1. A wonderful dream that originated from childhood
Cai Ming, this gifted little girl, has shown extraordinary artistic genius since childhood. At only 12 years old, she became a sensation with her superb acting skills, and her wonderful performance in the film "Haixia" made her quickly popular all over the country! At that time, the director knew Cai Ming's inner potential and encouraged him: "Ming'er, you are the fascinating Haixia!" Integrate Haixia's unique life story directly into your life! Cai Ming devoted himself to the role, and deeply imprinted every action and every word of Xiao Haixia in the depths of his soul.
During the filming, she regarded Wang Bingyu, who played Uncle Liu, as her father. When "Uncle Liu" was persecuted to death by the fishing tyrant Chen Zhanao and the evil forces, Xiao Haixia's grief and endless expectations for "whether anyone can lend a hand" were vividly presented in front of the audience through Cai Ming's childish but affectionate eyes.
This kind of natural and real performance is almost imperceptible to any traces of performance, as if everything about Haixia is a true representation of her own experience.
Despite the changes in the director crew during the filming, in 1975, the film depicted the resilience of the female soldiers in the harbor was finally able to meet a wide audience.
At this moment, Cai Ming's smart and vivid acting skills have undoubtedly won everyone's warm applause and heartfelt praise, and it is this "Haixia" that opened the door to the road of brilliant acting for her.
His enthusiasm for the acting career drove Cai Ming to resolutely decide to join the Beijing Film Studio Actors Troupe in 1976 and became the youngest professional actor in the troupe. Although initially considered to be only suitable for tragic roles, she was not satisfied with this, but aspired to become an all-round actor who could handle a variety of roles.
Cai Ming, who has emerged since childhood, is destined to move forward firmly on this challenging road. Although she was once recognized by the director team, she always stuck to herself until she finally had a valuable opportunity to prove her strength.
2. A moving chapter in love and family life
Just as Cai Ming devoted himself to his career, the sweet flower of love also quietly bloomed. In 1983, a talented director named Ding Qiuxing walked into the life world of a 22-year-old girl.
The director not only shows outstanding talent in his work, but also has an ingenious strategy for pursuing his sweetheart.
During those days, Cai Ming would often be suddenly stopped, and when he turned around, he found that his back was full of loving love letters. The content of the first note was quite simple: "You are like the bright moon, and I am the brightest star beside you."
At first, Cai Ming mistakenly thought that this was just a malicious joke by an unscrupulous person, but when those more direct and explicit love words poured into her ears, and the colleagues around her also followed suit and ridiculed, she suddenly realized that her face was involuntarily dyed with a little shyness.
It wasn't until Ding Qiuxing suddenly appeared and loudly expressed his love to her that Cai Ming was finally completely defeated.
In order to escape Ding Qiuxing's enthusiastic pursuit, Cai Ming once took advantage of the convenient opportunity of filming movies outside to temporarily escape from this noisy world. No matter when and where, Ding Qiuxing will always send her a letter full of thoughts every day, and this unremitting deep friendship is really touching.
The unreserved love and concern finally touched Cai Ming's heart deeply. After two years of sweet love, the two finally entered the palace of marriage hand in hand in 1985, and the following year, their love crystallization - son Ding Ding was born.
For the sake of his family, Cai Ming chose to devote more time and energy to it, and temporarily put aside the pace of career development. However, she never regretted this decision, "God has given me two precious gifts, one is a son, and the other is my tenacious character.
The acting career can continue at any time, but the growth of the child cannot be reversed.
3. Embark on the road to the pinnacle of comedy sketches
In 1989, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity came to Cai Ming, allowing her to fully display her comedic talent. Director Sun Yuanxun found her under the recommendation of Ding Qiuxing and invited her to participate in a comedy script.
Cai Ming was 28 years old at the time, and although she had always been positioned to play tragic roles, her desire to try new things was extremely strong.
So, she resolutely joined the crew of "Fallen Egg Troops" and worked with outstanding actors such as Guo Da and Sun Xiangguang. In the play, the role of the "old girl" played by Cai Ming is smart, pungent and brave, and her unyielding personality has won wide praise from the audience.
This work undoubtedly opened the door to the art of comedy performance for her.
The next opportunities came flooding in. In 1990, just after completing the performance of "Love Corner", Chen Peisi came to visit him with his sketch script "Platini's Long Hair".
"In the beginning, I just performed according to the script, and they probably used me as a vase," Cai Ming recalls the experience.
However, when she read the script carefully, she realized that many parts of it could actually be interpreted in different ways, perhaps bringing a new visual experience.
So, Cai Ming boldly put forward his own innovative ideas, Chen Peisi and Zhu Shimao immediately began to have in-depth discussions after hearing about it, and the three even improvised on the spot, new inspiration continued to emerge, and the script that originally had only one episode of the plot was expanded into three episodes, and the jokes in it were endless.
Ms. Cai Ming's wonderful performance successfully spread on Beijing TV, and her fame spread far and wide in an instant. "You're such a good joker!" In just a few days, whether it is going out to purchase ingredients or daily travel, as long as they meet Cai Ming, there are always people who can't help but praise loudly.
As an actor, what could be more gratifying than to win the audience's applause? As a result, Cai Ming is more determined to devote herself to her sketch creation career.
In 1991, 30-year-old Cai Ming ushered in a new glorious stage of his life. With the role of a lively and lovely rural girl, she joined hands with Feng Gong on the bright stage of the CCTV Spring Festival Gala.
Although he is not from Shaanxi, Cai Ming is able to speak the Shaanxi dialect fluently and authentically. Her wonderful performance in the sketch "Stranger" made the audience laugh continuously, and also won the love of the majority of TV audiences.
In the following 28th Spring Festival Gala, Cai Ming and Feng Gong have always maintained close cooperation, and in 1993, they teamed up again to bring the classic work "Loess Slope", the two are talented and tacit, and are praised as "golden partners" by the audience.
They spend more time together than they spend with their families. Whenever Ding Qiuxing sees his wife and Feng Da so close, there is always a trace of "jealousy" in his heart, but more than that, he is grateful to the other party for his understanding and tolerance of his wife.
Looking back on those glorious years, Cai Ming never felt that she was "insisting" on anything, because that was exactly what she loved. "As long as this stage still needs me, I will do my best.
In the face of doubts from the outside world, she responded without fear: "I didn't hold on, I just really liked that if it no longer needed me, I would choose to leave."
Fourth, the brilliant achievements of the peak
In addition to being on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala, Cai Ming also won many awards in the film industry for his superb acting skills at the peak of his career. In 2000, she played the role of "Sister Ma" in the sitcom "Sister Ma", in order to perfectly present the image of this retired female worker, Cai Ming can be said to have done her best.
In order to make his body look plumper, Cai Ming deliberately gained more than 20 pounds before the start of filming, and even wore a special multi-layer vest at the shooting site, struggling to "shape" his figure.
In the scorching summer of Beijing, the heat was unbearable, and after only one scene, Cai Ming fainted on the set due to heat stroke.
In the midst of it, when her husband Ding Qiuxing came to the scene to visit the class, he witnessed the professionalism of his wife Cai Ming, and his horror burst out uncontrollably, shouting "No more shooting!" No way! It's too dangerous to go on like this"! However, the tenacious and resolute Cai Ming seemed to turn a blind eye to this, and just stared at her husband firmly.
In the face of her husband's resolute opposition, Cai Ming remained unwavering, Ding Qiuxing really couldn't resist his wife's decision, so he had to reluctantly escort her back to the crew and accompany her throughout the whole process.
As time went by, because Ding Qiuxing frequently reminded Cai Ming in the crew to pay attention to rest and replenish water, which caused Cai Ming's dissatisfaction, she decisively forbade her husband to come to visit the class again and turned him away.
After a long time of hard work, Cai Ming finally successfully completed the filming of the entire series, and won many honors such as "China's popular TV people's favorite film and television star" with his superb interpretation of the role of "Sister Ma".
Since then, Cai Ming's film and television works have continued, she has served as a judge of the CCTV TV sketch competition twice, and co-starred with the famous actor Guo Da in many TV series, such as "Dazzled", "Mother's Three Kingdoms Era" and so on.
At the CCTV Spring Festival Gala in 2016, she, Pan Changjiang and Gao Mingling jointly presented a wonderful sketch "Online Shopping Adventure".
In addition, Cai Ming also made guest appearances in many popular variety shows, such as "Look down and don't see you when you look up", "Trivialities are no trivial 2" and so on. At this moment, her brilliant career and colorful life are as beautiful as a dream.
However, just as the 2016 CCTV Spring Festival Gala had just come to an end, a storm suddenly broke out, pushing Cai Ming to the forefront of public opinion.
At the end of March of that year, Cai Ming, who was 55 years old, appeared on the cover of the well-known magazine "Men's Wear" with his unique charm, which instantly caused an uproar on the Internet. In the cover, she is wearing a backless evening gown with unbelievable makeup.
Although some netizens praised her bewitching posture, saying that she still has the same style, showing that women can maintain a graceful figure no matter how old they are. However, more people ridiculed and abused her, and even used extremely harsh words such as "disrespectful to the old", "green paint for the old cucumber", "spicy eyes" and so on.
In response to these criticisms and accusations, her husband Ding Qiuxing is well aware of his wife's personality, and he chooses to understand and fully support Cai Ming in pursuing the career he loves. "As long as her health and health allow her to enjoy this happiness, that's the best outcome," he said.
However, unfortunately, this "magazine cover incident" undoubtedly cast a heavy shadow on Ms. Cai Ming's acting career. Since 2019, she has not been able to stand on the stage of CCTV's Spring Festival Gala for several consecutive years, and in this regard, online public opinion has voiced a voice, persuading her to "enjoy the joy of family at home with peace of mind" and not to be too persistent in her acting career.
In the face of all kinds of doubts and criticisms, Cai Ming has always firmly followed his own path and is uncompromising. She participated in the recording of "Happy Comedian" as an enthusiastic mentor, successfully created a new image of "poisonous tongue lady" in "Tucao Conference", and even rejuvenated her vitality in "Flower Intern", bravely trying the novel career field of "virtual anchor".
Today, Ms. Cai Ming, who has entered the age of sixties, is still active in the forefront of the entertainment industry, she not only serves as the mentor of "Happy Comedian", but also creates a new image of "poisonous tongue lady" in "Tucao Conference", and presents a vibrant self to the audience.
In addition to variety shows, Ms. Cai Ming also frequently appeared in various other events, such as "Ideal Light", "Ace vs. Ace" and so on. With the spirit of "not accepting the old", she showed the world a never-say-die and never-stop attitude towards life.
Behind Ms. Cai Ming, there is always a partner who silently supports her - Mr. Ding Qiuxing. Ding Qiuxing once said: "As long as she is in good physical condition and can enjoy a happy time, that is enough."
After all, everyone only has one life, so why should you grieve yourself for the sake of other people's words? "He knows and fully supports his wife in pursuing the career she loves.
Although the two old people have entered old age, their attitude towards life is more open-minded and free than that of many young people. In her free time, Ms. Cai Ming teaches her husband dance, invites friends to enjoy flowers, food, or learns new skills.
Their lives are full of fun, and the only thing that bothers Ms. Cai Ming may be the marriage of her son Ding Ding.
Ding Ding, who has not let his parents worry too much since he was a child, has a successful career as an adult, but the fact that he has not married for a long time makes Ms. Cai Ming quite worried. When Ding Ding is about to enter the year of establishment, Ms. Cai Ming can be said to have done her best to urge her son to start a family as soon as possible.
However, it may be that Mr. Cai Ming was finally moved by her son's deep words, and she calmly let go of her hand and no longer insisted on her own opinion. "I'm not going to dissuade him anymore, he already has a clear plan in mind, and my generation can't really make decisions for young people," she said affectionately.
"The important thing is that his life is now full of meaning and joy," she stressed.
Looking to the future, Ms. Cai Ming, who has experienced many vicissitudes of life, may completely leave the prestigious stage of the Spring Festival Gala, but she is still firmly on the path of exploring new things.
"My son told me that he expects me to live a free and unique life every day in the future, and I must not fail to live up to his expectations!" Ms. Cai Ming smiled and said that different age groups have their own unique attitudes towards life, and Ms. Cai Ming is enjoying a happy life in her own way and wholeheartedly.