In 1985, Zhao Xinpei, who played the role of a red child in Journey to the West, suddenly became popular and became a household name for the red child. Just when people thought that he would continue to flourish in the show business circle, no one expected it, but he chose to retire to Peking University. Such a choice was a sensation at the time.
So why did the once-popular red child choose to give up entering the "show business circle" and choose to go to Peking University? What the hell did he go through? Now that all these years have passed, what is he doing? This issue of Zhou Shao will take everyone into the legendary growth history of "Red Child" Zhao Xinpei.
Zhao Xinpei was born in Beijing in January 1977. His parents are engaged in technical work, the family conditions are not bad, so they attach great importance to his education, and from a young age, the family hopes that the child can have something to do in the future, so Zhao Xinpei's parents have been trying their best to cultivate him. Of course, Zhao Xinpei also lived up to expectations, and almost always "other people's children" from childhood to adulthood. Because of family reasons, Zhao Xinpei has always had better learning conditions than countless peers.
In 1982, when Zhao Xinpei was 5 years old, he was still studying in the kindergarten, and it was this kindergarten that made Zhao Xinpei unexpectedly popular, at that time, when he was still in the kindergarten class, a crew came to the kindergarten to select a child star. At that time, the interview scene was to let a little boy grab a balloon in the hand of a little girl, and Zhao Xinpei was one of them. At that time, Zhao Xinpei with a round head was very cute, and such a vivid image and the innocence revealed in his eyes made the director take a fancy to Zhao Xinpei.
Through the audition, Zhao Xinpei was even more afraid of the camera and completely conquered the director. Therefore, the director clapped his hands and said: "It's you, it's you, you can star in your true colors."
As a result, Zhao Xinpei stepped onto the screen, and he also successfully contacted the first filming of "Thrive". In this play, he grew up very big, and he also had more filming opportunities for himself. At the same time, in this play, Zhao Xinpei met the person who was very helpful to him throughout his life.
In 1983, Zhao Xinpei was very fortunate to enter the local famous primary school, Shijia Hutong Primary School. After that, Zhao Xinpei ushered in the peak of his acting career. "Journey to the West" began filming, one of which was the need for a child to play the "Red Child" of this scene, so Yu Hong, who was doing the "Journey to the West" field record, immediately thought of Zhao Xinpei, a child who had worked with him, and he felt that Zhao Xinpei was more suitable for playing this role.
Therefore, Yu Hong took Zhao Xinpei to the home of director Yang Jie, Zhao Xinpei is not afraid of people at all, and he is not afraid of the stage, he is dancing and singing in director Yang Jie's home, very lively and cheerful.
Director Yang Jie was very satisfied after watching it, and took him to the audition, and when he auditioned, he was lively and clever, especially suitable for the needs of the role of the red child, so it was given in this way.
Later, according to Zhao Xinpei' recollection of his filming, he was even happier, saying that he just felt particularly funny and fresh. The director told me to do what we do, that is, we are not afraid of difficulties and are not afraid of the stage. It is precisely because of this that he is popular all over the country with the role of red child.
The red child he played has also become a classic role in "Journey to the West". The line "Are you a rescuer invited by the monkeys?" "It was even more vividly performed by Zhao Xinpei.
At that time, after acting in this play, seeing that everyone was watching "Journey to the West", Zhao Xinpei just felt that he was on TV and others could see him. He thought it was very funny, but he didn't expect that he was completely popular, became a well-known child star at that time, and gradually began to look for Zhao Xinpei to act in a very large number of people, many directors want to find him to shoot, and many advertising companies want Zhao Xinpei to endorse their products.
When everyone thought that Zhao Xinpei would pocket these cooperations, he refused the requests of these directors and advertising agencies. After acting in "Journey to the West", he completely quit the show business circle and stopped filming. Many people also feel sorry for his choice, but Zhao Xinpei still chose to give up the show business circle.
After playing the "red child", he did not covet the show business circle, but returned to school to study seriously. So, he returned to Shijia Hutong Primary School, and during this study, he also fell in love with computers completely. As soon as the summer vacation ended and the film was finished, Zhao Xinpei felt that he should accept it and study well. It just so happened that Shi Jia had started a computer class in elementary school, and he thought this was particularly interesting, and then he plunged into the computer, and this investment was a lifetime.
Later, in an interview, he jokingly said that computers are really a lifelong delay.
Zhao Xinpei, who was completely immersed in the computer, had no interest in filming, and also pushed off all the film contracts for this reason, completely disappeared, and concentrated on his own computer. He also said that at that time, there were some filming opportunities to find me, but I refused, compared to computer filming I am really not interested, I don't want to shoot at all, I want to play with the computer, I think this is interesting.
In such a family, the family attaches great importance to cultivating Zhao Xinpei's hobbies, and the family sees that he is so obsessed with computers, and they especially support him, and they do everything they can to invest in him to let him learn computers.
In the 80s, when many people were still unable to eat enough, the family bought him the first Z80 model computer. Because there were not many people who understood computers at that time, they specially sent him to the Children's Palace to study.
In 1989, during the summer vacation of junior high school, the director of his first play "Thrive" came to him to shoot a play, but he still politely refused, he said that the computer was fresh at the time, so he made a computer and did not shoot.
Later, Zhao Xinpei was guaranteed to enter Beijing No. 2 Middle School because of his excellent academic performance, and at that time, he studied computers with several of his classmates, and finally engaged in a computer interest class.
In 1992, Zhao Xinpei had his own real computer, when he spent two or three thousand yuan to buy his first computer. Later, because he was very interested in computers, he later spent five or six thousand yuan to buy a "computer 386".
He said that his family was very supportive of my hobbies and wanted me to learn this. And my parents have always been very generous in my education, so my computer enlightenment was earlier, earlier than most children at that time, when only a few children in the class bought computers at home. It is precisely because of his insistence and love for computers that he subsequently became a bully.
In 1995, not surprisingly, he was admitted to the Department of Computer Science and Technology of Peking University at the age of 18 with excellent academic performance. In his four years of college, his love of computers was even more obsessed, and after that, he became more interested in computer research.
In 1999, after graduating from Peking University at the age of 22, Zhao Xinpei did not choose a job, but chose to continue his studies.
Of course, the kung fu pays off, and his efforts have also been rewarded. After that, he was sent to the Institute of Software of the Chinese Academy of Sciences for further study, and finally received a doctorate. Many people will not understand how a child star who has been pinned high hopes since childhood can completely become a super bully when he grows up.
Now, after so many years, what is Zhao Xinpei doing?
In 2014, Zhao Xinpei and a few of his friends partnered to set up an agricultural technology company in Beijing, and as a senior technical talent graduated from Peking University, he served as the company's CTO.
He said: "I studied computer science in four years of college, and after graduation, I went to the Institute of Software of the Chinese Academy of Sciences to study for a master's degree and a doctorate, so I am very familiar with this aspect and love it, so I have been doing this ever since." ”
And Zhao Xinpei's company performance is also quite excellent. In 2016, the company got 30 million yuan of financing, and in 2019, it has made a profit of tens of millions, and now Zhao Xinpei is already the president worth more than 100 million.
However, for him to give up his career in show business and give up the opportunity to become popular when he was a child. Many people have also felt sorry for him. But Mr. Zhao said he never regretted it, and he is now only proud of his career. He said: "I am a person with a special self, no matter what others say, how to evaluate me. I don't value it very much, I don't like to show my face, and I don't pursue this. ”
Zhao Xinpei's deeds make us feel amazed, but also let us learn more from it. The growth of a child is inseparable from the education of the family. Zhao Xinpei, he can have such achievements, but also from the family's support for his hobbies. Our parents today can not only meet their own unfinished dreams, should not put all their dreams and wishes on the child, do not put too much pressure on the child, let the child have their own interests and hobbies, as the saying goes: "interest is the best teacher", in the case of family conditions should be given support, perhaps the child will have a greater achievement.
Of course, some people think that Zhao Xinpei has been completely popular since he was a child, and he should go to the show business circle, perhaps he has long been worth hundreds of millions of dollars. However, everyone's choice is different, Zhao Xinpei just chose a path he likes to discover, from Peking University to the Chinese Academy of Sciences Doctorate, using the professional knowledge he has learned to create his own career, it is also a different taste.
Therefore, as a parent, you should rationally cultivate your children, let your children have the courage to pursue their own dreams, do not become a stumbling block on the road, this will only harm the children, seedlings to promote not necessarily good, let children build their own careers, more people feel a sense of accomplishment.
For Zhao Xinpei, who became popular at the age of 9 and then retired to Peking University, what do you think?