From a handyman to a billionaire director, how did Xiaogang Feng turn a rotten hand into a king?

In the late 1980s, the domestic film and television industry flourished, which not only made the fifth generation directors rise rapidly, but also won a large number of beautiful actors.

Most of these directors have experienced "going to the countryside", suffered hardships, and naturally gave birth to a little "self-psychological compensation."

When they developed, they turned their attention to the "luxury" life.

This "luxury" includes both material enjoyment and spiritual enjoyment, and "woman" is also among them.

0 1 Xiaogang Feng who lacked love since childhood.

Xiaogang Feng was nine years old when Xu Fan was born.

Xiaogang Feng's father used to be a teacher in the Department of Western Languages in Peking University. Later, he was beaten to the right in the movement and divorced Xiaogang Feng's mother.

Xiaogang Feng's mother works as a doctor in a printing factory. After her parents divorced, Xiaogang Feng and her sister lived a hard life with her.

Father Xiaogang Feng.

Perhaps because of the lack of father's love, he loved to cry since he was a child, and it was endless and heartbreaking.

At that time, the material conditions were not good and there were no snacks at home, so his mother coaxed him with tomatoes mixed with sugar.

Although the mother is kind, over time, her bad teeth have been deformed.

In order to let Xiaogang Feng eat tomatoes in winter, my mother and sister will buy a lot of tomatoes in autumn, cook them into sauce and put them in sealed bottles until winter.

Sister Xiaogang Feng.

Tomatoes, a vegetable, are the only "happy taste" in Xiaogang Feng's childhood memory.

Later, he also specially designed a plot in the movie "Fanghua", which is the scene where the woman munches tomatoes, which is quite lively.

Compared with Xiaogang Feng, Xu Fan's childhood can be called "happy take-off".

Xu Fan was born in a literary family. His mother's name is Li Jianying, and his father's name is Uncle Xu. They are both actors of Chu Opera in Hubei.

At that time, almost everyone in Hubei knew their names. Xu Fan's mother, also known as the "first beauty" in Hubei, is graceful and smiling.

Xu Fan grew up with good family conditions and artistic atmosphere, and her parents had high hopes for her.

Her parents not only meet her spiritually, but also try to meet all her needs materially.

Xiaogang Feng and Xu Fan, two people with such a huge gap in life, how did they come together?

Xu Fan and mother.

02 the growth direction of two people

Although Xiaogang Feng is ugly, he has the same IQ as his father. He was very talented since he was a child, especially in painting.

With this gift, he became an activist of "publishing newspapers" when he was at school.

Coupled with the family composition is not very good, he learned to read people's faces from an early age, and his reaction is very sensitive.

These hardships of life will be the capital for Xiaogang Feng to turn over in the future.

Ma Weidou once said in an interview: "Xiaogang Feng's greatest cleverness is that he will use people smarter than himself."

The media interpreted Ma Weidou's statement as "demeaning".

However, Wang Shuo said in an interview: "This is not a belittle, but a compliment. This is a person's ability. "

With this ability, Xiaogang Feng has been doing well from primary school to middle school.

1978, Xiaogang Feng has just graduated from high school after several failures.

At that time, everyone wanted to be a soldier, and Xiaogang Feng was not far behind, so he joined the army.

With his skill, he became an art designer of the Beijing Military Region Comrades Peking Opera Troupe.

This year, Xu Fan just turned 1 1. The next year, she was admitted to Hubei Opera School.

In fact, Xu Fan's parents don't want their daughter to learn drama at all, because it is too hard to learn drama. The first time I saw Xu Fan's legs crushed her teeth, her mother ran out of the classroom, covering her mouth and crying outside.

Xu Fan's parents know too well the hardships of learning drama.

But Xu Fan decided this line by herself, and her parents couldn't stop her, so she could only give her daughter support.

Xu Fan, a teenager, stands in good shape and somersaults every day. Leg press, it's hard. Sometimes you have to hold your legs down when you sleep, or you will be trained.

After studying for a semester, Xu Fan invited his parents to watch a lecture performance. Her parents were relieved that her daughter was really suitable for singing Tsing Yi.

Here, Xu Fan just studied for three years, and before he became a corner, the school's Peking Opera discipline was dissolved.

At that time, graduation was responsible for distribution, and no one could go to work without the school's certificate. So Xu Fan became an unemployed youth.

Xu Fan lost his job this year, but Xiaogang Feng did well in the army.

He was promoted from an ordinary artist, not only as an artist, but also planned some military cultural performances, which gradually opened the beginning of his career.

03 Feng Shui in Career

Xu Fan has been moping since he came home from the Opera Academy. Because she really loves stage performance, after several years of study, she has long regarded performance as her life.

A few months later, Wuhan Repertory Theatre recruited actors for the society and advertised in the newspaper. As if Xu Fan saw a glimmer of light, he immediately signed up.

After studying Chinese opera for several years, Xu Fan has become more and more beautiful, with good figure and temperament. Basic skills and voice are very luxurious, and I was admitted to Wuhan Repertory Theatre effortlessly.

In this way, Xu Fan, just 15 years old, became a member of the repertory theatre.

However, because of her young age, she has not grown up. In the first few years, she basically played the role of daughter and servant girl.

In Wuhan Repertory Theatre, Xu Fan grew up while learning to perform, and became a "flower" in the troupe in a few years.

And Xiaogang Feng, although get along well in the army, but as the army began to reorganize, he became a marginal figure.

1984, Xiaogang Feng was included in the list of demobilized personnel.

Later, Xiaogang Feng was assigned to the Propaganda Department of Xizhimen Grain Depot. Although he also works in literature and art, it is far from satisfying Xiaogang Feng's desire for art.

Later, he used his sweet words to get things done, transferred to the trade union of Beijing Urban Construction and Development Corporation, and also engaged in cultural propaganda work, but the position was different.

The day before he left the army, he also took a photo specially to miss his army life.

In this unit, Xiaogang Feng met the first noble person in his life: Zheng Xiaolong.

Zheng Xiaolong is also a man who has experienced twists and turns. He has many stories.

At the age of 26, he became the first batch of Peking University students after the resumption of the college entrance examination and became a master created by the times.

Zheng Xiaolong entered Beijing TV Studio on 1982, witnessing the development here.

From 65438 to 0984, Zheng Xiaolong became the director of Beijing Television Art Center. (Zheng Xiaolong's life is ups and downs:)

This year, Xiaogang Feng got to know Zheng Xiaolong, and he led her into the door, and worked as an artist for the drama Tree of Life and Death, and formally contacted the film and television drama industry.

Zheng Xiaolong appreciates Xiaogang Feng very much. 1985, Xiaogang Feng was transferred to Beijing Television Art Center as an artist.

Since then, I have started my own artistic path.

04 turning point in life

1986, Xu Fan, who spent five years in Wuhan Opera Troupe, finally became a pillar.

This year, she met a person of great significance to her career: the artist Yang Lixin.

At that time, Yang Lixin went to Wuhan to perform a performance, and happened to have a scene with Xu Fan. He admired Xu Fan very much.

Later, I heard that Xu Fan's parents were well-known actors in the Old Chu Opera, so I called home. In the long run, he became friends with the Xu Fan family and recognized Xu Fan's parents as dry parents.

Yang Lixin stayed in Wuhan for more than half a year, often went to Xu Fan's house for dinner, and got along well with their family.

Later, Yang Lixin returned to Beijing and continued to keep in touch with the Xu Fan family.

1986, Xiaogang Feng not only went forward in her career, but also met the first girl in her life: Johnny.

Johnny is a Wuhan girl and a nurse by profession. That year, she happened to visit relatives in Beijing and met Xiaogang Feng.

When she first came into contact with the girl who was tempted, Xiaogang Feng gave full play to her "lip service", which not only made the girl smile from ear to ear, but also showed her talent at an appropriate time.

At that time, girls didn't look at their faces very much, and talent was the most charming.

Soon, this girl named Johnny became Xiaogang Feng's "confidant".

Originally, Johnny's parents strongly disagreed with her marriage, saying that men who engage in literature and art were unreliable, but after Xiaogang Feng went to her house for a walk, her parents were relieved.

Johnny's parents think this looks very reliable, and no one will take a fancy to him, so they can rest assured that their daughter will be married off.

But her parents are still wrong. Even the ugliest person will have a restless heart and will bite you at the right time.

1987, Xiaogang Feng and Johnny got a marriage certificate and became legal couples.

1987 is also a turning point in Xu Fan.

This year, Yang Lixin wrote to Xu Fan, saying that people's art and Chinese opera should jointly run classes. If they do well, they can stay in people's art as actors. This opportunity comes once in a blue moon. I hope she won't miss it.

Xu Fan decided to go to Beijing as soon as he discussed it with his parents. Since you want to be an actor, you must be top notch.

In this way, Xu Fan arrived in Beijing and lived in Yang Lixin's home.

Yang Lixin couple to Xu Fan like sisters. They not only helped her with her homework, but also controlled her diet and tried their best.

Xu Fan has been suffering from hypoglycemia since childhood. In order to make up for her health, Yang Lixin's wife often buys her chocolate and brown sugar, and takes special care of her when eating.

After knowing each other for many years, Xu Fancai knew that Yang Lixin and his wife had been saving money to buy pianos for their children. They could not bear to eat or wear them, but they never mistreated Xu Fan.

Xu Fan kept this in mind, and the two families became good friends for life.

Xu Fan also live up to expectations. He was admitted to Chinese Opera and became classmates with Jison, Chen Xiaoyi, Hu Jun and He Bing. This group of people later became the big coffee in the film and television circle.

This year, Xiaogang Feng also welcomed the second noble person in his life: Wang Shuo.

By the time Xiaogang Feng met Wang Shuo, Wang Shuo had become a big cow, and people in the circle were scrambling to shoot his works.

When Xiaogang Feng met Wang Shuo for the first time, he bowed down and said, "Nice to meet you. Just like looking up at the Big Dipper! " In a word, Wang Shuo praised him just right, and from then on he regarded Xiaogang Feng as his younger brother.

Subsequently, Xiaogang Feng followed Wang Shuo's ass every day and met Ma Weidou, Haiyan, Zhao Baogang, Ye Jing and Ye Daying.

According to legend, seeing Wang Shuo, Xiaogang Feng also shed deep tears, and the excitement can't be described in words.

To be sure, Xiaogang Feng really loved to cry when he was a child. He was always so excited that he burst into tears.

Ye Jing once said mercilessly in front of the media:

"Feng Kuzi in my play always cries, and this detail comes from Xiaogang Feng. How many times did he cry in front of Wang Shuo, and he cried in front of me several times. "

With this group of children in the yard, Xiaogang Feng never loses face and "waits" everyone into an uncle.

With the children in the compound, Xiaogang Feng always brings tea and water at the end of dinner.

When doing this in front of them, Xiaogang Feng didn't feel "humiliated" at all, because he held his breath in his heart and vowed to get ahead.

Entering Beijing School is an important turning point for Xiaogang Feng's career to take off.

Two people from all over the world finally met.

1988, Xu Fan entered Chinese opera and began to chase the figure of Wang, a talented teacher in our school.

At that time, Wang was still a handsome boy with long hair and a windbreaker cowboy. This is just a foreign flavor take-off.

When Xu Fan chased Wang, she was chasing a model named Wang.

Pan Jie is a girl who wants to take an examination of Chinese opera. She entrusted Wang to a performance coaching class, but she accidentally sparked a spark.

Therefore, the "teacher-student relationship" between Wang and Xu Fan is nothing. After all, Mr. Wang Shuai has played the love between teachers and students.

Wang tutored for a while, but was not admitted, and their relationship broke down.

Later, facing the pursuit of Xu Fan, a beautiful student, Wang surrendered, and they soon lived together and lived in Wang's rental house.

From then on, Xu Fan and Wang fell in love for many years and became the best couple on campus.

While Xu Fan was busy falling in love with Wang, Johnny was also "busy day and night", and then they gave birth to a daughter.

199 1 year, graduated from Chinese opera in Xu Fan, and was assigned to People's Arts as a drama actor. Xiaogang Feng also changed from an artist to a screenwriter of Zheng Xiaolong's play Meeting Passion.

This is the first screenwriter to get an electric shock in Xiaogang Feng, but he was nominated for the Best Screenplay Award in the 1 1 Chinese Golden Rooster Award.

This greatly increased his confidence and strengthened his heart as a screenwriter. Of course, Wang Shuo contributed a lot to this. He has been guiding Xiaogang Feng. Xiaogang Feng also missed any opportunity to learn from Wang Shuo.

199 1 At the end of the year, writers such as Wang Shuo and Ma Weidou got together to prepare a sitcom similar to I Love My Family.

After a long discussion, a group of people dared not make fun of workers and peasants, so they had to make fun of themselves, so there was the story of the editorial department.

Originally, Xiaogang Feng was not among the screenwriters, but Wang Shuo tried his best to protect Xiaogang Feng, saying, "If Xiaogang Feng is not allowed to be a screenwriter, I will quit."

No one expected that Wang Shuo would be so brave, and finally Xiaogang Feng was added to the script.

Because Xiaogang Feng hangs out with Wang Shuo every day and knows Wang Shuo's routines like the back of his hand, the script can almost "confuse the real with the fake".

Many years later, Zheng Xiaolong said in an interview:

"I was really surprised. I didn't expect Xiaogang Feng to have this ability. Imitating Wang Shuo's script style has its essence. Needless to say, I can't see that it wasn't written by Wang Shuo. "

Later, the story of the editorial department was delayed, and everyone put it down. After half a year, it was reviewed again, and everyone went to find the script of "The Story of the Editorial Department". If they can't find it anyway, they want to give up the project.

Unexpectedly, Xiaogang Feng volunteered and said, "I remember all the plots. I can rewrite them."

Xiaogang Feng wrote books day and night, and later resumed the story of the editorial department.

Therefore, many people now say that Xiaogang Feng got up entirely by flattery, which is incorrect.

On the basis of HuiLaiShi, Xiaogang Feng really has his own talent, at least he can draw, write and play scripts, which are the capital of his success.

After "The Story of the Editorial Department" was broadcast, the fire spread to the horizon, and Xiaogang Feng's identity finally reached a new level.

During the period of 1992, Xu Fan seldom returned to Wang's rental house crew because he often filmed outside, which caused Wang's dissatisfaction.

The two finally had a big fight in one afternoon and decided to go their separate ways. In a rage, Wang threw Xu Fan's luggage out of the rental house and decided to make a clean break with her.

It was also this year that Wang Shuo met Xu, a talented woman of 18 years old.

At that time, Xu Chunqing was moving, like a dazzling light entering the master's heart, and he could no longer extricate himself.

Perhaps it is the "big honey" in Beijing. She has the coolness and chic of a big girl in Beijing, and unconsciously attracted "marrying Wang Shuo".

In order to be with this girl, Wang Shuo obtained the right to live with Xu at the cost of divorce.

The process of mutual attraction between Wang Shuo and Xu was witnessed.

Xiaogang Feng watched the ugly Wang Shuo make such a beautiful girlfriend, and his heart began to stir.

Inevitable meeting

1At the end of 992, Xiaogang Feng became the screenwriter of the movie "Sweeping Up" and Xu Fan became the heroine of "Sweeping Up".

After the movie, Xiaogang Feng went to see the demo. Director Xia Gang asked him, "What do you think?"

Xiaogang Feng curled his lips and said, "They all played well, but the heroine played almost."

Ge You next to him poked at his waist and said, "Keep your voice down, there are people sitting there."

Xiaogang Feng looked in the direction of Ge You's mouth and saw a dark outline, swaying in the dark.

This time, the two did not meet.

Later, Xiaogang Feng met Xu Fan for the first time at the killing party of The Dragon Slayer and praised her: "It's better than the movie."

After this meeting, Xiaogang Feng moved his mind.

At that time, what happened to Wang made Xu Fan hurt and insecure.

In the relationship with Wang, Xu Fan is very passive, and he is the one who gives. He has never experienced the taste of being spoiled, loved and cared for.

Xiaogang Feng has done a very good job in this respect, taking care of everything from food, clothing, housing and transportation to material spirit.

In order to chase Xu Fan, he also specially consulted Wang Shuo.

Wang Shuo taught him to invite the other party to the theater, invite the other party to dinner and ask the other party's friends for help. Soon, the two became familiar.

Later, they went to Guangzhou to participate in the Golden Rooster Award. At the airport, Xiaogang Feng followed Xu Fan, and someone asked him, "Who is this?" Xiaogang Feng said smoothly, "This is my girlfriend."

Xu Fan just smiled and didn't refute, and the relationship between the two was so determined.

If you ask Xu Fan why this beautiful woman has a crush on Xiaogang Feng? Perhaps only a word from Xu Fan can be summarized.

Xu Fan once said in an interview: "Xiaogang Feng is more than just a partner for me. More precisely, he is my lifelong benefactor. He adopted my heart when I was most sad. "

When Xu Fan and Wang Gang broke up at the most sad and insecure time, it comforted her heart at the most appropriate time, which will be unforgettable for people like Xu Fan.

Wang Shuo played an important role in Xiaogang Feng's pursuit of Xu Fan. Of course, many years later, Xiaogang Feng also rewarded Wang Shuo. Wang Shuo, who was nearly 50 years old, wanted to win Olivia, so he gave it to Xiaogang Feng and Zhao Baogang, and it became popular in a few years.

1994, after Xiaogang Feng and Xu Fan got together, they set up their own film company together with Wang Shuo, and started filming as directors.

1997, after Wang Shuo's works were banned for "promoting grayism", Xiaogang Feng teamed up with Huayi Brothers to make films such as Party A and Party B, Be there or be square, Endless, and Big Man, which established his position in one fell swoop.

At the end of 1990s, Xiaogang Feng finally got rid of the former image of "Feng Kuzi" and became a leader among directors.

Xu Fan has also become a major feature of Feng's comedy. They copied the success of Zhang Yimou and Gong Li and became the best partners.

With the deepening of their relationship, Xiaogang Feng's wife Johnny also heard the wind. But she didn't care, thinking it would only take a few years. Unexpectedly, their marriage ended in divorce.

Xiaogang Feng and Xu Fan have been together since 1993, and they didn't get a marriage certificate until 1999. This relationship, Xu Fan waited for six years.

In 200 1 year, Xiaogang Feng's mother died and he was busy filming. It was also Xu Fan who took care of the elderly.

After 2002, Xiaogang Feng made films such as Mobile Phone, world without thieves, Banquet and Assembly, and the box office kept rising.

In those years, he earned a lot of money, making Huayi Brothers the industry leader.

With the popularity of these films, the names of Xiaogang Feng and Xu Fan have become well-known celebrity couples.

In 2006, when their career was in full swing, Xiaogang Feng suffered from vitiligo and spent countless RMB, but it never got better.

However, Xu Fan failed to be a mother all her life, which became her lifelong regret.

Fortunately, the two adopted a daughter and talked to comfort their hearts. However, with the passage of time, adopted daughters have become more and more alike, and even the biting method of "Feng's characteristic teeth" seems to be abstinence, which is really strange.

In 2008, Xu Fan also lost his attraction to Xiaogang Feng, and he began to have something he liked. He had an affair with the famous host Shen Xing, so he wanted to divorce Xu Fan.

Fortunately, Xu made a wonderful move and pulled him back into his arms again. She also broke the classic remark in "The Golden Star Show" that "our family is men, and it is not us who suffer" and became a good wife praised by men all over the world.

To tell the truth, I really admire Xiaogang Feng's cleverness and moderation.

Especially in the 20 18 Fan Bingbing incident, he was originally the target of bombardment by Brother Cui. Seeing that the situation was not good, he immediately retired from the background and turned himself into an invisible man, thus avoiding an accident.

Throughout the history of Xiaogang Feng's fame, he is full of opportunities of the times and his personal efforts. It is not easy to describe him as "flattering", which is biased.

In life, Xiaogang Feng grew up in difficulties, tempered his will in poverty, and was determined to succeed.

During his career, he knew how to give full play to his expertise, dig deep and change his identity little by little until he succeeded.

In interpersonal relationships, he never relied on himself, dared to bend his head to learn, dared to bend his head to take advantage of the situation, and used his contacts at an appropriate time, and finally came to a gorgeous transformation.

Therefore, it is no accident that a person can succeed. There must be a reason for his success.