text | Li Peishu
edit | Sun Dasheng
How high is Zhang Yimou's status in the Chinese entertainment industry? No need to say much.
He directed the film " Red Sorghum ", " Big Red Lantern Hanging High ", " None of them can be missing ", " Qiuju sued ", etc., which are all classic and are deeply loved by audiences at home and abroad.
In addition to the movie, he is the chief director of the opening ceremony of the two Olympic Games and the chief director of the 70th anniversary party of the National Day. The achievements of this series of achievements made him the most glorious director in China at present, and no peer can compete with him.
Therefore, Zhang Yimou won the title of "national teacher".
is also such a respected director, but there is a taint that makes people criticize throughout their lives.
He is sorry for his ex-wife Xiaohua .
When he was young, he fell in love with Gong Li and . For Gong Li, he chose to divorce Xiao Hua.
This made Xiao Hua very sad, and also allowed their daughter Zhang Mo to live in the shadow of her parents' divorce for a long time.
Now, Zhang Yimou has lost his story with Gong Li, married the young Chen Ting and , and has 3 children.
So, how is his ex-wife Xiao Hua, especially her daughter Zhang Mo?
What kind of story does Zhang Mo and his father have?
01
Zhang Yimou and Xiao Hua's fate began when he was in the second year of junior high school.
At that time, Xiao Hua, who was from a good family, was transferred to Xi'an because of her parents' work. She followed her parents to live in Xi'an and transferred to the school where Zhang Yimou was. The two became classmates.
Because both of them like painting, they quickly became good friends.
1968, 18-year-old Zhang Yimou needed to go to Qianxian, Shaanxi to work in the junction. He wanted Xiao Hua to go with her, so she wrote a letter to Xiao Hua.
In his letter, he wrote:
has been living with inferiority and caution due to family components. The pain in my heart cannot be expressed in writing! I wish I could gain your understanding and friendship. ...I have the ability, and I firmly believe that I will make a difference in the future! If one day I can make a name for myself, I sincerely hope that you can share the joy of success with me!
Xiao Hua, who received the letter, followed Zhang Yimou to Qianxian despite his parents' opposition.
In Qian County, they confirmed the relationship between boyfriend and girlfriend.
Although the living conditions were very difficult at that time, because of love, their lives were sweet in bitterness.
At that time, if you heard an educated youth saying bad things about Xiao Hua, Zhang Yimou would not say anything, no matter whether he could beat the other party or not, he would be beaten up.
At that time, Xiao Hua's parents would mail her 10 yuan every month, and she would spend all the money on Zhang Yimou.
They lived in Qianxian for 3 years. After leaving Qianxian, Zhang Yimou entered Shaanxi Cotton Factory No. 8, and Xiao Hua was arranged to work in another factory 25 kilometers away from Shaanxi Cotton Factory No. 8.
Even if the two are so far apart, Xiao Hua will still walk for 5 hours to find Zhang Yimou, wash and cook for him, and talk to him.
It was also at this stage that Zhang Yimou heard that someone was pursuing Xiao Hua in the factory where Xiao Hua was located, which made Zhang Yimou very anxious.
In order to prevent Xiao Hua from being abducted by others, he wrote a 40-page blood letter to Xiao Hua.
When Xiao Hua celebrated his birthday, he even made a thick photo album of Xiao Hua from childhood and gave it to Xiao Hua.
Zhang Yimou's actions touched Xiao Hua very much.
At that time, Xiao Hua's parents opposed Zhang Yimou's family being together because of their poor family qualities.
But Xiao Hua completely ignored his family's opposition and insisted on being with Zhang Yimou.
Even for Zhang Yimou, she gave up the opportunity to go to college.
In 1975, Xiao Hua was recommended to Shanghai Jiaotong University to go to school. This is a good opportunity for Xiao Hua to change his destiny.
However, Zhang Yimou did not want her to go, and he also said to her:
"You and your college classmates will gradually change, and they will have a common language, and then they will dislike me."
Finally, for Zhang Yimou's emotional considerations and their love considerations, Xiao Hua gave up this opportunity.
Two years after Xiao Hua gave up on going to college, the college entrance examination system was restored, and Zhang Yimou wanted to go to college.
However, because his age exceeded the university's enrollment age line, he could not go to college, which made him very sad.
Faced with this situation, Xiao Hua contacted his brother-in-law Wang Dihuan in Beijing and Wang Dihuan Through operation, Zhang Yimou's materials and some photography works were sent to Huang Zhen, the then Minister of Culture.
After reading Zhang Yimou's photography works, Huang Zhen felt that he was a talent. With the help of Huang Zhen, Zhang Yimou was able to successfully enter the photography department of Beijing Film Academy in to study.
Before going to Beijing Film Academy in to report, Zhang Yimou and Xiao Hua got married.
This year was 1978, and Zhang Yimou was 28 years old. After
4, Zhang Yimou graduated from Beijing Film Academy and was assigned to Guangxi Film Studio as a photographer.
The second year at Guangxi Film Studio, Zhang Yimou served as a photographer for the movie "One and Eight".
When he was busy on the crew of "One and Eight", he received a telegram from Xi'an.
He became a father, and his daughter was born on March 31, 1983.
Learning that he was promoted to a father, Zhang Yimou was very excited, and his colleagues in the crew also helped him name his daughter.
Finally, Zhang Yimou adopted the suggestions of director Zhang Junzhao.
Zhang Junzhao said:
"March 31 is the last day of our ordinary life, so I'll name your daughter Zhang Mo! "
Having a cute child and a hard-working husband, at that time, Xiao Hua felt that their family's life would get better and better, and she believed that his husband would make a name for himself.
As for family affairs and care for the elderly, she did not let Zhang Yimou have any worries at all.
At that time, Xiao Hua would never have thought that Zhang Yimou changed his mind within a few years.
02
Xiao Hua reads Zhang Yimou's talent correctly.
With "One and Eight", Zhang Yimou won the 1984 China Film Excellent Photography Award.
Immediately afterwards, he won the 5th Chinese Film Golden Rooster Award for the Chinese Film Golden Rooster Award for the 5th Chinese Film Golden Rooster Award for the
In addition to photography, he also tried to perform, and as a result, he starred in a movie " Laojing ", and won the 8th China Film Golden Rooster Award for the Best Actor Award.
's success in photography and performance made Zhang Yimou interested in being a director.
So, in 1987, he directed the first movie in his life, "Red Sorghum".
The movie was released and was a great success and won the Best Film Golden Bear Award at the 38th Berlin International Film Festival. This is also the first time that China has won the highest award at the three major international film festivals in the world.
Such a huge success made Zhang Yimou and the heroine Gong Li famous internationally.
At that time, Xiao Hua felt proud and happy for her husband's success. She didn't know that her husband had secretly visited Chen Cang with Gong Li.
After returning from Berlin, Zhang Yimou took time to go back to Xi'an.
It was his "trip to Xi'an" that made Xiao Hua discover the secret between him and Gong Li.
After returning home, Zhang Yimou went out before staying at home for long. Xiao Hua washed his clothes as usual.
This washing made him discover a letter in Zhang Yimou's pocket.
Xiao Hua opened the letter, which read:
"You are leaving, take my heart away. ......I think that if people want to live freely, they should bravely pursue happiness and love, and you should also obtain happiness and love. I want to get married, hope I get a reply. I hope God will give me happiness... You look so cute in my arms. We can be together again in a few days.
We have endless things to say and endless things to do together. Haha, do you know what I'm talking about and what I can't finish? "The end of the letter
is signed Gong Li.
This letter made Xiao Hua collapse. She couldn't believe that her beloved husband would do such a thing that hurt her.
But even so, Xiao Hua still couldn't bear to part with Zhang Yimou, and she pretended not to know anything.
But Zhang Yimou still found traces of passive letters, and he confessed to Xiao Hua.
He said to Xiao Hua:
"I didn't want to hide this from you, but I was too busy after I came back. When we were in Shandong, we had nothing, but we had happened a few times when we arrived in Ningxia."
Not long after, Zhang Yimou filed for divorce to Xiao Hua.
Xiao Hua is unwilling to divorce. She thinks that Zhang Yimou is just a sense of freshness. When his freshness of Gong Li passes, he will return to her side.
Unfortunately, Xiao Hua was wrong.
Zhang Yimou just wanted to get a divorce. He said to her:
"I know that others will call me 'Chen Shimei' when doing this, but I don't live for others, I want to live my own life."
It was already 1988 when Xiao Hua was really willing to divorce Zhang Yimou.
This year, Xiao Hua received a call from Gong Li’s boyfriend.
Gong Li's boyfriend said that he went to find Zhang Yimou and asked Zhang Yimou, "I heard that your lover is very good. Are you worthy of her doing this?"
Regarding this sensitive topic, Zhang Yimou answered:
"She and I were completely a mistake when we were in the countryside when we were in the countryside."
Zhang Yimou's cold answer completely broke Xiao Hua's heart.
She knew that Zhang Yimou was no longer the Zhang Yimou of the past.
She agreed to the divorce.
This year, their daughter Zhang Mo was only 5 years old.
After the parents divorced, Zhang Mo lived with his mother.
At that time, she would never have thought that the role of father would be separated from her life for many years.
03
Parents' divorce had a great impact on Zhang Mo's life.
She was studying in school, and some people sympathized with her, and some people ridiculed her.
When she got home, she was very sad when she looked at her mother's sad and haggard appearance.
When my mother suffered from sleep disorder due to divorce, she had gray hair, and Zhang Mo felt even more distressed.
This made her hate Gong Li, who ruined her parents' marriage, and she was also full of dissatisfaction with her father.
As a result, she hid alone in the quilt and cried on multiple nights. The growth environment like
makes Zhang Mo puberty precocious than children of the same age.
In order to make her mother happy, she worked very hard in studying, and like her mother, she loves writing. The article at the end of
is very well written. She published articles in publications such as " China Youth Daily " and "Family Education" and received royalties.
When she got the first 38 yuan manuscript fee in her life, Zhang Mo did not use the money to buy clothes and snacks for herself. She bought a pair of thick sheepskin gloves for her mother.
She said to her mother, "Mom, winter is too cold, and you will feel much warmer when you ride a bicycle to and from get off work in sheepskin gloves."
My daughter's sensibility gave Xiao Hua a sustenance and comfort in the misery.
During the days when Zhang Mo and Xiao Hua depended on each other, Zhang Yimou rarely returned to Xi'an, and sometimes he could not even see Zhang Mo once for several years.
A meeting with Zhang Mo made Zhang Yimou realize his dereliction of duty as a father.
In 1995, Zhang Yimou finally returned to Xi'an. He hadn't seen Zhang Mo for several years.
When he saw Zhang Mo, he sighed that his daughter had grown up, so he stepped forward to take her hand kindly.
What Zhang Yimou did not expect was that his daughter avoided him and looked at him coldly.
At this moment, Zhang Yimou realized that there was a deep barrier between him and his daughter, and he decided to eliminate this barrier.
In the summer of this year, Zhang Yimou, who had just finished filming "Shake, Shake to Grandma's Bridge", happened to have a free time, and Zhang Mo had another long summer vacation.
So Zhang Yimou and Xiao Hua discussed it and took Zhang Mo to Beijing, and then took her to Shanghai to attend the premiere of "Shake, Shake, Shake to Grandma Bridge". After the premiere of
, Zhang Yimou took Zhang Mo to Sanya for a trip.
In Sanya, Zhang Mo had a lot of fun.
Unfortunately, Zhang Mo fell ill before he could play for a few days.
This scared Zhang Yimou, and he took care of his daughter without leaving any steps.
Because of this incident, the gap between father and daughter disappeared little by little, and Zhang Mo realized that his father still loved her.
Although she was dissatisfied with her father before this, she had that child who did not desire fatherly love.
After this trip, Zhang Mo returned to Xi'an.
After this, Zhang Yimou would call her almost every week and buy her school supplies and extracurricular books.
He will also call Xiao Hua to communicate about Zhang Mo’s learning and growth issues. In this process, the relationship between Xiao Hua and Zhang Yimou has eased.
Later, in an interview with the media, Zhang Yimou said that he was very grateful to Xiao Hua. He said: "No matter what happened between Xiao Hua and I, she never said anything wrong with me in front of the child, which made me always maintain a very beautiful impression in the child's mind."
Life is that when the relationship between Xiao Hua and Zhang Yimou eased, there was a problem with the relationship between Gong Li and Zhang Yimou, and the major factor that destroyed their relationship was Zhang Mo.
04
For Gong Li, Zhang Mo's appearance took away too much love from Zhang Yimou, and even made her furious about Zhang Yimou.
. As long as you can’t meet, Gong Li and Zhang Yimou have the habit of talking every day.
Once Gong Li called Zhang Yimou, and Zhang Yimou was busy with work on the set, so she asked her to call his room at night.
What Gong Li didn't expect was that she called Zhang Yimou for more than two hours that night, and Zhang Yimou's phone was always busy.
Gong Li knew that Zhang Yimou was talking to Zhang Mo.
After she finally got her phone call in, she was very angry and got angry at Zhang Yimou.
Because of this incident, Zhang Yimou realized that Gong Li was not suitable to be her wife and her daughter's mother.
Finally, in 1995, the relationship between Gong Li and Zhang Yimou came to an end.
Although his father and Gong Li broke up, Zhang Mo still has no good feelings for Gong Li.
In 2001, Zhang Mo accepted an interview with the media. When talking about Gong Li, she said:
"When Mom and Dad got married, Dad had nothing. It was the full support of Mom that Dad achieved great success in his career. When Dad and Gong Li were together, I was still young and didn't understand their affairs. It was because of Gong Li that my childhood lacked the fun of ordinary children and had more vicissitudes. I still don't know why big stars like Gong Li, when she was with her father, should they hate his only daughter so much and kill all the opportunities for our father-daughter contact?"
When Zhang Mo and Gong Li's relationship was relieved, it was already 2014.
This year, at the Cannes Film Festival , Zhang Mo and Gong Li had a hug, and all the past drifted away with the wind.
Before this, Zhang Mo was sent to the United States to study by Zhang Yimou.
In 1999, Zhang Yimou sent 16-year-old Zhang Mo to the United States to study in high school. Zhang Mo was admitted to the Department of Architecture of Columbia University with great hard work and serious study.
Originally, Zhang Mo thought that she would become an architect after graduating from college, but an internship in her junior year changed her mind.
During the internship, she found that the construction industry was not very suitable for her.
She was confused.
So she called her parents, hoping that they could give her some life advice.
Zhang Yimou suggested that she transform into a movie. Zhang Yimou said to her: "You have a solid foundation, and you like it, you can transform now."
Because she was worried that she had no accumulation, Zhang Mo asked her father, "Do I transform early now?"
Zhang Yimou answered her:
"It's not too early, like I was the largest in the class (Beijing Film Academy) at that time, but most people studied at the age of 18 or 19, and you're still late. It's not too late now."
Zhang Mo listened to her father's suggestions and she was admitted to the screenwriter and director major of the School of Film at New York University.
text | Li Peishu
edit | Sun Dasheng
How high is Zhang Yimou's status in the Chinese entertainment industry? No need to say much.
He directed the film " Red Sorghum ", " Big Red Lantern Hanging High ", " None of them can be missing ", " Qiuju sued ", etc., which are all classic and are deeply loved by audiences at home and abroad.
In addition to the movie, he is the chief director of the opening ceremony of the two Olympic Games and the chief director of the 70th anniversary party of the National Day. The achievements of this series of achievements made him the most glorious director in China at present, and no peer can compete with him.
Therefore, Zhang Yimou won the title of "national teacher".
is also such a respected director, but there is a taint that makes people criticize throughout their lives.
He is sorry for his ex-wife Xiaohua .
When he was young, he fell in love with Gong Li and . For Gong Li, he chose to divorce Xiao Hua.
This made Xiao Hua very sad, and also allowed their daughter Zhang Mo to live in the shadow of her parents' divorce for a long time.
Now, Zhang Yimou has lost his story with Gong Li, married the young Chen Ting and , and has 3 children.
So, how is his ex-wife Xiao Hua, especially her daughter Zhang Mo?
What kind of story does Zhang Mo and his father have?
01
Zhang Yimou and Xiao Hua's fate began when he was in the second year of junior high school.
At that time, Xiao Hua, who was from a good family, was transferred to Xi'an because of her parents' work. She followed her parents to live in Xi'an and transferred to the school where Zhang Yimou was. The two became classmates.
Because both of them like painting, they quickly became good friends.
1968, 18-year-old Zhang Yimou needed to go to Qianxian, Shaanxi to work in the junction. He wanted Xiao Hua to go with her, so she wrote a letter to Xiao Hua.
In his letter, he wrote:
has been living with inferiority and caution due to family components. The pain in my heart cannot be expressed in writing! I wish I could gain your understanding and friendship. ...I have the ability, and I firmly believe that I will make a difference in the future! If one day I can make a name for myself, I sincerely hope that you can share the joy of success with me!
Xiao Hua, who received the letter, followed Zhang Yimou to Qianxian despite his parents' opposition.
In Qian County, they confirmed the relationship between boyfriend and girlfriend.
Although the living conditions were very difficult at that time, because of love, their lives were sweet in bitterness.
At that time, if you heard an educated youth saying bad things about Xiao Hua, Zhang Yimou would not say anything, no matter whether he could beat the other party or not, he would be beaten up.
At that time, Xiao Hua's parents would mail her 10 yuan every month, and she would spend all the money on Zhang Yimou.
They lived in Qianxian for 3 years. After leaving Qianxian, Zhang Yimou entered Shaanxi Cotton Factory No. 8, and Xiao Hua was arranged to work in another factory 25 kilometers away from Shaanxi Cotton Factory No. 8.
Even if the two are so far apart, Xiao Hua will still walk for 5 hours to find Zhang Yimou, wash and cook for him, and talk to him.
It was also at this stage that Zhang Yimou heard that someone was pursuing Xiao Hua in the factory where Xiao Hua was located, which made Zhang Yimou very anxious.
In order to prevent Xiao Hua from being abducted by others, he wrote a 40-page blood letter to Xiao Hua.
When Xiao Hua celebrated his birthday, he even made a thick photo album of Xiao Hua from childhood and gave it to Xiao Hua.
Zhang Yimou's actions touched Xiao Hua very much.
At that time, Xiao Hua's parents opposed Zhang Yimou's family being together because of their poor family qualities.
But Xiao Hua completely ignored his family's opposition and insisted on being with Zhang Yimou.
Even for Zhang Yimou, she gave up the opportunity to go to college.
In 1975, Xiao Hua was recommended to Shanghai Jiaotong University to go to school. This is a good opportunity for Xiao Hua to change his destiny.
However, Zhang Yimou did not want her to go, and he also said to her:
"You and your college classmates will gradually change, and they will have a common language, and then they will dislike me."
Finally, for Zhang Yimou's emotional considerations and their love considerations, Xiao Hua gave up this opportunity.
Two years after Xiao Hua gave up on going to college, the college entrance examination system was restored, and Zhang Yimou wanted to go to college.
However, because his age exceeded the university's enrollment age line, he could not go to college, which made him very sad.
Faced with this situation, Xiao Hua contacted his brother-in-law Wang Dihuan in Beijing and Wang Dihuan Through operation, Zhang Yimou's materials and some photography works were sent to Huang Zhen, the then Minister of Culture.
After reading Zhang Yimou's photography works, Huang Zhen felt that he was a talent. With the help of Huang Zhen, Zhang Yimou was able to successfully enter the photography department of Beijing Film Academy in to study.
Before going to Beijing Film Academy in to report, Zhang Yimou and Xiao Hua got married.
This year was 1978, and Zhang Yimou was 28 years old. After
4, Zhang Yimou graduated from Beijing Film Academy and was assigned to Guangxi Film Studio as a photographer.
The second year at Guangxi Film Studio, Zhang Yimou served as a photographer for the movie "One and Eight".
When he was busy on the crew of "One and Eight", he received a telegram from Xi'an.
He became a father, and his daughter was born on March 31, 1983.
Learning that he was promoted to a father, Zhang Yimou was very excited, and his colleagues in the crew also helped him name his daughter.
Finally, Zhang Yimou adopted the suggestions of director Zhang Junzhao.
Zhang Junzhao said:
"March 31 is the last day of our ordinary life, so I'll name your daughter Zhang Mo! "
Having a cute child and a hard-working husband, at that time, Xiao Hua felt that their family's life would get better and better, and she believed that his husband would make a name for himself.
As for family affairs and care for the elderly, she did not let Zhang Yimou have any worries at all.
At that time, Xiao Hua would never have thought that Zhang Yimou changed his mind within a few years.
02
Xiao Hua reads Zhang Yimou's talent correctly.
With "One and Eight", Zhang Yimou won the 1984 China Film Excellent Photography Award.
Immediately afterwards, he won the 5th Chinese Film Golden Rooster Award for the Chinese Film Golden Rooster Award for the 5th Chinese Film Golden Rooster Award for the
In addition to photography, he also tried to perform, and as a result, he starred in a movie " Laojing ", and won the 8th China Film Golden Rooster Award for the Best Actor Award.
's success in photography and performance made Zhang Yimou interested in being a director.
So, in 1987, he directed the first movie in his life, "Red Sorghum".
The movie was released and was a great success and won the Best Film Golden Bear Award at the 38th Berlin International Film Festival. This is also the first time that China has won the highest award at the three major international film festivals in the world.
Such a huge success made Zhang Yimou and the heroine Gong Li famous internationally.
At that time, Xiao Hua felt proud and happy for her husband's success. She didn't know that her husband had secretly visited Chen Cang with Gong Li.
After returning from Berlin, Zhang Yimou took time to go back to Xi'an.
It was his "trip to Xi'an" that made Xiao Hua discover the secret between him and Gong Li.
After returning home, Zhang Yimou went out before staying at home for long. Xiao Hua washed his clothes as usual.
This washing made him discover a letter in Zhang Yimou's pocket.
Xiao Hua opened the letter, which read:
"You are leaving, take my heart away. ......I think that if people want to live freely, they should bravely pursue happiness and love, and you should also obtain happiness and love. I want to get married, hope I get a reply. I hope God will give me happiness... You look so cute in my arms. We can be together again in a few days.
We have endless things to say and endless things to do together. Haha, do you know what I'm talking about and what I can't finish? "The end of the letter
is signed Gong Li.
This letter made Xiao Hua collapse. She couldn't believe that her beloved husband would do such a thing that hurt her.
But even so, Xiao Hua still couldn't bear to part with Zhang Yimou, and she pretended not to know anything.
But Zhang Yimou still found traces of passive letters, and he confessed to Xiao Hua.
He said to Xiao Hua:
"I didn't want to hide this from you, but I was too busy after I came back. When we were in Shandong, we had nothing, but we had happened a few times when we arrived in Ningxia."
Not long after, Zhang Yimou filed for divorce to Xiao Hua.
Xiao Hua is unwilling to divorce. She thinks that Zhang Yimou is just a sense of freshness. When his freshness of Gong Li passes, he will return to her side.
Unfortunately, Xiao Hua was wrong.
Zhang Yimou just wanted to get a divorce. He said to her:
"I know that others will call me 'Chen Shimei' when doing this, but I don't live for others, I want to live my own life."
It was already 1988 when Xiao Hua was really willing to divorce Zhang Yimou.
This year, Xiao Hua received a call from Gong Li’s boyfriend.
Gong Li's boyfriend said that he went to find Zhang Yimou and asked Zhang Yimou, "I heard that your lover is very good. Are you worthy of her doing this?"
Regarding this sensitive topic, Zhang Yimou answered:
"She and I were completely a mistake when we were in the countryside when we were in the countryside."
Zhang Yimou's cold answer completely broke Xiao Hua's heart.
She knew that Zhang Yimou was no longer the Zhang Yimou of the past.
She agreed to the divorce.
This year, their daughter Zhang Mo was only 5 years old.
After the parents divorced, Zhang Mo lived with his mother.
At that time, she would never have thought that the role of father would be separated from her life for many years.
03
Parents' divorce had a great impact on Zhang Mo's life.
She was studying in school, and some people sympathized with her, and some people ridiculed her.
When she got home, she was very sad when she looked at her mother's sad and haggard appearance.
When my mother suffered from sleep disorder due to divorce, she had gray hair, and Zhang Mo felt even more distressed.
This made her hate Gong Li, who ruined her parents' marriage, and she was also full of dissatisfaction with her father.
As a result, she hid alone in the quilt and cried on multiple nights. The growth environment like
makes Zhang Mo puberty precocious than children of the same age.
In order to make her mother happy, she worked very hard in studying, and like her mother, she loves writing. The article at the end of
is very well written. She published articles in publications such as " China Youth Daily " and "Family Education" and received royalties.
When she got the first 38 yuan manuscript fee in her life, Zhang Mo did not use the money to buy clothes and snacks for herself. She bought a pair of thick sheepskin gloves for her mother.
She said to her mother, "Mom, winter is too cold, and you will feel much warmer when you ride a bicycle to and from get off work in sheepskin gloves."
My daughter's sensibility gave Xiao Hua a sustenance and comfort in the misery.
During the days when Zhang Mo and Xiao Hua depended on each other, Zhang Yimou rarely returned to Xi'an, and sometimes he could not even see Zhang Mo once for several years.
A meeting with Zhang Mo made Zhang Yimou realize his dereliction of duty as a father.
In 1995, Zhang Yimou finally returned to Xi'an. He hadn't seen Zhang Mo for several years.
When he saw Zhang Mo, he sighed that his daughter had grown up, so he stepped forward to take her hand kindly.
What Zhang Yimou did not expect was that his daughter avoided him and looked at him coldly.
At this moment, Zhang Yimou realized that there was a deep barrier between him and his daughter, and he decided to eliminate this barrier.
In the summer of this year, Zhang Yimou, who had just finished filming "Shake, Shake to Grandma's Bridge", happened to have a free time, and Zhang Mo had another long summer vacation.
So Zhang Yimou and Xiao Hua discussed it and took Zhang Mo to Beijing, and then took her to Shanghai to attend the premiere of "Shake, Shake, Shake to Grandma Bridge". After the premiere of
, Zhang Yimou took Zhang Mo to Sanya for a trip.
In Sanya, Zhang Mo had a lot of fun.
Unfortunately, Zhang Mo fell ill before he could play for a few days.
This scared Zhang Yimou, and he took care of his daughter without leaving any steps.
Because of this incident, the gap between father and daughter disappeared little by little, and Zhang Mo realized that his father still loved her.
Although she was dissatisfied with her father before this, she had that child who did not desire fatherly love.
After this trip, Zhang Mo returned to Xi'an.
After this, Zhang Yimou would call her almost every week and buy her school supplies and extracurricular books.
He will also call Xiao Hua to communicate about Zhang Mo’s learning and growth issues. In this process, the relationship between Xiao Hua and Zhang Yimou has eased.
Later, in an interview with the media, Zhang Yimou said that he was very grateful to Xiao Hua. He said: "No matter what happened between Xiao Hua and I, she never said anything wrong with me in front of the child, which made me always maintain a very beautiful impression in the child's mind."
Life is that when the relationship between Xiao Hua and Zhang Yimou eased, there was a problem with the relationship between Gong Li and Zhang Yimou, and the major factor that destroyed their relationship was Zhang Mo.
04
For Gong Li, Zhang Mo's appearance took away too much love from Zhang Yimou, and even made her furious about Zhang Yimou.
. As long as you can’t meet, Gong Li and Zhang Yimou have the habit of talking every day.
Once Gong Li called Zhang Yimou, and Zhang Yimou was busy with work on the set, so she asked her to call his room at night.
What Gong Li didn't expect was that she called Zhang Yimou for more than two hours that night, and Zhang Yimou's phone was always busy.
Gong Li knew that Zhang Yimou was talking to Zhang Mo.
After she finally got her phone call in, she was very angry and got angry at Zhang Yimou.
Because of this incident, Zhang Yimou realized that Gong Li was not suitable to be her wife and her daughter's mother.
Finally, in 1995, the relationship between Gong Li and Zhang Yimou came to an end.
Although his father and Gong Li broke up, Zhang Mo still has no good feelings for Gong Li.
In 2001, Zhang Mo accepted an interview with the media. When talking about Gong Li, she said:
"When Mom and Dad got married, Dad had nothing. It was the full support of Mom that Dad achieved great success in his career. When Dad and Gong Li were together, I was still young and didn't understand their affairs. It was because of Gong Li that my childhood lacked the fun of ordinary children and had more vicissitudes. I still don't know why big stars like Gong Li, when she was with her father, should they hate his only daughter so much and kill all the opportunities for our father-daughter contact?"
When Zhang Mo and Gong Li's relationship was relieved, it was already 2014.
This year, at the Cannes Film Festival , Zhang Mo and Gong Li had a hug, and all the past drifted away with the wind.
Before this, Zhang Mo was sent to the United States to study by Zhang Yimou.
In 1999, Zhang Yimou sent 16-year-old Zhang Mo to the United States to study in high school. Zhang Mo was admitted to the Department of Architecture of Columbia University with great hard work and serious study.
Originally, Zhang Mo thought that she would become an architect after graduating from college, but an internship in her junior year changed her mind.
During the internship, she found that the construction industry was not very suitable for her.
She was confused.
So she called her parents, hoping that they could give her some life advice.
Zhang Yimou suggested that she transform into a movie. Zhang Yimou said to her: "You have a solid foundation, and you like it, you can transform now."
Because she was worried that she had no accumulation, Zhang Mo asked her father, "Do I transform early now?"
Zhang Yimou answered her:
"It's not too early, like I was the largest in the class (Beijing Film Academy) at that time, but most people studied at the age of 18 or 19, and you're still late. It's not too late now."
Zhang Mo listened to her father's suggestions and she was admitted to the screenwriter and director major of the School of Film at New York University.
In 2009, Zhang Mo, who had achieved success in his studies, had returned to China and followed Zhang Yimou to practice.
She has participated in the creation of films such as " Three Guns Shooting Surprise ", " Hawthorn Tree Love ", "The Flowers of War" and "The Return". She has served as an editor, associate director, English translator, subtitle maker, etc.
At that time, few people knew that before returning to China, Zhang Mo experienced a failed marriage.
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In 2003, Zhang Mo was in love and her boyfriend was an American named Tovey .
Zhang Yimou did not agree with this relationship. He saw too many transnational marriage starts with a beautiful ending with a tragedy , and he hopes that her daughter will not follow in the footsteps of others.
Zhang Mo did not adopt his father's objection. She said to her father: "Dad, I am serious. He is very good, we are very harmonious together, I don't want to leave him!"
Tovi also put a lot of effort into making Zhang Yimou recognize him.
In January 2004, Zhang Yimou filmed " Ambush " in Ukraine. Because he could not go home for the Spring Festival, Zhang Mo and Tovi flew directly from the United States to Ukraine to accompany Zhang Yimou.
During this process, Zhang Yimou was hospitalized after being ill. Tovey waited by Zhang Yimou's bed every day to deliver water and medicine to him.
Seeing that Zhang Yimou had a bad appetite, he also specially bought some delicious foods that Zhang Yimou liked from a Chinese restaurant.
In the end, Tovey impressed Zhang Yimou with his sincerity, and Zhang Yimou no longer objected to being with his daughter.
In May 2006, Zhang Mo and Tovey held their wedding in the United States. At that time, Zhang Yimou went to the United States to attend his daughter's wedding and also served as the host.
What Zhang Yimou never expected was that Tovey's temperament changed drastically after marriage. He not only drank, drew a lot, but also had domestic violence.
Zhang Mo was hiding this kind of life from his father at the beginning. In 2008, she couldn't stand it anymore, so she told her father all this.
Hearing his daughter's miserable marriage life, Zhang Yimou was so angry that he wanted to fly to the United States and beat Tovey up immediately.
It's just that he feels more sorry for his daughter than beating Tovey. He said to Zhang Mo on the phone, "Come back, Dad, support you."
Not long after, Zhang Yimou went to the United States in person to pick up his daughter.
Fortunately, Zhang Mo finally met a good man.
In October 2012, she and her foreign boyfriend Meng Danqing got married in Beijing in a low-key manner.
Meng Danqing has a good family background. He studied abroad at Tsinghua University for one year and worked in a well-known artist agency.
Meng Danqing is very good to Zhang Mo, and Zhang Yimou is very satisfied with him.
After marriage, they have two children.
When she was pregnant with her first child, Zhang Mo began her career as a director.
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In 2015, Zhang Mo's first child was born.
When the child was 7 months old, the first feature film directed by her was "28-year-old underage " started filming. She invited artists such as Ni Ni and Huo Jianhua and as starring actors.
At the end of 2016, "28-year-old Minor" was released. Although it did not hit the big hit, its reputation and box office were still very good.
After this, in order to continue to improve himself, Zhang Mo pursued a Ph.D. in the Beijing Film Academy.
has been improved and directed the director again in 2021. This time she and her father are directing it together.
They jointly directed the movie " Sniper ". They had a clear division of labor. Zhang Yimou shot the volunteer army and Zhang Mo shot the US army.
22 Spring Festival, "Sniper" was released. Although the film is not the highest-grossing movie in the Spring Festival in 2022, it has the best reputation.
Zhangmo once again let the audience see her ability in director.
was also during the release of "Sniper", and some media asked Zhang Mo: "What did you learn from your father?"
Zhang Mo replied emotionally:
"My father's influence on me is very important. He always reminds me to adhere to professionalism and standards when making movies. I have learned too much from him and cannot quantify it. He is my guide, my mentor, and my benchmark.”
I have to say that Zhang Mo has now reconciled with himself, reconciled with his father, and reconciled with the past.
Now she has come out of the shadow of her parents' divorce. Now she has the ability to support her elderly mother, have a happy family, and can fight side by side with her father in the entertainment industry. This is a good ending.
I have to say that Zhang Mo has now reconciled with himself, reconciled with his father, and reconciled with the past.
Now she has come out of the shadow of her parents' divorce. Now she has the ability to support her elderly mother, have a happy family, and can fight side by side with her father in the entertainment industry. This is a good ending.
