Show the style of new Chinese diplomats - visit Hou Xiangling, played by Huang Zhen in "Diplomatic Storm"

Hou Xiangling played Huang Zhen in the play

After the TV series "Diplomatic Storm", which presents the diplomatic history of New China in a panoramic way, it received a lot of praise. In addition to paying attention to Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai, many viewers also paid attention to another name: Huang Zhen, a former vice foreign minister and a famous "general ambassador", who served as the ambassador of New China to more than a dozen countries. Hou Xiangling, an actor who played this role well, was also concerned by the audience.

Hou Xiangling wears a dark Zhongshan suit on most occasions in the play, and her hair mixed with silver wire is meticulously combed, calm, wise and friendly. But Hou Xiangling under the screen is a stylish, elegant and temperamental handsome uncle, who came with money and talked with reporters.

According to Hou Xiangling's understanding, if Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, and others were the people who planned the diplomatic operations of New China, Huang Zhen was the specific executor on the front line of diplomacy. Huang Zhen often participated in major events in New China's diplomacy, such as the Bandung Conference, which opened up a new situation in New China's foreign relations, served as the first ambassador to France, and served as the first director of China's liaison office in the United States. On the other hand, Huang Zhen was also a writer and artist, graduating from the Shanghai Art College and the Shanghai Xinhua University of the Arts, publishing paintings and scripts about the Long March, and later leaving the diplomatic front as minister of culture.

"This drama praises the first generation of diplomats in New China, and Huang Zhen is their condensation and representative." Hou Xiangling said that when she first received this role, she was very excited, met and exchanged with Huang Zhen's family, and immediately bought a copy of "Huang Zhen Biography" to study. Of course, it is indispensable to learn about the situation from the real first generation of diplomats of New China. As shown in the play, at that time, New China was poor and white, and diplomats who set up Chinese embassies abroad were self-made, from site selection, buying a house or renting a house to decoration, they had to rely on themselves. This is something that the audience could not imagine.

What is even more eye-catching is the revelation of the diplomatic history of New China in this drama, which includes the longitudinal and horizontal aspects of major country diplomacy, as well as the rain of bullets and bullets and espionage assassinations. For example, at the Bandung meeting, Huang Zhen also paid unremitting attention to everyone who entered the scene, ready to block bullets for Premier Zhou Enlai. Why did Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, and others always take Huang Zhen as the first person at important moments? Hou Xiangling, who graduated from the People's Liberation Army Academy of Arts and served as a soldier, has her own understanding of this: First of all, because Huang Zhen is a soldier, the biggest feature of a soldier is loyalty; the other is Huang Zhen's talent and personality charm in all aspects, such as his meeting with President Sukarno in Indonesia, because Sukarno also studied art, Huang Zhen painted a portrait of Sukarno, quickly narrowed the distance between them, and laid the foundation for further enhancing bilateral relations.

Many people know Hou Xiangling because he has played Zhou Enlai in film and television works more than a dozen times so far, and has also played Zhang Wentian. Hou Xiangling believes that the reason why the crew of "Diplomatic Storm" chose him to play Huang Zhen this time is because of his military temperament and previous acting experience. His relative understanding of China's modern and contemporary history is also one of the indispensable conditions.

Huangzhen was originally named Shiyuan, and later changed his name to "Town". He once told Mao zedong that the name was changed because he had a bad temper and wanted to be "calm." In the play, he also deliberately designed details to show the thunder power of the characters, such as the words and swords of diplomatic negotiations, and the sharp rebuke of Taiwanese agents who installed wiretaps in the wiretaps. But in the play, Huangzhen has a family life line, Hou Xiangling acted very loosely and groundedly, netizens commented: a bit of "Su", is the meaning of warmth and comfort. He and his wife Zhu Lin have always been hand in hand, and the two have a deep affection. There is an impressive detail in the play: when Huang Zhen was about to become the ambassador to Hungary, Zhu Lin was reluctant to have a child who was just over 1 year old and did not want to go abroad. One day Zhu Lin found that Huang Zhen was painting a portrait of her, and Huang Zhen also said that he would take it out to see when he went abroad to think of her, and a sentence touched Zhu Lin and agreed to go abroad. Seeing such a clip, some viewers said that such a show of love is more moving.

From more than 20 years of art, Hou Xiangling has participated in many characters in various types of film and television works, and Huang Zhen is a very important role in his artistic career. He said that in TV dramas such as "Diplomatic Storm", the things provided by the script are extracted from many major historical events or character relationships, but it is still far from enough, and it takes a lot of time to do homework outside the play, study history, study the characters, go deep into the hearts of the characters, and then choose the most effective and easy-to-understand methods to pass the characters' hearts to the audience. For example, Huang Zhen and his wife returned from France, and soon they were going to the United States again, and before they left, they went to the hospital to visit The sick Premier Zhou, and when they left, they said a line: "Premier, you should not be too hard!" Hou Xiangling made a unique and ingenious treatment, containing thousands of words and deep friendship, which was impressive.