Ding Zhicheng was born in Beijing in 1963 and is the only son of an intellectual family. He has an older sister named Ding Baoming, who is a few years older than him, unfortunately contracted polio when he was a child, and his legs are disabled and he has difficulty moving.
Ding's parents are mental workers and busy with work, so they don't have much time to take care of their children, which makes Ding Zhicheng understand that he has to take on the responsibility of being the second child since he was a child.
Ding Zhicheng has an introverted and steady personality, and he learned to be independent at a young age. When he came home from school, he was always the first to see if his sister needed help.
Ding Baoming likes to read novels, and Ding Zhicheng sits next to her and patiently turns the pages; Ding Baoming wanted to drink water when he was doing his homework, but Ding Zhicheng immediately got up and poured water; Ding Baoming wanted to eat a snack, so Ding Zhicheng climbed on the stool and used his strength to find the biscuits that his mother hid in the depths of the cupboard...... No matter how small the matter, as long as my sister is in need, Ding Zhicheng always responds as soon as possible.
Ding Zhicheng also learned all kinds of housework, such as cooking simple meals, tidying up the room, and doing laundry and cooking, so that his parents would not have to worry about housework when they came back from work one day.
Although Ding Baoming is a family, he needs extra care and trouble. Ding Zhicheng never felt that this was his responsibility, and just wanted to do his best to make his sister happy.
He never complained that his parents were not around, but silently endured this responsibility that should not belong to him.
In 1985, 22-year-old Ding Zhicheng entered Beijing Renyi and began his career as an actor. At first, Ding Zhicheng was full of enthusiasm and expectations for his acting career, but he didn't know that the road ahead was far more rugged than he imagined.
The crew resources are scarce, and Ding Zhicheng can receive very few opportunities, most of them can only play some small roles or tricks, and there are not too many lines. What makes him even more anxious is that his income is only enough to fill his stomach, and it is obviously even more difficult to help his family improve their lives.
Seeing his sister's poor life, Ding Zhicheng was in a hurry. In 1991, he had to choose to leave the showbiz temporarily, started a decoration team by himself, and started his own business.
The labor intensity of the decoration industry is high, and the working environment is quite harsh, Ding Zhicheng's skin is tanned, and his hands are covered with thick calluses, but he never feels hard.
Because of the income from business, he can buy new daily necessities for his sister's family to improve their living environment, and he can also sponsor his sister to learn Xi fashion design, which really helps her find a way out of life.
In 1996, Ding Zhicheng got married and soon became a father. Even so, he is still continuing his unfinished acting dream. Since 1997, Ding Zhicheng finally has more opportunities to perform.
After becoming popular with a TV series in 2002, he was not complacent because of his success, he just wanted to continue to work hard and make his family live a good life.
Stepping into middle age, Ding Zhicheng's life is not as smooth and happy as he imagined. In 2004, my father died of illness, and the spiritual center that had supported the family for many years left.
For a while, the family fell into grief, and Ding Zhicheng, as the eldest son, also became the pillar of the family. He was heartbroken and understood that he could only bear the burden himself, so he began to arrange for the aftermath and take care of his grief-stricken mother.
However, misfortune followed, not long after his father passed away, Ding Zhicheng's good brother Fu Biao also died of illness at the age of 42. Ding Zhicheng was grief-stricken, and the two blows made him almost collapse.
Fortunately, with his beloved mother by his side, Ding Zhicheng can barely continue to live and work. He began to mourn the loved ones who had left him, and every year during the Qingming Festival, he would personally sweep Fu Biao's grave.
When I think of the old days, I still can't erase the grief in my heart.
In the days that followed, Ding Zhicheng's acting career seemed to be continuing on the surface, but he understood that he would never be able to return to the rhythm of quick success and quick success. The departure of his loved ones and confidants reminded him of the impermanence of life, so he chose to slow down and spend more time and energy with his mother, cultivating the beauty of silence within himself.
In this life, Ding Zhicheng can be said to have unreservedly dedicated himself to his acting career. He used all his youth and passion to fight this road, but what he reaped was the result he was most unwilling to face - the death of relatives and confidants, and finally being alone.
Once upon a time, Ding Zhicheng also wanted to live a life that was completely his own. Don't worry about your family or anyone else, just enjoy the fame and fortune that comes with a successful career.
However, he found himself unable to really let go of the heart he had for his family and friends, even if it had delayed many of his own dreams that could have been fulfilled sooner.
Back then, in order to allow his disabled sister to marry and start a career in peace, he was willing to delay his life's events. Later, in order to let his sister really change her fate and turn her life around, he repeatedly postponed his dream of devoting himself to acting.
Even after finally succeeding in his career and gaining a good reputation, Ding Zhicheng did not choose to stop and enjoy his old age. He just wants to keep running around and continue to do what he can in this life to help the people he can help in his life.
Perhaps it is this heart of selfless dedication that has allowed him to establish a reputation of "righteousness" in the entertainment industry and become an example for many younger generations to learn from Xi. But in the same way, he is also destined to not be able to truly live his life to the fullest.
With the death of his parents and the death of his wife, he is destined to end up alone like this.