In the TV series "Under the Gate of Zhengyang", there are many old drama bones, such as Li Guangfu, Ni Dahong, Haskova, Li Yeping and so on.
Speaking of Li Yeping, many people may not know, but Li Yeping is a national first-class actor, who won the Best Performance Award at the first Golden Lion Award for Drama, and is an uncompromising and powerful actor.
In "Under the Gate of Zhengyang", Li Yeping plays Han Chunming's mother, a mother who has lost her husband and has painstakingly pulled 5 children up. She doesn't have much of a big truth, but she understands the truth of home and everything, and she is like thousands of mothers in China.
This drama brought fire to Zhu Yawen, Zhu Tie and others, but Li Yeping was really well known to everyone in the TV series "Chinese-style Relations" three years later, this year, Li Yeping was 62 years old.
Everyone does not know that this actor who seems to have a low sense of existence in the show business circle has a well-known younger brother, Li Youbin.
One
In 1954, Li Yeping was born in Changchun, Jilin Province, to an intellectual family, the son of a senior technician in a local watch factory. Li Yeping is the eldest at home, there are two younger brothers and a younger sister below, and Li Youbin is the second oldest in the family.
In those days, the children in the family were all grown up with small ones.
Mom and dad went to work, Li Yeping became the main backbone of the younger siblings, taking them to play, cooking for the whole family, helping them take a bath, sensible Li Yeping, sharing a lot of housework for her parents, became a powerful little assistant for her parents at a young age.
Although this kind of life is hard, but the family is happy and happy together, Li Yeping does not feel bitter.
But this kind of day came to an abrupt end when Li Yeping was 10 years old, and her parents divorced.
Four brothers and sisters who loved each other were also separated, Li Yeping and her younger brother Li Youbin followed her father, and the other two younger siblings followed her mother.
Parents are divorced, children can not avoid being pointed out, some children who do not understand things, and even bully the sisters and brothers in the open and in the dark.
Li Yeping never wanted to show weakness, she should fight, she should scold, anyway, she would not let herself and her brother suffer losses.
When she was 15 years old, just in time for the intellectual youth to "go to the mountains and go to the countryside", Li Yeping could have gone to the countryside without going to the countryside, but at that time, her friends all went to the countryside, and there was no need to worry about eating, in order to save a person's rations for the family, Li Yeping also ran to the countryside.
Li Yeping is a good hand at housework, but when she can do farm work, she doesn't get on the road.
The work in the brigade is all about work, and according to the speed of Li Yeping's work, it is difficult to fill the stomach.
Half a month later, just in time for the county cultural and labor troupe to recruit actors, the secretary of the brigade saw that Li Yeping was young and generous in handling things, so he asked her to go to the county to register.
Li Yeping never thought about being an actor, and she was more worried that she would not be able to pass the examination.
The captain of the commune brigade was a kind man, and he said, you go to register first, even if you can't pass the exam, you should rest for a few days.
In this way, Li Yeping did not know how to go to the county, but did not expect to stay on the spot.
In the next 10 years, Li Yeping ran with the troupe to every corner of the surrounding counties and cities, slept in the homes of her fellow villagers during the performance, helped with some farm work, and returned to the troupe to rehearse without a performance.
The masters in the troupe saw that she was well-behaved and sensible, and always spared no effort to tutor Li Yeping, and Li Yeping's performance skills were improved quickly.
Although those days were bitter and tiring, they tempered Li Yeping's will and enriched her life. In the days that followed, this experience became a valuable asset in her life.
Two
As more and more Zhiqing returned to the city, Li Yeping was very anxious in her heart.
According to her situation, she can only return to her hometown, but there is no unit to accept her return to her hometown, and even if she goes back, she is unemployed at home. If she didn't go back to her hometown, she wouldn't have anywhere to go.
Just when Li Yeping was at a loss, her boyfriend (later husband) brought Li Yeping good news, he saw that the National Drama Theatre was enrolling, so he took it upon himself to enroll Li Yeping.
The boyfriend is a Beijinger, seeing that he can return to Beijing, Li Yeping has not yet landed, he is also anxious, when he learned that the National Drama Theatre enrolled in the provincial city, he did not even have time to notify Li Yeping, he found someone else to borrow 5 cents, hurriedly signed her up.
As long as Li Yeping can be admitted, the two can be together.
Li Yeping didn't want to go to the exam at first, the National Drama Theatre, is it that a rural actor like her can climb?
At the instigation of her boyfriend, Li Yeping still obediently took the exam, but after the exam, she did not take it seriously.
A week later, Li Yeping received a notice of re-examination.
The main examiner of the initial examination for the interview was Lei Kesheng, but Li Yeping did not know who he was at that time.
Li Yeping's interview performance was not outstanding among other candidates, but Mr. Lei Kesheng was wise and said to the other examiners:
This child will definitely act, and not recruit her is the loss of the drama theater.
In this way, Li Yeping was admitted out of the box.
Lei Kesheng's great kindness, Li Yeping did not even have the opportunity to say thank you. At that time, the teacher-student relationship was simply enviable.
After settling down in the dormitory, Li Yeping found that her roommates were walking around her luggage.
Carefully, she soon learned why.
Winter in the northeast is cold, the house is burning charcoal, the time is long, and the clothes are full of coal.
Li Yeping was already used to this smell, so even if she changed a place, she didn't smell it.
However, the performance of the housemate made Li Yeping secretly determined to study hard and become an excellent drama actor.
But study these four words well, and how easy it is to do.
Li Yeping has nearly 10 years of acting experience, but that kind of performance is completely the old book of eating talent, and there is no rule to speak of.
And the most important point is that Li Yeping's performance of this kind of wild road has formed a habit.
If you want to learn professional performance, you must first change the performance habits you have formed before.
During that time, Li Yeping was tired enough.
Because she has not received systematic training, Li Yeping is particularly slow to enter the play, and she must have clothes and makeup in place before she can enter the play.
But drama rehearsal is obviously impossible to achieve these requirements, it requires performers to be able to quickly enter the play, and switch freely between the inside and outside of the play.
In order to keep up with the teacher's progress as soon as possible, the students all went back to the dormitory to rest, and Li Yeping stood alone on the stage to practice, imagining that the audience was sitting below.
When the senior actors in the drama theater rehearse, Li Yeping often observes at close range to learn their handling of the characters' emotions.
Even when dating my boyfriend, I don't forget to practice wearing plain clothes and how to quickly enter the performance state.
After a semester, Li Yeping found that she had caught up with the progress of her classmates, and she could no longer see the performance style of a few years ago.
Three
There is an unwritten chain of contempt in show business:
The contempt for acting in dramas plays movies, and the contempt for acting in movies plays TV dramas.
The reason why the drama stands on the commanding heights is because the drama has higher requirements for the actors, and on the drama stage, there is no NG, there is no restart, all of which are repeated.
Therefore, in the 80s and 90s of the last century, many drama actors were reluctant to become film and television actors, even if film and television actors were better treated and more likely to become famous.
Many of those who graduated with Li Yeping also became film and television actors, because of their good image, they were picked up by film directors before graduation.
Li Yeping's image is average, and she is "left" in this way.
Of course, Li Yeping's love for drama is also from the heart, she said:
How interesting and enjoyable it is to act in dramas. If an actor can be recognized on stage, then she will get a lot of fun that can't be experienced when acting in film and television dramas.
On the drama stage, Li Yeping's talent and interest have been brought into full play.
Starting from the first drama "Buddy Toss" after graduation, Li Yeping has created many classic drama characters in another 10 years.
She is the midwife in "Heshibi", Maria in "Old Stubborn", and Allie in "Confused"...
When Li Yeping finished acting in "Confused" just from the stage, teacher Lei Kesheng said that Ye Ping acted well and did not embarrass me.
At that moment, Li Yeping felt that the bitterness and tiredness of these years of rehearsals had been paid the greatest reward at this moment.
In the 1990s, the film and television industry gradually prospered, and although Li Yeping was mainly engaged in drama, she was often invited to make cameos in film and television dramas.
During this period, Li Yeping starred in film and television dramas such as "The Last Imperial Princess", "I Want to Marry You", "Betrayed Lover", "I Love My Family" and so on, in which Li Yeping was just an insignificant small role.
Until 1999, director Zhang Yuan found her and invited her to play an important role in "New Year's Homecoming", Tao Airong.
At this time, Li Yeping is 45 years old, although she is in her prime, she still loves drama, but some roles in drama, she can no longer play.
She accepted the invitation of director Zhang Yuan.
"New Year Homecoming" is a drama film starring Li Bingbing, Liu Lin, Li Yeping and so on.
It tells the story of a restructured family that ruined two adolescent girls because of 5 yuan.
In the film, Li Yeping and Liu Lin play a mother and daughter, and Tao Lan, played by Liu Lin, killed Yu Xiaoqin with a flat shoulder because of a momentary impulse.
This is the first time That Li Yeping has played a more important role, and it is also the first time to play a mother, who would have thought that in the next 20 years, she will play countless mothers.
This movie is the beginning of Li Yeping's official entry into the show business circle.
Four
After focusing on the film and television circle, Li Yeping began to take the initiative to contact directors and producers, and she participated in more and more film and television dramas.
In TV series such as "Idle Centaur Big Sister", "Courtyard", "Chinese Marriage", "Don't Ask Me Who" and so on, There are Li Yeping's figures.
It's just that there are not many scenes, and she naturally did not attract the attention of the audience.
In 2006, "Bright Sword" was popular all over the country, and its phenomenal ratings have been difficult to surpass the object until today.
Bright sword, showing the momentum, is boldness, is the spirit of manhood.
Soldiers bear one, will bear a nest.
Bright sword, showing the momentum, is boldness, is the spirit of manhood
Knowing that you are invincible, you must also shine your sword, even if you fall, you must become a mountain, a ridge...
These classic lines, even after 15 years of the broadcast of "Bright Sword", are still talked about by netizens.
In the play, Li Yunlong's actor Li Youbin is also red and purple, and his acting skills have been sealed by netizens.
Just when netizens pickpocketed Li Youbin, everyone found that Li Youbin actually had a sister who was also in the show business circle, and her name was Li Yeping.
In the show business circle, there is no shortage of brothers and sisters, fathers and sons, such as Qi Qin Qi Yu sisters and brothers, such as Wang Liyun and Che Xiao mother and daughter, such as Du Zhiguo Du Chun father and son and so on.
In the same circle, blood relations are naturally closer, and there are resources that are definitely shared by everyone.
But everyone soon found that Li Youbin's resources were so good, but Li Yeping had always been unknown, and the sisters and brothers had not even been in the same frame.
At one time, some people wondered, is there any festival between the sisters and brothers?
In fact, it is not that no one has invited the two brothers and sisters to act together, let Li Youbin take his sister, and he will definitely be able to catch fire.
However, this suggestion was rejected by Li Yeping's sisters and brothers.
Li Yeping said that a good actor does not have to take this road to act, I have confidence in myself, there is no need to tie the two people together.
Li Youbin's resources are so good, he has never asked the crew to bring his sister or anything.
In 2013, the TV series "Under the Gate of Zhengyang" was broadcast, in which Li Yeping played Han Chunming's mother, a widow dragging five children.
The children have contradictions, she is the referee, in addition to asking for a bowl of water to be flat, but also to take care of the weak, this mother, so difficult.
Even though life is difficult, Han's mother has cultivated all five children into people with a good reputation, and Li Yeping's image of a loving mother who solves problems for her children has begun to penetrate the hearts of the people.
Who knew that in 2016, Li Yeping subverted the image of a loving mother in "Chinese-style Relations", playing a cunning and unreasonable mother-in-law, and some netizens called her the spokesperson of "the most poisonous mother-in-law in history".
The same person, the same role, but deduced two completely different images, switching freely between the loving mother Yan mother, Li Yeping's acting skills, for the first time by netizens found that it is not simple.
Playing with Chen Jianbin's opponents, the former son-in-law did not say a word.
In particular, her provoked eyebrows make the figure particularly vivid.
Li Yeping became famous, and she was 62 years old.
Five
After "becoming famous", Li Yeping still goes to the vegetable market every day to buy vegetables, she does not feel that she is a star, and the honor given to her by the role is not taken seriously.
Li Yeping and her husband met when they "cut in line", and for more than 40 years, the relationship between the two has changed from love to affection.
Li Yeping's salary is higher than her husband's, but the family's financial power has always been in the hands of her husband, and the money Li Yeping earns is handed over to her husband.
But at the same time, her husband is Li Yeping's punching bag, and when she encounters troubles at work, Li Yeping will talk to her husband. Grinning widely outside, as soon as she got home, Li Yeping became a little woman.
Li Yeping in life is still a loving mother.
Because of her childhood experience, after having a daughter, Li Yeping did everything possible to spoil her daughter and meet all her reasonable and unreasonable requirements.
However, this kind of spoiling, did not spoil the daughter, the daughter went abroad after graduating from high school, and then settled abroad, married and had children. Li Yeping will go to her daughter's house every year to live for a period of time.
There are contradictions between her daughter and son-in-law, and she never intervenes, letting the juniors solve them by themselves.
The daughter believes very much in her mother Li Yeping, who is a mother and son and a good sister. Even the foreign son-in-law felt that this mother-in-law was very reasonable.
Speaking of her father, Li Yeping always had endless words.
After his parents divorced that year, in order to take care of the sisters and brothers, his father never remarried.
Until after his father retired, Li Yeping took him to Beijing, personally Zhang Luo, and found a stepmother for himself.
Li Yeping said that the father sacrificed his own happiness to complete the growth of his children, and this kind of kindness cannot be repaid for a lifetime.
It is in her heart that she is full of love for her father, and Li Yeping has been personally taking care of her father over the years.
In the past few years, as long as she has time, Li Yeping and her husband and father have traveled all over the country's landscapes and rivers.
The father, who is in his eighties, has a good relationship with his stepmother and will occasionally find his daughter to spoil.
Born in 1954, Li Yeping is 67 years old this year, although not as popular as some actors, but she has been active in her favorite drama stage for half a lifetime, and it is also worth it.
And knowing each other with her husband for a lifetime, so that outsiders in the circle are envious, stable marriage, for actresses, is so important.
Li Yeping was lucky.