Recently, some netizens launched a discussion on Weibo on the topic of "how wonderful is the eating drama of the film emperors", the topic immediately attracted the enthusiastic participation of countless netizens, everyone has sent the best eating drama in their minds to the discussion area, after a fierce discussion, did not expect that the final stand out is the mainland "old drama bone" Zhang Shaohua in the movie "I love you on the road" in a piece of eating drama performance, in this play Zhang Shaohua played a crazy grandmother, And this classic eating scene also allowed the audience to see Zhang Shaohua's superb acting skills again, which was really amazing, and netizens praised her as a national treasure-level actor.
(Weibo screenshot)
In March this year, 75-year-old Zhang Shaohua died of illness and left this world forever, her departure is undoubtedly a major loss in the acting industry, in the past 30 years of acting career, Zhang Shaohua presented countless classic and moving screen images to the audience, especially the "mother image" she played, which can be described as deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and she won the title of "National Mother". But the relationship between Zhang Shaohua and her own son in real life has always been a mystery, so that the outside world can see that it is in the clouds, and she also encountered a "storm of public opinion" before she died, so what happened behind these public opinions?
01. Zhang Shaohua, who was born in a poor family, began his singing career in order to change his fate
Born in the turbulent era, Zhang Shaohua was an authentic Beijinger, and the life of the common people in that era was not good, and Zhang Shaohua's family had a total of 9 children, plus his parents were from poor families, and his life was very difficult.
However, there are unexpected storms in the sky, when Zhang Shaohua was 3 years old, his father suddenly passed away, and the burden of raising a family of ten people has since been pressed on Zhang Shaohua's mother, in order to maintain the family's life, Zhang Shaohua's mother in addition to having to do work during the day, but also to do needlework at night, the mother's labor and efforts let the young Zhang Shaohua understand the difficulty of life early.
(Photo comparison of Zhang Shaohua himself)
Perhaps because of the excessive pressure of life, a few years later, Zhang Shaohua's mother chose to remarry, and at the same time, Zhang Shaohua was arranged to live with his grandmother, and it was from that time that the young Zhang Shaohua began to have a clear understanding of changing his fate.
At the age of 13, Zhang Shaohua heard that there was a theater garden near her home that was recruiting apprentices, and did not charge any tuition, after learning this news, Zhang Shaohua took it upon herself to sign up, and began her singing career.
After entering the drama garden, Zhang Shaohua practiced very hard every day and improved very quickly, at the same time she began to operate singing as her career, and a year later she ushered in a turning point in her life, and at the age of 14, she was admitted to the China Critics Theater as she wished.
At that time, the appraisal theater was an iron rice bowl, with a salary income of 16 yuan a month, which was undoubtedly a huge wealth for Zhang Shaohua, who was still an adult, and at that time she felt that her life finally had hope.
(Zhang Shaohua in his youth)
But when Zhang Shaohua really entered the commentary theater, she found that the reality was far more cruel than imagined, because the appearance was not enough, Zhang Shaohua could only learn to sing the unpopular Qingyi, although she practiced very diligently every day, but when Qingyi and Hua Dan stood on the stage at the same time, the focus of the audience was always Hua Dan, in such a situation, Zhang Shaohua could only wait for the opportunity to get ahead while working hard.
Later, the famous movement broke out, Zhang Shaohua's commentary theater was thus affected, in the next ten years Zhang Shaohua and other actors lost the opportunity to perform, and when the movement was completely over, Zhang Shaohua had entered middle age, due to her age, she could only learn to sing CaiDan and Lao Dan, after several years of dormancy, in the early 70s Zhang Shaohua finally ushered in a turning point in her career, and she finally had some fame in the circle with her wonderful performance in "Yang Sanjie's Complaint".
02, following the trend to become an actor, Zhang Shaohua conquered the audience with his acting skills
In the 1990s, when the domestic film and television industry began to develop rapidly, many actors in the music and art circles have crossed over to act, and Zhang Shaohua, who was already in his 40s at the time, also kept up with this trend, and she successfully played an old witch in the mythological drama "Wuyi Xianfanjie" broadcast in 1993, this screen debut not only allowed her to discover the joy of filming, but also opened a new life path for her.
(Photo 1 of Zhang Shaohua himself)
Since then, Zhang Shaohua's career focus has completely shifted to acting, although she was nearly 50 years old at that time, she was still a newcomer actor in the film and television circle, so at the beginning she could only play some dragon set roles with less drama, even so, Zhang Shaohua never complained, she did her best to play every small role, it can be said that it is precisely because of this professionalism that she has later acting achievements.
After successively participating in popular TV series such as "The Gate of the Big House" and "Six Groups of Serious Cases", the audience gradually remembered Zhang Shaohua, who looked ordinary but had solid acting skills, and under the impetus of these roles, her status in the film and television circle was gradually improved, and her fame gradually opened.
(Stills from "The Gate of the Mansion")
In 2005, Zhang Shaohua also experienced the greatest joy and sorrow in her life, this year she won the honor of the Magnolia Award for her wonderful performance in the TV series "Secret", and her career reached a new height, but just when she received the award notice, her mother also died of illness, so Zhang Shaohua declined the invitation of the organizer to accept the award and decided to make time to concentrate on her mother's affairs.
But Zhang Shaohua's family and company know that this award has a very important significance to her, so everyone has advised her to collect the award, and also helped her to arrange things and coordination time, and finally Zhang Shaohua stood on the podium as scheduled, harvested her own honor, she cried when receiving the award, and when she received the award, she rushed home to send her mother on the last journey.
(Stills from "My Ugly Lady")
After bidding farewell to her mother, Zhang Shaohua continued to work hard for her acting career until 2008, when she became a complete hit with the TV series "My Ugly Lady".
In this drama, Zhang Shaohua played a great mother with hard work, because of her precise grasp and excellent interpretation of the role, won the praise of the audience, and it was from this time that Zhang Shaohua became a "mother professional household", and then she successfully played the role of mother in dozens of works, so she won the title of "National Mother".
03. Zhang Shaohua, the "Mother of the Nation", fell into the whirlpool of public opinion, and the old past with Xin Fengxia was turned over
As Zhang Shaohua's fame grew, the focus of attention began to focus on her private life.
In 2017, Wu Huan, the son of the late well-known critic Xin Fengxia, published an article on Weibo that pointed to the many grudges that occurred between Zhang Shaohua and Xin Fengxia that year, Wu Huan said that when he was young, Zhang Shaohua led a team to raid the home of his mother Xin Fengxia, and also instructed others to beat his mother Xin Fengxia's leg into a lifelong disability, resulting in Xin Fengxia having to bid farewell to the stage of the drama review, leaving a lifetime of regrets.
(Photo of Xin Fengxia herself)
This article quickly after the publication of the public opinion of the hot discussion, there are eating melon netizens also found the relevant description in the autobiography of Xin Fengxia, so that the rumors became credible, for a while Zhang Shaohua became the target of the public, was a lot of media and netizens questioned the character of the problem, saying that she was late in the festival.
In the face of the sudden negative public opinion, Zhang Shaohua quickly took the initiative to issue a clarification, she explained that the reason why Xin Fengxia was raided was because the above was strictly investigating the figures related to the second-rate hall, the raid was presided over by the public, not led by her privately, and she was ordered to do the aftermath work, as for the new Fengxia's leg disability also had nothing to do with her.
(Photo 2 of Zhao Shaohua himself)
As a result, not long after Zhang Shaohua responded, Wu Huan counterattacked with a second post. Wu Huan said that he was at the scene of the incident that year, witnessed the whole process of the incident, and described in detail the specific situation that happened that year, every word pointed out that Zhang Shaohua's character and morality were problematic, and later this storm lasted for a long time under the circumstances of both sides insisting on each other, and Zhang Shaohua's public image was seriously damaged.
After this storm, Zhang Shaohua, who is already 72 years old, starred in the period drama "Niangdao", which was very popular at that time, and Zhang Shaohua's performance in the play was still impeccable, and she once again conquered all the audiences with superb acting skills.
But in fact, at this time, Zhang Shaohua was already suffering from a serious lung disease, and this play also became her screen farewell work. Since the beginning of 2019, Zhang Shaohua's condition has suddenly become serious, she began to travel frequently to and from the hospital for treatment, and after the news of her illness was exposed by the media, another "public opinion storm" is quietly coming.
04, Zhang Shaohua, who is good at playing the role of a mother, turned out to be a failed mother in life
The cause of the incident was that someone sent a photo of Zhang Shaohua alone in the hospital for medical treatment on the Internet, and once the photo was exposed, it attracted a heated discussion among the majority of netizens, most of whom pointed the spearhead at Zhang Shaohua's son and complained that he had no filial piety.
As the voice of complaining became more and more intense, some so-called "breaking news" began to appear on the Internet, which said that the reason why Zhang Shaohua still insisted on filming at such an old age was to repay his son's mortgage, gambling debts, etc., and completely described Zhang Shaohua's son as a complete "filial piety".
(Photo of Zhang Shaohua in the hospital)
When Zhang Shaohua saw these negative news, she stood up for rebuttal at the first time, she posted on Weibo that her son has been busy during the hospitalization, and he is usually very filial to himself, in addition to Zhang Shaohua also asked the outside world not to hurt her family again.
Although Zhang Shaohua's post proves his son's innocence, it is undeniable that the relationship between Zhang Shaohua and his son in real life is indeed not very close, and even the media with divine powers has never photographed the picture of the mother and son in the same frame.
(Group photo of Zhang Shaohua and her husband Zhang Huibao)
At the age of 21, Zhang Shaohua and zhang Huibao, a colleague of the commentary theater, met and fell in love, and a year later the two officially entered the marriage hall, and not long after the two were married, their sons were born, and the arrival of their sons made Zhang Shaohua feel the joy of becoming a new mother, but at the same time, the couple fell into contradictions.
It turned out that at that time, Zhang Shaohua and her husband Zhang Huibao were in the busiest stage of their careers, so they could not spare time to accompany their son, so after some consideration, the couple decided to hand over their newly weaned son to Zhang Shaohua's mother to take care of, so the family of three began to live separately, about a week to reunite.
Until her son grew to 13 years old, Zhang Shaohua and her husband Zhang Huibao had the conditions to take their son back to live together, originally Zhang Shaohua wanted to make up for her son, but then she changed her career to filming and became busier than before, which made her miss the opportunity to accompany her son to grow up again.
In those years, the burden of taking care of his son was all on the body of her husband Zhang Huibao, fortunately, the son was very competitive, not only admitted to a prestigious university, but also had a decent and stable job after graduation, and later the son also formed his own small family and became a father.
(Zhang Shaohua kisses his granddaughter)
Of course, the reason why the outside world will question and speculate about the relationship between Zhang Shaohua's mother and son is not completely unfounded.
As early as 2018, Zhang Shaohua had been interviewed by Beijing Television, in this program Zhang Shaohua for the first time to disclose their living conditions, she and her husband Zhang Huibao have been living in a small house of only about 40 square meters, according to Zhang Shaohua, this house is the wedding room allocated to the couple by the theater many years ago, and the two have lived since they got married until now.
The house is not only very small in size, but even the furniture in the house is very shabby, and from the perspective of the house itself, even the living standards of ordinary families in Beijing are not enough, not to mention that this is still the home of the big star.
Therefore, the program quickly triggered a fierce discussion on the Internet after it was broadcast, and many netizens were full of doubts about Zhang Shaohua's economic situation, and they all thought that according to Zhang Shaohua's coffee position and the accumulation of wealth from filming for so many years, he must have lived in a big villa for a long time, but the reality made everyone fall through the glasses.
(Zhang Shaohua's home was exposed for the first time)
Not only that, later when Zhang Shaohua talked about his feelings about being a mother in another program, he said such a meaningful sentence:
A mother has no dignity, and a good son is her greatest dignity.
As long as he can live well, I am willing if he does not recognize me.
Of course my son is a filial son, and my mother has no other wishes.
I wish my child a good life for him, and not to implicate him because of me.
(Zhang Shaohua spoke in the program)
From this passage, it is easy to see Zhang Shaohua's love and protection for his son, and careful readers can also feel some other meanings from it.
It can be said that this passage plus the previously exposed state of life, it is quite easy to make people have a bad association, for Zhang Shaohua, she has finally reached the height of the career she wants with years of unremitting efforts, but she has also lost the strong mother-child love that should have belonged to her, such a price is unbearable for any mother, I believe that in Zhang Shaohua's heart is also full of remorse, if she is re-elected, she will definitely make a completely different choice.
05, Si people have passed away, classics live forever, Zhang Shaohua has gone all the way
Zhang Shaohua did not publish any new works after "Niangdao", and although her illness was effectively controlled at the end of 19 years, it recurred again last year and became more serious, until Zhang Shaohua died of illness in Beijing at the age of 75 in March this year.
It is worth mentioning that on the third day after her death, Wu Huan, the son of Xin Fengxia, also published an article, in which Wu Huan did not mention the right and wrong of the past, but expressed his recognition of Zhang Shaohua's acting achievements and wished her all the way well.
(Screenshot of Weibo posted by Wu Huan)
In addition, in the middle of the night after Zhang Shaohua's death, her husband Zhang Huibao also expressed his thoughts and love for Zhang Shaohua through social media posts, and the two walked hand in hand for more than 50 years, during which they have been very affectionate, and this sincere feeling has also moved countless netizens.
(Photo 3 of Zhang Shaohua himself)
Although Zhang Shaohua encountered a lot of controversy in her later life, it is undeniable that she has made great achievements in the field of film and television performance, bringing many excellent film and television works and classic screen images to the audience, and is a rare good actor in the show business circle.
On the other hand, whether it is an ordinary person or a big star, people's lives will eventually leave some regrets, and we can't ignore the existence of goodness because of regrets.
Due to Zhang Shaohua's departure, the showbiz circle has since lost a conscientious old drama bone, and the film and television works performed by her will also become a precious wealth, leaving the audience with unlimited nostalgia.