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Text: Ji Xiaomo
Editor|Ji Xiaomo
Preface
In a daily conversation with his daughter after the divorce, Liu Mintao suddenly mentioned the topic of her father.
Liu Mintao struggled for a long time, and finally mustered up the courage to confess the truth of the divorce to his daughter.
What she didn't expect was that her daughter's reaction to this would make her strong mother's heart tighten and be full of pity.
Looking back on Liu Mintao's growth process, she has always been a daughter who makes her parents worry-free.
Since she was a child, she has been well-behaved and sensible, obedient to her parents' teachings, and never disobedient.
When her parents considered that it was difficult to get into college, they suggested that she apply for a secondary school to study a normal major, Liu Mintao gladly accepted.
After graduating from secondary school, her aunt suggested that she try to be admitted to the Central Academy of Drama, and her parents agreed, so Liu Mintao went all out and was successfully admitted to Chinese opera.
During college, she worked hard and became an excellent student in the eyes of her teachers, and after graduation, she stepped into the entertainment industry, Liu Mintao still maintained her professionalism and gradually emerged in the film and television industry.
With Liu Mintao's steady improvement in his acting career, his parents believe that women should eventually return to the family, and getting married and having children is the right way.
Faced with the expectations of his parents, Liu Mintao once again chose to be obedient.
Just as her career was in full swing, an unexpected romantic plot struck: she received 99 roses every day for a month in a row.
On the 31st day, a handsome and gentle wealthy man appeared in front of her with a bouquet in his hand, confessing that he was her big fan and hoped to pursue her.
Liu Mintao was moved by his appearance and sincerity, and the two quickly fell in love.
During the relationship, the man was considerate and generous to Liu Mintao, which deeply touched the 30-year-old Liu Mintao.
Under the arrangement and blessing of his parents, Liu Mintao and this rich man entered the marriage hall.
For the sake of her family, she resolutely retired in the golden period of her career and became a "wealthy man".
The reality of married life is very different from the beautiful picture she envisions.
After getting married, she found that she was financially constrained everywhere, and every expense needed to look at her husband's face.
Once, when the family traveled to Japan, Liu Mintao saw it as a good opportunity to strengthen the couple's relationship and break the deadlock.
As they pass by an ice cream parlor, Ms. Liu pleads to her husband in anticipation to try the store's signature ice cream.
Unexpectedly, her husband responded indifferently: "Are you a child? Do you still eat ice cream?" In the face of her husband's coldness and contempt, Liu Mintao was not only heartbroken by his attitude, but also sad that she found that she didn't even have the freedom to buy an ice cream.
The husband turned away, leaving her crying on the side of the road.
No one cared about her for a long time, and she was penniless, so she could only hold back her tears and find her husband to continue the trip.
After returning to China, that night, Liu Mintao tossed and turned in bed, unable to sleep.
The next day, she mustered up the courage and tearfully filed for divorce from her husband.
Then, he laughed sarcastically and said, "Just because I didn't buy you ice cream, you got a divorce?" If you really leave me, I'm afraid you won't even be able to eat!" Only Liu Mintao himself knows that this is not just because of an ice cream, but also the denial of self-worth, the trampling on human dignity and the desire for a free life.
[1] From a lonely childhood to the first audition of an actor who bravely went to Beijing
Liu Mintao, a girl from an ordinary family in Shandong, whose parents are ordinary employees of a car transportation company, lives a simple and unpretentious life.
In order to increase the family income, her parents worked hard every day, leaving early and returning late, and rarely had time to spend with her.
While other children are accompanied by their parents to visit parks and playgrounds, Liu Mintao often spends long hours alone.
In order to give Liu Mintao some sustenance, she was often sent to live with her aunt who worked in the repertory troupe.
Year after year, Liu Mintao watched her aunt's theater backstage and watch her vividly perform various roles, which became the most precious memory of her childhood.
At first, due to his introverted personality, Liu Mintao was not keen on this noisy environment, preferring to be alone at home.
The turning point came when she saw her aunt's wonderful performance on stage, and a heart that longed for the stage and longed to become an actor quietly took root.
With the passage of time, Liu Mintao became a slim girl, and her love for performing arts deepened.
The college entrance examination is approaching, and the parents, who are well aware of the pressure of reality, resolutely oppose Liu Mintao's involvement in the entertainment industry, believing that it is an unstable and risky road, and they hope that their daughter can have a stable job as a kindergarten teacher and live a plain and stable life.
As a result, Liu Mintao was forced to give up his dream of being an actor and concentrate on preparing for the exam according to his parents' plan.
Under the seemingly peaceful life, Liu Mintao suppressed strong unwillingness and pain in his heart.
Just when everything seemed to be settled, a phone call from my aunt broke the deadlock.
At dinnertime, my aunt called and begged Liu Mintao's parents to let her try to apply for the repertory troupe, because the leaders of the troupe saw her potential.
The conversation on the phone fell into Liu Mintao's ears word by word, which made her heart surge.
Unexpectedly, his father finally relented and agreed to let Liu Mintao go to Beijing for an interview.
That night, Liu Mintao was excited and nervous, packed his luggage in advance, and waited for a new beginning with great anticipation.
Early the next morning, with the morning light and birdsong, Liu Mintao woke up early and prepared to set off.
She dressed neatly, combed up the braids that symbolized youthful vitality, and after reluctantly saying goodbye to her parents, she boarded the train to Beijing alone.
The journey was long and full of unknowns for her, but she stared intently at the scenery passing by the window, and her heart was full of longing and determination for the future.
[2] With perseverance and talent, knock on the door of the performance hall
With a dream of his acting career, Liu Mintao traveled thousands of miles to Beijing to take the examination of the Performance Department of the Central Academy of Drama, but he did not expect that the number of applicants was full and the quota closed early.
But she was not discouraged by this, and quickly contacted her aunt for help, and learned that interviews were still being held at the Jinan test center.
Liu Mintao did not hesitate to buy the first train ticket to Jinan, but fate seemed to be playing a joke on her, and when she rushed to Jinan, the enrollment work there happened to be over, and her aunt advised her to accept the reality and go home as soon as possible.
Liu Mintao's tenacity and perseverance drove her to make a bold decision, and she resolutely broke into the closing examination room to show her talent and love for the performing arts to the teachers in person.
Her height advantage, small face and photogenic characteristics, coupled with her simple and sincere emotional expression, deeply moved the teachers present, and finally decided to admit this determined girl.
Hearing the news of being admitted, not only my aunt was surprised, but even Liu Mintao himself was unexpected.
In addition to being delighted, she knew that this was only the first step towards her dream, so she devoted all her energy to more rigorous study, even if her parents no longer strictly restrained her, she also consciously gave up the opportunity to go out to watch performances, and devoted herself to preparing for the college entrance examination, just to be successfully admitted to the ideal film school.
After the college entrance examination, everyone breathed a sigh of relief and began to enjoy the rare leisure time, but Liu Mintao was still nervous, until she received the notice of express delivery and opened it by hand, she was relieved, she knew that she was one step closer to her dream.
Entering the university campus, Liu Mintao still maintains her original introverted and unsociable personality, rarely takes the initiative to talk to others, and does not want to disturb others too much, even in the dormitory, she is like an independent existence.
It is such a seemingly detached attitude, but it has won the appreciation of the university class teacher.
Because in the eyes of the head teacher, Liu Mintao's cold and resolute face actually revealed a unique temperament similar to Gong Li, which made her particularly special among many freshmen.
[3] After going through the ghost gate, the pregnant belly finally divorced
When Liu Mintao applied for the Central Academy of Drama, with her outstanding temperament and potential, she was recognized by Gong Li's head teacher at that time, and she was expected to become the next "little Gong Li".
Under the careful training and support of the head teacher, Liu Mintao's artistic foundation has become more and more solid, paving the way for the future development of the entertainment industry.
Despite having a similar starting point, Liu Mintao's life trajectory is not as glamorous as Gong Li's.
She has an introverted personality and is submissive, and this temperament has led to the bumpy experience of the first half of her life to some extent.
At the age of 30, the traditional age of marriageability for women, Liu Mintao chose marriage as his destination and married a wealthy real estate businessman named Chang Le.
Although Chang Le is modest in appearance, he is regarded as an ideal family pillar because of his abundant wealth and stable income.
Liu Mintao firmly believed in her husband's promise that "I am responsible for making money to support my family, and you are responsible for being beautiful like a flower", so he resolutely gave up his career as an actor, devoted himself to the family, and played the role of a good wife and mother.
Chang Le is busy with business outside, while Liu Mintao serves her in-laws and housework at home, and her daily trivial life makes her gradually disconnected from the outside world and become a housewife who is completely dependent on her husband.
From the star-studded female star in the past to the "yellow-faced woman" who only knows how to ask her husband for money, the huge gap in identity makes Liu Mintao feel bitter.
What's even more chilling is that instead of giving her the care and love she deserves, Chang Le often ridicules her for having no financial ability and doing nothing.
In Chang Le's eyes, Liu Mintao seems to be useless, and his home has become boring, far less attractive than the lights of the outside world.
He began to stay home frequently, often returning home with a strong smell of alcohol and a strange smell of perfume, all of which hinted at his alienation and betrayal of his marriage.
Although her husband's behavior gradually accumulated disappointment in Liu Mintao's heart, the birth of her daughter brought her new sustenance and hope.
When she learned that she was pregnant, her heart was filled with joy for a new life in the future and longing for a happy family.
When her daughter was born after hardships, Chang Le never went to the hospital to visit the fragile and strong mother and daughter, which cast a shadow on Liu Mintao's heart again.
In order to give her daughter a complete home, Liu Mintao chose patience and perseverance, but she couldn't stop Chang Le's behavior from getting worse and worse.
In a blink of an eye, in 2013, Liu Mintao and Chang Le went to Qingliang Temple in Japan for a vacation.
In the tranquil and exotic scenery, Liu Mintao had a whimsical idea to taste a matcha ice cream.
When she shyly proposed this small wish to Chang Le, she found that her pockets were empty and her bags were shy.
She explained to her husband embarrassedly, but was ruthlessly asked by Chang Le: "You are not a little girl, what kind of ice cream do you eat?" This sentence was like a biting cold wind, blowing through Liu Mintao's heart.
After marrying into a wealthy family for seven years, Liu Mintao couldn't even enjoy the freedom of an ice cream, and such a marriage was like an invisible shackle that kept her awake at night.
When the dawn illuminates the dawning sky, Liu Mintao makes a decision: she and her daughter resolutely move out of the luxurious mansion, determined to end this marriage that has long lost its temperature and get out of the seven-year itch predicament.
[4] From the shadow of divorce to the gorgeous turn of the powerful queen in the film and television industry
After the divorce, Liu Mintao decided to restart her acting career, but seven years of housewife life made her a significant distance from the rapidly changing entertainment industry.
At the age of 37, which is quite challenging for middle-aged actresses, she has to face the difficulty of returning to the screen, and also have to deal with the problem of role positioning.
Therefore, Liu Mintao actively contacted friends in the circle, hoping to find a suitable role for him.
Fortunately, after some hard work, Liu Mintao's first work after her comeback was the critically acclaimed TV series "Parental Love", in which she played the role of Ge Meixia, a primary school teacher, and staged a fascinating rivalry with veteran actor Liu Lin.
This work, which brings together many powerful actors, received an enthusiastic response after its release, which undoubtedly opened a good start for Liu Mintao's return.
Immediately afterwards, Liu Mintao served as the female No. 1 Spiegel in the spy war drama "The Pretender", and had in-depth cooperation with first-line male stars such as Hu Ge, Wang Kai, and Jin Dong.
With her outstanding performance in the play, Liu Mintao has won high recognition from the audience and the industry, and her popularity has soared rapidly, and she has been praised as a "powerful middle-aged actress with explosive acting skills".
Subsequently, she further consolidated her acting status in hit dramas such as "Langya Bang" and "Ode to Joy", letting people see that she is no longer the woman who relied on her husband to live, but has become a powerful woman who can take charge of herself.
In addition to his achievements in film and television dramas, Liu Mintao has also attracted attention in his personal life.
In 2016, she talked publicly about family changes for the first time on the "Venus Show" program, bluntly saying that her ex-husband attached too much importance to money and ignored the importance of family affection.
Liu Mintao couldn't help but burst into tears when mentioning the situation of her ex-husband's disregard for the children after the divorce, and she warned everyone to pay attention to the character and kindness of the other party when choosing a partner.
This candid sharing has won deep sympathy from the majority of netizens, and at the same time, they have praised her choice to dare to get out of an unhappy marriage.
With the passage of time, Liu Mintao has flourished in her acting career, while her ex-husband seems more and more lonely.
In 2020, at a satellite TV party, Liu Mintao's unique performance of singing "Red High Heels" instantly became popular on the Internet, and a large number of emojis were produced because of his facial expressions, and he was praised by netizens as "the first female star to sing with acting skills", which once again aroused heated discussions and became popular.
Liu Mintao relied on his talent and tenacity to successfully come out of the shadow of divorce, not only rebuilding his career kingdom, but also regaining his self-worth in his family.
In contrast, although the ex-husband may have accumulated a lot of wealth, he has lost the opportunity to share the joy of family life with his family.
Liu Mintao now has an independent economic foundation and a daughter by her side, and her life is full of happiness and a sense of accomplishment, which is in stark contrast to her ex-husband's current state.
[5] Live a chic and true life at the age of forty
At a certain stage of filming, Liu Mintao took advantage of the crew's vacation to stroll alone on the Bund in Shanghai, and chose a café to sit quietly and watch the scenery, feeling the tranquility outside the hustle and bustle of the city.
Later, she walked into a small theater and enjoyed an unforgettable performance, experiencing a joy of life that she had never had before.
Later, she visited Japan with her friends, and tasted matcha ice cream at an ice cream parlor, and now she has learned to be independent, live her own life, no longer be influenced by the eyes of others, and bravely pursue the life she wants.
This year, Liu Mintao shared her marriage story for the first time in a public speech, and she no longer shied away from the experience and candidly showed her personal life to the audience.
In her speech, she mentioned that she is about to enter the age of 43 and firmly believes that fatigue should not be the keynote of a 40-year-old woman's life, but that she must learn to care for herself, embrace life, and integrate moderate idealism into her daily life.
She pointed out that in the past, the 40-year-old female characters in TV dramas were often trapped in the trivial matters of family and marriage, as if to convey the message that "forty years old means exhaustion and numbness".
In Liu Mintao's view, the age of 40 is the most beautiful stage for women, with both the memories of youth and the accumulation of years, and both material wealth and spiritual world have reached a state of richness and fullness.
In this speech, Liu Mintao exposed the awkward situation faced by 40-year-old actors, who often can only play the parents of young protagonists on the screen, rather than individuals with independent emotional worlds.
And in real life, there are many forty-year-old "rebellious" middle-aged people, whose wonderful stories and life conditions have not yet been deeply explored and presented by screenwriters and producers.
Liu Mintao hopes that through his own voice, more people can see the true face and infinite possibilities of people of this age group.
【6】演技遭质疑后获巩俐力挺
2021 is undoubtedly a year full of challenges and controversies for Liu Mintao, who has been in the entertainment industry for nearly 30 years.
She played the role of "Wen Qi's" mother in the TV series "Life Home", which should have been an excellent opportunity to show her acting strength, but unexpectedly due to the "uncontrolled expression management" in the play, she was widely complained and questioned by netizens, and her acting skills were criticized as "exaggerated".
For a while, the discussion about Liu Mintao's acting skills fermented on the Internet, and the voices of doubt were endless.
The turmoil of doubts surrounding Liu Mintao's acting skills did not last long.
Subsequently, Liu Mintao joined the movie "Winning the Championship" as a special guest actor and fully supported the filming of "Senior Sister" Gong Li.
Gong Li is known in the circle for her "straight nature" and "drama idiot", and has almost strict standards for acting skills.
In her opinion, any actor who does not have good acting skills is not worthy of respect.
In the face of Liu Mintao, Gong Li showed unprecedented love and appreciation.
This move undoubtedly justified Liu Mintao's acting skills, breaking the rumor that "Liu Mintao's acting skills are not good" in one fell swoop, and effectively responded to the doubts of the outside world.
During this time, Liu Mintao also participated in the annual Face Women's Power Ceremony held by People magazine, and delivered a touching speech at the event.
She took her personal experience as the starting point to deeply analyze the various unbearable and dilemmas faced by women in the life of "husband and child", and at the same time exposed the serious harm caused by the original family's brainwashing of her own thoughts.
In her speech, Liu Mintao officially announced that she had made up her mind to break free from her shackles and live for herself.
Talking about ending her marriage with her ex-husband for only 7 years, Liu Mintao bluntly said that the crux of the problem lies in the serious lack of emotional and spiritual communication between the two parties.
After careful consideration of love, Liu Mintao looked back on his life and felt deeply lonely.
Every time she looked up at the ceiling, her heart swelled with endless desires and desires.
On a sleepless night, she opened her eyes until dawn and finally figured it out and decided to end the marriage that made her feel empty and constrained.
Liu Mintao believes that the biggest "reward" of this marriage is that she wasted her good time and career, which makes her deeply regretful.
From now on, she is determined to let go of herself, no longer be bothered by trivial housework and worldly eyes, and live her true self.
At the end of his speech, Liu Mintao labeled herself as a "middle-aged woman who enjoys rebellion."
It is a self-definition full of strength and determination, which is both a farewell to the shackles and struggles of the past and a declaration of freedom and independence in the future.
In the eyes of onlookers, this label is undoubtedly Liu Mintao's most appropriate and true evaluation of herself, which accurately summarizes her state of mind and life pursuit at the moment, and also indicates that she will meet her own rebellious and free life with a new attitude in the coming years.
[7] 46-year-old Liu Mintao's relationship was exposed, and he kissed his new boyfriend sweetly in the car
On November 18, 2022, actress Liu Mintao, who is widely loved by the audience for her successful portrayal of the role of Concubine Jing in "Langya Bang", was captured by entertainment reporters with solid evidence of her new relationship.
On the same day, Liu Mintao returned to Beijing from his work in the field, and after being picked up by enthusiastic fans, a middle-aged man in white with a strong figure and a slightly bulging abdomen came to greet him in a luxury car.
Liu Mintao and the man met and talked happily at the airport, and then took a car together to have dinner with friends.
After the dinner, Liu Mintao and the man walked out of the restaurant with their fingers clasped, and after getting into the car, the two couldn't help whispering, behaving intimately, and kissing affectionately many times.
Although Liu Mintao is 46 years old, under the nourishment of love, she shows the side of a little woman, gently caressing the man's cheek, and the man is deeply moved by her tenderness and sweetness, and the strong affection between the two makes the onlookers of the entertainment reporter blush and heartbeat.
According to people familiar with the matter, they interact frequently in the car, and their intimacy far exceeds the boundaries of ordinary friends, and it is almost certain that this is Liu Mintao's new boyfriend.
For Liu Mintao, a divorced and single female star, falling in love again is a very normal choice in private life, and there is no need to over-exaggerate.
However, due to the fact that she rarely had scandals except for a marriage that ended before, and with her deep-rooted character creation and good audience popularity, her new relationship quickly detonated the whole network as soon as it was exposed, becoming the focus of heated discussions.
What's even more interesting is that some self-media made jokes when reporting, mistakenly confusing the entertainment "Liu Da Hammer" who exposed the love affair with Liu Mintao's love protagonist, and even fabricated a funny entry of "Liu Da Hammer and the man in the car XX", which was shocking.
In addition, some people who don't know the truth mistakenly believe that it was Yao Chen, a member of the popular boy group R1SE, who kissed Liu Mintao, causing an oolong incident.
Overall, although Liu Mintao's new relationship has attracted a lot of attention and discussion, everyone should respect her personal life choices and wish her to find her own happiness on the road of love.
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