When it comes to senior actors, Li Xuejian is undoubtedly the best in the eyes of the audience.
He has experienced twists and turns in his life, but he has always maintained his original intention, truly showing the style of an actor.
With his outstanding acting skills, he has won the Best Actor Award 33 times so far, and has been playing the role with heart all his life.
He has become a model for all actors in this era to learn from, and is known as a national treasure-level performing artist.
However, even a strong person like Li Xuejian has almost been unable to overcome difficulties.
The days of his cancer became the darkest moment of his life.
Since he was a child, he was frail, and his father named him "Xuejian", expecting him to be healthy and strong throughout his life.
However, decades later, God gave him a sudden serious illness.
As early as around 2000, Li Xuejian began to feel in poor physical condition.
That year, when he was filming the TV series "China Track", he went to the Xi'an location base to shoot.
Li Xuejian's physical condition was getting worse and worse, and his wife also noticed a small lump on his neck.
He felt very uncomfortable in his throat at the time, and coughed up blood a few days later.
Despite this, he still hurried to the filming site, and acting did not attract much attention to things that were bigger than the sky for him.
He just took some anti-inflammatory drugs and went to the shooting set, with only a little anti-inflammatory medicine with him.
However, more than a month has passed, and the lump on Li Xuejian's neck still has not subsided.
Worried about her husband's health, his wife Yu Haidan went to the crew to visit him.
She was surprised to find that the lump was getting bigger and bigger, and her husband's physical condition had deteriorated significantly.
Yu Haidan was very worried and immediately took Li Xuejian to the hospital for examination.
However, the results of this examination shocked Li Xuejian and his wife.
Li Xuejian was diagnosed with nasopharyngeal cancer.
He was in disbelief when he learned that he had suddenly developed cancer.
"I usually eat normally, how can I get this disease?"
As the doctor finally confirmed the diagnosis, Li Xuejian realized that misfortune had befallen him.
Due to the severity of his condition, doctors asked him to be hospitalized immediately.
At that time, Li Xuejian was filming, and he felt that he was already halfway through filming, how could he leave like this?
He insisted: "I can't be hospitalized, I still have scenes to continue filming." ”
Yu Haidan was already at a loss for what to do: "Your life is important, or this drama is important!"
Due to the large amount of money invested in "China Orbit", military personnel were also used.
Li Xuejian realized that his illness might affect the progress of the whole play, which made him feel unbearable.
"So much money was spent, and military personnel were mobilized.
If I live, but the play is not finished, it will be a shame in my life, and it will be a great shame.
If you don't let me continue filming, it's better to let me die directly. ”
Understanding Li Xuejian's stubborn character in the entertainment industry, Yu Haidan had no choice but to agree that he would not be hospitalized.
Once the crew learned of Li Xuejian's condition, they decided to stop work immediately.
Subsequently, he began to feel that he could not even swallow water, and he felt dizzy and vomited frequently every time he moved a little.
The team leader also explicitly asked him to stop filming immediately and receive treatment.
However, Li Xuejian resolutely rejected all suggestions.
He has only one request: after completing the filming of this drama, he will go to receive treatment with peace of mind.
As a result, his wife Yu Haidan had to compromise and agreed to adopt the second compromise plan, which was to carry out conservative treatment first.
Every morning, Yu Haidan sent him to the hospital on time for chemotherapy, and then sent him back to the crew in the afternoon to continue filming.
His life became divided into two kinds, in the morning he was a seriously ill patient, and in the afternoon he was a dutiful actor, living a very different life.
During chemotherapy, Li Xuejian's neck festered, all his hair fell out, and the blood vessels in his arms became pitch black, and sometimes even moving became a luxury.
"I don't even have the strength to stand up, the pain is indescribable......"
During these difficult days, he insisted on filming until all his scenes were completed.
Later, the producer of "China Orbit" recalled:
"Every time I go to the filming site, I see Li Xuejian acting seriously, while the staff are crying silently on the side.
During the filming of the last scene, it was extremely difficult for Li Xuejian to speak, but he still completed the speech with sincere emotions and in one go, and everyone in the crew listened to it with tears in their eyes. ”
It can be said that Li Xuejian really used his life to interpret the drama, and he touched everyone in the entire crew at that time.
Later, a reporter asked him why he was so desperate at that time?
He replied: "If I stop filming halfway, the play will not be completed, and I don't want to bring myself a bad reputation." ”
This kind of professionalism and sense of responsibility, ask how many other actors can do it?
After the shooting, his wife Yu Haidan hurriedly took Li Xuejian back to Beijing for hospitalization.
Li Xuejian's anti-cancer journey has officially begun.
It's like a waiter slamming a live fish to the ground, which may not be dead, but its internal organs have already been damaged.
"I'm like the gutted fish, it's better to live than to die. ”
This was Li Xuejian's later description of his desperate state of mind during treatment.
In order to fight cancer, Li Xuejian disappeared from public view for a time.
Because of the unbearable pain, he considered giving up treatment at one point.
He described it as a feeling that was worse than death.
However, many years later, he revealed that the main reason was that he had the idea of giving up the treatment because of the huge cost at that time.
"The whole treatment process was very painful and costly, and I wanted to give up at one point!
I owe a debt of gratitude to my family, who never added to my stressful feelings during that time.
The secret to my recovery was to be able to eat and sleep normally, relax, and cooperate with my doctor and family. ”
In the previous "Let's Talk" program, there was a young actor who openly questioned the excessive salary of an old actor like him?
Li Xuejian successfully went from self-abandonment to victory in the fight against cancer.
In addition to the silent support of his wife Yu Haidan, there is another person who gives him unlimited spiritual strength.
One night, his brother Tian Zhuangzhuang called to inquire about his physical condition.
During the call, Tian Zhuangzhuang heard him crying, but he couldn't speak.
This made him deeply feel Li Xuejian's extreme pain and sluggish state.
Tian Zhuangzhuang said: "Don't move, put down the phone, and wait for me." ”
Then he hung up the phone and sent an email to Li Xuejian.
In the email, Tian Zhuangzhuang wrote to him:
"We all understand your pain, which is incomprehensible and unimaginable to us healthy people.
But how hard are the tough times for starting a business?
The road to entrepreneurship is long and difficult, is it more difficult than the situation you are in now?
We all got through it then, why can't you get over it now? You're a strong man, you need to get back on your feet!"
These words deeply touched Li Xuejian's depressed heart.
Since then, he has strengthened his determination to fight cancer and regained his confidence.
"I will never be able to forget this letter, it was it that woke me up. ”
Later, there was an endless stream of people who came to visit him, and letters kept coming.
However, all of them were decisively blocked by his wife, Yu Haidan.
She didn't want him to be disturbed by his illness, and this action offended many people.
At this moment, Yu Haidan said something that inspired him:
"I'm willing to trade my life for Xue Jian's life!"
Cheered up, Li Xuejian has become a strong "anti-cancer fighter", he actively faces life and death, and cooperates with various treatments.
As he once said, "If the mountain does not come to me, I will go to it." ”
During the treatment, Li Xuejian almost exhausted his family's funds and experienced the merciless torture of illness.
However, all these sacrifices and efforts were not in vain in the end.
After years of treatment, Li Xuejian finally succeeded in suppressing the invasion of the disease.
After regaining his life from the hands of death, Li Xuejian said gratefully to his wife:
"If it weren't for her, I would have disappeared from this world. ”
He said: "I have no way back but to do my best to save this life." ”
To the wife who depended on him for life and death, he said with gratitude:
"There are challenges in life, and sometimes only a loved one can help you get through it.
At that time, my wife was under a lot of pressure, and every time I accompanied me to the hospital, she stayed by my side as if everything was so peaceful.
You may ask, is she afraid?
Of course, she also felt fear, but in front of me, she always showed her confident side, and this confidence was also passed on to me, making me feel firm and at ease. ”
Today, Li Xuejian has become a highly respected and beloved artist.
善有善报，命运也眷顾着他。
He was given back to us, giving us more classics.
In his later years, Li Xuejian sometimes needed hearing aids, but he still insisted on performing drama with his life.
He once said: "A serious illness made me deeply feel the shortness and preciousness of life. Because of surviving, I am more eager to live a meaningful life. ”