Who is Zhang Mo? When you see this name, many people may be unfamiliar.
But do you remember " Sniper " which came out earlier this year? People who have seen it on
have given very high credit. Although it did not become the box office champion of the Spring Festival stall, it has become a dark horse in the Spring Festival stall.
finally got a high score of 7.7 on Douban and also won a box office of 300 million. This achievement is very eye-catching in historical war films, and this film is directed by Zhang Yimou and his daughter Zhang Mo.
Many people will think that the good box office of "Sniper" is mostly due to Zhang Yimou. In fact,
is not the case. As early as 2016, Zhang Mo's debut work " 28-year-old minor " finally won the box office of about 130 million.
For a rookie director, this is already a good result.
This year, Zhang Mo released a new film "Saving the Suspects". The heroine is Zhang Xiaofei , who just became a movie queen. From production to actors, everything is advanced configuration.
These all show that Zhang Mo has unlimited potential and will have great achievements in the future.
But you will definitely say that she is so powerful, and the help of her father Zhang Yimou is naturally indispensable.
is right, since his daughter planned to take the road of directing, Zhang Yimou took great pains to cultivate it.
He felt that if Zhang Mo couldn't achieve such a great achievement, it would be good to at least have an independent style.
Now, Zhang Mo is getting closer to this expectation.
But her relationship with her father was not harmonious.
Zhang Yimou's so-called help is just a compensation for the absence of his daughter's company.
caused a estrangement between father and daughter. In addition to Zhang Yimou himself, there are Gong Li and .
For this reason, Zhang Mozeng personally angrily rebuked this woman for ruining her childhood.
If you want to know about Zhang Mo's past, you have to start with his parents.
01
In 1987, when Zhang Yimou was filming " Red Sorghum ", he fell in love with Gong Li because of the play. At that time, Gong Li also had a boyfriend.
But when I was filming, I got along with Zhang Yimou for a long time and found that he is a particularly talented person, and his soul began to "deviate".
The same is true for Zhang Yimou at this moment, "inextricably" in love with Gong Li. In his eyes, Gong Li is the true love of his life.
However, paper cannot hold fire, and their "shameless love" was soon discovered by his wife. When
was washing Zhang Yimou's clothes, he found a love letter written by Gong Li to Zhang Yimou. The words were very explicit.
"You're gone, and you took my heart away. We have endless things to say and do together, haha, do you know what "unfinished things" mean?"
Xiao Hua 's mind was stunned, she knew that the marriage she had worked so hard for was gone.
Zhang Yimou did not hold back, he chose Gong Li without hesitation, and officially divorced the following year.
This seems to be a tragedy caused by the man's derailment, but in fact, Zhang Yimou and Xiao Hua were not suitable for each other from the beginning, and the two were a failed union. Why does
say that? The biggest problem of
may be that the door is not right.
First, let's take a look at Zhang Yimou's background.
has suffered from a lot of strange eyes because of his father's military service in a special era. He is relatively inferior and sensitive in his heart.
and Xiao Hua are the exact opposite, with a clean family background and are well-received locally.
Xiao Hua was one of the few who took the initiative when the two were youngThe girl who talked to Zhang Yimou.
They are junior high school classmates. Their love began when they went to the countryside to jump in line. For three years, the two lived together in the same cave. After a long time, they developed feelings, and no one could do without the other. When
later dated, they were opposed by the woman's father because of their family background.
However, young couples who have just fallen in love feel that they are unique to each other and cannot be separated from each other.
Therefore, Zhang Yimou didn't care about the words of his future father-in-law, and he continued to chat with Xiao Hua.
What's interesting is that at that time Xiao Hua still had three boys chasing her. After
learned about this, Zhang Yimou was very jealous.
saw that Xiao Hua was chatting with a boy who was pursuing her and ignored him.
Zhang Yimou, who was left out in the cold, expressed his love by writing letters. As a result, when he wrote more than 40 pages and sent the letter to the post office, he could not send it to or by surface, and could only send it as a parcel instead.
Seeing this, the relationship between Zhang Yimou and Xiao Hua is actually quite sweet.
However, after the two got married in 1979, it was a different story.
02
After getting married, Zhang Yimou was admitted to the Nortel Photography Department. After graduation, he was assigned to Xi'an Film Studio as a photographer. Since then,
has not only been busy with his work, but also extended his relationship with Xiao Hua.
Xiao Hua felt uncomfortable, but in order to help her husband fulfill his directorial dream as much as possible, he would try his best to accommodate.
After all, she and Zhang Yimou have been in the queue for three years and their loving life is vividly remembered.
said for him: "If you go to college, our relationship is over."
Xiao Hua really gave up.
On the contrary, Zhang Yimou was admitted to Nortel. She did not use the same words to persuade him not to go, but still unconditionally supported any decision he made.
Therefore, Xiao Hua gave up going to college for Zhang Yimou, which became a regret in his life. After marriage, he naturally thought of each other to maintain this relationship.
However, Xiao Hua accommodated Zhang Yimou again and again, but pushed the distance between her and her husband further.
In 1983, two daughters Zhang Mo were born.
originally thought that after Zhang Yimou became a father, he would make time to spend with his wife and children.
But in fact, his "workaholic" attribute has not changed, he is even busier than before his daughter was born, and he is almost homeless.
For Zhang Mo as a child, his father was an unfamiliar figure. When
watched other children of the same age with their parents, her mood was very complicated.
is both envious and jealous. She is looking forward to her father, Zhang Yimou, who will suddenly appear in front of her one day, saying how much she loves her, realizing how guilty she is as a father, and then choosing to make amends .
also thinks this way and Xiao Hua, why doesn't she want Zhang Yimou to be a good father or even a good husband? How good it would be for
to accompany their mother and daughter so much, not only the previous sadness was swept away, but also the happy family of three was established.
However, Xiao Hua and Zhang Mo are so cute, they don't think they should bring any trouble to Zhang Yimou.
It's no wonder that later when Laomouzi evaluated his ex-wife, he would use "honest" to describe it.
and as the saying goes, people who will make trouble have candy.
lived a stable life for so long that he forgot to be bound by his family, Zhang Yimou finally deviated and fell in love with Gong Li.
It is undeniable that Zhang Yimou and Xiao Hua have a relationship.
But their family backgrounds are very different, and their love is just being carried away, it is temporary. After
got married, there was no common topic. The woman paid too much and lost herself.
So even without Gong Li, this unbalanced relationship will come to an end.
is just that Zhang Mo, who is still young, does not stand in the perspective of God.
She doesn't know the complexity of adults' feelings, only that her father abandoned her and her motherIt is a fact, and the damage caused is indelible.
And in her opinion, Gong Li is the culprit who destroys the tranquility of the family.
As a result, Zhang Mo buried deep resentment towards Gong Li.
03
Zhang Mo's resentment towards Gong Li is not ordinary. More than 10 years after the end of "Zhang Gong"'s love affair, he can't let go.
Logically speaking, she should be relieved, but the news of her father and Gong Li again that year made Zhang Mo angry, publicly accused the woman of ruining her childhood.
may have to blame Gong Li for such a situation.
It is said that when Zhang Yimou and Gong Li were together, they did not care about the strange eyes of the outside world.
They often talk to each other on the phone and tell each other intimately.
It just happened that once, Zhang Yimou and his daughter took a little longer on the phone, which caused Gong Li to appear busy every time. After
, she lost her temper at Zhang Yimou.
It is no wonder that there have been media reports many times later that Gong Li forced Zhang Yimou to marry without success.
The reason is that the woman will be a good lover, but she will never be a qualified stepmother.
Eventually, Zhang Yimou and Gong Li's patience with each other ran out in 1995. After the
woman finished the last shot of "Shake, Shake, Shake to Grandma's Bridge", the couple officially announced their breakup to the outside world, and their 8-year relationship ended without a hitch.
Zhang Yimou at that time became a major international director with films such as "Yellow Earth", "Old Well", " Qiu Ju's Lawsuit " and other films.
has no emotional fetters, Zhang Yimou naturally spends more time to accompany his daughter, making Zhang Mo feel like a father.
Although the relationship between him and Zhang Mo has gradually eased, the estrangement in his heart still exists. After all, he did something wrong online.
Similarly, Zhang Mo also has a thorn in her heart. She really can't understand why the woman is so hostile to her lover's child.
Gong Li got involved in her parents' relationship, which led to her parents' divorce, which made her childhood lack of fatherly love. The shameless love between
's father and Gong Li, although it has ended, did exist.
Therefore, the end of the "Zhang Gong" love did not eliminate Zhang Mo's resentment towards Gong Li.
's inner depression for many years finally let it out in a book called "My Father and Mother". The book
records the love story of Zhang Yimou and Xiao Hua, as well as a lot of Zhang Mo's personal negative views on Gong Li.
plus her 2008 public rebuke of the woman for ruining her childhood, it is enough to see that Zhang Mo's resentment against Gong Li is indeed not a big one.
However, what can be done?
Zhang Mo will only be angry, but he can't make his parents reunite.
Because Zhang Yimou soon had a new relationship after leaving Gong Li. The other party of
is Chen Ting who is 31 years younger than him. After marriage, they gave birth to two sons and one daughter.
Since then, Zhang Mo is no longer his father's only daughter.
However, Zhang Mo is not jealous of Chen Ting and her children stealing her father's love.
She clearly knew that Chen Ting and Zhang Yimou fell in love with each other and then got married and had children.
Aside from a little regret, his parents have no hope of getting back together. Zhang Mo still sends blessings to this marriage.
What's more, Zhang Yimou has a new family, and he still greets her with warm greetings, and gradually makes up for the lack of companionship in his childhood, although the compensation may be really late...
04
What is the specific compensation method?
In those days, Zhang Mo was studying in the Department of Architecture of Columbia University. He was influenced by his father and wanted to become a director.
then went to New York Film Academy to study without much trouble.
You must know that the Department of Architecture has nothing to do with the art industry.It is extremely difficult.
and the New York Film Academy seem to only recruit two Chinese students every year. It can be said that the competition is very fierce. How did
Zhang Mo do it? Believe that you are smart enough to have guessed it.
Obviously, there is a father who is a director, and it is speculated by the outside world that Laomouzi found Li An, a fellow friend and a graduate student in New York Film, and asked him to help write a letter of recommendation, so that his daughter could transfer to another school smoothly.
can go to a famous university, and the tuition fee is naturally notoriously expensive.
It is said that the annual tuition fee of the New York Film Academy is 20,000 US dollars. In addition, Zhang Mo also has to eat, drink, play, and entertain while studying abroad. It is estimated that he needs 15,000 US dollars for living expenses.
has spent several years studying abroad, all of which are funded by Laomouzi.
Of course, material compensation is nothing.
Zhang Yimou has to bear the responsibility of support even if he has not divorced his ex-wife.
Therefore, the most important thing is to care for the spirit, and the real reconciliation between the father and daughter is Zhang Mo's first failed marriage. Through this painful lesson,
made her understand how terrible it is to not listen to her father.
Zhang Mo's first husband was a foreigner named Tovey , who was a year older than her and majored in financial management at the New York Film School. After the two met, they fell in love immediately.
Zhang Mo was too eager for love and family, and this relationship came so unexpectedly that she thought Tovey was her true love.
Therefore, after Zhang Yimou learned about it, when she thought it was inappropriate for the two to raise objections, she would not listen, but she wanted to stay with each other.
For the sake of his daughter, Zhang Yimou went to the door in person to persuade Tovey to leave Zhang Mo, but received a phone call from the other party's lawyer, saying that his behavior was illegal in the United States, and if he continued, he would have to go to court.
was so angry that he was more convinced that his vision was right, but Tovey decided that his father-in-law would not be too embarrassed about this, otherwise it would only make the relationship between the father and daughter worse and worse.
Although Zhang Yimou was behind, he implemented a family mobilization, and it was useless to lobby Zhang Mo one by one.
That's it, Lao Mouzi watched his little cabbage get arched by a pig.
And it turns out that Tovey is not a good pig, and Zhang Mo paid the price for her hasty marriage. After
's marriage, Zhang Mo did not gain a long-awaited happy family. Instead, as long as Tovey was unhappy, she would be subjected to domestic violence .
Therefore, this is a relationship that cannot be established even in a basic balanced relationship.
was Zhang Mo's father who thought he didn't love her during that difficult time, and provided infinite warmth.
Zhang Yimou saw that his daughter was unhappy after marriage as he expected. He did not complain about the other party's disobedience, but actively helped his daughter leave the scumbag and suggested that she focus on her profession. After
learned to be distracted, Zhang Mo's pain was greatly reduced.
In 2008, she finally ended this unhappy marriage.
This is Zhang Mo's new life given by his father. Through this opportunity, not only the relationship between father and daughter has been brought closer, but also Zhang Mo can grow up and reconcile with himself.
05
After being single, Zhang Mo is no longer in love, and she begins to devote herself to her directing career.
One is to become a great director like his father in the future, and the other is to get closer to Zhang Yimou in this way.
Zhang Yimou was very pleased to see the change in his daughter.
The child has such a consciousness, he naturally can't chill the other party's heart.
So, Laomouzi began to spare no effort to help.
From " Three Guns Shooting the Case Surprise " to " Hawthorn Tree Love ", and then from "Jinling Thirteen Hairpins" to "Return", if you look closely at the list of people behind the scenes, you will always find Zhang Mo's shadow. Some of
are assistant directors, some are editors and subtitlers. Although
is not the main force, it must be her credit for these big productions to get a good reputation.
Zhang Mo's strength is obvious to all, making Laomouzi quite proud.
He always finds time to stand for his platform or visit the class, and when he mentions his children, there is always a smile on his face.
The same is true for Zhang Mo. She and her father's hearts are slowly getting closer, and the other party understands her only second to herself.
is for example, once Laomouzi and Zhang Ziyi had a peach-colored scandal, he explained to his daughter immediately. After listening to
, Zhang Mo was deeply moved.
thinks back then, a man who abandoned his family regardless of the feelings of his wife and daughter, grew up under the influence of time, and it is really rare that he became able to communicate with his daughter.
So, Zhang Mo reassured her father that she didn't have to explain the rumors that were fake at a glance. As an adult, she had the ability to judge.
When Zhang Mo learned how to get along with his father thoroughly and how to accept each other's love, he also learned to reconcile with himself. The best thing
can prove is that at the Cannes Film Festival in 2014, and Gong Li, the woman she once hated the most, smiled and hugged, ending more than ten years of resentment.
can forgive the woman who brought sadness to her childhood and let go of the long-standing hatred, which shows that Zhang Mo is not pretending, she is really relieved.
When the personal knot is untied, the director's career gradually develops in a good direction, and Zhang Mo's emotional world also blossoms.
This time, she no longer blindly chooses her future partner. Although her current husband, , Meng Danqing, , is also a foreigner, her relationship with domestic violence man Tovey is extreme.
Meng Danqing is handsome, handsome and capable, fully satisfying the fantasy of Zhang Mo's ideal partner.
The most important thing is that the father Zhang Yimou no longer objected, and even liked the new partner chosen by his daughter very much. After
learned that the two were in love, they immediately sent support.
Therefore, in 2013, Zhang Mo and Meng Danqing officially got married. With everyone's blessing, they led the way to happiness.
Now, Zhang Mo is 39 years old, and will soon be at the age of forty and not confused, but looking at her current state, it has long been clear. After learning to reconcile with her father, herself, and Gong Li,
still has a beautiful relationship. In
's career, the impressive performance in all aspects of a movie "Sniper" to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea is enough for her to blow it for a long time.
Therefore, Zhang Mo, who has a freshman, is simply radiant. As for whether she can create brilliance, it is actually unknown.
All we can do is hope that she can inherit her father's mantle and bring fresh blood to the Chinese film industry .
