When Li Xuejian revealed that he had cancer, he quit smoking, drinking, and chili peppers. He almost gave up because he was afraid of spending money.

"Life is like a play, it all depends on acting skills."

There are some powerful actors in the entertainment industry who have performed their duties well in every work for decades.

There is such an actor who lives for the camera and lives for acting. He has been involved in no scandals for decades since his debut and is called a real "old actor".

He is Li Xuejian, an old artist with both virtue and skill.

His acting skills are legendary and he has won 33 best actor awards since his debut. However, these two incidents have become "stains" in his life.

Li Xuejian was born in 1954 in an ordinary peasant family in Heze, Shandong.

It was snowing heavily on the day he was born, and I wanted him to be safe and healthy, so I named him Xuejian.

At the age of 14, Li Xuejian joined the school propaganda team. At the age of 16, he worked in a factory and joined the factory's propaganda team. He was very good at allegro, sketches, and model plays.

In 1973, 19-year-old Li Xuejian joined the army, was admitted to the Air Force Art Troupe, and came to Beijing.

Due to his poor appearance, Li Xuejian could only play some small roles at first. When he got off the stage, he had to be responsible for carrying tables and setting up the stage.

Although he is not taken seriously in the group, Li Xuejian has always been motivated. Try to figure out the role in the audience, hone your acting skills, and humbly ask for advice from seniors.

In this way, slowly accumulating day after day and year after year, Li Xuejian finally got his chance.

In 1980, he played the role of Lin Biao in the drama "September 13 Incident".

In order to play Lin Biao well, he consulted a large number of video materials and books, practiced Lin Biao's voice and tone, and also lost more than 20 kilograms, striving to be more similar to Lin Biao's body shape.

It is said that after the performance, Wang Guangmei, Liu Shaoqi’s wife, expressed condolences to the actors and said nothing but shaking hands with Li Xuejian.

In 1990, the crew of "Desire" selected the role of "Li Dacheng" and found Li Xuejian.

This was Li Xuejian's screen debut. After "Desire" was aired, it immediately achieved great success, and Li Xuejian became an instant hit.

"The wife should be Liu Huifang, and the man should marry Song Dacheng" has become the best evaluation of Li Xuejian by the audience.

In the same year, Li Xuejian took over the filming of "Jiao Yulu" and won the 11th Golden Rooster Award for Best Actor and the 14th Hundred Flowers Best Actor Award.

In 1998, Li Xuejian played Song Jiang in "Water Margin". He combined the historical background to interpret the character and characteristics, and vividly presented the diverse Song Jiang to the audience, who was both cunning, cowardly, and chivalrous. before.

These excellent film and television dramas made Li Xuejian popular all over the country, and his popularity became higher and higher.

Of course, there will be a lot of temptations of fame and fortune. In an interview, he revealed that he had "degenerated" for 2 or 3 years during this period.

In "BTV Show", Li Xuejian recalled that he used to smoke and drink heavily.

And I especially like to eat spicy hot pot. It can be said that there is no spicy food.

Drinking and smoking are definitely harmful to the body, and he was no exception. He got really sick afterwards.

In 2000, when Li Xuejian was halfway through the filming of "China Orbit", he went to the hospital for a checkup because of throat discomfort, and found out that he had nasopharyngeal cancer.

After getting sick, I gave up my long-standing hobbies of "smoking, drinking, and eating chili peppers."

The doctor asked him to be hospitalized immediately for treatment.

As the drama was huge, he was rushing to film. Li Xuejian felt that he could not delay the progress of the whole drama and was unwilling to be hospitalized.

My wife Yu Haidan was anxious when she heard this: "Your life is more important, or the play is more important!"

"The crew also spent money. If I live and the play is not completed, then I It’s embarrassing. If you don’t let me film, it would be better to die.”

My wife knew Li Xuejian’s temper, so she had to promise him not to go to the hospital.

After the crew learned about his condition, they prepared to stop production and advised him to seek treatment as soon as possible.

But he declined them all.

"Finish the filming first, and then go to the hospital."

There is no other way, so his wife picks him up on time every morning and takes him to the hospital for chemotherapy, and then sends him back to the set in the afternoon.

The sequelae of chemotherapy are very painful. Li Xuejian’s neck ulcerated and the blood vessels in his arms were blackened.

Sometimes even walking is very difficult.

Despite suffering so much, he managed to survive until the completion of "China Orbit".

It can be said that Li Xuejian is acting with his life.

After the filming of the film was completed, his wife took Li Xuejian back to Beijing for hospitalization.

Li Xuejian recalled his feelings when he was seriously ill:

Later, because of the tremendous physical pain and the huge cost, Li Xuejian once wanted to give up treatment.

My wife said to Li Xuejian affectionately: You must get better, I am willing to trade my life for yours!

It is precisely because his wife has accompanied Li Xuejian to and from the hospital for many years and taken careful care of him that he has been able to escape danger many times.

Li Xuejian said when talking about his fight against cancer: "I want to thank my wife. If it weren't for Haidan, I would have turned into a wisp of smoke."

In fact, except for His wife's silent dedication and one person gave him the spiritual strength to overcome the disease.

This person is cousin Tian Zhuangzhuang.

Tian Zhuangzhuang wrote an email to Li Xuejian when he was in a slump:

These words hit Li Xuejian’s heart and strengthened his determination to fight cancer.

After Li Xuejian fell ill, many media and friends wanted to see Li Xuejian and express their concern. At this time, they were all "turned away" by Li Xuejian's wife Yu Haidan.

No one understood this, but Yu Haidan withstood a lot of pressure from public opinion for the sake of Li Xuejian's health.

Let Li Xuejian not be disturbed by the outside world and recuperate with peace of mind.

Good things come to good people. God also saved him, returned him to us, and gave us more classics.

In the past 20 years since Nirvana and Rebirth, Li Xuejian has appeared in many excellent works one after another, and he carefully shapes every role.

In 2019, "The Land of Hope" was a hit across the country. Many netizens suspected that his voice was unclear and obviously strange. This was a serious sequelae after he suffered from cancer.

Today, he wears a hearing aid and is still weak and not as good as before, but he is still busy in his acting career, which he loves with his life.

My wife and I have been together for many years and have never had any scandals. We adhere to our artistic ethics and fully interpret the four words "virtue and art".

"Using characters to make friends with the audience is my choice and my pursuit."

Let us hear the voice of a powerful person, and also express Li Xuejian’s dedication and love for this profession!

Just like his classic line: If the mountain does not come to me, I will walk towards it.

The actors are like this, which is probably the best.