Some people say she is shrewd and sophisticated,
Some people say she has hidden agendas,
Some people say she is enlightened,
Some people say she is tolerant and tolerant. ,
Some people say that she has outstanding talent.
She is Xue Baochai in "A Dream of Red Mansions", and she is also Zhang Li, who plays Sister Bao.
She has been associated with art since childhood and unexpectedly appeared in "A Dream of Red Mansions"
In 1965, Zhang Li was born into a government family in Chengdu, Sichuan.
His parents are both key members of the government department, so they live a very prosperous life.
Because her parents’ education level is higher than that of ordinary people, they have brought Zhang Li to various “world encounters” since she was a child.
So much so that when she was in elementary school, Zhang Li made it clear that her future path in life would be to study art.
In 1977, when the college entrance examination had just resumed, Zhang Li graduated from elementary school. At the age of only 12, she was selected by the Chengdu Zhanqi Song and Dance Troupe and joined the troupe as an art soldier.
Once she entered the art troupe at that time, she had to endure hardships that ordinary people could not endure. At a very young age, she had to get up at five o'clock every day and undergo high-intensity training throughout the day.
Sometimes, they even need to participate in some activities on behalf of the government.
One of the most famous things is that the literary and artistic propaganda team needs to go to the outpost in the Himalayas to sing for the soldiers stationed at the border.
In the cold high-altitude place, oxygen is scarce. They all need to carry oxygen bottles on their backs to sing loudly and boost the morale of the hard-working soldiers.
On the snowy mountain, Zhang Li's thin figure can be seen struggling to follow the team. She is smiling and saluting the soldiers on the opposite side who have contributed to the country.
During her several years as an art soldier, Zhang Li not only honed her willpower, but also "polished" her character to shine.
At that time, Zhang Li once had an admirer who was several years older than herself. As a young girl, she would quietly look at her sweetheart every day, and even a polite smile from the other person would make her happy all day long.
However, the art troupe has a clear rule not to fall in love, so Zhang Li had to hide her feelings silently.
But liking and being moved are beyond human control. Zhang Li can only deceive others, but not herself.
Whenever it was late at night, she would look at the moon hanging high in the sky and watch its shadow cast on the dark earth.
Quite a bit like "I originally set my heart towards the bright moon, but the bright moon shines on the ditch".
Because you are my song,
I cannot sing you for too long.
Because you are my prayer,
I can’t talk about you everywhere.
Because you are a rose to me,
After midsummer you will never come back.
This song "Brief Love" by an American poet is the most authentic portrayal of Zhang Li's heart at that time.
As time went by, this long-standing love gradually dissipated, and Zhang Li also entered a new round of study career.
At that time, Zhang Li was very good-looking and had many suitors, but she had never been in love with anyone since she had been a good girl since she was a child.
In the 1980s, the film and television industry in mainland China gradually emerged, and many directors imitated foreign countries in filming film and television works.
There are some talented people who want to make four famous Chinese novels into TV series. Among them, "Dream of Red Mansions" is the most favorite one among the audiences.
In order to film this drama well, director Wang Fulin visited many "Red Mansions", hoping that these seniors who have studied Red Mansions intensively can give some suggestions for the filming.
"Everything should be based on the original work, no changes!"
This sentence is the result of Wang Fulin running around for several days, and it runs through the entire filming of "Dream of Red Mansions".
The most important thing for a good film and television production is casting.
In order to recruit more acting talents, CCTV and Wang Fulin cooperated to conduct extensive recruitment from all walks of life and select the characters that best fit the original work.
There is a famous ancient Chinese poem: If you plant flowers intentionally, they will not bloom, but if you plant willows unintentionally, they will create shade.
At that time, Zhang Li did not participate in the casting of "Dream of Red Mansions". She just happened to accompany her teacher's daughter to the interview.
Before the interview, she didn’t even know that this was the crew of "Dream of Red Mansions".
After arriving at the scene, Zhang Li naturally sat in the corner, waiting for her friend's interview to end.
It was winter, and everyone was wearing thick clothes. Zhang Li also wrapped a thick scarf, covering the entire lower half of her face, leaving only a pair of eyes.
The classroom where the interview was held was thoughtfully turned on with a heater. Under the glow of the heater, Zhang Li leaned against the wall and fell asleep.
Just when she was about to fall asleep, a middle-aged man patted her shoulder and said jokingly: "It's so hot here, and you're still wearing a big scarf. Isn't it hot?" < /p>
Zhang Li raised her head and looked at the smiling eyes opposite her, and said "hmm" in confusion.
"Take off your scarf, I feel hot looking at it!"
The other party seemed to think that Zhang Li didn't hear her clearly, so she said it again.
Zhang Li took off her scarf without realizing it, revealing her beautiful and dignified face.
When the person opposite saw Zhang Li’s face, he pulled her in surprise and said, “Come and try the camera!”
It wasn’t until she was selected to join the crew that she I knew that the man who invited me to audition was Wang Fulin, the famous director of CCTV.
As Balzac said: Opportunities come like lightning, and they all depend on your unthinkable use.
Zhang Li seized this opportunity without hesitation and joined the crew of the 1987 version of "Dream of Red Mansions". She was only 17 years old at the time and was the youngest actor in the entire drama.
When they first joined the crew, Zhang Li became good friends with Chen Xiaoxu, who played Daiyu, because of their similar personalities.
Since she had never acted before, Zhang Li did not want to play the leading role. She wanted to play Lin Daiyu's maid Zijuan.
But Chen Xiaoxu looked at Zhang Li's face and said seriously: "You are so good-looking, why don't you go for the leading role and choose to play the maid? You play Daiyu, isn't that great? ”
Although Zhang Li was not confident at the time, Xue Baochai was engraved in her heart.
Surprisingly, after intensive training for a period of time, Chen Xiaoxu and Zhang Li were unexpectedly selected to play Lin Daiyu and Xue Baochai.
In those days, it was not easy to act well in a drama. It required several years of character study to completely bring your own identity into the world in the script.
During this period, the relationship between Chen Xiaoxu, who plays Lin Daiyu, and Zhang Li, who plays Xue Baochai, gradually became closer.
They studied acting with the master of red school, Mr. Li Jie, and gradually integrated into their roles.
"It is pity for the virtue of idleness and pity for the talent of singing. The jade belt is hung in the forest, and the golden hairpin is buried in the snow."
These four lines of poetry are used to describe the poems in "A Dream of Red Mansions" Lin Daiyu and Xue Baochai are also portrayals of the lives of Chen Xiaoxu and Zhang Li outside the drama.
Chen Xiaoxu spent his whole life becoming Lin Daiyu, while Zhang Li is still unmarried and devoted to her career.
However, these two people with very different personalities can chat together and often "get into trouble" together. They even had a joke while filming.
We were filming a horse riding scene. After filming, two naughty girls sneaked into the place where the horses were tied, and climbed onto the horses quickly. They were about to gallop, but I heard the director's voice.
"Lin Daiyu, Xue Baochai, you two, get down here!"
After hearing this roar, the frightened two people immediately dared not move and lay down on the back of the horse. superior.
Finally, the staff arrived and the two of them climbed down slowly.
The director couldn't hit or scold the delicate "Lin Daiyu" and the watery-eyed "Xue Baochai". He could only keep saying: "Don't be too naughty!"
< p> There were many interesting things during the filming process. The "Red Mansion Sisters" in the film have a close relationship and often have dinner together after filming.But happy times are always short-lived. After five years, the filming of the stunning masterpiece "A Dream of Red Mansions" has finally been completed, and many actors have to leave the scene one after another to start a new life.
"Lin Daiyu" and "Xue Baochai" also have to say goodbye to "A Dream of Red Mansions" and come to live their own lives in reality.
Transformed from an actor to a businessman, his net worth is over 100 million
In 1987, "A Dream of Red Mansions" was broadcast nationwide, and several people who played the protagonists became celebrities. A character who has passed away from the original work.
Especially Lin Daiyu, played by Chen Xiaoxu, was called by the audience: "Sister Lin who has fallen from the world."
Zhang Li, who plays Xue Baochai, also relies on her steady and dignified image in the play , becoming the "Sister Bao" in the eyes of the audience.
But probably because this role was too brilliant, Zhang Li later became ill and did not receive a very suitable role. It was not until 1988 that Zhang Li and Chen Xiaoxu starred in "Family Spring and Autumn", once again realizing film and television cooperation.
Later, Zhang Li's acting career did not go smoothly. She and Chen Xiaoxu seemed to have fallen into the "Curse of the Red Mansion". One switched to business and the other went to study abroad.
During the filming bottleneck period, Zhang Li resolutely chose to go to Canada and study acting at St. Regis College in Canada.
However, the Zhang family who are engaged in politics do not have a lot of savings like business families. Zhang Li often had to work and study while studying in Canada.
At that time, she wanted to work in a fast food restaurant near the school. She discussed it with her boss many times but was always rejected. Unwilling to do so, she hoped that her boss could give a reason.
"You have no work experience, and we are not sure how long you can work. The uncertainty is too high. I'm really sorry!"
After the boss calmly explained the reason, he turned around He left, leaving Zhang Li standing blankly alone.
Since she could not work-study outside the school, Zhang Li began to study hard and strive to get a full scholarship from the school to reduce some of the burden on her life.
Facts have proved that Zhang Li’s decision was right. She successfully received all scholarships during school and became a veritable academic master!
Because she needed to make money at the time, Zhang Li met a Chinese director by chance. It happened that the director knew Xue Baochai in "A Dream of Red Mansions".
And he liked Xue Baochai played by Zhang Li very much, so he asked her to star in his movie "Floating Clouds".
At that time, Zhang Li could only film at night every day, and she often went into the middle of the night.
After other people’s families picked them up one after another, Zhang Li could only drive home by herself.
Once because he was too tired, he drove the car to another city. Later, he still relied on the local police to get home.
Zhang Li had no way to rest after returning home. She had to wash her face, wake up her consciousness, and drive to school again.
I often sleep less than five hours a day, which is tiring and hard.
By the time the movie "Floating Clouds" was released, Zhang Li had won many fans in Canada with her superb acting skills.
The Chinese-American director saw the potential of Zhang Li, so he gave her a brilliant but extremely difficult choice: to enter Hollywood!
But Zhang Li knew very well that with her own status, it was very difficult to enter Hollywood. The uncertain future made Zhang Li very uneasy, so she made a bold decision.
At that time, Zhang Li had been renting a house from an old couple. During that time, the old couple wanted to move out of town and wanted to sell the house to this sincere little girl at a low price.
But even with a lot of discount, 200,000 yuan is still a large sum of money for Zhang Li. After all, Zhang Li only had 20,000 yuan in savings at the time.
Finally, with the help of a friend, Zhang Li bought the house with a bank loan.
But before she finished decorating, a buyer came over and wanted to buy the apartment.
Of course, Zhang Li sold the apartment and made a net profit of 100,000 yuan.
This was the first big fortune Zhang Li earned. She was very happy, so she decided to stop thinking about acting and enter the business circle.
But those who study art tend to be aloof. Zhang Li was hesitant at the beginning, not daring to take the first step.
Seeing her in such trouble, one of her young ladies from a foreign country comforted her and said: "No industry is vulgar. As long as you make money by relying on your own abilities, what's the difference between high and low?"
After hearing these words, Zhang Li was enlightened and immediately decided to engage in the real estate business.
But the first success can be regarded as "a blind cat meets a dead mouse", and the second success is far from easy.
Due to lack of experience, Zhang Li invested a lot of money in real estate. Just when she was planning to make a fortune, a financial crisis came and she lost all her money.
She was deeply shocked. She lost 30 pounds during that period, and she suddenly lost weight. In order to find out the cause of the sudden weight loss, Zhang Li went to the hospital for examination.
However, the test results were not sent for a long time. It was not until later when she went to the toilet that Zhang Li heard the doctor's conversation. Amidst sighs one after another, she knew that she would not die soon.
But she was unwilling to succumb to the disease and secretly went through the discharge procedures after being hospitalized for two weeks.
"Even if my life may end that day, I want to live every day well and don't want to stay in the hospital and wait to die."
Fortunately, in the end it was a physical disorder caused by too much stress, and it was not a serious illness.
Zhang Li worked hard to learn about real estate investment at the so-called "end of her life".
Getting up wherever you fall has always been Zhang Li’s life creed.
Fortunately, this time, Zhang Li finally succeeded and made some achievements in the real estate industry. Although she is not as rich as a billionaire, she can still be regarded as a successful businesswoman with a net worth of over 100 million.
But soon, a lot of "bad news" came from the country. Some people spread rumors that she gave birth to a child out of wedlock, and others said that she married into a wealthy family and became a rich wife.
Zhang Li did not take these rumors to heart, but a piece of news that came soon made her regret it - "Lin Daiyu" Chen Xiaoxu passed away from breast cancer.
She suddenly thought of a "Dream of Red Mansions" party she attended a few years ago when she returned to China. After the party, Chen Xiaoxu wanted to quietly grab her and say a few words to her.
But Zhang Li was in a hurry to catch a flight. After the party, she hurriedly said goodbye and flew back to Canada.
Before leaving, "Lin Daiyu" Chen Xiaoxu unexpectedly gave her a deep hug.
This farewell is a lifetime; this hug becomes "Bao Dai's" last hug.
Many years later, Zhang Li returned to China. When participating in a program, the host asked her about her relationship with Chen Xiaoxu. She would always tell her regrets with tears streaming down her face.
When she dreams back at midnight, she can always think of the words of "Sister Lin": "I will come today and she will come tomorrow. It will not be too lively or too deserted."
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"Don't lean on the railing alone, the world is unlimited. It's easy to say goodbye but hard to see."
"Sister Lin" and "Sister Bao" are still like in "A Dream of Red Mansions", separated by yin and yang. Never saw each other again.
Over the years, Zhang Li, who is passionate about her real estate career, has never met a suitable partner for her. As a single woman, she gradually got used to living alone.
Now that she is over fifty this year, she lives like a young girl. This is probably the meaning of life!
Everyone is assigned a different role in life, and "Xue Baochai" Zhang Li's life is to "ride the wind and waves".
In today's society, marriage is regarded by many people as the whole life, but a marriage-free life like Zhang Li's is not a kind of wanton freedom.