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Once, Zhang Yimou in the film industry has repeatedly won various awards for his outstanding talent. However, while his prestige was won at home and abroad, it was accompanied by a series of scandals and controversies. His love life has always been in the spotlight, and there are often rumors of entanglements with actresses.
From the cheating incident in the early years, to the abandonment of his wife and daughter, to the later letting Chen Ting give birth to three children but being reluctant to give them legal status, Zhang Yimou's love life has been full of twists and turns. These things made his love life extremely tortuous, which eventually led to the parting of ways with Chen Ting. Chen Ting even moved out of her original place of residence with her children and transferred her family property elsewhere.
The profession of director is relatively special, because the nature of the work makes directors often have close contact with top actresses, and many directors are involved in scandals with actresses. Zhang Yimou is no exception, since he entered the directorial industry and until his marriage to Chen Ting, his love life has been full of rumors and gossip, which has undoubtedly brought great trouble to Chen Ting.
Perhaps because they couldn't stand the turmoil of the scandal, some netizens broke the news that Chen Ting had divorced Zhang Yimou. And the "Zhang Yimou's wife" authentication information on Chen Ting's Weibo account has also disappeared, which also makes the outside world speculate more about their relationship status. In addition, the news that their villa in Wuxi was sold for 30 million also spread online. Some people even claimed that Chen Ting had planned to move overseas with her children, and that Chen Ting's children had already lived in the United States for a long time, which led to speculation about whether she had long planned to move overseas.
Many people speculate that the combination of the old couple and the young wife may have long lost the spark of emotion. Some people believe that Chen Ting has gained rich wealth and status since marrying Zhang Yimou, and it is also a wise choice to pursue personal happiness after divorce. After all, Zhang Yimou abandoned his original wife and daughter in order to be with Gong Li, and this past is still vivid for many people. Later, although he and Gong Li have been in love for 8 years, they are reluctant to officially get married, and Gong Li even begged hard to get married, but was coldly rejected by Zhang Yimou. Subsequently, Gong Li left, and Chen Ting gave birth to three children for Zhang Yi, but paid a huge price.
Chen Ting's marriage was not rich at first. In 1981, she was born in an ordinary family in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, and her parents were laid-off workers. However, she has the typical characteristics of a Gangnam girl, dignified and generous. She has loved dancing since she was a child and has received professional training. Her dancing talent has shaped her excellent figure and temperament, which deeply attracted Zhang Yimou in the future.
In addition to her daily dance training, she often dances at the Children's Palace in Wuxi, and her excellent dance skills are highly praised by teachers. Her dancing talent has also played an important role in her career. In 1999, she was selected by the Coal Mine Art Troupe to become an official dancer, and later became one of the important actors in the troupe, showing her potential. Despite accumulating some experience in the field of acting, her dream is to enter the Beijing Film Academy. With her luggage, she stepped on the train to Beijing and chased her dream of being an actress. In the entrance exam of Beijing Film Academy, she successfully obtained the admission qualification, and she is one step closer to realizing her dream.
After entering college, she continued to look for resources, and although she only played some small roles, she accumulated some experience. The most important of these was that she had the opportunity to come into contact with Zhang Yimou. She and Zhang Yimou met during a casting. At that time, Zhang Yimou was already a high-profile director, and she was full of reverence for him as a young actor. In 1999, the movie "No One is Missing" began to prepare, when she was still in college, she saw the casting announcement, and with the dream of becoming a "Mou Girl", she submitted an interview application. Although she didn't get a movie role in the end, she managed to get the position of Zhang Yimou's lover. Zhang Yimou may not have taken a fancy to her acting skills, but he was attracted to her people. At this time, her parents and friends tried to dissuade her, but she resolutely chose to be with Zhang Yimou. Her admiration made her obey everything about Zhang Yimou, and even gave up her career and dream of being an actor. Zhang Yimou has shown a strong side in their relationship, while Chen Ting has always played a passive role. During this period, they secretly gave birth to three children, the first son was born in 2001 and the youngest daughter was born in 2006. Due to the implementation of the family planning policy at that time, in order not to attract the attention of the media, Zhang Yimou and Chen Ting did not receive a marriage certificate, and the three children did not have an official household registration. Zhang Yimou insisted on his style and did not give Chen Ting a legal identity, which was not much different from his attitude towards Gong Li at the beginning. However, unlike the resolute Gong Li, Chen Ting chose to bear it silently, and even in order to protect her husband, she gave up her career and no longer pursued her dream of being an actress. In order to protect her husband, she became very low-key, sometimes even having to hide in Tibet to ensure that the media would not find out about the existence of her three children. The two managed to keep this secret for a long time, until the children were old enough to go to kindergarten and began to face problems with going to school. To avoid attracting attention, they had to borrow their three children to a kindergarten in Chen Ting's hometown of Wuxi. In order to cover up the public, the tuition fees even had to be paid in the name of "sponsorship fees", and everything had to be done in secret. It wasn't until 2011 that Chen Ting and Zhang Yimou finally obtained legal status and received a marriage certificate at the Civil Affairs Bureau in a low-key manner. However, just a year later, their secret was finally revealed. In March 2012, an actor broke the news that they were married with his real name and reported their superbirth, which attracted public attention. Subsequently, Southern Entertainment Weekly interviewed Chen Ting and his wife, and the problem of superbirth can no longer be conservative, and they have to admit it publicly. In November of the same year, the city of Wuxi asked the two to go to the relevant departments for investigation, and they had to go to cooperate with the investigation, acting in a low-key and cautious manner. In the second month of the investigation, Chen Ting and his wife took the opportunity of an interview with Xinhua News Agency to apologize to the public and paid a fine of nearly 7.5 million yuan in February of the following year. Chen Ting's three children were only granted hukou nearly 10 years after they were exposed. During the period of concealing the superbirth incident, Chen Ting had to give up a lot, including letting her three children live a life of hiding in Tibet, which was undoubtedly a harm. However, due to the exposure of his children, especially the eldest son, he has attracted special public attention. The media kept hyping rumors that the eldest son was Gong Li's illegitimate son, claiming that the child was similar to Gong Li, and repeatedly examined the photos of the eldest son, trying to find evidence of the relationship between mother and son. Some media outlets even fabricated stories about Chen Ting raising children for her husband's ex. In the case of these rumors, the most hurt are undoubtedly the child and Chen Ting. Chen Ting gave up her studies and career for her husband, but she had to bear such a result. The uncertainty of her three children's childhoods undoubtedly left her heartbroken, as she had always cared deeply about her children.
Chen Ting has always been concentrating on her husband and children, and has established a good relationship between the children. She often shares photos of her children's lives on social media, showing her warmth as a mother. Her eldest son has had the dream of directing since he was a child, and has been influenced by the literary and artistic family environment. After graduating in 2019, he has been working hard to explore the path of directing, and Chen Ting has always been behind him. At his graduation ceremony, Chen Ting brought the whole family to attend and cheer him on. In December 2021, the eldest son successfully launched his own micro-film and took a step