At the age of 4, he touched the black and white keys of the piano, held a brush to study calligraphy at the age of 8, and wore ice skates to join the Chinese youth ice hockey team at the age of 10. He also learned skills from famous teachers and won many gold and silver awards in the field of piano, calligraphy and ice hockey. Just looking at this series of dazzling experiences, anyone will think that this child is definitely a new star to shine.
However, on the other side of this new star's dazzling halo, there are successive prison disasters: in September 2011, he was taken into custody for one year for a beating incident; not long ago, he was arrested for suspected gang-raping of a girl with four other people.
Faced with Li Tianyi, the son of singer Li Shuangjiang, who has been thrown to the forefront by media public opinion, many people are thinking: What makes him become "half an angel and half a devil"?
In February 2023, 84-year-old Li Shuangjiang became a hot topic for a banquet photo, and then the news of his monthly pension of 30,000 yuan caused another uproar. On the one hand, ordinary cleaning earns less than 30,000 yuan a year, while he earns a high income when drinking tea and chatting at home. Netizens bluntly said: "This pension is worth more than 100 ordinary elderly people, why?"
Let me talk about the controversial banquet first. In the photo, Li Shuangjiang has black hair dyed and is full of energy. The 57-year-old Meng Ge is dressed in a girlish look. The two of them were drinking Moutai and listening to Saxophone, with joy on their faces.
Netizens quickly guessed the reason that their son Li Tianyi (now known as Li Guanfeng) was released after his sentence. Not long after, someone photographed the couple waiting early at the prison gate. Meng Ge saw his son crying and hugging him on the spot. The scene looked emotional, but netizens couldn't feel sympathy at all.
After all, Li Tianyi is not an ordinary "released person".
In 2013, he was sentenced to 10 years for gang rape, which caused a lot of controversy that year. Before that, 15-year-old drove a BMW without a license. After rear-end collision, he also beat someone, shouting arrogantly, "I see who dares to call the police." Finally, Li Shuangjiang went to the hospital to apologize, and he was detained for a year. But the lessons learned this year did not make him restrain himself at all, but instead became even worse.
If Li Tianyi becomes like this, Li Shuangjiang and Meng Ge will be fully responsible. Li Tianyi was weak when he was born. Li Shuangjiang did not dare to close his eyes for three days and three nights, and then he threw all his love on his son. My son likes piano, so he hired the famous teacher Han Jian to teach. When his son was tired of learning, he gave up, and he didn't persuade him.
On March 6, 2011, Li Shuangjiang said in an interview with Xinhuanet: "My son is talented, but we don't force him now. He likes sports and makes friends. I see the computer in his hands like playing the piano. He has a very sensitive mind and can remember thousands of English words at will. This generation is our hope.
My son wanted a car at the age of 15, so he bought a BMW casually, regardless of the regulations that underage cannot drive.
When Li Tianyi was in elementary school, in order to grab the game console and push his classmates, Li Shuangjiang's first reaction was to ask his son if he was injured; in junior high school, he was rumored to be beaten by his teacher and played with gangsters, but his parents did not discipline him well; he even fought with his classmates when he went abroad to study, but no one corrected his temper. Such bottomless spoiling made Li Tianyi become a arrogant "little bully" and eventually made a big mistake.
But even though his son was imprisoned, Li Shuangjiang didn't seem to understand what the problem was. After Li Tianyi was released from prison in 2023, he not only held a big banquet, but was later photographed participating in a commercial performance. People in their 80s need help when walking, but they still have to frequently make money. Netizens speculated that this was mostly to save money for their son. After all, Li Tianyi had a criminal record and it was not easy to find a serious job.
Looking at Li Shuangjiang's life again, the first half of his life is indeed glorious. He is a national first-class actor, graduated from the Central Conservatory of Music, studied under Jiang Ying, sang "Ode to Beijing" and became popular all over the country, and joined the General Political Department Song and Dance Troupe.
The first marriage married Ding Ying, the pillar of the art troupe, and had a son Li He, but he ignored his family for his career and finally divorced. Later, when he met Meng Ge, with Li Tianyi, he started to take care of his family and even reduced his work to accompany his son. However, this belated "father's love" was used in the wrong way.
Now, his monthly pension of 30,000 yuan has become the focus of controversy. An ordinary old farmer’s monthly pension is only a few hundred yuan, and his employees are only a few thousand yuan. He is a literary worker and his pension is 10 times or even 100 times that of others.
What netizens question is not only the amount, but also the fairness behind this gap. Some people say that he should receive high treatment if he has artistic achievements; but some people refute that artistic achievements cannot offset the mistake of educating children, and it cannot make him divorce from the living standards of ordinary people.
Li Shuangjiang was once a "singer" and later became one of the "Four Famous Dads". He is afraid he can't get rid of this label. He could have enjoyed his old age and was respected for his early achievements, but because of his spoiling for his son, he not only ruined his son's life, but also made him lose his integrity in his later years.
After all, the saying "spoiled son is like killing son" is never false. It is right for parents to love their children, but they cannot have no bottom line, and they cannot replace discipline with pampering. Li Shuangjiang’s example is here. No matter how high the pension or the great fame is, it cannot fill the pit dug by spoiling, and it cannot erase the stains left by his son’s mistakes.
