We all know that Li Jin, the male lead deputy squad leader in the movie "The Story of LiuBao", filmed in 1956 by Bayi Factory, was played by "beautiful teenager" Liao Youliang.
However, what everyone does not know is that in fact, when director Wang Ping first planned to shoot "The Story of LiuBao", Daniel Zhang hand was also one of the candidates for deputy squad leader Li Jin.
At that time, not long after Daniel Zhang hand returned from the battlefield of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, he was arranged to work in the Cultural and Industrial Corps of the Sixty Army of the East China Military Region. At that time, the crew of "The Story of LiuBao" in Bayi Factory had been established, and the first thing they did was to select actors. At the suggestion of screenwriter Huang Zongjiang, the crew came to Nanjing, met Tao Yuling and other actors of the frontline repertory theatre troupe, and also met the Daniel Zhang of the Sixty Army Cultural and Labor Troupe.
At that time, Daniel Zhang was very young, just 22 years old, and his eyebrows were clear- and beautiful, so the film crew listed him as a candidate for Li Jin, the deputy class leader in "The Story of Liu Fort". He also let him perform a skit related to "The Story of Fort Willow", took a few more photos, and then left. I haven't heard from him for several months, so Daniel Zhang hand also feels that there is no drama. Unexpectedly, one day, the leader told him that the Bayi Factory came to inform him to try the shots, but the movie to be made was not "The Story of LiuBao", but "Black Mountain Blockade Battle" (the name was still called "The Last Winter" at the time), and it was determined that he would play the company commander Wang Hailong. Daniel Zhang thus began his own journey to the screen.
It turned out that the crew of "The Story of LiuBao" met another male actor in Nanjing, that is, Liao Youliang, who was 3 years younger than Daniel Zhang. Liao Youliang looks handsome and sunny, and also has a very fresh temperament, director Wang Ping feels that he is more in line with the image of the deputy squad leader of the "eighteen-year-old brother" in his mind, so it was finally determined that he would play the role of Li Jin. He was also on the screen.
That is to say, Liao Youliang and Daniel Zhang hand, almost at the same time, were all favored by bayi Factory, and their film road, the starting point is the same. But their subsequent life paths are very different.
I have always felt that Liao Youliang is a very suitable actor for acting in movies. But after he became popular as Li Jin, the deputy class leader in "The Story of LiuBao", he did not become a professional film actor, but continued to act in the Nanjing Frontline Repertory Theatre. Nanjing Frontline Repertory Theatre is full of talents and brings together many artists with rich performance experience, so there are not many opportunities for Liao Youliang.
It was not until 1964, when The Shanghai Film Studio decided to bring the drama "Sentinel under the Neon Lights" created and performed by the Nanjing Frontline Repertory Theatre to the screen, that he appeared in the film again, playing Tong Anan. Once again, it attracted the attention of the audience.
At this time, Daniel Zhang has starred in many movies and has become a popular movie star in the country.
In 1956, after Daniel Zhang received a telegram from the Bayi Factory, he took a train to Beijing and found Liu Peiran, the director of "Montenegro Blockade". Who is this Liu Peiran? He is the actor who played Zhang Lianchang in the classic black-and-white film "Southern Expedition and Northern War".
After Liu Peiran saw the photo of Daniel Zhang hand from the crew of "The Story of Liu Fort" and listened to the introduction, he felt that he was the company commander in the "Montenegro Blockade" he was looking for, so he issued an invitation. After seeing Daniel Zhang hand himself, he liked this refreshing and clean young man even more, so he said: Okay, you go back to get your luggage. In this way, Daniel Zhang smoothly entered the crew of "Montenegro Blockade Battle", and since then, it has been out of control, the film has been performed one after another, and in 1958, he was directly transferred to the Bayi Factory Actors Troupe. He has successively played various characters in films such as "Hero Tiger Guts", "County Party Secretary", "Sea Eagle", "Chifeng", "Lin Hai Xueyuan", "Surprise Attack", "Fight against invaders" and other movies, and has become an idol worshipped by many movie audiences.
Later, I wondered, if Liao Youliang also entered the film studio after filming "The Story of Liubao", would his life path be different?
Liao Youliang got married shortly after filming the movie "Sentinel under Neon Lights". His wife was a dancer and gave birth to a son shortly after marriage. And Liao Youliang also wanted his wife and son to live a better life, so he chose to work professionally from nanjing frontline repertory theatre to Shanghai Renyi.
Daniel Zhang-handed marriage was many years earlier than Liao Youliang, and his wife was his old comrade-in-arms Zhang Jiamao. The two have known each other since childhood, have a deep affection, and later met on the battlefield of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, which can really be regarded as a fate given by God. They held a wedding in 1956 and gave birth to two sons and a daughter after marriage, which is very happy. After Daniel Zhang entered the Bayi Factory Actors Troupe, Zhang Jiamao also went to bayi Factory as a makeup artist and participated in the creation of many films.
Some people say that the impact of marriage on a person's fate is too great. I think so.
After Daniel Zhang hand married Zhang Jiamao, the two were very affectionate. This allows Daniel Zhang hands to devote themselves to their own business without worries. Therefore, later, Daniel Zhang hand not only starred in so many good movies, but also became a good director, directed many movies such as "The Great Wall of the South China Sea" and "Echoes of Qilian Mountain", and also cultivated many big stars such as Liu Xiaoqing and Ni Ping, which can be described as full of harvest.
But Liao Youliang didn't seem so lucky.
After he got married, he didn't have a good life for a few days. His wife didn't seem too happy with him. So their marriage didn't last long and ended in divorce. His ex-wife then took their son to the United States. This was a real blow to him, and he seemed to have lost the dependence of his soul and had since become like duckweed.
According to his colleagues in the Shanghai Renyi Youth Drama Troupe, Liao Youliang in his later years could not make people see that he was the energetic and beautiful young man in "The Story of Liubao" at that time. In its place was a sick-faced, emaciated old man. At that time, he smoked very badly, almost one by one, and it was said that he loved to drink and was not particular about his clothing. In short, from all aspects, he did not live as expected.
At that time, Liao Youliang also participated in movies, but almost all of them were dragon set roles, which could be remembered very little by the audience. Later, he was diagnosed with cancer.
According to Liao Youliang's comrades-in-arms, the biggest wish in Liao Youliang's heart at that time was that his son could come back to see him. But until the end, his wish was not fulfilled. He used a tape recorder to record what he wanted to say to his son into a cassette tape, and at the end of the old tears, he said to his old comrades-in-arms: How good it is to be alive!
On April 23, 1999, Liao Youliang died of illness at the age of 62.
In 1999, the young and powerful Daniel Zhang were still active in front of the film and television cameras, and successively played roles in film and television dramas such as "October Meteor Shower", "Provincial Party Secretary", "Dream Break forbidden city", "Laughter Karma", "Comrade Ge Dingguo's Sunset Red", "The Old Man's Story", "Looking for Jackie Chan" and other film and television dramas. It can be said that the old Ji Futuo, the ambition is in a thousand miles.
In 2018, Daniel Zhang won the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 27th China Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival. In 2019, Daniel Zhang hand won the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 17th Academy of Film Performing Arts Awards.
Today, Daniel Zhang hand is 86 years old, because of the perennial insistence on exercise, he not only has a rosy face, but also has a clear thinking, a funny and humorous conversation with people, and a very bright spirit.
At this time, Liao Youliang had been dead for 20 years. He left too early.
So you see, even if two people with the same starting point, their life path and personal destiny are completely different. And the key point is still in their own choices, right? If Liao Youliang had the opportunity to act in more movies, if his marriage had been happier, if he had chosen to cheer up and maintain a positive and optimistic attitude in the event of the loss of his wife and children, would his fate have been different? Definitely, right?
Unfortunately, there is never a if in this world.
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