Not long ago, Cui Yongyuan set off a storm in the entertainment industry, tearing apart the high salaries of many film and television stars, and revealing tax evasion in Yin and Yang contracts, which caused a strong response from society.
At this time, an 83-year-old artist received a letter from the country's top leader. He was the famous film performing artist Niu Ben.
"Evergreen Tree in the Film Industry" Niu Ben
This old man who once won both the Golden Rooster Award and the Hundred Flowers Award for "Best Supporting Actor" for his role as a herdsman in "The Wrangler" said with emotion: "General Secretary Xi has many opportunities to deal with every day. He was able to pay attention to me, a 'Xiaoba Lazi' (Shanghai dialect, referring to a little person). He summarized my life in simple words, which shows that he doesn't know a little bit about me. , I was very moved, but after I was moved, I thought more about my responsibility, which is very heavy for me!"
General Secretary's letter, the old artist was moved
"I was confused at the time, thinking that General Secretary Xi was so busy, How could you care about a young actor like me? I was very touched and couldn’t bear to accept this fact.” On June 28, 2018, Niu Ben was still very excited when describing the situation to reporters.
He said that on the afternoon of June 26, he went to attend a conference held by the Shanghai Propaganda System to celebrate the 97th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China and a party day event with the theme of "never forget the original intention and keep the mission in mind". Before the event, Zhou Huilin, member of the Standing Committee of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee and Minister of the Propaganda Department, met with him specially.
Minister Zhou told him that General Secretary Xi wrote a letter to him. It was a personal letter written by General Secretary Xi to him. He encouraged him, who had just joined the party, to play a good role as a pioneer and model party member and continue to serve the majority of literary and art workers in his art and life. Set an example.
On that day, Minister Kelly Zhou read out a letter from General Secretary Xi to Niu Ben at the event -
Comrade Niu Ben:
Hello! I am happy to learn that you joined the Communist Party of China when you were still in your twenties and realized your long-cherished wish.
You regard the Party as your mother and regard joining the Party as a sacred thing. You have been unswervingly pursuing progress for more than 60 years and determined to follow the Party throughout your life. This persistent persistence is touching.
Over the past decades, you have held yourself to the standards of a party member, regarded creating for the people as your life pursuit, insisted on the supremacy of social benefits, and created many vital and infectious artistic images, which have been highly praised and fully affirmed by the people.
I hope you will play a good role as a pioneer and model party member, continue to set an example in art and life, and encourage more literary and art workers to become people with faith, feelings and responsibility, and contribute to the prosperity and development of socialist literature and art.
I wish you good health and a happy life!
Xi Jinping
June 25, 2018
Niu Ben was sitting in the seat. The more he listened, the more moved he became. Everyone present was happy for him. Old colleague and friend, 78-year-old actor Da Shichang said: "General Secretary Xi's letter summarizes Niu Ben's lifetime performance achievements. I hope such a good old comrade can lead everyone to work harder and be more promising." General Secretary Xi said 'Belief, responsibility, and sentiment' are what we call There are the requirements and expectations of actors."
Niu Ben said: "This letter has my name on it, and it weighs a lot! This letter is definitely not addressed to me, Niu Ben. The general secretary wants to encourage us. It is not my personal honor to create better works as a filmmaker. Reputation is the general secretary’s high hope and trust for the entire literary and art world. "
"I can report to my late wife."
html On the morning of June 27, the Shanghai Film Actors Troupe was studying. At the symposium, Niu Ben said: "Back then, we agreed to make progress together and join the party together. Now, I can report to my late wife."
Speaking of his lover, Niu Ben's eyes became moist. Not long before he joined the party, his lover Wang Huiling passed away. They got married hand in hand in 1962. They had a golden wedding and had two sons.
Over the years, Niu Ben has always remembered the scene when he met Wang Huiling:
One summer in the early 1960s, Wang Huiling, a Shanghai girl in her 20s, visited her cousin's house. Her cousin said: "Do you know the actor Niu Ben? He Lives above us."
" is pronounced ben? I've seen a lot of this actor's movies, but I just don't know how to pronounce his name. "Wang Huiling was a little curious, so her cousin took her upstairs to see Niu Ben.
The door of Niu Ben's house was closed, so Wang Huiling opened the crack in the door and looked in. Niu Ben heard something moving outside the door. As soon as he opened the door, a girl suddenly called out. Voice: "Oh, it hurts me so much. "It turned out that Niu Ben opened the door and bumped into Wang Huiling's nose.
Wang Huiling was very unhappy. Niu Ben apologized, and the two became familiar with each other.
The relationship deepened, and Wang Huiling learned about Niu Ben's life experience. This was a poor but wealthy family. A motivated man.
Niu Ben was born in Tianjin in 1935. His parents died when he was 6 years old. His brother took him and a younger sister to live in Beijing. Relatives. Unexpectedly, the relatives had no way to protect themselves, and they were living in the open air in Beijing. They were really hungry, so Niu Ben ate the leftover apple cores and watermelon rinds.
Fortunately, his brother was there later. China Electronics' No. 3 Factory (the predecessor of Beijing Film Studio) found a job as a driver, and the lives of several people were somewhat secure. At that time, they lived in the same compound as the movie star Xie Tian. Xie Tian was from Tianjin, and for these Tianjin people Small Naturally, fellow villagers should take more care of him.
When Niu Ben was 10 years old, one time Xie Tian was in love with his girlfriend and his bicycle suddenly had a tire. Niu Ben helped him push the car to be repaired, so he gave him 10. Yuan pocket money.
In 1945, Xie Tian wanted a boy to play the role of "Xiao Niuzi" in the anti-war drama "The Holy City", so he asked Niu Ben to try. Unexpectedly, Niu Ben was very good at acting. He is talented and brings his characters to life.
Xie Tian is Niu Ben’s mentor. In addition to leading him on the path of acting, he also gave him the name Niu Ben. His real name was Zhang Jiajing in 1948. , he went to Hong Kong to make a movie. At that time, it was popular to use stage names, so he asked Xie Tian to help him choose a stage name. Xie Tian said: "You played the role of 'Xiao Niuzi', and everyone now calls you 'Xiao Niuzi', then let's do it again" Add three more cows and call them Niu Ben. "
In addition to telling his own story, Niu Ben also learned about the situation of Wang Huiling's family. When he learned that Wang Huiling's maiden family had many girls, he took the initiative to propose that if they had a son in the future, he would take Wang Huiling's surname.
The most romantic thing between us is I have two sons
In 1962, Niu Ben and Wang Huiling held a simple wedding. The house of more than 20 square meters assigned to Niu Ben by Shanghai Film Studio (now Shanghai Film Group) was their wedding room.
Wang Huiling was from Shanghai and liked romance. , whenever someone asks Niu Ben: "What romantic surprises have you created for your wife?" Niu Ben's answer was very "real": "The most romantic thing for us is that we have two sons." "
Indeed, Niu Ben and Wang Huiling's two sons, Wang Wei and Wang Kan, are particularly outstanding. In the children's memory, their father is the "all-powerful strict father". When they were young, their shoes and clothes were sewn by his father stitch by stitch. , even the tinkering at home is not a problem for him. l0 Throughout the year, the whole family almost never went to the barber shop. What about Niu Ben’s own hair? He wanted Wang Huiling to do it, but Wang Huiling waved her hands and refused to do it. , Niu Ben asked them to learn how to cut hair, and said: "You must study hard, and after you learn how to do it, you can give dad a haircut." "
Wang Kan remembered that one summer vacation when he was 15 years old, he failed to control the heat when boiling water and burned a hole in the bottom of the kettle. He was very frightened, so he rummaged through the box to find a pair of cotton trousers and put them on. After running home, he felt Very strange: "You broke the kettle, why are you wearing cotton pants? "I'm afraid of being beaten by my father. This way it won't hurt much." Wang Kan said timidly. Niu Ben couldn't laugh or cry.
"It's a blessing and a joy to avoid the pain of surgery." "
In 2012, he was filming the TV series "Marry First, Fall in Love Later" in Beijing. Before leaving, he was diagnosed with chronic kidney stones. After arriving in Beijing, the disease suddenly broke out at around 3 a.m. one day. He endured it and did not want to wake him up. After a hard day's work, the crew was about to start work at around 6 a.m. Niu Ben's pain still hadn't subsided, but he couldn't hide it anymore.
Niu Ben was sent to the hospital. The doctor put a catheter bag on him and told him to have a good rest and change it every four days before having an operation. But after Niu Ben returned to the set, he tied the urine bag to his trouser legs and continued working. No one could stop him. Four days have passed and he has long forgotten to change the catheter bag.
More than 10 days later, he went directly to the hospital for surgery. Before the operation, he went to the bathroom and passed out a black stone the size of a kidney bean. Niu Ben quickly took it to the doctor. After careful identification, the doctor repeatedly exclaimed: "It's really magical. This is your stone. You are lucky to have escaped a knife." This stone was "treasured" by Niu Ben and is still being stored. On the outside of the stone jar is written: "I am free from the pain of surgery. Fortunately and happy."
is someone who has a passion for art. With tireless pursuit, Niu Ben has been working in movies for more than 70 years and has created hundreds of screen images. He has won the China Film Golden Rooster Award, Popular Film Hundred Flowers Award, China Film and Performing Arts Society Golden Phoenix Award, Film and Television Lily Award, etc. In 2017, he also won the Film and Television Lily Award. Won the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 31st China Film Golden Rooster Awards and is known as the "evergreen tree in the film industry".
He has reached the pinnacle of art, but in life he is a happy old man with three generations living under one roof. His granddaughter Xinxin is already in her 20s. In 2014, he added a grandson.
After joining the party, there will be no regrets in this life.
To outsiders, Niu Ben's life is already very complete, but he still has one big regret in his heart - he has not yet joined the Communist Party of China.
In the 1950s, Niu Ben had the idea of joining the party, but due to various reasons, he was never able to do so. In 2002, his friend and colleague Liu Qiong passed away. At the memorial service, Niu Ben learned that Liu Qiong had joined the party in 1983. "He has always said that he wanted to join the party, but fortunately he realized his long-cherished wish and left no regrets." Niu Ben was deeply touched, and his desire to join the party came to mind again.
In 2016, Niu Ben officially submitted his application for joining the party: "I am an urban poor who grew up in the suffering of old China. My family is poor and I don't have enough to eat..." At the same time, Niu Ben also wrote to the chairman of Shanghai Film Group Ren Zhonglun, famous actor and friend Qin Yi, asked them to be introducers to join the party.
After submitting the party application to the party organization, Niu Ben was established as a party activist and participated in the party activist training of Shanghai Film Group. On the morning of May 31, 2018, after discussion and voting at the party members meeting of the Shanghai Film Group Co., Ltd. Actors Theater Branch, Niu Ben became a probationary party member.
Niu Ben said with emotion: "I am over 80 years old. Even if I don't sleep for the party, it will not last too long. I must cherish it."
On the afternoon of June 6, 2018, at the Shanghai Cinema in Changning District, Shanghai Hall No. 1 held the launching ceremony of "Don't Forget the Original Aspiration and Keep the Mission in Mind"-2018 My Movie Party Class Theme Activity. There was an important link in the ceremony, which was Niu Ben's oath of joining the party.
After taking the oath, Niu Ben pinned the party emblem on his chest. He touched the position closest to his heart and said affectionately: "It is said that there are two great blessings in life: the title on the gold medal list and the wedding ceremony. For me, it should be Add the third thing, which is to become a member of the Communist Party of China. "
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