In 1998, Du Liang, who was still a manager in an oil company, got together for dinner with his friends, and after a full meal, they chatted about novels, and Du Liang said that if I wrote a war novel, I would be better than them, and my friends thought he was bragging, and made a bet with him, if you can write it, I will give you my car.
Du Liang did not show weakness, if I can't write it, I will give you the house.
No one would have thought that this gamble inspired Du Liang's writing talent, and Du Liang, who had not moved before, wrote his first novel "Bright Sword" in 8 months, and then wrote "Blood Romance" at the suggestion of a friend, both novels were adapted into TV series and caused a sensation after being broadcast, and were regarded as a ceiling-like existence.
"Blood Romance" was put on the screen before "Bright Sword", and after it was launched in 2004, it was deeply loved by the audience, and the older generation of audiences saw their own shadow in the play, and the young audience everyone wanted to be the uninhibited Zhong Yuemin in the play.
Now that 19 years have passed, many audiences' concepts have changed, some people like Li Kuiyong's steadfastness, Zhang Haiyang's infatuation, Ning Wei's freedom and ease, Li Yuanchao's bearing, and the ·····courage of the little bastard who is not afraid of the ground.
Compared with the protagonists, the highlights of the supporting characters are gradually discovered, and when I look back again, I find many familiar faces, although there are not many of them, but they are equally brilliant.
Hammer (Li Jingfei)
If it weren't for the deception of the hammer, Ning Wei might have had a completely different life.
After Ning Wei retired from the army, he opened a trading company, borrowed 500,000 yuan from Zhong Yuemin's hands, and promised to return it to him soon.
However, as soon as the money arrived in the hands of the hammer, the hammer evaporated like the world, and he couldn't find it, so Ning Wei learned that he had been deceived, so Zhong Yuemin was almost imprisoned, but Qin Ling helped Zhong Yuemin fill the hole of 500,000.
After finding the hammer, the hammer had an arrogant attitude, relying on his own people and not taking Ning Wei in his eyes, but unfortunately in exchange for the hammer to spend the rest of his life in a wheelchair, Ning Wei was sentenced to 15 years in prison for hurting people.
The hammer ruffian in the play is sleek and full of lies, played by actor Li Jingfei, and the audience is more familiar with his other famous role, playing the role of Zhang Fei in the CCTV version of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms".
Li Jingfei, a national first-class actor, became famous after the hit of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", and then took over a large number of film and television works with historical themes, "Sun Tzu's Art of War", "Diao Chan", "Fengyang Boy Zhu Yuanzhang", etc., with the decrease in popularity, the gradual popularity is no longer forgotten by the audience.
When he was seen by the audience again, it was Guan Yu's actor Lu Shuming who pushed him on the stage in a wheelchair, just like the second half of the hammer in the play.
It turned out that Li Jingfei in his later years was paralyzed due to cerebral hemorrhage, poor language communication skills, and could not take care of himself.
On November 1, 2022, Guan Yu's actor Lu Shuming passed away, and 23 days later, Li Jingfei went with him, and the two brothers got together in heaven, how similar life and plot are, it is embarrassing.
Prison bully (Li Guangqi)
After Ning Wei was arrested and imprisoned, he was bullied by the prison bully, washing his feet, not giving him food, being beaten and scolded, and Ning Wei's skills were more than enough to deal with the prison bully, but he always chose to forbear and prepare for escaping in the future.
There are not many shots of the actor who plays the prison bully, his face is full of potholes, and he is a character who is not easy to mess with at first glance, the actor's name is Li Guangqi, a national second-class actor, and his name is unfamiliar, but when he mentions his other role, it will suddenly be him.
played a stall owner selling melons in "Conquest", and Liu Huaqiang's sentence "Is this melon ripe" was asked by him.
Li Guangqi has not starred in many film and television works, and few can be remembered by the audience, and it is his most characteristic role that sells melons in "Conquest", and now Li Guangqi has made this scene into a joke and cooperated with Uncle Erxianqiao and Tan Qiao.
Tan Qiao replaced the role of Sun Honglei, Li Guangqi played himself, and Uncle Erxianqiao became his little brother, full of feelings.
Zhou Zhennan (Chen Baoguo)
Zhou Xiaobai's father, a senior official in the army, has a high and powerful position, and there are not many shots, and he once wanted to help Zhong Yuemin but was rejected, and then Zhong Yuemin went to the countryside to become an educated youth.
Chen Baoguo, a national first-class actor, was born in a Chinese opera class, embarked on the road of film and television actor in 1980, and won the first China TV Golden Eagle Award for Best Actor in 1983 with the TV series "Orange, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue and Purple", and his worth doubled, and Chen Baoguo will be seen in popular dramas in the 80s.
After 2005, Chen Baoguo, who was nearly half a hundred years old, ushered in the highlight moment of his career as an actor, from "The Emperor of the Han Dynasty" to "Mansion Gate" to "Old Farmer", which became popular all over the country and was well known to the audience, especially the cynical Bai Jingqi in "Mansion Gate", which won him the Best Actor Award at the 13th Huading Awards.
While his career is gradually reaching its peak, Chen Baoguo's relationship is also complete, and his wife is Zhao Kuie, her classmate in Chinese opera, who played the role of Zhou Xiaobai's mother in "Blood Romance".
The two have been in love for 8 years, and have cooperated in many film and television works to play husband and wife, their private life has been very low-key, there are no scandals, the two got married in 1982, and have a son Chen Yuemo after marriage, and now they have become an actor under the cultivation of husband and wife.
Qin Ling (played by Wang Like)
Born in an ordinary background, no background, met Zhong Yuemin during the queue in the countryside of northern Shaanxi, Xintianyou linked them together, among the many women who like Zhong Yuemin, Qin Ling is very sensible, she knows Zhong Yuemin, understands Zhong Yuemin, knows that the two have no ending, and finally followed a rich businessman.
At first, this role was found to be played by Tranquility, but because Tranquility's schedule was staggered, director Teng Wenji found an actor who resembled Tranquility Wang Like to play it.
Wang Like, born as a dancer, "Blood Romance" is her first film and television work, known as "CCTV's daughter" in the circle, and has starred in more than 60 film and television works in the more than 20 years since her debut, of which nearly 40 are the protagonists, and most of them are broadcast by CCTV.
However, Wang Like, who is favored by CCTV, has always been a celebrity.
Her representative works "Red Lantern", "Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties", "Omura Official", "Wolf Poison Flower", "Wildfire Spring Breeze Fighting Ancient City", "Brothers in the World" and "The Bride of Kinmen" are all popular works, and her frequency, speed, and resources have made many actresses in the circle envious.
The dramas are about one after another, but Wang Like's low-key personality makes her rarely appear in media interviews and emotional scandals except for filming, so that she is always a celebrity.
In February 2023, "Wind and Rain Sending Spring Back" starring Wang Like will be broadcast on CCTV 8, and now the 36-year-old Wang Like is not married, and his private life has been very low-key.
Ye Chuliang (Zhang Hongrui)
A wealthy Singaporean businessman who was in love with Qinling, persistent in love, lent money to Qinling to help Zhong Yuemin solve the problem, and then Qinling followed him abroad.
The role of Ye Chuliang is Zhang Hongrui, a high-achieving student who graduated from the People's Liberation Army Academy of Arts, worked as a waiter in a western restaurant, a bartender in a bar, and a host in a TV station.
Cao Bida, who played in the hit drama "Aiming", shined, and many viewers got to know him through this drama.
Zhong Shanyue (Zhao Youliang)
Zhong Yuemin's father, joined the army at the age of 17, became a deputy regiment commander at the age of 20, was the youngest division commander of the entire Dongye Column during the Anti-Japanese War, changed jobs after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, and returned after being persecuted during the special period in China, Zhong Yuemin was able to join the army again.
Zhao Youliang, a national first-class actor, was the first president of the National Theater, became famous in the 80s, Zhao Youliang on the screen is gentle and elegant, has always been the representative image of Shanghai men, starred in "Debt", "Good Father, Bad Dad", "Death of Qiubai", "Homeland", "Village in the City" and other dramas are deeply loved by fans.
After the millennium, Zhao Youliang only made cameos in some film and television works, and completely stopped filming after 2015.
Emotionally, Zhao Youliang has been married twice, has a daughter with his first wife, married Japanese actor Emiko Kobayashi after divorce, and has a son after marriage.
On July 26, 2023, the National Theatre issued an obituary that Zhao Youliang died at the age of 78 due to ineffective medical treatment.
Director Wang (Fu Biao)
The leader who is responsible for guarding the downed cadres is not bad-hearted, he is tactful, and he does not appear in many scenes, so he is very impressed.
Fu Biao, the green leaf actor on the screen, Ruan Dawei in "Endless", Biaozi in "Big Names", Zhang Fugui in "Party A and Party B", the boss in "No Thieves in the World", etc., have changeable personalities and a wide range of plays.
Throughout Fu Biao's career as an actor, he has almost played all the life situations of the little people, silently making the green leaves that accompany the safflower.
In 1999, he was nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the Golden Rooster Awards.
In 2001, he won the Golden Rooster Award for Best Supporting Actor.
In 2005, he won the title of "Top Ten Actors" of CCTV audiences held by CCTV.
However, in the golden period of his career, Fu Biao fell ill due to perennial entertainment and drinking, and was diagnosed with liver cancer after being sent to the hospital, and saved his life after major surgery, but unfortunately he did not have a good rest after the operation and devoted himself to work again, and filmed 5 dramas in only one year, including Feng Xiaogang's "There Are No Thieves in the World".
In April 2005, Fu Biao's liver cancer recurred, and he did not survive after another operation, and died at the end of August of the same year.
Two surgeries made Fu Biao owe nearly one million debts, which were repaid by Fu Biao's former friend, Feng Xiaogang, and at Fu Biao's funeral, more than 100 artists in the entertainment industry arrived and gave him his last ride.
Owen (Cao Cao)
Zhong Yuemin's partner on the field is arrogant, and he once tried his fists and feet with Zhong Yuemin, but he was beaten lightly.
Playing Owen is American actor Nathan Cosred, because the foreign language he took in college was Chinese, the teacher asked each student to give himself a Chinese name, and Nathan Cosred, who liked "The Art of War", gave himself the Chinese name of the celebrity Cao Cao, which has since become his stage name.
In 1996, Cao Cao came to China to become an English teacher, and in 1999, he saw an advertisement for recruiting foreign actors, and was selected after an interview.
"Never Give Up", "Towards the Republic", "Beijing Love Story", "Ghost Blowing the Lantern", "Ip Man 3", "Looking for the Dragon", etc., and also played the role of national assistance in the hit "My Captain, My Group", which was deeply impressive.
Although he did not become popular, he has also become a familiar foreign actor in the eyes of the audience.
In 2003, Cao Cao married Li Zhiyin, a Beijing girl who had been in love for a long time, the wedding was very low-key, there was no banquet, Cao Cao and his wife settled in Beijing after marriage, and in 2020, Cao Cao got China's "green card" and has the right to live in China for a long time.
Today's Cao Cao is still filming in the entertainment industry, and in 2023, a movie "Angry Sea Catastrophe" will be released on the Internet, and it has changed a lot after more than 20 years.
Little Bastard (Lu Yuwen)
Born in an ordinary place but likes to pull out his position, he specializes in arguing with the cadres and children in the compound, he is ruthless and vicious, and his ruthlessness quickly became famous in Sijiu City, and he became an outlaw that many people dare not provoke.
However, the little bastard made too many enemies, he was brave and unscrupulous, and his ruthlessness was vulnerable in front of "resourcefulness", and he provoked Li Yuanchao and was beaten to death by Li Yuanchao.
The little bastard in the play has a prototype, he is a neighbor of the writer Du Liang, whose real name is Zhou Changli, who is famous in the Xinjiekou and Deshengmen areas, ruthless and hated the children of the big courtyard.
Under the leadership of Zhou Changli, he and his younger brothers were proud of robbing the general's coat of the big yard disciples, and called the big yard disciples, which also led to the common hatred of the big yard disciples, in order to find Zhou Changli for revenge, at that time the streets were full of people looking for Zhou Changli.
Just as in the TV series, Zhou Changli was still arrogant in the face of the siege of more than 100 people, and finally paid the price for his reckless behavior, preferring to die holding the big tree rather than falling, he was a man, and he was not yet 20 years old when he died.
The actor who played the little bastard was Lu Yuwen, who was not tall, not low-spirited, and his arrogant eyes performed the essence of this role, leaving a deep impression on the audience.
Lu Yuwen, who started his career in the early 90s, did not have many roles in the works, and began to be favored by major directors after "Blood Romance", and since then has taken over a large number of film and television works on the theme of spy war dramas.
Shanshan (Li Jiaxuan)
Ning Wei's girlfriend, dedicated to love, found the hammer with the help of Shanshan, and then followed Ning Wei to martyrdom.
Li Jiaxuan, born in an opera class, entered the film industry at the end of the 90s, and was tepid until he became successful in his career at the age of 34 because of the role of Li Concubine in "The Legend of Zhen Huan".
Emotionally, Li Jiaxuan met director Lu Senior when filming "Carla is a Dog" in 2003, and the two entered the palace of marriage and had a daughter after marriage, but unfortunately Senior Lu died in 2014.
After the death of Senior Lu, Li Jiaxuan gradually faded out of the film and television industry and did not remarry.
Lee Kui-yong (Lee Dong-rim)
Zhong Yuemin is the ideal, and Li Kuiyong is the reality.
How many people want to be like Zhong Yuemin, and in the end they all live a life like Li Kuiyong, making money and raising a family, but it is difficult to see a rainbow after experiencing wind and rain.
After a lifetime of hard work, he was worthy of his brothers, his wife and children, and his parents, but he was sorry for himself, and finally died of lung cancer.
But he didn't regret it, and left Zhong Yuemin these words when he was dying: "In the next life, I will still be Li Kuiyong, still living in this dilapidated courtyard, playing with my life to earn money, and serving my mother......"
Li Donglin, graduated from Beijing Film Academy, became famous after "Blood Romance", and since then many viewers don't know his name, but the three words Li Kuiyong are rooted in the hearts of the audience.
Since then, Li Donglin has starred in many works, such as Wei Dong in "Look at My Eyes", Chai Xuecun in "Let's Watch the Meteor Shower", Hou Tianliang in "Crossing the Line", etc., in recent years, he has gradually turned to a producer and director behind the scenes, and his works include "Fragrant Honey Sinks Like Frost", "Our Decade" and so on.
In addition to the above supporting roles, there are many outstanding actors in "Blood Romance", which also left a deep impression on the audience, Gao Yue, who likes Zhong Yuemin, Yuan Jun, who married Zhou Xiaobai in the original book, Jiang Biyun, who married Zheng Tong, Zhong Yuemin's secretary He Mei, and so on.
Which of these actors do you like the most?