In 1978, married director Yang Yanjin met and fell in love with the heroine Pan Hong when he was filming the movie "Troubled Laughter", and the two secretly exchanged letters.
Yang Yanjin was attracted by Pan Hong's unique charm, and Pan Hong also admired Yang Yanjin's talent and wisdom in the film industry.
It's a pity that this ambiguous relationship was not hidden for long. The staff began to spread the news of the relationship between the two, and the information spread like a tidal wave.
The marriage between Yang Yanjin and his wife Hong Rong, who has begun to crisis, has been worsened after this scandal was exposed.
Angry, Hong Rong searched for those ambiguous letters from Yang Yanjin's office, which was an intolerable betrayal for her.
Pain and disappointment gripped Hong Rong's heart. In order to make his position clear, Hong Rong decided to make the relationship public.
This move caused Yang Yanjin and Pan Hong to fall into a public opinion storm, and their relationship and career were hit hard.
Yang Yanjin blamed everything for Hong Rong's exposure, and angrily filed for divorce.
After this turmoil, the marriage between Yang Yanjin and Hong Rong came to an end. Despite the setbacks in his career, Yang Yanjin is still obsessed with love.
In 1979, he tried to rekindle his old relationship with Pan Hong, but the latter politely rejected him in order to avoid falling into the spotlight of public opinion again.
In 1980, the film "Little Street" directed by Yang Yanjin was released, which was widely praised and also inspired his career.
However, just when his career was at its peak, Yang Yanjin's private life once again became the focus.
In 1983, during the filming of the movie "Three Girls", Yang Yanjin had a relationship with the heroine Li Fengxu and quickly fell in love.
This scandal once again brought him public opinion pressure, and also led to the suspension of the crew.
Yang Yanjin can't extricate himself from the whirlpool of love, which has become a pattern in his life.
After the relationship with Li Fengxu was exposed in 1983, it gave Yang Yanjin and the entire crew a new blow.
For this reason, the crew had to temporarily stop work for a while. During this time, Yang Yanjin wanted to vent his emotions and find the actresses he had worked with before to confide in.
As a result, this behavior once again aroused public opinion, and it was rumored that Yang Yanjin had feelings for many actresses. Despite this, Yang Yanjin can still quickly devote himself to the production of the next film.
In 1985, he began to shoot the movie "Singing in the Middle of the Night", and in the crew, he developed a strong love for the female lead Li Yun.
Different from the past, Yang Yanjin showed rare single-mindedness and meticulous care this time, which can be said to surpass any of his previous relationships.
This time, Yang Yanjin did his best to avoid any public opinion pressure on Li Yun. But his affair has long been circulated, and "China Youth Daily" has also made a special report on it.
Yang Yanjin, who has been criticized, is always unable to extricate himself in his personal emotional life, which has become a brand of his life.
In Yang Yanjin's directorial career, the relationship has always been complicated. In 1978, in his first film "The Distressed Smile", he fell in love with the heroine Pan Hong.
During the filming, the two fell in love for a long time. Dense feelings of affection are gradually germinated through the interaction between the front and back of the camera.
At that time, Yang Yanjin's family life was not satisfactory, and Pan Hong's gentleness and talent deeply attracted him.
And Pan Hong is also very pleased with his talent. This undercurrent was surging, so I had to exchange my thoughts through letters.
As they get deeper, their relationship becomes an open secret. Soon, there was a scandal between Yang Yanjin and Pan Hong in the outside world.
The two did not deny it, but they did not confirm it positively. Yang Yanjin's wife, Hong Rong, was furious when she heard about it.
She questioned her husband, but Yang Yanjin always denied it. The unbelieving Hong Rong secretly searched Yang Yanjin's office and found love letters from the two.
This was the last straw for Hong Rong, and she decided to expose this dark harbor relationship. Once the matter was exposed, the careers and reputations of the two were greatly impacted.
Yang Yanjin was also punished by the relevant departments for this.
He blamed Hong Rong for exposing the truth, and the years-long relationship between the two came to an end, and Yang Yanjin filed for divorce.
In 1990, at a party, Yang Yanjin met the famous female writer Xuan Xiaofo. Although Xuan Xiaofo has an ordinary appearance, her strong scholarly atmosphere deeply attracted Yang Yanjin.
The two finally came together, and Yang Yanjin also quit smoking and drinking, and changed himself in order to make this relationship last for a long time.
In his directorial career, Yang Yanjin also had ambiguous relationships with other actresses. In 1983, when filming "Three Girls", the beauty of the leading actor Li Fengxu made him fascinated.
Surprisingly, the assistant director at that time also admired Li Fengxu, and the two fought for it, which affected the progress of the whole film.
In 1984, when filming "Singing in the Middle of the Night", Yang Yanjin was confused by the charm of the starring Li Yun. The twists and turns of Yang Yanjin's love life made him a focus topic in the circle.
Although his private life is quite controversial, Yang Yanjin still has a lot of achievements in his directing career.
1980's "Little Street" has been hailed as a classic, and his unique stage language has influenced the entire era.
With his ambition and dedication to the art of film, Yang Yanjin has left a strong page in the history of Chinese cinema.
His complex and changeable love life, as well as his persistent spirit of insisting on his own ideas and creations, let us see a charismatic legend.
The years have not diminished his passion for cinema, and he interprets life from his own unique perspective.
It is this extraordinary personality that has made Yang Yanjin a unique position in the history of Chinese film.
In the spring of 2020, Yang Yanjin participated in the filming of the TV series "Singing in the Middle of the Night". The crew was set up on location in a small town on the outskirts of Beijing.
When Yang Yanjin was filming the emotional line of a TV series, he seriously interpreted the emotional changes in his character's heart.
At this time, he took a fancy to a small supporting role in the crew - Li Yun. Li Yun is a newcomer and only appears in a few scenes in the TV series.
She is very delicate, with a good face, giving people a quiet and introverted feeling. When Yang Yanjin saw her for the first time, he was deeply attracted by her.
Since then, he has often found opportunities to contact Li Yun and chat and ask her about her current situation.
Li Yun didn't have any dislike for Yang Yanjin, and the two started a serious chat. As the filming progressed, Yang Yanjin's good impression of Li Yun also deepened.
He found that Li Yun is actually very delicate and gentle in her heart, and she also has unique insights into things. The two often spent time together between filming and chatted very closely.
Once, when he sent Li Yun home, he saw the door of her Anji community, and felt that this warm and simple place was very charming.
At one time, the crew took a week off. Yang Yanjin decided to go to Li Yun's house as a guest, wanting her family to understand herself.
But when he accompanied Li Yun to knock on the door, he unexpectedly learned that Li Yun's father was his friend and colleague for many years - director Li Zhiyu.
Li Zhiyu was quite surprised, but he still warmly entertained Yang Yanjin.
Through the conversation with Li Zhiyu, Yang Yanjin learned that Li Yun told his father that he had met a male star in the crew, and his father didn't sleep all night before contacting him.
Yang Yanjin told Li Zhiyu that he really liked Li Yun and hoped to get his consent to pursue her. But Li Zhiyu just smiled and did not respond directly.
A few days later, Yang Yanjin drove to Li Yun's house alone, intending to face Li Zhiyu again. At this time, Li Zhiyu told him that he could not agree to his request to pursue Li Yun.
Li Zhiyu knows Yang Yanjin's reputation in the film and television industry, and also knows that his previous two marriages ended in divorce. He didn't want his beloved daughter to be involved in this complicated relationship.
Yang Yanjin felt disappointed by this, but still did not give up. Subsequently, he began to take care of Li Yun everywhere at the filming site of the crew, subsidized her diet, and gave her many small gifts.
Even in the hotel room, he pasted Li Yun's photos all over the bedside to show her great affection. The other actors can see his devotion to this little assistant.
However, Li Yun always listened to her father's advice and did not accept Yang Yanjin's pursuit. Even though she could see that his true feelings were strong, she didn't want to put pressure on her father.
So, just after "Singing in the Middle of the Night" was completed, the relationship between Yang Yanjin and Li Yun also ended here, becoming an unsuccessful regret in his emotional career.
In the following years, Yang Yanjin has been wandering alone in the film and television industry. It wasn't until 2017 that he met the female writer Xuan Xiaofo who was ten years younger.
The two developed a good impression after working on the TV series, and decided to get married after getting along for a while. Their relationship seems to be stable, but because Yang Yanjin's love history is too rich, it still often causes discussion.
People have speculated whether he can treat Xuan Xiaofo sincerely for the rest of his life. After getting along for several years, the relationship between Yang Yanjin and Xuan Xiaofo is still very good.
He also gradually faded out of the film and television industry, no longer participated in the filming of new dramas, and focused on family life. And Li Yun later got married and had a daughter, living a plain and happy life.
Time flies, and the past relationship between Yang Yanjin and Li Yun can only become a memory in their respective memories.