Looking at Wang Jinsong's resume, a word of "boiling" runs through his half life.
Loading and unloading the stage, playing the background wall, being kicked out of the hotel and eating a box lunch in the cold wind, he once thought that he would be like this for the rest of his life.
It wasn't until 2006 that his life began to change dramatically.
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In 1968, Wang Jinsong was born in an ordinary family in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province.
His father, like most fathers, did not ask his children to become dragons and phoenixes, but to have no worries about food and clothing.
His father hoped that he would be able to enter an ordinary university, become a cultured worker after graduation, marry his wife and have children, and live a peaceful and stable life.
But Wang Jinsong has been running counter to his father's expectations all his life.
When he was young, the title of the essay left by the teacher for his classmates was "My Dream".
The children enthusiastically raised their hands to talk about their dreams, some of them said they wanted to be scientists, some said they wanted to be astronauts, some said they wanted to be teachers...
Wang Jinsong trembled and raised his hand, and in the teacher's eyes full of encouragement, he said slowly:
"I want to... Acting, being an actor. ”
Wang Jinsong has liked to watch performances since he was a child, whether it is opera or movies, whenever the big screen unfolds, he will run to watch it upside down, so he is not less than caught by his father and scolded.
When Wang Jinsong was 19 years old, because he loved acting, he secretly changed his volunteer to become a drama school in Jiangsu Province behind his father's back.
Originally, he wanted to hide from his father and make him think that he was going to the polytechnic university that his father wanted.
But after the re-examination notice arrived, he knew that he could not hide it.
After his father found out, he had a big fight with Wang Jinsong.
"Either review, or apply for college or electricity, anything, just can't learn acting!"
In his father's mind, the road to performance is obstructed and long, and it is likely to be a lifetime of upheaval, and he does not want his son to live such a life.
Wang Jinsong did not speak, only curled up in the room.
When the father returned to the house with a soft heart, he saw the eyes of his son who longed for freedom.
He was silent for half a moment, squeezed the 50 "huge money" drawn from the box, and slapped it on the table:
"If you want to go, take the money to Nanjing to retake the test, don't move the money if you don't go, you make up your own mind."
Years later, Mr. Wang was immersed in memories, saying he would always remember the concessions his father had made.
360 kilometers, 8 hours, he carried 50 yuan, resolutely stepped on the train to Nanjing.
It was already midnight after getting out of the car, and he dragged his heavy bag all night to the hotel near the school.
That night, a 19-year-old boy walked all the way to inquire, from north to south through the whole of Nanjing, which was the longest road he had ever walked in his life.
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After entering the school, Wang Jinsong, Hou Yong and Zhou Huilin became classmates.
Classmates, but not the same fate.
Wang Jinsong is too thin, like a "bamboo pole", and the performance foundation is poor, and even some teachers have given up on him.
But there is one person except, that is, the mentor Cheng Jun.
Cheng Jun couldn't bear to see a child who had worked hard to learn to perform sink, and a few days before the summer vacation, he took the initiative to find him:
"Can you not go home?" If you stay, I will give you make-up lessons for free, and I am worried that you will not be able to lay a solid foundation. ”
That summer, Cheng Jun taught Wang Jinsong what he had learned without reservation, and he was afraid that he would not eat well, so he personally cooked and supplemented Wang Jinsong with nutrition.
It can be said that without the earnest teachings of his mentor Cheng Jun, there would be no Wang Jinsong today.
Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, Wang Jinsong graduated and was assigned to the Nanjing Repertory Theatre.
Being assigned here was already the best batch of graduates at that time, but after entering the troupe, Wang Jinsong was not taken seriously.
He once said in an interview:
"My first job when I joined the troupe was to load and unload the stage."
After Wang Jinsong entered the troupe, most of his work was manual work, even if he could perform on stage, he also played the background wall, and at most let him play a dragon set with no lines.
At that time, his monthly salary was dozens of yuan, and if he was lazy, he would be deducted 10 yuan for the performance fee, even if he did not perform at all.
At that time, Wang Jinsong was really poor, and he couldn't make ends meet on the 20th of each month.
When he was at his poorest, he couldn't even afford to buy a dime a pack of pickles at school, and he had to go to the market to buy cabbage and come back to salt himself to get by.
He began to repeatedly doubt his persistence over the years, and he felt that he might not be acting material.
Once, Wang Jinsong had a cold and fever, and no one around him cared about him, so he felt aggrieved, so he ran to the regimental commander's office to vent his dissatisfaction.
But a sentence from the regimental commander was still fresh in his memory:
"Everyone is doing their best for their careers, and you are not the only one who has been wronged at work." What we can do is to make ourselves less and less wronged through our own efforts. ”
After some words, Wang Jinsong finally sank his heart and thought about what to do in the future.
After understanding his difficulties, the head of the troupe specially approved him a monthly food allowance of 30 yuan and let him move into the material room of the repertory theatre.
The reference room has no access to water, no toilets, only a bunk.
The only good thing is that there are a lot of books.
In order to save money, he usually does not go out, and only goes out in the evening to buy cheap dishes and come back to eat.
The rest of the time, he was in the reference room, reading one book after another, and he was almost paranoid about how to combine book knowledge with performance.
This life, he lasted for 3 years.
Yes, Wang Jinsong is "boiling", surviving "turning cocoons into butterflies", but surviving "moths to put out fire".
3 years is enough time for a person to develop a habit.
Until now, Wang Jinsong still adheres to the habit of fixed reading, and he will always analyze a certain scene and a certain fragment of a book at once.
As he said:
"The scene described in that book, the psychological state of the character, his kind of experience at this moment, in two completely different time nodes in your life, echoed, and you will be particularly grateful at this time."
Until 1997, Wang Jinsong finally survived.
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In 1997, Wang Jinsong was 30 years old, and he was finally able to play some important roles in the troupe, and even occasionally a local filming crew came to him to participate.
And this is how Wang Jinsong met fu biao, a good brother who influenced his life.
In 2000, Fu Biao followed the crew of "Waiting for You To Return" to Nanjing, playing the main villain in the play.
Coincidentally, the crew also invited Wang Jinsong to play the villain Fu Biao's subordinate in the play, the small villain.
The two villains got together, chatted a few times, and then they saw each other, and every night Wang Jinsong came to Fu Biao's room, and the two spoke freely and felt sorry for each other.
At that time, there was a scene that needed to be filmed in the hotel, and when it was time for dinner, the hotel did not allow the crew to bring the box lunch to eat, for fear of soiling the set.
Almost everyone was kicked out, and only a somewhat well-known actor like Fu Biao was allowed to stay in the hotel to eat.
In the cold wind, those dragons who were driven out were on the dust of the traffic on the side of the road, or eating standing or squatting, and Wang Jinsong was no exception.
When Wang Jinsong was squatting to eat a box lunch, Fu Biao came out with a rice bowl.
Seeing Fu Biao come out, Wang Jinsong was very surprised:
"How did you come out, go back to the house to eat, you toss it back and forth like this is not good for digestion."
Fu Biao also just smiled and said:
"I've long been used to eating with guys so we can talk."
The two of them took the rice in their mouths, and one of them talked about the days when they first entered the industry, and it turned out that the two of them had encountered many unequal things.
While eating, the rice in Wang Jinsong's mouth began to taste no longer.
Fu Biao looked up at the hotel signboard, his tone flat but containing power:
"Jinsong, if we become famous in the future, we must not bully others, and we must not let others bully us."
Years later, Wang Jinsong recalled this experience, and his voice trembled slightly.
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Soon after, Fu Biao and Wang Jinsong traveled together.
Fu Biao drove the car, Wang Jinsong sat in the co-pilot, and the two kept chatting, unconsciously chatting until later.
Fu Biao has always admired Wang Jinsong's acting skills, and said seriously on the side:
"Jinsong, you are really a good person and a good actor, but if you stay in this place, you may be buried, and you should go to Beijing."
In fact, Wang Jinsong did not think of changing a bigger world to develop at all, and the momentum of his childhood had long been crushed by reality.
He even felt that I was an ordinary local small actor in Nanjing, the salary was enough to eat and wear, and after going to Beijing to develop, I had to ask my grandfather to tell my grandmother's running crew, to say good things one by one, and I had to start from scratch.
"No, that's so much faceless."
Wang Jinsong did not want to directly refuse.
Fu Biao mercilessly threw over a sentence:
"Do you think you have a lot of face right now?"
This sentence was not loud, but it exploded in Wang Jinsong's ears like thunder, making him very ashamed.
"You go back and put the New Year over, then pack up your things and come to Beijing to find me."
Fu Biao said coldly.
At first, Wang Jinsong thought it was just a polite remark, but he did not take it seriously.
But years later, Fu Biao called and urged him to come to Beijing.
Only then did Wang Jinsong know that Fu Biao was serious.
He casually packed up a few changes of clothes and came to Beijing.
Fu Biao, who came to pick up the station, was very surprised:
"Why did you bring such a thing?"
Wang Jinsong replied:
"I just came to Beijing to see you, and I don't need to bring much with me."
Fu Biao was furious:
"How did you come to see me?" You have to stay here and act!" ”
Every day after coming to Beijing, Fu Biao drove his Jetta to various crews to find directors and entrust people:
"This is my good friend, a good actor, he is not expensive, you just need to use him, I will give you a free play." 」
Wang Jinsong did not expect that Fu Biao would actually be willing to do such a thing for him.
With his eyes moist, he quit his job in Nanjing, where he had worked hard for many years to survive, and officially became a North Drifter.
This year, Wang Jinsong was 33 years old.
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Wang Jinsong has always felt that if Fu Biao can always be by his side, there will be no regrets in life.
But Fu Biao could no longer accompany him all the time.
As is customary, the two have been in touch, but in 2004, when Wang Jinsong was filming in the crew of "Qia Classmate Youth", Fu Biao had not replied to his message for a week.
This is not right.
Wang Jinsong's heart has been lifted, seven up and eight down.
Until one day, he saw a few big words on the news:
Doctors confirmed that Fu Biao had liver cancer.
Wang Jinsong's voice around him was distorted, and his mind was blank.
After filming, he returned to Beijing overnight to visit Fu Biao, who was well controlled at the time, but did not think about it, and his condition took a sharp turn for the worse a year later, and he died at the age of 42.
Wang Jinsong still remembers the last words he said to Wang Jinsong when Fu Biao was still awake:
"Jinsong, you play the old student well, and you have food to eat when you play the old student well..."
When mentioning this past on the show, the iron-boned man kept wiping his tears.
The people who most want to see Wang Jinsong have a career, have not even seen his rise, after all, it is too late.
After that, Wang Jinsong desperately tried his life.
For Fu Biao, but also for himself.
When filming "Daming Dynasty 1566", in order to make the effect realistic, he took the initiative to ask Chinese medicine to avoid acupuncture points in his face and pricked more than 40 stitches. Beijing in March was incredibly cold, and Wang Jinsong was poured more than a dozen buckets of cold water on his naked body.
That night, Wang Jinsong had a high fever, he did not alarm anyone, he ran to the hospital to get injections, and returned to the crew after dawn to continue filming.
When filming "No War in Peking", in order to play the "old smoking gun" Wang Puchen, the amount of smoke he smoked in the first half of his life did not add up to more during this time, and he choked and coughed and did not stop.
When filming "Border City", in order to make the Japanese accent he spoke closer to the Japanese, he also studied Japanese with a teacher for three months, and he was able to communicate with the Japanese before entering the group.
When filming "Crane And Hua Ting", the crew needed a Song Dynasty tea cup, afraid of being felt fake by the audience, he bought a real one at his own expense to take to the crew for shooting.
When filming "Pusher", there was a scene that required him to break an antique teacup, he didn't say a word, and the next day brought a real antique teacup to the crew to break it.
When filming "Ideal Shines on China", in order to play the clip of the sacrifice of old money, he was buried in the snow for 4 minutes and did not dare to breathe.
Fate has never been on his side, if it were not for his "desperation", we would have missed an old actor with excellent acting skills.
Wang Jinsong is 52 years old this year, and he can really afford to say "big instrument late".
He once said:
"I'm very thankful I may not have gone that fast, but I didn't go wrong. And I didn't give up on myself, I went with the flow, but I didn't follow the stream. ”
Looking at it, the golden age belonging to Wang Jinsong has just begun.
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