Looking back on Gong Li's previous half of life, her film career seems to have never taken a detour, only stumbling emotionally.
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Gong Li was born on December 31, 1965 in Shenyang, Liaoning Province, with three older brothers and an older sister.
When Gong Li was born, her mother was 41 years old.
His father worked as a teacher at the School of Finance and Economics of Liaoning University, and later transferred to the Department of Economics of Shandong University as a professor, while his mother, Zhao Ying, worked in finance at a cotton spinning factory in Jinan.
In 1983, 18-year-old Gong Li was preparing for the college entrance examination in Jinan, and the result was Sun Shan.
In 1984, she fought again for the college entrance examination, but once again fell behind, the cultural class did not meet the standard, and the art exam did not even pass the initial examination.
This year, Zhang Yimou worked as a cinematographer in the film "One and Eight", and his bold composition and unique lens design won the 1984 China Film Outstanding Cinematography Award.
In the same year, Zhang Yimou independently served as the photographer of the film "Yellow Land", and he fully mobilized the photographic means to show the simplicity and magnificence of the loess with a unique shape.
Neither Gong Li nor Zhang Yimou would have imagined that two years later they would be known worldwide for a film.
In 1985, the 20-year-old Gong Limu took the college entrance examination for the third time, but still failed miserably, 11 points away from the admission standard. However, she achieved outstanding results in the art examination and was admitted to the Central Academy of Drama.
Later, Gong Li, together with Shi Ke, Wu Yujuan, Jin Lili and Chen Wei, was called the "Five Golden Flowers" of Chinese opera.
At the Central Academy of Drama, Gong Li met Yang Jianxun.
Yang Jianxun should be her first boyfriend, but anecdotal rumors that there was another one named Liu Guanjun before Yang Jianxun, but the truth or falsity of the matter is unknown.
In 1986, Zhang Yimou spent 800 yuan to buy the copyright to "Red Sorghum" from Mo Yan and adapt it into a movie.
In fact, Zhang Yimou first chose Shi Ke, one of the "Five Golden Flowers", but because of the schedule, he chose Gong Li.
When the filming of "Red Sorghum" officially began, Gong Li carried two wooden barrels every day to practice carrying water and walked around the compound of the county guest house.
This year, Gong Li was 22 years old and became a heroine for the first time.
Zhang Yimou is 37 years old and is a director for the first time.
After the release of "Red Sorghum", Gong Li was a mess, and the film also won the Golden Bear Award at the Berlin International Film Festival.
Gong Li and Zhang Yimou also sparked love at the same time as they gained fame and fortune, but at that time, Zhang Yimou already had a family, his wife was called Xiao Hua, and his daughter was called Zhang Mo.
In 1992, Xiao Hua talked about Gong Li's original letter to Zhang Yimou in "Past Events".
You go, take my heart with you.
My eyes are still hurting, because Xiao Yang (Yang Jianxun) went to the school to make trouble and beat me.
After that, everyone guessed it was you.
I heard that the department was preparing to talk to me, and I was ready. If they come looking for it, I'll make it clear. I don't care if they understand, as long as things are clear, no one dares to touch me.
I think people should be brave enough to pursue happiness and love, and you should also get happiness, love. I want to get married, and I want to get answers.
I hope God will give me happiness...
The way you look in my arms is lovely. In a few days we will be together, we have endless words and unfinished business. Haha, do you know what I mean when I say something I can't finish?
From Gong Li's letter to Zhang Yimou, it can be seen that the feelings between the two were very strong at that time, and there was a feeling of not seeing each other for a day, such as every three autumns.
In 1988, after Zhang Yimou returned to China after receiving the Golden Bear Award in Berlin, he had a showdown with his wife Xiao Hua and asked for a divorce.
After that, although they were in regular contact, they never met until their daughter Zhang Mo got married.
In 1989, Zhang Yimou and Gong Li officially announced their relationship.
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Zhang Yimou almost did his best to make Gong Li from a young college student to one of the three major film festivals in Europe, and to become the "Gong Huang" who represented the highest level of Chinese actresses in the world.
Gong Li followed Zhang Yimou for 8 years, and during these 8 years, she mentioned marriage more than once, but Zhang Yimou did not seem to have the intention of marrying her.
In 1995, the heroine of the film "Shake, Shake, Shake to Grandma's Bridge" is still Gong Li.
During filming, Gong Li called her brother to the set as a lobbyist and prepared for a final attempt.
Zhang Yimou, faced with forced marriage, said lightly: "Isn't marriage just a piece of paper?" Why do you have to value this piece of paper? ”
8 years of waiting in exchange for such an answer, which is undoubtedly cruel for a woman.
In fact, Zhang Yimou is right, marriage is indeed a piece of paper.
Then again, why don't you want to give a piece of paper that floats lightly?
After cooperating in "Shake, Shake, Shake to Grandma Bridge", Gong Li and Zhang Yimou broke up, and since then they have been separated.
It is said that Zhang Yimou refused to marry Gong Li with a license, largely because his daughter Zhang Mo did not like Gong Li, and the two were always sword-fighting and could not get along peacefully.
Daughter Zhang Mo once publicly accused Gong Li: When she intervened in our family, she ruined my childhood!
"I still don't understand why a big star like Gong Li, when she is with her father, should stifle all the opportunities for our father-daughter contact? ”
It turned out that when Gong Li and Zhang Yimou were in love, they had to talk on the phone every day, and what caused Zhang Mo and Gong Li to have a conflict was also because of the phone.
Once, Zhang Yimou was filming on the set, and Gong Li called. Zhang Yimou said: "I am busy now, let's fight again at night." "Say goodbye and hang up the phone in a hurry.
In the evening, Gong Li estimated that Zhang Yimou should finish work, so he dialed the phone in his room, but the other party was busy. After a while, I called again, still on the phone.
Gong Li played for two hours in a row, and finally got through.
At the beginning, Gong Li's phone call may be to tell the pain of lovesickness, but the two-hour call has been busy, she has long held a stomach fire, so when Zhang Yimou connected, Gong Li was very annoyed and said: "You know to talk to Zhang Mo all day, do you have so many words to talk about?" ”
Zhang Yimou asked rhetorically: "Is it wrong for me to talk to my daughter on the phone?" ”
Gong Li cried and made trouble, said a lot of ugly things, and was angry for the next few days.
Perhaps in Zhang Yimou's view, Gong Li is not suitable for being his wife, let alone being his daughter's stepmother.
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At an event, Gong Li met Wong He-cheung, president of British American Tobacco Asia Pacific, through Hong Kong female writer Leung Fung Yee.
Huang Hexiang is the same age as Zhang Yimou, he has a gentle temperament, is meticulous and considerate to Gong Li, can give Gong Li unconditional love, and soothe her wounded heart after breaking up.
Huang Hexiang once said to Gong Li: "Even if I can never enter your inner world, even if you will never accept me, as long as I can make you happy, I will be satisfied." ”
This sentence undoubtedly has a huge capture force for a woman whose love wounds have not yet healed.
In February 1996, 31-year-old Gong Li and 46-year-old Huang Hexiang held a wedding in Singapore, and friends in the circle, Such as Mei Yanfang and Lin Qingxia, came to congratulate them.
Zhang Yimou did not dare to give Gong Li's marriage, huang hexiang gave.
However, Gong Li's flash marriage did not bring her much happiness, her husband's indifference to fertility, Gong Li wanted to have a child, and the contradiction between the two gradually appeared.
With the passage of time, Gong Li missed her original love more and more.
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In July 2001, Gong Li and Sun Honglei went off the gun in "Zhou Yu's Train".
It is said that Gong Li likes "old men", but Sun Honglei is five years younger than her.
The two went shopping together, played billiards, played games, and even went to their hometown in Harbin with Sun Honglei.
Once, Gong Li and Sun Honglei went to Paris to shoot advertisements, and the original three-day work arrangement was dragged on for a month because of the sweltering weather.
It is said that during that time, Sun Honglei's body was very depleted, and he once pushed off his work.
In 2003, netizens posted photos of Sun Honglei and Gong Li shopping for clothes on Xiushui Street in Beijing, and the topic of "sister-brother love" was hyped up.
Coincidentally, Sun Honglei's annual drama "Conquest" is currently being broadcast at this time.
On the one hand, "sister-brother love", on the other hand, the super high ratings of "Conquest", Sun Honglei became a regular guest of the front page headlines, and for a time there was no difference.
In the face of the "scandal" from the outside world, both of them tried their best to clarify.
Later, Sun Honglei became red and the drama was on fire, and Gong Li should also get off the bus.
In 2008, Gong Li was exposed to divorce Huang Hexiang, but Huang Hexiang later confessed in front of the media that the two divorced in 2009, and stressed: Two people get together less and leave more, friendship has more than love.
A few years later, when the famous host Yang Lan asked Gong Li about her view of marriage, she said with tears in the corners of her eyes: Marriage is just a piece of paper, and now I agree, someone once told me, but at that time I did not understand.
Zhang Yimou's excuse of not getting married, Gong Li used 13 years of marriage to find the answer.
It's ridiculous that a man who once said marriage was a piece of paper gave it to another woman.
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During Gong Li's divorce from Huang Hexiang, it was rumored that she had a relationship with French photographer Chang (Khan Ken).
In fact, as early as 2006, Gong Li met Khan Ken when filming "Young Hannibal", and he was also the cinematographer of the play.
In the same year, the two were photographed in Tiananmen Square sweet hugs, passionate kisses, just over 40 years old Gong Li like a 20-year-old girl with a happy and sweet face.
In the days that followed, there were more and more rumors about Gong Li and her boyfriend, such as the two in Shanghai with ten fingers clasped, Gong Li filming in Thailand, and her boyfriend flying to Bangkok to accompany him.
The foreign boyfriend Khan Ken is 13 years younger than Gong Li, and the "sister-brother love" ended in 2014, according to the media, it was because of the marriage problem that led to the breakup.
In the same year, when Michelle was giving a concert in Paris, she met Gong Li through a friend.
Although it was the first time to meet, he had heard about Gong Li earlier, and seeing Gong Li was like seeing an old friend he hadn't seen for many years, feeling very kind and falling in love at first sight.
Shortly thereafter, a group of photos of Gong Li and Michelle holding hands and shopping came out.
On May 17, 2019, the media confirmed that Gong Li, 53, remarried 71-year-old Frenchman Michel Jarre.
At the Cannes Film Festival in France, Gong Li and Michelle made a high-profile appearance with ten fingers clasped.
Netizens have complained after seeing it, because the two people are 128 years old, a proper pair of "twilight love".
When they saw Michelle's resume, netizens praised Gong Li's vision.
Michel's full name, Jean Michel Jarre, is a French national treasure musician, and was also awarded the highest knighthood of the French Legion of Honor, and Gong Li can also be regarded as a door-to-door match.
Looking at Gong Li's half-life love history, people are lamented.
From Yang Jianxun at the beginning, to Zhang Yimou and Huang Hexiang, who were 15 years older than her, she experienced Sun Honglei, Khan Ken, and finally fell in love with Michelle.
Although the road is bumpy and tortuous, it is good to reap happiness and finally meet a good person.
Some people say that she gave Zhang Yimou the best years, but in the end she was bruised.
In fact, the matter of feelings, barely come, even if the two are really married, they face a lot of things, it is estimated that Zhang Yimou has long expected this.
Feelings are a matter of right and wrong, and outsiders always look at flowers in the fog.