Speaking of Ang Lee, everyone must be familiar with it.
Li An, a well-known domestic director, is no less famous in the circle than Zhang Yimou and Feng Xiaogang.
He directed "Brokeback Mountain", "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", "Wedding Banquet"... Repeatedly won an Oscar.
But it was such a famous figure who married a woman who was not good-looking and went home.
He doted on his wife for 40 years.
The outside world thought that Li An was very infatuated and never abandoned his wife.
As everyone knows, the person who really keeps this marriage is his wife Lin Huijia.
In 1983, after the two got married, Ang Lee did not find a job for 6 years, staying at home all day with his children.
During the period, Lin Huijia did not blame him.
Even Lin Huijia's biological mother has repeatedly persuaded the two to divorce, but Lin Huijia still does not give up.
She firmly believes that her husband is only pregnant and will one day live well.
It is her encouragement and care that allows Ang Lee to concentrate on struggle and strive for achievements step by step.
Ang Lee said in an interview: "If my wife smiles at me, I will feel very happy."
How sweet is the love story between the two? Let's take a look.
01. Unfamiliar with my father
In 1950, a teacher came to Taiwan from Hong Kong on the cruise ship Wing On.
In his third year after settling down, he married a local woman and gave birth to Ang Lee.
Ang Lee's name has a lot of intentions.
Li Sheng came to Taiwan on the Yong'an, and he felt that his son's words were full of peace, which was a sense of nostalgia.
The second meaning is that Li Sheng's ancestral home is in De'an, and he misses his hometown.
After Li Sheng and his wife gave birth to several children, they went overseas to study, but did not return home for a long time.
Ang Lee remembers that his father rarely met him, but he knew that his father was very good to him.
When he was a child, Li An grew up eating a hundred family meals.
The father did not return home for a long time, and the mother was alone with several children and could not work.
Their family is large and small, and they all rely on the relief of neighbors to survive.
Later, after the family learned of Li Sheng's residence, they wrote to ask for living expenses.
But Li Sheng never replied to a letter, nor did he send money home.
Ang Lee saw that his mother was very tired alone, and he complained in his heart.
But he deeply remembered his father's words: "Everything in the world is inferior, only reading is high."
In the blink of an eye, Ang Lee had graduated from junior high school and started high school.
During the year, the family was finally reunited with their father.
However, what Ang Lee did not expect was that his father would become the principal of his high school.
During the college entrance examination, Li An went to the exam full of confidence, but turned around and fell to Sun Shan.
His father saw his test scores, forced him to repeat his studies, and found him a famous teacher.
In the eyes of his father, when Ang Lee grows up, he will be called useful if he becomes a teacher who teaches and educates people.
Ang Lee doesn't think so, he wants to be a director more.
Two times in the college entrance examination, I didn't get good results.
His father was disappointed in him and directly let him study abroad.
Originally, his father asked him to study and teach abroad, and after Ang Lee went abroad, he plunged into the film major.
During his study abroad, Ang Lee met Lin Huijia, the woman he loved the most in his life.
The two are students at the same school, and Lin Huijia majored in biology.
A ball game makes the distance between the two shorter and shorter.
On the weekend, Lim Huijia will receive an invitation from Ang Lee.
Ang Lee didn't have much money at that time, but he would buy Lin Huijia good food, and occasionally learn the romance of Westerners and send a rose.
The attentive Ang Lee made Lin Huijia feel that he was wrapped in love.
Lin Huijia's personality is more restrained, and she doesn't like to do hemp things.
Ang Lee studied film, and he often confessed according to the plot in the movie.
Every time at this time, Lin Huijia would roll her eyes and say that he was naughty.
Lin Huijia is not beautiful, but she laughs with a pair of eyes like a crooked moon, which is very cute.
In the 5th year of Ang Lee's study, his parents came to the United States to visit him.
Knowing that his parents were coming, he immediately called Lin Huijia:
"My parents are coming to the United States, you ugly daughter-in-law, should you meet your in-laws"?
Lin Huijia on the other end of the phone, the corners of his mouth slightly upturned, whispered: Good.
Li An's parents are very satisfied with Lin Huijia, and his father thinks that she has a literati temperament and is a good girl.
After meeting his parents, Ang Lee proposed to Lin Huijia.
In 1983, Ang Lee and Lin Huijia's parents had not yet met, and the two had already obtained a license to get married.
02, Lin Huijia did not give up on Li An and survived the most bitter years
It stands to reason that Ang Lee likes Lin Huijia so much that he will give her a very grand wedding.
But the wedding of the two is very simple.
The family put on a dress, Lin Huijia and Li An worshiped heaven and earth and in-laws in a small house, and completed a major event in life.
Good friends in the United States learned that the two were married and came to watch the ceremony.
Ang Lee's mother said distressedly:
"Child, let's go back to Taipei and have a new wedding"!
The father also had a cold face, sitting on the side, looking very nervous.
In his thoughts, it was really a bit rude to tell his relatives about such a big thing as his son's marriage.
However, this humble wedding is quite good for Ang Lee and Lin Huijia, at least not a waste of time.
Knowing that her mother-in-law was well-intentioned, Lin Huijia hurriedly explained that the wedding would not affect the relationship between the two.
Less than half a year after getting married, Lin Huijia became pregnant.
At that time, Ang Lee was about to graduate from college, and Lin Huijia was also working while further studying.
She runs back and forth from school, home, and lab every day.
The intense study and work made her body a little overwhelmed.
One day when she was working in the laboratory, she suddenly saw darkness and fainted.
After being taken to the hospital, the doctor asked her to inform her family.
She politely refused, saying that she could stick to it alone.
The doctor saw that she was so independent and thought she had no husband.
In fact, Li An had already told her that if something happened, she must call him as soon as possible.
Lin Huijia's personality is very independent, and everything she likes to solve alone.
The year his son was born, Ang Lee graduated from school.
He is like a blind fish in the vast sea, looking for his home.
Unfortunately, he never found a job.
Seeing that her husband was getting worse and worse day by day, Lin Huijia let him take the children at home, and she went to earn money to support the family.
Ang Lee thought that he wanted to study and think about future development, so he agreed.
The 6 years of unemployment were the years of Ang Lee's happiness and pain.
He accompanies his son every day, which makes him happy.
But the painful thing is that he does not know the direction of his life and where it is.
Almost immediately, Ang Lee was about to give up being a director and return to Taipei.
It was Lin Huijia who always encouraged him and supported him.
The two also quarreled during this time.
It's not that Lin Huijia dislikes Li An for not having the ability to make money, but because he feels that his mind is too decadent.
Lin Huijia can tolerate her husband not working, but she feels angry when she sees her husband sullen all day.
"Are you going to do this for the rest of your life"?
Seeing her husband standing alone in front of the window, looking into the distance with lonely eyes, Lin Huijia felt very uncomfortable.
On the table, there was also a script written by her husband. On the ground, there are pages after pages of waste paper.
In fact, not long ago, Lin Huijia's parents had come to her and asked her to divorce.
In the hearts of parents, this son-in-law is a useless person.
The daughter does not say that she raises her grandson, but also supports her husband, such a marriage, do not do.
But Lin Huijia never mentioned it in front of her husband, but always supported his creation.
In 1989, Ang Lee repeatedly revised his works throughout the year.
The following year, Ang Lee competed with his work "Pusher" and won the grand prize in one fell swoop.
This script was later made into a movie by Ang Lee.
When Ang Lee gave a bonus of 400,000 yuan to his wife, he thought that her wife would be very happy.
Who knows, the wife was reluctant to use a penny, and saved it all.
Later, when Mr. Lee asked about the money again, his wife said that she had lent it to his brother.
It turned out that Ang Lee's younger brother failed in business and owed hundreds of thousands of foreign debts.
After Lin Huijia found out, he has been helping his brother raise money.
She got the money, and without telling her husband, she immediately gave it to his brother.
Ang Lee was very moved when he found out, and he said that he married a very good and kind wife.
Lin Huijia told Li An that since he was a family, he should help each other, and he didn't need to hide anything from her.
Later, Ang Lee's career improved, and Lin Huijia gave birth to a second child.
It is worth mentioning that when Lin Huijia gave birth to her second child, her husband was not around.
The child did not see his father until the third day of his birth.
So much so that later Ang Lee wrote in the book:
"My wife's independence often makes me feel no sense of participation at all."
In fact, when he said this, he was more grateful for his wife's efforts.
Because his wife never bothered him, he could have more time to devote himself to shooting and creating.
03. Married for 40 years, love is as good as ever
For Ang Lee, his wife is more like a noble man on the road of life.
In 1993, "The Wedding Banquet" directed by Ang Lee won the award.
Ang Lee was very happy at that time, and after taking the trophy home, he watched it every day.
Later, Lin Huijia received the trophy in the cabinet.
Li An was a little angry and asked Lin Huijia if he couldn't see the award he won.
Lin Huijia said calmly:
"People must not get carried away, do not forget their original intentions".
His wife's words made Li An empowered.
Ang Lee sometimes feels that his wife can look beyond the mundane world to see things.
He occasionally gets lost in fame and fortune, but Lin Huijia never does.
Every time he went down the wrong path, his wife pulled him back to the right path.
This is true after graduation, and it is also true after winning the award.
Lin Huijia is a very calm woman, so calm that she does not understand her husband's romance.
Every time Ang Lee went out, he would nag his wife for a long time.
At this time, Lin Huijia looked at him coldly:
"Can you not be like the woman in that alley"?
Ang Lee smiled awkwardly and left the house with his luggage.
Later, Ang Lee filmed works such as "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", "Wedding Banquet" and "Brokeback Mountain".
He also changed from a small director to a well-known big director.
Every time he took Lin Huijia out, others would call Lin Huijia:
"Mrs. Li" or "Mrs. Li".
This made Ang Lee feel very faced.
In 2013, Ang Lee won an Oscar, and he confessed affectionately to his wife on stage.
However, Lin Huijia said that he was very meaty.
Everyone is curious, what is it like to be the wife of a big director?
Lin Huijia said that every time she participated in the event, she was a little tired and she was not used to wearing high heels.
For the outside world, Lin Huijia's words are indeed a bit "Versailles".
In fact, in private, Lin Huijia really doesn't like to wear high heels.
She likes to wear flat shoes and then visit the market with her family and cook a good meal.
Lin Huijia is also not pedantic like traditional women, thinking that if her husband works hard outside, she will have to take care of the house alone.
Every time Ang Lee took a break, Lin Huijia would let him cook, wash dishes, and clean.
In the blink of an eye, the two have been married for almost 40 years, but Ang Lee's love for his wife has never decreased.
In May 2022, a family of three participated in the event together.
Li An stood in the middle with a smile on his face, and his wife and son stood on either side.
He seems to be telling everyone that his life is very good.
Epilogue:
If it were not for Lin Huijia's consistent support, Ang Lee would not have reached the height he is today.
A romantic sensibility, a calm and rational, the two complement each other and achieve each other's happiness.
Zhang Ziyi once revealed in the show that director Ang Lee went home after filming and had to wash the dishes and clean up, otherwise he would be scolded by his wife.
Actually, as a big director, he really doesn't need to do this.
Isn't it more convenient to hire a babysitter than to work on your own?
But for Ang Lee, this is a precipitated love that cannot be replaced by others.
The two escaped the worldly eye and took a different path.
They support each other's dreams with love, tolerance and calm thinking.