Recently, actor Wu Yufang posted a picture on the Internet, happily saying that "this year's contract has been completed."
After Wu Yufang's peak shadow came back again, she strictly followed the two plays a year and enjoyed the joy of acting.
38 years ago, Wu Yufang became popular with the role of "Liu Qiaozhen" in "Life", and then he retreated in a rapid, and married Jiang Jialiang, the "Prince of Ping Pong", and has since disappeared. How has she been all these years? Why did he suddenly come back?
In 1963, Wu Yufang was born in Yangpu District, Shanghai.
Her father was the director of an electronics factory, and her mother and her three brothers were ordinary workers.
Wu Yufang, who came from a family of workers, loved to sing and dance, and was selected to join the Shanghai Children's Art Theater class at the age of 11.
Other children couldn't bear the pain and wanted to go home, but Wu Yufang silently pressed her legs on the side and practiced the basic skills hard.
Among her peers, Wu Yufang's basic skills are the best, and she naturally has the most opportunities to go on stage. Rich stage experience, so that Wu Yufang never afraid of the stage.
At the age of 16, Wu Yufang chose to stay in the theater and become a professional drama actor.
At that time, many directors liked to pick people from the drama theater to act in movies, and director Luo Shuqi was no exception.
The film "Reserve Police Officer" directed by him is missing a heroic actress who plays the policeman "Yao Lanlan". This choice is to look at Wu Yufang.
In order to play "Yao Lanlan" well, Wu Yufang cut off her long hair, ate and lived with real policemen, trained together, and went out on missions together.
A month later, Wu Yufang officially entered the crew. Her realistic acting skills have made her highly acclaimed, and the first show on the screen ushered in the opening of the door.
In 1983, Xi'an Film Studio planned to shoot Lu Yao's "Life", and the male protagonist chose the popular Xiaosheng Zhou Lijing.
Hearing this news, Wu Yufang was ready to try her luck at the audition, and her target was the female second "Huang Yaping".
"Huang Yaping" was born in the city, and her appearance was white and beautiful, just like Wu Yufang.
But who knows, Wu Yufang just acted for two minutes, and director Wu Tianming shook her head to let her pause.
Wu Yufang's heart was cold, and he failed? Wu Tianming waved his hand and said, "You are not suitable for Huang Yaping, but you can try the female number one Liu Qiaozhen." ”
Fortunately, Wu Yufang did enough homework before auditioning, and temporarily changing roles was just "a piece of cake".
Looking at her simple and gentle performance, Wu Tianming immediately made a decision and made a decision to play Wu Yufang as the first woman.
At this time, someone in the director group raised an objection: Wu Yufang grew up in Shanghai, can she play a rural girl well?
Wu Tianming tried to dispel the crowd and let everyone wait to see Wu Yufang's performance.
Wu Yufang did not live up to the expectations of the director, she used the facts to "punch the face" and tell them what is called the plasticity of actors.
In order to play "Liu Qiaozhen" well, Wu Yufang learned over and over again to plant seedlings in the field, clean the chicken coop, and cook on the fire.
After three months, she not only did decent farm work, but also practiced fluent Shaanxi dialect.
There was a scene that required "Liu Qiaozhen" to ride a donkey, and Wu Yufang borrowed a hometown donkey for training.
From climbing up and being thrown down by the donkey, to letting the donkey point where to go, Wu Yufang spent more than a week, and her body was bruised and purple.
When she finally had time to return to Shanghai to visit relatives and friends, everyone could not recognize that this was Bai Jing and beautiful Wu Yufang.
Kung Fu pays off, and the wonderful cooperation between Wu Yufang and Zhou Lijing makes the premiere of "Life" a success.
In the play, "Gao Garin", played by Zhou Lijing, is a "scumbag", and "Liu Qiaozhen" is a rural girl abandoned by him.
After the movie was screened, they were walking on the street, and some people pointed to Zhou Lijing and scolded "Chen Shimei", and some people came over and took Wu Yufang's hand to comfort her.
The good news is one after another, "Life" won the Best Feature Film of the Hundred Flowers Award that year, and Wu Yufang became the "Queen of Hundred Flowers" at the age of 21.
Zhou Lijing is yin and yang, because he acted too well, in order to calm the anger of the crowd, he could only miss the best actor.
In the face of a wave of praise, Wu Yufang did not faint. She made an unexpected decision: the rapids retreated and went to the North Shadow for further study.
Wu Yufang has a calm personality, and when filming "Life", she and Zhou Lijing's two "stuffy cans" were often relatively speechless on the set and were in a daze together.
She is also very clear about her positioning, although she has many years of drama experience, there are still many shortcomings on the big screen.
If she wants to continue on the road of acting, Wu Yufang must enrich her theoretical foundation.
Boyfriend Yan Qiusheng is very supportive of Wu Yufang's decision and helped her find a lot of performance materials.
Yan Qiusheng is a classmate of Wu Yufang's Shanghai Children's Art Theater class and a colleague of her in the theater, two years older than her.
After many years together, the two developed from classmates to colleagues and finally lovers.
After Wu Yufang was admitted to Beiying, she became a classmate with Tang Guoqiang and Song Chunli.
She will devote herself to the ocean of learning, and Beiying is closed learning. Gradually, Wu Yufang and Yan Qiusheng had less and less contact, and eventually broke up peacefully.
In 1986, Wu Yufang was invited to an awards ceremony.
When everyone was chatting off-court, Wu Yufang saw a handsome man, and she quietly asked her friend, who is this?
Friends joked that she didn't look at anything but acting, this is the "table tennis prince" Jiang Jialiang.
Jiang Jialiang, from Zhongshan, Guangdong Province, learned to play table tennis at the age of 7 and won the World Championship at the age of 21.
Not only that, Jiang Jialiang is handsome in appearance and has a large number of fans in the field.
Noticing Wu Yufang's gaze, Jiang Jialiang turned his head and looked back, love at first sight.
He held up his wine glass to talk to Wu Yufang and learned that Wu Yufang was now studying in Beiying.
Jiang Jialiang also did not hear anything outside the window, and only played table tennis with all his heart, he did not recognize this as the "Queen of Hundred Flowers and Shadows" who was recently famous, and thought that Wu Yufang was an ordinary student of Beiying.
After the award ceremony, Jiang Jialiang tossed and turned, remembering Wu Yufang.
At that time, there was no mobile phone, Jiang Jialiang and Wu Yufang met for the first time, and he was not embarrassed to inquire more, only knowing that his sweetheart was studying in Beiying.
He dialed 114 to check the Beiying phone and wanted to inquire about Wu Yufang's news. Who knew that Wu Yufang happened to be passing by and received a call from Jiang Jialiang.
Wu Yufang later sighed that my husband and I had a little red thread on our bodies. After Jiang Jialiang's enthusiastic pursuit, the two quickly fell in love.
But Jiang Jialiang's reputation is flourishing, and the little couple can only secretly date. Sometimes when walking on the road, you have to go one after the other, so as not to be discovered by the "fan sister".
The couple most often went to the Chang'an Hotel for coffee, and sitting opposite can also make bitterness become sweet.
Jiang Jialiang lives in the General Administration of Sports, which is far away from Wu Yufang's Beiying dormitory. And he only has time on Saturdays and usually has to train.
In order to have time for dating, Jiang Jialiang would take a taxi to see Wu Yufang every week, spending six or seven thousand a year.
After graduating from Beiying, Wu Yufang successively starred in "Old Castle Serenade" and "Contract Couple" to explore new performance methods.
The crew can't come and go at will, and Wu Yufang and Jiang Jialiang have less time together.
Once, Jiang Jialiang had an important game and very much wanted Wu Yufang to come to the scene to cheer him up, but Wu Yufang could not get away from him on the set. Afterwards, Jiang Jialiang was sullen for a long time.
Faced with the dilemma of love and career, Wu Yufang chose love.
In 1988, Wu Yufang and Jiang Jialiang married each other and announced the end of the film.
The second year after marriage, Jiang Jialiang chose to retire due to poor condition. It happened that the foreign table tennis team invited him to become a coach, and the couple went to Malaysia together.
In a foreign country, Wu Yufang became Jiang Jialiang's strong backing, single-handedly managing the family and home, so that Jiang Jialiang had no worries.
After his life was stable, Jiang Jialiang felt that his family was a bit deserted, so he discussed with Wu Yufang to have children.
In 1992, their eldest daughter was born, and three years later, the youngest daughter also came to earth.
A family of four lives a happy life, and Wu Yufang lives happily.
But while circling her husband and daughter, Wu Yufang will also think back to her life in front of the camera.
She had dreamed that she was performing, but her mind was blank, and she finally woke up from the dream.
Wu Yufang will also think when watching TV dramas, if it is herself, how will she perform?
Wu Yufang's tangled nostalgia, Jiang Jialiang all looked in his eyes.
He understands that today's happy life is inseparable from his wife. And the reason why he has his current career is that his wife sacrificed herself in exchange.
After many years abroad, both daughters have grown up, and it is time to encourage his wife to pursue her dreams.
But Wu Yufang hesitated, he was away from the camera for so long, can he still go back?
Jiang Jialiang did not force her, but often took Wu Yufang out to watch movies.
Once, they went to see a Hollywood blockbuster, and the noisy special effects sound made Wu Yufang very uncomfortable and left the scene halfway.
After returning home, Jiang Jialiang said to his wife, you have been out of touch with society for too long. Wu Yufang thus decided to return to the entertainment industry and reopen her career.
In order to support his wife, Jiang Jialiang bought a house in Pudong, Shanghai, and the family moved back to China.
At first, Wu Yufang could only play some marginal roles.
The first play of the comeback is called "Women's Sky", and Wu Yufang's role is only ten minutes.
But with such a small role, Wu Yufang felt strained.
She hadn't acted for too long, she didn't fit in at all, and she couldn't memorize her lines.
Wu Yufang is very anxious, afraid of others behind the scenes: how can the Hundred Flowers Award actress not even play this well?
To this end, Wu Yufang looked for feelings in the crew during the day and stayed up late at night to memorize the script and audition.
After half a month, she finally found her feelings and handed over a satisfactory answer.
Jiang Jialiang did not miss his wife's change, and he praised Wu Yufang's spirit as better than before.
He also specially arranged dinner at home to celebrate the success of Wu Yufang's comeback.
Everything was difficult at the beginning, and Wu Yufang, who crossed this hurdle, took advantage of the victory to pursue, and cooperated with Zhou Lijing again in "Yellow River People".
Every year after that, Wu Yufang would perform two plays and enjoy the joy of work. In her free time, she travels with her husband and leaves footprints around the world.
Both daughters now have their own careers, the eldest daughter studying graphic design and the younger daughter studying jewelry design.
The couple did not force their children to inherit the mantle, as long as it was a good idea, they all supported it.
In November 2019, Wu Yufang won the Golden Rooster Award for Best Supporting Actress for her wonderful performance in "Send Me to Qingyun".
The "Liang Meizhi" she plays has a broken family and a bad relationship with her children's husbands.
In reality, Wu Yufang is very open-minded and often talks to children in a consultative tone. She will share her life lessons, rather than forcing her children to go to their parents' lives.
Because the comeback is affected by age, most of the time can only play some "mother" level roles, which is also just right for her experience.
For the two daughters, the purpose of the couple is: to be a happy ordinary person.
Time to 2022, Wu Yufang is still working according to the rhythm of two dramas per year, her role is getting heavier and heavier, but her mentality is still peaceful.
Now 59, Wu Yufang is a real winner in life, and she knows what she wants.
Like acting, choose to further study on the rapids; When you encounter love, give up your career and be willing to back.
Jiang Jialiang can see his wife's efforts, repay the favor and support Wu Yufang in pursuing his career.
This couple who have been in love for 34 years shows us what is the best thing about marriage: understanding, supporting, and never abandoning.