"Five flowers and horses, Qingfeng sword, infinite rivers and mountains, night a journey, a journey of day, a round of stars and nights, patrolling south and north, leisurely everything, who can judge the good and evil in the world..."
Whenever I hear this song "Infinite Rivers and Mountains", the memory is pulled back to 1997.
That year, the "Kangxi Micro Service Private Interview" starring Zhang Guoguo triggered a national upsurge of drama as soon as it was broadcast, and in the late 90s when the network was not developed, this Qing Palace drama could be said to be the spice of people's lives.
Along with the popularity of the TV series, there are also actors in the play, including Zhao Liang, who plays the eunuch "Sandezi".
● "Kangxi Micro Service Private Interview", Zhao Liang played the eunuch "Sandezi"
With his pleasing appearance and good acting skills, Zhao Liang played the "Three Virtues" vividly, and I don't know if he thought that he was born as a eunuch in his previous life.
It is precisely because he can accurately grasp this role, so in the second and fourth parts of the "Sandoko" character is played by him, after the third part of the substitution, the audience once said that they were completely uncomfortable.
But no one expected that Zhao Liang, who was popular in the north and south of the great river with the "Three Virtues", not only did not climb the peak in the deduction career, but now he has become a professional breeding household, and his value has exceeded 100 million.
From an actor to a farm owner, what has Zhao Liang experienced across the border?
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In 1969, Zhao Liang was born in Chengdu, Sichuan, he is the standard second generation of the army, his father is a soldier who enlisted in the army, and his mother is a drama actor in the Chengdu Military Region Battle Flag Song and Dance Troupe.
Because of his mother's reasons, Zhao Liang had a convenient condition, when he was a child, he had the opportunity to go to the military region drama troupe to watch them rehearse and perform, then people's lives would be relatively simple, and it was already a great thing to have dramas to watch.
● Zhao Liang when he was young
In addition, Zhao Liang also got a lot of acting opportunities, occasionally any play needs a child, the director will pull him to star, every time Zhao Liang can successfully complete the task, without any fear.
The directors who have come and gone are familiar with him, and Zhao Liang has more and more opportunities to perform, although they are all some inconspicuous characters, but such an experience has exercised his acting talent in the subtle.
However, because he is not a handsome man in the traditional concept, Zhao Liang did not want to be an actor at first, he is a very self-aware person, and he feels that people should take the path that suits them, and everything should not be forced.
That would have been Zhao Liang's intention to continue his father's path and become a soldier. However, after graduating from high school, he applied for the People's Liberation Army Academy of Arts, which also laid the groundwork for him to step into the show business circle in the future.
● Stills from "Cold Winter"
Although the appearance is not outstanding enough, Zhao Liang is a very hard-working and tenacious person. After entering the academy, he cherished every opportunity to perform on stage, even if there were only a few lines, or even no lines, he never gave up.
Hard work is rewarded after all, so Zhao Liang got many opportunities to perform, in the process of learning and going on stage day after day, he polished his acting skills solidly, not high and far, not taking shortcuts.
After several years of precipitation, Zhao Liang finally waited for the opportunity to officially take the stage.
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In 1992, zhao liang, who was 23 years old at the time, appeared on the drama stage for the first time as an actor and cooperated with Liu Yugui and others in "Walking Together".
Drama is more difficult than TV series, because the whole process is live, there is no pause button, and a slight error may affect the effect of the whole play, which also has higher requirements for performers.
In order to live up to the role and the audience, Zhao Liang did a lot of preparatory work, from the lines to the expressions of the characters, etc., repeatedly speculated and studied, and finally his performance was recognized by the director and his peers.
It is worth mentioning that Zhao Liang, who debuted on stage, won the 12th China Drama Awards Plum Blossom Performance Award. The Plum Blossom Award is the highest award in Chinese theater performing arts, and being able to win this honor shows Zhao Liang's excellence.
After this performance, Zhao Liang opened up his fame in the industry, and soon he got the opportunity to go to the Spring Festival Gala.
● Sketch "Letter from Myna"
In 1994, it can be said that it was a turning point in Zhao Liang's acting career, when he and veteran artists Wang Fuli and Qi Hui took the sketch "Letter from Myna" on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala.
In that era, being able to appear on the Spring Festival Gala was the dream of many actors, and Zhao Liang had realized this dream only two years after his debut, which was inseparable from his persistence and hard work.
However, this Spring Festival Gala debut did not bring much popularity to Zhao Liang, and what really made him enter the audience's vision was a TV series called "Mountain City Stick Army".
● Screenshot of the TV series "Mountain City Stick Army"
At that time, this drama was called a "divine drama" in the eyes of Chongqing people, and Zhao Liang played the role of Mao Mao in the play, and with several years of acting skills, he interpreted Mao Mao, who had a thick personality but liked to play a little clever.
It can be said that if people from other provinces see Zhao Liang, their first reaction is "Three Virtues", but after Chongqing people see Zhao Liang, their first reaction must be "Le is Maozi!" ”
The highest state of an actor is to let the audience forget about you and fully immerse yourself in the role you have created, which Zhao Liang did at the age of 26.
This play not only brought fame to Zhao Liang, but also brought him opportunities.
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In 1995, Zhang Guoli was preparing to shoot "Kangxi Micro Service Private Interview", when the other roles in the play were basically fixed, except for the lack of "Three Virtues".
Don't look at "Sandezi" is just a eunuch, but his weight in the play is not low, so Zhang Guoli's requirements for actors are somewhat high, and he interviewed a number of actors before and after, but he did not find a feeling.
Just when Zhang Guoli was worried about the selection of actors, he inadvertently saw "Mountain City Stick Army", Zhao Liang's performance made his eyes light up, and he immediately patted his thigh and said: "It's him."
Zhang Guoli is worthy of being a powerful faction, and the vision of selecting people is basically not bad, and Zhao Liang has not disappointed him.
Putting on the Qing Palace costume, long braids, and rich expressions and body movements, Zhao Liang performed the soul of the little people in the deep courtyard of the palace.
Whether it is loyalty in the face of the master, or grief in the face of evil forces, he has acted it just right, neither exaggerated nor contrived.
After the TV series was broadcast, Zhao Liang became angry and was once called "a professional eunuch household".
● Stills of "Kangxi Micro Service Private Interview"
It can be said that the role of "Sandezi" is the peak of Zhao Liang's acting career, because his acting path is not smooth after that, the main reason is that his appearance limits his development.
After that, Zhao Liang, still groping in the show business circle, has successively starred in dramas such as "Ji Xiaolan," "The Last Imperial Princess," and "New Laughing Pride of the Jianghu", but no matter which role has not achieved the effect of "Three Virtues", there is almost no splash.
For a while, Zhao Liang felt that he had reached the bottleneck period of his acting career, no matter how hard he tried and how many works he starred in, the audience saw him and still only remembered "Three Virtues".
● Zhao Liang was once known as a "eunuch professional household"
It is good that a role becomes a classic, but if it cannot be surpassed later, then for the actor himself, the role has become a limitation.
Zhao Liang, who has been debuting for many years, finally compromised to reality, since the acting response is ordinary, it is better to change directions, and perhaps you can encounter different surprises.
With this kind of attempt and expectation, Zhao Liang began to invest in film and television dramas, helpless because of many factors such as the market, and finally he almost lost all his money.
During that time, confusion and anxiety filled Zhao Liang's life, and the only thing that made him happy was that at the low point of his life, he met the most important person in his life, that is, Hu Jing, who later became his wife.
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Hu Jing, with a height of one meter and eight meters, was the champion of the national model competition, and there were many suitors that year, but in the end she chose Zhao Liang, who was nearly 10 centimeters shorter than herself and was 15 years older.
Zhao Liang and Hu Jing met at a dinner party, and later the two also had cooperation in film and television dramas, initially they were called "brothers and sisters", after a period of understanding, Zhao Liang dared to boldly confess.
Although Zhao Liang's appearance is average, and his career is not clear, his calmness and sincerity impressed Hu Jing, and soon the two established a boyfriend and girlfriend relationship, and entered the palace of marriage in 2008.
● Zhao Liang and his wife Hu Jing
It was also this year that Zhao Liang began to "cross borders" and turned from an actor to a professional farming household.
Zhao Liang's cross-border source is because of the Wenchuan earthquake, as early as before the earthquake, Zhao Liang often went to the remote mountainous areas of Sichuan to do charity, participate in poverty alleviation activities and so on.
After the earthquake, he and his wife came to the earthquake area to do public welfare, and when they saw the once beautiful township turned into a ruin, Zhao Liang's heart was very sad, and he thought of doing something for the villagers.
● Image source: Weibo of a cute deer
At this time, someone reminded him that it is better to donate money and materials than to start a business here, which can drive the local economy and provide employment opportunities for villagers.
Zhao Liang, who was born in the military, has a sense of mission. After much deliberation, he decided to charter a deep mountain and open a chicken farm here.
However, this idea was opposed by his wife and all his relatives and friends, and everyone felt that although Zhao Liang was not a first-line star, he could live well by acting, so why bother himself.
But Zhao Liang was bent on helping the local villagers get rid of poverty and get rich, and even if there was no one to support him, he still decided to raise chickens. In order to establish a chicken farm, Zhao Liang invested a lot of money and effort.
From building roads, diverting water to diverting electricity, he paid a price unimaginable to ordinary people, but because of the complex terrain in the mountains, sometimes it is difficult to repair roads, and after encountering natural disasters such as mudslides, everything has to start from scratch.
But no matter how difficult the road, Zhao Liang was not afraid or gave up, he took out the spirit of "foolishness to move mountains" and vowed to open the road of raising chickens.
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After more than a year of preparation, the preliminary work finally came to an end, and Zhao Liang bought 500 chicken seedlings and began to put them into breeding.
During that period, Zhao Liang came out early and returned late every day, because he walked the mountain every day, he suffered from synovitis, the doctor clearly told him that he could not climb the mountain, but the farm was there, how Zhao Liang was relieved, and finally he could only walk back and forth on crutches up and down the mountain.
As the old saying goes, everything is hard at the beginning.
After really starting breeding, Zhao Liang found that everything was not as easy as in the phenomenon, 500 chicken seedlings began to die within a few days of buying back, at first a few, then dozens of .....
This made Zhao Liang feel very panicked, because he was in a hurry to catch fire, he even had white hair, and his wife was angry and distressed in her eyes.
But in the end, Zhao Liang's persistence and efforts impressed Hu Jing, and slowly she gave up complaining and only silently supported her husband behind her back.
Zhao Liang had a lot of hard work, although the beginning was not smooth, but he did not give up, but found an expert to personally command, and finally found the reason for the death of the chicken seedlings.
Where your energy is, your gains are there.
After a period of exploration and research, Zhao Liang's chicken farm has finally gradually taken shape, and he has successfully brought the villagers the opportunity to re-employment.
Because of the heavy responsibility, Zhao Liang has spent more time on the farm, and now his chicken farm has grown from the initial few hundred chicken seedlings to more than 100,000, and there is also a professional team, and the sales channels are also very wide.
Not only has there been a leap forward in quantity, but the quality of Zhao Liang's chicken farm has also been recognized by the industry, and he once revealed himself in the program: "Now the chickens in the chicken farm have reached the EU certification, and they are also applying for patents." ”
The road to success is full of thorns, but as long as you don't give up, you will succeed, and this inspirational chicken soup has been perfectly confirmed by Zhao Liang.
Of course, although Zhao Liang is now the owner of the farm, he has been exposed to be worth more than 100 million, but as long as the crew finds him, even if it is some small roles, he will also play.
● Zhao Liang and his wife
He has always been in awe of acting, he said: "People find me, they can afford me, I can't let people down." ”
Today's Zhao Liang has two identities, picking up the script he is an actor, putting down the script he is the farm owner, but no matter what kind of identity, he treats it sincerely, and finally achieves a better self.
And Zhao Liang's successful philosophy also gives us a revelation, when life encounters dead ends, it is better to change directions, and there may be surprises waiting for you.