In the eighties, Zhou Lijing was definitely the most popular actor, there was no one, even the popular student Tang Guoqiang could only look at him,
However, it is such an actor with superb acting skills and a low-key personality, but he doesn't know why he disappeared from the audience's eyes.
In an interview, Zhou Lijing still had tears in his eyes, and when talking about his wife's murder at home, he said very self-reproachfully:
"If I had been at home at the time, it probably wouldn't have happened. ”
Although his wife has been dead for 30 years, Zhou Lijing still can't let go, he has been high all his life, and he is extremely proud,
Even if he was smeared and rumored, he didn't bother to explain,
But only the death of his wife has made him unable to forgive himself, and the longer it goes, the more painful his heart becomes, and even the edges and corners of his body have been smoothed out a lot.
Now, Zhou Lijing has been out of action for many years, and he has a new story when he returns to school as a teacher.
01
Zhou Lijing was born in Beijing in 1954 in a literary family, influenced by his parents, he was also a literature and art lover since he was a child.
And he has a wide range of interests and is versatile.
At the age of 18, Zhou Lijing, who graduated from middle school, entered the Gansu Provincial Repertory Troupe and began to study stage performance.
In just a few years, he has perfected the basic skills of being an actor, and the teacher who taught him said to him:
"I don't have anything to teach you anymore, if you want to study further, you still have to go to a professional college. ”
So in 1978, Zhou Lijing, who was already 24 years old, applied for the Beijing Film Academy.
When filling out his profile, the teacher there said to him:
"You're overage, we only recruit students who are no more than 22 years old, so don't waste your efforts. ”
But Zhou Lijing was not convinced, he didn't believe it, he was an old actor who had been acting in dramas for 6 years, and he couldn't compare to a group of hairy boys.
So he said to the teacher:
"Just look at it, I'll definitely get in. ”
As a result, on the day of the exam, he only performed a short part, and he conquered the teacher in the interview.
The teacher directly gave him a full score for his image,
Since the establishment of Beijing Film Academy, a total of two people have received full marks for their image, and Zhou Lijing is one of them.
Because Zhou Lijing's performance was too eye-catching, the leaders of the school decided to admit him exceptionally after deliberation.
In this way, Zhou Lijing became the oldest student in the class, and became classmates with Zhang Tielin, Zhang Fengyi and others.
02
In the eyes of all his classmates, Zhou Lijing is a very cool person and very fashionable.
Many of the clothes he bought had to be transformed by himself, and his needlework was even sighed by the girls when they saw it.
At that time, all the students had to practice morning exercises every morning, stretching their arms and legs, or tongue twisters to exercise their mouths.
Only Zhou Lijing didn't go out, he lay down in the dormitory every day to sleep, and the teacher who taught the body came to the dormitory to call him, and he said to the teacher:
"What's the use of practicing that thing, they won't be my opponent even if they practice for another three or four years. ”
After speaking, Zhou Lijing easily came to the sky and stretched his feet directly above his head, and the teacher who watched was dumbfounded,
This is too simple for Zhou Lijing, who has learned martial arts and practiced gymnastics.
Because Zhou Lijing goes to school on a paid basis and has experience in stage performances, he always feels out of place with other people, and he doesn't have any common language.
In the eyes of many classmates, Zhou Lijing is a person who is not easy to get along with, he is always immersed in his own world, and he ignores everyone.
Even Zhang Xin, the teacher in their class, has suffered his losses.
At Nortel, Zhang Xin is known for being strict, and all the students respect and fear her.
Once, after Zhang Xin watched the sketch performed by Zhou Lijing, he asked him:
"Zhou Lijing, tell me the meaning of your sketch. ”
As a result, Zhou Lijing was silent for a long time before he opened his mouth slowly:
"What do you think?"
All the students were dumbfounded, they had never seen anyone dare to speak to Teacher Zhang Xin like this,
But Zhang Xin was not angry, so she expressed her opinion on this sketch, but before she finished speaking, Zhou Lijing interjected again:
"Don't you see it all?"
This time, the whole class burst into laughter, it was the first time they saw Zhang Xin deflated, and they were all happy.
Zhang Xin herself couldn't cry or laugh, and it was the first time she met a classmate with such a personality as Zhou Lijing.
In fact, Zhou Lijing is not disrespecting the teacher, nor is he looking down on his classmates, but he is such a person.
Introverted, doesn't talk much, and is not good at expressing himself, but he is very individual,
Such a character made him suffer a lot of losses in the future.
03
Zhou Lijing became famous very early, and during his studies at Nortel, he made films such as "Young Friends", "Night Shanghai", "Our Field", etc.
By the time he graduated from college in 1982, he was already well-known and far ahead in his career.
In 1983, Xi'an Studio planned to adapt writer Lu Yao's novel "Life" into a movie, and director Wu Tianming thought of Zhou Lijing when selecting actors.
Coincidentally, Zhou Lijing also read this novel, and liked it very much, and praised it, saying that Lu Yao is a great writer.
After talking about cooperation, Zhou Lijing took the initiative to experience life in the countryside, and he lived in a fellow villager's house.
During the day, he went to the field to help with the work, and at night, he and his fellow countryman's son lay on the clay kang and chatted blindly.
In the process of chatting, Zhou Lijing learned that this young man was also a private teacher.
This is very similar to the male protagonist in the movie.
So Zhou Lijing became interested and asked the guy: "You are not a teacher now, what are you going to do?"
The guy said that he wanted to study hard, then take the college entrance examination and go to college.
Zhou Lijing continued to ask:
"What about graduating from college?"
The guy remained silent, but Zhou Lijing knew his answer through getting along in the past few days,
That is, to return to this small mountain village and continue to be a private teacher.
This incident touched Zhou Lijing very much, under his cold appearance, he has a very sensitive and kind heart,
He brought these insights into the movie and achieved the role of Gao Garin, a private teacher.
Decades later, when Zhou Lijing talked about this experience, he was still moved to tears, and repeatedly emphasized,
If you want to be a good actor, you must experience life, and only people with rich life experience can act well.
After "Life", Zhou Lijing filmed film and television dramas such as "Garland Under the Mountain", "New Star", "Desert Purple Ban" and so on.
Especially "New Star", which established his status in the film and television industry at that time, and even many viewers wrote to him and asked him to be the county magistrate.
This shows Zhou Lijing's status in the minds of the audience at that time.
Although Zhou Lijing became popular, troubles followed, which made him very annoyed.
04
At that time, there was a very famous film critic named Zhong Xindi, who wrote an article saying that the movie "Life" was actually a western,
Zhou Lijing talked about it at a party, and he said that Westerns refer to a genre of American films.
And "Life" can only be regarded as a "Northwest film".
As a result, these words were made a big fuss by some media, accusing him of being too conceited, and no one was in sight if he was a little famous, even old-timers like Zhong Xiantong dared to contradict him.
buttoned down the big hats one by one, and said that Zhou Lijing was a movie star who disrespected his predecessors and didn't know the height of the sky.
But Zhou Lijing is a very proud and noble person, he doesn't want to explain such things, and he is not good at explaining.
So over time, he has become a "sweet and sweet" in the eyes of many media, and he still has a sense of accomplishment when he occasionally goes dark.
In 1992, when Zhou Lijing was filming "Operation Pluto", he stayed in a hotel in Ningxia, and that night, the phone in Zhou Lijing's room kept ringing.
But as soon as he answered, he would be hung up by the switchboard at the front desk, and after repeating this three times, Zhou Lijing was a little angry.
There was some altercation with the front desk of the hotel.
But the next day, a report appeared in the most eye-catching position of the newspaper, and the reporter wrote the article very lively.
said that Zhou Lijing not only cursed, but also kicked and smashed the glass door of the hotel with his foot, and even threw the phone on the street in a fit of anger.
wrote Zhou Lijing, a "tough guy", as a "violent man".
With this article, the reporter also won an award, and even a professional title, Zhou Lijing also laughed and said:
"Whoever wants to be famous hurry up to me. ”
When a friend asked him why he didn't explain, he smiled and said:
"Let time tell, I still have a lot of things to do, how can I have time to play such boring tricks with them. ”
Although Zhou Lijing had a lot of negative news at that time, he never thought of retiring from the circle, what really made him decide to quit.
Or the death of his wife.
05
Zhou Lijing's wife is called Fu Chunying, she is a well-known dancer, and like He Yanyun, she is the first generation of "Yingniang" in the dance drama "Silk Road Flower Rain".
When I first met, Zhou Lijing was still an actor in the Gansu Repertory Theatre, only 19 years old, and Fu Chunying was only 17 years old.
After 8 years of love, the two got married in 1981 and gave birth to their daughter Jin Jin after marriage.
At that time, the two lived separately for several years in Beijing and Lanzhou.
It wasn't until Zhou Lijing gained a firm foothold in Beijing that Fu Chunying resigned from his job in the Gansu Song and Dance Troupe and went to Beijing Film Academy to become a physical instructor.
On July 6, 1994, after her daughter Jin Jin came home from school, she saw a very tragic scene.
I saw that the family was in a mess, and my mother Fu Chunying fell to the ground, and the wound on her neck was still bleeding.
Not far from the door, there was also a fruit knife.
Jin Jin panicked and didn't know what to do, so he could only call his mother's colleague Mr. Huo,
After Teacher Huo arrived, he immediately took out a towel to suppress the wound on Fu Chunying's neck, and called an ambulance.
But even so, Fu Chunying's life is still fixed at the age of 38.
On the day of the accident, Zhou Lijing was not in Beijing, he was filming "Death Premeditated" in Xi'an.
Three days later, when he rushed home with the news, the police were already waiting for him at home and took him away for interrogation.
Directly took him as a suspect.
The reason why this happened was because Zhou Lijing was having an awkward relationship with his wife at that time, in order to calm each other down,
Zhou Lijing chose to separate from his wife, and he rented a house outside.
Originally, he planned to wait for the film to be filmed, go home and apologize to his wife, and then get back together.
But I didn't expect such a thing to happen at home.
After coming out of the police station, Zhou Lijing still felt like a dream, the warm home in the past has now become the scene of the crime.
He even found that the police rented a house opposite their house so that they could observe his movements at any time.
Fortunately, not long after, the real murderer was caught, and the one who killed Fu Chunying turned out to be the decoration worker who came to the house to decorate before.
After renovating the house, they thought that Fu Chunying was a rich family, so they had bad intentions.
Although Zhou Lijing's suspicion was cleared, he fell into deep self-blame, and he kept questioning himself,
If I hadn't quarreled with my wife, separated from my wife, and didn't go out to film for a few days, maybe this wouldn't have happened.
After Fu Chunying's death, Zhou Lijing's life entered the darkest moment.
06
Since then, Zhou Lijing has returned to Beijing Film Academy and devoted himself to becoming a teacher, although he also went out to film.
But his films are getting fewer and fewer.
At this moment, a female soldier named Zhang Wei appeared beside him, Zhang Wei was his loyal fan,
After knowing the miserable situation of her idol, she was very distressed and wanted to do something for him.
It was Zhang Wei's companionship and enlightenment that allowed Zhou Lijing to slowly get out of the pain of losing his wife.
A few years later, not only Zhou Lijing recognized Zhang Wei, but even her daughter Jin Jin also recognized her.
Zhou Lijing saw that the time was ripe, so he proposed to Zhang Wei and restarted his family.
After getting married, Zhou Lijing completely disappeared in front of the audience, living a life of school and family every day.
There are even people who often see him riding a bicycle to and from work, with a vicissitudes of life on his face, and he no longer has the vigor of his youth.
Although Zhou Lijing no longer makes movies, he still loves the film industry and regards cultivating young actors as his first priority.
This also made him one of the most sought-after teachers in film school.
In an interview, Zhou Lijing said that he had led a higher vocational class with 30 students.
But what made him heartbroken was that after these 30 people graduated, not even one of them found a job.
Once, when he went to Hengdian to film, he learned that one of the students was doing field work here, in fact, to put it bluntly, it was a miscellaneous job, 1,000 yuan a month.
Zhou Lijing thought in his heart at that time, can he support himself with just such a little money?
So in the evening, he called the student, but no one answered for two days.
Later, he asked other classmates for help and finally met the student.
Zhou Lijing asked: "Why don't you answer my phone and avoid me, are you going to disappear?"
Although the student denied it, his eyes betrayed him, and that's what he thought, because he felt too embarrassed.
Zhou Lijing not only comforted and encouraged this classmate, but also introduced him to some resources, he didn't want his students to become popular,
But he wants his students to have something to eat.
When talking about this matter, Zhou Lijing's eyes turned red again, and he said helplessly:
"It's not that their acting skills are bad, but it's hard to say a lot of things in the circle now. ”
Speaking of some of the current situation in the film and television industry, Zhou Lijing is also deeply helpless, decades have passed, not only his era is gone,
Even the soil of the past is difficult to find again.
Another time, when the students were performing their last graduation play, two teaching assistants notified him and asked him to go up and take a curtain call together.
Zhou Lijing wanted to refuse, but he couldn't bear to disappoint his students, so he stood up.
As soon as he stood up, the audience stood up one after another, many people were still holding flowers in their hands, and many people cried when they saw this scene.
Zhou Lijing also endured it, so he didn't let his tears flow.
Now Zhou Lijing is 70 years old, and his personality has undergone a lot of changes, and he is no longer as tall and proud as when he was young.
Speaking and doing things are also a lot smoother, often talking and talking, and then stopping,
He may know that there are some things that cannot be said, or he may understand that even if he says them, he will not change anything.
Zhou Lijing's life has been brilliant, gloomy, proud, and self-blaming.
But fortunately, he met Zhang Wei and had a good home.
For him, a lifetime of ups and downs, and finally being able to spend his old age in the company of his family is also a very good ending.
Although he is no longer in the film industry, his legend has always been there.