For Zhou Tao, you never know where the boundary of her life is, which mountain she will conquer again, which river she will wade in, where she will go and what kind of scenery she will see.
In the gray years, she is always so calm and always surprises people.
In the past 30 years, from the host to the producer, director and actor, every change of identity and the input of every role is her rebirth from cocoon to butterfly, and it is also a portrayal of her different life.
However, time's ruthless meat cleaver seems to be useless to Zhou Tao. Today, at the age of 54, she is still bright in spring and charming.
In her infinite life, she will always have tears in her eyes and stay young forever.
First, the growth of "small town girls"
In June+10, 5438, oranges were red and crisp red hung all over the branches, adding a touch of joy to this bleak winter. The children gathered under the tree, grinning from ear to ear. The town is filled with orange fragrance, and people's hearts are sweet and greasy.
1968, Zhou Tao was born in an intellectual family in Huainan, Anhui. His father was a middle school teacher, his mother was a dance teacher in his early years, and his grandparents could read.
Life in a small county is not so much concerned and bound. Pushed open the door is Shan Ye's family, orange grove and cattle. Under the nourishment of this soil and water, Zhou Tao has a simple and kind temper.
When I was a child, Zhou Tao lived with her grandmother because her parents were busy at work, but she was not completely left behind like other left-behind children. On the contrary, her childhood was the happiest time in her life.
Grandma's education of Zhou Tao is very strict, and she never overprotects and dotes on her just because she is a girl. She asked Zhou Tao to learn to be independent and not to cry to solve the problem.
When he was in his teens, Zhou Tao would cook by himself, killing chickens and fish, and soon. When he was at school, he walked from upstairs to downstairs alone with his bicycle, which never made people worry.
Grandma's reading habits have also deeply influenced Zhou Tao. Since she was a child, she has been studying with Zhou Tao, whether it is a fairy tale book, a history book or an encyclopedia.
When I was older, my grandmother asked Zhou Tao to take reading notes. The father also specially prepared a small book box for his daughter, which was filled with all the books she had read, and was very attentive to her daughter's education.
In primary school, Zhou Tao went to Beijing on business with his father. This is the first time that she has been away from home, and she still went to the capital of the motherland, which made her unable to restrain her inner joy.
Standing in front of Tiananmen Square and looking at the Forbidden City behind him, Zhou Tao only felt spectacular. She took a picture on the back of the bronze lion by the door.
After returning home, she put this photo under her desk to encourage herself to study hard and be admitted to Beijing in the future, and this dream slowly took root in her heart.
Later, parents found a teacher in Hefei to let their daughter learn acting specially, hoping that she could become an actress in the future.
Every morning at 4 o'clock, Zhou Tao gets out of bed, catches the Hefei train, bumps for 6 or 7 hours by car, gets off the bus and runs to the teacher's house. He often forgets to have lunch and doesn't come back until dark at night.
Half a year later, she didn't wait for the performance school to enroll students, but she learned that Beijing Broadcasting Institute (now China Communication University) was enrolling students in Anhui. Zhou Tao signed up with a try attitude. For her, once she has decided, she must do her best.
For this reason, Zhou Tao tried to conquer the Putonghua barrier, because he spoke with his hometown accent and his nasal sounds were often difficult to distinguish. Zhou Tao tried to practice pronunciation in front of the mirror and corrected it word by word.
At the exam site, none of the dances and sketches she was studying were useful, but she stood out from 5000 people with her extraordinary expressive ability, astute adaptability and standard poetry reading.
Later, at the age of 18, she was admitted to Beijing Broadcasting Institute with the first place in both professional courses and cultural courses, becoming the only student admitted to the school in Anhui Province that year.
Second, Beijing love story
Fate is like a coin, you never know which side it will open next time, so you can only leave it to fate and go where you want to go.
At that time, being able to have the opportunity to go to college was simply a "big shot" in a distant country, an example story praised by everyone. However, for Zhou Tao, she is a little at a loss because she doesn't know what this major is for.
After that, she adjusted herself as quickly as possible, entered a state of study, and made up her mind to learn hosting major well and stay in Beijing in the future.
However, at the flower-like age, the talented people and beautiful women in the ivory tower did not spread the idea of a prime minister and had no romantic encounter, and they were all ashamed of this beautiful youth.
This is the scene of the poetry conference. Yao Ke, who is three years older than him, is famous for his outstanding literary talent. He finally came to the end. In his gentle voice, a poem "Queqiao Fairy" slowly flowed out, and the music, meaning, rhyme and spirit were integrated into one, which fascinated Zhou Tao.
Yao Ke noticed Zhou Tao, the beauty of the broadcasting department. This seemingly unexpected meeting made them exchange ideas and fall in love soon.
After graduation, Yao Ke was assigned to china national radio as the host of A Thousand Miles of Nights, and became one of the three senior commentators in China, with many fans and listeners.
Three years later, Zhou Tao graduated successfully and married Yao Ke.
However, she is going to be assigned to work in her hometown, which makes her hesitate. She doesn't want to leave Beijing or live apart from her husband.
So, she decided to develop in a curve, first settled in Beijing, and then found an opportunity to return to her major. Later, she entered the public security bureau and worked as an archivist.
However, a seemingly good "iron rice bowl" is like a thorn, trapped in a pile of papers every day, doing repetitive things, which makes her feel very painful.
At that time, Zhou Tao's other classmates were assigned to TV stations in various provinces and cities, and their careers were booming, which made her even more unwilling.
1992, she resigned. By chance, she got the chance to study in Beijing TV station, and she desperately wanted to seize the straw.
I still remember the first time I entered the office of the broadcasting group. She dared not raise her head, bowed deeply and introduced loudly: "I graduated from Beijing Broadcasting Institute. I don't want to get paid or be photographed, so I want to stay here and work hard. "
In the past three years, she has worked as a part-time host in various programs, from children's programs to gossip programs to sports programs, almost all year round, and won the "Chun Yan Cup" award for best host.
With his professionalism and excellent professional ability, Zhou Tao finally got the attention of Taiwan Province, entered the broadcasting department of Beijing TV Station, and became the anchor of Beijing News and Beijing Evening News.
Walking in a hurry, she just ran forward, but she didn't have time to think about what she really wanted. ......
1994 One day, Andy Lau gave a concert in the Capital Gymnasium, and Zhou Tao was arranged to be the live host. Although her professional ability is not weak, she has no experience in facing tens of thousands of audiences, which makes her a little uneasy.
However, standing on the stage at that moment, Zhou Tao felt unprecedented relaxed and carefree. She enjoys the state of being highly concerned, and she likes the feeling of being hit by lights. This is all great.
It turned out that she needed a bigger stage, and she longed to be seen by more people. For the first time, she saw herself clearly, the indomitable and ambitious self.
Third, sit firmly in the "CCTV Sister"
Sweet voice, steady typhoon, profound host skills and keen on-the-spot ability make Zhou Tao stand out among the hosts and become the key training object of Beijing Satellite TV.
"I had a good foundation in Beijing TV Station, which gave me the opportunity to study in the United States for one year. The director promised me to be a director and producer when I came back," Zhou Tao recalled.
However, at this time, the excellent Zhou Tao was also taken a fancy to by CCTV, and she was going to be transferred to replace Ni Ping to host the Super Variety Show, which made it difficult for Zhou Tao to decide.
Ni Ping, a senior host, is a famous "CCTV elder sister", and her simple and natural hosting style in the program has also attracted countless fans.
According to Zhou Tao's temper, she achieved three points. She chose a more challenging super variety, from the studio to the big stage.
Zhou Tao was 27 years old this year, and he was a stranger to the audience. Ni Ping's accumulated popularity was extremely high. You can imagine how much pressure Zhou Tao was facing at that time.
The weekly live broadcast of the program strictly controls the error within 0.5 seconds at the end. Not only that, but also in the form of audience's face-to-face comments, which put forward higher requirements for Zhou Tao's professional ability.
During that time, Zhou Tao was under great pressure. In order to gnaw at this hard bone, she always prepares interview scripts a few days in advance and designs a variety of on-the-spot schemes to deal with possible situations on the spot.
When the Super Variety 148 was recorded, it was necessary to cooperate with the outdoor bungee jumping challenge, and no one dared to pick it up at the scene. In order to ensure the smooth progress of the program, Zhou Tao, who was weak, jumped down from the podium.
This scene frightened the parents in front of the TV and immediately called to reprimand their daughter for her dangerous behavior. However, this jump also made the audience know a stubborn and brave girl from the bones.
Insisting on not imitating anyone's hosting style and firmly following his own path, Zhou Tao impressed the audience with sincerity and nature and opened up his own stage.
From 1996, Zhou Tao began to be the host of the Spring Festival Gala, and hosted the Spring Festival Gala on 17 continuously.
She also became the hostess who hosted the Spring Festival Gala the most times and won the gold medal of "Golden Microphone".
1999 She also won the German "Golden Crown" Award, the first person in Asia to win this honor, which proved Zhou Tao's outstanding ability.
Zhou Tao, whose career is like a flower, is full of emotional problems. Because both husband and wife are busy with their work, they spend less and less time together and have more and more contradictions. In 2002, they chose a peaceful divorce.
However, this relationship, which has been in operation for more than ten years, has come to an end, which makes Zhou Tao very painful. After that, she tried to get out of the hurt of this relationship.
At the peak of his career, Zhou Tao made an amazing move, voluntarily quitting the popular program Super Variety and starting a pure public welfare program "Infinite True Love".
This program was almost conceived by Zhou Tao, who served as director, planner, host and even salesman, contacted some caring enterprises and people, and participated in environmental protection public welfare projects.
After the program was broadcast, it also raised 5 million donations, which helped many people in difficulty and was highly praised by the leaders of Zhongnanhai.
From zero to one hundred, let go of everything and start from scratch. Zhou Tao always has the power to turn decay into magic, unwilling to be content with the status quo and constantly breaking through himself. This time, Zhou Tao saw a bigger world.
During this period, Zhou Tao also met the second man in his life. In the process of contact with enterprises, he met Lu Yun, president of the cultural industry.
Fourth, the corner meets the "Supreme Treasure"
In this relationship with her ex-husband, Yao Ke, there is more youthful passion, and two young throbbing hearts collide together, resulting in a spark of love.
After the divorce, Zhou Tao was 34. In the face of more mature and rational feelings, she also has a deeper thinking and understanding of marriage, and no longer blindly accepts a relationship easily.
Lu Yun is eight years older than Zhou Tao. Engaged in the management of related cultural industries. He is a rich entrepreneur, calm and serious, and full of ideas.
Strictly speaking, the two met in the 1990s, and later they had more contact in the program "Infinite Love", which is considered as an old friend for more than ten years.
After Zhou Tao's first marriage ended, Lu Yun had to travel a long way before he dared to confess to her, but Zhou Tao refused mercilessly.
However, Lu Yun is not going to give up and stay with her as always. When Zhou Tao's father was ill, Lu Yun left work and went to the hospital to take care of the elderly.
In life, he is also considerate. Rich as he is, he never indulges in luxury. When he often visits his parents in Zhou Tao, he will buy some daily necessities and food. He is a man who can live a good life.
Under the persistent pursuit of Lu Yun, Zhou Tao promised to fall in love with her and get along with her for three years. The man who gave her a sense of happiness and belonging finally won the heart of the goddess, and they got married in 2004.
After marriage, Lu Yun's love for his wife has not diminished. Every holiday, he has always been very steady, and will secretly prepare a surprise for his wife and buy a big bunch of roses to fill the room.
Zhou Tao doesn't like the smell of cigarettes, Lu Yun never smokes at home, and Zhou Tao has a bad shoulder and neck, so Lu Yun specially built a medical fitness room for her and gave her massage treatment.
In 2005, Zhou Tao gave birth to Lu Yun's daughter Xiangxiang. The arrival of the child made the couple feel very happy.
However, when her daughter was three months old, Zhou Tao was appointed by BOCOG to host major events during the Olympic Games, and became the first torchbearer to carry the Olympic flame in Huainan.
In those days, Zhou Tao was busy taking care of her family day and night. Her husband Lu Yun gave his wife great support, and he took full responsibility for taking care of his daughter.
Feeding the baby, changing diapers and taking a bath are all hands-on. Once, his daughter got sick with a fever. In order to let his wife who came back in the early morning sleep more, he drove his daughter to see a doctor alone.
With her husband's tolerance and support, on August 8, 2008, at the top of the Bird's Nest, Zhou Tao explained the Beijing Olympic Games to people all over the world, witnessed an important historical moment in China, and Zhou Tao also stepped into the peak of his career.
Now, my daughter 16 years old, and her mother Zhou Tao get along like friends, trusting and encouraging each other. She likes to share her little secrets with her mother and say a lot of confidences.
In the process of her daughter's growth, Zhou Tao respected her children very much, gave her the greatest freedom, let her make independent choices and judgments, and fully supported her hobbies.
My daughter "Xiangxiang" has shown a very high host talent at school since she was a child. She often presides over major school activities and parties, and even writes her own string words without her mother's help. Even the headmaster praised the girl for her elegant hosting and steady typhoon, which was quite like her mother's style.
A few years ago, some unscrupulous media spread the news that Zhou Tao's daughter was autistic. Fake news was rampant, and she failed to protect her daughter. As a mother, Zhou Tao blamed herself very much and publicly clarified the matter to the media.
For the future, Zhou Tao only wants her daughter to grow up healthily and become a person with a sense of social responsibility. There are no more requirements, and everything goes with the flow.
Verb (abbreviation of verb) is still brilliant across borders.
"When a person reaches a mountain peak, he can't always be at the top. If you want to climb another mountain, you are doomed to have the mentality of going down before you can have the mentality of going up, "Zhou Tao said soberly.
On 20 16, Zhou Tao finished hosting the Spring Festival Gala and said "Goodbye, audience friends", which turned out to be the final farewell. She officially resigned from CCTV after working for 2 1 year.
There are different opinions about her departure. Some speculated that she was fighting with Dong Qing, and some speculated that she retired as a rich woman. However, most of them are speculations and have not been confirmed.
In fact, as early as ten years ago, Zhou Tao had put his energy behind the scenes and made great achievements in directing, planning and management. She has nothing to prove for herself.
At this time, her goal is not just a "host", but an influential and contributing "TV person". For every step of life, Zhou Tao has been beating the floor. She never knows what she wants.
Next, she was transferred to Beijing Performing Arts Group as the chief performance officer, and also participated in the host work of Hunan's popular variety show "Sound Around".
In the program, Zhou Tao also gave a show, dubbing the film Nezha and the Tracker, which amazed the audience.
Standing on the stage again, although she is over 500 years old, she is still beautiful and elegant, dignified and elegant, which makes netizens call her the goddess of frozen age. Even standing with 20-year-old Haitao, she has no sense of disobedience.
On 20 18, Zhou Tao went to realize her second dream and became an actress across the border. The drama "Love Letter" starring her was performed from a girl of 13 to a 55-year-old man, and her performance was well received by colleagues and audiences.
On 20 19, Zhou Tao once again challenged the big screen, starring in the first film "Decisive Moment" and playing the intellectual and generous "Song Meiling". Her acting skills were even as good as those of a professional actress. The fans were impressed by her performance and said that she would brush it twice.
This year, the iron triangle Zhang Guoli, Zhang Tie-Lin and Wang Gang's new drama "Old Guy" just held a launching ceremony. People were pleasantly surprised to find that Zhou Tao also appeared in the starring column, which made the audience look forward to it.
Stumbling all the way, I have been confused, but I have never lost myself. Today, 54-year-old Zhou Tao has not stopped, keeping a young heart, moving on and struggling hard.
This time, she met a broader life.