Li Chengru was born into an ordinary family and could have grown up carefree like other children. It's a pity that when he was two years old, his life changed dramatically - his father died tragically, giving him an early taste of life's bitterness.
In order to help make up for the family, six-year-old Li Chengru followed his brother to learn to sing. The radiant actors on stage healed his young mind. He also developed a love for the joyful art of acting.
At the age of fifteen, Li Chengru was fortunate to become a disciple of Dong Xingji, a professor at the People's Art Theater. The strict requirements of the famous teacher, as well as his spare efforts, made him go further and further on the road of performance.
In the 80s, Li Chengru stepped on a sewing machine in a garment factory during the day and participated in amateur theater performances at night. Finally, he decided to put down his stable job and was admitted to the amateur class of the acting department of Beijing Film Academy.
Getting along with excellent classmates like Zhao Baogang and Zhang Beiguang has made him greatly improve his acting skills. In the 1993 TV series "Journey to the West", Li Chengru became famous in one fell swoop with his outstanding performance and began to have his own popularity.
Since then, he has officially become a professional actor and no longer needs to run around the mall.
Li Chengru can be said to be the leading material among the older generation of actors. In the past few decades, he has relied on his skillful acting skills and solid basic skills to win. However, he found that many young actors in today's entertainment industry have no reverence for this industry.
Li Chengru was saddened to find that these "little fresh meat" became popular quickly, but he did not establish his own skills. They don't know how to act, they don't learn to Xi, they all eat with one face.
The crew often has to be mentioned on the sidelines, and even the dubbing can't be done. Li Chengru once publicly criticized Zheng Shaoqiu as a "digital actor", and also revealed the true colors of many vase actors.
His sharp words made many ills in the entertainment industry suddenly put in front of the public.
Li Chengru appealed: "The most important thing in our line of work is internal strength and professionalism. can't become popular without acting skills, which is not only irresponsible, but also makes the threshold for this industry lower and lower. He hopes that the entertainment industry can regain righteousness, so that those who don't work hard but make money easily have no place to stand. This is the responsibility that an artist should have.
In 2020, Li Chengru participated in a talent variety show. Among them, an unknown young male guest caused his displeasure. This boy doesn't know how to act, but he brags about himself in front of the camera every day, and he is looking forward to getting an advantage card to enter the finals.
Li Chengru was angry at the host Guo Jingming's move to give him an "S" card.
Guo Jingming responded confidently that he has the right to choose the player he likes. "I can not like what you don't like, but please allow him to exist. The two sides scolded each other in the air, and Li Chengru couldn't help but scold: "This is obviously disrespectful to the performance!" Guo Jingming used this seemingly reasonable "rogue logic" to round himself.
In the end, Li Chengru could only leave with hatred and expressed disappointment in the chaos of this industry.
This dispute undoubtedly put Li Chengru at a moral disadvantage. His character of not rubbing sand in his eyes, but makes people sigh and perform all kinds of depravity in this industry in recent years. Li Chengru came out this time, just hoping that the entertainment industry can get back on track, so that the actors' efforts and strength can be re-valued.
Li Chengru's two marriages ended in failure, and his relationship with his son Li Dahai was also very distant. Li Dahai, who dropped out of high school, Li Chengru did not give financial assistance, but let him go to the society by himself.
This made many people blame Li Chengru for his inaction and indifference to his son.
But in fact, Li Chengru has been secretly paying attention to his son's situation. What he gave was not money, but another invisible help - to make his son more independent by honing him.
After dropping out of high school, Li Dahai traveled to many places in the northwest to make a living, and those rough years were the reason for his growth. Li Chengru's "refusal" is actually a way of education.
Later, Li Chengru took Li Dahai into the entertainment industry, allowing him to slowly gain a firm foothold in the film and television industry. It is precisely because he has experienced the beating of society that Li Dahai is not as flamboyant and domineering as other second-generation stars.
On weekdays, he is modest and low-key, down-to-earth, and has won the favor of the audience and peers. This is precisely the result of Li Chengru's strict teaching. As a father, he has actually always cared about his son, but in a different way.
Li Chengru has been fighting in the entertainment industry for many years, and has won the success of his career and the recognition of the audience. But his love life was not satisfactory, and both marriages ended in failure.
In his first marriage, Li Chengru was busy with business and did not have much time to spend with his family. This became the trigger for the breakdown of his relationship with his first wife. After the divorce, his son lived with his mother and lived in poverty.
In the second marriage, Li Chengru married Shi Yihong, a famous Peking Opera actor. At first, the two were sweet and affectionate, and Li Chengru cherished his wife very much. But the acting career of being separated from the two places for a long time has also changed their feelings.
You can only face the facts and choose to break up peacefully. The separation of his wife and the failure of his family life are the price that Li Chengru paid behind the success of his career. He has been away for many years, and he can't enjoy the warmth of home. This is what makes him painful, and it is also a true portrayal that is difficult to speak.
What we see is only the brilliance of Li Chengru's career, and we miss the sad and low notes in the symphony of life.
Li Chengru has been immersed in the entertainment industry for many years and has seen too much chaos in this circle. Many actors can not understand acting and have no internal skills, but they only rely on external conditions to become popular.
Li Chengru was deeply saddened by this. He has criticized the various shortcomings of the entertainment industry more than once, and called on industry insiders to regain their sense of awe. He hopes that filmmakers will not make money easily, and really rely on strength and hard work to speak.
Only by returning to the right track can the threshold of this industry not be lower and lower. In fact, Li Chengru has always had a pure heart for the entertainment industry. In his eyes, this line of work should be like the older generation of actors back then, with the kindness and justice of filmmakers.
Now seeing all kinds of chaos and depravity, he just can't help but stand up and speak, hoping to call for more positive energy. This is Li Chengru's consistent behavior, and he will not easily compromise on rules and morality.