One
In 1980, 8-year-old Xu Zheng was only in the third grade, because of his cute appearance and ability to tell stories, he was selected by the teachers of the Children's Palace to play a "landlord's son" in a children's one-act play...
This scene was performed throughout the children's palace theaters in Shanghai Beach until 1983, when Xu Zheng graduated from primary school. At that time, Hu Ge and Han Han were only 1 year old, and Zheng Kai had not yet been born, so they regretted missing the wonderful performance of Xu Zheng's childhood.
Since then, whether it is junior high school or high school, Xu Zheng's life is in addition to school is acting. Performing in the Children's Palace, performing in the Youth Palace, in the second year of high school, he also joined the amateur theater troupe of the Shanghai People's Art Theater...
Often, as soon as school ends in the afternoon, Xu Zheng runs to the backstage of the theater to write homework, and after writing homework, he will participate in a performance that he thinks is very important, although the playing time is only 30 seconds...
It was the golden age of Shanghai drama, 8 yuan a drama ticket, each show is full, especially suitable for young people in love.
In 1990, at the age of 18, Xu Zheng was successfully admitted to the Shanghai Theater Academy.
At that time, Zhou Libo, who was 5 years older than Xu Zheng, was already a well-known burlesque actor on the beach. No one expected that these two theatrical actors from Shanghai Beach would launch a huge scolding war many years later.
Two
When he first went to college, Xu Zheng was actually quite handsome, not inferior to the current "small fresh meat". At that time, his hair was dark and thick, so soft that it was "pure wool", and thus became a "hair mold".
Before his sophomore year, Xu Zheng's life was really smooth sailing, if there was no tribulation to test him, he would not be able to get the later achievements. Everyone grows up in tribulations, otherwise your life will be uneventful.
When the ordeal came in his sophomore year, Xu Zheng's hair suddenly "grabbed a handful".
He began to search for a famous doctor with his family, and finally got a prescription and hair water. Every day, take ginger and rub it on your head until you are red and hot, and then take a brush and dip it into the raw hair water to rub it on your head.
Every time I wiped the hair water, some students knocked on the washbasin in the dormitory corridor and shouted: "Xu Zheng is going to start curing his hair..."
Then, many students surrounded him with great interest, causing Xu Zheng to be too nervous and accidentally spilled hair water on the table.
The classmate next to me began to discuss:
"Do you see if there will be hair on this table?"
"You can see it if you look at your head, and the effect is not very good!"
It can be imagined that Xu Zheng's psychological shadow area at that time was definitely much larger than the bald area.
He became inferior and always wore a hat when he went out. He had all kinds of hats, red, yellow, blue, gray, except for the green hat, other colors, all available.
Some students said, Xu Zheng, you don't wear a hat, this is not good for hair, you have to bravely take off the hat. Xu Zheng bravely took off his hat. The classmate looked at it and said: Forget it, you still wear it!
Once, Xu Zheng rode a red light, stopped, and a big brother next to him also glanced at him, and suddenly a gust of wind blew the hat off, and the pinch of hair in the middle suddenly stood up, and the big brother fell down with a frightened car.
Xu Zheng suffered from hair loss, and finally made up his mind on Christmas morning that year.
Three
After Xu Zheng decided to show his bald head in this life, he went into a barber shop in the back alley of the play. There was a teacher inside. Xu Zheng said, Master, help me shave a bald head. Teacher Fu said, why do you shave your head when you are young?
Xu Zheng took off his hat, and the master began to sharpen his knife without saying a word.
The master grinded for more than 20 minutes, Xu Zheng was almost asleep, and the master was still grinding there. Xu Zheng said, Master, I shave my head, are you going to kill pigs?
The master said yes, with a loud bang, the knife fell in his hand, and the isolated island above Xu Zheng's head was uprooted. He immediately had a feeling of renunciation. But looking at the handful of hair on the ground that stuck to the last, he almost burst into tears.
After straightening his bald head, Xu Zheng looked at the mirror, and the top of his head shone brightly, as if he was several years younger.
Xu Zheng, who is in his 20s, began to understand a truth:
Balding is certainly not a good thing, but if baldness has become a part of your life, will you continue to complain in the same place, or will you set out for your goal with a shiny head?
That is, of course, the latter.
Because soon, he seemed to see Ge You, Chen Peisi, and Guo Donglin and other predecessors, waving at him from afar.
The tribulation turned the young Xu Zheng into a bald head, but the tribulation had no intention of ending, and next, it had to continue to work hard and repair Xu Zheng fiercely.
Four
In 1994, 22-year-old Xu Zheng graduated from university and originally wanted to be a film and television actor, but no one asked him to shoot a drama, there was no way, he had to go to Shanghai Dramatic Arts Center as an actor.
That's 5 years.
Fortunately, during this period, Zhou Libo also left the burlesque theater troupe and went to the sea to do business, otherwise the future rivals might fight in the theater in advance.
In these 5 years of tribulations, Xu Zheng worked as a drama actor while preparing to form his own troupe. He wants to act in his own original play, he looks for funds, finds a venue, and writes his own script. But when all the preparations were ready, the chain of funds broke, shattering all the plans.
However, as long as you endure the test of suffering, you will be favored by God.
One day, a bald producer came to Xu Zheng and asked him if he wanted to act in "The Eight Precepts of the Brilliant Pig in Spring".
Xu Zheng: So what do I play?
The bald producer laughed and said: "Eight precepts of the pig."
Xu Zheng: For Mao? I'm a avant-garde artist, going to play the Eight Commandments of the Pig?
Bald Producer: If you don't try it, how do you know what the Eight Commandments of the Pig you played were like?
This year, Xu Zheng was 27 years old, and Lu Yi, a disciple four years later than him, had won the "Golden Eagle Emperor" with the Haiyan drama "Never Look Away".
Xu Zheng has a strong sense of crisis and feels that he must seize this opportunity to enter the film and television circle.
In 2000, Xu Zheng and Xiao Taohong starred in the "Eight Precepts of the Brilliant Pig in Spring" once broadcast, it caused a sensation and was deeply loved by young people, and the 28-year-old Xu Zheng was also known as "the most popular pig eight precepts in history".
This year, Huang Bo sang in the bar at the same time, starred in the TV movie "Get on the Car, Let's Go" directed by Guan Hu, which did not stir up a ripple in the film and television circle. He and Xu Zheng's fate also did not have a substantial connection.
Xu Zheng is well known to many audiences because of the Eight Precepts of the Pig, when he was eating noodles in the small restaurant downstairs, he suddenly rushed over to a group of middle school students, pointed at his nose and said: Look, he is the Eight Precepts of the Pig!
Another time, Xu Zheng went to the bank to withdraw money, and the polite counter lady said "Mr. Xu, you wait a little" in person, turned her head and shouted inside, "Give the pig eight precepts twenty thousand yuan"!
At that time, whether it was in the square, on the side of the road, or in the toilet, he was pointed out by others with his nose: Look, the eight precepts of the pig, the eight precepts of the pig!
Xu Zheng did not have a kind of joy of becoming popular, but on the contrary, there was a kind of sincere trepidation that everyone shouted and beat people in the street.
Later, he starred in "Li Wei as an Official", and people began to say: Look, this is Li Wei who plays the Eight Precepts of pigs!
In fact, Sun Monkey had to go through nine nine hundred and eighty-one difficulties to obtain the True Scriptures, and this truth was the same as the Eight Precepts of the Pig, and the same was true of Xu Zheng.
Five
After filming "The Eight Precepts of the Brilliant Spring Pig" and Xiao Tao Hong sparked, before getting married, Xu Zheng always cared too much about the eyes and opinions of others, others made jokes about his bald head, jokes about his eight precepts of pigs, he always took it as a ridicule, which was a manifestation of not being strong enough in his heart.
In 2003, the 31-year-old Xu Zheng married Xiao Taohong, a Jiangsu girl of the same age, and since then he has become confident, no longer caring about other people's eyes and opinions, and other people's attitudes can no longer influence him.
He became more and more aware that a successful role, not just the success of an actor himself, he began to care about the logic of the whole script, the logic of the lens language, the other roles, and the costume props.
This year, Wang Baoqiang officially debuted with the movie "Blind Well", and later unexpectedly won the "Golden Horse Award for Best Newcomer". The following year, Wang Baoqiang was selected by Feng Xiaogang to star in the New Year movie "No Thief in the World", which attracted attention because of his simple personality and unique luck. Since then, Wang Baoqiang's life has taken the lead in counterattacking.
In 2006, Wang Baoqiang starred in "Soldier Assault", relying on the role of Xu Sanduo, crazy to attract fans, and soon became one of the first-line stars.
At that time, Ma Rong, a sophomore at NorthwestErn University, was sharpening his knife and waiting for Wang Baoqiang to put on a sleeve.
This year, the young director Ning Hao, with the help of Andy Lau, prepared the movie "Crazy Stone", originally wanted to invite Xiao Tao Hong to participate, the script was seen by Xu Zheng, he liked the script very much, but at that time the role was basically determined, Xu Zheng had to make a cameo villain Feng Dong.
This marks that Xu Zheng has also entered the film circle. At the same time, through this movie, Xu Zheng and his future partner Huang Bosheng will meet.
In 2007, Xu Zheng participated in the New Year comedy "Love Call Transfer", and the response was mediocre.
In December 2008, the daughters of Xu Zheng and Xiao Tao Hong were born and named Xu Xiaobao.
In July 2009, Xu Zheng came to invest and participated in the sitcom movie "Night Shop", and the response was also mediocre, but there were many familiar faces in this small-cost movie: Xu Zheng, Zhang Jiayi, Li Xiaolu, Qiao Renliang, Zhao Yingjun...
This year, Huang Bo won the 46th "Golden Horse Film Emperor" with the movie "Bullfighting".
37-year-old Xu Zheng is a little anxious, Huang Bo, who is 2 years younger than himself, has become a "movie emperor", and Wang Baoqiang, who is 6 years younger than himself, has also won many awards, and he seems to have no role to play in addition to Pig Eight Commandments and Li Wei.
It is better to ask for others than to seek himself, so he began to brew a movie of his own.
Six
In June 2010, the 38-year-old Xu Zheng partnered with the 32-year-old Wang Baoqiang to star in the Spring Festival-themed comedy "People on the Road", which was a great success.
This is equivalent to a trumpet, purely because the content has become a screen hit, but this movie is more of an achievement in fact Wang Baoqiang.
Xu Zheng, who is nearly 40 years old, began to have a sense of mid-life crisis, the film road, he did not win heavyweight awards, there are not many classic roles, after middle age will only go downhill, the idea of transformation as a director is getting stronger and stronger.
At this time, Xu Zheng, who has stored film knowledge for many years, should also reach the harvest season.
In December 2012, the 40-year-old Xu Zheng, self-written and directed, and starred with Huang Bo and Wang Baoqiang in the comedy film "Tai 囧" was released, breaking many records in one fell swoop, becoming the first Chinese film in the history of Chinese cinema to exceed 1 billion yuan at the box office.
Xu Zheng himself also won the "15th Huabiao Award for Outstanding Young Director Award".
With "Tai 囧", Xu Zheng successfully broke the haze of the midlife crisis, in the director's circle, he ranked among the big V with a blockbuster movie, but there is still some distance from the super big V.
Since then, people no longer call him The Eight Precepts of the Pig, no longer call him Li Wei, and call him Xu Dao.
Just when Xu Zheng's spring breeze was triumphant, a man-made wind and rain quickly swept in.
Seven
In 2013, Xu Zheng, a Shanghai drama actor, and Zhou Libo, a Shanghai burlesque actor, staged a sensational "tearing war" on the Internet.
Netizens and media have stood on Xu Zheng, and Zhao Benshan's compatriot "Shenyang Daily" has also taken the opportunity to make a bitter satire on Zhou Libo's self-proclaimed "elegance":
"Zhou Libo has always stressed that he drinks coffee, I understand. But what I don't understand is that coffee drinkers should be gentle and elegant, generally not exported as 'dirty', even if they have to be reprimanded, they are also skilled. However, I think it is not coffee to be able to swear through Weibo. ”
In the end, this tearing force, Zhou Libo was defeated.
After "Tai 囧", Xu Zheng starred in some movies, such as "Modern Times", "No Man's Land", "Hypnosis Master", "Heart Flower Road Release", and so on.
"Modern Times" and "Hypnosis Master" are Xu Zheng's sole beams, "No Man's Land" and "Heart Flower Blooming" are all cooperated with Huang Bo, of which "Heart Flower Road Release" has exceeded 1.1 billion at the box office, which is quite good.
At this time, there were some skeptical voices circulating in the circle, saying that Xu Zheng's films that singled out the beams had a general response, and several films cooperated with Huang Bo and Wang Baoqiang had been successful.
The conclusion is: Xu Zheng hugged Huang Bo Wang Baoqiang's thigh.
This conclusion is hurtful, but it is also indeed irrefutable.
Therefore, when Xu Zheng was preparing to shoot "Hong Kong 囧", Huang Bo wang Baoqiang did not enter the lineup. Xu Zheng's official attitude is that Wang Baoqiang is filming "Detective Chinatown", there is no schedule, and Huang Bogui is a "movie emperor", and the film remuneration is too high.
This excuse can be found well, so that everyone will not tear their faces, in fact, Xu Zheng wants to fight for his own breath again.
In September 2015, Xu Zheng directed and starred in the "Hong Kong 囧" released nationwide, although the box office reached 1.6 billion, but the reputation is declining compared to "Tai 囧", if it is not to eat the "Tai 囧" old book, the box office may not work.
Xu Zheng said in an interview: The failure of this film does not represent the failure of the film, because its failure is mainly caused by the unsuitability of the actors.
Although the pot was thrown to Bao Bell, Xu Zheng's breath still did not come down.
Eight
The thighs of time stepped into 2018, and the 46-year-old Xu Zheng finally gave himself that breath.
In April, Xu Zheng supervised and starred in the suspense movie "Behind the Scenes Player".
In May, Xu Zheng's fantasy comedy film "Living Together in Time" also brushed the screen.
However, the first two films seem to be used to warm up, and the real fierce card is still to come.
In July, Xu Zheng starred in and produced the movie "I Am Not a Medicine God" with Ning Hao, which exploded in word of mouth, and nearly 1.7 million people on Douban scored a high score of 9 points, and finally the box office exceeded 3 billion, becoming a rare "god work".
At that time, I also went to see "I Am Not a Medicine God", and there has never been a movie that has touched me seven or eight times as a black and hard man.
Huang Mao in the movie vaguely saw the shadows of Huang Bo and Wang Baoqiang, perhaps following his tone: Without Huang Bo and Wang Baoqiang, my Xu Zheng's film can still become a hit!
In the end, the 46-year-old Xu Zheng won the best actor at the 55th Taiwan Film Golden Horse Awards and the best young actor at the 14th China Changchun Film Festival with "I am not a medicine god", and successfully promoted to the "Golden Horse Film Emperor".
Just by virtue of this film that faces reality, is full of humanistic care, and is acclaimed and popular, Xu Zheng can be named in the history of film.
In 2020, Xu Zheng won various awards such as the 11th China Film Directors Association 2019 Annual Special Commendation, the 35th Hundred Flowers Awards for Popular Film, and the Best Film at the 15th Golden Deer Award at the 15th China Changchun Film Festival. Once again, he proved his vigorous creativity.
Xu Zheng is not yet 50 years old this year, the future still has a strong plasticity, the heavens took away his hair, but gave him outstanding talent, the idiom "smart and brilliant", it is probably a person like him!
I only hope that he can not do, do not mix, do not mess around, and do not explode in this entertainment circle with more money, more famous, and more temptations, not only to give Chinese movies a long face, but also to men in the entertainment industry, a long face!
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