In 2004, CCTV host Zhao Zhongxiang was implicated in the Rao Ying incident, which added a disgrace to Zhao Zhongxiang's originally highly respected hosting career.
Looking back at Zhao Zhongxiang's life, there are ups and downs, there is happiness, as the first generation of male announcers of CCTV, in front of the TV screen, he has gone through more than 50 years of ups and downs with the times, bringing us many precious memories.
On January 16, 2020, our famous CCTV host Teacher Zhao Zhongxiang passed away, and siren has passed away, but his story is still circulating.
And what is the hidden feeling behind the 500 million inheritance that Zhao Zhongxiang did not leave to his son after his death.
Who did his inheritance end up to?
Today, let me take you to review the legendary life of Teacher Zhao Zhongxiang and see the little-known things behind him.
01.
On January 16, 1942, a baby boy in Xingtai, Hebei Province, landed on the ground, and his parents named him Zhao Zhongxiang, and Zhao Zhongxiang's childhood can be said to be quite happy.
By chance, I saw someone on the TV set performing gymnastics, so Zhao Zhongxiang also developed a certain interest in gymnastics, and becoming an excellent gymnast became Zhao Zhongxiang's little dream.
After that, he practiced hard every day, hoping to be seen one day, but in the thick accumulation of hair, Zhao Zhongxiang used too much force and was unfortunately injured in a training.
When he went to the hospital for treatment, the doctor told him that he could not continue to learn gymnastics in the future, and such a result made Zhao Zhongxiang difficult to accept for a while.
After returning home, he became depressed, and the days of recuperation made Zhao Zhongxiang very uncomfortable, and his heart was even more traumatized, and his parents saw Zhao Zhongxiang's sullen and unhappy appearance and tried to divert his attention.
So his parents focused on Zhao Zhongxiang's academic performance, because going out by reading is the only feasible way for Zhao Zhongxiang at the moment, the study life on campus is very rich, and Zhao Zhongxiang has slowly become cheerful.
At a literary and artistic activity at the school, Zhao Zhongxiang participated in a drama performance under the leadership of his classmates, although it was the first time to take the stage, Zhao Zhongxiang gave people a very good feeling, and a loud voice was impressive.
Since then, Zhao Zhongxiang has received the attention of teachers, and after the activities held by the school, teachers have asked Zhao Zhongxiang to preside.
When he was 16 years old, Zhao Zhongxiang was studying at Beijing No. 22 Middle School, and the school held an event to organize everyone to visit the TV station.
Zhao Zhongxiang, who entered the TV station for the first time, was very curious, because he had only seen the word TV station in Russian textbooks before, but he had never seen it with his own eyes.
In Zhao Zhongxiang's heart, he believes that tv stations are a very high-tech thing, because they can see people and hear people talking.
At that time, Zhao Zhongxiang visited the Beijing Television Station, which was not only crowded, but even the floor was made of terrazzo, and after seeing such a magnificent place, zhao Zhongxiang's seed of wanting to become an announcer was buried in his heart.
After graduating from high school, Zhao Zhongxiang happened to encounter the good era of national development television and broadcasting, and television stations everywhere were very short of announcers.
Zhao Zhongxiang thought that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, so he came to Beijing alone, planning to go to the TV station for an interview, but unexpectedly, the number of people who signed up for the election of announcers at that time was more than a thousand, and seeing that the competition was so strong, Zhao Zhongxiang's heart trembled a little.
But everything came, how could it be abandoned halfway, so in the end Zhao Zhongxiang still submitted his information to the Beijing Television Station.
In Zhao Zhongxiang's view, if you can successfully enter the Beijing Television Station, it is naturally good, but if you are not successful, it does not matter, because you are still young, there are many opportunities, you may be able to continue to enter the university, and then enter the broadcast industry after graduating from college.
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During the interview, Shen Li, as China's first announcer and the only announcer of Beijing Television, was responsible for the selection of the announcer of the tv station.
After getting the player's information, Shen Li flipped through it for a long time, and when she saw Zhao Zhongxiang's resume, her gaze stagnated.
At that time, Zhao Zhongxiang was a 17-year-old boy who had just graduated from high school, but he had a lot of experience in hosting, after all, if he wanted to really become an announcer, practical experience was still very important, which not only looked at the ability to play on the spot but also the calm psychological quality.
After layers of assessment, Zhao Zhongxiang successfully defeated more than a thousand other candidates and successfully entered the Beijing Television Station.
But when he really began to contact the broadcast, Zhao Zhongxiang was a little hesitant, and when he saw that such a large TV station only worked by Shen Li, his heart began to doubt his original choice.
Looking at Shen Li's busy appearance, Zhao Zhongxiang was a little shocked, but because of the lack of resources at that time, the division of labor of the TV station was not clear enough, from the news broadcast to the large-scale literary and art evening, almost all of which were completed by Shen Li alone.
Shen Li, as the first drop of water of the TV broadcast host, supported the entire TV station is her accusation, and Zhao Zhongxiang at that time naturally did not have the opportunity to appear on camera because he had just entered the TV station.
However, because of a director error, the shot that was originally on Shen Li's body was swept to Zhao Zhongxiang's body, and a flashing figure was the first time that Zhao Zhongxiang appeared on the screen of the TV set.
In 1958, Beijing Television officially changed its name to CCTV, and at that time, a black-and-white TELEVISION set in the family was considered a wealthy family.
But the country's black and white television sets added up, there were only more than 8,000, at that time Zhao Zhongxiang mainly did news work in the station, one was three years, when the national audience only had the impression of Zhao Zhongxiang's voice, but his face was very blurry.
It was not until the broadcast of "News Network" in 1978 that Zhao Zhongxiang's true face of Lushan appeared in front of the public's eyes, and at first glance, he was a young man with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and he looked quite beautiful.
As the first male announcer of the news network, Zhao Zhongxiang is very serious and responsible, and every morning he will go to Beihai Park with the female announcer Lu Dayu to contact the teacher to make a sound.
The time of the four seasons of the year is properly arranged, there is no gap to relax a bit, and the daily live broadcast program also brings Zhao Zhongxiang a lot of pressure, seven days a week, often sweating in the summer, freezing in the winter, a young and strong young man, a big man of one meter and seven or eight, weighing only 62 kilograms.
When there was no program, Zhao Zhongxiang spent most of his time memorizing the manuscript, because there was no teleprompter at that time, and the content of the broadcast was not allowed to make any mistakes, so the manuscript of the whole program had to be remembered in his mind, not to mention a little slip of the tongue, even if the tone was not correct, it was a major mistake.
In 1979, Zhao Zhongxiang began to work as an accompanying reporter, Daqing Wang Jinxi, the national labor model Shi Chuanxiang, mathematics master Hua Luogeng and many other typical figures, are zhao Zhongxiang interviewed, it can be said that Zhao Zhongxiang every interview is very professional atmosphere.
And at the same time as a host, in 1981, when Zhao Zhongxiang first hosted the "Beijing Middle School Students Intelligence Competition", this puzzle program is not as tight as the news broadcast, so that Zhao Zhongxiang is somewhat unaccustomed, his name appears on TV, and he is also titled host, Zhao Zhongxiang also feels a little awkward.
In the same year, Animal World met with the audience, the sentence: "Spring has arrived, after the first rain of the Serengeti steppe, everything is full of life, this is a season suitable for mating, let everyone impress the most."
Through this program, with Zhao Zhongxiang's unique voice as the link, let us better understand the animal world and nature, the previously unknown world, under the guidance of Zhao Zhongxiang, and gradually established a connection with human beings, which not only increased everyone's knowledge, but also improved people's awareness and love for the protection of wild animals.
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In 1983, Zhao Zhongxiang appeared at the CCTV Spring Festival Gala, and since that year, Zhao Zhongxiang has had an indissoluble relationship with CCTV's Spring Festival Gala for 13 years.
But the first appearance at the CCTV gala was an accident for Zhao Zhongxiang, the Spring Festival Gala in 1983 was the first gala held by CCTV, the directors were Huang Yihe and Deng Zaijun, and the host was Liu Xiaoqing, Wang Jingyu, Jiang Kun, and Ma Ji.
But the appearance of Zhao Zhongxiang, is the director shouted to save the scene, at that time Zhao Zhongxiang was broadcasting news, but suddenly received an emergency notice was called by the station to help, the staff quickly stuffed a note for Zhao Zhongxiang, about four or five paragraphs, Zhao Zhongxiang's memory is also very strong, just watched several times back, so there is Zhao Zhongxiang wearing a Zhongshan suit to the camera to say a speech scene.
At that time, Zhao Zhongxiang thought to himself, if the effect of the first Spring Festival Gala was average, there would be no second session, but who knows, the feedback of the first Spring Festival Gala can only be described, that is, "praise is overwhelming".
At that time, there were four telephones on the scene, using the audience to call in the on-demand program, and the stage of Sichengova, Hou Baolin, Jiang Kun, Li Guyi, Liu Xiaoqing and others all prepared wonderful performances, waiting for the audience to hand-pick at any time.
I didn't expect that such a Spring Festival Gala would be liked by the people, and it would be popular now.
So in 1984, the host of the Spring Festival Gala was Zhao Zhongxiang, Jiang Kun, Lu Jing, and it was also in this year that Li Guyi's "Unforgettable Tonight Guang" was sung, and even the song "Unforgettable Tonight" once became the theme song of the Spring Festival Gala.
In 1991, Zhao Zhongxiang and Ni Ping began to host the CCTV Spring Festival Gala, one solemn and one affinity, which was impressive.
In the same year, Zhao Zhongxiang and Yang Lan hosted "Zhengda Variety", and at first Zhao Zhongxiang had some concerns, because this was an entertainment program, and Zhao Zhongxiang was afraid that he would be difficult to change his previous hosting style and could not adapt.
But after the show aired a few episodes, the previous host Jiang Kun directly praised Zhao Zhongxiang: "Big brother, you caught it."
In the early years, Ni Ping also hosted the "Variety Show", which was favored by CCTV with its atmospheric typhoon and rapid on-site reaction.
It can be said that in the Spring Festival Gala stage of Zhao Zhongxiang and Ni Ping for more than ten years, as long as you see the two of them enthusiastic and full of New Year's speeches, you feel that the New Year is full of flavor.
Because they are partners, naturally Ni Ping and Zhao Zhongxiang have a good relationship, and Ni Ping also said that Zhao Zhongxiang is both his master and like his father.
In 1994, CCTV decided to broadcast another derivative program "Man and Nature" after "Animal World", and the narrator of this program was still Zhao Zhongxiang, whose dubbing commentary had reached more than 2,500 and his commentary text reached 18 million words, and this is still an incomplete statistical result.
04.
In 1999, Ni Ping's son was found to have cataracts, and that year's Spring Festival Gala Ni Ping was so sad that she could not host on stage, and under the blow, she did not want to see anyone.
Until the leaders of the TV station painstakingly persuaded, Ni Ping was willing to continue to host the Spring Festival Gala, in the party, Zhao Zhongxiang and Ni Ping partnered enthusiastically, Zhao Zhongxiang did not see that Ni Ping was forced to endure his sad heart.
Later, in 2000, Zhao Zhongxiang met with the audience on the stage of the CCTV Spring Festival Gala for the last time, and after the millennium, Zhao Zhongxiang gradually faded out of the CCTV stage.
But he still works for his beloved "Animal World" and "Man and Nature" programs, because for Zhao Zhongxiang, "Man and Nature" is half of his career.
Slowly zhao Zhongxiang, who did not have so much work, began to like a light and elegant life, as long as he had time, he would practice writing, write calligraphy, especially painting, which was a big hobby of Zhao Zhongxiang, as well as collecting cultural relics, and also a big interest of Zhao Zhongxiang, and Zhao Zhongxiang liked to study fried sauce noodles, Ni Ping, Yang Lan and other people have eaten Zhao Zhongxiang's fried sauce noodles, and the taste is that people who have eaten it are said to be good.
05.
It can be said that Zhao Zhongxiang did not have any bad deeds in his life, but in 2004, he was involved in the Rao Ying incident.
In 1969, Zhao Zhongxiang and his wife Zhang Meizhu entered the palace of marriage, Zhang Meizhu is also an announcer, has worked in the international radio and television station, Zhao Zhongxiang and his wife's relationship has always been very good, as long as in front of outsiders mention his wife, Zhao Zhongxiang is full of happiness.
Moreover, Zhao Zhongxiang will also praise his wife without stinginess in front of everyone: "Madame is a very virtuous, understanding, and kind-hearted person, and she has sacrificed a lot for this family."
The two have walked together for decades, which is really envious of others, so Zhao Zhongxiang's "pet wife and person" has also been established.
However, in 2004, the two people's happy days were broken by a Rao Ying incident, and a female health doctor named Rao Ying claimed to have an extramarital affair with Zhao Zhongxiang and released a recording evidence on the show.
After the incident, Zhao Zhongxiang's reputation has been greatly affected, after all, in the eyes of the public, Zhao Zhongxiang has always been an old artist with both virtue and art, and it is somewhat unacceptable for such a thing to happen.
After the fermentation of the incident, Zhao Zhongxiang's response was that he did not know the woman, let alone the kind of relationship that Rao Ying said, of course, the public also chose to believe Zhao Zhongxiang, thinking that he would not do such a thing, and then there was also proof that Rao Ying's recording was synthesized later, that is to say, Rao Ying wanted to hype his relationship with Zhao Zhongxiang.
However, it is worth mentioning that after Zhao Zhongxiang was interfered with by the Rao Ying incident, his wife Zhang Meizhu resolutely stood up to support her husband and bluntly said that she was willing to go through the difficulties with Zhao Zhongxiang, and after the incident, the life of the two returned to the past.
06.
By 2009, Zhao Zhongxiang had worked for CCTV for nearly 50 years, and it was also in this year that Zhao Zhongxiang officially retired.
After stepping down from CCTV, Zhao Zhongxiang did not choose a leisurely pension life, he began to try to host variety shows, and Wu Zongxian's "Dance Forest Conference" was a new challenge.
In the following years, Zhao Zhongxiang also hosted many programs such as "The Return of the King", "Old Zhao Parlor", "Chinese Good Poetry" and so on.
The most recent time Zhao Zhongxiang appeared on the TV screen was "Sound Immersion" and "Our Master", both of which were participated in by Zhao Zhongxiang and Ni Ping, and the interaction between the two in the program evoked the audience's full memories.
Until 2019, Zhao Zhongxiang was found to have cancer and has been actively cooperating with the doctor's treatment, and Ni Ping has also been photographed visiting Zhao Zhongxiang in the hospital many times.
Less than a year later, on January 16, 2020, Zhao Zhongxiang died of illness at the age of 78.
At the scene of Zhao Zhongxiang's memorial service, Ni Ping was heartbroken, her eyes were once red and swollen, and many people in the industry also expressed their inability to accept his departure.
07.
In fact, when Zhao Zhongxiang knew that his time was short, he was already considering the issue of inheritance distribution, and Zhao Zhongxiang only had one son, called Zhao Fang.
In the early years of studying in the UK, after graduation into the IT industry, in this field, Zhao Fanghe made some achievements, and Zhao Fang's wife, or through Ni Ping matchmaking, that is, Wang Wenlan's cousin.
After Zhao Fang married Wang Wenlan's cousin, he gave birth to a son, for this grandson, Zhao Zhongxiang regarded it as his beloved, in addition to writing and painting on weekdays, Zhao Zhongxiang's favorite thing is to play with his grandson.
And the 500 million inheritance, Zhao Zhongxiang revealed in the interview that he would leave it to his grandson, not his own son, such a result seemed very surprising to outsiders.
But in Zhao Zhongxiang's view, his son is not short of money, but some people speculate that Zhao Zhongxiang may be afraid that the inheritance will fall into the hands of others, after all, if there is a problem in his son's married life, the inheritance must be divided.
Some people may wonder how Zhao Zhongxiang could have such a large amount of property, but in the early years, when the reporter interviewed Zhao Zhongxiang, he showed his collection for many years, all kinds of them, and the added value was immeasurable.
Therefore, many people also expressed their appreciation for giving the inheritance to their grandchildren.
08.
Looking back at Zhao Zhongxiang's life, he has been fighting for his hosting career, and this host who played the "Grand Slam" is a symbol of the times that cannot be ignored in the history of Chinese television.
People who like him respect him and call him an old artist with both virtue and art, and those who don't like him scold him for satirizing him, but Zhao Zhongxiang said: "Who is not famous on the one hand, and at the same time is controversial."
In these 78 years, Zhao Zhongxiang has worked hard to write his legendary life, and it can be regarded as a bitter and willing to come without regrets, although the Si people have passed away, but the host world will always have his place.
May the king go to hermitage, and the most beautiful sound has been left in the world.