In 1978, an inadvertent push by the hand of fate changed the life of 14-year-old Yang Junyong. His handsome appearance attracted the attention of the teachers of the Central Academy of Drama, and since then, he has become a member of the Chinese opera junior class. At that moment, Yang Junyong's eyes flashed with a vision for the future, but he didn't know that this was just the beginning of the ups and downs of his life.
During the four years at the Central Academy of Drama, Yang Junyong studied with Cai Guoqing, who later became an "evergreen in the music world", and Xu Yajun, who became popular again with the TV series "In the Name of the People".
This time not only laid a solid foundation for his future acting career, but also gave him the courage to pursue his dreams.
In 1982, 18-year-old Yang Junyong was faced with an important choice in his life, whether to stay in school to continue his studies, or to devote himself to his acting career. With his love for the big stage, he chose the China Children's Art Theater.
However, the test of reality followed, due to the age limit, Yang Junyong can only play some supporting roles, either as a guide behind the scenes, or an uncle and an old man with few words on stage, every time he takes the stage, he tries to interpret the role, but he will inevitably feel the frustration of this period of loss, so that the young Yang Junyong has his first taste of the hardships of life, and also makes him understand that the road to success is not all smooth sailing.
In 1983, Yang Junyong, who had been waiting for many years, finally ushered in a turning point. The TV series "Dream of Red Mansions" selected actors nationwide, and Yang Junyong seized this opportunity and successfully won the role of Jia Rong with his handsome appearance and solid acting skills.
When he heard this decision, Yang Junyong's eyes flashed with tears of joy, and this role not only allowed him to make the leap from a supporting role to a famous role, but also an important turning point in his acting career.
During the four-year filming process, Yang Junyong played the role of Jia Rong wholeheartedly. He carefully figured out Jia Rong's character traits and interpreted this absurd noble son with his heart.
Every look and every action is full of his love and dedication to acting.
When the 87 version of "Dream of Red Mansions" finally met the audience, Yang Junyong's wonderful performance won wide acclaim. His appearance not only conforms to the image of Jia Rong in the novel, but also shows the inner world of this character vividly with superb acting skills.
The success of this work not only adds luster to this classic, but also opens a new chapter in Yang Junyong's wonderful acting career.
From the youth of the Central Opera to the success of "Dream of Red Mansions", Yang Junyong used his talent and hard work to gain a firm foothold in the entertainment industry. However, he did not expect that this was only the beginning of the wonderful story of his life, and there were more challenges and tests waiting for him in the future.
Yang Junyong is more well-known because of the hit of "Dream of Red Mansions". In 1991, with his outstanding performance in "Dream of Red Mansions", he successfully won the role of Cao Pi in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms". This role has both outstanding talent and outstanding appearance, which provides an excellent platform for Yang Junyong to show his acting prowess.
He skillfully interpreted the inner world of Cao Pi, a character with a complex personality, and won high praise from the audience and industry experts.
However, just as his career was gradually rising, Yang Junyong's life also ushered in a new chapter. In 1992, he was about to marry an outsider, and at the same time, he filed for it. At this time, Yang Junyong is in the golden age of his life, and his career and family have a new starting point.
There was a glint of happiness in his eyes, and it seemed that the future was bright.
However, balancing career and family is not an easy task. At the time of his son's birth, Yang Junyong was filming a movie in another country, and he did not have to visit his home until after his son was full moon. Every time he remembered the experience, he always felt a deep sense of guilt.
In an interview, he said frankly: "I feel very sorry for her, when she needed me the most, I was filming in other places, and it wasn't until my son was over the full moon that I finally took a leave of absence to go home to see them" This guilt has become an eternal regret in his heart.
Fortunately, Yang's wife is very understanding and supportive of his career. She chose to give up her job and devote herself to taking care of her family so that her husband could focus on his acting career.
Whenever Yang Junyong can't go home because of work, she always says gently: "It's not easy for you to work, no one can leave your job immediately, and you don't have to worry about having your parents take care of you at home" This silent dedication provides a solid backing for Yang Junyong's career development.
With the support of his wife, Yang Junyong's acting career has entered a high-yield period. He has participated in many popular dramas such as "The Long March", "Wu Zetian", "Kangxi Weifu Private Interview", "Iron Tooth Bronze Tooth Ji Xiaolan", "My Life" and so on.
Although most of them are supporting roles, Yang Junyong is always able to rely on his superb acting skills to interpret a variety of roles with different personalities deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, whether it is a prince and nobleman or a ruffian, he can convince the audience.
However, fate always seems to like to play tricks on this handsome actor with a good heart at heart. Although his acting career has been smooth, Yang Junyong has never been able to become a big star in the limelight of thousands of people, and has always been troubled by the dilemma of "celebrities are not popular".
However, the optimistic and open-minded Yang Junyong was not discouraged by this, he said with a smile: "Although I have not become popular, but among my classmates, there are only so many famous ones, and I can now receive many invitations from the crew, which is already very good" This contentment and happiness mentality has become an important support for him to face future challenges.
The sunshine of life is shining warmly on Yang Junyong, but fate has cast a lot of gloom in the dark. Good fortune began with an urgent phone call from his wife, when Yang Junyong was busy filming the film "On the Taihang Mountain".
What his wife said on the phone was full of distress and worry: "Dad's health is getting worse and worse, and my mother and I took him to the hospital for a check-up a few days ago, but the results were not very good. This news was like a thunderbolt from the sky, directly shattering Yang Junyong's inner tranquility.
It turned out that Yang Junyong's father had been ill for nearly a year, and the old couple had been hiding it so as not to affect their son's work. It wasn't until Yang Junyong's wife found out and forced him to be sent to the hospital for a check-up that they realized that his father was seriously ill.
Hearing the news, Yang Junyong was very sad, and he even wanted to immediately put down everything he had at hand and go home to take care of his father.
However, the crew's contract stipulates that the actor must complete his role before leaving the crew, which is limited by realistic conditions. Yang Junyong could only hold back his tears and continue to complete the task during the filming.
Whenever the camera stopped, he would hide to the side and call home, even if it was just to hear his father's "ah", which could make him feel a little comforted.
At this moment, fate once again ruthlessly played a cruel joke on Yang Junyong. Originally, his wife had been silently supporting him and taking care of the family, but due to the long-term travel between the two places to take care of his father-in-law and son, he finally fainted due to overwhelm.
To make matters worse, the results of the hospital test showed that she unfortunately had cancer.
When Yang Junyong learned of his father's illness, the whole person seemed to be crushed and almost collapsed to the ground. Since then, he has been immersed in a painful life of commuting between Nanjing and Beijing every day, visiting his sick father during the day, returning to Beijing at night to accompany his cancer-stricken wife, and trying not to let his son, who is going to school, notice anything unusual in the family.
Seeing her husband's haggard face, Yang Junyong's wife said distressedly: "You can accompany your father more, don't worry about me, I can take care of myself here, and someone will take care of me." This sentence made Yang Junyong feel even more guilty and heartache.
He looked at his wife, who had become emaciated by chemotherapy in just one month, and the pain in his heart almost overwhelmed him.
This difficult period was a serious challenge for Yang. He struggled to find a balance between career, family, and social activities, even though every day of his efforts felt like a tightrope walk.
He used to be sunny and handsome in film and television dramas, but now he is struggling to breathe under the weight of life.
However, he had no idea that this was only a brief calm before the storm, that greater tests awaited him, and that the torment of fate was not over. Yang Junyong, this tough-looking tough guy, is about to encounter the most difficult moment in his life.
Yang Junyong once again suffered a merciless blow from fate. In 2013, when he was expecting his life to begin to improve, the news came that his father had died of a sudden cerebral hemorrhage. The news was like a bolt from the blue, and it plunged him into deep grief again.
He stood in front of his father's hospital bed, tears falling silently, and his heart was full of emotion for the impermanence of life.
However, life did not give Yang Junyong much respite. He was trying to adjust his mentality and get ready to pick himself up again when his wife's condition suddenly worsened. The doctor's diagnosis was like a sharp dagger, piercing Yang Junyong's heart: "She has had surgery, and I am afraid that this time it will not last long."
In the face of this cruel reality, Yang Junyong's wife showed distressing strength. She directly connected with her husband and did not want to continue to receive treatment: "Just conservative treatment, just buy some medicine, there is not much money."
Her selfless concern for her family made Yang Junyong both moved and heartbroken, and he held his wife's emaciated hand, his eyes full of helplessness and despair.
In order not to affect their son's studies, Yang Junyong and his wife decided to hide the seriousness of his illness from him and encouraged him to go abroad for further study. However, after her son returned from school, Yang Junyong's mother also died in her sleep shortly after seeing her grandson, who had achieved success in his studies.
Blows of fate followed. After Yang Junyong dealt with his mother's funeral, his wife's condition deteriorated again. In 2017, his wife left him forever after a brief hospitalization.
When Yang Junyong held his wife's cold hand for the last time, the emotions that had been suppressed for years poured out like a flood that burst the embankment.
In just five years, Yang Junyong lost three of the most important people in his life: his father, his mother and his wife. Such a succession of blows is enough to break almost anyone. However, Yang Junyong found his son in the midst of grief, and this son became the motivation for him to face life again.
In 2018, in an interview, although Yang Junyong's face was no longer as high-spirited as before, he still tried to smile and said to the host: "I want to hold on, I still want to accompany my son more, at least to see him marry a wife and have children."
This sentence expresses the most simple wish of a father who has lost his loved ones, and also shows Yang Junyong's tenacity in the face of great suffering.
However, fate did not seem to give Yang Junyong a chance to realize this wish. He died suddenly of a heart attack in 2021 at the age of 57, saying goodbye to the world he loved forever.
Yang Junyong's life can be described as a tragic movie, he went from being a teenager to having a happy family, to losing his loved ones and finally passing away. His story laments the impermanence of fate, but also shows the most resilient side of human nature.
Yang Junyong's death is not only the farewell of an outstanding actor, but also symbolizes the end of a tenacious life. His life is like a movie of joys and sorrows, experiencing the glory of youth, enjoying the joy of a double harvest of career and family, and experiencing tenacity and struggle under the cruel blow of fate.
Yang Junyong once told everyone to face life with a smile, but the cruel fate did not let him go. His parents died one after another, and his wife, who had been with him all the way, died of illness, and this series of blows made his eyes show deep grief.
However, even at the last moment of his life, he still cares about his son's life and hopes to see his son start a family with his own eyes.
Yang Junyong's son is still unmarried, and now he is a person who "doesn't want to die at work". Such an attitude to life may be a way for him to escape from reality, because he does not want to return to his home, which was once full of laughter and laughter, but is now empty.
It is often said that he is a child who "does not want to die at work", and it may be that he wants to use his work to numb himself and escape from returning to his empty home.
Yang Junyong's story shows the fragility of life and the tenacity of human nature. He reminds us that even in the most difficult moments, we must cherish the people around us and the bits and pieces of life, and live life to the fullest, because we never know what fate will bring us in the next moment.
Although Yang Junyong's life is full of tragedy, what he left us is the cherishing of life and the cherishing of family affection.