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On this sunny day, 77-year-old Mr. Wang Gang took his wife Zheng Yandong and son Ding Ding to the suburbs.
Along the way, Wang Gang recalled his experience of meeting and falling in love with Zheng Yandong, as if this experience was a wonderful adventure.
Back in 2005, the 57-year-old Wang Gang was already a middle-aged man who was divorced and divorced. However, fate brought him an unexpected surprise. By chance, he met a mysterious netizen who called himself "The Voice of Nature" on the Internet.
At first, Wang Gang and the lady only communicated through text in the online world, but as time went on, Wang Gang became interested and curious about this "natural voice" lady.
Thanks to the powerful search function of the Internet, Wang Gang quickly revealed the true identity of this "netizen" - Zheng Yandong, an associate professor at the People's Liberation Army Academy of Arts. Although the two did not have any form of contact, Wang Gang was still attracted by her extraordinary talent and fell in love with her at first sight.
Until mid-April 2005, Zheng Yandong held a solo recital at the Poly Grand Theatre in Beijing. She very carefully selected a concert ticket and sent it to Wang Gang, a netizen she had never met, hoping to take the opportunity to meet him.
In the face of Zheng Yandong's eager invitation, Wang Gang thought it was a chatter with an old friend, but he didn't pay much attention to it. However, when he walked into the concert hall and saw Zheng Yandong shining on the stage, he was deeply attracted by her beauty and talent, as if he was enchanted.
Zheng Yandong's superb cello playing skills, as well as her elegant and confident temperament, deeply touched Wang Gang's heart.
After the concert, Wang Gang and Zheng Yandong were finally able to meet. Facing Zheng Yandong, a beauty with outstanding temperament, Wang Gang could no longer suppress his admiration. He offered to send Zheng Yandong home, and the two talked freely in the car, and Zheng Yandong was attracted by Wang Gang's humor and elegant manners.
At that moment, Wang Gang felt an unprecedented heartbeat. However, he did not rashly confess. Because in his heart, there are too many reasons to hinder this marriage - he is over half a hundred years old, he has experienced divorce and divorce, plus Zheng Yandong, he is afraid of hurting her again.
So, he chose to suppress his inner feelings and cut off contact with Zheng Yandong.
As the Spring Festival of 2006 was approaching, Wang Gang's love for Zheng Yandong could no longer be concealed, and after careful consideration, he mustered up the courage to propose to her.
In order to express his infatuation with Zheng Yandong, Wang Gang splashed ink and painted an ink painting. The painting shows a small bird perched on a tall and straight tree, as a symbol that he will spend the rest of his life sheltering Zheng Yandong from the wind and rain and protecting her forever.
Zheng Yandong arrived at the café as scheduled. Wang Gang affectionately handed her the painting and told her his heart.
Their marriage eventually implicated. However, the next test was to convince Zheng's parents to accept the marriage. The age gap in this marriage is huge.
In order to win the approval of his parents, Zheng Yandong sincerely expressed his inner thoughts to his parents. After being fully mentally prepared, she also took Wang Gang back home.
When the Zheng family's parents opened the door and saw an elderly man standing next to their daughter, they were stunned on the spot, and even their jaws almost fell off in shock.
It turned out that Zheng Yandong's boyfriend turned out to be the famous popular artist Wang Gang! At first, Zheng Yandong's parents were very opposed to the marriage. In the face of her family's obstacles, Zheng Yandong was unswerving, and she resolutely expressed her determination to marry Wang Gang.
And Wang Gang expressed his infatuation with Zheng Yandong to his future father-in-law and mother-in-law in a sincere tone, and solemnly promised to spend his life loving Zheng Yandong, sheltering her from the wind and rain, and escorting her.
At the insistence of the two, the Zheng family's parents finally agreed to their marriage.
This "protracted war" lasted from the Spring Festival in 2006 to November of the same year, and after months of tug-of-war, Wang Gang was finally officially accepted and recognized by the old couple, and was honored as "son-in-law".
Wang Gang did not ignore Zheng Yandong and her family because of the simplicity of the wedding. He used his practical actions to express his importance and maintenance of Zheng Yandong.
In 2022, Wang Gang and Zheng Yandong have been married for 16 years. Looking back on this marriage process, they not only witnessed the unexpected arrival of their son Ding Ding, but also saw Wang Gang's career take off again.
At first, the two did not plan to have children. Because their age has entered the stage of middle and old age, giving birth to children will undoubtedly bring potential health risks to Zheng Yandong's body.
However, life is often unpredictable, and in the first year after marriage, Zheng Yandong became pregnant! This is a big surprise for Wang Gang, who is over half a hundred years old.
Despite Wang Gang's inner anxiety, Zheng Yandong still insisted that he would give birth to the child, and after ten months of pregnancy, Zheng Yandong finally gave birth to a lovely baby boy, and they named him "Ding Ding" together.
Judging from the photos shared by Wang Gang, the little guy is handsome and somewhat similar to his parents.
It is worth mentioning that when Ding Ding was born, Wang Gang's only queen, Tingting, was already a mother. Amazingly, the age difference between the two grandchildren is only two months.
For the elderly Wang Gang, the birth of Ding Ding is undoubtedly an unexpected joy, and he certainly hopes to create a superior living environment for his son.
Because of this, although he has entered his prime, Wang Gang did not choose to retire, but continued to be active in the entertainment industry. In 2021, he received the high honor of the "Lifetime Achievement Award" of the 32nd Huading Awards, which is well deserved for him.
After decades of hard work, we have finally reaped fruitful fruits.
In addition to receiving this award, Wang Gang also served as a guest on a TV show called "China in Calligraphy and Painting", sharing the unique charm of Chinese culture with the audience. Despite his old age, he is still energetic and eloquent in the show, and uses his profound cultural heritage and unique perspective to interpret the essence of the country for the audience, which has won a round of applause.
All these amazing achievements stem from Wang Gang's firm dedication and deep love for art. As long as his physical condition allows, he will not hesitate to devote himself to the cause he loves deeply, and warm the hearts of the world with his selfless love.
While winning the laurels in the art world, Wang Gang has passed on his skills from generation to generation, and his friends in the "Iron Triangle" are moving forward hand in hand on the road of acting.
In April 2022, Wang Gang started filming his new drama "Old Guy". This work continues the "Iron Triangle" cooperation model between him and two old friends, Zhang Guoli and Zhang Tielin, and this is the tenth time that the three of them have worked together.
The friendship between the three people has a long history and has always maintained a deep affection.
Back in the sixties and seventies of the last century, Wang Gang served in the Northeast Rural Areas and the Military Chinese Workers' League. For him, those years were not only a place to exercise his hard-working spirit, but more importantly, he met his lifelong confidants and friends there.
It was in that special era that the revolutionary friendship between Wang Gang, Zhang Guoli and Zhang Tielin was deeply rooted in each other's hearts.
Time flies, decades pass. Although the age of the three men exceeded that of two hundred years combined, the revolutionary friendship between them remained the same as before, and did not weaken with age.
Recently, Wang Gang shared behind-the-scenes photos of the three of them rehearsing the drama "Broken Gold" on social platforms, and humorously asked: "Guess what, how old will the three of them be combined?" ”
From the behind-the-scenes footage, it can be seen that the three of them get along in the same way as when they were young, and while teasing each other, they are full of brotherly affection.
This deep friendship has accompanied them all the way forward, and will continue to support them to fight side by side, illuminating the world with the power of art.
It is hard to imagine how much Wang Gang's years in the countryside and the army had a great impact on him, and during that time, he gained valuable life experience and sincere friendship.
It was the tempering of those years that allowed him to meet some friends who could share weal and woe, and also cultivated his perseverance, hard-working qualities.
Time flies, time flies, although they have gray hair, but the three old people still work together, stick to the front line of their literary and artistic work, and warm the world with artistic enthusiasm and light.
Now back to May 28, 2024, the picture shows a warm scene of a family of three enjoying themselves. Wang Gang hugged his son Ding Ding, and his wife Zheng Yandong was gently accompanying him. All three of them were full of happy smiles, warm and happy.
However, in order to get today's happy life, Wang Gang and Zheng Yandong have gone through a period of hardships.
Recalling that in the past, Wang Gang fell in love with Zheng Yandong at first sight, but due to the age gap, he chose to temporarily retreat. He was afraid that this marriage would bring worldly gossip to Zheng Yandong, and he was also worried that he was too old and would hurt this innocent and lovely woman.
Although he has always had a love for Zheng Yandong, he finally chose to cut off contact with her.
However, the appearance of Zheng Yandong brought Wang Gang back to life like a sweet spring in the desert. During the Spring Festival of 2006, he finally mustered up the courage to express his idiocy to Zheng Yandong with a beautiful ink painting.
Sincere love cannot be hidden.
Zheng Yandong was so happy that he immediately agreed to Wang Gang's marriage proposal. However, they immediately faced a big problem - to get the Zheng family's parents to accept the huge age difference between them.
At the beginning, the old couple resolutely opposed this marriage, fearing that Wang Gang's old age would bring harm to their daughter.
Zheng Yandong did not shake her feelings for Wang Gang in the face of her family's obstruction, and she firmly expressed her determination to marry Wang Gang. And Wang Gang also sincerely promised his future father-in-law and mother-in-law that he would spend his life caring for Zheng Yandong and shielding her from the storms in her life.
Under the strong opposition of the Zheng family's parents, the two young people never gave up, insisted on their choice, and finally won the approval of the Zheng family's parents.
In the next year or so, Wang Gang finally won the approval of his parents-in-law through unremitting actions and dedication. From the Spring Festival of 2006 to November of the same year, this "protracted war" came to an end, and Wang Gang was officially accepted by the old couple and called him "son-in-law".
Wang Gang used the most practical actions to interpret the cherishing of Zheng Yandong, although their wedding was simple and simple, but he solemnly said that he would use his life to love and protect Zheng Yandong and shelter her from the wind and rain.
Since then, Wang Gang and Zheng Yandong's relationship has gradually deepened and become more and more tacit.
The love between Wang Gang and Zheng Yandong has gone through nearly 20 years of ups and downs, and it will usher in a happy ending in 2024.
In 2022, Wang Gang and Zheng Yandong have been married for 16 years. Although their marriage process was a bit tortuous, it eventually gave birth to the crystallization of their love, their son Tintin .
At first, they didn't plan to have children, after all, they were not young anymore. However, life played a joke with them, and in the first year or so of marriage, Zheng Yandong became pregnant unexpectedly.
For Wang Gang, who is nearly 60 years old, this was a sudden surprise. Although his heart was full of uneasiness, he saw that Zheng Yandong firmly wanted to have a child, so he could only wait patiently and pray that everything would go well.
After ten long months of anticipation, Zheng Yandong finally ushered in his little life, a cute baby boy. They decided to jointly name him Tintin.
Judging from the photos shared by Wang Gang, the little guy looks handsome and cute, and looks a little similar to his parents. It is worth mentioning that when Ding Ding was born, Wang Gang's only queen, Tingting, had also become a mother, and the age difference between the two children was only two months, which is really an amazing coincidence.
Ding Ding's birth was undoubtedly a big surprise for Wang Gang in his later years, he hoped to create a superior living environment for his son, so even in his old age, Wang Gang did not retire, but was active in the entertainment industry.
In 2021, he won the prestigious honor of "Lifetime Achievement Award" at the 32nd Huading Awards, which is worthy of his name. After decades of hard work, he finally achieved rich results in his later years.
In addition to winning the award, he also participated in the recording of a TV program called "China in Calligraphy and Painting", sharing the unique charm of Chinese culture with the audience.
Despite his advanced age, Wang Gang is still full of vitality in the show, showing great spirit, and interpreting the essence of the country for the audience with profound cultural skills and unique perspectives, which has won the applause of the audience.
All these remarkable achievements stem from his incomparably firm dedication and deep love for the cause of art. As long as his physical condition allows, he will not hesitate to devote himself to the cause he loves.
At the same time, as a loving father, Wang Gang will spend more time with his wife Zheng Yandong and son Ding Ding to share the joy of family. He will share the warm daily life of his family on social platforms, whether it is the funny scene of holding a fluffy pet dog, or the warm scene of blowing out candles and making wishes on his birthday, all of which are filled with a happy atmosphere.
Today, Wang Gang's successful career, full of children and grandchildren, and loving husband and wife are his greatest happiness. From the first acquaintance to the white head, he and Zheng Yandong have experienced ups and downs together, but they always firmly believe that in the end they will be able to have their own happiness.