He leaned back in a lazy chair in the courtyard with a cup of freshly ground coffee in front of him, in a ceramic cup, which he had specially selected from the cupboard, with a layer of gold trim on the mouth and handle. At the same time, he grew a beard and changed into a plain shirt.
This man is sandwiched between his mother-in-law and daughter-in-law in a domestic family drama, and falls into a situation of trivial distractions, either scumbags, or roughness, or fast tongue, or selfishness. However, it is unimaginable that in life, he turned out to be such a romantic and capitalized man.
Tu Songyan said calmly that for actors, life is the best nourishment.
As an actor, he doesn't have any ambitions, he is not bothered by utilitarianism, he lives a relaxed life. Although he looks mature and steady on the outside, he actually hides an innocent and naughty big boy inside.
Tu Songyan adhered to his own rhythm and worked silently on the art path for 20 years. He has never made up his own image, nor has he participated in hype, focusing on acting and living his life as it is. This makes him an admirable and excellent actor.
The growth in my memory reminds me of a story about "Beijing Master".
Tu Songyan was born in 1974 in Beijing to a dual-income family. His father was an engineer and his mother was a dancer in the Wuhan Military Region Art Troupe. His parents met and fell in love in Wuhan, and moved to Beijing after getting married.
After his father arrived in Beijing, he was transferred to the Ministry of Communications to overhaul ships, while his mother joined the Dongcheng District Children's Palace and became a dance teacher. Despite their different personalities, they have established a good relationship, and this has also had a positive impact on Tu Songyan's marriage.
Parents have never been soft on their son materially, but due to their busy work, neither of them has time to spend with their children. When he was young, Tu Songyan was often trapped at home alone, or sent to live with his grandfather by his parents.
I remember that the keychain around my neck always jingled. He went to and from school alone with a monthly pass, and sometimes took a stop, but fortunately he was able to visit Dongcheng District by the way. After many such situations, he felt depressed and always wanted to leave the city of Beijing.
Once, he happily invited a few children to his house to play. As they rode home, he suddenly realized that he had forgotten his keys. So, in order to be able to play with everyone, he bravely stepped over the 10-story building, climbed into his house from the balcony of the house next door, and opened the door. In this way, everyone can continue to have fun.
He befriended people in a clumsy way, but his slow personality still prevented him from fully integrating into the group. Gradually, he also adapted to this solitude and entertained himself when he was bored by listening to music and playing with model airplanes. From time to time, he would turn up the stereo too loud and even listen to the tape.
Perhaps, this is the reason why he later struggled alone in the film industry, he doesn't like to cater to others, he is unwilling to compromise, he always solves various problems by himself, and he doesn't want to cause trouble to others, so he doesn't have many friends.
The Children's Palace was always the busiest time during the holidays in the past, which meant that whenever the holidays came, the mother could only take Tu Songyan to work with her.
The place he is most familiar with is the former site of the Beijing Children's Palace, located at No. 11 Jingshan Back Street. There, he learned Xi a variety of skills, including martial arts, table tennis, English, recitation, and singing, to name a few. Almost every semester there is a change of class.
When Tu Songyan was a student, his grades had always been above the middle of the class, and he had never been at the top of the list or at the bottom, and he was deeply relieved and felt that he was living a very comfortable life. The teacher never criticized him, and his parents did not need to worry about him.
He never thought about becoming an actor. At that time, he only longed to taste the crispest radish and ride the fastest bicycle like his grandfather, and other dreams seemed to be gone.
Guo Jinglin described the actor and said: "You are a typical Beijing master!"
In 1993, when Beijing was competing to host the 2000 Olympic Games, the event became a pivotal turning point in his life.
When Tu Songyan learned from the newspaper that the city government was planning to hold a contest called "Mr./Miss Olympic," he found out that the registration location happened to be at a Beijing hotel near his home. Because he longed for the prize of the Sharp brand combination audio, he resolutely decided to sign up.
He was the youngest contestant and the last to sign up. At the competition, he showed fluency in spoken English and finally won the third place. After that, he happily stepped on the 28 bars with his father and moved the stereo home.
Tu Songyan's experience in this competition gave him a boost of confidence, and then he participated in a singing competition organized by Emperor Entertainment, where he made it all the way to the finals and took a photo with the famous Hong Kong host Shen Dianxia.
At that time, one of the judges was a senior professor from Chinese opera, who thought that the child had artistic talent and suggested that he apply for the Chinese opera Xi acting. Although the college entrance examination is approaching, the child's goal is to get into a finance university so that he can work in the financial field in the future.
However, despite the fact that the art exams were in the early batch, he decided to give it a try. To this end, he carefully prepared for half a month, asked his mother for teaching Xi a dance, and chose a poem to recite. In the end, he applied for the Central Academy of Drama without psychological preparation, but he didn't expect to successfully pass the exam.
Recalling the experience, he joked, "Maybe God felt sorry for me and didn't know anything." ”
Tu Songyan was successfully admitted to Chinese opera in 1994 and started his acting career with his classmates Tao Hong, Duan Yihong, Yin Xiaotian and Gao Hu.
19 years of theatrical life
Tu Songyan has always been smooth sailing, and has not encountered any hardships and obstacles, nor has he experienced pain and suffering. He is an innocent and straightforward Beijing kid who lives a simple and pure life.
However, it was only after he entered the Chinese drama that he realized that his nightmare had just unfolded.
When the Chinese opera was in Mao'er Hutong, the place was very small, with only a few small classrooms in a row, which was far from the university we imagined. However, it has cultivated big names like Jiang Wen and Gong Li, and there are many outstanding talents hidden in them.
Most of the students around her have graduated from drama schools, or are from art academies, and some have already had famous works in the industry, such as Tao Hong, who has participated in "Sunny Day" and enjoys a certain reputation.
The testicle looks very unnatural because it mixes in with two brushes.
In the acting class, the teacher encouraged everyone to release their nature at the beginning, and I saw the students lying on the ground imitating the cat to become a tiger, constantly making various roaring sounds, rolling, and panting. Tu Songyan thought they were really funny.
He once suspected that the teacher was irrational in his decision-making at that time, admitted him wrongly, and even had the idea of changing majors.
Under the encouragement and guidance of the teacher, Tu Songyan gradually showed his true strength. During his four years of college, he focused on improving his acting skills, did not take on the role in private or was in a hurry to pursue fame and fortune, and cherished his talent very much.
In 1998, on the occasion of graduation, director Yang Yang took the initiative to find Tu Songyan and implored him to play the role of the second male lead in "Holding Hands". However, in order to concentrate on rehearsing the graduation play, Tu Songyan regretfully rejected this opportunity to make him famous overnight.
Tu Songyan once said when recalling the past: "Although there are regrets, I have no regrets." Because I thought the graduation drama was more important. ”
After graduating, Tu Songyan joined the National Theatre and devoted himself to working diligently in a small theatre. In his first few years, he played mainly minor roles, playing bandit soldiers A and B in a variety of different plays, and despite being paid a pittance salary, he struggled to get through each day.
It wasn't until 2002 that he got involved in the film industry, taking on a few minor roles to make ends meet.
The opportunity to play an important role was obtained in 2003 when he played the role of the second male lead in the TV series "Blue Bird Sky" directed by director Zhang Jiandong.
Tu Songyan was not favored by director Teng Huatao until 2006, and co-starred with Haiqing, Pan Hong, and Li Mingqi in the TV series "Double-sided Tape", playing the male protagonist "Li Yaping". This character is an indecisive, selfish "mom boy".
After the success of "Double-sided Tape", Haiqing has been achieving continuous victories in his career. She has successively starred in popular dramas such as "Snail House" and "The Beautiful Times of Daughter-in-law", which has since consolidated her status as a "national daughter-in-law".
The rise and fall of domestic family dramas, Tu Songyan also participated in a series of works of the same genre, including "House Slave", "Wang Gui and Anna", "Baby War", "Filial Son" and "Let's Get Married". His participation has almost become a witness to the prevalence and decline of domestic life dramas.
Tu Songyan also bears the title of "splint man", and he feels like a little man who is pressed between his mother and daughter-in-law, forced to endure humiliation. Faced with the outside world's definition of him, he used to be very confused and uneasy.
In order to break through the bottleneck, he also tried to play different roles, bravely challenging various different types of film and television works such as period dramas, spy war dramas, and costume dramas. However, alas, it did not cause much of a stir.
Playing the same type of character, giving each character a deeper, more unique trait, is actually a skill.
Tu Songyan finally decided to reconcile with himself and devote more energy to the role itself. His unique temperament is exactly what this type of role requires.
Tu Songyan gradually entered the age of not being confused, his state became more and more relaxed, the scope of performance became more extensive, and the acting path gradually broadened.
He later played Li Haichao in "In the Name of Family", a role of a warm and kind father.
Feng Chunsheng is a phoenix male character characterized by exquisite self-interest in "The Journey of No Confusion".
The greasy and sloppy ex-husband's brother "Jin Bo" in "Xiaomin's Family",
Cai Likun is a strong and courageous underground party member in "Hengshan Hospital......
Love, basically, that's it.
Tu Songyan has worked hard in the entertainment industry for more than ten years, and has always maintained a noble character, never hyping up romances or competing for media attention in pursuit of fame and fortune. Of course, he has never been involved in any scandal rumors.
He is not only interested in filming, but also involved in other fields. He loved all kinds of sports such as traveling, photography, diving and skydiving, never indulged in nightclubs or feasting, and had good morals and appearance, which made him a good man.
Tu Songyan has experienced several relationships in terms of relationships, but these relationships have ended in failure. Due to his busy filming work and the fact that he was nearly thirty years old, he eventually became a golden bachelor.
He had great expectations for his future partner, longing for her to be gentle and considerate, caring, and hygienic. At the same time, he hopes that his marriage can be like his parents, understand each other in their lives, complement each other, love each other deeply, and spend the rest of their lives together.
In an interview in 2014, Tu Songyan publicly stated that he was looking for a marriage partner and revealed some surprising things. He said that he had been courted by women with financial resources, and even had people of the same sex who expressed love to him, but he refused and jokingly said that he had not yet reached that stage.
Tu Songyan said frankly that as a person who likes to go to extremes, he will either not get married, or he will get married immediately.
When he was young, he was reluctant to get married on the spur of the moment, but in middle age, he realized that he already had enough concentration and ability, so he decided that he could get married without hesitation.
In the same year, he met his wife, a mild-mannered, tall Beijing girl born into a family of artists, through a friend's introduction. The two fell in love with each other at first sight and quickly entered the palace of marriage.
In November 2015, Tu Songyan happily announced the good news of his joy on social media, and then began a happy and fulfilling life of "old and young", and expressed his gratitude to his wife.
In order to protect the privacy of his family, especially his wife outside the circle, Tu Songyan never wanted them to be disturbed by the outside world. Therefore, he has always been very protective of his wife and rarely exposed her to the media.
When her husband participated in the show "I Am an Actor", she only had one public appearance. She took her 3-year-old son Tu Yile to cheer for her husband, and it was only at this time that people saw her delicate face and learned that her name was "Song Xiaoxiao".
Since his wife became pregnant, Tu Songyan began to gradually reduce her working hours and take care of her wholeheartedly. He did his own laundry and cooking, accompanied his wife to the prenatal check-up, and personally cut his son's umbilical cord.
After the birth of his son, he entered a semi-retirement period that lasted for more than three years. During this period, he was guaranteed to receive at least 3 plays every year from a maximum of 7 plays in the previous year. However, now, due to having children, he only takes on one play a year, only to maintain basic living needs.
The most important thing in his heart is his wife and children, and although he missed out on many career opportunities, he didn't want to miss every detail of his son's growth, because this process is only once.
In the past few years, the couple did not hire a nanny, but took care of the children themselves, and experienced the love and dedication between parents with their own actions.
At that time, Tu Songyan personally breastfed his son, helped him with hiccups, changed diapers and bathed him. As the child grew up, he began to enter the state of bringing the baby. Later, he realized that it was either his mother or grandmother who took care of the children in the community, and he was the only big man.
Soon, he developed a close relationship with the older women, discussing which brand of diapers was better, which complementary foods were better for the baby, and what toiletries to use, and gained a lot of parenting experience from them.
He now calls his children the tenderest place in his heart, and if he has a daughter in the future, it will be time for him to retire completely.
The best taste in the world is pure happiness.
Tu Songyan is rehearsing the drama "Fireworks in the World" in 2019, which is a light comedy in which the role of the father is described a lot. Since I became a father, I have a deeper understanding of this.
Coincidentally, it was at this moment that a shocking news came, he learned that his father was suffering from terminal cancer, and his condition was rapidly deteriorating. In just a few months, my father suffered immensely and eventually passed away.
On his deathbed, he expressed his best wishes to his son: "Play to your heart's content, I wish you success!" This sentence also became the last words left by the father to his son.
On the day of his father's funeral, Tu Songyan insisted on performing with conviction and finally completed it successfully. When the curtain slowly descended on the stage, he was so emotional that he couldn't control himself, and tears flowed like rain.
Unfortunately, although this drama won Tu Songyan the Plum Blossom Award for Chinese Drama, his father was never able to witness this glory again.
After experiencing the test of life and death, Tu Songyan has a deeper understanding of the importance of family and the meaning of life. He admonished himself to cherish the people around him and fulfill his filial piety as soon as possible.
Wherever he goes now, he always takes his wife, children and mother with him. Even when he is involved in the filming, he will integrate his family into the team. As a result, he often does not accept theatrical projects with difficult conditions.
Not only does he continue to play out the essence of a naughty boy and enjoy the moment to the fullest, but when he is not acting, he takes his family on trips everywhere. Whether it's standing on the Eiffel Tower at night, diving in the exotic depths, or driving the highways of the western United States, he tries to explore every wonderful and interesting place in the world.
In his free time, he always chooses to stay at home, cook with his wife, curl up comfortably on the sofa and watch movies, sit quietly in the courtyard and savor the aroma of afternoon tea, accompany his son to make handicrafts and record videos for him. He was convinced that life should be so comfortable.
Tu Songyan has been indifferent to whether he is popular or not, he has already been satisfied with acting all his life, and he has no other expectations.