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Family life
Yi Jianlian, who is now over 36 years old, has a physical condition and reaction speed that cannot be compared with when he was young. But in the eyes of the majority of fans, he will always be the invincible king who is majestic and astonishing.
Once upon a time, he tirelessly galloped on the court, sweating with youth, and won applause and cheers again and again with his dexterous skills and accurate shooting.
Now Yi Jianlian has been relieved of his burden from the green field of the past, and his family is living a quiet and comfortable life in the distant United States. His wife, Jing Ling, and two lovely sons have already settled there and lived in a luxurious villa worth a lot of money.
As a husband and father, Yi Jianlian often lived away from home and relatives because of work. But even so, in this new era of highly developed information, the emotional bond between them has never been blocked by distant geographical locations.
Whenever he has free time, Yi Jianlian always turns on video calls and chats and jokes with his wife and children. Looking at the innocent smiling faces of his sons and feeling the endless love of his wife, the warmth and strength from his relatives will continue to be injected into his heart.
Although there is still a long way to go in his career, with the company and support of his family, he will no longer feel hesitant and confused in his heart.
Love Marriage
Back in April 2014, a set of photos caused an uproar, unveiling Yi Jianlian's date with a mysterious woman. In the photo, Yi Jianlian is dressed in casual attire, wearing a white peaked cap, and glasses cover his always bright eyes.
In contrast, the woman next to him seemed rather casual, but the interlocking hands of the two signaled their intimate relationship.
After some deep digging by netizens, the mystery was finally revealed - it turned out that she was Miss Jing Ling, a top supermodel active in the international fashion circle.
Born in Guangdong in 1989, Jing Ling has shown a unique talent since he was a child, with a charming figure and unique charm, which can be described as a natural stunner.
At the age of 19, she won the championship at the 7th Southern New Silk Road Model Competition, won the overall championship title in one fell swoop, and also successfully won the "Fashion Media Award".
Two years later, in 2010, she was elected to the Brazilian national football team, once again proving her unassailable status in the modeling industry, and her popularity skyrocketed.
Interestingly, at the same time that Jing Ling won one championship title after another, Yi Jianlian also ushered in his glorious years in the NBA. This pair of outstanding young people who have a common encounter met on such a dramatic occasion and soon fell in love.
In 2011, Yi Jianlian ended his NBA career and returned to domestic development. Although this decision was questioned by the outside world, Jing Ling gave him unwavering support and encouragement at this critical moment, helping him regain his confidence and save his basketball career from shattering.
And just like that, everything was like fate. In 2014, the two tied the knot in their hometown of Guangdong and entered the palace of marriage. On September 29 of the same year, they ushered in the crystallization of love - a lovely son Yi Jiale was born, and since the child was born in the United States, he naturally became a US citizen.
Immediately afterwards, Jing Ling became pregnant again the following year and gave birth to a child in June 2016, giving birth to her youngest son, Yi Junlang, who has American citizenship like her brother.
Due to the nationality of the children, Yi Jianlian once caused an uproar in China, and many people complained about it. But as a client, he never responded much to this, and still lived his life calmly.
Growing up
To tell the story of Yi Jianlian's fame at a young age, we have to start with his family background. Yi Jianlian was born in 1987 in the beautiful Heshan City, Jiangmen, Guangdong Province, where his father, Mr. Yi Jingliu, and his mother, Mak Meiling, were both outstanding athletes of the Guangdong handball team.
Unfortunately, the good times did not last long, after the Shanghai National Games ended, the Guangdong team underwent major changes, and the poor handball team was helplessly eliminated.
This is undoubtedly a heavy blow to the family. Yi Jingliu and Mak Meiling originally relied on playing handball to support their family's livelihood, but now that the team is disbanded, they suddenly lose their source of income and their lives are in trouble.
Fortunately, both of them are diligent and down-to-earth people, and soon through their own efforts, they found a new job in the Shenzhen Post Office, although the income is much less than when they played handball, but they can finally maintain a basic life.
In this environment, Yi Jianlian has shown extraordinary athletic talent since he was a child, especially has a special love for basketball. After school, he was always the first to run to the playground and sweat on the court with his friends, hoping to become a professional basketball player one day.
Knowing their son's love for basketball, Yi Jingliu and Mai Meiling both gave full understanding and support, as if they wanted to pin their unrealized sports dream on Yi Jianlian.
With the encouragement of his parents, in 1999, Yi Jianlian, who was still a teenager at the time, participated in a street basketball game held in Shenzhen. It's a pity that he encountered Waterloo at the last kick and was out of the first round, and his self-confidence was hit hard.
Just when he was at his most difficult, a coach named Dai Yixin heard the news and took a fancy to Yi Jianlian's seed-like talent. Dai Yixin is convinced that as long as he is given professional and strict training, Yi Jianlian will definitely be able to grow into a towering tree.
So he resolutely contacted the CBA coaching team and tailored a professional training plan for Yi Jianlian.
In this way, under Dai Yixin's order, Yi Jianlian officially embarked on his own basketball road. In 2000, at the age of 13, he joined the Guangdong Hongyuan Youth Team with a tall body of 2.02 meters.
With solid basketball skills and innate talent, Yi Jianlian won many battles when he was in the youth team, won one championship after another, and became an instant hit.
The cause of the scandal
Yi Jianlian, who is young and promising, is naturally inevitably involved in some scandals. The most striking thing is his love affair with Li Yahong, a well-known model in Xinjiang.
It all started in 2003. At that time, Yi Jianlian had already made his mark in the CBA arena, and his sports career was on the rise. And Li Yahong, as the overall champion of the Chinese style model contest that year, is also a star.
It was at this time that the two got acquainted through a CCTV program "Very 6+1". At that time, Li Yahong was selected to play the role of the "smashing girl" of the show, and her wonderful performance made Yi Jianlian, who was present, fall in love with her at first sight.
As fate would have it, the two started a sweet relationship. It's a pity that this relationship finally failed to grow old together, and in 2007, the two sides had parted ways, and then Li Yahong went to the NBA, while Yi Jianlian continued to take root in the CBA, and the two gradually drifted apart.
This episode also caused an uproar in the outside world, full of speculation and criticism about Yi Jianlian's love life.
After the breakup, Yi Jianlian seemed to have fallen into a period of emotional confusion. Some media once broke out that he had a good impression of the popular actress Liu Yifei, and took action to please the other party, and even spent millions of dollars to buy precious jewelry to laugh at Pomeranian, but unfortunately in the end he still fell short and failed to do so.
In addition to Liu Yifei, Yi Jianlian was also revealed to have an ambiguous relationship with gymnastics star Dai Feifei. It is said that the two met at a social event, and at that time, Yi Jianlian also put on a coat for Dai Feifei gentlemanly, showing full gentleness and thoughtfulness.
Later, Dai Feifei also admitted that she had a good impression of Yi Jianlian, and unilaterally "showed love and proposed" to him, but in the end she was rejected.
Looking back at the origin of this period of scandals, it is not difficult to find the common clues - those are the stages when Yi Jianlian's career took off and his reputation was flourishing. When he met Li Yahong in 2003, he had just made a name for himself in the CBA League; Breaking up with Li Yahong in 2007 was a critical period for him to go to the NBA.
Coincidentally, it is rumored that he once had a crush on Liu Yifei and Dai Feifei, and it was also when his career reached a peak. It can be seen that the success of a career often attracts the favor of the opposite sex, giving young and promising basketball stars some emotional entanglements.