1. In 1981, Chen Ting was born in an ordinary family, and was sent to a professional dance school by her parents to study in her childhood, honing her perseverance and long-lasting endurance.
In 2000 AD, with a dream, she bravely gave birth to their first love crystallization for Zhang Yimou, and then gave birth to a son, and since then she has embarked on a long road of waiting for 11 years.
Chen Ting's life journey began in 1981, her family background is not prominent, and her parents are ordinary laborers who work hard. Perhaps out of anticipation for their daughter's future, they sent her to dance school early for professional training.
For a young child, stepping into an unfamiliar environment for the first time, Chen Ting will inevitably feel fear and uneasiness in her heart. The strict teaching of the teacher in the dance class, and the only echo of her own breathing in the empty practice room, all this once made her think of escaping.
However, she did not choose to give up, but persevered with tenacity and perseverance, and gradually developed a firm endurance in such an environment.
As time passed, Chen Ting's love for the stage became stronger and stronger, and she longed to show her style under the bright spotlight one day. By chance, she participated in the role selection of the movie "Red Sorghum" directed by Zhang Yimou, although she was not selected as she wished, but this experience made her and Zhang Yimou form a deep friendship.
Soon after the two met, they fell in love like old friends who had been reunited for a long time. Although Chen Ting came from an ordinary background and there is a huge gap between the social status of Zhang Yimou, a well-known director, she has never flinched because of this.
On the contrary, she devoted herself wholeheartedly to this relationship and was willing to follow in the footsteps of this man.
In 2000 AD, Chen Ting found out that she was already pregnant, although she was full of joy when she first heard the good news, but considering the disparity in the status of the two, she knew that the arrival of this child would inevitably cause an uproar in public opinion.
As expected, when the news spread, family members expressed strong opposition and strictly forbade her to continue this secret relationship with Zhang Yimou. However, Chen Ting insisted on keeping the child, and she resolutely left the school, expressing her determination to her family again and again, until she successfully conceived Zhang Yimou's eldest son.
Time flies, time flies. A few years later, Chen Ting became pregnant again for ten months, giving this big family a new life - the arrival of the youngest son. However, the abrupt addition of two small figures to the average working-class family has left the family facing more responsibilities and challenges.
In the eyes of everyone, the cross-age love affair between the "landlord" and the "little descendant" can be described as contrary to common sense, but Chen Ting completely ignored the objections of others, devoted herself to her deep love for Zhang Yimou, and dutifully maintained the harmony and stability of the family.
In this way, time passed silently, and 11 spring and autumn seasons have passed in a blink of an eye. In these long 11 years, Chen Ting has borne the pressure of life alone, paid in obscurity, and witnessed the glory of Zhang Yimou's career and the ups and downs of his family.
She never complained about his absence, nor did she have the slightest doubt about his estrangement, but waited quietly with tenacity and perseverance, looking forward to the day when she could share a happy life with him.
This unwavering wait has undoubtedly moved countless people.
2. An unbearable emotional past: Dating back to the 80s of the last century, the sweet love story between Zhang Yimou and his first love Xiao Hua was cracked because of Gong Li's intervention, which eventually led to the breakdown of his marriage with Xiao Hua.
Since then, he has been in love with Gong Li for 8 years, but he has never been able to enter the palace of marriage.
When it comes to Zhang Yimou's emotional journey, he can't avoid his two ex-girlfriends, Xiao Hua and Gong Li. Looking back on the 80s of the last century, Zhang Yimou was just a polite scholar at that time, and he met and fell in love with his classmate Xiao Hua when he was a student.
Their relationship is pure and beautiful, and they often walk hand in hand between the mountains and rivers to spend that period of romantic youth together. In that innocent era, Zhang Yimou was often bullied by his classmates, and at this time, Xiao Hua always stood up without hesitation to support him.
Zhang Yimou was deeply grateful for this, and then the two went to the countryside together to cut the queue and live in the cave together, and the relationship became deeper and deeper.
After their careers in the queue ended, they were assigned to factories thousands of miles apart and began a long long-distance relationship. This is undoubtedly a severe test for young people in love.
In order to stay with the love of his heart, Xiao Hua did not hesitate to travel long distances, frequently went to Zhang Yimou's factory, and took care of his daily life.
Once, Zhang Yimou unfortunately suffered from a serious illness, and Xiao Hua, who was busy working, immediately put down his affairs and rushed to the hospital overnight, accompanying him day and night by the bedside, until he recovered, he returned to work with peace of mind.
The deep relationship between Zhang Yimou and Xiao Hua made many onlookers envious!
Zhang Yimou felt that deep worry, and was deeply afraid that one day this outstanding woman would be taken away by others. So, with great enthusiasm and passion, he conceived more than 40 pages of articles, affectionately depicting the fiery emotional entanglement between them.
Xiao Hua was moved by this affection, she tried her best to persuade her parents, and finally in 1979, she and Zhang Yimou entered the marriage hall hand in hand, and then gave birth to a beautiful daughter - Zhang Mo.
However, the good family life did not last long, and a few years later, the appearance of Gong Li plunged the family into a crisis. In 1987, Zhang Yimou's movie "Red Sorghum" came out, and in order to find the most suitable heroine, he made a special trip to the Central Academy of Drama for role selection.
Originally, the best candidate in his heart was Shi Ke, but at the critical moment, everyone on the scene strongly recommended Gong Li. After careful observation, Zhang Yimou found that only Gong Li's face could attract the audience's attention, so he decided to let her be the heroine.
"Red Sorghum" was a great success upon its release, and Zhang Yimou and Gong Li's names have been closely linked since then. They are always inseparable at various galas and red carpets, and there are many discussions and rumors that they have fallen in love.
In the face of these rumors, Xiao Hua didn't take it to heart at first, because in her eyes, Zhang Yimou has always been the teenager who once sincerely wrote countless letters.
However, when she was sorting out Zhang Yimou's clothes, she stumbled upon a love letter written by Gong Li to him, and the intimacy of the words made her can't help but imagine the sweet scene when the two were together.
As a result, a fierce quarrel broke out between the couple and they were in a state of cold war for a long time. In the end, they chose to divorce and ended their married life.
After the divorce, Xiao Hua wrote a book detailing the intricate emotional entanglements between the three of them. And Zhang Yimou and Gong Li also quickly confirmed their relationship, and their relationship lasted for eight years.
Gong Li once publicly stated that she was willing to marry Zhang Yimou, but in the end they failed to reach the last step, and this relationship ended without a problem. For Zhang Yimou, marriage is just a piece of paper, it doesn't matter.
Incredibly, Zhang Yimou and Gong Li's daughter Zhang Mo once expressed deep doubts and dissatisfaction with their love. Perhaps, it is precisely because of these cumbersome and complicated factors that the relationship ended in regret.
3. The emergence of a key turning point in life: In 1987, "Red Sorghum" was launched, and the love story of Zhang Yimou and Gong Li also unfolded. However, this was a major turning point in Chen Ting's fate.
During the casting process of this movie, she and Zhang Yimou met unexpectedly, thus starting the intricate emotional entanglement between the two.
In 1987, Zhang Yimou was 32 years old in his golden creative period. This year, he carefully planned a film "Red Sorghum" based on Mo Yan's novel of the same name. In order to be able to find the most suitable heroine to play the high-profile role of Xianglin's sister-in-law, Zhang Yimou personally went to the Central Academy of Drama for casting.
Originally, he had decided to have Shi Ke as the heroine, because in his eyes, Shi Ke's temperament was very consistent with the Xianglin sister-in-law depicted in the novel. However, just as he was observing carefully and preparing to make a final decision, all the staff on the scene unanimously recommended another actor - Gong Li.
Zhang Yimou followed everyone's advice, picked up the camera and examined Gong Li seriously. Surprisingly, among the many young actors, only Gong Li's face can be clearly focused in the frame, while the others are slightly blurred.
As a result, Gong Li successfully became the heroine of "Red Sorghum".
As soon as the film was released, it immediately caused a sensation, and the names of Zhang Yimou and Gong Li were closely linked and became famous in the Chinese film industry. Since then, they have always been inseparable at various events, ceremonies, and even on the red carpet, becoming the focus of scandals.
However, during the casting of this movie, Zhang Yimou formed a deep fate with an ordinary girl, Chen Ting. Chen Ting also participated in the casting of the film at that time, with the mentality of giving it a try.
Although she was not selected in the end, this experience allowed her to establish an inseparable bond with Zhang Yimou.
After leaving the casting scene, Chen Ting thought that she would be insulated from the movie, but soon after, Zhang Yimou took the initiative to invite her to dinner. At first, Chen Ting thought that she was expected to get a role in the film, but when she found out that Zhang Yimou was the only one present, she did not feel too disappointed in her heart.
For Chen Ting, an ordinary young woman, this trial to regain her confidence in the face of setbacks may be just one of the many ordinary moments in her life.
However, who would have expected that it was this hasty regret that suddenly triggered a great change in the trajectory of her life, and opened her love entanglement with Zhang Yimou.
The arrangement of fate is often full of drama, and the unsuccessful selection of movie roles that year made Chen Ting and Zhang Yimou indissoluble and completely subverted the direction of her life.
This seemingly unremarkable casting process turned out to be the prelude to her love story, and it was also an important turning point in her life.
Fourth, a low-key and tenacious relationship: Despite the vastly different statuses, Chen Ting still chose to follow Zhang Yimou without hesitation and give birth to offspring for him. Even in the face of strong opposition from her family, she still stood her ground, secretly fell in love with Zhang Yimou for many years, and silently supported his career.
Zhang Yimou and Chen Ting's first encounter originated from a seemingly ordinary movie casting, but it was this seemingly insignificant encounter that pried the door of Chen Ting's fate like a lever and brought her into a low-key but tenacious love journey.
As a well-known fifth-generation film director in China, Zhang Yimou's reputation and status naturally need not be repeated. Chen Ting is a girl from an ordinary family, and the social status of the two is very different.
However, the gap in identity did not stop Chen Ting from falling in love with Zhang Yimou, nor did it shake her persistence in this relationship. On the contrary, she bravely followed her heart and threw herself into the arms of this man without hesitation, and for this sincere love, she was even willing to give birth to two children for Zhang Yimou - an older boy and a younger boy, and the mother and son established a deep family bond.
This decision is undoubtedly a major challenge in life, especially for an average girl. When the news of Chen Ting's pregnancy came out, it immediately attracted strong opposition and accusations from her family.
They can't accept the reality that there is a secret love affair between Chen Ting and the well-known director, and it is even more difficult for her to bear her behavior of giving birth to an illegitimate child for him.
In the face of many family resistances, Chen Ting's firm belief resolutely resisted, and she would rather give up her studies than give up her love with Zhang Yimou. Her unwavering determination forced her family to compromise.
As a result, Chen Ting officially became Zhang Yimou's "little three", and the two quietly and difficult entered the trough period of an underground relationship.
In the following years, no matter in the face of doubts from the outside world or strong opposition from her family, Chen Ting always adhered to this secret relationship with Zhang Yimou. She gave up her career and devoted herself to Zhang Yimou's life, taking care of his daily life meticulously, giving him endless love and tolerance.
Sometimes, when Zhang Yimou came back late at night due to busy work, Chen Ting would always prepare a supper for him intimately and carefully massage his whole body, never expressing the slightest complaint about his absence and alienation.
She supported the family behind him in obscurity, and carefully cared for this relationship in her own unique way.
Even Zhang Yimou's eldest daughter, Zhang Mo, was hostile to her, believing that it was Chen Ting's intervention that caused her parents' marriage to break down. However, in the face of Zhang Mo's hostility, Chen Ting never lost her patience and kindness, but treated her with tolerance and kindness as always.
This low-key and tenacious relationship, after 11 years of wind and rain, Chen Ting's deep friendship with Zhang Yimou has never wavered. It is precisely because of this sincere love that she was able to persevere to the end and finally won the "name" she deserved.
5. The reorganization and restoration of a family: When his daughter Zhang Mo experienced domestic violence, Zhang Yimou finally made up his mind to register his marriage with Chen Ting, and the family was reunited. Chen Ting used her tolerance and kindness to warm this once broken home and helped Zhang Yimou find the integrity of the family.
Zhang Yimou's eldest daughter, Zhang Mo, has always been deeply hostile and dissatisfied with Chen Ting, believing that it was the appearance of Chen Ting, a "third party", that led to the breakdown of her parents' marriage. However, Chen Ting never had any resentment towards Zhang Mo, on the contrary, she consistently treated this daughter with tolerance and kindness.
Once upon a time, Zhang Mo suffered shocking domestic violence injuries and left shocking scars on his body. When this bad news reached the ears of Zhang Yimou and Chen Ting, the two were shocked and immediately embarked on the journey of accompanying their daughter for treatment, witnessing the physical and mental trauma suffered by their daughter.
As a father, Zhang Yimou's heart was full of endless grief, he hugged his daughter tightly and comforted: "Don't be afraid, from now on you are a member of our family, I will protect you with your mother and shelter you from the wind and rain!" These words deeply touched Zhang Mo's heart, and she gradually let down her guard against Chen Ting.
However, what touched Zhang Yimou the most was not only the transformation of his daughter, but also Chen Ting's selfless maternal love and kindness. Although Zhang Mo never really accepted her, Chen Ting always paid silently and maintained the harmony of the family without complaint.
She sincerely hopes that the family can get back together and light up the future of the family with her kindness and love.
Faced with Chen Ting's broad-mindedness and kind quality, Zhang Yimou finally made up his mind: to tie the knot with this great woman. After this incident, the originally fragmented family was reunited and ushered in a new chapter.
Since then, Chen Ting is no longer the misunderstood "third party", but a veritable family member. With her love and patience, she gradually resolved Zhang Mo's defense, and with motherly warmth, the family was closely connected again.
Every corner of the home is carefully arranged by Chen Ting, the pillows are always neatly folded and arranged, whenever Zhang Yimou comes home, he can always see the table full of steaming delicacies, Chen Ting will also give him a full body massage to take care of the family's daily life.
These subtleties all demonstrate Chen Ting's love and dedication to her family.
Under Chen Ting's tolerance and care, Zhang Mo gradually learned to understand and be tolerant. She began to respect Chen Ting's existence and regarded her as an important part of the family. In this way, this once broken family, with Chen Ting's kindness and efforts, regained its vitality.
It is precisely because of Chen Ting's deep affection for her family, as well as her tolerance and kindness to her family, that Zhang Yimou finally found the integrity and happiness of the family.
This is a thermal change from Chen Ting, bringing the originally divided family to happiness. Under her unpretentious love, the family came back to life at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the family started a new journey from then on!
6. An in-depth interpretation throughout the whole course of life: After 22 years of marathon love run, Zhang Yimou and Chen Ting's emotional ups and downs finally entered the sacred hall of marriage.
This love story full of ups and downs perfectly demonstrates their strong will, fearless courage and enduring perseverance.
Zhang Yimou and Chen Ting's love road can be described as a magnificent epic masterpiece. From the heartbeat of the first meeting to the final hand in hand into the palace of marriage, their relationship has gone through a long tempering of 22 years.
At first, due to the huge difference in status, their love was strongly opposed by public opinion and family members. For this sincere feeling, Chen Ting resolutely gave up her studies and gave everything a young woman could give for Zhang Yi to have children.
However, their love can only grow silently in the shadows, and cannot be recognized and respected as it should be.
Gossip from the outside world and family pressure have become the biggest obstacles on the road to this relationship. However, in the face of all kinds of doubts and blows, Chen Ting has always stood firmly by Zhang Yimou's side, silently dedicating herself in her own way, and waiting quietly.
After 11 years of tenacious waiting, her dedication to this love has never wavered.
And Zhang Yimou's own spiritual journey is also a process full of twists and turns. Before Chen Ting, he had experienced two failed romances. After the passionate love affair with his first love Xiao Hua came to an end, he fell in love with Gong Li for 8 years, but after all, he failed to achieve a positive result, and finally chose to let go.
For him, marriage seems to be just a dispensable certificate that has not attracted enough attention.
However, it was the appearance of Chen Ting that made Zhang Yimou's inner world undergo a subtle and far-reaching change. When he witnessed his daughter's domestic violence and saw Chen Ting taking care of the family, he seemed to finally realize whether he should take on more family responsibilities.
So, he made up his mind to officially register his marriage with Chen Ting and officially include her in the core of the family. From the identity of a "third party" to finally becoming a husband and wife, Chen Ting finally won this "name" with her patience and kindness.
Looking back on the twists and turns of the past 22 years, we have witnessed the steadfastness, courage and unswerving determination of the two protagonists in the journey of love. Whether it is Chen Ting's perseverance in the pursuit of emotional life, or Zhang Yimou's profound change in the concept of marriage, the hardships and obstacles they endured are undoubtedly an experience to temper their souls, forging their incomparably persistent belief and determination in love.
This magnificent journey clearly shows that a true love must rely on perseverance and courage to stick to and cherish. After 22 years of love marathon, they finally entered a new chapter of their lives together, which can be called a perfect ending full of joy.
And all of these can only be summarized incisively with the words "tenacity, courage, and persistence" to fully reflect their profound connotation and value.