"It doesn't matter if it's red or not."
In 2017, Wang Kai, who was at the peak of his career with the residual heat of "The Pretender" and "Langya List", had such an understanding.
At the beginning of this year, his father, who had been bedridden for a long time due to lung disease, died, and not long after he himself was found to have some lung problems, so he slowed down his career and began to enjoy life.
As a late bloomer and quickly faded out of "Vanity Fair", he has many qualities that ordinary people can learn from.
Wang Kai was born in Wuhan, the family environment is average, but it did not drag his family, if he did not choose to be an actor, he should also be an ordinary well-off family now.
When he was a child, Wang Kai's father was very interested in sports and always tried to make Wang Kai a sports player.
When he was 5 years old, he was sent to play football, who knew that he hurt his foot, and later his father wanted to send him to dive, but the child said that he was so old that it was probably useless to practice this thing.
God knows how helpless Wang Kai's father's heart was at that time, if this kid didn't study well, where would he have used so much effort.
But Wang Kai, who did not learn or have no skills at that time, had a flame of his own in his heart, that is, to be an actor.
At that time, the broadcast of "Huan Zhu Gege" had a deep impact on him, he felt that such a happy day of revenge in life was too difficult to achieve, but he could experience it as an actor.
But when he told his parents what he thought, he received mocking words from the other party.
Also, a child who can't even study well and can't do sports well actually wants to learn to be an actor, which is simply a whimsical joke in ordinary families.
The young Wang Kai could not move forward towards his dream without the support of his parents.
Later, after graduating from high school, under his father's arrangement, he entered Xinhua Bookstore to work. Those days were extremely boring, but sometimes they were hard.
According to him, one night the books were brought in, and nearly 15 tons were moved into the warehouse by himself.
It was also that night, after moving his book, he sat tiredly on the steps, looking at the stars and thinking: Is my life really like this?
Apparently not, he began to gather information everywhere, looking for opportunities to become an actor.
Fortunately, the heavens had secretly given him a secret bag: that heroic face.
Because of his handsome appearance, he happened to be invited by scouts to shoot advertisements one day. Thinking that he could meet many people in the entertainment industry by shooting commercials, he happily agreed.
This advertising experience made him realize that there is indeed a distance between dreams and reality, but fortunately, the gap can still be caught up.
He performed well that day, and after filming, the director was very interested in him, so he asked him which college he graduated from. At that moment, Wang Kai felt embarrassed and hesitated for a long time before saying the reality that he "entered the society after graduating from high school".
He Cheng thought that the other party not only did not look down on him, but suggested that he could find a way to apply for the Chinese drama or the North Shadow to polish his talent well.
If "being an actor" before was a dream that Wang Kai felt very distant in his heart, then the affirmation of this professional suddenly gave him the motivation to work hard.
But what if the parents don't agree?
After thinking about it, he simply came to a first cut and then play. He quietly quit his job and ran to Beijing without looking back, before calling home to tell his parents about his decision.
My parents were so angry that they didn't know what to say on the phone, and finally they were so angry that they said: If you starve to death outside, we won't care anymore.
At this time, Wang Kai's heart was full of apprehension, but also full of hope.
Since he didn't know the specific location of the school, he simply called 114 and asked where the exam was. But when he searched for them one by one, he found that the school's enrollment had long been over.
But fortunately, he learned that there was also a one-year actor training course in Central Opera.
However, after inquiring, I learned that more than 10,000 training fees were required. At that time, 10,000 yuan was not a small amount for his family.
He hesitantly called home, and after saying his thoughts, there was a long silence on the other end of the phone.
Finally, my father sighed and said, "Tomorrow I will go to you with your mother."
After his parents arrived, they not only helped him pay his tuition, but also took him to meet a relative who had settled in Shanghai.
Before leaving, looking at his parents' stubborn but worried backs, Wang Kai secretly decided in his heart: he must get ahead!
In his junior year, he successfully entered the entertainment industry because of his appearance in the TV series "Cold Autumn", and because of his good performance, he also signed with Huayi Brothers, which seems to have a good future.
In 2007, he graduated from Chinese opera and went to Hong Kong to shoot his first film "My Dog My Love".
Unfortunately, after this movie, he did not receive many good scripts, but fell into an embarrassing situation with no scenes to shoot.
In 2008, when someone ran to him with the script "Ugly Woman Invincible", he took a superficial look at the script synopsis and refused.
The male protagonist Chen Jiaming in the play is a typical sissy, Wang Kai is very disgusted with such a role, and also feels that if he opens this precedent, it is estimated that it will be difficult to act in other types of films after that.
But during that time, there was no other script to find him, and Beipiao needed so much cost, and finally in the midst of all kinds of entanglements, he chose to bow to life first.
I have to say that this drama is very well shaped, and the image of Chen Jiaming has left an impression in the hearts of many audiences. But it's just that the character is on fire, and he himself is still not popular.
But some directors saw his potential in this area and thought of taking advantage of the heat and continuing to work hard.
This time, he firmly refused, knowing full well that he could not lie in his comfort zone and ruin the career he aspired to.
Since then, he has been able to broadcast works every year, but he can't be popular.
In 2013, his career finally turned around. His participation in "No War in Beiping" made him nominated for the Golden Eagle Award for the audience's favorite actor.
Everything seems to be clear.
In 2014, "Langya List" was released, even under the light of Hu Ge, Wang Kai was still popular, and was nominated for the Shanghai Magnolia Award for Best Supporting Actor.
In 2015, the release of "The Pretender" was another new peak.
Since then, Wang Kai's career has been like a hanging, with several dramas waiting to be filmed every year, often seamlessly entering the crew.
The dream of youth came true, and the wishes of parents fell behind.
However, in 2016, Wang Kai's father was diagnosed with stomach cancer.
The moment he learned the news, Wang Kai was a little confused, and he began to think that if he hadn't gone out and wandered at the beginning, but just worked as a small clerk at home, he might have had many opportunities to get along with his father.
But fate is sometimes so absurd, at the beginning of 2017, even though he was carefully taken care of, Wang Kai's father still could not escape the disease and left this world.
At this time, it was useless to regret anything, and Wang Kai had to devote his energy to his career again, hoping to divert his attention.
However, a chance physical examination caused him to collapse and he also had problems with his lungs.
Thinking of the reason for his father's death, he was a little flustered, but fortunately it was not lung cancer, but a nodule in the lung.
At this time, there are two roads in front of Wang Kai, one is the continuous rise and the popularity that needs to be maintained; On the other side is one's own body and the responsibility to accompany one's family.
Wang Kai did not hesitate at all and decisively chose to recuperate.
For him, becoming an actor may be a dream, but back to the most fundamental original intention is to hope that his parents can live a good life, but what kind of good life is a life without companionship?
During the days of recuperation, he did not completely give up his career, but changed his attitude to his career, he put down the pursuit of fame and fortune, enjoyed the process of filming, and enjoyed the carving of characters.
He can be Song Yunhui, who was ostracized in "Great Rivers" but climbed all the way to the position of deputy director; It can also be Zhao Qiping, the serious, serious and caring orthopedic surgeon in "Ode to Joy".
At the end of last year, CCTV 8 broadcast "Walking to the Wind" even circled a large wave of fans, the man named Gu Nanting suffered a flight accident when his father was young, and it was hard to get happiness as an adult, and his fiancée unfortunately fell into the sea.
His interpretation not only let everyone see the heavy burden of this role, but also let everyone understand the great responsibility of every captain and pilot.
In fact, even in the years of hard work to pursue his career, Wang Kai is not a person who likes to be flamboyant.
At that time, after the fire with "The Pretender" and "Langya List", he did not realize the madness of his fans at first, and still ran shopping with a grin.
Who knew that before he took a few steps, he heard someone shouting: King Jing!
Frightened, he ran away.
Later, the fans' actions gradually became outrageous, and once he took a plane to Shenyang to film, who knew that most of the same flights with himself were his fans.
The enthusiasm of the fans along the way made him grateful, but he was also very tired. After arriving at the airport, fans crouched there sometimes screamed wildly and squeezed towards him.
He himself has no opinion, but he feels that such a move is too affecting others, and it also has a very bad impact on the maintenance of order at the airport.
So he told his fans over and over again on his social platforms, hoping that they would not gather in public.
As a straight man, he even said directly in an interview: Let's not meet on occasions where we shouldn't.
He is also very resistant to selling his personal information with scalpers, but this buddy is more pragmatic, he is not just shouting on Weibo, but directly uses his own commotion to make scalpers scratch their heads.
It is said that every time he needs to buy tickets for a trip, he will buy multiple tickets, and then refund them on the same day, leaving scalpers overwhelmed by the news of the tickets in one hand.
After a long time, he couldn't make money on Wang Kai's itinerary, and the scalpers let him go.
In addition, compared to the phenomenon that many stars make money through fan support clubs, he also scoffs.
Once the support club organized a response to support him, this time Wang Kai did not refuse, but after seeing what the fans bought, he directly paid for the money to the fans.
He knew that fans wanted to interact, so he didn't say no, but he didn't want them to spend money for him.
Later, Wang Kai posted a blessing video in his fan base, but later the support club established by fans claimed that he had to register as a fan club member to watch the video.
After Wang Kai learned the news, he directly let his agency team take over the fan club, but outrageously, as soon as he took over, he announced his disbandment.
For him, he is an actor, and what is needed is the audience's appreciation of his work, not the crazy chase of himself with a filter.
In 2019, the epidemic broke out in Wuhan, and many fans of stars raised funds to donate to their idols.
Wang Kai's fans also quickly set a goal, saying that they would help Wang Kai raise funds and donate to accumulate blessings, but this proposal was immediately rejected by Wang Kai.
Subsequently, he did not do any publicity, but quietly donated 2 million in the name of his company.
For Wang Kai, it is not important whether he stands at the top, and whether he has a lot of money is not important.
Today's life is much better than the young man who carried books under the stars, and his biggest wish is to bring everyone as good works as possible when he is in good health!