Text | Wang Zhenyi
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As one of the top directors in China, Zhang Yimou's achievements in the film industry are not denied, and in 2008, he served as the general director of the opening and closing ceremonies of the Beijing Olympic Games, and on October 1, 2019, he served as the general director of the celebration of the 70th anniversary of the founding of New China, which made him the title of "National Teacher" and was highly respected.
Such a good person, the public naturally pays attention to his emotional life. Looking back at Zhang Yimou's 70 years of life, there are three women who have stirred his heart, they are Xiao Hua, Gong Li, and Chen Ting. The woman who just accompanied Zhang Yimou to the end was Chen Ting, why was chen Ting, who was not as beautiful as Gong Li, and chen Ting, who did not have Xiao Hua's deep affection for Zhang Yimou, become Zhang Yimou's last woman?
The past is like a cloud, and everything has to start from the beginning of the story.
Before Gong Li and Chen Ting were born, Zhang Yimou and Xiao Hua had already known each other. When Zhang Yimou was in the second year of junior high school, Xiao Hua's parents were transferred from Beijing to Xi'an to work, Xiao Hua transferred to Zhang Yimou's school, and Xiao Hua and Zhang Yimou became classmates. Because both of them like to draw, they quickly became very good friends. Later, when the movement to the countryside began, Zhang Yimou wanted to work in Qianxian County, Shaanxi Province, and Zhang Yimou wrote a letter to Xiao Hua inviting her to join him, and Xiao Hua agreed.
In Qianxian County, they worked in the queue for 3 years, and the two young hearts attracted each other, and they became boyfriend and girlfriend. At that time they worked together and read together. Xiao Hua often washed and cooked for Zhang Yimou, and even the 10 yuan that her parents sent her every month was spent on Zhang Yimou.
After the end of the work, Zhang Yimou was assigned to the Shaanxi Cotton Eighth Factory, and Xiao Hua was assigned to another factory, and the distance between the two was 25 kilometers, but the distance did not hinder the love of the two young people. Xiao Hua went to Zhang Yimou and washed and cooked for Zhang Yimou. Zhang Yimou also had a heart for Xiao Hua, in order to celebrate Xiao Hua's birthday, he took out a year's savings to make a thick album, the album is full of photos of Xiao Hua from childhood to adulthood, Zhang Yimou also personally made a stamp to paste on it. When he heard that other boys were pursuing Xiao Hua, he was afraid that Xiao Hua would be snatched away by others, so he wrote a 40-page blood letter to Xiao Hua.
Xiao Hua did not have any heart for the other boys, and her heart was only Zhang Yimou. When Zhang Yimou became obsessed with photography, she found a teacher friend to borrow photography books to show Zhang Yimou, and also took out her savings to help Zhang Yimou buy a camera.
Just when Zhang Yimou was obsessed with photography, Xiao Hua ushered in an opportunity to change her fate, in 1975 she was recommended to shanghai jiao tong university to study, but Zhang Yimou was reluctant to let her go, and said to her: "You and your college classmates, getting along day and night will gradually change, there will be a common language, and then dislike me." In order not to let Zhang Yimou worry, but also for their love, Xiao Hua refused this opportunity, she was willing to stay and accompany Zhang Yimou.
However, 2 years later, the college entrance examination system was restored, Zhang Yimou had the idea of going to college, but he was too old, beyond the age line of college admissions at that time, in the face of such problems, Xiao Hua did not advise Zhang Yimou not to go to school, but tried his best to help Zhang Yimou, she contacted her brother-in-law Wang Dihuan in Beijing, Wang Dihuan after some operation, Zhang Yimou's materials and some photographic works were handed over to huang Zhen, then minister of culture. After watching Zhang Yimou's photographic works, Huang Zhen felt that he was a talent, so he sent a letter to the Beijing Film Academy to admit Zhang Yimou, and in this way, Zhang Yimou became a student of the Beijing Film Academy.
Before enrolling at the Beijing Film Academy, Zhang Yimou and Xiao Hua got married. A year later, their daughter Zhang Mo was born. In order not to distract Zhang Yimou, Xiao Hua took care of the family's big and small affairs and took good care of his in-laws. Xiao Hua also believes that Zhang Yimou can study with peace of mind, and he will definitely be able to get ahead in the future. However, Zhang Yimou, who had seen the world of flowers and flowers in Beijing, felt that Xiao Hua was rustic, and in his sophomore year, he also wrote a letter to teach Xiao Hua how to dress.
Zhang Yimou is indeed talented, after graduating from college, he served as the cinematographer of the movie "One and Eight", and also won the Chinese Film Outstanding Cinematographer Award, and starred in the movie "Lao Jing", winning the title of film emperor, Xiao Huawei is proud of Zhang Yimou.
After winning the film emperor, Zhang Yimou was not satisfied with only being an actor, he wanted to be a director. Zhang Yimou thought of it, and in 1987, he directed the film "Red Sorghum" and found Gong Li, who was 15 years younger than him, as the heroine. At that time, the 22-year-old Gong Li was beautiful and moving, full of youth, Zhang Yimou was moved by Gong Li, and Gong Li was also moved in the face of Zhang Yimou, who was talented and had the charm of an uncle. So one of the two did not care that they had a boyfriend, and the other did not care about the gentle and virtuous wife in their own home, and the two secretly Chen Cang.
Originally, Zhang Yimou did a good job of keeping things secret between him and Gong Li, and Xiao Hua couldn't find out. But once he was negligent, he returned to Xi'an to visit Xiao Hua and Zhang Mo, and forgot to take out a love letter written to him by Gong Li from his pocket, and xiao Hua found the letter when he washed his clothes. Gong Li wrote in the letter: You are gone, and I have taken my heart away. .......... I think that people should live freely, they should bravely pursue happiness and love, and you should also get happiness and love. I want to get married and hope to get a reply. I expect God to give me happiness... The way you look in my arms is so cute. In a few days we can be together again.
Looking at this letter, Xiao Hua felt that his world had collapsed. But she still pretended to be calm and pretended not to know anything, but Zhang Yimou still found out that Xiao Hua had moved the letter, and he confessed to Xiao Hua the relationship with Gong Li.
Not long after, Zhang Yimou filed for divorce from Xiao Hua, saying: "I know that others will call me 'Chen Shimei' in this way, but I am not living for others, I want to live my own life." But even so Xiao Hua did not want to divorce, she was reluctant to have feelings with Zhang Yimou for so many years, she said to Zhang Yimou: "I am 37, you are 38, we have loved each other for more than ten years before getting married, divorce can not be so hasty." But Zhang Yimou had an iron heart to divorce, and his father Zhang Bingjun knelt down and begged him not to divorce Xiao Hua.
In the end, Xiao Hua still agreed to the divorce, and this was due to a phone call from Gong Li's boyfriend, in which Gong Li's boyfriend told her that he had asked Zhang Yimou: "I heard that your lover is very good, are you worthy of her?" Zhang Yimou replied: "She and I are completely the mistakes of the rural team." ”
Hearing these words, Xiao Hua's heart was completely broken, and she did not expect that Zhang Yimou would describe her as a mistake for Gong Li and deny her past life.
In 1988, Xiao Hua and Zhang Yimou officially divorced, ending their relationship for more than 20 years, Zhang Yimou finally failed to resist the temptation of the world after becoming famous, and abandoned the original match with deep affection for him.
After divorcing Xiao Hua, Zhang Yimou was bright and upright with Gong Li, and Gong Li also became the hottest actress in China with movies such as "Ju Dou", "Big Red Lantern Hanging High", "Qiu Ju Fights a Lawsuit", "Overlord Farewell", "Alive" and other movies, Zhang Yimou also found that Gong Li is a particularly enterprising woman. What makes Zhang Yimou feel deeply depressed is that Gong Li, who is so good in his career, can't handle the relationship with his daughter Zhang Mo, and sometimes because he and Zhang Mo have been on the phone for a long time, Gong Li still loses his temper with him.
Gong Li was also depressed, and Zhang Yimou divorced xiao hua for her and Xiao Hua, but he did not mention the marriage to her for a long time. Since Zhang Yimou did not mention it, Gong Li mentioned it herself, but Zhang Yimou said that he refused to marry.
In 1995, Gong Li filmed the film "Shake Ah Shake, Shake to Grandma Bridge" directed by Zhang Yimou, for Gong Li's marriage, Gong Li's second brother specially came to the crew to chat with Zhang Yimou. Gong Li's second brother asked Zhang Yimou why he didn't get married? Zhang Yimou replied: "Isn't marriage just a piece of paper?" Why do you have to value this piece of paper? Gong Li, who learned of Zhang Yimou's reply, knew that she and Zhang Yimou had no future, and after filming "Shake, Shake, Shake to Grandma Bridge", they broke up.
Two years after breaking up with Gong Li, Zhang Yimou's father, Zhang Bingjun, died, and before his death, Zhang Bingjun told Zhang Yimou that he hoped to have a boy to pass on the generations, and his mother also hoped that he could have more children and let the children have a companion for each other. Before that, they often told Zhang Yimou that they hoped to have more children and more blessings, and their children and grandchildren were full of halls. And this is also one of the reasons why Zhang Yimou does not marry Gong Li, he knows that Gong Li is too enterprising and will not give up his career in order to have children. It is also true that since breaking up with Zhang Yimou, Gong Li has not had children.
However, Zhang Yimou still met a woman who was willing to bear children for him, but this woman was 31 years younger than him. In 1999, 19-year-old college student Chen Ting participated in the selection of actresses in Zhang Yimou's new film "Happy Time", although the female number one of this film was finally won by Dong Jie, but her life has been bound to Zhang Yimou ever since. Because she participated in this activity, she was "captured" by Zhang Yimou, who asked her if she would like to have a child for her, and she really became pregnant with Zhang Yimou's child shortly after. At that time, there were two paths in front of her, either to drop out of school or to beat up the child.
In the end, she decided to give Zhang Yi a child.
In 2001, their eldest son, Zhang Yinan, was born, still a black household, because she and Zhang Yimou were not married. After giving birth to Zhang Yinan, Chen Ting ran to school again, and Zhang Yimou did not oppose Chen Ting's schooling as he opposed Xiao Hua at that time. In 2004, Chen Ting gave birth to a son Zhang Yiding for Zhang Yimou, and in 2006, she gave birth to a daughter Zhang Yijiao for Zhang Yimou. During this time, she also went to graduate school, took a yoga certificate, and insisted on taking ballet classes in order to stay in shape. It's just that she and Zhang Yimou are still not married.
When Chen Ting became Zhang Yimou's legal wife, it was already in 2011, when she was 30 years old, and she waited for 11 years, and her three children were finally no longer black households.
However, even if she and Zhang Yimou are married, Zhang Yimou never says them in the outside world, they seem to not exist, until 2013, Zhang Yimou was exposed by the media and paid a fine of 7487854 yuan, he let Chen Ting and his three children out of the "underground state", Chen Ting also dared to show their family life normally on social platforms. It was also at this time that netizens exclaimed that Chen Ting was the winner in life, she defeated Xiao Hua, Gong Li, and became the last woman of Zhang Yimou.
As the last woman of Zhang Yimou, Chen Ting dared to take more than ten years of youth and did not want to make three children for Zhang Yimou, she was gambling heavily, but in the end she gambled and won, and this ordinary person could not do it at all. And she can safely do the husband and teach the children, handle the family affairs in an orderly manner, so that Zhang Yimou has no worries when working hard. And she hasn't given up on improving herself, she reads, she exercises. For Zhang Yimou's work, she never interfered. For the life of gathering less and leaving more, she chose to accept, and as long as Zhang Yimou said that he would go home at night, no matter how late he came back, she would wait for her at home and light a light for her.
In addition, Chen Ting also educated Zhang Yimou's three children very well, Zhang Yinan is well-behaved and sensible and has a talent in film, he once won the best cinematography, the best film in the youth group and the best film in the film festival at the Asian International Youth Film Festival with the micro-film "Over There". Zhang Yiding is very independent and studied in boarding school at a very young age. Zhang Yijiao not only danced ballet well, but also published a picture book.
It is not surprising that there is such a woman who can meet Zhang Yimou's needs in all aspects, and can also guard his family with peace of mind and fully support his career, Zhang Yimou is not surprising.