National first-class actor Wei Zongwan: was kicked out of his home for acting, married the daughter of a landlord who was 6 years older, and still lives in a rental house at the age of 85

Author: Daylight (Rich Book Author)

When it comes to the name Wei Zongwan, I believe many people are unfamiliar.

But once you see his appearance, the vivid characters he played back then will automatically come to your mind.

He is Gao Liang in "Water Margin", Sima Yi in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", a veteran oil son in "Sanmao Conscription", and Wei Biao, the bandit leader in "Xiangxi Bandits"...

As a national first-class actor, he has played supporting roles all his life, most of them are still clowns.

Even so, with his superb acting skills, he asked the director to kneel and ask him to act, and Chen Kexin changed his role three times. In the early years, the saying that "Southern Wei (Zongwan) and Northern Zhao (Benshan)" made him suppress Zhao Benshan.

The first half of his life had no drama to act and was homeless, and in the second half of his life, he had a happy family. Throughout his life, it can be described as a model of ups and downs and late bloomers.

Since childhood, he loves drama and is not afraid of setbacks

In 1938, Wei Zongwan was born in a well-off family in Shanghai, where he was taught strictly from an early age, and his mother was a traditional lady.

However, Wei Zongwan has been obsessed with opera since he was a child, and he sneaks into the theater garden to listen to plays whenever he has time. At the age of 9, he was able to sing solo on stage and win full acclaim.

But in those days, people engaged in the opera industry often had a low status. Therefore, in the eyes of the family, it is a very humiliating thing to sing on stage, which also makes the old man angry, and often teaches his "uncompetitive" son.

Later, with the family in the middle, in order to prevent his son from "going astray", his parents dumped Wei Zongwan, who graduated from junior high school, two choices: continue to study knowledge or work as a factory worker, otherwise he would leave the family.

Under the coercion of his parents, Wei Zongwan finally gave up opera and chose to work as a fitter at the Shanghai Steam Turbine Factory.

Although he is a worker, he works hard in the workshop every day, repeating the boring "assembly line" work. But Wei Zongwan's love for acting has never faded, and he has occasionally been addicted to drama in the drama club of the factory.

Until one day, Wei Zongwan was wandering outside, and accidentally saw the poster of the enrollment of the Shanghai Theater Academy, and suddenly felt that the sky was not thin, and took action resolutely.

Sign up, buy materials, review... Wei Zongwan rekindled his hopes for the future and actively prepared for the exam while working.

After the master who took him found out, he once scoffed: "If you can be admitted to the drama school like this, the people of the whole country can become actors." ”

Wei Zongwan was a little sad, but his heart for the entrance examination did not waver in the slightest, but he worked harder to prepare for the exam more silently. I work during the day, make up for my homework at night, and often learn in the early morning.

But after all, it is self-taught, and everything depends on groping. Therefore, he failed to apply for the exam twice in a row. Ordinary people face successive setbacks, most of them choose to give up.

But Wei Zongwan did not, and the third time, he still insisted on applying.

Finally, the effort paid off. In 1959, Wei Zongwan was admitted to the theater of his dreams.

I thought that what awaited him would be a bright and smooth road, but what followed was the strong opposition of his family and a twenty-year long career.

When he wanted to share the joy of going ashore with his family, he found that his room was full of debris and his luggage had been thrown aside.

Traditional parents can't understand why their sons give up stable and decent jobs and insist on doing a "play". In the name of marriage, his brother even threw Wei Zongwan out of the house.

In his career, because of his ordinary appearance and unspeakable personality, he was increasingly marginalized, and he could only pick some faceless roles to barely make ends meet, commonly known as running tricks.

That's more than 20 years of running.

More than half a hundred years old, debuted on the screen

Although Wei Zongwan has played almost all small roles in the past twenty years, he still poured all his heart and passion into it and took it meticulously and seriously.

In 1982, several young film creators from Guangxi Film Studio, Zhang Junzhao and Zhang Yimou, formed a young film crew and adapted Guo Xiaochuan's long poem "One and Eight".

In order to get close to the original, when choosing actors, they look around for people with characteristics in their images, preferably with some "crooked dates".

In this way, Wei Zongwan successfully entered the director's sight.

The following year, he successfully participated in his first movie, playing the role of Lao Wantou, which caused a strong response in the industry.

People say that he "wins with monsters", however, without solid acting skills as a foundation, this role will definitely not be so brilliant.

In this movie, Wei Zongwan's expression matches the character image, creating a wonderful tension.

It is often said that ten years to sharpen a sword, and Wei Zongwan can be said to have sharpened this sword in 20 years.

After his acting skills were recognized, Wei Zongwan ushered in a career explosion and successively participated in movies and TV series such as "Sanmao Conscription", "Xiangxi Bandits" and "Romance of the Three Kingdoms".

At that time, the evaluation of him by people in the circle was: as long as he is willing to act, there is no bad acting.

Later, when director Zhang Jianya wanted to prepare for the filming of "Sanmao's Military Record", he wanted to ask Wei Zongwan to play a very important veteran oil son around Sanmao.

After being refused, he even plopped down on one knee in front of Wei Zongwan, and finally Wei Zongwan had to agree to him. With this role, Wei Zongwan also won the Best Supporting Actor Award at the 13th Chinese Film Golden Rooster Awards.

Wei Zongwan became popular, and the advertiser naturally took the initiative to find it. But at this time, Wei Zongwan was stubborn and refused all advertising cooperation.

In his words:

"The money you can earn by showing your face feels unsteady."

"I have a preparation, a national first-class actor, more than 4,000 yuan a month, just enough to live."

It seems to be clear, but it is actually sober.

In the eyes of everyone, receiving advertisements is indeed a quick way to get money. But for Wei Zongwan, as an actor, he just wants to polish every role with his heart, and doesn't care about more money or less. 

Every time he received a new play, even if the character was just a small trick, Wei Zongwan would flip through a large number of reference books and even write a thick version of character notes.

Even if he became a popular celebrity, Wei Zongwan did not disappoint the audience when performing, and the drama crew asked for six o'clock, but he still went to the scene at three or four o'clock to brew emotions as in the past.

When performing the drama "Garland Under the Mountain", he played Jin Kailai. One day the fever reached 39 degrees, and his wife asked him to call the director to find an actor to top it, but he said that "saving the scene is like fighting a fire" After a hasty sleep in the afternoon, he hurried to the theater to prepare.

In 1987, Wei Zongwan performed a play for two hours and ten minutes by himself, and completed the famous Australian drama "Thinking of Entering the Wrong".

In order to perform this drama well, Wei Zongwan used the "eighteen martial arts", used the psychological skills of drama performance, and absorbed the means of expression of Beijing opera and rap art. In his fifties, he shouted and shouted, rolled and climbed in the play, and poured beer directly on his head for the performance effect.

Sure enough, the show was a huge success.

Many viewers mentioned afterwards that even if they walked out of the theater, the role played by Wei Zongwan "Munch" still haunted them for a long time.

In 1989, Wei Zongwan was named a national first-class actor, and in the same year, he won the first prize of the National Sketch Competition with his sketch "Single Bathroom".

Formal dramas, comedies, martial arts dramas, Wei Zongwan has dabbled in, whether it is an imperial general or a peddler's pawn, Wei Zongwan's role has a special flavor.

One person has a thousand faces, it can be said that this is the case.

Today, Wei Zongwan is 85 years old and is occasionally active on the screen. Like "Heartless Mage 2" and "Love Apartment 5" can see Wei Zongwan's figure.

"I am a people's actor, as long as the audience wants to watch, as long as I can move, I will continue to act!"

Meet the end and tie the knot

It is worth mentioning that during the time when Wei Zongwan was unwilling, although he was sad in his heart, he was very happy as soon as it was time to leave work.

Not because he can be lazy, but he can talk freely with the landlord's daughter Zhou Weiming about his filming experience.

At that time, Zhou Weiming divorced her ex-husband due to emotional discord, and her daughter lived with her. And Wei Zongwan's optimistic attitude and calm personality gradually opened Zhou Weiming's heart.

Soon, the two fell in love.

But at that time, Wei Zongwan's career did not improve, he was poor and white, and Zhou Weiming was divorced with a daughter.

Their union was not favored at the time and was often "talked about". However, the two still overcame all difficulties and walked together resolutely.

In 1970, they got married. This year, the man was 32 years old and the woman was 38 years old, and Wei Zongwan married the landlord's daughter who was 6 years older than him.

After marriage, his wife Zhou Weiming watched every drama, movie, and TV he participated in, felt sorry for the hard work behind his wonderful performances on stage, and supported his obsession with acting.

Wei Zongwan took careful care of Zhou Weiming and treated his stepdaughter as his own, even if two years later, Wei Zongwan's biological daughter was born, and he treated both children equally.

Every time he came home, he would tell jokes to Zhou Weiming's mother and daughter, making them laugh.

Wei Zongwan is thrifty, his clothes are washed white and he is reluctant to change, a pair of leather shoes are still worn after twelve times, and the food is even more casual, the pickles and white porridge are extremely sweet, but the treatment of his wife and daughter is generous and meticulous.

When he was financially strained, he took out almost all of his savings to sponsor his grandson to study abroad. And said: As long as I am still in the day, I can't be poor in education.

As the salary rose, Wei Zong never spent a penny indiscriminately, but spent all the money on his wife and daughter. In addition to daily expenses, Wei Zongwan bought several properties, all in the names of his wife and daughter.

His wife felt that this was not good, and asked Wei Zongwan to keep some for himself. But Wei Zongwan quipped:

"I was your tenant at the beginning, and now I am still your tenant, if I can I hope to be your tenant for the rest of my life, preferably in the next life."

After the eldest daughter gave birth, even if there was no shortage of food and clothing in the in-laws' family, Wei Zongwan still stayed up for several nights to dub foreign films, and with the remuneration he received, he happily bought a fashionable stroller to give to his grandson.

The diaper of his youngest daughter when she was a child was also washed by the faucet while reciting the lines. Because the youngest daughter's zodiac sign belongs to a dog, even if she likes to use dog meat to entertain guests, he will strictly refuse in the face of a warm invitation.

Zhou Weiming gave Wei Zongwan a home, and Wei Zongwan gave Zhou Weiming a lifetime of love.

Off the screen, Wei Zongwan and his wife have been married for 53 years, and when they talk about each other, they still have sweet smiles on their faces.

He describes his life this way:

"The first half of my artistic life was black, and then it was red, and the black was mixed with red and purple, so the outside world reported that it was red and purple. I always look at the globe like a bystander, and in the black I can see many scenes that I cannot see after dawn, and my thinking is more ordinary and calm, and I can reflect on myself. ”

"Of course, my family life now is blue, comfortable and comfortable."

Today, Wei Zongwan still lives with his wife in an old-fashioned community without elevators in a former rental house, Putuo District, living a dull life full of coarse tea and light rice.

When someone asked him why he still lived in a rental house, he replied lightly:

"Home is not about size, it's about being warm."

Under the lens of netizens, this old man wearing a cap, pushing a small cart, will move slowly, tremble and pay for cash, telling passers-by that "this is a meal packed for his wife."

Simple and peaceful as our own grandfather.

Do what you need to do, take what you need to take. He spent his whole life doing it.

In an interview, he was asked where 100 points of life are.

Here's how he replied:

"In a life of 100 points, talent, opportunity, and effort each account for one-third, and one is indispensable."

People who do not waste talent, do not miss opportunities, and have been working hard always have their own 100 points of life.

In Wei Zongwan's not smooth life, he resisted the pressure of life and resolutely chose his love, taking acting to the extreme, and loving his wife to the extreme.

In this noisy era, he thinks silently and lives seriously. No matter what the day is, always follow your heart and do what you want.

As a father, he is loving, treats all equally, and never discriminates; As a husband, he always remembers his wife's dedication and pampers her with his life; For himself, he did not change his original intention, was not moved by the outside world, and firmly pursued his dreams.

From him, you can see the wind bone, and the eldest husband should also be like this.

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