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Cheng Fangyuan, the most popular female singer in the 80s of the last century.
The songs she sang such as "Youzi Yin", "Childhood" and "Please Come to the End of the World" are all classics that have been sung by ordinary people for many years.
However, she debuted at the peak of her career, but she was very bumpy on the emotional road.
In the interview, Cheng Fangyuan said bluntly: "A lot of my pain comes from love."
In October 1996, Cheng Fangyuan married actor Wang Gang. Many people praise them as "life partners, career friends".
However, unexpectedly, in just 5 years, the most promising couple parted ways. What has Cheng Fangyuan experienced in the past 5 years?
Cheng Fangyuan: The rebel of the times
On June 27, 2023, in the CCTV program "Echo Loud", Cheng Fangyuan said to himself: "I am a rebel of an era."
Looking back at Cheng Fangyuan's experience, she has been on the road of rebellion...
In 1960, Cheng Fangyuan was born in Beijing into a literary and artistic family. His mother was an intellectual, and his father, Cheng Dexin, was a Beijing Film Studio worker.
Under the influence of his parents, Cheng Fangyuan has shown great interest and talent in literature and art since he was a child.
When she was 10 years old, Cheng Fangyuan fell in love with Erhu, and her parents did their best to cultivate her.
Her concentration is so ashamed even that adults are ashamed of themselves. Children of the same age in the courtyard are playing to their heart's content, while Cheng Fangyuan practices erhu in the house by himself.
Day after day, year after year, every seemingly calm day, finally at the age of 17, let Cheng Fangyuan see the meaning of persistence.
In 1977, Cheng Fangyuan was admitted to the Erhu major of the Folk Music Department of the Central Conservatory of Music.
With her excellent professional ability, she was favored by the Central Orchestra as soon as she graduated and became an erhu player.
According to the original trajectory, after decades of study, Cheng Fangyuan will become an erhu performance artist.
However, an accident happened, Cheng Fangyuan gave up the erhu and embarked on the road of singer...
In 1980, Cheng Fangyuan fell in love with pop music. Usually, she imitates Teresa Teng in the Central Orchestra, a habit that makes the group leaders deeply impressed her.
Once Cheng Fangyuan went to Jinan with the group to perform, a singer was temporarily ill and could not perform, at this time the leader of the group remembered Cheng Fangyuan.
"Time is urgent, you go up and try it." Cheng Fangyuan was very excited, although it was the first time to take the stage, but Cheng Fangyuan was not frightened at all.
She regarded the stage as her concert, and her clear voice and flamboyant personality made many audience members applaud.
After one song was sung, there was thunderous applause from the stage, and there was a strong demand for another one. In this way, Cheng Fangyuan sang 8 songs in a row in one night, and he was addicted fiercely.
Her performance was seen by Wang Kun, the head of the Oriental Song and Dance Troupe in the audience, who greatly appreciated Cheng Fangyuan and strongly invited her to come to the Oriental Song and Dance Troupe as a pop singer.
In this way, Cheng Fangyuan went from an erhu player to a pop music singer.
In 1984, Cheng Fangyuan sang "Youzi Yin" and successfully won the "Song Loved by the Masses" Excellence Award.
She also covered Luo Dayou's "Childhood" and won the Top Ten Golden Melody Award. Under the influence of Cheng Fangyuan, the mainland Chinese music scene ushered in pop music.
However, she was successful in her career, but she was very bumpy emotionally.
Failed marriages
Cheng Fangyuan is an amorous person, and when she was in college, she had been in love and breaking up!
What's even more shocking is that Cheng Fangyuan also fell in love with his college teacher.
He is 10 years older than Cheng Fangyuan, but this age gap represents mature charm in Cheng Fangyuan's eyes.
As soon as he graduated from university, Cheng Fangyuan and his teacher entered the palace of marriage, but the life after marriage was not satisfactory!
Cheng Fangyuan insisted on giving up the erhu because he liked pop music. However, her husband did not support her in doing so, because bel canto singing was popular in the music scene at that time.
Therefore, in terms of future choices, Cheng Fangyuan and her husband have frequent conflicts. The husband's non-support became a stumbling block in Cheng Fangyuan's eyes.
As the contradictions between the husband and wife deepened, the marriage of only one year ended in dismal divorce.
After the divorce, Cheng Fangyuan devoted all his thoughts to the career of pop music. She not only appeared on the Spring Festival Gala, but also became the host of CCTV's "Variety Show".
In addition to being very accomplished in pop music, Cheng Fangyuan also likes musicals very much. It was this hobby that Cheng Fangyuan ushered in his second marriage...
In 1995, Cheng Fangyuan, who returned from studying musical theater in the United States, participated in CCTV's program "Zhengda Variety Show", and the host of this program was Wang Gang.
Although Wang Gang is 12 years older than Cheng Fangyuan, Cheng Fangyuan appreciates Wang Gang's talent very much. The most important thing is that Wang Gang likes musicals, and Cheng Fangyuan believes that Wang Gang is a rare confidant.
Wang Gang, like Cheng Fangyuan, is a loser in marriage.
In 1976, Wang Gang was introduced to the army and met Du Xiaojuan, a newspaperman.
After talking about love for a while, Wang Gang and Du Xiaojuan entered the palace of marriage. Soon after marriage, the two also had the crystallization of love - Wang Tingting.
However, the birth of the child did not become a preservative for Wang Gang and Du Xiaojuan's love.
Less than a year after being married, the two of them had frequent conflicts. In the end, the two chose to divorce, and the children were too young, so they were raised by Du Xiaojuan.
The same two injured people, so Cheng Fangyuan and Wang Gang chose to huddle for warmth.
Cheng Fangyuan once said: "Love is a matter of two people", so she and Wang Gang fell in love very low-key, and even married without a wedding.
After marriage, Wang Gang resigned from CCTV and focused on helping Cheng Fangyuan make musicals.
In 1998, the musical "The Sound of Music" came out. Wang Gang and Cheng Fangyuan were loved by the audience, and the media called them "partners in life and best friends in career".
However, to the audience's surprise, what seems to be the perfect love on stage is a chicken feather in real life.
Contradictions in life
Cheng Fangyuan has devoted all her energy to her career, which means that she has no energy to take care of her family in life.
Cheng Fangyuan said frankly that he had not cooked once since he got married. "It's not that I can't cook, it's just that I don't like it."
But Wang Gang has a bit of "machismo", he feels that Cheng Fangyuan should play the role of a good wife when he returns home, taking on the responsibility of cooking and cleaning up the house.
On this issue, Wang Gang was very dissatisfied with Cheng Fangyuan: "When I came back from filming, my home was in a mess, and I couldn't even drink saliva."
In addition to not feeling the warmth of home, Cheng Fangyuan and Wang Gang also have huge differences on the issue of children.
Wang Gang always wanted a son, but Cheng Fangyuan was not prepared for this issue.
She thinks that she does not have the qualities of a qualified mother, and having a child will delay her career, so whenever Wang Gang asks, Cheng Fangyuan is Gu left and right about him.
In desperation, Wang Gang can only put his love on his daughter Wang Tingting (born of Wang Gang and his ex-wife).
Because when Wang Gang and Du Xiaojuan divorced, Wang Tingting was less than a year old. The emotional damage could not be repaired, and Wang Gang tried to make up for it materially.
In 2000, Wang Gang sent Wang Tingting to study abroad, and Wang Gang alone bore the high cost of studying abroad.
However, Wang Gang did not dare to tell his wife Cheng Fangyuan, so he secretly used the family's money, thinking that he would make money from filming and then fill the hole.
But soon his wife Cheng Fangyuan found out, and she had a big fight with Wang Gang.
If Wang Gang told Cheng Fangyuan truthfully, she would not be angry. But this practice of not negotiating anything is a matter of trust for Cheng Fangyuan.
Although quarrels are quarrels, Cheng Fangyuan is still very reasonable: "This money should be used for the sake of the child, but you have to make it clear to me in advance."
Of course, these trivial things are not enough for Cheng Fangyuan to choose to leave! What really made Cheng Fangyuan sad was something else...
Wang Gang had problems with alcoholism when he was young, especially after marrying Cheng Fangyuan, Wang Gang's alcoholism reached its peak.
At first, Cheng Fangyuan tried to understand and accept, but such tolerance was exchanged for Wang Gang's intensification!
Once Wang Gang was drinking with friends outside, it was too late and he was not at ease, so Cheng Fangyuan personally drove to pick up Wang Gang.
After arriving at the place, there were already four or five people on the table, and Wang Gang wanted to continue at this time, but Cheng Fangyuan stopped: "Okay, drink enough, go home."
However, Cheng Fangyuan's kind words and persuasion made Wang Gang feel very faceless. Wang Gang scolded Cheng Fangyuan in front of everyone: "Go back to what home, you can take care of a drink for the elders."
Cheng Fangyuan's eyes were red with grievances on the spot, and he ran out and really wanted to leave, but after calming down at the door for a moment, Cheng Fangyuan still went back to pick up Wang Gang.
In the car, Wang Gang continued to stir his mouth with Cheng Fangyuan with the strength of wine. When the car drove to the Sanyuan Bridge, Wang Gang actually wanted to open the door and jump down.
After several tosses, Cheng Fangyuan finally brought Wang Gang home, but Wang Gang could not go upstairs.
Standing in the compound, Wang Gang shouted: "This is not my home." Attract neighbors, brush their heads and look down.
What's even more excessive is that Wang Gang once drank himself to the hospital regardless of his body...
In 2001, Cheng Fangyuan and Wang Gang performed together in Europe. After getting off the plane, they were warmly received by the local Chinese.
They arranged a lot of wine games, which made Wang Gang happy. Getting carried away, he drank one after another.
In the end, Wang Gang was sent to the Fontainebleau emergency center because of alcohol poisoning caused by excessive drinking.
After an hour of rescue, Wang was just out of danger. Being in a foreign country, Cheng Fangyuan was in a hurry.
Later, Wang Gang mentioned in his autobiography "I am stubborn": "Because of alcoholism, I hurt Cheng Fangyuan again and again."
The triviality of life wears out Cheng Fangyuan's feelings for Wang Gang. In 2001, the two ended their five-year marriage.
epilogue
After the divorce, Wang Gang quickly invested in the next relationship, and in 2008, 60-year-old Wang Gang came to have a son, and his son's obsession was finally achieved.
Wang Gang's son and grandson
However, Cheng Fangyuan chose to be alone! Now 60 years old, Cheng Fangyuan
After experiencing the failure of two marriages, Cheng Fangyuan no longer expects love, but immerses himself in the world of music.