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You Xiaogang and his wife Zhou Tingyi
The emotional life of the famous director You Xiaogang is as twists and turns and tear-jerking as the TV series he directed. He has been divorced twice. His first ex-wife is Tian Ge, a famous host at Beijing TV station, and his second ex-wife is Wu Qianqian, a well-known actress.
You Xiaogang's third wife, Zhou Tingyi, is also a beautiful actress with good looks and acting skills. She is 30 years younger than You Xiaogang.
In 2016, You Xiaogang gave birth to a son when he was 64 years old. In 2018, at the age of 66, You Xiaogang gave birth to a younger son with Zhou Tingyi.
html It is rare in life for a man to have two sons in his sixties. With such a big age difference between You Xiaogang and Zhou Tingyi, are they happily married? What kind of unknown scenery do they have during the siege?01
You Xiaogang
You Xiaogang's life is a thick book, with mountains and rapids, small rivers, open plains, and suitable shades. He joined a troupe in rural areas, worked as an actor in a cultural troupe, studied at a provincial art school, and served as a soldier before embarking on the path of director.
" Triumph at Midnight ", " Chronicle of Kyoto ", " The Secret History of Xiaozhuang ", " The Secret History of Concubine Yang " directed by You Xiaogang, "The Silver Tower", " Phoenix in the Jianghu ", " Love Breaks on the Beach " ” and “The Shadow Hunt” and other film and television dramas have influenced generations of people.
You Xiaogang was born in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province in 1952. When he was an actor in Chuzhou Art Troupe of Anhui Province, he fell in love with and married Tian Ge, an actor in the troupe.
In 1984, two years after You Xiaogang married Tian Ge, he was admitted to the Directing Department of Beijing Film Academy. After graduation, he was assigned to be a director at the Kongzheng Repertory Theater in Beijing.
Due to the separation between the two places, You Xiaogang and Tian Ge did not have a baby.
Tian Ge hosted "The Screen Connects Me and You" on Beijing TV.
You Xiaogang and Tian Ge
In 1987, Tian Ge was admitted to the Broadcasting Department of Beijing Broadcasting Institute and was assigned to work at Beijing TV in 1990. Because the couple is busy with work, they have no time and energy to conceive a child, which also makes their relationship lack the most powerful bond.
In 1992, You Xiaogang and Tian Ge divorced due to personality differences and other reasons. You Xiaogang was already 40 years old at this time. As a middle-aged man, he was heartbroken about the divorce and regretted not having children.
In 1996, when You Xiaogang was directing the TV series "Kyoto Chronicle", he fell in love with the famous actress Wu Qianqian because of the drama.
After remarrying, You Xiaogang wanted to have his own child. However, for some reason, Wu Qianqian never became pregnant. The couple saw doctors and made various efforts to conceive a baby, but they were never able to do so.
You Xiaogang and Wu Qianqian
Before You Xiaogang’s parents passed away, they both said to him with tears in their eyes: We didn’t feel good because we didn’t get to see you as a father, and we didn’t get to hold our grandchildren. Son, once a person walks through this world, he still needs to have his own children.
Looking at the turbid tears in his parents' eyes, You Xiaogang burst into tears, and Wu Qianqian also shed complicated tears.
You Xiaogang is a kind and caring man. He treats Wu Qianqian's niece Wu Jingjing as his daughter. When Wu Jingjing was two years old, her parents divorced, and You Xiaogang and Wu Qianqian took her to live with them.
Wu Jingjing did not adapt to junior high school in Beijing, so You Xiaogang sent her back to her hometown in Zhuji, Zhejiang to attend school. During the winter and summer vacations, Wu Jingjing returned to her aunt and uncle's house in Beijing.
Wu Jingjing
Wu Jingjing is a beautiful and sensible girl. She knew the pain in her uncle's heart and said to You Xiaogang: I am your and your aunt's daughter. I will take care of you when you get old.
These words touched You Xiaogang's heart, but he still wanted to have his own child.
Wu Qianqian's failure to conceive a baby became an inextricable knot in her marriage to You Xiaogang. As they get older, the relationship between the couple becomes weaker and weaker.
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In the autumn of 2010, You Xiaogang participated in a talk show on Beijing TV and met the beautiful host and actor Zhou Tingyi.
Zhou Tingyi
The slim Zhou Tingyi, sunny, beautiful and lively, is like a fresh wind, bringing you the enjoyment of beauty. Zhou Tingyi admires and admires You Xiaogang's talent, and his words are full of respect.
You Xiaogang has a very good impression of Zhou Tingyi and feels that she does not have the impetuousness and utilitarianism of ordinary young actors.
Zhou Tingyi was born in Lanzhou City, Gansu Province in 1997. He has loved performing and hosting since he was a child. After graduating from high school, Zhou Tingyi was admitted to the Television Department of Communication University of China. After graduation, he successively hosted variety shows on Hong Kong China Entertainment Satellite TV, Shanghai Movie Channel, and Beijing Satellite TV .
At the same time, Zhou Tingyi also filmed many film and television dramas such as "Love in Beijing", "Half the Sky" and "Popular Antique Shop". Being a host and filming at the same time, Zhou Tingyi has developed in both directions.
After the recording of the program between You Xiaogang and Zhou Tingyi
, Zhou Tingyi asked cautiously: Director You, you are a highly respected director. Can I ask you for advice in the future?
You Xiaogang smiled humorously: Welcome to interrupt us, we will cooperate if there is an opportunity in the future. With that said, You Xiaogang told Zhou Tingyi his contact information.
Zhou Tingyi had been in contact with some directors before. During the dinner, they praised Zhou Tingyi to the sky and said that they would let her play the heroine in the future. However, after the dinner ended and they sobered up, they forgot what they had said, and no director contacted Zhou Tingyi.
Zhou Tingyi thought that You Xiaogang also said nice things, so she didn't hold out hope.
But Zhou Tingyi didn't know that You Xiaogang is a rigorous director and will not make promises easily. If he says it, he will honor it.
Stills of Zhou Tingyi and Ma Jingtao's "The Secret History of Xi Shi"
Stills of Wu Jingjing's "The Secret History of Xi Shi"
In May 2010, when the 41-episode costume romance drama "The Secret History of Xi Shi" directed by You Xiaogang was about to start filming, he took the initiative to call Zhou Tingyi and invited her to appear in the drama. She played the role of "Spring Butterfly", the queen of the Kingdom of Wu, and the script was couriered to her on the same day.
As a newcomer, Zhou Tingyi is particularly grateful to be supported by a famous director like You Xiaogang.
In the play, Ma Jingtao, a famous actor from Taiwan, plays the role of "Fu Chai", the king of Wu. Zhou Tingyi acted opposite him, and the two worked together flawlessly.
Wu Qianqian's niece Wu Jingjing plays the female lead " Xi Shi " in the play. Due to the tight schedule, the crew often rushes into night scenes, and it is common for them to finish work at two or three in the morning.
You Xiaogang is the one who works the longest and is the most tiring person on the crew. He only gets four or five hours of normal sleep every night.
You Xiaogang
Due to severe lack of sleep, You Xiaogang has no appetite and often skips breakfast. Often by 10 a.m., he would be so hungry that he felt dizzy.
After Zhou Tingyi found out, he would bring breakfast to the set for You Xiaogang to eat every day. Sometimes when Zhou Tingyi didn't have a night scene, she would prepare two boxes of yogurt and put them next to the monitor to refresh You Xiaogang at night.
You Xiaogang felt that Zhou Tingyi was a kind, grateful, and sensible girl, so he often told her stories and took pictures of her that were particularly beautiful.
You Xiaogang treats Zhou Tingyi as a daughter, and Zhou Tingyi respects You Xiaogang as an elder. Because You Xiaogang is married, his relationship with Zhou Tingyi is very pure.
After the filming of "The Secret History of Xi Shi" was completed, You Xiaogang directed 40 episodes of the urban love drama "090 Forward ", and once again promoted Zhou Tingyi, letting her play the role of "Sister Tang", a white-collar worker in the workplace.
Zhou Tingyi
Under the recommendation of You Xiaogang, Zhou Tingyi also took over the filming of two TV series: "The Female Patrol Agent of the Tang Dynasty" and "Inside Line Prequel". In Zhou Tingyi's mind, You Xiaogang is her benefactor and nobleman.
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In 2012, You Xiaogang and Wu Qianqian had irreconcilable conflicts and they divorced.
After Zhou Tingyi learned the news, he felt very sad and asked on WeChat: Director You, is it because of me that you separated?
You Xiaogang denied: It has nothing to do with you. Even if we don’t know you, she and I will reach this point. He then talked about the regret and pain he had brought to himself and his parents because he failed to become a father after two marriages.
Zhou Tingyi and Ma Weidu took a group photo
Across the mobile phone screen, Zhou Tingyi could feel You Xiaogang's heartache, and she felt something special in her heart. When
divorced Wu Qianqian, You Xiaogang was already 60 years old and in a very gloomy mood. He has no intention of cooking, and often just a steamed bun or an apple is his meal.
Zhou Tingyi felt very distressed and often came to take care of You Xiaogang. Although she is not good at cooking, she still cooks for You Xiaogang based on mobile phone videos; she helps You Xiaogang organize the script and makes his flowers on the balcony lush. You Xiaogang's messy room was also tidied up by Zhou Tingyi.
Zhou Tingyi was like a clear spring, washing away the pain of You Xiaogang's divorce. For some reason, You Xiaogang glowed with unprecedented passion when he was with Zhou Tingyi. He knew that this was love.
Zhou Tingyi
In 2013, You Xiaogang bravely proposed to Zhou Tingyi: I don't know if it is appropriate to say this. If I am wrong, you can just laugh it off. I love you!
Zhou Tingyi was heartbroken and dizzy for a while, but her emotions calmed down and she accepted You Xiaogang's feelings. In fact, in her heart, her admiration and admiration for You Xiaogang had already turned into love.
Zhou Tingyi told her parents about her relationship, but they were confused: because You Xiaogang was older than them, they didn't expect that their daughter, who was as beautiful as a flower, would find a boyfriend of such an age. How embarrassing would it be to meet him in the future? What will friends and family think of them?
Zhou's parents insisted that their daughter break up with You Xiaogang. Zhou Tingyi enlightened her parents: true love is the collision of souls and the tacit understanding of like-minded people, and it has nothing to do with age. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with being with him. Happiness is a feeling. Can finding a boyfriend of the same age guarantee happiness?
You Xiaogang and Zhou Tingyi are doing a program on the TV station
Although Zhou Tingyi's words are reasonable, they cannot shake the determination of her parents to force her to break up. Since then, the two generations have been in a tug of war. Her parents would make several phone calls a day to force her to break up. Speaking of excitement, my mother was sobbing on the other end of the phone, and Zhou Tingyi was crying here.
Zhou Tingyi was already 31 years old at this time, which was not young for a girl, and her options for choosing a mate were getting narrower and narrower.
In order to convince her parents, she soon rushed back to her hometown and had a heart-to-heart communication with her parents. She talked about the hardships and ups and downs of her journey to Beijing, her attitude towards love and marriage, and the little bits and pieces of You Xiaogang's kindness to her.
She said to her parents: When a girl reaches my age, she will not fall in love with someone casually. She must make a decision after careful consideration. If you force me to break up with You Xiaogang, I can promise you, but I will never get involved in a relationship again in this life.
The Zhou parents were moved by their daughter's steadfastness and persistence in love. Mother Zhou said with tears: As long as you can live a good life in the future, what do your dad and I have to worry about?
You Xiaogang and Zhou Tingyi
overcame the hurdle of being parents, and Zhou Tingyi and You Xiaogang were relieved. After finishing the drama at hand, the two got married in Beijing in May 2015. You Xiaogang and Zhou Tingyi kept a low profile and did not hold a wedding.
Especially when you reach You Xiaogang's age, you no longer value external vain things and just want to live a down-to-earth life.
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After the news of their marriage spread, many people were not optimistic about it, saying that there was very little love between the two and that You Xiaogang would cry in the future. Some people don't understand and think that Zhou Tingyi has such good conditions, why should she marry an old man?
The criticism from the outside world has not affected the mood of You Xiaogang and Zhou Tingyi. Life is not a performance. It doesn't matter whether outsiders think it is good or not, as long as they feel comfortable with it.
Zhou Tingyi
Before getting married, You Xiaogang discussed with Zhou Tingyi: My biggest regret in life is not having children of my own. I hope you can help me realize my dream in the future. Zhou Tingyi said: I also like babies and long to be a mother.
Shortly after the marriage, Zhou Tingyi became pregnant, and You Xiaogang was so excited that tears filled his eyes. He slowed down his work pace and took care of Zhou Tingyi at home. You Xiaogang rarely did housework before, but now he was clumsy in the kitchen frying eggs for his wife.
Actually, You Xiaogang's fried eggs were not delicious, but Zhou Tingyi felt very sweet in her heart. What she wanted was this gesture from her husband.
You Xiaogang is worried that his baby will not develop well as he gets older, so he has to accompany Zhou Tingyi to the hospital for fetal check-ups every month. The night before the fetal examination, You Xiaogang was so nervous that he couldn't sleep, for fear of some bad results.
You Xiaogang
Every time when the doctor handed him the fetal test report and said that everything about the baby was normal, You Xiaogang's heart dropped to the ground.
In October 2016, Zhou Tingyi gave birth to a healthy baby boy in Beijing. The moment the baby was born, You Xiaogang checked his whole body several times to make sure that the baby was healthy, and he shed tears.
As a father at the age of 64 and his first child, You Xiaogang's complicated emotions are difficult to express in words. Only tears can express his mood at this moment.
In 2018, Zhou Tingyi gave birth to his youngest son in Beijing. You Xiaogang was 66 years old at this time. He gave birth to two sons in succession when he was over 60 years old. People around him called You Xiaogang the bravest father. Zhou Tingyi's mother came to Beijing to take care of her two babies, and You Xiaogang also hired a live-in nanny.
Zhou Tingyi and her two sons
In fact, although Zhou Tingyi gave birth to two sons, she was not mentally prepared to be a mother; coupled with her lack of life experience, she felt that life was a bit heavy. Sometimes her son would cry or it would be too hard to take care of him, and she would complain.
Zhou Tingyi’s mother was very virtuous and quietly warned her daughter: No matter how much younger you are than You Xiaogang, you can’t escape the role of wife and mother. As long as you get married and start a family, no matter how young you are, you are both a wife and a mother, and you must shoulder corresponding responsibilities.
Mother's teachings touched Zhou Tingyi's heart. From then on, she learned to be a good wife and mother. Because she has love in her heart, she quickly enters the role.
While taking care of his two sons, Zhou Tingyi also carefully takes care of her husband's life. When You Xiaogang goes out to direct a play or attend an event, Zhou Tingyi will pack her husband's suitcase, not even leaving behind his razor and socks.
You Xiaogang wanted to have children on the set, so Zhou Tingyi took short videos of his two sons every day and sent them to him.
Not long after giving birth to two sons, Zhou Tingyi also took over the filming of many film and television dramas such as " Anti-Terrorism Special Forces: Shadow Hunt ", "Cold Winter Rose", " Anti-Terrorism Special Forces: Sirius ".
In 2019, Zhou Tingyi won the Best Supporting Actress Award at the Macau International Film Festival for her wonderful performance in "The Wolf".
In order to make this film, Zhou Tingyi joined the team shortly after giving birth to receive military training. During the filming, the backlash of the gun was too great, and the butt of the gun hit her chin, causing her to bleed immediately. She simply bandaged it and continued filming.
You Xiaogang is the director of this play. He was moved by his wife's professionalism.
Zhou Tingyi
On the set, Zhou Tingyi is very low-key and never asks for special care. In order not to affect You Xiaogang's condition, the couple did not live together. The filming of the movie is almost finished, but many people still don’t know that You Xiaogang and Zhou Tingyi are a couple.
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After the film was released nationwide, Zhou Tingyi became known and loved by more people, and many movie offers came to her. But when Zhou Tingyi was on the rise in his career, he made a surprising decision: to go to the United States for further study.
She said to her husband: I want to learn filmmaking while I am still young and have a strong memory, so that I will have another way to survive in the future. You Xiaogang very much agrees with his wife's idea. When an actress reaches a certain age, there are fewer and fewer filming dates, and there are even no filmings.
My wife is going to study filmmaking so that she can be more relaxed in the future. In September 2019, Zhou Tingyi went to California State University to further his studies, majoring in production. While his wife was studying abroad, You Xiaogang cooperated with the nanny to take care of his two sons at home.
The two little guys were very lively and ran around the house. You Xiaogang ran behind them, panting from exhaustion. Every few days, You Xiaogang takes a group photo of his two sons and sends it to Zhou Tingyi.
You Xiaogang also made a short video of himself cooking for his baby and sent it to Zhou Tingyi's WeChat.Zhou Tingyi said to her husband: In the past, when you were on the set, cooking was the most annoying thing for you. How come you have such patience now?
You Xiaogang replied: At that time, I regarded the director as the most important role in my life. Now the role that I value most is my father. At this age, I don’t have high demands on my career. I just want to accompany my two sons to grow up healthily.
In June 2020, Zhou Tingyi graduated and returned to Beijing. Because the two sons have reached the age of clinging to their mother, Zhou Tingyi has not taken any roles for the time being and focuses on taking care of the babies at home.
Zhou Tingyi
She gets up at 6 o'clock every morning, first prepares breakfast for her two sons alone, and then prepares breakfast for the whole family. After dinner, she taught her two sons how to play the piano, helped them with their homework, and then helped them put away their toys.
After dinner, You Xiaogang and his wife played parent-child games with their two sons. You Xiaogang is getting older and suffers from high blood pressure and high blood sugar. However, his two sons are still so young. You Xiaogang does not dare to grow old. He must have a good body to accompany his two sons as they grow up.
As a result, You Xiaogang pays special attention to fitness. He goes downstairs for a brisk walk every morning and evening. He usually does not take the elevator but climbs the stairs. Even if he is quarantined at home during the epidemic, You Xiaogang will still run on the fitness machine and lift dumbbells.
When others reach this age, they all raise grandchildren, but You Xiaogang raises two sons. He has a different kind of happiness.
On Father's Day in 2022, Zhou Tingyi and his two sons made a card for You Xiaogang. The two children also used colored pens to write crookedly on the card: Dad, happy holidays!
You Xiaogang gave a message to the actors on the set Talking about dramas
Zhou Tingyi
When You Xiaogang came back from outside, Zhou Tingyi stood at the door with his two sons to greet him. The two sons held up cards and said to him: Dad, happy holidays! At that moment, You Xiaogang's heart was completely melted, and he felt that being a father was the happiest thing in the world.
You Xiaogang married a beautiful actress wife who was 30 years younger than him, and gave birth to two sons at the age of 64. Not only did he not feel the burden of life, but he was wrapped up in happiness and joy every day.
In the past, You Xiaogang's most important role was director, but now he feels that being a good husband and father is more important than being a good director!
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