Fang Zhanrong's mother 10 years old sold herself to play in Laoyutang Spring Class, and married Hongyang Town at the age of 22. At the age of 8, my eldest brother began to learn from Zhengshun Xiangban, and spent his whole life selling opera. My mother has many masters, senior brothers and younger brothers, who are distributed in various troupes of Chaozhou Opera, such as Zhengshun, Yulai, Puning and Chenghai. These troupes all have people who are crony by my mother. I have enjoyed watching Chaozhou opera since I was five years old. It's interesting to watch Chaozhou opera in my hometown. Children don't need tickets, and generally have no seats. I often crouch in the corner under the stage to watch a play, sometimes I sleep when I see fatigue and watch it when I wake up. It is in this atmosphere that I have a subtle feeling for Chaozhou Opera. I really set foot on the road of Chinese opera in 1959, which happened to be the third grade of primary school. At that time, the tuition was two yuan, and my family had no money to pay my tuition. My mother asked me to find my eldest brother who plays in Rongjiang Theatre. A friend took me to Rongjiang Theatre by bike. I saw Big Brother on the top of the stage, and I said, "Big Brother, I'm coming." He said, "What are you doing here?" I said, "I have no money to pay my tuition, so my mother asked me to come to you." In fact, my eldest brother was in a very difficult situation. After listening to my words, he burst into tears. Although the tuition is only two yuan, at that time, five yuan can maintain my living expenses for one month. Therefore, two yuan is a lot of money for us. The head of Shantou Zhengshun Chaozhou Opera Troupe was very moved to see this situation. He asked me to do a test and listen to my voice. At that time, an old master played the string with me. The head of the delegation listened to my words and said, "OK, you will move your account here tomorrow." In this way, I joined Shantou Zhengshun Chaozhou Opera Troupe.

study hard

After joining the league, I learned to be old and not ugly. Because I was born lively and active, my master taught me a lot of plays. Half a year later, the head of the delegation opened a training class called Shantou Zhengshun Juvenile Opera Training Class, and he sent me to study. I entered the class on February 1962 and graduated on February 1964. In recent years, teachers have been very serious and strict with our teaching. My grades in the class are neither bad nor good. I was the last in my class to join the Young Pioneers and the Communist Youth League, but because of my hard work, I still got full marks under the five-point system at that time and got along well with the teachers and classmates in my class.

Speaking of practicing kung fu and drama is a very painful process. For example, I run twice a day for 45 minutes each time. To practice jumping is to jump over the chair bar for 45 minutes at a time. "Jump" is very important for jumping off the stage, coming out and doing somersaults. Practice singing and target training for 45 minutes at a time. Flip, leg press, bending, leg lifting and kicking are all practiced until you can't squat down and defecate, and your waist and legs can't stand it. Some students can't stand it and apply to drop out of school. It's really bitter. Among them, the action we are most afraid of is bending over, because teachers often make us cry with hard pressure. This is a thing of the past, and school teachers have not adopted this teaching method. Also, our classmates have been practicing throwing and kicking guns until their feet are swollen. Although it is easy to kick and throw a gun on the stage, it is actually very hard. Before the performance, we often practice until we can't walk normally. Life is very hard because it happens to be in the economic difficult period around 1960. We only have 3 yuan per month, and many students suffer from beriberi because of malnutrition.

Landslide storm

Fang Zhanrong started to play Li Laosan from 1963. One of the most difficult moves in this play is to practice sliding. He often gets bloody, but he still has to practice. During 1987, he once played Di Qing in Babel and Di Qing at the Battery Theater. There are many martial arts moves in the play. Halfway through the performance, I suddenly sprained my foot and couldn't walk. My colleagues tried to help me with my treatment, but the gongs and drums were still ringing, so I kept playing. When I walked down, my feet were red and swollen, and my whole body was hot. The unit informed my lover to come and take care of me. Five days later, I will go to Guangzhou to participate in the first Guangdong Folk Art Festival. The repertoire "Noisy Wood" and "Chai Fang Hui" will all have slide shows. I can only rehearse while treating, and I practice slides every day during the five or six-day art festival. The doctor said to me, "If you don't rest and treat this foot well, you may be disabled in the future."

I have never really rested. My feet hurt because I took medicine after sewing and continued to perform on stage. I got carried away when I was playing, and I was very painful after the play, because I didn't completely treat this foot, leaving a future trouble. My feet often hurt so much that I can't walk. I remember one National Day, I performed the "Woodhouse Fair" for the guests from five provinces in the south of the Yangtze River. When I reached the slide, I fell from the top of the ladder and my nose bled a lot. I walked to the back of the stage at once. Fortunately, there is a doctor in the audience. I asked someone to treat me. I said to him, "Doctor, don't worry about anything else. Please give me a hemostatic needle at once. " The doctor said, "You can't go on like this." Two minutes after the hemostatic injection, I insisted on playing the trick again.

Director and deputy director

Fang Zhanrong felt that carrying this burden was a kind of exercise for me. People said that I was too straightforward to be a leader. During my six years as deputy head, I had a very pleasant cooperation with the head. He is my classmate, I am his brother, he is a director and I am an actor. He is both hard and soft, and I am irritable. Many people say I can't work under him. But we work well together. I feel that when I am a deputy, I should be clear about my position from my heart to my actions, and I should respect him more, so that things will be easy. For example, the head and deputy head go out on business, and many people know me but don't know the head. At this time, I will take the initiative to introduce to others, this is the head of the second regiment of Guangdong Chaozhou Opera Troupe, and his name is Guo Nan.

When I was the head of the group in 2000, all the artists in the group 14 were transferred to work in the group, so I have to conduct strict training for the existing actors in the group. I want to be an actor, a director and a leader. It is very hard. Because of the great responsibility of doing full-time work, there are many things that I have to deal with personally, sometimes I have to follow the mass line, and sometimes I have to be arbitrary. People who know my personality originally estimated that I could only be the head of the team for one year at most, but I finally survived these years.

A happy family-the pillar of career success

His wife, Wu Linger, played in Woodhouse Club for two years.

For the sake of the family, the wife gave up her beautiful career.

Understanding, tolerance and forbearance are the magic weapons for their husband and wife to live in harmony.

Hao tai tai ling er

Fang Zhanrong's wife is named Wu Linger. She is a national second-class actress. If she is allowed to continue her studies, she may be more successful than me because she has many advantages. Her height, image, voice and family background are all good. She is a student in Yao Xuanqiu. These were very beneficial to her career, but she gave up. I want to thank her for her support.

We are colleagues and partners. She performed at Woodhouse Expo for two years. She likes watching me play ugly plays best and often screams with laughter. She thought I was "mentally ill" when she was rehearsing "Noisy Wood". When I performed "Noisy Wood", she laughed and squatted on the ground. Maybe it was love for a long time. Wu Linger's "Chen San Wu Niang" is a third-line actress, and Yao Xuanqiu is a first-line actress. However, many viewers think that Wu Linger is more suitable to play the five-element actress than the first-and second-line actors. She is very successful in this play, with smooth manners, plain speech and so on. When directing "Chen San Wu Niang", many places asked her for advice. It's a pity that she gave up her career for her family, which was decided after a fierce ideological struggle.

Thanks to her, she has handled this family very well, so I can say that I have no worries. Sometimes I go to the countryside until two or three in the morning, and she doesn't complain. Because of work, I don't care much about my family, which is my shortcoming.

Get along well with ...

Linger in Fang Zhanrong is very stubborn. On the surface, she is a good wife and mother, very easy-going, but at home, she is a "hen mother in the enterprise." Sometimes we have conflicts because of children's education. I have been running around for many years, because of extensive communication, there will be some contradictions. To solve these contradictions, I think both sides should first consciously balance and learn to be patient, otherwise the contradictions will escalate. In the past two or three years, I was sick for a whole month once and received infusion for more than 40 days. I didn't tell anyone during my illness. Insist on rehearsing and infusion every day, and sometimes go to the hospital for fluoroscopy at two or three in the middle of the night. I am in a bad mood because of overwork. I am unstable at home and sometimes I lose my temper. When you encounter some unpleasant things at work, you will lose your temper when you get home, such as throwing clothes when you come in, shutting yourself in your room, complaining and so on. She can understand these things without blaming me, and often accompany me to watch movies and chat, trying her best to calm me down.

I think the most important thing about the composition of a family is understanding, because I am in contact with not only men, but also many women. For example, when performing in the countryside, some women like to take photos with me. These phenomena are indifferent and lingering. She understands that these phenomena are normal because I am a celebrity. But the most important thing is that we stand firm. There is nothing to doubt between us. Linger, too, is beautiful and a high-quality woman. It is normal for many men to make friends with her and even pursue her. We can all understand each other.

Family financial management

We got married on 1 986 65438+1October1 In fact, Linger should not marry Fang Zhanrong, a clown, because there are many men pursuing her at home and abroad, including officials and the rich. But in retrospect, she has lived happily for more than ten years, and our relationship is still good. All my income now goes to my wife. I don't know how much I get paid every month. Sometimes I joke with her and say, "Linger, I am making money outside. I take the money home. You get 80%, I get 20%. I should have a few dollars to spend outside. " I never interfered with her spending money, even when life was hard in the past, I never asked her about it.

I know I am ugly, but I am cheerful and like to play. She chose me, and I think she is more practical. I once asked her, "Linger, what were you thinking? Why did you choose me? " She said: "I saw it at that time. If you have a successful career and earn money in the future, you will be able to take good care of your wife and children." Now she still says so.

Educate children

It is good for an artist to have such a happy family. Linger often educates children and says, "When your father is old, you should be filial to him and often help his father eat." Although this sentence is simple, it is very emotional, and I am very happy to hear it. Today's children are difficult to educate, and the educational requirements for children are not high. Take a book with 300 Tang poems and ask my children to write me a poem every day. In any case, we must lay a solid cultural foundation, which I have a deep understanding of. It is because of the poor cultural foundation that I can't write without those words now, which is my greatest regret. In a word, family support is crucial to the success of the career. Now that my career has been successful, I hope my family can be more harmonious.