Text/Entertaining Songs
Now when Zheng Jiayu is mentioned, everyone may no longer have any impression.
But if you mention the Qing palace romance drama "Princess Huaiyu" that was popular on both sides of the strait and three places 20 years ago, I believe everyone must be impressed.
And the heroine of this drama "Princess Huaiyu" is played by actor Zheng Jiayu.
When she was the most popular that year, she was once popular all over Asia, and her popularity was not inferior to "Little Swallow".
But just when Zheng Jiayu's acting career continued to rise, she suddenly disappeared from the entertainment industry.
After many years, when she came back again, the entertainment industry had long lost her place.
So, from the popular idol to the starry female artist, what has Zheng Jiayu experienced over the years?
01
In 1971, Zheng Jiayu was born in Taiwan, China, into a traditional extended family, and she also had an older sister above her.
His father was originally a local teacher, and his mother Zhang Mingyu was a literary creator.
Because my mother felt that my father had no future in teaching, my father obeyed my mother's arrangement and went to work in a TV station.
At first, the parents had a good relationship, and the Zheng Jiayu sisters also enjoyed a period of warm affection.
But the big family has always attached importance to heirs, and the mother, who gave birth to two daughters in succession, began to be unpopular in the in-laws' family.
This also laid the groundwork for the rupture of the parental relationship.
Grandma often nags in front of her mother, consciously or unconsciously: "When will I have a boy?" ”
As a mother of literary and artistic youth, she is already sensitive, and when she hears her mother-in-law nag like this, her heart is also very unhappy, and the pressure is increasing.
Plus the traditional conservative grandmother, she also does not want her daughter-in-law to engage in literary and artistic work.
Later, the mother began to quarrel with the father, and the final result of the escalation of the conflict was that the two divorced.
After her parents divorced, Zheng Jiayu and her sister lived with their father.
This is also the beginning of Zheng Jiayu's nightmare.
Compared with her sister's well-behaved and sensible and good homework, Zheng Jiayu looks dwarfed,
In addition, Zheng Jiayu is often active and picky eater during meals, which makes his father, who is already in a bad marriage, thunderous, and reprimand Zheng Jiayu at light, and corporal punishment education.
Zheng Jiayu, who grew up in such a family environment, became more and more sensitive and timid.
But the more nervous Zheng Jiayu is, the more likely he is to make mistakes, and he will immediately invite a severe beating.
Once, Zheng Jiayu's mouth was swollen by her father, and when her mother went to see her, her father also told Zheng Jiayu not to tell her mother the truth.
But Zheng Jiayu, who was wronged, still secretly told his mother.
The mother felt very sorry for her daughter after she found out, and the angry mother had a big fight with her father, and then took the Zheng Jiayu sisters to her side.
After divorcing her father, her mother Zhang Mingyu's career developed better and better, from a literary and artistic young woman who loved literature to a famous screenwriter.
After exporting many scripts for the Taiwanese film and television industry, the seeds of restlessness germinated in her heart.
Soon, she took the Zheng Jiayu sisters to the United States to continue chasing her dream of screenwriting.
However, at first, the mother and daughter did not have a good time in the United States, and could only squeeze into a small apartment.
Fortunately, her talented mother gradually got her career on track, and later served as the president of the Los Angeles Chinese Writers Association in North America.
The lives of the mother and daughter have finally improved.
However, as time passed, her mother began to have conflicts with Zheng Jiayu and her sister.
And the mother is the kind of person who is very controlling and often moody.
Even Zheng Jiayu later participated in an interview and recalled: "My mother may not have grown up herself. ”
Because the conflict with her mother escalated, my sister moved outside alone.
Zheng Jiayu was even more daring and secretly ran back to Taiwan alone.
This year, Zheng Jiayu was only 16 years old, and her inner rebellion made her eager to escape the shackles of her native family.
After coming to Taiwan, Zheng Jiayu immediately rented a house in Taipei, ready to live independently and support himself.
Because of her beautiful appearance, Zheng Jiayu soon became an assistant manager in a song and dance hall.
This dance hall has business dealings with record companies, and people from record companies are also attracted by Zheng Jiayu's temperament and ask her if she is willing to sing or act.
But at that time, Zheng Jiayu was not interested in entering the entertainment industry, so he refused the other party's invitation.
However, a year later, her mother found Zheng Jiayu and forcibly brought her back to the United States.
In 1991, her mother's career encountered a bottleneck, so she returned to Taiwan with Zheng Jiayu.
At this time, Zheng Jiayu began to yearn for the colorful entertainment industry.
02
In 1995, Zheng Jiayu participated in the movie "Wandering Stage" as the second heroine and made her direct debut.
The following year, director Zhu Yanping invited her partner Su Youpeng to star in the movie "White Sun".
With this film, Zheng Jiayu also appeared at the 33rd Taiwan Film Golden Horse Awards ceremony as an award presenter.
But at that time, the overall Taiwanese film market was sluggish, and in desperation, Zheng Jiayu turned to the television industry to develop.
Zheng Jiayu was lucky enough, because in her excellent performance in her first TV series, she was appreciated by Taiwanese producer Xu Ligong and recommended her to star in "Four Thousand Gold", and played on the same stage with Jia Jingwen, Gui Yalei, Yue Ling and so on.
Who is Xu Ligong?
He was a mainstay in Taiwan's entertainment industry at that time, and big directors such as Ang Lee, Chen Guofu, Zhang Aijia and others were helped by him.
The well-known masterpieces such as "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and "Painted Skin" have his figure behind the scenes.
Xu Ligong was discerning, and Zheng Jiayu's performance did not disappoint him.
Because of his good acting skills in "Shi Gongqi Case" and "The Legend of the Land Gong", Zheng Jiayu's popularity has opened step by step.
Subsequently, Zheng Jiayu waited for the most important opportunity in life.
In 1999, "Huan Zhu Gege" was popular all over Asia, and Taiwan China TV took advantage of the popularity of Qing Palace dramas to prepare for the filming of "Princess Huaiyu" with the same theme.
At first, the producer was ready to invite Xu Huaiyu to star, but at that time, Hua Dan Zhang Yujian jumped ship, in order to compete with Youtai, the senior management of China TV decided to praise Zheng Jiayu, because she and Zhang Yujie are very similar in temperament and appearance.
Left: Zhang Yujian Right: Zheng Jiayu
In addition, after several plays, Zheng Jiayu's audience popularity is also very good.
In this way, Zheng Jiayu was selected by the senior management of China TV as the heroine of "Princess Huaiyu".
Perhaps because Zheng Jiayu's rise was too fast and jealous, so that during the filming process, the entire crew, from the producer to the actors, was squeezing and isolating her.
It was even rumored that the reason why Zheng Jiayu could get the role was because she had an unsavory relationship with the TV station's high-level.
Fortunately, Hong Kong actor Sun Yaowei, who played "The Emperor" in the play, gave her encouragement and care, and chose to believe her.
The two warmed and supported each other, and the relationship quickly warmed up, and soon established a romantic relationship.
However, the relationship did not last long.
In 2001, Sun Yaowei suddenly unilaterally proposed to break up in Hong Kong and vigorously denied the relationship.
At this time, "Princess Huaiyu" was being broadcast on major TV stations, and she and Sun Yaowei were frantically sprinkling sugar on the screen, but the reality was that Sun Yaowei was determined to leave.
Zheng Jiayu did not dare to watch the TV series at all, and when he saw it, he touched the scene and cried.
She never figured out why Sun Yaowei would deny the fact of falling in love, and at the same time felt ridiculous and regretted falling in love with such an irresponsible man.
After falling out of love, Zheng Jiayu almost suffered from depression and his mood fell to the bottom.
However, she suffered emotional injuries and did not give up her acting career because of this.
At that time, she was popular, and she could only heal her emotional wounds through filming.
03
With "Princess Huaiyu", Zheng Jiayu suddenly opened up her popularity and was quite popular in both sides of the strait.
At that time, the mainland entertainment industry was in full swing, and many Hong Kong and Taiwan artists went north to try to get a piece of the pie, and Cheng Jiayu was also one of them.
Because of her popularity, Zheng Jiayu is very favored by mainland directors and has extended olive branches to her.
In 2001, Zheng Jiayu partnered Zhong Hanliang, Lin Zhiying and Chen Hong in "Wind and Dust Dance Butterfly", and being able to cooperate with the most popular idol artist just shows her high coffee position.
Immediately after that, as the female number one, her partner starred in "God of Food" with Hong Kong veteran drama bone Cheng Zeshi,
Partner Huang Xiaoming starred in "Merry Boy Tang Bohu".
The popularity of the three dramas established her status as a "goddess in costume", allowing her to quickly have a name in internal entertainment.
At the same time, Zheng Jiayu did not give up Taiwan's local market, starring in "No. 8 Pawnshop" as soon as it was broadcast, it exploded in ratings, and later introduced into the mainland, triggering a ratings frenzy again.
Immediately afterwards, Zheng Jiayu returned to the mainland again, partnering Liu Ye, He Rundong, Zhang Tielin and other first-line lineups starring in "The Legend of Jing Ke", which was also put on CCTV premiere.
In those years, Zheng Jiayu's development was like a bamboo, because the audience was very good, so it was regarded as a blessing star by the producer.
There are many popular people, and she has been educated in the United States since she was a child, and she has always been straightforward and quick to speak, which also provides material for the media to hype the news.
In 2004, Zheng Jiayu said in an interview with reporters: "I don't put "little swallow" in my eyes at all, her success is all due to luck. ”
When the report came out, Zheng Jiayu was criticized and accused of being too arrogant and unsightly.
Zheng Jiayu lost a lot of audience popularity because of this.
In fact, this is not the first time Zheng Jiayu has made bold remarks.
When she was interviewed by Taiwanese celebrity Zhang Xiaoyan in 2002, she was so blunt that her mother Zhang Mingyu was married five times.
At that time, her mother Zhang Mingyu was in the development of a relationship with a foreign Chinese.
Because she was worried that her boyfriend would mind, her mother hid her previous relationship history.
Unexpectedly, his privacy was exposed to thousands of viewers by his own daughter.
The mother was very angry, so she broke off contact with Zheng Jiayu for several years.
However, the controversy from the outside world did not affect Zheng Jiayu's star path.
In 2005, Zheng Jiayu took advantage of the resources of the Beijing circle and shared the stage with senior celebrities such as Zhang Guoli and Wang Gang.
It stands to reason that at such a popular rate, Zheng Jiayu can go to another level and become a movie coffee.
At that time, the film market was warming up, and Zhang Guoli not only cooperated closely with the entertainment industry giant Huayi Brothers at that time, but also had a strong relationship with famous directors in Beijing such as Feng Xiaogang.
If there is Zhang Guoli's recommendation, I believe that Zheng Jiayu's development will not be too bad after that.
However, an accident changed the trajectory of Zheng Jiayu's life.
In 2007, Zheng Jiayu accidentally burned his leg during a skin beauty treatment, and had no choice but to withdraw from the circle to rest.
This year, Zheng Jiayu is 36 years old, which is also the most embarrassing age for actresses.
Zheng Jiayu actually loves acting, she has tried to transform, but her scripts are basically young girl characters.
In those two years, Zheng Jiayu pushed off a lot of scripts, just to wait for the role that suited him.
But the ever-changing entertainment industry has never waited for anyone.
In 2011, "The Legend of Zhen Huan" hit the screen, with a solid plot, exquisite service, and the acting skills of all the actors online, which firmly captured the audience's attention.
Zheng Jiayu not only became a loyal audience of this drama, but also inspired the motivation to continue acting.
But by the time she came back and wanted to film, the entertainment industry had long lost her place.
Even when the script is received, most of them are cameo characters.
In 2016, the sister story "The Legend of Ruyi" of "The Legend of Zhen Huan" began filming.
Zheng Jiayu, who was eager to try, also went to participate in the casting, but the competition was too fierce to be selected.
Now 52-year-old Zheng Jiayu is still single and no longer has expectations for feelings.
Judging from the social dynamics she posted, there are also traces of time on her face.
Hurt by feelings, career setbacks, mother also died many years ago, beauty is late...
It's just that no matter how unfair fate treats her, she still loves life and lives with her heart.
Perhaps, choosing to let go and enjoy the present moment is the true meaning of life.
This article is original by Yuren Shengge, welcome to pay attention and take you to long knowledge together!
The picture comes from the Internet, and the infringement must be deleted!