because the characters they play often wear cyan pleats. ）
Leaving my parents meant having to take care of my life alone. Zeng Li recalled washing the sheets at that time, and he could not wash the heavy sheets at that time, so he scrubbed barefoot. In the winter, the cold wind in Beijing is cold, the tap water used is also cold and bone-chilling, and every time you wash your hands and feet, you are frozen like carrots.
Even in difficult conditions, Zeng Li never thought of leaving school. In school, he had to get up early every day to practice, and among the more than fifty students in the class, Zeng Li's height was 1.63 meters, the tallest in the class.
After graduating from the Xiqu Academy, Zeng Li was assigned to work in the Beijing Opera House in Hubei Province, although the troupe was particularly good for the young people, but the opportunity to perform was particularly small, every day was a symbolic visit to the unit to sign in and practice, and the monotonous life day after day made Zeng Li feel bored, thinking that this was wasting his years.
This made Zeng Li gradually germinate the idea of further studying in a higher-level university, when there were classmates who directly graduated to apply for an acting school, and after weighing, she chose the Central Academy of Drama.
Two
If the Central Academy of Drama wants to enter, it needs to take two courses, one cultural course and one professional course. Although Zeng Likao's culture class was three points behind at that time, because of her profound skills, she was admitted to the Chinese opera with the third place in the professional class.
At that time, the 96th performance department of the Central Academy of Drama now seems to be a gathering of stars, including Mei Ting, Zhang Ziyi, Yuan Quan, Qin Hailu, Liu Ye and many other stars. When Zeng Li first entered the school, she became a good sister with Zhang Ziyi, who had the same interests and hobbies. At that time, Mei Ting was more famous in the class, because she had already filmed the TV series "Bloody Child's Heart" before going to school.
Zeng Li and Zhang Ziyi lacked acting experience, as long as they took an acting class, their hearts trembled, until they followed Mei Ting to class every time, and gradually improved. Zeng Li later recalled: "At that time, the two of us regarded Mei Ting as our "little patron".
At that time, the classmates looked very young, zhang ziyi had not yet become an international chapter, and Hu Jing had not yet played Gao Xiaoqin, but only Zeng Li was very beautiful in this.
According to the later recollection of his classmate Qin Hailu, Zeng Li was the goddess in the hearts of the boys in the school, and sometimes he often saw a playground of boys suddenly surrounded by a lot of water, and when he inquired, he knew that Zeng Li had come from the side. While admiring the beautiful women, it also satisfies the wild fantasies in their hearts.
Zeng Li was popular all over the school at that time, and even the brothers and brothers of the previous few years knew her, and there was a saying among the students at that time: "There has not been such a beautiful woman in the Chinese opera for two hundred years, and there will be no more in the future." ”
After all, "near the water tower platform first to get the moon", classmates Qin Hao and Liu Ye took the lead in aiming the muzzle of the gun at Zeng Li and launched a fierce attack on her, but unfortunately, both of them had failed in the end. Zeng Li finally chose Niu Qingfeng, the class leader at the time. Go on a date with your boyfriend when you're not busy, communicate in depth once in a while, and have a good time.
Although Zhang Ziyi and Zeng Li had a very good relationship during college, both slept on bunks and faced each other head to head. But occasionally in private, there are also open and secret struggles. After a freshman year. By the second year of college, Zhang Ziyi was no longer the little girl who was nervous and shy as soon as she stood on the stage.
In order to show their self-confidence and charm. Zhang Ziyi also specially invited the most popular boy in their class to go out to dinner, but it happened that the boy was the class leader Niu Qingfeng, who was in the same glue as Zeng Li. When Zeng Li learned of this, he did not allow Niu Qingfeng to go.
Zhang Ziyi and Zeng Li were sisters in college, but just like the white snake and the green snake, Niu Qingfeng was like Xu Xian, and the green snake seduced Xu Xian just to prove that he was more beautiful than the white snake.
Three
At that time, many students in college had already begun to run the crew to take over the drama. At that time, Zeng Li, together with Zhang Ziyi, Mei Ting, Yuan Quan, Hu Jing, Qin Hailu, Zhang Tong, and Li Min, was known as the "Eight Golden Nobiles" of Chinese opera, and while his reputation was outstanding, he also attracted many crews to come to them to shoot plays, the most famous of which was Zhang Yimou.
Zhang Yimou is preparing a new film "My Father and Mother" to choose a heroine for this film that he likes. In addition to Zeng Li, the other "Seven Golden Nobiles" heard that Zhang Yimou was going to choose "Mou Girl", and they all did their best to prepare to show the best side in front of the director.
In the process of casting, director Zhang Da did not see the rumored "most beautiful flower". In the end, Zhang Ziyi stood out among the crowd. Later, he became a hit with this movie and has since embarked on the international stage.
At that time, Zeng Li missed this casting because of something, and later when a classmate asked her if she regretted it, Zeng Li said very calmly that if she did not act, she would definitely be popular. Zeng Li, who had no desire and no desire, only wanted to complete his studies. During this period, many crew members also came to her, but they were all rejected by her.
Zeng Li and her boyfriend walked through a passionate college time together, but as they spent more and more time together, disputes would often occur. With the advent of graduation, the two eventually went to a strange road.
After graduating in 2000, when the state had abolished the work distribution system, Zeng Li's other classmates basically found jobs, and Zeng Li had not yet found them.
The teachers in the class were all anxious for her, and Zeng Li told the teacher very calmly after knowing: "Don't worry, teacher, the work can always be found." Finally, at the urging of his teacher, Zeng Li entered the ALL-China Federation of Arts and Crafts through recruitment, and his work in the troupe was a moderator.
After that, Zeng Li also acted in many TV series, but it was still tepid. It was not until the urban emotional drama "Male Talent and Female Appearance" co-filmed with Lu Yi and Lin Xinru was broadcast that it was slowly familiar to the public, and the "Yan Ruyu" she played in the play was a rather clever but kind character.
Four
Later, Zeng Li participated in the TV series "Homecoming Like a Rainbow" with the theme of Hong Kong's return to the motherland, in which she played a beautiful female officer. During this time, she got together with fu dalong, an actor in the play. Although Fu Dalong was not very handsome, his mouth was very slippery, funny and humorous, and he rolled Zeng Li into his arms.
According to insiders, Zeng Li has felt since breaking up with Niu Qingfeng that the handsome boys are unreliable, and they have to look at talent. Therefore, this gives Fu Dalong a hole to drill.
But with the completion of the filming of this drama, the two ran to each other and went to shoot other TV series, and the beautiful woman who had just entered her arms ran away before it was hot. The two often did not see each other once for several months, and this relationship gradually faded over time.
It didn't take long for Fu Dalong to meet Chongqing actor Rao Minli. And Zeng Li's side also ushered in a new love affair, in the filming of the new film "Qin Huai Sorrowful Song", and actor Li Yixiang played the male and female protagonists respectively. When Li Yixiang first saw Zeng Li, he felt like he had been struck by lightning, and a voice in his mind was telling him that Zeng Li was the woman he had been looking for for many years.
Since then, Li Yixiang has aimed his gun at Zeng Li and launched an attack on her, taking the initiative to approach her again and again. After several rejections, Zeng Li was finally successfully placed under his "barrel".
Although many people in the outside world at that time were not optimistic about this relationship, Zeng Li did not care. Li Yixiang also worked very hard to prove that he deserved Zeng Li, and soon won the "Best Actor" award at the 2nd Bangkok International Film Festival with the film "Blind Well" with Wang Baoqiang.
During the relationship, the two often sent each other text messages to ask for warmth, and occasionally Li Yixiang suddenly appeared on the set of his girlfriend's filming crew, bringing surprises to Zeng Li.
The same is the "Eight Golden Nobiles", and the other Gold Nobles have become popular successively. Although Zeng Li is gradually known to the audience, he is still one "Bole" away from becoming famous. At that time, Zeng Li was relatively slow and hot, did not know how to publicize himself, and did not have a brokerage company and agent. It's all about taking care of your own business.
In 2005, director Chen Yifei was preparing a new movie "The Barber", and when he watched the TV series "Homecoming Like a Rainbow", he took a fancy to Zeng Li and invited her to be the female number one in the film. Zeng Li also made enough efforts for this play. At that time, director Chen Yifei gave Zeng Li a suggestion: "If you can be slightly thinner, it would be better." ”
In order to be able to achieve the director's suggestion, Zeng Li has since begun to eat vegetarian food to lose weight, and boyfriend Li Yixiang also accompanies zeng Li to achieve his goal.
On the way to shoot the film, Chen Yifei, the director who excavated her "Bole", unfortunately died unexpectedly during this period. This has also become her permanent pain and regret, and she still does not want to recall it to this day. In the end, the artistic director Wu Siyuan took over the baton to complete the filming of the film.
Five
During this period, Zeng Li and the male protagonist Chen Kun also spread a scandal, in the movie she and Chen Kun played a couple of bitter fate, and finally went through twists and turns to come together.
The two were also rumored to be fake because they were too deep into the play. Outside the play, Chen Kun also helped Zeng Li sign a good brokerage company. But at that time, Zeng Li already had a boyfriend, Li Yixiang, so this was obviously a hype created to promote the movie.
After many twists and turns, "Kung Fu pays off", the film was a hit as soon as it was released in 2006, and Zeng Li also soared in popularity by starring as the female number one in "The Barber". At the same time, she was also nominated for the "Best Actress" award at the Shanghai International Film Festival for her role in the film, Song Jiayi. Actor Chen Kun also won the "Best Actor" award at the Shanghai Film Critics Awards for this film.
When participating in the film festival, there was also an interesting incident, when it happened that the old lover Fu Dalong was also nominated for the "Best Actor" at the Shanghai International Film Festival because of "Tengu", and seeing that the former lovers were reunited again, which made Li Yixiang very nervous. Zeng Li was also afraid of her boyfriend's jealousy, and not only offered to let Li Yixiang accompany him throughout the whole process, but also told the organizers of the film festival not to arrange for himself and Fu Dalong to walk the red carpet together and share the stage together.
Seeing his girlfriend win the award, Li Yixiang was not far behind, and at the 14th University Student Film Festival in April 2007, he won the crown of film emperor in one fell swoop with his superb acting skills in the movie "Chicken Dog Restless".
Ex-boyfriends, gossip boyfriends, and current boyfriends have all won the movie emperor, so some netizens quipped that "Zeng LiWangfu was killed".
As his career gradually entered a better state, Zeng Li was also invited to take photos of men in domestic first-line magazines, and in 2008, in order to promote vegetarianism, Zeng Li appeared naked to shoot a group of sexy photos with the theme of "vegetarian 5 colors". Breaking the traditional conservative image in the past, people can't help but think about it after seeing it. Thus has also become the goddess in the minds of many otaku, here Xiaobian put a picture, want to see all of their own to search online (hehe).
When filming this group of photos, Zeng Li himself did not feel that there was anything inappropriate. However, after the family saw it, they were not happy and angrily asked Zeng Li why he took such a photo. Parents also saw negative comments about Zeng Li on the Internet and felt very heartbroken. In the end, under Zeng Li's patient explanation, he reluctantly accepted.
With the continuous heating of the relationship between the two, Li Yixiang's insecurity has become more and more intense, and he has begun to restrict Zeng Li everywhere, which has also led to more and more frequent quarrels between the two, and finally this relationship has ended in a breakup.
On a variety show, a host asked Zeng Li who didn't seem to like handsome guys, and Zeng Li replied at the time: "In fact, I can't use shuai to determine whether he can be my boyfriend, people still have to pay attention to fate, she prefers a kind of two people working together to create." ”
Six
Zeng Li, whose career has risen and fallen, and whose popularity has gradually declined, has also starred in many TV series with good responses, such as "Tang Lang Detective", "Sticking to Love", "Drunken Linglong", "July and Ansheng" and so on.
On December 26, 2021, Zeng Li participated in the Hunan Satellite TV variety show "Sister Riding the Wind and Waves Season 2" kicking hall competition, she was over forty years old and surprised the young sisters on the scene as soon as she appeared, and the years for Zeng Li only increased her age, but did not take away her face. Although the final kick failed. But Zeng Li also got on a wave of hot searches with Sister Lang.
Zeng Li, who has been emotionally silent for a long time, was revealed by netizens in April 2000 to walk intimately with a strange man, and then fed the man something to eat. Many netizens have speculated that the goddess has a new relationship. Many netizens believe that in fact, Zeng Li is already married, but it has not been revealed.
For the news of the online news, Zeng Li did not respond at that time, but responded to the rumors about his marriage on the Internet when he released a cover song in May, saying that many people thought they were married, but in fact, they were not married. But he didn't deny his new relationship.
Recently, the TV series "Brilliant Star" was broadcast, in which Zeng Li played a mother who killed decisively on the battlefield but did not know how to get along with her daughter in private.
Showbiz is full of desire and temptation, countless people rush into it, some people return home, some people become famous in the world, and some people lose themselves on the way. Compared with the people in the circle who have more acute children, Zeng Li has been dormant for several years without hesitation, and slowly ushered in the moment of "thick accumulation and thin hair". To this day, she is still a star with a unique light in the legendary star class of the 96th Chinese Opera.