Chen Ting photographer

August 8, 2008 is the opening day of the Beijing Olympic Games, and it has been 13 years.

This is a grand and gorgeous opening ceremony. So far, the word with the highest frequency in foreign media evaluation is: miracle.

But Zhang Yimou only said one sentence: "You can make many movies in your life, but you only have one Olympic Games in your life."

We still remember the grand occasion of the Olympic Games, especially the incomparable opening ceremony, which not only perfectly presented the cultural heritage of the Chinese nation, but also made the world sit up and take notice of China.

But what kind of story is behind this vast performance, we may not have heard of it.

However, we must remember the general director of this performance-Zhang Yimou.

Some people love his works, others don't, but we have to admit that no one can be competent as the general director of the 2008 Olympic Games except him.

But as the saying goes, "Behind every successful man, there must be a woman who gives silently."

This is not nonsense, but a real reality.

Throughout the ages, a man who has made great achievements in a certain field is often inseparable from the woman who supports him behind.

I don't want fame, I don't want points, I just want to be with you.

Of course, there is such a woman behind Zhang Yimou. Her name is Chen Ting.

Unlike Zhang Yimou's first wife Xiao Hua and his ex-girlfriend Gong Li.

Chen Ting can say that these two people are incomparable in others' eyes, but he tied Zhang Yimou firmly to his side.

People can't help wondering, what magic does Chen Ting, who looks like an ordinary person, have, and can squeeze past his first wife, Xiao Hua, and his radiant girlfriend, Gong Li, and take root in Zhang Yimou's life?

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198 1 year, Chen Ting was born in an ordinary family in Wuxi, Jiangsu.

He studied dance since he was a child, thinking of becoming a dance teacher after graduation and living a simple and plain life.

As we all know, after 18 years, Chen Ting's life will be completely changed because of a man.

This person is-Zhang Yimou.

Before meeting Chen Ting, Zhang Yimou had two vigorous feelings.

Zhang Yimou 65438-0950 was born in Xi 'an, with a good family.

Zhang Yimou studied hard since he was a child, and his parents tried their best to give Zhang Yimou the best education and training.

When I was studying in Zhang Yimou, I was admitted to a key middle school in Xi with excellent results.

It was here that Zhang Yimou met his first wife, Xiao Hua.

But because Zhang Yimou was born in a rich family, he was labeled as a "bourgeois" and was often bullied at school.

And Xiao Hua is a bright light in his gloomy life.

Xiao Hua, the daughter of a scholarly family, is such a weak woman who came out when she was bullied in Zhang Yimou.

After graduating from junior high school, Zhang Yimou was sent to the countryside to jump the queue to work.

But at that time, Xiao Hua, who was filled with Zhang Yimou, couldn't help worrying about him and couldn't bear to be separated from Zhang Yimou.

She didn't have to go to the countryside to suffer, so she followed Zhang Yimou to the countryside regardless of her parents' objections.

It is conceivable that life in the countryside is particularly hard.

Working in the field in summer is like entering a steamer, sweating and miserable.

Although the conditions are difficult, as long as he can be with Zhang Yimou, Xiao Hua will have no regrets.

197 1 year, three years of going to the countryside is over.

However, the weather was not good, and they were assigned to different factories.

But long-distance love had no effect on them at that time. Although the distance is more than 30 kilometers, Zhang Yimou often goes to see Xiaohua.

Of course, love is mutual, and Xiaohua often rushes to Zhang Yimou's residence to wash and cook for him and take care of his daily life.

But Xiaohua's parents disagree with their relationship.

Xiaohua's father introduced two high-quality young people to his daughter and repeatedly prevented them from being together.

But Zhang Yimou didn't give up easily, and finally wrote a 40-page confession letter to express his love for Xiao Hua.

As a young woman, Xiao Hua couldn't help but be moved, thinking: It's him.

The two are very firm, and they confirm each other that the other is the person who wants to go through life.

For Zhang Yimou, Xiaohua didn't even go to college, but she fully supported Zhang Yimou's dream pursuit.

And Xiao Hua bought a camera for Zhang Yimou with his frugal money.

So on 1979, Xiaohua persuaded her parents that they finally got married and entered the marriage hall.

Also in this year, Zhang Yimou was admitted to the photography department of Nortel.

1983, the daughter of Zhang Yimou and Xiao Hua was born and named Zhang Mo.

At the same time, a girl who is only two years older than Zhang Yimou's daughter is thriving in a home in Wuxi, Jiangsu. This girl is Chen Ting.

Gong Li, a little girl in Northeast China who just turned 18, has left her hometown and embarked on her own artistic path.

Zhang Yimou, who is busy at work, doesn't even have time to stay with Xiao Hua when his wife gives birth.

Not to mention ordinary days, after marriage, their lives are also far apart.

Xiao Hua said in his autobiography "Long Past": "How many times can a woman need her husband most in her life? I am really wronged in my heart! "

This also makes Xiaohua, as his wife, be swayed by considerations of gain and loss, but she also agrees with Zhang Yimou from the bottom of her heart, thinking that when his work improves, she will return to her family.

Yes, Zhang Yimou's works have improved.

1983 Zhang Yimou's One and Eight won the China Film Excellent Photography Award.

From 65438 to 0985, Zhang Yimou became the photographer of the film "Yellow Land" directed by Chen Kaige, and "Yellow Land" won the Golden Rooster Award for Best Photography.

Zhang Yimou not only mastered the job of photography, but also started his acting career.

He starred in the film Old Well directed by Wu, and he was the first hero. He also won the Golden Rooster Award for Best Actor for this film and became the winner of Tokyo Film Festival.

From then on, Zhang Yimou became famous.

But Xiao Hua didn't wait for Zhang Yimou to return to his family, but he waited for the news of the divorce.

It all started with "Old Well" starring Zhang Yimou.

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Zhang Yimou came across the novel Red Sorghum while filming Old Well, before Mo Yan won the Nobel Prize in Literature.

1987, Zhang Yimou found Mo Yan and wanted to buy his novel and make it into a movie.

So Zhang Yimou bought the original Red Sorghum and began to prepare his first film, taking the crew to the Central Academy of Drama to choose the heroine.

At that time, Zhang Yimou and his party all chose charming licenses, which was more in line with the image of the heroine "Jiu-Er" in the novel.

But when Zhang Yimou saw the photo of the pass, he always felt that it was not what he wanted.

At this time, the Chinese opera teacher said: You can see more other students.

Is this a look, Zhang Yimou have a crush on Gong Li.

In this way, Red Sorghum closely linked Gong Li and Zhang Yimou, but abruptly separated Xiao Hua from Zhang Yimou.

In this way, two souls with a difference of 15 years struck a spark of love.

But what I don't understand most is that Gong Li clearly knows that Zhang Yimou is married and Zhang Yimou also knows that Gong Li has a boyfriend.

That's it. They have to be together.

But paper can't wrap fire after all. Soon, Obana Gong Li's boyfriends knew about it one after another.

During the filming, Zhang Yimou also went home several times, and Xiao Hua found a love letter written by Gong Li in Zhang Yimou's pocket.

The content is greasy, such as "You left and took my heart", "When can we meet again" and "I want to get married and hope to get your answer."

And Zhang Yimou also told Xiao Hua: "She said she didn't want to go to school, and she wanted to have a baby for me." .

But Xiao Hua still won't give up, dreaming that one day Zhang Yimou will change his mind.

But Gong Li's boyfriend is not as rational as Xiao Hua. It is well known that Gong Li was beaten first, and then Zhang Yimou was threatened with revenge, which made things very serious.

The new media was not developed at that time, otherwise, the news that "Gong Li became a mistress and interfered in other people's marriage" and "Zhang Yimou gave up his wife for a mistress" would have been raging.

1988 Red Sorghum won the Golden Bear Award at Berlin Film Festival after its release. After returning to China, he filed for divorce with Xiaohua.

But Xiao Hua never imagined that Zhang Yimou would say that "our marriage was just a mistake of jumping the queue" one day.

At that time the chilling Xiao Hua agreed to divorce.

Of the three people's feelings, Xiaohua was the one who suffered the most. I don't know how many years later, Zhang Yimou will feel guilty about Xiaohua.

This year, his daughter Chen was only 5 years old, but only 7 years old.

After winning many awards from Red Sorghum at home and abroad, Zhang Yimou and Gong Li became the most in tune partners.

Later, he collaborated with Ju Dou, Qiu Ju Tale, Hang the Red Lantern High, Live and so on.

So far, these works are classics, and Gong Li has become a first-class actress because of him.

When Gong Li was interviewed on TV, she was asked about their relationship. She said firmly, "We must get married." .

That year, Gong Li was 29 years old. She wants to marry Zhang Yimou. She has been waiting for Zhang Yimou for eight years.

I want to say how many years can a woman's youth last?

Seeing Gong Li, who is about to turn 30, she ran to ask when Zhang Yimou can get married.

But Zhang Yimou frowned and said coldly, "Married? I never thought about it! "

This made Gong Li, who was particularly eager for marriage, at that time didn't know what to do, and began to wonder if he loved the wrong person.

A few months later, Gong Li and his second brother found Zhang Yimou to talk about marriage again.

But Zhang Yimou said firmly:

However, they broke up after working together on "Shake, Shake, Shake to Waipo Bridge", when Chen Ting was only 14 years old.

There are also rumors that Zhang Yimou has never married Gong Li, probably because of his daughter Zhang Mo.

Daughter Zhang Mo has always disliked Gong Li, and is extremely opposed to Zhang Yimou marrying Gong Li.

This makes Zhang Yimou, who already feels indebted to her daughter, naturally dare not get married.

The year after Gong Li and Zhang Yimou broke up, they had a flash marriage with Huang Hexiang, president of BAT Asia Pacific.

Gong Li's behavior seems to tell Zhang Yimou:

If you don't marry me, someone will marry me.

Here, I think, Gong Li and Zhang Yimou have regrets, but they don't owe each other, and even they didn't quarrel after breaking up.

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Many years later, Gong Li's departure gave way to Chen Ting.

1999, 18-year-old Chen Ting was admitted to the Beijing Film Academy with excellent results.

In the same year, Zhang Yimou planned to make a movie "Happy Hour" and audition actresses all over the country. Countless people took part in the election.

Chen Ting, a freshman, saw the news of the audition on the Internet, rushed to the crew with a try-and-see attitude, and submitted his own registration materials.

Seeing the famous director Zhang Yimou for the first time, Chen Ting was both nervous and excited.

But among hundreds of actresses, Chen Ting lost the election, and the innocent and lovely angel took the position of No.1 female.

However, Chen Ting's wife and mother's face and gentle and virtuous charm also left a unique impression on Zhang Yimou.

This is after Gong Li, the inner softness was touched again. At this time, Zhang Yimou is looking forward to a warm home.

Chen Ting, who failed to become the heroine of the film, never imagined that she would become the heroine of Zhang Yimou's life.

At the end of the film, Zhang Yimou directly expresses her love for Chen Ting and hopes that she can be with herself.

Not long after they were together, Zhang Yimou and Chen Ting formally discussed the issue of having children.

When asked about Zhang Yimou's phrase "Give me a child", it took Chen Ting only ten seconds to make a decision.

You know, Zhang Yimou is 3 1 year older than Chen Ting, and Chen Ting is only 2 years older than Zhang Yimou's daughter.

However, faced with this great director whom Chen Ting admired for many years, 19-year-old Chen Ting agreed.

So Chen Ting dropped out of school. She wants to gamble and concentrate on being the woman behind Zhang Yimou.

Facts have proved that Chen Ting made the right choice.

In 200 1 year, 20-year-old Chen Ting gave birth to her eldest son, Zhang Yinan.

When I become a mother for the first time in my life, I will be another little girl. After having children, everyone wants to get married and become a birthright, but Chen Ting is different. She has extraordinary wisdom and model.

Chen Ting knows very well that his people are not ordinary people. If he rashly preaches such a "father-daughter love", it will certainly attract all kinds of abuse, and even affect Zhang Yimou, whose career is on the rise, which is harmful to both of them.

It is a wise choice to be "invisible" for the time being and make it public when the time is ripe.

Then Chen Ting gave birth to a second son and a little daughter in 2004 and 2006.

As a great director, Zhang Yimou will inevitably be surrounded by all kinds of young beauties.

But Chen Ting fully understood and accepted, silently supported Zhang Yimou, and was willing to be the woman behind him.

But in recent years, Chen Ting has not been idle. After giving birth to the boss, he finished college; After giving birth to the second child, I went to graduate school, and after giving birth to the third child, I took a yoga instructor's certificate.

In just six years, Chen Ting not only gave birth to three children, but also finished her studies.

Originally, it was a multiple-choice question, and Chen Ting didn't lag behind.

Surprisingly, after the three children were born, their identities were not made public.

Two sons were sent to Wuxi, Chen Ting's hometown, to attend private schools, and only the daughter lived with Chen Ting.

It was not until 20 1 1 that Zhang Yimou and Chen Tingcai got married because they wanted to register their children.

However, Zhang Yimou and Chen Ting still decided not to disclose their identities.

Until 20 13, an actress in Zhang Yimou publicly reported that Zhang Yimou and Chen Ting had three children.

Soon the news broke, pushing Zhang Yimou and Chen Ting to the forefront.

In desperation, Zhang Yimou came forward to admit it, issued an apology statement, acknowledged the real existence of Chen Ting and his three children, and made up 7.48 million extra tickets.

Rumor has it that Zhang Yimou's three children don't even know his assistant who has worked with him for more than ten years.

On September 30th, 20 14, Chen Ting sent a group photo of a family of five in Weibo.

And the Weibo certification was changed to: Zhang Yimou's wife, and the background picture is the back of a family of five.

After all these years, this may be the only identity that Chen Ting cares about most.

Since then, Chen Ting's social platform has been updated very frequently, sharing the promotion of himself, his children and Zhang Yimou movies.

Chen Ting trained several children, and Zhang Yi, the eldest son, followed in his father's footsteps and tried to become a director. /kloc-won the best film in Shanghai Student Film Festival before the age of 0/8.

Also won the award of the Asian International Youth Film Festival. The youngest daughter, Zhang Yijiao, published her first book, Food Diary, at the age of 12.

202 1, after the publication of the national three-child policy, Chen Ting forwarded it to Weibo with an article: Finish the task ahead of schedule.

There is pride between the lines, and in a blink of an eye, it has never been optimistic to be envied by people now.

Chen Ting has come to this day with his own sacrifice, patience, tolerance and dedication.

But Chen Ting is not betting on the relationship between him and Zhang Yimou, she just knows better what she should do.

Obviously, Chen Ting bought the life he wanted with his 10 year.

Finally, I wish Chen Ting and Zhang Yimou a happy life.