Shang Yubo is a fledgling, and his acting career has been full of ups and downs
A boy from an ordinary family, with the dream of being an actor, started his difficult and ups and downs acting journey in the entertainment industry.
Shang Yubo, formerly known as Shang Weber, was born in Jingzhou, Hubei Province in an artistic family. Although his parents are not actors, they have loved literature and art since they were children, and they went to the sea to do business as adults.
Influenced by his family, the lively and cheerful Shang Yubo has had a strong interest in acting since he was a child.
After entering a key high school in Jingzhou to Xi, Shang Yubo decisively joined the school's campus drama club and began his acting journey. On the stage of the club, he not only met like-minded partners, but also accumulated his junior acting skills by participating in the performance of works such as "Romeo and Juliet".
At the age of 18, Shang Yubo was faced with the choice of going on to higher education. He could have chosen an ordinary university for stable development, but looking at himself in the group photo of the drama club, the enthusiasm and expectation revealed in his eyes made him determined to go all out to chase the dream of being an actor.
So, Shang Yubo gave up his score of 670 in the college entrance examination and decided to embark on the arduous road of acting and entered the Central Academy of Drama to study Xi acting.
On the campus of Chinese opera, Shang Yubo met many excellent classmates, such as Zhang Xinyi, Niu Mengmeng, etc., who were also famous later. Here, he is no longer a big star on the high school campus, but has to re-compete with the "newcomers" who are pouring in from all over the country.
In order to get the opportunity to perform and show himself, Shang Yubo took the initiative to participate in many theatrical performances. Since his junior year, he has accumulated experience in many dramas, stage plays, and played supporting roles in several TV movies.
The first step on the road of acting, Shang Yubo took a step without discouragement.
The star road is hard to look forward to, and when his career reaches its peak, he is riddled with depression
After graduation, Shang Yubo officially entered the entertainment industry and began a new chapter in his acting career. At first, there weren't many opportunities, and he could only spin around temporarily in some small productions or supporting roles.
Until one day, a character named "Durala" changed his fate.
In 2009, 26-year-old Shang Yubo played the second male lead "Li Hongming" in the youth idol drama "Du Lala's Promotion", which was his first important role since the film.
In the play, he brilliantly interprets the image of this lively and cheerful and slightly confused young man, and the intricate emotional line between him and the heroine has become one of the highlights of the whole play.
With the hit of "Du Lala's Promotion", Shang Yubo has also become a well-known star actor.
Shang Yubo, whose career finally ushered in spring, gradually gained a firm foothold in the next two years. He has starred in the drama "You Are in the Red Mansion, I Am Traveling to the West", served as the host of the Chinese New Year Gala in the United States, and participated in many TV series, such as the youth drama "Wild Strawberries", the costume drama "Once Upon a Time in the Strait", etc.
In this series of works, the characters he portrays have their own characteristics, showing a variety of acting skills from romance to action and fighting. In the industry, Shang Yubo has also attracted much attention and love for its professionalism.
However, just when his career was in full swing, the inner story was surging undercurrent. This year, Shang Yubo, who was just 26 years old, began to suffer from depression, and due to concealing his illness, he still maintained an energetic and sunny image on the surface.
In fact, behind the success is the long working hours, the exhausted psychological state, and all kinds of negative news in the entertainment industry, which are all affecting Shang Yubo's fragile heart.
Behind the smile that blooms in front of the camera, few people know what kind of painful struggle is hidden.
Turning grief into strength, the mother persevered in remembering her son
The sad news of her son's sudden death had a huge impact on Shang Yubo's mother, Mao Aizhen. In disbelief and deep regret, she chose to turn her grief into strength, and used her own way to commemorate her son and inherit his legacy.
A year later, in October 2012, on the first anniversary of the death of her son Shang Yubo, Mao Aizhen established a charitable foundation in Beijing called the "Beijing Shangshan Public Welfare Foundation".
This is the first public welfare foundation in China that focuses on mental health and the prevention and treatment of depression. Mao Aizhen hopes that through this platform, more people who also suffer from depression will be able to realize the seriousness of the disease.
After founding the foundation, Mao Aizhen began to carry out various depression science popularization and prevention activities for a long time. She organized volunteers to go deep into communities, campuses, and rural areas to give knowledge lectures, edited and distributed prevention and control manuals, and also cooperated with the media to launch celebrity public welfare projects, inviting well-known artists in the entertainment industry to speak and talk, hoping to attract more public attention.
In addition, Mao Aizhen found that there are also many small depression self-help organizations in the private sector, and there is a shortage of funds. Therefore, she has set up a special fund to fund nearly 100 non-governmental public welfare organizations every year.
Over the past 12 years, Mao Aizhen has been insisting on these publicity and support work, and even went to the front line to communicate face-to-face with patients and their families. She listened to their stories with red eyes, shared her experiences, and gave them moral support.
She said that her son Shang Yubo was a helpful and compassionate young man before his death, so she also hopes that she can play the role of a daughter/mother to help and care for more children.
In addition to the dedication in her career, in daily life, Mao Aizhen will also miss her son through various small details. She often looks at her son's photos and works before his death, and all kinds of bits and pieces spent with him seem to be vivid.
Full of emotion, admiration and greetings to Mao Aizhen
In the face of the sudden tragedy, Mao Aizhen did not choose despair, but tried to find hope, which is awe-inspiring.
For 12 years, she has unswervingly honored her son and cared for patients in her own way. Perhaps she is no longer young and agile, but in the fight against depression, her perseverance and unwavering perseverance are the strongest spiritual pillars of this group.
When patients and families confide in their pain, she listens silently; In addition to preparing for the science popularization event, she will personally check every detail...... As a mother, she uses her unique warmth and care to infect and help families in pain one after another.
One critic once wrote: "A mother's love is the most selfless love in the world." "Mao Aizhen is a model of such a mother. She endured the great grief of losing her son, but devoted more time and effort to helping others and caring for life.
The positive energy embodied in her body is very lacking in this increasingly utilitarian era.
In the 12-year struggle, we don't know what kind of pain and struggle Mao Aizhen herself has experienced. But we can see that in the prevention and treatment propaganda and patient support again and again, the faint warm smile on her face will never disappear.
It is with these ordinary devotees that the most beautiful fruits between people are born.
I sincerely wish Mao Aizhen good health and continue to exert her positive energy. I also hope that more and more people will pay attention to depression, a disease that plunges many lives into suffering.
As long as we work together to promote and support each other, we will surely make the world a better place.
Shang Yubo's story is like a dazzling meteor, streaked across the night sky with fleeting brilliance.
We cherish the memory of this lively and cheerful young actor, who has not been around for a long time but has left many wonderful roles. When his acting skills were maturing and his career was on the rise, the disease of depression ruthlessly ended his life at the age of 28.
In the past 12 years, her mother Mao Aizhen has never given up, remembering her son and warming others in her own way, which is moving.
On this winter day, we bless you, in heaven, that you will be free from the pain of depression and that you will be happy forever. May your story infect more people, cherish life, and convey warmth.