"Sandezi" Zhao Liang: He became famous for playing a eunuch, married a supermodel with a height of 1.8 meters, and made a net worth of hundreds of millions by raising chickens, his pattern is too big
Author|Happy
Editor-in-charge|Xiang Wanwan
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In recent years, one after another "star stores" have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain.
In domestic entertainment, it is nothing new for celebrities to start cross-border businesses and expand their own business territory.
Some people have a main business of filming, a side business and a store, and some people have a side business of acting, and their main business is to raise chickens, and they have a net worth of hundreds of millions.
He is Zhao Liang, the "Three Virtues" who became popular all over the country 23 years ago with "Kangxi Weifu Private Interview".
Other celebrities all open restaurants across borders, but Zhao Liang chose an unusual path - to go to the mountains to study chicken raising, which is probably unique in the entertainment industry.
Today, Zhao Liang, who has been raising chickens for 15 years, has become a real professional chicken farmer with a huge breeding base.
How did Zhao Liang, who was born as an actor, embark on the road of raising chickens? Today, let's talk about the story behind Zhao Liang.
01
As a fledgling, he appeared on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala
In 1969, Zhao Liang was born in Chongqing, his father was a soldier, and his mother was a drama actor in the Art Troupe of the Military Region.
When Zhao Liang was a child, he followed his mother to the song and dance troupe to watch performances when he had nothing to do, and naturally, theatrical performances became one of his favorites.
When he was 10 years old, a director went to the compound to look for child actors.
The clever and lively Xiao Zhao Liang successfully attracted the attention of the director and got the first opportunity to perform on stage in his life.
Little Zhao Liang never thought that in the next few decades of life, he would be completely involved with performance.
After entering high school, Zhao Liang, who has an extroverted personality, served as the literary and artistic committee member of the class, responsible for coordinating various evenings and activities in the class, and was deeply liked by his classmates.
In his sophomore year of high school in 1986, Zhao Liang applied to join the army, intending to be a soldier like his father. Soon after, he received a notice of enlistment and was assigned to the Yunnan Army.
In the army, in addition to the military camp training, it is occasionally necessary to perform theatrical performances, which gives Zhao Liang, who is good at acting, a great opportunity to display his talents.
Zhao Liang can talk about cross talk and drama acting, and every performance is natural and silky, without being pretentious, which often causes the company members to laugh and applaud.
After going back and forth, Zhao Liang made a name for himself in the army, and the leaders felt that Zhao Liang was a good seedling of theatrical performances, so they transferred him to the Chengdu Military Region Battle Flag Song and Dance Troupe as a full-time actor.
In 1991, Zhao Liang stayed in the song and dance troupe for 2 years, and was selected to study at the People's Liberation Army Academy of Arts, and officially began to contact performance.
This splashing luck made Zhao Liang quickly embark on the road of performance, paving the way for appearing on a top stage such as the Spring Festival Gala in the future.
In 1992, Zhao Liang appeared on the stage of the drama "Walking Together" for the first time as an actor.
Drama has extremely high requirements for actors, and it is the rarest form in the film and television industry.
In the end, with this drama, Zhao Liang successfully won the 12th Drama Plum Blossom Award.
The Plum Blossom Award for Chinese Theatre is a national professional award for drama performance, which is a recognition of outstanding young and middle-aged drama performance talents.
2 years later, 25-year-old Zhao Liang was favored by the director of the Spring Festival Gala, appeared on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala, and dedicated his Spring Festival Gala debut sketch "Letter from Starling".
debuted on the Spring Festival Gala, although he performed very successfully, the Spring Festival Gala in the 90s was the world of sketch superstars such as Zhao Benshan and Chen Peisi.
In contrast, newcomer Zhao Liang is a little transparent and inconspicuous.
But under the aura of the Spring Festival Gala actors, coupled with his graduation from the People's Liberation Army Academy of Arts, Zhao Liang got a lot of acting opportunities and received invitations to several roles one after another.
Although they are all small supporting roles, without too many shots and lines, Zhao Liang still thinks about the role with his heart, and uses his superb performance to interpret every character in the play, laying the foundation for future performances.
It is said that gold always shines.
Soon, from a small role to a protagonist, Zhao Liang's opportunity came.
02
Embarked on the peak of performing arts and transformed into a "professional eunuch"
When he was young, Zhao Liang had a round face, and his facial features were not delicate and three-dimensional, which did not match the mainstream "handsome guy" image in the entertainment industry.
But his innate sense of joy has also made him a unique comedy path.
In 1995, the crew of "Mountain City Bangbang Army" found Zhao Liang and invited him to play the role of the second male "Maozi" in the play.
"Mountain City Bangbang Army" is a local dialect drama in Chongqing, which needs to be played by Sichuan and Chongqing actors, and Zhao Liang, who once appeared in the Spring Festival Gala, made the director remember him at once with his natural comedic performance.
Sure enough, Zhao Liang lived up to expectations and brought the character of "Maozi" to life.
In the play, Zhao Liang speaks a fluent Chongqing dialect and vigorously grasps the image of the "honest and chicken thief", which not only makes the audience love it, but also properly contracts the jokes of the whole play.
After this drama was broadcast in 1997, it caused great repercussions in the Sichuan-Chongqing region, and it is still an unsurpassable drama in the hearts of the locals, with a Douban score of 9.4 points.
After "Mountain City Bangbang Army" became popular, it also brought Zhao Liang to the fire, which made him get the attention of many people, including Zhang Guoli.
In the same year, it coincided with Zhang Guoli preparing to film "Kangxi Weifu Private Interview", and in the casting stage, the role of the celebrity "Sandezi" around Kangxi had not yet been decided.
Just when Zhang Guoli was very entangled, he saw the "Maozi" in the hit drama "Shancheng Bangbang Army", and instantly decided that the "Three Dezi" was none other than Zhao Liang.
Since then, Zhao Liang's comedy talent has made him like a fish in water in comedy roles.
In 1997, the TV series "Kangxi Weifu Private Interview" became popular all over the country as soon as it was broadcast, and 28-year-old Zhao Liang also became popular all over the country.
Although his appearance is not outstanding, he has rich facial expressions, not only interpreting the little eunuch "Sandezi" as smart, upright, smart and funny, but also with a distinct personality.
He also broke the audience's stereotype that "eunuchs" speak sharply and are insidious and vicious.
can play the highlights of a "green leaf" supporting role just right, no wonder the audience loves Zhao Liang so much.
It is not difficult to understand why the audience's opinions are so big when "Sandezi" in "Kangxi Weifu Private Interview 2" is replaced by another actor.
For this reason, from 2000 to 2002, Zhao Liang continued to star in the third and fourth "Kangxi Weifu Private Interview", becoming the most popular "eunuch professional".
As a result, Zhao Liang embarked on the highlight moment of his career, and successfully created one of the most successful roles in his acting career, becoming a part of the memories of the post-80s and 90s youth.
However, what makes you is often your shackles.
In the future, although Zhao Liang also starred in the TV series "Merry Genius Ji Xiaolan", Li Wenhu in "The Silly King Breaks the World", and also appeared on the Spring Festival Gala again and performed "Rake Ears", but his popularity is far less than that of "Sandezi".
Stills from "The Silly King Breaks the World".
It is a good thing that a character is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, but it has not formed a shackle welded on the body, and it is not easy to tear off the label again.
Just when Zhao Liang's career fell into a bottleneck, his love ushered in a blossom.
03
I met my 16-year-old model daughter-in-law and gained a happy marriage
After the Spring Festival in 2008, Zhao Liang and his girlfriend who had been in love for 5 years finally completed the Zhengguo registration marriage, and held a wedding in the following year.
People who have seen Zhao Liang's daughter-in-law.
are all puzzled: How did the two people with the "cutest height difference" and "age difference" meet?
It turned out that Zhao Liang's daughter-in-law Hu Jing was born in 1985 and is an authentic Northeasterner, she is not only 16 years younger than Zhao Liang, but also has a tall figure of 180cm, which is 10 cm taller than Zhao Liang.
At that time, Hu Jing was white and beautiful, and he also won the national championship of the 2002 model competition.
It stands to reason that such an outstanding Hu Jing, how can he not look down on Zhao Liang, who is not good-looking and a head shorter than himself?
But fate is so wonderful, allowing the two to come together across the barriers of age and height.
The story of the two has to start from 2003.
On the day of the meeting, Zhao Liang accompanied a friend to go on a blind date, and it happened that the blind date also called a friend to accompany him, and she was Hu Jing.
But what catches the horse is that the two protagonists of the serious blind date did not get along, but let Zhao Liang know Hu Jing, Zhao Liang had a good impression of the little sister in front of him, and the two exchanged contact information after the blind date.
After that, Zhao Liang asked Hu Jing out for dinner and afternoon tea when he was free, and simply proposed to recognize Hu Jing as his godsister and take care of him everywhere.
Originally, Hu Jing didn't have much thought about Zhao Liang.
But after getting along again and again, I feel more and more that he is sincere and enthusiastic, and funny and humorous, especially very good to her, and gradually has a good impression.
The two of them were able to blossom and bear fruit in the end, thanks to the dice.
Once on Hu Jing's birthday, Zhao Liang prepared a birthday party full of rituals for her, and there was a game session that night, which was to play dice.
After playing a round, Hu Jing was very lucky, and won 11 consecutive wins against Zhao Liang, Zhao Liang looked at Hu Jing who was laughing at himself in front of him, and suddenly had an idea, and said to Hu Jing:
"Let's play the last hand, if I lose, invite you to dinner, if I win you 5 in a row, you have to promise me one thing——— be my girlfriend, how about it?"
Hu Jing thought that Zhao Liang was just joking, and with his good luck, it was impossible to lose, so he agreed without hesitation.
It's probably the fulfillment of God, Hu Jing, who has always won, actually lost five times in a row!
In the end, Zhao Liang found a place in life, and his career was slightly successful, so he chose to complete his life events in 2008.
Although the two are 16 years apart, they have also received the support of family and friends, and they have entered the palace of marriage step by step from acquaintance and love.
In 2009, the two held a wedding, and after marriage, Hu Jing gave birth to two lovely sons one after another, and now the family of four lives happily and satisfactorily.
Soon after they got married, they were hit by the Wenchuan earthquake.
Zhao Liang also ushered in a new turning point in his life, and he made an incomprehensible decision.
04
Devoted himself to the cause of poverty alleviation and became the most proficient chicken raiser among the actors
In May 2008, an 8.0-magnitude earthquake struck Wenchuan, causing countless houses to collapse and causing heavy casualties, affecting the hearts of the Chinese people.
As a native of Sichuan and Chongqing, Zhao Liang cherishes his hometown.
At the same time, based on the soldier's sense of mission, he donated money and contributed his strength as soon as possible.
But this is far from enough, he has been thinking about what else he can do to help the villagers rebuild their homes and become rich after the earthquake.
After thinking about it again, Zhao Liang made a decision that shocked his family: entrepreneurship to alleviate poverty.
In order to help restore agricultural production in a hard-hit township in the mountains, Zhao Liang devoted himself to the breeding industry and built a chicken farm deep in the mountains.
I thought that this was an easy and simple entrepreneurial project, buy the chicken seedlings, scatter the corn, and the chickens can be sold for money when they grow up, but he didn't expect to encounter "roadblocks" one after another.
At first, Zhao Liang contracted 1,000 acres of barren mountains in the local area, and invested 1 million savings to dig a big pond next to the chicken farm, preparing to raise chickens and fish at the same time.
But the heavens are not beautiful, and a heavy rain will make his efforts in vain.
The day after the fish pond was dug up, it encountered a flash flood, which washed the fish pond away, and the investment of 1 million yuan was lost, which made Zhao Liang want to cry without tears.
It is said that everything is difficult at the beginning, Zhao Liang comforted himself while regrouping.
But because of lack of experience, the first batch of 500 chicks soon died without a single left, and this time it was all lost.
Seeing the continuous outflow of entrepreneurial funds, but the chicken farm is not improving, Zhao Liang is in a dilemma, whether to persist or give up?
But Zhao Liang, who did not admit defeat, gritted his teeth and persevered.
After that, he raised chickens while filming, and he spent all the remuneration he earned from filming on the breeding base.
This time, he also specially consulted experts to learn the knowledge of chicken raising.
In addition to filming, he spends his free time working with chickens on the chicken farm, and studies breeding books at home at night.
The local infrastructure did not keep up, and he had to pay for it, pulling power lines, laying water pipes, and even building a road to the chicken farm.
Because of climbing back and forth every day, Zhao Liang's leg suffered from synovitis, and he could only walk with the help of crutches.
The couple quarreled many times because of the chicken farm, and even Zhao Liang's parents couldn't understand: It's not good to act well, why do you want to raise chickens?
Despite this, the husband and wife eventually stood on the same front.
After more than ten years of hard work, Zhao Liang's chicken farm is gradually on the right track.
At present, he has 4 professional breeding bases, with an annual maximum of 130,000 chickens, and is a well-known professional chicken farmer.
And according to media estimates, Zhao Liang has already been worth more than 100 million.
More importantly, Zhao Liang has never forgotten the original intention of "entrepreneurship and poverty alleviation", and he also taught the local people the experience of scientific breeding, leading 288 poor households to successfully get out of poverty.
The annual income of each household is about 90,000 yuan, leading the villagers to get rich together.
At the same time, he also provides jobs to local people who have been disabled due to the earthquake, so that they can become self-reliant and live a better life.
Such Zhao Liang is not only an actor who brings joy to the audience on the screen, but also a responsible chicken entrepreneur in the hearts of the villagers.
05 Write to the end
Today, Zhao Liang still continues his chicken raising business, and has also created a domestic enterprise standard for large-scale chicken raising.
Some time ago, he partnered with a friend to open dozens of wood-fired turkey restaurants, and the ingredients were his own free-range chicken.
While sticking to the original intention of "entrepreneurship and poverty alleviation" and expanding his career territory, Zhao Liang did not give up his acting career.
In his own words, his current state is:
"The best at raising chickens in the entertainment industry, and the best at acting in the chicken industry. ”
With responsibility and mission on the one hand, interest and love on the other, Zhao Liang finally relied on his perseverance and hard work to balance the two and live a life full of value.
The road to success is never crowded, and only when you take the road that few people walk, can you see good scenery along the way.
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