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The 73-year-old Zhang Yimou is still working hard for the Chinese film industry, but what is his biggest regret in this life?
As he said, it is a debt to his daughter Zhang Mo...
Zhang Mo was born in a privileged family, and should have had a carefree childhood like other children, but thanks to her father Zhang Yimou, she had a tragic childhood that she could not forget for the rest of her life.
In order to escape this sad place, she did not hesitate to go to another country alone, tearing up her family's meddler Gong Li, and even turning against her father.
After twists and turns, she finally found true love, but after marriage, she was abused by her husband, and she was cornered by her father's care and supported her to divorce, and the long-lost father's love made her feel too strange...
So, now that 14 years have passed, has this little girl healed her "injury"?
Have you ever let go of your estrangement from your father?
Zhang Mo's lingering childhood shadow
On March 31, 1983, with a cry, Zhang Yimou and his ex-wife Xiao Hua's daughter, Zhang Mo, was born.
At this time, Zhang Yimou, who had just graduated from film school, was assigned to the Guangxi Film Studio and was working hard as a handyman on the set.
When he learned that his wife had given birth to a daughter, he was overjoyed, gave up all the work at hand, bought a bus ticket overnight, and rushed back to his hometown in Xi'an.
As soon as he entered the house, Zhang Yimou hugged his daughter and giggled, how to see how to like it, and at the same time did not forget to care and thank his wife Xiao Hua.
Seeing this scene, Xiao Hua felt that he had not married the wrong person, and the hardships he had suffered for so many years were worth it.
At that time, the couple named their daughter together, Zhang Mo, for no other reason, but because she was born on the last day of March.
Looking at such a lovely daughter and his wife who he loves so much, Zhang Yimou suddenly has a sense of responsibility that he has never had in decades before.
As the pillar of the family, he knows that he will not live for himself in the future, and he will do everything to make his wife and daughter live a good life.
Perhaps also out of this sincerity, he was not only motivated, hardworking, but also blessed by good luck, in 1984 in the movie "One and Eight" for the first time as a photographer, he also seized this opportunity, with the explosion of the film, he also won the award for outstanding photographer in China. As a result, he rose to prominence in the Chinese film industry.
At that time, the young man was gaining momentum, and he was not limited to just being a photographer, Zhang Yimou felt that if he wanted to do a good job, he had to try many things.
So he is also constantly groping the heart of the actor, from the perspective of the actor to understand a scene, I have to say that Zhang Yimou should indeed eat the bowl of rice of the movie, because he is not only diligent, but also talented.
In 1986, Zhang Yimou became the starring Sun Wangquan in the movie "Old Well".
He portrayed Sun Wangquan, the most tragic person in it, vividly, completely brought the people who watched him into the plot, and even felt that he was Sun Wangquan.
Zhang Yimou also won the crown of Tokyo, Hundred Flowers and Golden Rooster in one fell swoop because of this role, and since then Zhang Yimou has become famous in the film industry, and everyone knows it.
Just when everyone felt that Zhang Yimou could finally let the mother and daughter in the family live a good life that envied others, this family completely collapsed because of the appearance of a person...
Zhang Mo also had a lingering childhood shadow because of this...
The crisis between Zhang Mo and Zhang Yimou escalated again
Zhang Yimou, who has won three trophies in a row, has no other scenery, so he is young and vigorous, he wants to take advantage of his fame, and this shareholder has a big ticket, you may as well make a movie to try, maybe it will be a box office hit.
In 1987, with sharp vision at that time, he aimed the script of the film at the most popular book "Red Sorghum" by the famous writer Mo Yan.
But at that time, the book "Red Sorghum" was very hot, and countless directors stared at this book, visiting Mo Yan one after another, paying a high price, hoping to buy the copyright of the book.
However, Mo Yan didn't care about the amount of money at all, all he wanted was an eye, and he wanted to find a like-minded person, so that he could rest assured to give him his works.
Immediately, Mo Yan found Zhang Yimou, who was standing in the crowd, humble, thin, and had a vicissitudes on his face. felt that he was very simple, that is, the person with fortune, so he only collected 800 yuan and sold the copyright to Zhang Yimou.
It was also at this time that the countdown to the breakdown of his family officially began...
Filming must first determine the role, and when Zhang Yimou came to the casting of the Chinese opera, he met for the first time the dream lover Gong Li who made him dream back in the future.
Although Zhang Yimou has a family, wife and daughter at this time, and Gong Li is not single and has a small boyfriend, it still does not prevent them from having feelings for each other, during the filming of the crew, Zhang Yimou's eyes are inseparable from this young and beautiful, charm still exists Gong Li, and Gong Li is also deeply attracted by this talented and tasteful old man in front of him.
The two of them make no secret that in and out of the play, you and I are flirting with each other.
At this time, Zhang Yimou had forgotten his wife and daughter who were far away in his hometown to cloud nine.
And Xiao Hua and daughter Zhang Mo at home are still looking forward to their husband and father coming home.
Because of her daughter Zhang Mo, after the last parting, she has not seen her father who makes her think day and night for a long time.
Every time he called, Zhang Yimou always said that he was busy and would go home after a while, but he didn't know that at this moment, Zhang Yimou's heart was completely seduced by Gong Li, and it was no longer on the mother and daughter.
Such days lasted for a year, and in 1988, when Zhang Yimou returned home after filming "Red Sorghum", his wife Xiao Hua accidentally found an explicit love letter written by Gong Li to Zhang Yimou in her pocket when she was washing Zhang Yimou's clothes.
"When we are together, you are very cute in my arms, and in a few days we can be together again, we have endless words together, endless things, haha, you know what we mean by things we can't finish"...
When Xiao Hua saw this, he knew that the marriage he insisted on, the man he loved all his life, was just a dream, and he had already become someone he didn't know. He spent all day drinking outside, messing with flowers and grass, and he was still kept in the dark like a fool, and he was still telling the child that Dad was just busy and didn't have time to go home, not that he didn't love us.
Xiao Hua couldn't bear it anymore, she took this letter to question Zhang Yimou, in front of the child, the couple quarreled and quarreled, and Zhang Mo, who was less than four years old, was frightened by this scene and cried next to him.
The mirror is broken, even if it is glued, there will still be cracks, they know each other, it is impossible to go back to the past, so soon Zhang Yimou filed for divorce, the child returned to the mother, Xiao Hua agreed.
Young Zhang Mo didn't know what happened at all, she only knew that her parents quarreled, and then her father left, leaving her mother sitting by the window all day quietly looking into the distance, crying silently when she looked at it.
Although the young man at that time could not understand the emotional affairs of adults, he knew that his father must have done something wrong, and his mother would be like this, so Zhang Mo hated his father, and the image of the great father who was once in her heart became disappeared from that day.
From then on, Xiao Hua took Zhang Mo alone, and could only support his daughter on the pitiful salary in Xi'an Studio every month.
Seeing her daughter become skinny every day due to malnutrition, and her heart was unbearable to death, she knew that if she wanted her daughter to live a good life, others could not count on it, so she could only cheer herself up.
A thin woman can't do manual work, can only pick up her previous writing skills, pick up lights and fight night after work every day, and not long after writing a book "The Past" to commemorate her dead love.
Unexpectedly, as soon as this book was released, it ushered in a rush of sales and was deeply loved by readers. Xiao Hua also earned enough money to raise his daughter to live and study.
However, it is precisely because of this book that Zhang Yimou's various private lives are exposed, which not only puts Zhang Yimou on the cusp, but also pushes himself to the abyss.
This point in time is when Zhang Yimou and Gong Li filmed "Ancient and Modern War Qin Warrior Love" in Hong Kong, the two are inseparable, you and I nong, like a little couple in love.
So the paparazzi combined two things and began to hype for traffic, on the one hand, it was said that Zhang Yimou's private life was chaotic, abandoned his wife and daughter, and cheated on Gong Li.
On the one hand, the lives of Xiao Hua and Zhang Mo are also affected by these public opinions, and the media can't wait to monitor their mother and daughter 24 hours a day, so that gossip is also heard around them, classmates ridicule Zhang Mo as a child without a father, and neighbors say that Xiao Hua is a woman abandoned by her husband.
While the mother and daughter were full of strange eyes, they were also disturbed by gossip, not only the young Zhang Mo was sullen every day, even if he was sad in his heart, he did not want to cry in front of his mother, he could only secretly hide in the quilt every night and shed tears.
And Xiao Hua saw all this in her eyes, could not stand such pressure, fell ill all of a sudden, and was also powerless to take care of her daughter, there was no way she could only contact the child's father Zhang Yimou, hoping that he could fulfill his father's responsibilities and obligations.
Zhang Yimou did not expect that their mother and daughter were tortured like this because of their relationship with Gong Li, and guilt arose,
So in order to make up for his daughter, he took Zhang Mo to his side.
So, will Zhang Mo, who has already estranged from his father at this time, get along peacefully with Zhang Yimou?
The daughter and the lover are destined to be incompatible
In 1992, when Zhang Yimou was filming "Qiu Ju Fights the Lawsuit", Zhang Yimou was running in the crew every day, so he also brought his daughter to the group for the first time.
At this time, Zhang Mo, a little girl who was more than 9 years old, was smart and cute, and as soon as she came to the crew, she quickly mingled with the surrounding staff and was deeply liked by everyone. Zhang Yimou was also very pleased to see this.
But Zhang Mo didn't expect that here he actually met Gong Li, the bad woman who snatched his father from his mother.
Although she hated this woman very much, she wanted to rush forward and beat her at that time, but reason overcame impulse, and she knew that she could not delay the work of the entire crew, so she silently buried the seeds of hatred in her heart.
And at this time, Gong Li also knew that Zhang Mo could not like her at all, and did not put Zhang Mo in her eyes at all, she felt that even if her daughter came, Zhang Yimou would not snub herself.
Therefore, Gong Li is still as usual, showing affection and dog food with Zhang Yimou in the crew.
She didn't know that at this time, Zhang Mo, a little girl who didn't look big, had already developed a plan in her heart, that is, to take back her father.
In order to spend more time with dad, you must have a common topic, what is the common topic, the clever Zhang Mo can understand a little, that is, the movie, as long as you fall in love with the movie, discuss with your father, let your father impress him, you can recapture your father little by little.
So since then, Zhang Mo often pestered his father, discussed the script, studied the plot, Zhang Yimou saw that his daughter also liked movies so much, worthy of being a member of the old Zhang family, so he was willing to do everything to teach her.
And in this way, most of the time was given to her daughter, and Gong Li was naturally snubbed, which she could endure.
Especially every time I want to share something with Zhang Yimou, I always see him chatting with his daughter, which makes her lover identity very embarrassing, and Gong Li feels very insecure, so Zhang Yimou talks about marriage more than once in private.
However, if Zhang Yimou wants to marry Gong Li, he will not delay until now, he may feel that Gong Li is not a suitable object for marriage, or he also feels that the relationship between Gong Li and Zhang Mo is very stiff, and it will be very difficult for him to do it after marriage, so he still refuses to get married.
Gong Li saw that his relationship for so many years could not be exchanged for a marriage contract, and Gong Li, who had no hope and high spirit, chose to break up with Zhang Yimou.
The two bonded in "Red Sorghum" and broke up in "Shake, Shake, Shake to Grandma's Bridge".
Although he broke up with his lover, he gained his daughter's approval. After so many years, the two of them finally talked about things on the bright side, and Zhang Yimou knew that he was ashamed of his daughter, so he also showed that he would be good to his daughter wholeheartedly in the future.
And Zhang Mo also knew that his father loved himself, and was a very gentle and patient father, often creating surprises for himself, and when he was sick, his father was also taking care of him day and night by the bedside, and Zhang Mo's heart knot for so many years was finally untied.
Until 1999, Zhang Mo finished the middle school entrance examination and was sent by Zhang Yimou to study abroad, and not long after Zhang Mo left Zhang Yimou's side, the relationship between the father and daughter, who had just returned to warmth, once again ushered in a crisis...
The true love that father and daughter can't give up
Although Zhang Mo left his father's side, Zhang Yimou still struggled at the forefront of the film, and the next year began to prepare for the filming of "Happy Time", in 2000, when the national audition for the heroine, Zhang Yimou once again found the woman Chen Ting who made him fall in love at first sight.
At that time, Chen Ting was only 18 years old, still a student in the Beijing cinema, and when she got the big director's confession, she was completely stunned, but she still couldn't resist the fierce pursuit of mature and successful men, and finally agreed to be with Zhang Yimou regardless of the world's vision and the opposition of her parents.
Soon the relationship between the two of them was exposed, and when Zhang Mo learned that Zhang Yimou had found another girlfriend who was only 2 years older than herself, she had an emotional breakdown and she couldn't accept this reality.
began to close himself, unwilling to answer his father's phone calls, did not return his messages, and played the evaporation of the world.
It was also during this period of time that Zhang Mo was very unhappy, his artistic inspiration was bursting, and there was nowhere to express it, only like her mother Xiao Hua, he wrote the displeasure in his heart into a book, and this book was "My Father and Mother", which was translated into many Chinese words at that time and sold well all over the world.
The effect of this book is much more powerful than her mother Xiao Hua, once again putting her father Zhang Yimou on the cusp of public opinion, at that time Zhang Yimou did not blame Zhang Mo, he felt that this was a way for little girls to express their emotions, he understood Zhang Mo, his daughter is to be spoiled.
Later, when he learned that Zhang Mo wanted to go to New York University to study choreography, Zhang Yimou also did his best to trust people everywhere, just to let his daughter get her wish.
But at this time, Zhang Mo still blocked her father in her heart, when she graduated from New York, she did not choose to return to China and return to her father, but chose to find a foreigner abroad to marry, at that time Zhang Yimou was very opposed to this, but the young and vigorous Zhang Mo could not listen to it at all, and married a man named Tovey abroad despite her parents' objections.
This also became the beginning of Zhang Mo's nightmare, after getting married, Tovey changed his gentle and considerate appearance before marriage, often drank until midnight to go home, and also liked to mess with flowers outside, back home, Zhang Mo did not say two words, he beat Zhang Mo.
Zhang Mo's life abroad after marriage was better than death, and he was miserable.
In desperation, in 2008, Zhang Mo could only seek the help of his father Zhang Yimou, when Zhang Yimou heard his daughter crying on the other side of the phone about his experience, Zhang Yimou was very distressed, and only said one sentence "divorce, come back, father will raise you".
So Zhang Yimou quickly booked a ticket and flew to the United States, and took his injured daughter home as soon as possible.
Seeing her father put down the matter at hand and pick herself up for the first time, Zhang Mo burst into tears for a while, and hugged her father tightly, she completely grew up in that moment, she knew how naïve her original self was, her father has always cared about himself and loved himself.
After that, Zhang Yimou has always taken Zhang Mo with him, in order to let his daughter get out of the shadow of the previous marriage as soon as possible, so he arranged a job for Zhang Mo, that is, responsible for filming the movie "Return" with himself.
With the efforts of the father and daughter, this film was also well received, and it was also during the filming of this drama that Zhang Mo and Gong Libing released their previous suspicions, and at the film press conference, they also ushered in the "century group photo" that shocked the people of the whole country.
In the same year, Zhang Mo also found the real Prince Charming, a Swiss named Meng Danqing, this time his parents did not object, but raised their hands to support, all because they knew this man well, was a cultured and gentleman and a good man who was gentle and considerate to Zhang Mo.
Zhang Mo, who has a double harvest of career and love, has also reached the peak of his life since then. In 2016, he officially filmed his debut film "28-year-old minor", and beat his father's "The Great Wall" directed by his father released during the same period with a high box office of 129 million. Since then, everyone knows that Zhang Yimou has a good daughter who is proud of.
Since then, Zhang Mo is not arrogant and impatient, continues to learn humbly like his father, and has repeatedly created brilliance, and now Zhang Mo has appeared on the promotional page of the movie at the same time as his father's name, and can also appear on the red carpet of the film festival with his father, she is getting closer to her father step by step, and she is also perfecting herself step by step.
Although Zhang Yimou missed Zhang Mo's childhood growth, and also brought a lot of harm to his daughter because of his emotional problems, he also said that his biggest debt is his daughter, so he has been doing his best to care for and make up for his daughter.
Father's love is silent, and the relationship between father and daughter is no worse than that between mother and daughter. When encountering difficulties, it is precisely when you can see that it is always your family that really cares about you.
In the future, I hope that Zhang Mo and his father will join hands to bring more and more good works to the audience, and at the same time, I hope that their father and daughter will cherish each other this time and not let love "get lost" again.