Recently, the Huabiao Award ceremony, which has been delayed for several years, has finally come to a successful end.
However, some netizens carefully found that several directors who could be called famous Feng Xiaogang and Chen Kaige were all present, but Zhang Yimou was alone.
For a time, all kinds of speculation were rampant, after all, this is the award ceremony of the Huabiao Awards, and the star's every move will be watched by everyone, and that night, "Brother Gazi" Xie Mengwei tried to break in but was stopped as the biggest laugh.
Zhang Yimou was invited but did not appear, which inevitably triggered people's associations, whether he was busy accompanying his family, or he learned in advance that he would not win the award before "throwing his face" absent.
His current position in the field of directing is undoubtedly successful, and his marriage with Chen Ting has also gone through more than ten years.
As the woman behind the famous director, what charm does Chen Ting have to win over the queen Gong Li? Why did Zhang Yimou hide for 13 years before giving her a name?
What kind of past do they have?
▶ "Red sorghum" with wild grass
In 1986, the hairy boy Zhang Yimou got the third issue of "People's Literature" from a friend that year, and an article firmly caught his eye.
"Crazy" he met the "arrogant" Mo Yan, and the two hit it off,
Zhang Yimou, who got the adaptation rights, was overjoyed, but faced the first problem before filming, Mo Yan agreed to his adaptation, but he was unwilling to write, which was sad for him.
If he gave up lightly, it would not be Zhang Yimou, he immediately thought of a way and found Zhu Wei, the editor of "People's Literature", to personally handle it.
A year later, the script was finally completed, and it was time for the crew to really start up.
With the blessing of the script, Zhang Yimou found Jiang Wen, who was also holding his breath, to play the male protagonist,
In the choice of the heroine, he was worried, he and several main creators came to the Chinese opera, originally several people had decided to let Shi Ke play, but was strongly opposed by the Chinese opera teacher.
I beg them to wait, and one student will soon finish the practice and go back to school.
Zhang Yimou, who was full of thoughts about filming the scene, had to "sell face" even if he didn't want to wait, and this full of reluctance disappeared when he saw Gong Li, who finally returned to school.
Even if the people who traveled with her still felt that this young girl could not support this movie at all, even Mo Yan said at the first glance when he saw her: "This movie has to be smashed in her hands, and she planted so much sorghum blindly." ”
But Zhang Yimou still insisted that there would be no more suitable person than Gong Li, let him say that he couldn't tell the reason, and if he had to say it, it was to meet the "eye".
The director spoke, and the others had to endure it no matter how dissatisfied they were, thinking that he just wanted to pick a good look, but this delicate little girl really surprised them when she arrived at the crew.
Not only did he quickly integrate with the crew, but he didn't suffer much and suffer.
In order to complete the transformation from a girl in the city to a girl in the countryside, Gong Li carried the burden around every day, and in order to get close to the truth, Zhang Yimou added a lot of water to the empty bucket she used at the beginning.
Gong Li also had no complaints, and when his shoulders were worn, he changed to the other side, and when both sides were worn, he was padded on the towel.
than the male protagonist Jiang Wen doesn't care about his image.
Everyone then understood that it was not ruined, but stable, and no one questioned Zhang Yimou's "dizziness" during casting.
It can't be said that it's because of the "love at first sight" in the Chinese drama, or the similar hard work on the two people, which makes the feelings of sympathy between the two more and more profound.
A director, a heroine, two people actually grow in love with each other day after day.
Aside from "male protagonist Jiang Wen", 37-year-old Zhang Yimou actually fell in love with 22-year-old Gong Lixian.
Not to mention the sweet love between the two on the set, the film "Red Sorghum" was also a great success, winning the Golden Bear Award at the Berlin Film Festival in one fell swoop.
Everyone said that this film is not only a good work to let foreigners know Chinese films, but also a work of love between Zhang Yimou and Gong Li.
Since then, the two have collaborated on a series of works such as "The Red Lantern Hangs High" and "Qiu Ju Fights the Lawsuit", all of which are excellent works and classics.
Gong Li has become a well-deserved "conspiracy girl", and the love between the two is also vigorous.
However, few people know that Gong Licai broke up with her boyfriend, and Zhang Yimou's home has long been waiting for beautiful people, as well as a beautiful and lovely daughter.
As early as a few years ago, 28-year-old Zhang Yimou and his wife Xiao Hua obtained a license, and in order to retain Zhang Yimou, Western Film Studio also specially arranged a less torturous job for Xiao Hua.
So that she can feel at ease at home with her husband and godson, so that Zhang Yimou can go out and work hard for her career.
Xiao Hua's waiting was completely forgotten by Zhang Yimou, and when filming "Red Sorghum", Xiao Hua heard gossip more than once, but she was naïve and naturally believed her husband.
I think that this entertainment industry can only have right and wrong when people are popular, which is exactly what it means that my husband's career is about to break into the sky.
The truth of the matter is so cruel that it is very different from her beautiful imagination.
In 1988, the film won many awards, and the 37-year-old Zhang Yimou became a hit, not only making himself popular, but also making Gong Li famous.
Xiao Hua, who was waiting hard at home, finally waited for her husband's success and her husband's ruthless abandonment.
The marriage of the two went around for ten years, but they still went on the road of parting ways.
Xiao Hua's "completion" also failed to make Gong Li "get what he wanted".
Without the hindrance of his wife, the love conversation between the two was even sweeter, and even began an eight-year nameless cohabitation life.
In 1995, on the filming site of a movie, Gong Li, who had been in love with him for several years, finally told her boyfriend that she wanted to get married.
But Zhang Yimou easily prevaricated with a sentence: "Marriage is just a certificate, what do you have to do with that piece of paper." ”
A simple sentence completely tore apart the huge differences that had been hidden between the two for a long time, and marriage was a huge sense of security for Gong Li.
In order to achieve this wish, she can even tell Zhang Yimou when her career is in full swing: "If the two of us get married, I can withdraw from the circle for you, and I don't care about everything here." ”
Not only can I put it mildly, I can put aside my career for many years, but I also gave up my dream for many years.
But Gong Li's concession was not worth mentioning in Zhang Yimou, and he was even trampled on fiercely.
The description of "a piece of paper" shattered Gong Li's fantasy about this relationship, and finally made her realize that the man in front of her was unreliable.
Gong Li, who "loves and hates frankly", immediately withdrew and left without any nostalgia for this relationship, and has no longer had any cooperation with Zhang Yimou since then.
I don't know if she experienced even a little bit of Xiao Hua's feelings at that time.
But every "conspiracy girl" since then, people seem to be able to see Gong Li's shadow from them.
Does it mean that Zhang Yimou has never stepped out of the influence that woman brought him?
It can really be described as a realistic version of "like a secretary".
▶ Unbridled "wild roses"
In 2013, actor He Jun's revelations suddenly exploded on the Internet.
Not only claimed that Zhang Yimou had already remarried, but also revealed that the husband and wife had three sons together.
Netizens initially thought that this actress was making something out of nothing, after all, the two had a grudge in the crew of "Jinling Thirteen".
As the director, Zhang Yimou ruthlessly threw out He Jun, who leaked the content of the film in order to hype, and it is not impossible for her to hold a grudge and wait for an opportunity to take revenge.
But more and more real hammered Zhang Yimou was caught off guard, and ran to Wuxi overnight to pay the fine of 7.84 million yuan for overbirth.
Seeing that the fermentation of public opinion was getting stronger and stronger, the "old strategist" couldn't help but be confused, and hurriedly came out to speak: "Thank you for this girl for speaking out about this, she allowed Tingting and my children to see the light of day again." ”
Netizens suddenly realized that He Jun's revenge was true, and Zhang Yimou's hidden marriage was by no means groundless.
The woman who has been hidden behind Zhang Yimou for 13 years has finally surfaced, which may be a very headache for Zhang Yimou, but in Chen Ting's view, it is he who finally keeps the clouds open and sees the moon.
It can be said that Chen Ting has been waiting for today since 1999.
Even the world-renowned international actress Gong Li was rejected by Zhang Yimou on the absurd reason that marriage was just a piece of paper.
What "extraordinary" does the little-known Chen Ting have that makes him willingly take down and enter the marriage cage bound by that piece of paper.
In 1999, Zhang Yimou returned to his alma mater, Beijing Film Academy, with his new work.
Hearing that "Happy Time" was coming to the school for casting, Chen Ting, who had a little fan girl mentality, although she knew that her chances of being selected would not be too great, she still ran to the audition site with the psychology of fans seeing idols.
The result was unsurprisingly lost.
Chen Ting, who failed to enter the movie, did not know that she had "quietly" broken into Zhang Yimou's heart.
After failing the audition, Chen Ting returned to the dormitory with a lost soul, but soon received a call from her idol, and she thought that things had taken a turn.
Full of joy and dreams of becoming popular, he directly came to Zhang Yimou's straight ball.
"I like you very much, do you want to date me."
In the face of Zhang Yimou's undisguised confession, even if she has been an idol for many years, 19-year-old Chen Ting is still panicked, she does not know whether the request in front of her is a "pie" or a "trap".
After several struggles, Chen Ting still chose to follow Zhang Yimou's side without hesitation and became his "unable to see the light" girlfriend.
When she received the news that he contacted herself, she didn't have time to dress up properly, so she hurriedly put on her coat and came downstairs to the hotel.
Facing this man who is 31 years older than herself and is more than enough to even be her own father, Chen Ting is like a little girl with a fledgling relationship, full of adoration and dependence on him.
She is not unaware that the entertainment industry is a big dye vat, and if she wants to be alone in it, it is really difficult to "get out of the mud and not clean".
On the contrary, she knows everything about the entanglement between Zhang Yimou and his ex-wife and Gong Li, but the unsuccessful ending of these two relationships did not make Chen Ting retreat.
Instead, she "learned" a lot of experience, that is, forbearance.
In her eyes, Xiao Hua was too tolerable, no matter what rumors came out, she was indifferent, and it was only when she finally saw the love letter written by Gong Li that it finally broke out.
And Gong Li lost in too much unbearable, but in the rising period of her career did not want to marry her, she could not bear to shake her hands and leave, men naturally will not like the woman they can't hold.
I have to say that Chen Ting looks at people viciously, or that she knows Zhang Yimou too well, he really doesn't like to be "dominated" by a strong woman in his life.
In this way, 19-year-old Chen Ting and 50-year-old Zhang Yimou talked about secret love,
▶31 years old age difference, 13 years waiting
When the two are not filming, the two are often tired of being together, and just when the two thought that they could spend a good time in love peacefully, an unexpected arrival hurriedly broke the delicate balance that the two had just maintained.
Chen Ting is pregnant.
This is a thunderbolt for a girl who has just entered college.
Chen Ting, who was overwhelmed, knew that this was not something she could handle herself, and quickly called the other party to inform the other party.
Zhang Yimou also quickly put down everything in the crew and rushed back to the small home of the two overnight.
Seeing the panicked Chen Ting in front of him, what he thought about in his mind was not what to do in the future of this girl, but suddenly thought of his father's last words when he was dying.
"I want to give birth to a son for our old Zhang family."
For him, Chen Ting's child came to an accident, but it was an unexpected joy, firstly, his ex-wife Xiao Hua only gave birth to a daughter Zhang Mo to himself.
The eldest daughter also criticized herself because of her divorce from her ex-wife, and she looked at herself in every way unpleasantly.
Second, he is 50 years old, and he still needs a son and a half daughter under his knees, and the arrival of this child can really be regarded as a "gift in the snow".
However, if he wanted to keep this child, he still gave the so-called choice to Chen Ting, and told her: "Whether to be born or continue to go to school, this can only be your own decision, I respect your choice." ”
Fortunately, Chen Ting really did not disappoint him, and decisively chose to quit the student, which made Zhang Yimou's heart bloom.
Faced with the puzzlement of the professional teacher, Chen Ting only used the sentence "There are more important things to do" to dismiss.
Also, for her, what is more important than keeping her "love".
In order to stay by his side and not repeat Gong Li's "mistakes", Chen Ting didn't even mention marriage at all, and was willing to give birth to a child for him if she was nameless and scoreless.
However, this decision of the daughter was simply crazy in the eyes of the Chen family's parents.
The old couple looked at this "prospective son-in-law" who was a few years older than themselves, even if the other party was a well-known international director, how bad they looked.
I loved my only daughter who grew up, and finally went to college, did not learn anything serious, but brought back a son-in-law who was so old.
Before they could express any objections, Chen Ting took the lead in dropping another thunderbolt, and she became pregnant.
The raw rice has been cooked and matured, and the two of them have to consider the actual situation no matter how they want to object, so they have no choice but to make a three-chapter agreement with Zhang Yimou.
He must ensure his daughter's good material life, and when the time comes, he must marry his own daughter.
After Zhang Yimou agreed, the two reluctantly agreed to this absurd "affair".
For the development of his career, Chen Ting took the initiative to be the woman behind him and manage everything in the family for him.
From an excellent student at Nortel to a pregnant mother waiting to give birth alone at home, Chen Ting completed this huge transformation of identity in just a few months.
Chen Ting's life has changed from professional classes to laundry and cooking, and she can only take care of herself in order to keep it secret, but also faces the biggest difficulties during pregnancy, and her partner cannot be by her side.
But she was a little girl who carried a lot of pressure and gave birth to a son for Zhang Yimou.
Zhang Yimou, who has passed the year of destiny, is happier than taking home any trophy, and he is overjoyed to name his eldest son Zhang Yinan.
In the following years, Chen Ting gave birth to his second son Zhang Yiding and his youngest daughter Zhang Yijiao.
But even though she had already given birth to three children, Chen Ting could not wait for Zhang Yimou to fulfill her promise to marry her.
The eldest daughter Zhang Mo's book "My Father and Mother" explicitly and covertly satirizes the truth of her parents' divorce.
Sent Zhang Yimou to the cusp of public opinion again, and he was naturally not in the mood to talk about marriage with Chen Ting.
I was afraid that my eldest daughter would "accidentally" stab the media who had the company of a beautiful person.
While he was busy cleaning up the mess of his eldest daughter, he was worried about what kind of moth his little wife would have.
But Chen Ting said with understanding that she could wait, as long as she didn't wronged a few children.
Such a sensibility really made Zhang Yimou breathe a sigh of relief.
▶ Ambition finally revealed
While Chen Ting eased the relationship between Zhang Mo and Zhang Yimou, she was also busy raising her three children.
Under her "reconciliation", the relationship between the father and daughter has really eased up a lot, and Zhang Mo's acceptance of his stepmother has become higher and higher.
In 2011, Chen Ting, who had been waiting for ten years, finally waited for a marriage certificate, but for the sake of the so-called career, Zhang Yimou was still unwilling to disclose her existence.
To get a license is just to get a marriage license, not even a decent wedding.
In the face of all these unfair treatment, the considerate Chen Ting once again generously said that as long as the two of them were happy, there was no need to tell the world.
Two years later, although He Jun's revelation "found a bag" for Zhang Yimou, it completely fulfilled Chen Ting's wish.
Maybe even she didn't expect that the title she had been thinking about for 13 years was actually given by another woman by exposing her husband's "fierce material".
The little woman's ambition was finally revealed at this moment.
She quickly changed the authentication of the social platform to Zhang Yimou's wife, and then frequently accompanied Zhang Yimou to various events in this capacity.
A single mother who gave birth to three children out of wedlock, and then silently waited for the pillow person of a well-known director, Chen Ting completed the transformation of this identity even in just a few days.
The backbone, which has always been pressed by the world, has finally stood up at this moment.
● A bland but extraordinary marriage
No matter what Chen Ting's reason for choosing Zhang Yimou is, the two are very happy now.
The husband and wife life is sweet, the children have become talents one after another, and Zhang Yimou's career is also smooth.
Love is a matter of two people, but marriage is the result of two families choosing together.
"Marriage is a grave for those who are unwilling to give, and a paradise of love for those who understand the meaning of love."
Chen Ting's choice may seem confused, but for herself, today's life is not another possibility of happiness.