Chen Baoguo was born in Beijing in the 1950s into a poor family of ordinary workers, and his parents did manual labor to support the family of three.
Since he was a child, he has lived a life of worry-free food and clothing, but he can't afford any luxuries, and reading and writing is already a luxury for Chen Baoguo. After graduating from high school, he had to put down his studies and entered a local hardware factory, where he began to work mechanically repetitively at the grassroots level.
For Chen Baoguo, a teenager, he sat in front of the workbench all day to operate the machine to make screws, staring at the gray ceiling of the workshop in a daze, and his heart was full of confusion about the future.
Occasionally, he fantasizes that he will one day become an intellectual and have a decent job. Until one day, a news came that the Central Academy of Drama was going to recruit newcomers from the society, and Chen Baoguo seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw.
He immediately signed up for the Chinese opera exam, and because he didn't have any professional training, he seemed at a loss in the performance exam. But his appearance and temperament made the eyes of the examiners present shine.
The mentor Liang Bolong called him to talk alone, and seeing that he was sincere and humble, he decided to give this young man from the grassroots a chance. As a result, Chen Baoguo got his wish and became a student of the Chinese Opera Performance Department.
After entering the school, he found that most of his classmates had some family background, and their parents were well-known scholars or high-ranking officials. This made him feel inferior and felt like an outsider.
But he didn't give up, relying on diligence and careful guidance from his mentor, he finally kept up with his studies and gradually integrated into the collective. During this period, the appearance of a girl changed the trajectory of Chen Baoguo's life.
Soon after Chen Baoguo entered the Chinese opera, when he participated in the rehearsal of the drama "Before the Thunderstorm", he met this girl for the first time that he will never forget. Her name is Zhao Kui'e, a girl from Shandong, who stepped into Chen Baoguo's eyes with a youthful and energetic smile.
Zhao Kui'e has a cheerful and generous personality, and soon becomes very active in the group. Her talking eyes made Chen Baoguo often can't help but look twice. The two were arranged by the teacher to perform in the same group, and they needed to get familiar with each other's styles within a limited time and gradually develop a tacit understanding, so they often got together in private to discuss and rehearse.
One day during rehearsal, Zhao Kui'e accidentally dropped the braid of her hair. Without saying a word, she picked up the scissors and cut off the pair of beautiful long braids, and everyone was stunned.
But Chen Bao's heart was turbulent, and he realized that he already had an unusual feeling for this girl. So he mustered up the courage to take the initiative to confess to Zhao Kui'e, but fortunately his heart was answered.
According to the school's regulations, students who fall in love will be punished. For this reason, the two of them can only secretly fall in love with each other. Every day in his spare time, he hides in a no-man's corner and quietly holds hands and exchanges his thoughts.
Chen Baoguo often went to the bench outside the library to wait for Zhao Kui'e to get out of school, and the two sat side by side until dark.
Four years passed in a flash, and the graduation of Chinese opera was imminent, Chen Baoguo was selected by the Children's Theater to become an actor, while Zhao Kuie stayed in school for graduate studies. When they parted, both of them had red eyes, and Chen Baoguo vowed to marry her on the day of a successful career.
Since then, the two have maintained a correspondence, and they know better than anyone that the beautiful parting of their student days will not be the end of their love.
After graduating from university, Chen Baoguo signed a contract to become an actor at the China Children's Art Theater. For a young man who has just entered the society, Chen Baoguo is proud to be able to officially become a professional actor.
He imagined that when he performed on stage in the future, Zhao Kui'e would sit in the audience and watch him intently.
However, the start of his career did not go as smoothly as he imagined. The first work was a children's drama, and the attendance and response were very average, and it did not make any waves in the industry.
The second work is a main theme movie, which is also silent and does not bring much exposure to Chen Baoguo.
At first, he was also actively looking for a home and putting his resume around. After hitting a wall several times, Chen Baoguo gradually realized the difficulty of gaining a foothold in this circle. At this time, Zhao Kuie, who had graduated from Chinese opera for three years, had already obtained a master's degree and a good position in a theater in Beijing.
The two got together less and left more, coupled with the setbacks in their careers, Chen Baoguo's heart was full of confusion.
Until one day, director Wang Fulin fell in love with his appearance conditions, and selected Chen Baoguo as the leading actor in the new drama "Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue and Purple" among many artists.
This urban youth drama received a huge response as soon as it was broadcast, and Chen Baoguo became famous in one fell swoop, successfully defeating Qunfang to win the Best Actor Award in TV Drama that year.
His career improved, and Chen Baoguo proposed to Zhao Kuie, who had been in love for many years, for the first time. The two finally ended their long-term separation and began to live together.
A year later, his son Chen Yuemo was born, and this hard-won happiness made Chen Baoguo work harder on the road of acting, calm and pragmatic.
The success of "Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Purple" made Chen Baoguo a popular student in one fell swoop. But he did not indulge in the joy of becoming famous, but chose to further transform at the first time, taking over a villain role in the film noir "God Whip".
In order to perform it perfectly, he found a button in the crew and put it in his eye, causing permanent damage. After the release of this work, the response was mediocre, which made Chen Baoguo fall into a trough again.
Immediately afterwards, he starred in the business war movie "Old Shop", playing the founder of Quanjude. In order to get into the role, he learned many details Xi of roast duck skills from the master in the store.
This work has received good reviews, and it also makes Chen Baoguo full of confidence in his acting skills. Soon, he successfully played a heroic national hero in an anti-Japanese film, and this time he finally won the Best Actor Award at the Film Festival.
When his career was in full swing, he collaborated with Zhao Kuie in an urban emotional drama. The relationship between the two characters was full of ups and downs, and after a fierce quarrel, they eventually went to divorce. Some media speculated that there was also a rift in the real life of the two, and Chen Baoguo had to take a group photo with his family in front of the camera to clarify these false remarks with practical actions.
In the following years, Chen Baoguo successively released a number of high-quality works. Especially the "Soul Girl" co-starred with Siqin Gaowa, which helped him win another international film festival actor trophy.
The relationship between the two did not really begin until many years later when they formed a golden boy and girl group. And Chen Baoguo's acting skills at this time have already reached the point of perfection.
When his career was in full swing, Chen Baoguo ushered in his life's masterpiece - the family legendary drama "Mansion Gate". This can be described as a dream combination in the film and television drama circle of that year, with many powerful actors gathered together, and its production scale was unprecedented.
The director is the most famous literary film creator in the mainland, and under his careful guidance, Chen Baoguo has worked his way from a young man in his early 20s to a white-haired family leader.
The plot of the whole drama is full of ups and downs, and the struggle for family power is fierce and cruel. In order to interpret the role to the extreme, Chen Baoguo devoted himself wholeheartedly, maintained a tacit understanding with the other actors in the crew, and often insisted on filming all night.
In such a high-intensity working environment, even during a short intermission, Chen Baoguo will repeatedly figure out the inner emotions of the characters.
At the same time, Chen Baoguo's father was admitted to the hospital due to illness. Zhao Kuie put down her career and took care of her father-in-law's daily life. She waited in the hospital during the day, and rushed home at night to take care of housework and Chen Baoguo's daily life.
During this time, she lost a lot of weight, but never complained to her husband, just to let him concentrate on filming.
After the broadcast of this work, the response was unprecedented, and the ratings and evaluations were both bumper. It has not only become a classic in the history of Chinese television, but also established Chen Baoguo's highest position in the film and television industry.
At the award ceremony, he emotionally said "I love you" to his wife, who has supported him for many years. Chen Baoguo used his life to practice "both virtue and art" and became a model for future generations in the acting industry.
After "Mansion Gate", Chen Baoguo has become a senior figure in the film and television industry. But he did not rest on his laurels, but continued to produce two or three films and television series a year.
Especially in the period drama "Old Tavern" co-starred with his old partner Ning Jing in 2018, Chen Baoguo once again conquered all the judges with his steady and thick acting skills, and won the "Magnolia Award" actor that year.
So far, he has basically won all the heavyweight actor awards in film and television awards.
Chen Baoguo, who is now in his prime, has become the most admired "evergreen" in the film and television industry. He has used his acting career of more than 40 years to show the audience and his peers what it means to be fully engaged from outside the play to the play.
What's even more admirable is that he never had any negative press at the peak of his career. and his wife Zhao Kuie grow old together, which can be called a model couple in the entertainment industry.
The two once fought side by side on the road of acting, and later one chose to return to the family to teach her husband and children to support her husband's successful career. Chen Baoguo's gratitude to his wife Zhao Kui'e is beyond words.
He often said that without Zhao Kuie's care and care day and night, he would not have been able to achieve what he is today. At several award ceremonies, Chen Baoguo will openly express his intimate love words to his beloved wife who has been with him for many years.
It is with such solid family support that Chen Baoguo can go all out without worries and push the realm of acting skills to a new height one after another. With his life practicing the concept of "acting first, self-cultivation and virtue", he has successfully established the most worthy Xi model in the entertainment industry.