One
In 1988, China's first costume mythological drama "Journey to the West" was broadcast, and the 29-year-old six-year-old became popular overnight and became famous all over the world. Countless fans wrote to him, one of which said:
"After filming Journey to the West, your eighty-one difficulties have just begun..."
If there really are eighty-one difficulties, the fathers and grandfathers of the six-year-old child must have given him eighty difficulties. From his great-grandfather Zhang Tingchun to his grandfather Zhang Yisheng and father Zhang Zongyi, all of them are studying "monkey play".
Zhang Zongyi, whose stage name is "Six-Year-Old Child", has 11 children, "Six-year-old Child" Zhang Jinlai is the youngest, and he also has an older brother called "Little Six-Year-Old Child", who has been praised by Premier Zhou with his father.
When the six-year-old child was a child, his father was busy acting all day, and only in the gap between the curtains could he see his father with a monkey face. Later, when his father took off his makeup, he was scared to cry.
In the memory of six-year-old children, in order to play a good monkey play, the father once raised more monkeys in the family than their 11 brothers and sisters.
Unfortunately, the brother of the six-year-old child, the sixth-year-old, unfortunately suffered from leukemia when he was 15 years old, and he and his younger brother the six-year-old said: "I am going to die, and the meaning of death is that you will never see me again." ”
The six-year-old was sad and asked, "Then how can I see you?" The brother said, "When you play Sun Wukong, you can meet me." ”
On April 12, 1966, the sixth-year-old accompanied his brother on his 7th birthday and died the next day. Before dying, the little six-year-old looked at his father, the six-year-old, but his mouth kept shouting: "Six regimental leaders, six regimental leaders..."
The six-year-old fell into a deep self-blame: he only cared about monkey play and inheritance, but forgot that he was still a child who had not grown up.
This time, the six-year-old put down the monkey play and became a carpenter: he made a coffin for his son with his own hands and gave him the last ride.
The death of his brother awakened the fate of the "Monkey King Family" of the sixth-aged boy IV. This time, the golden hoop stick fell on his shoulder: thirteen thousand five hundred pounds!
Who knows, overnight, a catastrophe swept in.
Two
The father of the six-year-old child, the six-year-old child, was classified as a "cow ghost snake god" and lived in a cowshed. Since then, a large family has lived on the meager wages of the eldest son and several daughters.
The mother of a six-year-old child broke a penny into two halves and spent it, during which she had to endure various grievances... The six-year-old was paraded down the street and put the screw shell on a stool and made him kneel on it.
In his hometown of Shaoxing, six-year-olds often go to the countryside to act, which is deeply loved by the masses. At such times, some peasants spontaneously rose up and rushed into the venue with hoes to fight the "rebels":
"He's Sun Wukong, he's an artist!"
During the "labor reform" period, the six-year-old children pulled the scooter, and the six-year-old children pushed behind. Sometimes they would perform a performance next to the master worker. The six-year-old boy who has studied monkey play all his life knows sun wukong's words:
"Master, after passing one level after another, there is no mountain of flames that cannot be crossed."
He also warned his son, six-year-old children: "If you want to learn monkey play, the drama of one body lies in the face, the drama of the face lies in the eyes, and the practice should be idle when you are idle, busy when you are busy, and tight when you are tight." ”
But when it came to the bitter and dangerous kung fu of turning over and taking the big top, the six-year-old child hesitated. Let the younger son practice, the two sons have passed away one after another, do not practice it, the art handed down by the ancestors, who will inherit it?
In the end, the six-year-old still has to practice.
In 1971, the big man went to the south to inspect, watched the literary and art performance, remembered the "Sun Wukong Three Dozen White Bone Essence" he had seen that year, and said: "Where is that monkey, tell him to come out and see the world!" ”
In this way, the big man said a word, and the six-year-old boy who was "criticized" into the cowshed finally looked forward to the dawn.
Three
After the six-year-old was rehabilitated, the state compensated more than 20,000 yuan in wages.
The mother of the six-year-old child took the money to repay the relatives and friends who had helped them in the past, whether others helped them for 3 yuan or 5 yuan, she would buy a watch or a bicycle.
In 1978, CCTV broadcast a Japanese version of Journey to the West. In the play, Tang Monk is played by a woman, the painting style is spoofed, and in the scolding of the people of the whole country, the drama was stopped after 3 episodes.
In order to correct the audiovisual, CCTV decided to shoot our Chinese's own "Journey to the West". Hong Minsheng, then deputy director of CCTV, asked director Yang Jie, if you dare to make this classic masterpiece into a TV series, do you dare to take it?
Yang Jie, who is less than 50 years old, blurted out: "If you have money, why don't you dare?" ”
Yang Jie has loved novels, plays and movies since childhood, and has read many classic masterpieces, but has not attended a regular film school and is an opera director. Previously, he had only directed a TV series "Laoshan Daoist" in an amateur.
In 1982, "Journey to the West" was officially planned, and director Yang Jie had a clear standard: to have characteristics, but also to be beautiful.
Whether it is a vegetarian, an actor or an opera composer, as long as it meets the characteristics of the characters in the play, she dares to use it. There are even many actors who are still looking for them while shooting.
When choosing the actor of Sun Wukong, Yang Jie visited many famous opera artists, and in the end, she decided to find a little six-year-old child. As a result, the six-year-old child had already died of illness, and his father recommended his younger brother, the six-year-old child.
After the interview, Yang Jie believed that although his performance lacked a little spirit, the movement specifications were accurate and qualified, so he let him go to Beijing to audition.
The sixth-year-old child was relieved and followed his son to Beijing.
When she saw a 58-year-old six-year-old running up and down with 4 thermoses and giving her 23-year-old son a bath, director Yang Jie was stunned.
At the beginning, the six-year-old child proposed to let his nephew Xiao Qiling enter the crew to play the Eight Precepts of the Pig, just to take care of the six-year-old child by the way. The six-year-old child said that his son was more pampered since he was a child, and when he performed in the troupe, his clothes were mailed from Hangzhou to his hometown in Shaoxing and washed by his mother.
Yang Jie was "petrified" on the spot, and she and the six-year-old child "agreed on three chapters of the law", the first of which is to ensure that the six-year-old child enters the crew and has the ability to live independently. There is also a special emphasis: "During filming, you are not allowed to fall in love." ”
However, this "special emphasis" was quickly changed by the arrival of a Beijing girl.
Four
In 1982, CCTV piloted the "Journey to the West" trial episode "Eliminating the Demon Black Chicken Country", and Sun Wukong, played by a six-year-old child, was considered a failure by Yang Jie. She said: The movements of six-year-old children are like hunters, lacking "monkey qi"!
After that, the crew found a monkey and let the six-year-old children observe the monkey while filming, and understand the monkey's movements, habits and hobbies. Six-year-old children often mixed with monkeys, and later completely "monkeyized".
By the summer of 1983, the 24-year-old six-year-old had fully embarked on "Journey to the West" and was progressing smoothly.
One day, director Yang Jie brought a tall and beautiful girl, saying that her name was Yu Hong, a Beijinger, born in a military family, originally an actor in the "Second Artillery" literary troupe, because the "Journey to the West" crew was not enough, transferred to do a field note.
The work of the field record is very hard, the crew of "Journey to the West" is poor, the staff often wears several positions, Yu Hong in addition to his own work, sometimes also has to make cameo roles like Tianzhu King Queen, often going to the latest...
Six-year-old children are foreigners, a person lives in the crew guest house, he sees Yu Hong very late and does not leave, he went to ask her if she wants to help, one after another, the two gradually became acquainted, and the six-year-old children had a good feeling for Hong.
But at that time, people's thinking was still very conservative, coupled with the tight curse of "three chapters of the law", the six-year-old child did not dare to confess, nor did he dare to make an appointment with Yu Hong, in order for the two to have more opportunities to get along, he made a clever move and counted his mind:
Every time he shoots a scene, he always tries to add some "impromptu play" as much as possible. In this way, Yu Hong, as a field note, must find him alone after the scene is filmed and make up the part of his "impromptu play".
Once, the crew went to Shenzhen. Yu Hong brought 1,000 pieces of "huge money" and wanted to buy some gifts for her family. Unexpectedly, when I arrived in Shenzhen, I lost the money and hid in the hotel alone with great sadness.
When the six-year-old child knew, he went to her and said I only have 700, give you 600. After saying that, I threw the money down, turned around and ran.
You know, at that time, the film remuneration was very low, "Journey to the West" was filmed for 6 years, and the remuneration of the six-year-old children was less than 2,000 yuan.
Yu Hong was greatly moved, and about six children went shopping. She fancyd a very beautiful rag doll, wanted 65 pieces, hesitated for a long time and was reluctant to buy it, and the six-year-old child bought it without saying a word and gave it to Yu Hong.
In fact, the six-year-old child is usually very frugal, eager to break a penny into two halves, but for the rainbow is so generous, Yu Hong wants to say that he is not moved, it is false.
In the summer of 1985, when the crew of "Journey to the West" filmed the scene of "Guanfeng Bow Ma Wen" in the western suburbs of Beijing, the six-year-old child was accidentally injured, and the ligaments were seriously contused, and he needed to stay in bed for 3 months...
Yu Hong often ran to take care of him, accompany him, persuade him to rest in peace, send him water, medicine and fruits, and the literature books he liked to read, which made the six-year-old feel an unprecedented throbbing.
Five
In 1988, the 25-episode TV series "Journey to the West" lasted for 6 years of filming, production and trial broadcasting, and finally came out. The 29-year-old six-year-old child has a drama and is red through half the sky.
Before the broadcast of "Journey to the West", the six-year-old child was just an ordinary actor in the troupe, and when he introduced it to the outside world, he always added a sentence, "His father is a six-year-old child of the 'Southern Monkey King'".
After that, when the six-year-old went to Beijing to attend the CPPCC meeting, a member of the cppcc committee rushed up, took the hand of the sixth-year-old, and said enthusiastically: "Oh, isn't this Sun Wukong's father?" ”
The six-year-old child is too hot, has participated in the activity security check, people only recognize the "six-year-old child", do not recognize his real name "Zhang Jinlai". Later, there was no way, the six-year-old child reported the situation to the public security department, and after verification by the public security department, it was specially approved:
One "Sun Wukong", two ID cards.
In the end, the six-year-old became the biggest winner of "Journey to the West", not only popular all over the country, but also successfully embraced the beauty. This beauty is Yu Hong.
Beijing girl Yu Hong, height 1 meter 71, this to find the object is very picky, there are 3 criteria: do not short-sighted, do not southerners (no regional black), height of more than 1 meter 83 ...
Six-year-old children, myopia 600 degrees, astigmatism 200 degrees, southerners, height 1 meter 72... None of them are standard, so some media quipped: "I really don't know if Yu Hong is in love with a six-year-old child or Sun Wukong." ”
As for why he did not abide by the "three chapters of the law" to fall in love, the six-year-old child explained: "When Director Yang said that he would shoot it in 1 and a half years, the result was 6 years, I shot from 23 years old to 29 years old, and I was about to shoot old..."
On June 12, 1988, at the 6th Popular Television Golden Eagle Award Ceremony, the 29-year-old six-year-old child was looked forward to and won the "Emperor of Vision". At the same time, he also held a cross-regional "strange wedding" that attracted worldwide attention:
The bride is in Beijing, the groom is in Singapore, and the award ceremony is in Shenyang.
On the same day, the bride Yu Hong was waiting for the groom in the wedding room in Beijing, but the groom's sixth-year-old child and the main creator of the crew visited and performed in Singapore, and Yan Huaili, who played the sand monk, announced on the spot:
"Today is a beautiful day, my good friend Mr. Six-year-old Boy, miss Yu Hong of the CCTV TV Drama Production Center, got married happily and chose to get married today."
At the "Golden Eagle Award" award ceremony held in Shenyang, a leader also announced this happy event on the spot.
The two places were broadcast on television, and the next day there were many media reports, and even Singapore's newspapers made good news on the front page: "Monkey King Strange Wedding, Everyone is amazed".
However, the fact that six children got married so early is very incomprehensible to many people. Because there are many female fans of "Monkey King", all over the country, getting married so early and with great fanfare is likely to affect his popularity.
In this regard, the response and practice of the six-year-old child was very unexpected.
Six
In response to the outside world's doubts, the six-year-old child responded: "I think that the standard for measuring the success of an actor should not be whether you are married, but your artistic level." ”
In this way, in the era when many stars did not dare to disclose whether they were in love, the six-year-old child openly disclosed his married identity.
After marriage, Yu Hong stepped into the door of the Zhang family, suspected that he had fallen into the "Huaguo Mountain", and went to the bathroom in the middle of the night, he could see the fierce photos of monkeys holding golden hoop sticks on the wall, often frightening all night.
However, within a few years, Yu Hong was "enlightened" by a six-year-old child, not only overcoming "sleep phobia", but also developing the habit of collecting objects related to monkeys.
In the winter of 1990, Yu Hong gave birth to a 31-year-old six-year-old child, Zhang Tongtong. The little guy combines the advantages of his parents, a pair of eyes dripping and turning, very much like his father, but his facial features are very similar to his mother.
Everyone was very happy, but at this time, the six-year-old child was pressed under the "Five Elements Mountain" by Sun Wukong, who played himself.
After the filming of "Journey to the West", the six-year-old child was suspended in mid-air, could not go up and down, and was confused for 3 years.
Although he has acted in several film and television dramas and has also been praised by Chen Huaigao, the father of the great director Chen Kaige, more actors often laugh when they play with him:
"No matter what Teacher Zhang plays, it's like Sun Wukong!"
In 2000, the real-life version of the 9981 difficult "Journey to the West Sequel" was introduced, which complemented the last 16 episodes missing from the previous Journey to the West.
Due to the long time span, many of the actors in the original play are human beings, and some have even passed away, so the crew had to change people in the sequel.
The six-year-old boy said with great emotion: "The master Tang Monk, who should have taken the firmest stand, changed 3 people, while the frizzy Sun Wukong walked all over the mountains, and one person completed the whole journey to the west." ”
"Journey to the West" has become a phenomenon-level classic hit drama, and there are many endorsements that come to the door. Jin mainly asked "Sun Wukong" to drink two sips of milk or give a thumbs up, but the six-year-old said:
"The image left by the old ancestors cannot be changed in me."
Sun Wukong did not change his taste, but the way of this world changed.
Six-year-old children once sighed to the media: when filming 25 episodes of "Journey to the West", the investment was 6 million, and the six-year-old children had the highest salary, each episode was 70 yuan, and they earned less than 2,000 yuan after filming.
And now, a TV series with an investment of 20 million yuan and 40 episodes, an actor takes away 8 million, other actors, crew expenses, but also from the production cost, so that the quality can be guaranteed?
Sometimes when taking the play, the six-year-old child finds a play actor to play, but the other party said: You are an old artist, what words, let's talk about it on the spot!
Six-year-olds were at a loss for a while. When filming "Journey to the West" in that year, it was all about the lines, steps, and feelings in advance. What used to be a normal thing has now become abnormal.
What is not normal is more than acting.
Seven
Western culture entered China, and once, the daughter of a six-year-old child, pointing to the cartoon "Transformers" played on TV, suddenly questioned her father: "You say Transformers and Sun Wukong, who is strong?" “
The six-year-old was a little unwell and could not answer, but soon he had an answer.
In the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake, several children were crushed in the rubble of the teaching building, they struggled to support for more than 72 hours, and the most wanted to see after being saved was "Sun Wukong".
They told the six-year-old children who played "Sun Wukong" that the belief that supported them to survive was:
"Sun Wukong has not died under the Five Elements Mountain for 500 years, we have been for tens of hours, and we will certainly not die!"
The six-year-old child listened to tears. The spirit of Sun Wukong is exactly the spirit that our nation needs. He insisted on it, inherited the culture of journey to the west, inherited the spirit of Sun Wukong, and learned from master Xuanzang:
"It is better to die one step to the west than to live in half a step in the east."
Children of six young began to give speeches everywhere to promote the culture of journey to the west. At a signing party, a Chinese-American child missed the opportunity to sign, and went straight to the lounge of the six-year-old child, and before he finished speaking, the tears flowed first:
"I flew thousands of kilometers to see you."
Because of Sun Wukong, there are indeed many people who like six-year-old children, but in the following years, he was controversial.
Some netizens teased him: "Xiba", "Six Studies", "Consumption of Journey to the West"... In this regard, the six-year-old children responded: Monkey Play is not surnamed Zhang, it belongs to China, it belongs to the whole world...
The world has changed, but the six-year-old child still adheres to his original heart, has been inheriting the "monkey play" of the four generations of the Zhang family, and constantly innovating, from wooden faces, cloth faces, hook faces to sticky faces, has been "evolving".
As for marriage, since 1988, he and Yu Hong have been married for 33 years, and the six-year-old child has been constantly sinking and falling in the entertainment circle, but there has never been any scandal.
In fact, he has many female fans. There is a Japanese female fan who knows that he is married, and she has traveled thousands of miles to China to see him.
The six-year-old boy said well, I'll take my wife with me. However, the female fans were stubborn and insisted on meeting him alone. He was helpless and said that if this was the case, then I would not go.
His wife Yu Hong persuaded him, saying that it was not easy for people to come from Japan to meet you, so you should go and meet you, it doesn't matter. The six-year-old child went.
When he was almost there, he called his wife again: "When I arrived at her residence, should the door be open or closed?" ”
Wife Yu Hong laughed and said casually, I don't know you yet, you just close the door, what can you do... But it's almost time for dinner, so why don't you invite her out and have a meal!
At this time, Yu Hong and the six-year-old children were deeply in love, and those "shortcomings" in the past had long become advantages in her eyes:
Myopia is good, walking on the street can not see other beautiful women. Not tall or not, experts said, men under 1 meter 75 tall are longer. southerner? He was born in the south, and has lived in the north for many years, and he has the advantages of the north and the south!
For marriage preservation, not lost in the entertainment industry, this year's 62-year-old six-year-old has his own experience:
"If I were a kite, she would be the one who flew the kite, and sometimes her hands would be looser and I would fly high, and sometimes she would take the strings back..."
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