1. Jiao Enjun: From a young martial arts boy to a costume god
One day in 1967, a boy was born in an ordinary family in Taiwan, and his parents named him Jiao Enjun. This active little boy has been full of enthusiasm and yearning for martial arts since he was a child.
Whenever he came home from school, Jiao Enjun always couldn't wait to turn on the TV, as long as there was a martial arts movie starring Bruce Lee, he would sit in front of the TV in a daze, watching intently without blinking, for fear of missing any wonderful shots.
In Jiao Enjun's heart, Bruce Lee is his most admired idol, and the Chinese martial artist spirit in Bruce Lee infected him and became the driving force for him to learn Xi martial arts.
Since then, at a young age, Jiao Enjun has been determined to become an excellent action actor, and he will be as sassy and domineering on the screen as Bruce Lee in the future. For this dream, Jiao Enjun began to teach himself martial arts, he went to the library to find all the books about martial arts, read them repeatedly, and often consulted martial arts teachers with practical experience to ask them for advice and experience the essence.
Even though he lived in poverty, Jiao Enjun never gave up learning and Xi training in martial arts. He persevered in practicing day after day, and finally accumulated profound strength.
At the age of 20, Jiao Enjun was admitted to the Taipei Chinese Film Actor Training Class, which is undoubtedly an important platform for him to realize his dreams, and he can systematically learn Xi acting courses.
Jiao Enjun cherishes the rare opportunity to learn Xi, and while Xi studying diligently in school, he often takes the initiative to consult senior seniors and learn from their performance experience.
It is this self-motivation and hard work that allows Jiao Enjun's acting skills to be integrated and lay a solid foundation for his future career. In the end, he graduated with honors, and it seemed that everything was going well, and the opportunity to make a big impact was just around the corner.
However, the training after graduation was far less smooth than Jiao Enjun imagined. He participated in hundreds of auditions, but failed not one of them, and was at rock bottom. In order to make a living, Jiao Enjun had to work odd jobs to survive, from car washer to dishwasher.
Just when he was on the verge of giving up, in 1994, an unexpected opportunity made Jiao Enjun a first-line actor in Taiwan and began to frequently appear in costume dramas.
Especially after "Little Li Flying Knife" successfully portrayed the role of "Li Xunhuan", Jiao Enjun became famous overnight and became famous, from a little martial arts boy to "the first male god in costume dramas", a household name.
Golden Age: The contrast between the peak of the career and the low point of the marriage
In 2005, 37-year-old Jiao Enjun successfully created the classic role of "Erlang God" by starring in the TV series "Baolian Lantern". His sassy costume style and outstanding acting skills have won the love of countless audiences.
This TV series has achieved a huge response as soon as it was broadcast, with an audience rating of 9.1%, which can be said to be the peak of Jiao Enjun's acting career. However, just when his career was in full swing, Jiao Enjun's love life was experiencing a painful failure.
As early as 1994, when Jiao Enjun was just emerging in the entertainment industry, he hurriedly got married and had children, a decision that immediately disappointed many viewers who had just become his fans and abandoned him.
No one is optimistic about such a marriage, but Jiao Enjun still chooses to take responsibility for this decision and fulfill a man's responsibility to the family. In order to reassure his wife, he took the initiative to hand over all his income, and the car and house were also in his wife's name.
Even so, the marriage ended 11 years later. In 2005, just when Jiao Enjun's career was at its peak, his wife filed for divorce. Because of the days of gathering less and leaving more, his wife can no longer bear the loneliness.
The blow of divorce to Jiao Enjun can be imagined. He tried to salvage the relationship, but it was too late. In order to fight for custody of his two daughters, he did not hesitate to give up all his property and almost nothing.
Success and pain are intertwined, Jiao Enjun fell from the peak to the bottom, watching his career and relationship collapse overnight. This hit him hard, making Jiao Enjun, who had entered middle age, feel lost and hopeless for the first time on the road of life. The contrast left him at a loss and confused about the days ahead.
Losing a daughter: The pain of love is indescribable
After the divorce, Jiao Enjun and his two young daughters formed a seven-year separation. As a father, he is always concerned about the situation of his daughters, and the idea of visiting his ex-wife's house has always haunted his heart.
However, every time he visited, his ex-wife would refuse his arrival for various reasons. A closed door became the only barrier between him and his daughters.
Day after day, the torture of longing made Jiao Enjun miserable. He began to have frequent nightmares in which his daughters were crying for their father, but he could not get past them.
Jiao Enjun understands that at the age of their daughters, they can't understand the complexity of the adult world, they only know that their father is gone. As a father, he knows better than anyone else the pain and powerlessness in his heart.
The pain of this separation finally became unbearable for Jiao Enjun, and he issued an open letter online to confide in the public about his experience, describing the helplessness of losing contact with his daughters, and publicizing his family ugliness and embarrassment.
He can't care about his face anymore, he just wants his daughter to know: Dad has been thinking about you. After the article was issued, netizens looked at Jiao Enjun's endless thoughts for his daughters and expressed their understanding and support.
Finally, with the help of enthusiastic netizens, in 2014, 7 years after his daughter was taken away, Jiao Enjun reconnected with them. When the daughters appeared in front of him, Jiao Enjun was so excited that he couldn't speak, so he could only hug them tightly with tears in his eyes.
At this moment, he experienced the deepest love as a father.
Regaining Passion: Rediscovering the Pursuit of Theatre in Commercial Performances
Today, Jiao Enjun has entered the second half of his acting career. Time left a mottled mark on his face, forcing him to travel around and participate in business performances in one county after another to make ends meet.
The stage venue is simple, the audience reacts coldly, and the grand pomp and enthusiasm of the audience can no longer be seen. But even in a difficult environment, Jiao Enjun never gave up his passion for acting, and he still tried his best to sing on stage, telling the song "Shimmer" he wrote, trying to find inner peace in the complicated world.
The light and shadow of the stage change, and Jiao Enjun opens his heart in the singing, allowing himself to return to the pure pursuit of performance. He closed his eyes and remembered his sincerity and yearning for drama when he was a student of the Taipei Chinese Film Actor Training Class.
Many years have passed, and he is still not defeated by the years, and he still cherishes his love for acting. Even though it is no longer the golden iron horse and the applause of flowers and applause in the old days, Jiao Enjun is still finding his true heart step by step - his love for movies and dramas.
The audience under the stage may forget everything he has done today, but Jiao Enjun knows that he will continue to hold on to his dreams. Because acting is his life's work, and it is also his heart's desire.
At this moment on the stage, although the applause of flowers has long faded, he still found his inner peace and regained his happiness and pride as a performer.