17-year-old Wen Zhaolun is full of youthful dreams and signed up for the singing contest held by TVB, wanting to make a career in Hong Kong's bustling entertainment industry. The contestants of that year were strong, and Jacky Cheung, Zhang Weijian and other smash hits did not have a chance to enter the top 15.
Although Wen Zhaolun did not perform well in the competition, his handsome face and beautiful singing voice have planted the seeds of impression in the hearts of the judges and the audience. The station's top brass quickly spotted the star's potential and gave Mr. Wen the chance to make an appearance on a children's show.
Wen Zhaolun's youthful and energetic appearance and sweet singing voice quickly won the love of the young audience, and the ratings of the program increased steadily.
Wen Zhaolun also pays attention to the work of DJs on the radio station on weekdays, and has a strong interest in the field of broadcasting. Soon after, Wen Zhaolun was transferred to the broadcasting department as he wished and became a DJ of a well-known radio station.
Wen Zhaolun's voice is sexy and magnetic, coupled with a lively and witty language style, which is very popular with the audience. At this time, Polygram Records was discovering new talents, and the radio director recommended Wen Zhaolun to the other party.
Wen Zhaolun, who was originally a singer, is undoubtedly a rare opportunity. However, perhaps due to a lack of interview experience, Wen Zhaolun chose a difficult song "Descendants of the Dragon".
In the end, Wen Zhaolun failed to pass this interview and missed a good opportunity to further develop his career as a singer.
Subsequently, Wen Zhaolun received an invitation from TVB to play one of the leading roles in the youth idol drama "City Story". The sincere love with the female anchor He Meiting in the play also extends from the screen to reality.
The relationship between the two once became a popular topic of hype, and Wen Zhaolun gained initial popularity in the entertainment industry. "City Story" opened Wen Zhaolun's path as an actor and made him officially enter the entertainment industry.
In the following years, Wen Zhaolun participated in cameos in many TVB TV series, but did not make a greater breakthrough. Until 1989, at the suggestion of producer Wei Jiahui, Wen Zhaolun played the role of the vicious villain "Ding Youkang" in the crime film "Intolerable".
Wen Zhaolun portrayed this cruel, insidious, and scheming villain in a deep, delicate and vivid manner, which won unprecedented praise. Wen Zhaolun also became famous because of this, successfully portrayed himself as a "bad guy" on the screen, and established his status as an actor.
Wen Zhaolun's performance in the love field has always been very high-profile and bold. His romance and marital status with many actresses have frequently made headlines in the entertainment section. As early as when he first entered the industry, Wen Zhaolun had feelings for Li Lirui, who was also a singer, and the two used to be beautiful people, but this relationship only lasted for a year and ended without a problem.
Li Lirui chose to study abroad to heal her injuries, and after returning, her personality changed greatly and she completely refused to mention the past. Subsequently, Wen Zhaolun fell in love with the actress He Meiting who had worked with him, but the two often argued over trivial matters.
Wen Zhaolun's temper was not good, He Meiting was almost depressed, and finally had no choice but to break up.
In 1993, 28-year-old Wen Zhaolun married a Malaysian woman, Li Meiling. Wen Zhaolun generously acknowledged this marriage relationship, confident that this will be true love that will stand the test of time.
However, the good times did not last long, and the two ended in divorce after 3 years, and Wen Zhaolun's first marriage ended in failure. What shocked the outside world was that soon after getting married, Wen Zhaolun had an ambiguous relationship with his ex-girlfriend Chen Meixin and kept cheating emotionally.
After the divorce, his relationship with Chen Meixin became public, but it lasted less than 3 years after all. After the breakup, Wen Zhaolun also unreasonably demanded that Chen Meixin pay a breakup fee of up to 140,000 yuan, causing an uproar.
In 2002, Wen Zhaolun remarried his assistant Pan Yanni, and then had scandals with actresses such as Guo Xianni. Wen Zhaolun's frequent change of spouses is accused of being a prodigal son who can only play with feelings.
At the same time, Wen Zhaolun also suffered Waterloo in his acting career. Since the mid-1990s, his popularity and work in Hong Kong have gradually declined and been marginalized.
In order to revive his career, Wen Zhaolun began to fly in Hong Kong and Chinese mainland, but neither of them made much splash and could not return to the peak state of the year. The negative impact of relationship problems has made his actor image worse.
Wen Zhaolun once became the target of ridicule by the Hong Kong and Taiwan media, and was labeled as a "soft rice man". Wen Zhaolun's career and relationship seem to have entered a trough at the same time.
Wen Zhaolun, who has failed in his marriage many times, finally made up his mind again in 2009 and planned to enter the palace of marriage with young actor Pan Xingyi. The two have a sweet relationship, have set a wedding date, and put on an engagement ring.
However, the good times did not last long, Pan Xingyi died unexpectedly at home, and the marriage ended without a problem, which brought a heavy blow to Wen Zhaolun. This change seems to have also made Wen Zhaolun reflect on his relationship and marriage for many years.
In 2012, Wen Zhaolun chose the bland and helpless woman Zhao Ting to get married. Zhao Ting is not as active in the entertainment industry as Wen Zhaolun's predecessor, she is just an ordinary mainland actor.
However, Zhao Ting's influence on Wen Zhaolun was very far-reaching. She was able to tolerate Wen Zhaolun's past, build trust with him, and give warmth. Wen Zhaolun also gradually put away his years of wandering and learned to be responsible for the family.
After marriage, the two are often affectionate and loving, and Wen Zhaolun will take care of the daily life of his wife and daughter. This is in stark contrast to his playboy personality of the past.
In 2013, when an unknown Internet celebrity slandered Wen Zhaolun on the Internet for no reason, Zhao Ting chose to stand up and publicly fight back against the other party to maintain her husband's image.
This also makes the entertainment industry see that Zhao Ting is not a woman that Wen Zhaolun can play with at will. She has her own character and sense of justice and will not let her husband be humiliated. Perhaps it was Zhao Ting's firm and introverted personality that made the prodigal son Wen Zhaolun yearn for it, and he was no longer as willful and reckless as in the past.
The appearance of Zhao Ting helped Wen Zhaolun regain the balance of his life.
Today's Wen Zhaolun is immersed in the warmth of his family every day. He has changed from being uninhibited in the past to being a good husband and father who is responsible for the family. This dull marriage allowed Wen Zhaolun to get the stability he needed most in his life.
Perhaps, true maturity does not come from the success of the career, but from the inner delivery to a person.
Looking back at Wen Zhaolun's life, it can really be described as twists and turns, ups and downs. At the age of 17, he participated in the draft and made his debut, and with his handsome and sweet singing voice, he quickly made a name for himself in the entertainment industry.
Especially in the TV series "Intolerable", he successfully portrayed the villain and became famous in a fight, and Wen Zhaolun quickly became a popular idol and a household name. However, the good times did not last long, and in the mid-1990s, Wen Zhaolun's career began to enter a trough.
His status in the Hong Kong film and television industry was gradually marginalized, and the quality of his works was not as good as before. In order to regain the aura of his peak, Wen Zhaolun kept traveling between the mainland and Hong Kong, trying to rekindle the spark of his career, but all ended in failure.
Accompanied by the decline of his career, Wen Zhaolun was emotionally frustrated again and again. He has had a period of sincerity with actresses such as Li Lirui and He Meiting, but almost all of them ended in breakups.
In 1993, Wen Zhaolun's first marriage broke down after only three years. After that, he fell in love with Chen Meixin and broke up, and after falling out, he unreasonably asked for a breakup fee.
In 2002, Wen Zhaolun and Pan Yanni's marriage was on the verge of breaking out. The frequent negative news of cheating and divorce made Wen Zhaolun's image fall from the dream lover of the year to a "scumbag" and "soft rice man".
After twists and turns, Wen Zhaolun finally ushered in a change in his life in 2012. He chose to marry Zhao Ting, which brought a new tranquility to his life. With Zhao Ting's stable power, Wen Zhaolun let go of the past and was no longer as flamboyant and willful as before. Today, he is immersed in the warmth of his family and has become a husband and father who is responsible for his wife and children.
Wen Zhaolun's life proves that true happiness may not be in the glory of his career, but in the precipitation of his heart; Not in the excitement of passion, but in the company of peace. Perhaps every prodigal son will choose to wake up and turn back in front of a gentle woman.