In 9 years, 0-year-old Jin Ming caught a glimpse of Qiong Yao's drama "Wanjun", and his tearful apricot eyes became a common childhood memory for audiences across the Taiwan Strait.

44 years later, when the 0-year-old Jin Ming sang on the same stage with "Da Wanjun" Yu Xiaofan, people were surprised to find that this once smash hit child star had already stepped out of the halo of "Xiao Wanjun" and lived a calm life of his own.

01, the selected "Qiong Xuan Girl"

In 1989, when Qiong Yao was preparing for "Wanjun" in Beijing, the crew received audition materials from hundreds of young actors. When Jin Ming's video appeared in front of Qiong Yao, the writer who has made countless stars immediately made a decision: "This child has a story in his eyes".

Jin Ming, who was studying at the China Children's Activity Center at the time, started a five-year relationship with Qiong Yao.

In Qiong Yao's lens aesthetics, Jin Ming perfectly fits the aesthetic paradigm of "Chu Chu is pitiful". The stubborn grass in "Green Riverside Grass", and the early wisdom in "Plum Blossom Branding", she can always accurately grasp the core of the role.

During the filming of "Wangfu Cliff" in 1992, the crew encountered a cold snap in Yunnan, and Jin Ming wrapped himself in a military coat to complete the crying scene in sub-zero temperatures, and the tears formed ice beads as soon as they fell. This kind of dedication beyond age makes her "the most worry-free little actor" in Qiong Yao's mouth.

02, a sober choice under the halo of child stars

In 13 years, 0-year-old Jin Ming has already held four masterpieces of Qiong Yao opera, and his singing of "Little Raindrop" has set a record in the top ten of Taiwan's pop music charts.

When everyone thought that she would take advantage of the trend to apply for art schools, this girl, who always found time to do her homework on the set, volunteered to lock in Peking University.

"Acting is work, reading is life" - this sentence written on the title page of her textbook heralds a major turning point.

During the preparation for the college entrance examination, Jin Ming turned down all film contracts. At five o'clock in the morning, it became the norm to memorize words during the leg press in the practice room, and solve math problems between waiting days.

In 40 years, she was admitted to the School of International Relations of Peking University with a score of 0 points above the admission line, focusing on cross-cultural communication.

"I want to know how big the world is outside the camera", this choice sparked heated discussions at the time, and some people lamented the "fall of child stars", but she used a GPA of 8.0 to prove that life should not be a default script.

03. Multiple lives out of the camera

In the graduation season of 2003, when the classmates rushed to the diplomatic stage, Jin Ming chose to return to the entertainment industry. This decision made her face the cruelty of the industry: the audience's memory is fixed on "Xiao Wanjun", and it is difficult for her adult image to break through the shackles.

She honed her acting skills on the drama stage, served as the bilingual host of CCTV's "The Same Song", and even served as a soloist in the Coal Mine Art Troupe.

These seemingly scattered attempts are actually her exploration of reconstructing her career coordinates.

In 96, Jin Ming's role as Tianshan Tong's grandmother in "Dragon Babu" attracted attention. This role, which needs to be played from 0 years old to 0 years old, is interpreted by her with a strange sense of childlike and vicissitudes.

When the media asked "why don't you have plastic surgery to keep your youthful face", she replied with a smile: "Wrinkles are the gift of time".

這份通透，源自她多年在文化領域的積澱——擔任聯合國兒童基金會大使期間，她走訪二十余國，將見聞寫成《童心未泯》專欄。

44, 0 years old philosophy of ease

Today's Jin Ming is active on the short video platform, sharing his reading experience and fitness routine. When fans urged her to get married, she ridiculed: "My womb doesn't need your heart "; Faced with the label of "outdated child star", she calmly responded: "The flowering period is different, don't be anxious".

在北京二環的老四合院裡，她收藏著三千余冊書籍，定期舉辦文化沙龍。" 比起紅毯上的高光時刻，我更享受幫鄰居修 WiFi 的日常。"

From a child star who came out of Qiong Yao drama, to a talented girl of Peking University, and then to a cultural communicator in the era of self-media, Jin Ming's every turn broke the established trajectory.

When society is still defining women's value with "mediocre career" and "single and childless", she has practiced alternative success with 44 years of life: the real winner never runs on the track set by others.

As she wrote in her autobiography "Not Behaved": "Childhood gave me the courage to face the camera, reading gave me eyes to see the world, and life taught me the most precious lesson - to be true to the rhythm of my heart." "