Yang Lan
In the early 1990s, Yang Lan was the "No. 1 CCTV Sister". The " Zhengda Variety Show " hosted by her became an important window for hundreds of millions of Chinese people to understand the world. Yang Lan's slogan of the program "If you don't watch it, you won't know, the world is so wonderful", which became the catchphrase of the whole people for a time.
In addition, Yang Lan has also hosted two CCTV Spring Festival Galas and is the winner of the first national host " Golden Microphone Award ".
In 1997, after returning from studying abroad, Yang Lan turned into a successful entrepreneur and philanthropist, and was later rated as one of the 100 most influential women in the world by Forbes . On December 18, 2019, Yang Lan was selected as the "70 Chinese Returnees in 70 Years" list.
Yang Lan had a failed marriage. Her ex-husband was a handsome bank executive. Everyone around her said that they were born with a couple. Why did Yang Lan choose to divorce and marry the average Wu Zheng ?
Wang ShuoOpenly declared on TV that Wu Zheng is a "scammer", how does the intellectual Yang Lan respond? Yang Lan has been remarried for 27 years. Is she happy with Wu Zheng?
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When he was a child, Yang Lan and her parents
Yang Lan is from Danyang, Jiangsu Province. She was born in Beijing in 1968 and is the only daughter in the family. Her father was named Yang Xinnan. She graduated from the English Department of Beijing Foreign Languages College in her early years. She was later hired as a foreign aid professor and taught in the English Department of Tirana University, Albania.
Yang Lan's mother is from Shanghai and is an intellectual woman.
When Yang Lan was born, her father was still working abroad. She didn't meet her father for the first time until she was 4 years old.
Yang's mother also has to work and has no time and energy to raise her daughter. Shortly after she was born, Yang Lan was sent to Shanghai by her mother and lived with her grandmother.
Grandma's house is located on Houjia Road near Chenghuang Temple in Shanghai. As the evening came, there would be shouts of selling taro paste cakes at the entrance of the alley. Grandma often went out with her little feet and bought a bowl of fragrant, glutinous and delicious taro paste cake to satisfy Yang Lan's cravings.
Childhood Yang Lan
Yang Lan was chubby when she was a child, lively and active. She liked to play crazy with a group of little boys in the alley. Every time she went home, she was sweating and covered in dirt. Grandpa and grandma never blamed her, which made Yang Lan develop an extroverted, cheerful and never admit defeat.
In 1978, Yang Lan was 10 years old, and her parents took her to Beijing to go to school. At this time, his father Yang Xinnan had returned to China and became a professor at the Beijing Foreign Languages College, and his mother also taught at the school.
Influenced by his parents, Yang Lan likes English at a young age and can read English children's books in the fifth grade of elementary school.
In 1986, Yang Lan graduated from the Affiliated High School of Beijing Institute of Technology (predecessor of of the Affiliated High School of Beijing Institute of Technology). He was admitted to the Beijing Foreign Languages College with the first place in the liberal arts, studying English and American literature.
Yang Lan is very proud to be an alumni with her father. Because she loves literature and art, Yang Lan actively participated in the club, served as an announcer of the school radio station, and won the English debate competition twice. She is an absolute sensational figure at Beijing Foreign Studies University.
Yang Lan's college days
2004 college life passed by in a hurry. When she graduated, Yang Lan ran to many units but couldn't find a satisfactory job. Some interviewers even spoke in a bad way.was full of grievances and had nowhere to vent. After Yang Lan returned home, she "did her anger" to her father: Many of your students have become leaders. Please call me and all the problems have been solved.
Yang Xinnan looked at her daughter and asked: Have you received higher education? Have you graduated from college? Are you already an adult? After receiving a positive answer from
, my father told Yang Lan seriously: My task has been completed, and the rest of the road can only be done by you.
Yang Lan
There is no way out, and Yang Lan has to do his best to seek the future for himself.
Soon after, CCTV's "Zhengda Variety Show" recruited hosts. As soon as the news came out, thousands of people rushed to take the exam, and more than 100 people signed up in Beijing Foreign Studies University alone.
also includes Pu Cunxin and Yingda , which had become famous at that time, but they all lost one by one. Yang Lan finally won successfully with his wisdom and elegance and decent conversation.
Yang Lan was very excited when he learned the good news! Only then did she understand her father's good intentions. Without his "ruthlessness" to force her, she would not have succeeded.
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Yang Lan and Jiang Kun
Yang Lan and Jiang Kun hosted "Zhengda Variety Show"
0 After joining CCTV, Yang Lan partnered with Jiang Kun to host "Zhengda Variety Show". In front of the camera, she is intellectual and generous, with elegant conversation, and uses humorous language to explain the customs and customs around the world, allowing the audience to appreciate the exotic scenery.
With the efforts of Yang Lan and others, "Zhengda Variety Show" quickly became a famous column of CCTV, and hundreds of millions of viewers across the country have to watch "Zhengda Variety Show" every week. Yang Lan's slogan of the program "If you don't watch it, you won't know, the world is so wonderful", and has become the catchphrase of all citizens.
Along with a brilliant career, Yang Lan ushered in her first marriage. Yang Xinnan has a proud disciple named Zhang Yibing.
Zhang Yibing was also born in Beijing. His father was an army cadre and his mother was a former Qing aristocrat. After graduating from university, he served as a leader in a bank in Beijing.
Zhang Yibing often visits Yang Lan's house and asks mentor Yang Xinnan for various questions. He is handsome and handsome, Yang Lan is elegant and intellectual, and the two are very compatible. During frequent contact, they fall in love.
1992 CCTV Spring Festival Gala, from left: Yang Lan, Zhao Zhongxiang, Ni Ping
1991, 23-year-old Yang Lan and Zhang Yibing got married. Although their wedding house is only more than 10 square meters, it is decorated neatly and warmly by Yang Lan.
html In the early 1990s, the average salary in Beijing was only about 200 yuan, while Zhang Yibing's monthly salary was as high as 2,000 yuan. In the eyes of his neighbors, he was a standard "rich man".Yang Lan's career is rising steadily. In addition to hosting "Zhengda Variety Show", she also hosted CCTV's Spring Festival Gala for two consecutive years in 1992 and 1993. In 1994, Yang Lan won the first national host "Golden Microphone Award". Yang Lan in front of the camera is elegant and generous, and the charming smile on the corner of her mouth has a strong affinity. She has become the recognized "CCTV No. 1 Sister" by hundreds of millions of viewers.
It is said that a strong woman and a weak man are hard to be happy in marriage. This sentence also applies to Yang Lan. As Yang Lan became more and more famous, her vision and view of things were different from Zhang Yibing, and the two of them often had the opposite ideas.
Yang Lan
Along with quarrels and bumps, Yang Lan and Zhang Yibing also had differences in their living habits and values, and their marriage became heavy and depressing.
In the fall of 1994, in order to seek a breakthrough and to escape the suffocating marriage, Yang Lan resigned from CCTV and decided to study in the United States. Zhang Yibing did not want the couple to separate for a long time and obstructed Yang Lan in every way.
In desperation, Yang Lan even forced him to die, and Zhang Yibing had to make concessions. Soon, she went to the School of International and Public Affairs of Columbia University in the United States to major in international media.
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In a strange foreign land, Yang Lan started a new life. In the spring of 1995, Yang Lan attended a fellow countryman's association after taking care of his classmates.
Because she was rushing for papers all night the night before, her face was haggard. Yang Lan sat at the table and sipped bitter coffee without sugar, for fear of dozing off the spot.
Yang Lan and Wu Zheng
At this moment, Wu Zheng appeared. He greeted Yang Lan enthusiastically, sat beside her and chatted with her about TV and media, and spoke with her very well. Many of Wu Zheng's views and opinions coincided with Yang Lan, which made her tiredness disappear.
Wu Zheng is two years older than Yang Lan. He was born in Shanghai in 1966. His father is a psychology professor and his mother is a middle school Chinese teacher.
After graduating from Fudan University in Shanghai, Wu Zheng studied in France and the United States, and obtained a master's degree in international relations from the University of Washington in the United States.
Although Wu Zheng's appearance is average, he is knowledgeable and treats people sincerely. He talks with him like a spring breeze. Wu Zheng also appreciates Yang Lan's ability and elegance. After the hometown association ended, the two had a relationship.
Yang Lan
On a day, Yang Lan and Wu Zheng were walking on the streets of New York, and suddenly found a tall and mighty black man punched and kicked a Western Asian man because of a quarrel. The other party begged for mercy, but the black man still refused to give up. After a few punches, the other party's head would bleeding.
Passers-by around escaped, fearing to cause trouble.
Wu Zheng said to Yang Lan: Don’t move when you stand here. After saying that, he ran over and stood between the black man and the Western Asian man, preventing the fight.
The black man wanted to bypass him and continue to beat the other person. Wu Zheng grabbed his wrist hard and said seriously: He is injured, and it will kill others if he beats him. If the police come, you will not have any good results.
Wu Zheng was tall and powerful, quite intimidating. The black man had to give up after breaking away for a few strokes and left in disappointment.
Yang Lan
When Wu Zheng returned to Yang Lan, Yang Lan asked him: Aren’t you afraid of being beaten just now? Wu Zheng answered the question: As a man, you must do something, but don’t do anything.
A sentence was expressed, and Yang Lan felt that Wu Zheng had a chivalrous spirit and his image suddenly became grand.
Soon, Wu Zheng encountered a major setback in his career. It turned out that he had a friend for many years and they worked closely in business. Later, the other party could not resist the temptation and betrayed Wu Zheng, causing Wu Zheng to suffer significant economic losses.
When signing the breakup agreement, both lawyers from both parties came. Surprisingly, Wu Zheng offered the other party generous breakup conditions. His lawyer couldn't understand it, so he walked around anxiously, raised his hands and said to Wu Zheng: Mr. Wu, you are crazy!
The partner was ashamed and whispered: Sorry, I was wrong first.
Yang Lan and Wu Zheng
Wu Zheng said generously: Who made us work together for many years? We have been friends for many years. I will help you when you encounter difficulties in the future. The partner shed tears, including guilt and even touching.
In the face of interests, you can best see a person's character. After learning about this, Yang Lan admired Wu Zheng more and more.
04
Soon after, Yang Lan returned to China and asked to terminate the engagement with Zhang Yibing. Zhang Yibing no longer wanted to maintain a marriage that was in name only, so the two calmly went through the divorce procedures.
After returning to being single, Wu Zheng began to boldly pursue Yang Lan. After experiencing the pain of marriage, she knew what kind of man was more suitable for her, and Yang Lan bravely accepted his feelings.
Wedding Photos of Yang Lan and Wu Zheng
On October 27, 1995, Yang Lan entered the city again. On this day, she and Wu Zheng held a grand wedding at the New York Plaza Hotel in Manhattan, USA.
Wearing a wedding dress again, Yang Lan sighed a lot. She felt that she had gained the true destiny in her life this time and she truly married love.
In 1996, Yang Lan gave birth to a son in the United States. The arrival of her little life tied her and Wu Zheng's hearts even tighter.
In a blink of an eye, Yang Lan lived in the United States for 3 years, and suddenly she made a major decision: give up everything and return to China to develop!
She did this not because it was too difficult to work overseas. Yang Lan could live an enviable middle-class life with her fluent foreign language and her wisdom and talent.
Yang Lan
The main reason is that Yang Lan found that he was Chinese, and it was difficult for media and American audiences to empathize with , and a heart could not find a sense of belonging. Furthermore, both of them and Wu Zheng’s parents are in China, and the elderly on both sides become more attached to their children as they grow older.
Wu Zheng loved Yang Lan deeply. After she expressed her plans, she agreed after some thought. In 1997, he transferred his American business to his partner, sold his New York home at a low price, and followed Yang Lan back to China.
After this news spread, many TV stations in Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong and other places extended olive branches to Yang Lan and promised generous treatment. In the end, she chose Hong Kong Phoenix TV to host "Yang Lan Studio" named after herself.
Yang Lan is both a host and a producer. In the past few years, she has interviewed hundreds of current affairs and cultural experts, which have been well received by the audience.
Yang Lan and Wu Zheng
Yang Lan’s family photo
At the same time, Yang Lan also launched many personal works such as " on the sea and the wind ", "Celebrity Visit", and "Survey the Truth". Among them, after the launch of "On the Sea and the Wind", Luoyang paper was expensive for a time, with sales of up to 500,000 copies.
Wu Zheng's career is also booming. After returning to China, he founded Sunshine Media Investment Group. The company's business covers more than 20 countries and regions, and his net worth has reached billions in just a few years.
In 2000, Yang Lan gave birth to a 6-pound daughter in Shanghai. At this time, her son and Wu Zheng were already 4 years old. One son and one daughter formed the word "good". Yang Lan and Wu Zheng felt particularly satisfied and happy.
In addition, Yang Lan and Wu Zheng jointly founded Sunshine Seven Star Investment Group, which made great profits, and the couple both made it to the Forbes Rich List.
Just when Yang Lan's career and marriage were going well and his double perfection was achieved, a storm came.
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Wang Shuo
March , 2007, Wang Shuo was a guest at Phoenix TV "qiangqiang Threesomes ". He is known for his sharp words and love to arguing with others. Facing the camera, he said that Wu Zheng was unreliable in doing things and was just a "liar", and he felt sorry for Yang Lan.
As soon as this statement was released, public opinion was in an uproar, and Yang Lan and Wu Zheng were pushed to the forefront.
It turns out that after Wu Zheng returned to China, some people questioned his falsification of his education, and some people said that he used insurance fraud in the United States. Originally, these were stolen, but after the program made by Wang Shuo was broadcast, the rumors were indirectly "confirmed" and many media followed suit.
Wu Zhengben has a gap with Yang Lan in terms of body shape and appearance, and thousands of fans have been upset by Yang Lan. Some say that Yang Lan is too low in terms of feelings and is deceived by Wu Zheng.
Yang Lan and his daughter
Some condemn Wu Zheng for committing fraud and should not have shamed his idol, and asked him to stand up and apologize.
Faced with the public opinion storm, Yang Lan was very angry and shouted to Wang Shuo from a distance: He had a happy marriage with Wu Zheng, so he didn't need to worry about it. Wang Shuo also felt that the matter was getting big and did not continue to express his opinion.
Later, after investigation by Southern Weekend, Wu Zheng's postgraduate degree was real and there was no fraud.
In addition, Wu Zheng does not have insurance fraud in the United States. His wealth is obtained through legal channels. After the truth was disclosed, the malicious hype from the outside gradually subsided.
Yang Lan
As you grow older and your experience increases, Yang Lan gradually becomes a well-known entrepreneur and philanthropist. After years of hard work, she has more than 30 companies under her name, with business scope covering network technology, corporate management, tourism, film and television production, etc.
In 2013, Yang Lan was rated as one of the 100 most influential women in the world by Forbes
On December 18, 2019, Yang Lan was honorably selected as the "70 Chinese Returnees in 70 Years" list.
The couple is a whole. Wu Zheng is also sincerely relieved in the face of Yang Lan's various achievements and honors.
By October 2022, Yang Lan and Wu Zheng have been married for 27 years. They support each other, appreciate each other, and have a harmonious and sweet marriage life.
Yang Lan’s recent photos
Yang Lan and Wu Zheng
Now their son is 26 years old. Under the creation of Yang Lan and Wu Zheng, he also graduated from Columbia University in the United States and became alumni with his mother. The son looks like Yang Lan, and the daughter has a bit like Wu Zheng. The couple are all treasures in the hands of the couple.
Yang Lan, now 54 years old, often turns her eyes behind her. She is glad that she can still meet a good husband like Wu Zheng after experiencing marriage setbacks.
In the future, she will cherish every day with Wu Zheng, take every step together, and continue to write a happy future with her two children!
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