At the end of last month, Li Bingbing's 50th birthday, her boyfriend for many years, Ren Quanka, sent blessings, which is also his 12th consecutive birthday celebration.
A few days later, Ren Quan also celebrated his birthday, and Li Bingbing returned the favor by sending a single photo to celebrate his birthday.
What is even more rare is that the birthday celebration skills of the two are both "couples", which looks CP sense.
They met 30 years ago in the play, when they were the "golden boy and jade girl" in the eyes of their classmates, and formed a deep friendship during their classmates.
So far, this friendship has been tested for 30 years, and it still has not bloomed the ideal CP flower of the public, but it is still talked about.
And there are not a few such fairy friendships in the entertainment industry, and every one is enviable.
1. Meet in microtime
Li Bingbing and Ren Quan, both from northeast China, were born in Harbin and Qiqihar in 1973, to ordinary worker parents.
However, because both of them are good-looking and have super literary and artistic talents, they laid the foundation for the two to enter the entertainment industry in the future.
Li Bingbing was criticized by her parents and teachers because she was not as good as her sister when she was a child, so she was very introverted and unconfident.
Ren Quan, because he was good at drumming, later entered the army as a literary soldier, and immediately got the opportunity to apply for the theater, but because he had no experience, he took the first place in the professional course.
It can be said that they had a lot in common in their early years, so they worked hard after entering university, looking forward to changing their previous inferiority on their own.
During college, Ren Quan, who was extremely talented, quickly became a top student, but Li Bingbing seemed to have a long way to go.
For the sake of his fellow countrymen, Ren Quan helped Li Bingbing very much, and the two formed a deep friendship when they came and went.
In the early years, there were also rumors that they actually had a 2-year relationship during their studies, but the two never admitted that every time they "confessed" each other, they were as friends.
Ren Quan once disclosed that the college time of the two was indeed spent together:
"When I was in college, I would ride a bicycle every weekend and drive Li Bingbing around the streets of Shanghai, and many people thought we were going to fall in love. It's really not a date. We actually went to the community to perform a show, and after the performance, we could get 30 yuan. ”
Indeed, at that time, both of them were focused on making money, especially Li Bingbing, because they not only had to bear her mother's high medical expenses, but also funded the expenses of her sister Li Xue's education.
Soon, she became the "advertising queen" of the class with her unique conditions, and Ren Quan often accompanied her to various crews, and the friendship between them was wrapped in the success of each other's careers.
At the same stage, Ren Quan also began to show his super high business acumen, every time he went out to shoot advertisements with Li Bingbing, it was basically Ren Quan who went to negotiate the price, and Li Bingbing would use "shrewd" to describe his old friend many years later.
In 1994, the two made their debut successfully because they co-starred in the TV series "Waiting All the Way".
Soon after, Li Bingbing received an advertisement and received a reward of 260,000 yuan, and the boss asked her to go to Guangzhou to withdraw cash.
The first time she came into contact with so much money, because she was afraid of an accident, she told Ren Quan, and the other party accompanied her on the train to Guangzhou without saying a word.
After graduating from college, Ren Quan wanted to invest in a restaurant, and behind it was his thinking about the industry he was in:
"I realized when I graduated that if you don't film, you're an unemployed vagrant, and I can't control that. I was looking for a job that I could control. ”
In 1997, his independent Shudi Spicy Fish Restaurant opened, with only 20,000 yuan in hand, and he couldn't find Li Bingbing again, hoping that she could buy a stake.
But Li Bingbing was not optimistic, but still borrowed him 30,000 yuan very righteously.
Years later, Li Bingbing asked Ren Quan: "If I had invested in the shares, how much money would I make now?" ”
Ren Quan said in a low-key manner: "More than 9 million!" ”
Since then, Li Bingbing has trusted this friend even more, and even said publicly: "I will let Quan, if I earn, I will earn, and if I lose, I will lose." ”
2. Illuminate each other
After that, Ren Quan took a two-pronged approach, while continuing his unique vision in investment, and co-starred with Li Bingbing in popular works such as "Young Bao Qingtian" and "One Foot to Fix the River".
It can be said that Ren Quan at that time was the "first generation of costumed male gods" in the eyes of the outside world, and his acting career came to the peak.
Li Bingbing is also not to be underestimated, she won the best actress at the Singapore International Film Festival in 2000 for her role in "Going Home for the New Year", and then was discovered and reused by "China's No. 1 agent" Wang Jinghua.
Because of frequent cooperation with Ren Quan, there were scandals, but in fact, there was a rich man named Shi Tao next to Li Bingbing at that time, and there was even news that he had obtained a license to get married at that time.
After joining Huayi, Ren Quan invested more than 2 million yuan in shares, and later this money suddenly increased by more than 10 times, which also allowed him to see the power of capital.
Next, he put more of his energy into investment, and gradually chose to fade out of the entertainment industry.
Compared with the lace news that his best friend Li Bingbing had a scandal with Huayi boss and Zhu Xiaotian "fell in love because of the play", Ren Quan's love life was once a mystery and very mysterious.
But in terms of business investment, Ren Quan is a male star who even Wang Sicong has to give a thumbs up - in addition to physical enterprises such as catering and beauty salons, he also pulled Li Bingbing and Huang Xiaoming to establish the venture capital company Star VC in 2014.
The following year, Ren Quan chose to completely stop after participating in "The Long Song of Beautiful Rivers and Mountains".
It is said that after making this decision, he immediately called Li Bingbing, and Li Bingbing on the other end cried after hearing the news.
Li Bingbing once talked publicly about Ren Quan and had a high evaluation:
"When I think that he is very safe, very good at how to behave, very kind, and then very polite to people, there are not many such good people and good men."
But they are not together, although every time they appear together, they are "urged to get married" by fans, but the two seem to be very clear about each other's place in their hearts.
In 2017, Li Bingbing, known as the "desperate third lady", was photographed suspected of being in love, and the object was Xu Wennan, an investment company executive 16 years younger than her.
Ren Quan immediately sent a blessing, and later revealed that the two came together under his own matchmaking.
It's just that this relationship did not last until it came to fruition, and it ended abruptly, and Li Bingbing also retreated after tasting countless scenery, gradually reducing the workload due to physical reasons.
Also this year, Ren Quan and Li Bingbing recorded "Longing for Life" together, and he did not shy away from posting articles to ridicule himself and each other:
"You always say that Ren Quan has three treasures: Duanzi, hot pot, and Li Bingbing."
Indeed, in addition to Li Bingbing, Ren Quan has only had an affair with a female singer named Huang Qiwen for more than 20 years, but he has not responded.
Then, he is getting further and further away from the gradually fading entertainment industry, in addition to behind-the-scenes investment, just give his friend Li Bingbing a birthday celebration on time every year, which can attract the attention of others.
Every year, the two will still be "urged to get married" by netizens, but everyone actually understands in their hearts: this is impossible.
Because their feelings have become family-like beings over the long years - from affection, from etiquette, this is the most valuable.
And such feelings are very common in the entertainment industry, and each paragraph is precious, which also confirms that the sentence is false: "There is no real friendship between men and women." ”
3. Which pair makes you uneasy?
In addition to Ren Quan and Li Bingbing, Chen Kun and Zhou Xun, who were suspected of registration by the Hong Kong media some time ago, are also enviable.
They met on the set of "Like Fog Like Rain and Like Wind", and although there have been countless scandals, they have always stopped at friendship.
The two have cooperated several times to play couples, never shy away from public, and Zhou Xun even said in public that "Chen Kun's son is also mine", but the relationship between the two has always been more like brother and sister.
Another pair of CPs who once promised to "get married at the age of 40" are Su Youpeng and Lin Xinru.
It is said that the two have known each other for a long time, until 1997, when they cooperated in the filming of "Huan Zhu Gege" to get closer to their relationship, and then collaborated on "Deep Love" while the iron was hot.
Su Youpeng did not hide his liking for Lin Xinru, but it seemed that the falling flowers were deliberately ruthless, and the two never broke the layer of window paper.
However, Su Youpeng once confessed to Lin Xinru: "I didn't marry when I was 40 years old, you didn't marry, let's live together!" ”
But unfortunately, at the age of 40, Lin Xinru flashed and married Huo Jianhua, who was also a friend to his other half.
In addition, "fairy sister" Liu Yifei also has a "male girlfriend" who met in Wei Shi - she and Zhu Yawen are college classmates, and the man often helps her do performance rehearsal homework when she is studying.
Because he was born in a military family, Zhu Yawen has high requirements for his personal life, and even others cannot sit on his own bed, but Liu Yifei can.
After a long time, he married his girlfriend Shen Jiani, and Liu Yifei immediately put down his work and attended the wedding, still as a bridesmaid.
In 2010, Huayi filmed a movie called "Love in the City", in which the male and female protagonists of one unit were Jing Boran, who had just become popular, and Yang Ying, Huang Xiaoming's gossip girlfriend.
At that time, Yang Ying criticized a lot, and Jing Boran also faced the dissolution of the group, and the pressure was extremely great.
During the promotion of the movie, the two often traveled together, whether it was doing interviews or walking the red carpet, and even a lot of CP fans appeared.
After that, even if they separated, they still interacted often.
Until 2014, Yang Ying became a "national goddess" because of "Running Man", and Jing Boran also followed closely and took out "Monster Hunting" the following year.
Subsequently, the two collaborated again on "A Slight Smile is Very Alluring", and Jing Boran publicly praised Yang Ying and said bluntly:
"I am proud of Yang Ying now, not only because she has the results she has now, but also because she is still the same person 6 years ago. Our thoughts and little secrets with each other can still be shared with each other. ”
After that, they each retreated into their respective lives, falling in love, having children or constantly meeting new girlfriends, until both of them were single again, and there were still fans who were looking forward to their relationship breakthroughs.
Jing Boran directly said:
"Angelababy and I have a very special relationship, witnessing each other's growth and being very close. It can be said that it is a revolutionary feeling! ”
Also bonded by the play are Zhu Yilong and Yang Rong, who met in 2013 and collaborated on "Three Lives in Love", playing a couple in the play.
At that time, Yang Rong was already famous, but Zhu Yilong was a little transparent in internal entertainment, but the friendship between the two slowly unfolded.
The following year, the two worked together again, and when they were finished, Yang Rong posted that the other party owed him tens of thousands of tons of hot pot, so he was called "hot pot couple" by CP fans.
After that, the two would give each other cards for their birthdays, in addition to being each other's iron fans, and they never skipped their praise for each other in interviews.
Liao Yimei once said: "In our lives, it is not rare to encounter love and sex, but what is rare is to encounter understanding." ”
I believe that the basis of these "lovers are not full" friendships above is because they are understood and treated sincerely.
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